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''; HIS Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA , having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possi bilities of obtaining - LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, iare NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVI OUS to G iving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon adliressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P.S. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions from NINE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS and upwards, 1 to TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS. , A RISE IN THE PRICE of the SHARES for the ) NEXT DISTRIBUTION will veiy soon t ‘ ake place, there being only few of them on hand, and nearly all cleared off. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The success of the old English Drama, entitled the " Ladye ) of Lambythe or a Bridal Thr e e C en t ur i e s Back," has been ifully confirmed by the acclamations of approbation and de i light that ha•-e accompanied each representation, and the cheers of crowded audiences at the falling of the curtain. TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY) Will be acted the Old English Drama of THE LADYE OF LAMBYTHE. Eva, Mrs. Vining. Katherine, Miss Grant. Lucie, Miss Martin. I Waiter Mere, Mr. E. F. Saville. Wilbert, Mr. Dale. John the Jester, Mr. Smith. I After which, I PETER BELL; Or, The Murderer of Massiac. I 'f a conclude with (for six nights only) Buckstone's popular Drama, I THE DREAM AT SEA! i ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her :MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY, AuG. 12th, 13th, and kith. GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM / PETRES, I By the unrivalled Band of this Establishment, 3 Conducted by Mr. Godfrey. 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This day those Bills are to be read a third time. The Church Discipline Bill was put off for three months. The Constabulary Bill was read a third time, but not passed, as some Hon. Members, even after Lord JoEiN RUSSELL had added several clauses, by way of rider, found out that the Bill is defective. It is not, therefore, to be finally disposed of till this day. At five the House met again. Mr. WAKLEY declined to present the petition with which he is intrusted, for mercy to the men condemned at Warwick, on account of Lord JOHN RUSSELL being absent from the House. The House was occupied for the greater part of the evenirg with the Bank of Ireland. The motion was for committing the Bill, which Mr. O'CONNELL and his friends justly resisted by all the means in their power. While England is suffering from a Bank monopoly it is monstrous that Mr. RICE should renew such a monopoly in Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, however, was successful, and the Bill was committed. The other business transacted was not of importance. The House sat till Half-past One. We copied yesterday from a Glasgow paper a f7tw ement that 2,500 inhabitants of that city had been sworn in as special constables. A similar summons of the inhabitants of Perth to a propor tionate extent has also taken place. Already our Government is by far the most expensive i❑ Eu. rope, and in spite of the untired industry of our people, whose ingenuity and skill are equally ex zraordinary and fortunate, the burden it lays on the nation is crushing the natural spring of its prosperity. Besides this vast expense our people have to perform a great many duties, such as to attend on juries, such as constructing roads and canals, pro viding schools for children—(the Dissenters, too, provide all the means of worship for themselves) — which, in the other States of Europe, are performed by the Government and by paid officers, leaving to the protected people, in return for the less quantum of taxes they pay, the complete mastery of their oltn time. In addition to this enormous load of taxation more than is borne in other countries, and, in addition to these demands made on our time for performing deties which, in other countries, the Government performs for a less sum than our Government levies on us, there are several projects now pass ing through Parliament to increase cur burdens —the Manchester, Bolton, and Birmingham Police Bills to wit, the English Rural Constabulary Bill, and the Scotch Rogue Money Bill ; and now there also comes this onerous duty of turning out as special constables to preserve the peace. But the Prim e misfortune is, that all this vast expense, and all this vast apparatus of Government, does not answer the desired end, and cannot ensure safety, or Lnoltect the b u lk o f t h e m iddl e an d upper c l asses very frequent if not continual alarm. The incendiary fires of 1830,_ which blazed througho u t th e south, were followed by the appre hensions caused by Reformagitation, and the burn ings of Brist o l and Nottingam. F or severa l y ea rs past scarcely o ne has beeiihunattended with consider asle alarm, and now alarm fillsthe land an d comp l ete l y upsets the reflecting powers' o f the governing classes. The Manchester Guardi a n , all which reached us to-day, fills no l ess t h an tenlumns with an account of the pro cee di ngs of the Chartists,who can certainly terrify th e rest of the commUeity if they can achieve no good for themselves. n i g hts ago, the Duke of WELLINGTON A few , i h; place in the House of Lords, insisted much and r . pea t e dly on the necessity of largely increasing tn i e t r a m; ; the Times reinforces his Grace dation ; and the Ministers, who have followed it in part, seem inclined to adopt it to its full extent. The labouring classes, generally speaking, can yield nothing more to the tax-gatherer ; they are not to be trusted as special constables, conse quently the whole of the expense of these new and o:d measures of coercion, and the whole of the trouble, will fall on the middle classes, who, judg ing from past experience, will not be able to com mand safety and security by these troublesome and expensiv e met h o d s. It is commonly said that the great beauty of our Constitution is, that it bends to circumstances, and so provides against every evil as it arrives. The people, accustomed to deliberation and to ac tion, are ever on the watch to remedy any mis - I chance, and preserve our institutions while they i shield the body politic from danger. That 1 , maxim will now be put to the test, for the crisis of the Constitution is not far off. Under the present peculiar circumstances of the country, however, its truth may be doubted. The Constitution and the vigilance of the people will undoubtedly provide for all the evils which arise within it ; but the mis fortune of our present condition is that the danger springs beyond its bounds. The Constitution is threatened from abroad. The Chartists are beyond its pale. The poor, let Mr. Justice PA TTISON say what he will in charges to Grand Juries at Chester, or elsewhe/e, about the protection given to them, are complbte out-laws ; at least, they know nothing of the laws but the evils they in flict. The law is not for them a staff of protec tion, as Lord BROUGHAM long ago said, but a two-handed sword intended to smite them. From them now comes the danger, which, being exterior to the Constitution, for which they have no love and respect, against it the Constitution will scarcely be able to provide. We address ourselves to the middle classes, be cause on them now depends the safety of the State. The Government will be influenced by them, and seems to be less coercive than they wish. Their good sense must find a remedy for evils which ori ginate beyond the Constitution by extending its basis. When we hear of them summoned to act as special constables, of incendiarism being dreaded, of attempts to persuade the workmen to leare off their labour, we are forcibly reminded of an apprehend e d i nsurrect i on amongst the l ate s l aves in Jamaica. There the negroes struck work and left the plantations, there the white inhabitants were called on to arm for their own safety, and there in cendiarism was dreaded and practised. If, then, the middle classes wish to introduce and perpetuate a state of society here closely resembling that of the slave colonies, they will join with the upper classes in continuing the coercive system on which the Go vernment is now carried on. The expense and trouble they are already put to, is but a foretaste of what they will have to bear if the population in every one of our manufacturing towns, and in a great many rural districts, should continue to regard themselves as outlaws, and as excluded from all the advantages of society, while they are obliged to bear its heaviest burdens. That the middle classes have good reason to be displeased and angry with the foolish and frantic denuinstration of the Char tists, which has prevented them from obtaining the repeal of the Corn-laws, and prevented other useful reforms, we admit ; but they must not allow their anger to hurry