The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (THURSDAY EVENING.) CH RO NIC LE.—ln the English Stock Market few transactions have taken place, and prices generally were lower than yesterday. Money was, however, consi dered rather easier, but in Lombard-street the rate of interest was still the same. The meeting at the Bank parlour to-day was of short duration. The notice of the sth of September allowing the advance of loans on bills of exchange, expires to-morrow, but it is understood that the bulk of the advances has been already repaid to the Bank. We uuderstand that the bills of some country banks of issue, drawn by them on their Lon don bankers, were sent in yesterday by the holders for discount to the Bank of England, and not rejected. TIMES.—It has been affirmed by parties in the City who have opportunities of noticing the amount of 1 Exchequer bills afloat, and the purposes for which they / are issued, that not less than 2,500,000/. has been ad vanced towards the erection of the various union work houses formed under the New Poor-law in different parts of the country. At the outset of this unpo pular and odious measure the estimate was, that not more than 800,0001. would be required from the Go vernment in aid of such buildings. The history of these and other advances for public works, with a list of the uncertain debts, and of the losses actually incurred, should it ever be fairly brought to light, wil form one of the most curious and instruc tive portions of the financial administrations of the present day. On the plan now in use for keeping the public accounts, no sort of clue is afforded to it, 1 Exchequer Bills are put down as issued and paid off ' from time to time, but the old accounts in arrear are seldom brought forward, and, when they are exhi bited, there is no possibility of collecting what the quality of the security is upon which ultimate repay ment depends. Even among the union workhouses it is believed by many well-informed persons that the security in some cases is by no means of the best kind. Mr. Jaudon is said to have retorted the other da) on one cf the Bank (of England) Directors, who ex pressed his astonishment at the ruinous rate at whiel, the United States' Bank was borrowing money in America, that it did not become them to assu.ne that tone, as they had begun to be borrowers themselves, and could by no means be certain that they would not have to submit to an equally high rate before they had brought themselves back to their old 4 position. This is perfectly just, and, if Mr. Jaudon is to be tried, it must be by a more competent ti ibunal than this. There is said, by the way, to have been a final arrangement at length made with respect to Mr. Jaudon's new bonds, and it is even affirmed that they sell in the open market at an advance on the price at which they were issued. Messrs. Denison and Co. have been mentioned as holding the guarantee stock on behalf of the subscribers to the bonds, but in what manner they are connected with each other, so as to be made available in case of need, does not appear. There is no reason to doubt, at the same time, that ail due protection is afforded to the parties interested, of which indeed the character of the house referred to would be a sufficient assurance. If the object is, how ever, to obtain for the bonds a free circulation in the city, the more clearly this is explained the better, as men of business are not apt in such cases to take any thing for granted. The English Stock Market has been heavy all day, and the quotations with a declining tendency. Con s ols were