them into inflicting a grievous and lasting injury on themselves. To them we appeal. The Ministers will do their bidding. If they in sist on measures of relief—on measures to encou rage hope in the people—the country may yet prosper ; if they demand measures of coercion, they will succeed, we believe, in putting down the Char tists ; but assuredly, they will make England worse by its climate to live in than ever was the island of Jamaica. If we had many accounts of such feasts to publish as that given to Lord CAREW and his eldest son by hs tenantry, which we borrow from the Wexford lndependent, our daily task would be much much more pleasant than it is. Wherever the landlord lives on kindly and friendly terms with his tenantry, and acts in unison with the Clergy whom they respect, there, we should apprehend, ribbonism and agrarian outrage will be unheard of and unknown. Why are not the majority of landlords like Lord CA REV ? And why should society be disorganized and filled full of outrages, because they c h oose t o b e ex travagant, illiberal, tyrannical, and extirpating ? It is for us a novelty to find a Catholic Priest presiding at such a ceremony, and the whole of the festivity, particularly the toast, " The Clergy of the District of all persuasions" is worthy of approbation. We earnestly recommend other landlords to merit similar testimonies from those who live on their land. Letters from Constantinople, of the 24th ult. have been received, Those from English correspondents at the Porte bring no news of interest ; and, after the events which have recently taken place, so contrary to their repeated predictions and assertions, we are not dis posed to pay much regard to their opinions. For the last few years they breathed nothing but " threatenings and slaughter" against MEHEMET ALI ; talked big about the vast military and naval strength of Turkey ; and asserted that all that was required to reduce the VICEROY to the condition of an humble Pacha was for England and France to permit the SULTAN to make war upon his rebellious vassal. Our readers per haps may remember that we treated these opi nions with very little respect. We were well aware that MEHEMET ALI had laid the foundation of his power in Egypt on too solid a foundation to dread a single-handed contest with the Porte, and therefore it was with real concern that we saw the late SULTAN bent upon pursuiug a line of policy which, unless Eng land and France were to come to his assistance, would terminate i❑ the downfal of the Ottoman dynasty and and the dismemberment of the empire. But, though the intelligence direct from Constanti nople is of no political importance, the Augsburg Gazelle has letters from the Turkish capital of the same date, containing several interesting statements. The follow ing is a summary of them : "Bad news has just been received from head-quarters at Malatia, Ibrahim Pacha, notwithstanding the orders of his father to the contrary, has taken possession of the Pa chalic of Marasch, assigning as a motive, that that the oc cupation of it is necessary for the support of his troops. Immediately after the news of the defeat of the first corps of the army commanded by Hafiz Pacha, the third corps, commanded by lzrel Mehemet Pacha revolted, and is in a great measure dispersed. Mehemet has only succeeded, by holding out promises, to rally a small portion at Mala tia. The Porte has sent Osman Bey to Malatia, with a large sum of money, to pay the arrears due to the troops, as the revolt was attributed to discontent at not receiving their pay regularly. Yesterday a Grand Divan was held to discuss the question of the course to be adopted in the event of the European squadrons demanding au entrance into the Dardanelles. Opinion was much divided. It was said that this could not be permuted without a violation of the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi. Upon the proposition of Khosrew, it was agreed that no mention should be made of this treaty, in order to prevent any dif ficulty with the maritime powers as to the validity or non validity of the treaty. It was resolved that it should be simply observed that the Porte was not disposed to grant a firman authorizing the entrance into the Dardanelles. It is said that the Austrian Internuncio approves of this decision, as a means of avoiding great difficulties. The Governor of the Dardanelles has been dismissed for his equivocal conduct at the departure of the Turkish fleet, and replaced by Esaad Pacha. Akiff Effendi, who was sent to Mehemet Ali, to announce the accession of the Sultan, is returned ; he announces that the Viceroy has rejected the homage of the Capitan Pacha, and even re proached him for wishing to recognise him as Sovereign. He still required the dismissal of Khosrew Pacha, but otherwise professes a strong desire to arrange the dispute with the Porte amicably." In the same journal we find a copy of the letter ad dressed to MEHEMET Au, offering to deliver up to him the Turkish fleet. It is dated the 9th of July, off Stanchio, and runs as follows : - - •‘ Khosrew is the enemy of all the nobles of the empire; fir several years he has been attempting to get rid of you. He is now endeavouring to get rid of me, of Reschid Hafiz Pacha, and many others ; he is the sworn friend of Russia, to which he has long since sold himself, and whose protection alone maintains him at his post ; we know that he has betrayed the empire in favour of Russia, and that he is desirous at this moment of giving up to our hereditary enemy the army, the fleet, in a word all the forces of the empire, end the Sultan himself. In order to save something, I have, with the adhesion of all my officers, come to the resolution to surrender the Ottoman fleet to the only man who is able now to protect the empire from the storms which menace it—who is this man if it be not Mehemet Ali ? I effer you, then, the fleet, and I and my officers wait for your orders as to the place to which I am to take it." The Constitutionnel publishes a letter from a corre spondent, who resided many years in Turkey, which flatly contradicts the charge made by the CAPSTAN PACHA of KHOSREW being the friend of Russia. On the contrary, KHOSREW is represented as the avowed enemy of Russia, whereas the CAPSTAN PACIIA has sold himself to that Power, and actually received 20,000 francs a month for betraying the Councils of th e Di van to the Russian Ambassador. He wils the principal negotiator of the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi ; kept Mr. CHURCHILL seven days in prison to please Russia and humble England ; received for his subserviency, betides his monthly pension, a snuff-box, valued at 50,000 fr. ; and, finally, betrayed the fleet to MEHEMET ALI, at the instigation of Russia, that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, under pretence of saving the empire, might march an army to Constantinople, Such is the statement of this Ir g is e . and observation. knowledge who appears to speak from his own personal the 9sL C velt .k et : le r a i i ct. i . n ir g t NI EFlENlETAirNAotoPmuA:c:oHaniitt of the ..., this affair prisonerpreatteAxtleoxfanddoirniag him honou r , O th w r n oug g h u o a u r( t is t ,uaullnyd-jae6rt h t h o e f July, have him constantly surrounded with his n ib f ed E a n s g i l n a e n x d pl a ic n a d ble F ; ra a n n c d e truly it may well appear so to such . as are s t rangers t o the contract e d b asis t the foreig n policy o f th e French There is no domestic news of any moment in the Pat's Journals of Tu es d ay, the whole of which we have received. They, however, publish the int-lligence from the East extracted from the Augsburg Gazette, which we have made the subject o f a separate article, and which is accompanied by the following curious para graph, derived from an official source in the Journal des Debals : ,‘ We have reason to believe that the Britith Govern ment recently made a proposal to our Cabinet that the united squadrons of France and England should pro ceed together and request, or enforce, the restora tion of the Turkish fleet. As this fleet would, undoubtedly, refuse to obey this demand, and, m oreover, would be supported in its refusal by the Egyptian fleet, the proposition above referred to would bring about a second affair of Navarino, and Eng land would thus have the gratification of destroying both the Oriental fleets at one blow. The proposal was, more over, generously qua lifi e d b y an of f er on the part of Great Britain to defend the entrance of the Bosphorus against Russia. The French Government, we understand, has rejected the above -mentioned proposition, by which means a great catastrophe has been avoided." What may be the effect of such premature disclosures of the abortive proposals of our Government upon the Councils of Russia, the PORTE or the VICEROY, we pretend not to foresee ; but it is plain that one consequence will bs the utter destruction of a belief of a unity of purpose between the Governments of London and Paris. Now, nothing can be worse than this, especially at a time when it is of the utmost moment that they should have but one mind to resolve and to execute. France glories in acting, and resolv ing to act, as a drag upon England. This is uncon sciously playing the darling game of Russia. M. 'NIERS left Paris for Lille on Monday. This has abated somewhat of the uneasiness of the Cabinet. Ahmed Fethy Pacha, the Turkish Ambassador, has had a private audience of the King, at which he delivered letters from the Sultan Abdul Nledjid, announcing the death of the late Sultan Mahnsoud, and his own accession to the Ottoman Crown. Baron Alley de Cyprey is appointed Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Mexican Re public, in the room of Baron Deffaudis, who replaces him in the same capacity at Frankfort to the Germanic Confederation. The Constitutionnel publishes the following from Tiflis of the 2d July : _ _ " Tcheltelaentzes have lately committed an atrocious act of vengeance against of the Chiefs of the Avarians. lii June the Bey Oeli Kizeljar made his submission to Russia, and, to escape from the resentment of his countrymen, re tired into one of her fortified posts on the Terek. The Tcheltehentzes suddenly surprised the post, and• decapitated the Bey with 30 of his family. Their heads were then sent to the other Chiefs of the Avarians, with threats that they should be served in like manner if they entered into any treaty with the Russians." A Deputy, whose political and family connections give him opportunities of being well informed, assures us that the Ministry has at length succeeded in coming to a deci sion on the conduct to b_ adopted in the affairs of the East. The opinion of the majority of the Council has prevailed, and instructions tending to a prompt and ener getic intervention have been drawn up and dispatched. The greatest secresy is observed, and the motives are easily understood respecting the nature of these instruc tions. the thing only gives us uneasiness, and that ,is that the execution of them is confided to the very Minister who has opposed them, and who is at - the same time Pre sident of the Council, and Minister for Foreign Affairs.-- L' Univers. The process by means of which M. Daguerre has suc ceeded in fixing the images in the camera obscura will be made public at the next meeting of the Academy of Sci ences, which will be held on Monday the 19th of this month. Lord Granville, who had not been to the Hotel of Foreign Affairs for a month, has had to-day (the 12th) a conference with Marshal Sault from half-past 11 o'clock till one.—Le Commerce. RUSSIAN COMMERCE. ST. PETERSBURG, AUGUST 2. —The Commercial Journal publishes a comparative table of the imports and exports of the Port of St. Petersburg, to the 26th July, for the first, and to the 27th, for the second, during the years 1838 and 1839. In the imports there has been no increase this year, except in dried fruit, champagne, olive oil, coffee, and dye-woods ; in all the other articles, there is a decrease ; that on sugar is the most considerable, for last year the imports amounted to 960,869 poods (the pood 36 lbs. English), and this year they have been only 269,707 poods. In the exports there has been en increase on cables and cordage, raw hides, linseed, and hemp oils (71, 703 poods instead of 3,213 poods), on linens, hogs' bristles (136,494 chetwerts instead of 29,442), and a decrease on iron (344,919 poods instead of 438,957 poods), on leather, flax, hemp, timber. potashes, tallow (650,716 poods instead of 1,008,117 poods), candles and linseed. Exchange on London, 3 months, 381 pence—Journal de St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. BOURSE.—Pauts, TUESDAY, Aco. 13. first Highest Lowest Last Price I'rice. Price. Price French 5 per Cents l:2 50 ... 112 60 ... 112 45 ... 1 2 45 4 per Cents lO3 ... 1' 3 ... 103 ... 103 3 per Cents Bl 45 ... 80 Si ... SO 40 ... 8 , 50 Bank of france ‘28,10 —2BOO Laltitte Bank I.ooof. Sh 1057 50 ...1057 .:0 50 —1057 50 5,000 f. Sh 5222 5/ ...5225 ... 522 50 ...5225 Belgian 5 per Cents lO4 ... 104 ... 103% ... ;03% Belgian Bank 772 50 ... 772 50 ... 770 ... 772 50 Ac ive Passive 414 ... 44 ... ... New I)eferre.l Portuguese 3 per Cents yea olitan Roman lO3 ... 103 ... 103 ... Ic3 --- --- RAILWAY SHAREs. SC. Germain B 632 ... 632 50 632 50 632 !.0 Veraailles, R. 635 635 ... 632 50 ... (132 .0 337 50 ... 3tO ... 337 Z.O ... 34 0 Havre .... Montpellier to Cette Or'eans . ... 443 3.45 443 Strasburg to Bale ... 3'30 ... 330 ... 32S ;5 330 Letters and Papers from Madrid, of the 6dl instant, have been received, but they bring no news of interest. The Spanish Liberals were about to raise a subscription to strike a gold medal in commemoration of Lord CLARENDON'S eloquent defence of the Spanish Patriots, and of the Constitutional Government in the House of Lords. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWEL V E O' CL 9 Clr. Arrivals this morning— French and Ostend mails ; ship letters from New York, Aug. 1, by the Great Western steamer; Cape of Good Hope; and Ceylon. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—WC have had only a limited demand for Cotten to-day, at a decline on Friday's quotations of about id. per lb. The sales 2,000 bags. The accounts received this morning from Manchester state that there was exceedingly little demand either for goods or yarn yesterday, as a large number of spinners and manufacturers either stayed entirely away, or returned home at an early hour to protect their }.remises from threatened or anticipated attacks by the Chartists. Very little business was done. THE SUN, LONDON, TiIURsDAY, AUGUST 15, 1839. THE FUNDS. The arrival this morning of most importance is the Great Western Steamer from New York, which sailed on the Ist of August, as did also the British Queen Steamer. It appears that the Great Western has arrived first. A report now prevails that the British Qocen has also ar rived. The intelligence the Great Western brings is not of much importance. It was generally anticipated in the City. An explanation has at length taken place in respect to the notice of the four millions of Exchequer Bills, for which the biddings are to take place to-morrow. It ap pears that there is but little alteration in it. First, no tenders for sums not being loss in amount than 500,0001. each--in the previous notice it was 800.0001. Secondly, the time of paying the deposit will be postponed from Fri day, the 16th inst., to Tuesday, the 20th inst. It is ex pected that this explanation will cause several tenders to be sent in to the Treasury ; one is already mentioned, Messrs. Rothschild and Coutts ; and in the course of the day, in all probability, we may hear of other parties who arc forming lists. Consols closed yesterday at 911 sellers for the Account, and opened this morning with an improvement, and may be quoted at present at 9114 for the; Account, Money, 9141. We hear that there is a decided improvement in the Money Market, which is easy this morning. Exchequer Bills 8 prem , improved ; India Bonds nothing done ; Bank Stock, 185 187 ; India Stock, 247 249. This is settling day in the Foreign Market, and no doubt the Account will go off well ; the chief business doing is paying and receiving their various differences; Spanish Active, 191 1 ; Portuguese, 291 4 ; Three per Cents, 181 191 ; Colombian, 321 ; Mexican, 281 ; Brazilian, 781 ; Belgian 1021 1031; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents.. 541 1 ; Five per Cents., 1031 rItICES OF STOCKS THI DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank 5t0ck........... 185% N 5% India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 9l Ditto Bonds pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 91 % South Sea Stock 3.4 per Cent. , Old Annuities... ..... Ditto Red. 491 4 1 43 New 35q per Cent New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Jan. 5, ISO) l4 Oct. 10, 1859 l4 5-16 .1101. 5, 1860 J.tn. 5, 1990 April 5, 188(1. Jan. 5, 1970 I'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1731 Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 9 8 Hi pm. Ditto 500 1 2 9 1•i pm. Ditto Small 12 10 15 pm. Ditto Commercial — par. Ditto Advertised pm. Bank Stock for Account ... India Stuck for Account Consos for Account DI% 11 THIS DAI AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bon .!a . Ditto New Bonds .- .... 9 1 ,i :3,; Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chitian Bonds - I) tto Account Columbian Bonds 3l Ditto Account Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic _ Columbian Bonds, 1R:24 12% IA ' Spanish Bonds .... Ditto Account — Ditto Account. Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Def,rred Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 18'25 — 4 per cent —f. _e, Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. Exchange 'sl. 40,'„ Ditto Account Ditto, fi per Cent — Ditto Account — Ditto Account .7 7 , i i . Neapolitan. — Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. - v Paid, Per Share. London and Birmingham Railway Company._ fin 142 3 2 Ditto New Shares N , rtri Midland Railway Company. 7O London and Westminster Bank Canady Company HALF-PAST ONE. Considerable bets were made at Lloyd's that the British Queen would arrive before the Great Western steamer. Few letters have been received from New York ; most of them arc on board the British Queen, as it was anticipated that she would arrive first. Consols reached in the course of the morning, 91 1 buyers, after which a sale took place for Chancery Account of 100,000 Consols at 91i for Bank Notes, but it has had no effect on the market ; Consols continue tirm at 91i for the Account ; Money 914 Money appears to be scarce in the house, owing to its being settling day in the Foreign market. There is a mo derate improvement in Exchequer Bills 9 8 16 prem. ; Bank Stock 185A-1863- . 185i, rathe r l ower. Spanish Active 191 ; Portuguese 291 1; Three per Cents., nothing done ; Colombian 32i ; Dutch Two-and- Half per Cents., nothing done ; Five per Cents. 103 THE CHARTIST TRIALS. (eßom OU OWN 2.EtORTER.) CHESTER A SSIZES—CRO 11 1 N CO UR r (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Grand Jury came into Court to-day before twelve o'clock with a true bill against George Thomp son, James Mitchell, Charles Davis, and Timothy Higgins, for a conspiracy. After the Bill been read by the Clerk of the Arraigns, The Foreman of the Grand Jury said they wished to have the bill back again, and addressing the Court said that the evidence before them supported a charge of a much graver kind, and be was 'directed by his brother jurors to request the opinion of his Lordship whether they (the Jury) should not order a bill to be preferred for the graver offence of high treason. Mr. Baron GURNEY would put it to them whether they ought not rather to take the bill in the shape in which it had been preferred by the persoas conducting the prosecution on behalf of the Crown. Very often the shades of distinction between seditious conspiracy and high treason were rather nice, and it was for the parties prosecuting to take whatever course they considered most desirable. In his address he had stated to them that if these proceedings were not put a stop to they would speedily amount to high treason. He would recommend them, supposing the evidence before them corresponded with the charge laid in the indictment, to take the bill as it was, more especially when the Crown had mercifully thought proper merely to indict the par. ties for a misdemeanour. The more convenient course would be to take the bill as it stood, rather than attempt to send the prisoners to trial for a capital offence, such as high treason. The Foreman—Have we the po wer t o fi n d a bill for the higher offence, if we find th e ev id ence support i t 'TheCourt—No,gentlemen, you may reject or find the bills, as you think pr o p er , b ut you must give the Government credit for being advised as to the best course of proceeding. The Foremen —My Lord, we have found this bill true. This bill was then handed in to the Clerk of Arraigns. The A T TORNEY-GENERAL (who had come into Court a few minutes previously) said, while the subject was under discussion he had not uttered a single word, but he now prayed, if it suited the convenience of the Court, that the case might be taken as speedily as pos sible. _ . The Court said the Attorney-General had a right to bring the case on whenever he pleased ; but even if he had not the right, the Court would have thought it to be its duty to conform to his wishes. The case would be called on as soon as the one under the consideration of the Jury was disposed of. As soon as the case had terminated, the prisoners, George Thompson, James Mitchell, Charles Davis, and Timothy Higgins, were placed at the bar, charged with having unlawfully and tumult uous l y assem bled, to the disturbance of the public peace, and with having insti gated and incited the subjects of the Queen to tumults and riots, and to stir up and excite disturbance and dis affection to the laws of the realm. It further charged them with having on the 20th of July, with force and arms unlawfully and recklessly combined add confede rated to the disturbance of the public peace, and that they confederated and combined to procure large quan tities of arms, to wit, guns, pikes, pistols, swords, bayonets, daggers, bullets, &c., and that they did a t_ tend divers unlawful assemblies, and made use of se ditious and inflammatory language, tending to excite disturbance and disaffection. The prisoners, who were all respectable looking men, pleaded Not guilty. Mr. Yardley appeared for Higgins, Mr. Trafford for Thompson. and Mr. Cottingliam for Mitchell and Davis. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case. The offence with which the prisoners stood charged was of a very grave character, and many of them must have heard the Grand Jury a few minutes previously express their reluctance to find a bill for the minor offence, they being of opinion that the crime amounted to high treason. He, however, took upon himself the respon sibility of having had these parties indicted for a milder offence. Tno shape which the prosecution now as sumed was that of a misdemeanour, and it appeared to him that the law was in some degree definitive, there being no grade of offence between high treason and misdemeanour. He hoped he should not be con demned for having adopted the milder course by which, if the prisoners were convicted, they would be liable to fine and imprisonment, instead of being con demned to forfeit their lives. He felt confident that he would establish to the satisfaction of the Jury that these men were guilty of conspiring together, to bring the laws into contempt, and to incite others to violate them. There had been of late most extraordinary ideas entertained with respect to the possession of arms by certain classes of persons in that country, and it was their duty to see that these erroneous ideas did not lead to any disastrous results, by being permitted to go on and diffuse themselves throughout the commu nity unchecked and uncontrolled. The prisoner Thompson was a gun-Maker, carrying on business at Birmingham ; and it would appear that Mitchell, who resided at Stockport, was supplied by him with large quantities of arms, for the purpose of having them dis tributed throughout the country. Mitchell belonged to an Association at Stockport, in whose proceedings he took an active part, and on the 30th July last attended a tumultuous and seditious meeting there, on which occasion he recommended to the people the use of arms for the recovery of their just rights. No man was more ready to bear testimony to the value and impor tance of the working and industrous classes than himself, but it was the bounden duty of the jury to protect them from the machinations of of designing men. The Learned Gentleman then pro ceeded at some length to detail the evidence which he would have to offer as regarded Mitchell, in whose house a quantity of, arms was found, and two copies of a most mischievous publication, Colonel Maceroni's in structions to the people as to how they should resist charges of cavalry. With regard to Davis, it would be proved that he was Secretary of a Radical Association at Stockport, and that in his house, and upon him, were found a bullet-mould, and various papers, which would establish his connexion with that illegal Association. Among the documents found on him was one, which having been submitted to the Grand Jury, he was not surprised that they should intimate their wish to have an indictment for high treason sent up to them. It de tailed the numbers that were agreed and prepared to resort to physical force in Stockport, Manchester, and the surrounding districts. It would appear from the letters of Thompson, which would be read, that he must have been fully aware of the object fur which these arms were sought. The Learned Gentleman then read a letter from the prisoner Higgins to Thompson, detailing the seizure of arms at his house by the police. On the premises of Thompson there was also found a guarantee for the price of these arms, signed by James Duke and P. M. M'Douall, surgeon , and a letter from James Duke, ordering 18 muskets and bayonets, a horse pistol, two rifle guns, two fowling pieces, and two braces of pistols, with the prices affixed. He would show further that on the premises of Higgins were found a quantity of arms, and a number of printed papers of the most in flammatory character, some of which he would read to the Jury. In one, the people were earnestly called upon to be prepared with arms to shed the blood of all tyrants. In another, the people were called upon to subscribe for the maintenance of a Delegate in the National Convention ; and with respect to that body he (the Attorney-General) would say, that it appeared to him that the most idle, and disaffected, and turbulent were those generally selected as Delegates, whose in flammatory harangues and proceedings had tended in a great measure to excite the spirit of disaffec tion among the ignorant and deluded peeple, which at present unhappily existed. After referring to some other documents which would be put in evidence, the Learned Gentleman concluded by calling upon them not to place any reliance upon the statements he had made unless they were supported by evidence, and to find their verdict upon that alone. The following witnesses were then examined : Joseph Sadler, superintendent of police at Stockport. —I went on the evening of the 30th of July to the house of Mitchell, who is a beer-seller at Stockport. I went there a little before eleven, with a number of po licemen. The house was closed, and I directed a watch- man to knock, and the door was opened by a female, She said it was closing time, and could not admit any one. 'Mitchel'. then made his appearance from the hack of the house, and asked what we wanted. I said we wanted to look through his house, as there might be company in it. fie refused, saying there was no com pany ; but I said I might as well tell him at once I suspected he had arms in his house. He was about to go away, when I told him I could not allow him till I had searched the house. He called to his wife not to open the door, and I said it was no use, as we must get We then went round to the back door, and found it open. 1 asked him if he had any arms in the house, he said " yes : that he had an authority to sell them from Mr. Th ompson, of Birmingham, " an d h an d e d me this paper.—(Th e d ocument was then guns, pistols, &c. at Stockport, and was signed " Geo. put in and read ; it authorized Mi tc h ell to act as agent f or t h e sa l e o f Thompson.") Th e document is i n t h e pr i soner Thomp son's hand-writi ng. I found in Mi tc h e ll' s f ront cham ber a case containing five fowling-pieces, three muskets, and three bayonets. He said he had got them from Thompson, and they were all marked with his name. I then found in th e cellar a case o f p i s t o l s . O ne o f the officers found t wo p ik es an d twen t y pik e h an dl es . I was present whe n h e found them,—(The witness here produced the arms found ; the pike head, when fitted to the handle, which was a stout pole about ten feet long, was a most formidable looking weapon.) I found also two works on training the people, by Col. Maceroni. —(The pamphlets were then put in and the title page read.) With the pistols I found a bullet-mould. I was at a meeting at Stockport on the 20th July. There were 1,500 or 2,000 present. It was held in the evening, about seven o'clock, and lasted about two hours. I saw Mitchell and Davis there. They both addressed the meeting, and Mitchell said he once had an opinion that it was illegal to arm, but now he thought they should have guns, pikes and pistols, and they should swear by the God of Heaven never to cease to agitate till the people had their rights. I heard Davis exhort the people to go to the Church the following morning to meet the Rector, but that it would be the last time. The Church was the people's, and they ought to have it. They spoke from a cart, which was made into a sort of platform. On the following day (Sunday), I went to the Church, and there was a great concourse of people there. I saw Mitchell and Davis among them. They were mostly persons whom I have seldom seen there before, and principally those who attended the meetings of the Chartists. They went into the pews which were at the time empty, to the exclusion of the rightful owners. Cross-examined by Mr. COTTINGIIAM, on behalf cf Mitchell.-1 have known Mitchell three or four years. He kept a small shop for the sale of books, &c., before he became a beer-house keeper. In the house I found a sign, on which was the words, "J. Mitchell, agent for George Thompson, pistol, gun, &c. manufacturer, Bir mingham." There arc many similar agents in Stock port. It is quite a common sign. The fowling-piece is very highly ornamented ; wcrth, perhaps, two or three pounds. He made no hesitation when I asked him for arms, but took me up stairs and showed me the case. I took notes of what was said at the meeting, after I left the meeting, but they have been mislaid. Mitchell said since Lord John Russell's letter his opinion was altered, and he now thought every body had a right to carry arms. He said his opinion had been altered in consequence of the letter. I saw that letter in the newspaper, and I think I saw it frequently at Mr. Cop pock's office in Stockport. With the exception of one man, there was the usual regularity and decorum in the Church, on the following Sunday. Wn,. Walker—l am one of the Stockport police. I accompanied the last witness to Mitchell's house on the 20th of July. I found two pike heads there, and two books (Col. Maceroni's instructions). I found the pike heads in the cellar. Abraham Longson, of the Stockport police—l ac companied the last witness to Mitchell's. I found two letters in a tea canister. (One was a letter to Mitchell remitted to Birmingham ; the other related to the price of different descriptions of arms, and was signed " J. Broadley, jun.") James Hammond, another policeman, proved the finding of several documents in the top room of Mitchell's house. William Huff, a constable of Stockport—l went to the premises of the prisoner Davis on the 31st of July last, at half-past two in the morning. He is a spinner, but has not attended his trade of late. He has been employed at Chartist meetings, sometimes as speaker and sometimes as chairman. I found in his house a pistol, a bullet mould, and a number of documents. Oae of the printed papers found by the witness was then read. It was an advertisement from G. Thomp son, announcing his having taken a house at Ashton, for the supply of guns, pistols, &c. on the most reasonable terms. Another manuscript paper detailed the numbers armed at Staleybridge, ready to stand in defence of Stephens and the Convention. Another stated that at Ashton there were 900 ready for physical force, and mentioned the numbers in other districts. A fourth was a letter from Geo. Thompson to Mitchell stating that he would shortly be at Stockport to explain matters. The fifth was a large printed placard, headed " Slavery v. Liberty," and announced a public meeting at Kersal Moor on the 25th of May,for the redress of thegrievances of the people, and called upon them to lay down their lives in defence of freedom. Joseph Sadler was then recalled, and proved hav ing on the 6th of August searched the houses of George Thompson at Birmingham. I met Thompson in the morn ing and told him I had a warrant against him for having arms in his p ossess i on f or ill ega l purposes. He said he' had sold these arms to Mitchell and Davis openly, and that he had no connection whatever with the Char tists, never having attended any of their meetings. That he only suspected these arms were for an improper pur pose, when at Ashton-under-Line he saw men shoul dering muskets. I found a number of letters in his house. This one was from Higgins, and it is in his handwriting. (The letter was then read ; it was dated July 2, Ashton-under-Line ; and detailed the seizure of arms, to which the Learned Counsel had re ferred in his opening address.) The next was a letter, signed James Duke, Bush Inn, Ashton, and P. M. 111'llouall, guaranteeing the paym en t o f an y arms th at might be orered. Also a letter from John Duke, or dering a supply of arms ; and a letter from .Jas. Livesey, of Manchester, to the same effect. A letter from Geo. H. Smith, of Holmes, Manchester, ordering a supply of arms, and stating that he could sell hundreds if they were sent. Similar letters from Bury, Bradford, and other places, which had been found by the witness, were then put in and read, and also a book in Thomp -5911'S handwriting, containing various entries of arms supplied to Higgins, Mitchell, Livesey, Rawson, Smith, &c. &c. Cross-examined by Mr. TRAFFORD—Thompson must have seen the other police officers when I met him in the street. Some of the letters were found on the table, some in his writing-desk, and others were banded by his wife. Robert Newton, jun., deputy constable of Ashton under-Line—l knew the prisoner Higgins for more thar. twelve months. He has been formerly a spinner, and is now Secretary to the Radical Association of Ashton. I have seen Higgins frequently attending and speaking at the Chartist meetings. I searched his house on the 30th of June, at two o'clock in the morning. I had six or seven officers with me. We found two large boxes full of muskets, rifles, double-barrelled guns, and moulds. Higgins was there. He said there would be none of the bother if they would give the people the Charter. I found some papers on his premises. The papers were put in and read. One is addressed " Dear Brothers," and stated that nothing would convince tyrants but powder and steel. They could get nothing by petitioning ; nothing, would do but to water the tree of liberty with blood, and make one bloody Moscow of Old England. A copy of Maceroni's instructions was found in the bed-room, and an account book with several entries relative to the subscriptions to the National Convention, and the disbursements. Among the items was " silk for the cap of liberty, 2s. 3d." Cross-examined by Mr. YARDLEY—When I went to Higgin's house he was in bed with his wife. Had you any warrant ? Witness—Am I bound to answer that, my Lord? 'COURT—No. I received information about arms being in his house. Higgins does not keep a'sbop. There is no sign over the doer. There are but two other families lodging in the house. The case for the Crown here closed. Mr. COTTINGHAM then addressed the Jury in behalf of Mitchell and Davis, who he said had great reason to complain of the manner in which they had been indicted, because a man could be indicted for a conspiracy to do even a legal act. They also laboured under the disad vantage of having the statement of the Grand Jury laid before them relative to having the offence made one of high treason. All they had to depend upon was the inde pendent, upright, conscientious feelings of their English fellow-subjects. They had not been indicted for any particular facts, but upon matters which spread over a large space of time, and against which it was impossible for any man to defend himself. The present was what was called a Government prosecution —a Govern ment, he must say, which was founded, and built, and lived at that moment on agitation. He need not remind them of the proceedings that took place in 1830, when the present Government came into power almost on the very wings of revolution. Before that period offences like the present were scarce ever heard of—they permitted the masses of the people of this country to express their opinions openly and fearlessly —and the very Government which now pro secuted these individuals were the first to promote their free expression. But he would ask, were there not other publications which equally well deserved the cen. sure and the prosecution of the Government ? Could they forget that but a few years ago a Peer, in his place in Parliament, advised the people to pay no more taxes ? Mr. Baron GURNEY interposed. An improper speech in another place was no justification of another person doing the same thing. Mr. CorritiGHANt would merely observe that if such examples as these he had referred to were permitted to pass unnoticed and unpunished, why in the name of common sense were his clients to be selected for punish ment for an inconceivably lesser offence ? The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon Colonel Maceroni's pamphlet, and read some extracts, to show that civil war and outrages of every sort, w ere vehemently denounced in it, and proceeded—Such was the language upon which it was attempted to found the assertion, that the prisoners were anxious to excite disaffection and civil war. Again, with respect to the placard calling the meeting at Kersal Moor, if it was addressed to the Tories of Chester or Lancashire, he was satisfied that, instead of finding it a seditious pla card, they would approve of, and coincide in every word of it. He would be glad to know if it was a crime for a man to have arms in his possession? It might be so in Ireland, but, thank God, that Act had never yet been extended to England, and the letter of Lord J. Russell was actually quoted as the reason that had induced his client to change his opinion, and say that every man was at liberty to have arms in his own defence. It was too hard, then, to visit his client with punishment for having acted under the advice of the highest authority in that country on that point, and he would safely leave the question in the hands of au upright and intelligent Jury. He now came to the seditious language ascribed to his clients, and the greater part of that had been already disposed of by his cross-examination of the witnesses. It was well known that differences of opinion upon political questions existed among all classes, even the very high est in the realm, but the declaration of these various opinions, however much they might differ, was never in that country considered an offence, and he hoped never would. Again, with respect to the arms that had been found in his client's house, there was no con- • _ ccalment, no secrecy, no attempt at evasion, for he not only pointed out the arms to the constables, but told EVEN IN _ED ITION- them how be iostd become possessed of them, and that STATE OF THE MANUFACTUR he was au th or i se d to sell t h em b y a mantlficturer of ING DISTRICTS. Birmingham. lie believed that the absurd doctrines which had been ascribed to the working classes of that country, cf an equalization of property, Were recognised and acted upon by very few, if any, and he trusted that the rumours which were afloat out of doors would not now be urged to the prejudice of his unfortunate clients. He left their case in the hands of the Jury, confider] that they would give it the fullest and most impartia consideration. The accounts from the disturbed districts to•day, are on the whole rather of a satisfactory nature. At. Stockdale on Tuesday, an attempt was made by the Chartists to compel the working people to keep the n otional holiday, when they were charged by the milltary, .7"d quickly dispered. At Bury several of the..i factories hu , 1 ceased working, and a great number of spec i a l constab les had been sworn in, but it does n ot appear that any ,`disturbance has taken place. At. Heywood a number the mills had been stopped; the streets, a n d two eons from Manchester. No" people were parading panics of the 79th had arrived * violence had been committed. At Middleton the " national holiday" was kept, but no disturbance had taken place up to the time of the latest ~ceotots. At Salford some of the mills had been stopped, but the people were quite peaceable. Mr. TRAFFORD then addressed the Jury on behalf o' the prisoner Thompson, and Mr. YARDLEY on behal of H iggins. Two or three witnesses were called, who gave Thompson a very good character. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL briefly replied. The Learned Judge summed up, and the Jury re turned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. NOTTINGHAM. THE CHANCELLOR , OF THE .3X' CHEQUER'S ANSWER TO MESS RS. ROTHSCHILD.—[Inserted in The I Sun of yesterday (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WEDNESDAY, NOON. The military were most actively engaged throughout yesterday in dispersing the Chartists who had assembled from the villages in the neighbourhood of this town in great strength. One of the Magistrates, in the evening, was severely pelted with stones. At night all was tranquil. This morning ( Wednesday), Woodhouse, the Delegate, was arrested, and is just going to be examined. WEDNESDAY, EVENING. POST.—The conditions of the Government propos." - tion of the 10th instant, concerning the proposed funding'. of Exchequer Bills, being deemed in some respects ob scure, Messrs. Rothschild and Sons have been induced to address a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, asking for certain explanations. These explanations have been at once afforded, and there can now, at all events, be no difficulty whatever in effecting the conversion of the four millions into Consols upon the plan originally contemplate& We subjoin the letter of Messrs. Rothschild and Sons, to-- gether with the Chancel:yes answer, from which it will bo seen that every reasonable facility will be given to parties disposed to put in ternlers. Each separate offer, of not less than 500,000!. of bills, is to be enter tained, the preference being proposed, as a matter of course, to be given to candidates whose terms may be most advantageous to the public. The Chancellor seems to have been unduly influenced by the clamour which has prevailed upon the subject of the early period fixed for the payment of the first instalment of Exchever Bills, namely, the day 6:lpointed for receiving tenders. The 20 per cent., a mere bojatelle of 800,000/ , might, we are very sure, be readily procured, and probably ten times the amount, were it necessary. Mr. Sizing Rice, however, gives way, and very civilly consents ta postpone the tin.'° for paying the deposit till Tuesday, the 90th instant. We understand that an eminent banking firm, vb . est of Temple .bar, are in the possession of a very large annunt of Ex chequer Bills, perhaps double the amount to beconverted, and that they will, in all likelihood, be found among the competitors in attendance at the Treasury Ch ,ambers on Friday morning. Other of our great banking eswitalists are mentioned as p ro b a bl e t o sen d i n t en d ers , as well as Messrs. Rothschild an d C o . an d t h e west - en d estai2lis,b• ment just referred to, so th at t h ere can , as we h ave alrea dy intimated, be no possible d ou bt o f t h e rea dy accomplish.'" ment of the Chancellor's intended operation. Money was much in demand at th e S toc k E xc h a nge to- I day, and loans were granted for short periods at a con siderably increased rate of interest. As much as from 10 to 12 per cent. per annum was in some cases given for accommodation. The public funds have, nevertheless, been sustained with great firmness. The broker usually employed by the Bank sold a large amount, say from 60,000/. to 70,000/. of Three and a Half per Cent. Re duced Annuities, which caused those securities to decline to 991 ; but so buoyant was the market that they subse quently rallied to 9911. Consols left off at 91-4, buyers, and 914 for Account. Exchequer bills closed at ss. to 7s. prem., Bank Stock at 1851, and India Stock at 247. I this morning sent you a short account by the Brilliant of the arrest of Mr. Woodhouse, the Delegate, and hasten to lay the particulars since Monday evening before you. On Tuesday morning the people again assembled in great numbers, and paraded round the town, afterwards pro ceedinr, to the Forest, where several thousands were pre sent, but no speaking took place, on account of the military all being ready at a short distance to disperse such meeting if it was held. After staying For about at, hour, an adjourn ment was made to a large piece of land in the lower part of the town, called Lees's Close, where a vast crowd again met. The Mayor, hearing of this, followed them on horseback, and read the Riot Act, accompanied by about fifty of the police force, which was afterwards re inforced by almost a hundred more, and another Magis trate. The crowds, both at this place and others, were afterwards dispersed by the constables and military, with out resistance, and during the evening the Riflemen and Dragoons paraded the streets. At two o'clock Wood house, the Delegate, was brought before the Magistrates on a charge of tumultuously and riotously assembling with others, &c. He made a long speech, justifying his con duct, and, after some consultation among the Magistrates, he was remanded till Tuesday. The three days' holiday concludes this evening —groups of people are congregated at this moment, but as the coach starts at half-past eight, and it is now that time, I cannot say more. Too much praise cannot be given to all parties in their endeavours to quell the disturbance—caused we are led to believe, not by hard•working, industrious men, but by low, idle scoundrels, who injure every cause they undertake. Whether we view the conduct of the Ma gistrates, the military, or the police, all are alike praise worthy. The indefatigable exertions of Mr. W. Barnes, High Constable, merit the thanks of his fellow-townsmen. P. S.—At Macclesffeld upwarus of twenty Chartists have been arrested. The Duke of Rutland was one of the Magistrates who heard their cases. They are all remanded. A petition is being numerously signed in Not tingham to the Queen in favour of the Chartists convicted at War w tek. RIOT AT BOLTON. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY MORNING A desperate riot hastaken place during the night, and an attempt has been made to fire the town. The military have been called out, the Riot Act read, and the streets, after an attempt to clear them at the point of the bayo net, have been the scene of a desperate struggle between the soldiers and the people. It is reported here Oat two men have been killed and a number wounded. The shops of Little Bolton, I believe, were first attacked by the populace, and some of them are said to have been gutted. A special railway train arrived here about three this morning, bringing with it two magistrates and sixteen of the rioters. The latter underwent an exami nation before the Magistrates at the New Bailey imme diately on their arrival, and have all been sent to Liver pool by the half-past seven o'clock train this morning, to take their trial at the pending assizes. I have not been able yet to ascertain their names, but shall take an early opportunity of forwarding you information of the whole particulars. A great number of other rioters have been taken into custody. A man was caught in the Council Chamber of the Town-hall, Little Bolton, during the riot, by special constable Wallworth, with a torch in his hand, attempting to fire it. The constable sprung at him and knocked him senseless, but whether the fellow had accomplished his object first, I am not yet able to state. It is said, however, that the hall has been nearly destroyed.—Correspondent of the Times. TI M E S.—This leaves the point undetermined whether money will be accepted as well as bills, but it h under stood that a question to that effect has been asked .at the Treasury by cther parties, and that the answer nal: le the negative. With the exception, therefore, of the allowance of further time for the payment of the deposit, the original notice is to be persevered in, and, as Es chequer bills are spread over the City in large masses in hands where the higher value of money for other purposes makes it desirable to change the form of the invest ment, or to sell them, there will be disposition en )ugh to profit by the notice from the Treasury, were it not for the uncertainty which prevails as to the terms which are likely to be accepted. The expectation is, that there will be a numerous attendance there on Friday, but that there will either be few tenders made, or else at a price considerably below the market, and that on Mr. Sprica Rice's maximum becoming known, if the price is a fair one, the list will be readily filled. Thus the same point will be arrived at as if he had followed the prece dent of former conversions in disclosing his terms before nand, and he probably imagines by deferring it to the iatest moment that speculation will be prevented, and the Government run no risk of being over-reached in the bargain. The time he has named fur the biddings being 10 o'clock in the morning, will prevent the market of that day from becoming any guide to the parties, but Mr. Spring Rice, if he adopts any prim' ciplc whatever in the proceeding, will necessarily' adapt his terms to the market of the day before, giving such a bonus upon it as will protect the subscribers against loss in any sales of the stock they may require to make after the conversion. The object of the speculators is. there fore, to keep the funds as low as possible till after the bargain is made, and it is quite futile in any Chancellor of the Exchequer to suppose that he can introduce a mea sure into which speculation shall not enter. It is doubted whether any material relief to the Ex chequer-bill market will be effected by it, as Mr. Spring Rice will have at least 1,500,000/. to dispose of under various votes of credit, and the diminution of the unfunded debt, if the whole 4,000,0001. are converted, will only be 2,500,0001. Little doubt is entertained that his own warts, and not any desire to help the money-market, have prompted him to this proceeding. The pressure for money to-day in the discount -market was extremely severe. The Wink, however, was more liberal in its discounts, and applications with bil's for dis count were received and replied to an hour later than usual. This has proved a considerable accommodation to the bill-brokers. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY) OLD COURT. - - THE HAREFIELD MURDER.—George Coker, aged 15, was indicted for the wilful murder of Moses Gates. Mr. PHILLies briefly detailed the facts of the case to the Jury, and called Benj. Somerville—ls a baker living at Harefield. On the 3d of August he saw deceased standing by a fish stall—at about one o'clock—heard a noise, and saw de ceased strike prisoner on the head, and heard him say be would not cut and maul his salmon for him. The prisoner then went away from the stall, but retired in about half a minute, and said something to the deceased with a view to irritate him. The deceased ran after the prisoner a short distance, and then returned to his stall. Prisoner turned and followed deceased, and said if he struck him (prisoner) again he would not run away, but give him something for himself. The deceased ran to the prisoner and struck him on the head, and immediately afterwards exclaimed the prisocer had stabbed him. Witness observed deceased's trowsers were cut, and blood flowing from him. By the COURT—Three or four minutes elapsed between the striking the first blow and the time the deceased was stabbed. Sales to the extent of about 100,0001. Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced were made on account of the Bank of Ireland at 99 to 98k, which contributed rather to de- press the funds further in the early part of the day. A slight reaction, however, took place in Consols subse quently, and on the close of the market they were 9l for Money, and for A ccount , 91i to Exchequer Bins improved to 3s. to ss. premium. Bank Stock was 185 to 7 ; India Stock, 247 to 9. Mr. Henry Bullock, a surgeon, deposed to the wound being the cause of death. After other evidence bad been adduced, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter. The Learned Judge sentenced him to transportation for life. The prisoner, on hearing his sentence, fell down in the dock, and sobbed most piteously. CH R 0 NICL E.—Little additional information is con veyed by the reply of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the public is left in the dark as much as ever on the most material points. Altogether it is confusion worse confounded, for in many particulars the spirit of this letter is wholly at variance with the notice originally promulgated, and shows how impossible it is, as we stated from the first, to act vi ith any confidence. It fully confirms the correct. ness of our remark on Monday, that it was wholly im possible to determine whether it was expected the tenders were to be for the whole or for parts, for Mr. Spring Rice now distinctly asserts that be originally intended to receive applications for the whole only, and therefore the last paragraph but one in the notice that " the parties must state the amount of Exchequer Bills pro posed to he subscribed by them," consisted of mere idle words, with a view of mystifying the whole affair. The Chancellor now, however, says, " If it be more conve nient to the several parties, the Treasury will not decline receiving separate tenders for sums not less in amount than 500,0001. each of Exchequer bills;" about which not a word was said in the first instance, but on the con trary, as we have already shown, the implication was, that any sum, no matter how small, might be written for. Mr. Spring R;ce admits that it is the intention of the Go vernment to dispose of the stock to different persona at different prices, according to the tenders, and the sub scribers are not " to be admitted on equal terms, provided they are above the minimum determined upon by her Ma jesty's Ministers," which ought in common fairness to be the case. Indeed it is now evident that the desire pf the , Government is t o p rec l u d e w h at i s termed " middle m e.r.' from any participation in the business, and to place it in the hands of large capitalists; for it is not to be supposed that persons will mak e t en d ers f or sma ll amounts w i th the chance of obtaining them on higher terms than their more fortu nate neighbours, which must be the case if the parties are " admitted on the terms proposed by themselves." Alto gether, it is the most complicated transaction that we have perhaps ever had occasion to comment upon; and it ' is certainly one which will be particularly unpopular gene rally, from the obstacles thrown in the way of the less afflu ent competitors. No extension of time for the biddings is granted, although the injustice towards the Scotch Banks, arid persons residing at a distance, has been forcibly pointed out ; but by a postscript t 3 Mr. Spring Rice's letter, a boon is granted in reference to the first instal ment by postponing its payment until the 20th instant. Money at the Stock Exchange was not quite so scarce ! to-day, but the rate of interest on Consols is still about 1 8 per cent., and 10 per cent. upon D utch stocks, while the continuation upon inferior foreign securities, such as Spa nish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Colombian, &c., has been as much as from 20 to 25 per cent. In the commercial world nrsuttnra,tehapsabpceser;frpeaedriclyengti.vcconm, mission, of 1/ per cent. there has been a v e ry great demand for cash, and upon the p ve e r r y an fi in aidition to the 6 per cent. disonnit, whilst amongst the poor classes of traders and commerci a l men 20 per cent. is commonly given. , Business is of course daily diminishing in consequence of this state of the Money Market ; and if there be no ame lioration soon, of which there appears but little chance, business will be completely at a stand still in the course of another week. It is indeed not saying too much when we declare the country altogether was never in such a peculiar position, politically, financially, and commercially. HE RL D. —This afftir has been the subject of much co nversation to-day, and it w ill undoubtedly ke e p a ll ac - , counts in derangement until the scheme is settled. It is I evident, however, that the Government must be much in want of money, else this ready compliance with an expla nation of their object would not have been complied with. It is generally understood here that the house of Roths child and Co., supported by Coutts and Co., will make the biddings for the funding of the Exchequer bills, and that their terms will be accepted. NEW COURT. HOUSE BREAKING.- Thos. Jones, aged 24, and G. 11. Stewart, 27, were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Joseph Juin, and stealing therein a watch, a coat, and other articles, also 1/. 14s. in money, his pro perty. After hearing evidence, the Jury, without consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The judgment was ordered to stand respitcd until to morrow, in order to receive testimony in favour of the pri soner Jones. This notice has not so much affected the funds as might have been expected. CORN AVERAGES. - 41... - GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Aug. 9, 18:39, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 725. Od. Oats I Barley 575. 10d. Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE FIX 'WEEKS P RECEDING. I Wheat 69., 10d Oats .27s Id. Beans 40s. IN. Barley 33a. 2 I d. Rye DITTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat. l3s 4(1 I Oars I Barley 4s. 10,1 , Rye THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) MINGERFORD MARKET. Fisir.—Turbot, ss. and 6s. to 10s. 15s. and 18s. ; Good Salmon, ls. to Is. 3d. per lb.; Oysters, much as last quoted ; Soles, 9d. to 3s per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. each. Beef, 7d. to SIA, Mutton, 71d. to Sid, Veal, Bd. to 9d, and Pork, 7d. to Bd. per lb. HAY MARKETS. New Hay, 60s. to 703. and 75 3 . ; Old Hay, 80s. to 90s. an d 100 s, and higher ; Clover, 85s. to 100 s., 115 s. and 120 s. ; Straw, 365. and 445. per load. SPIRIT MARKET. _ Rum is flat, and rather lower, say d. to Id. per gallon. We quote proof Leewards at 3s. to 3s. W., and good Samaieas at ss. 10d. No variation in other descriptions doing. CITY FISH MARKET. To-day supplies were good of most sorts, and the demand steady, prices much the same as at Hungerford. .ET.-Aug. 14, e. d. Walla End Stewart's. Walls End Hartlepc ol ..... 23 3 Walls End AdeLtide: Walls End Barrett Walls End Clarence .Hetton 19 11 Walls End Clarence Tees l9 a Walls End Richardsoo 's Tees 21 () Walls End Seymour Toes— 21 a Walls End Tees Walls End Tennantl.... 12 0 Walls End West Tees Blythe I Bain pton lB 0 Cannel Coal El , icar IS 0 Howard's Netherton Main 18 ti Walls End Elgin 2 (I last market -day, 74. THE CHARTISTS IN THE 11ORTII.—The Chartists seem to be travelling n ort h wards. Some o f them have been demonstrating in Aberdeen, and last week they penetrated as far as Banff and Elgin. A person named Alexander Mackenzie wzs the principal operator. In Banff he collected 3d.—a fair estimate of the worth of his cause. Mr. Mackenzie appeared in Inverness on Fri day evening, and addressed a number of persons on the Castle Hill, but he made little or no impression, and no attempt was made at . a collection.—l nverness Paper. Granton Pier is now fifteen hundred feet in and, we believe, is to extend shout 2.70 There are three jetties already finished, and other throo are in progress.—Edinburgh Advertiser. COAL MAR Adair's ID 6 Ches'er Holvwell Main :20 6 Ord's tiedh ugh Polito') Windsor Picton 17 2 Wylam. Walls End Brown's Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End Percy Bensham 2O 9 Walls End Perkins Walls End Riddell's Walls End Belmont Walls EndßraddylPsiletton 23 0 Wars End Haswell Walls End Hetton ...... Walls End Lambton :•.hips arrived since COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne and the Judge- Advoc ate-General had audiences yesterday of the Queen. The Earl and Countess of Surrey, Viscount 'Melbourne, Viscount Falkland, Viscount Milton, Lord and Lady Fitzalan, and Colonel Wemyss, joined the Royal circle at dinner last evening at Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Kent rode out on horseback yesterday morning. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by t h e Prin. cesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and attended by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck, left the residence of the Duchess of Gloucester at Bagshot P ar k, on Tuesday of_ t er noon, for Southampton. The Royal Duchess and the Princesses were expected to cross f rom Southampton to Ityde, yesterday. --- FIVE PERSONS DROWNED._S TE ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday even i ng, betwee4;" - BOA T i nine o'clock, two youths w ere run d own near - eight an d side of Waterloo-bridge. Th ese youths cver t- d mut pass e London , ing the second arch of th e b r id ge, with a str. b ce The steamer was ne ar t h e b r i dge, approacu' _ag current. jetty, it is most probable, th ere f ore, that the • . ' ing the j see the steamer's gli mmer t i ll too late t- youths could not His Grace the Duke of W 4 get out of the way. Brougham visited the Polyte' chnic Institution, Regent street, on W e d nes d ay the elli:rgton and Lord - -4th instant. - . ---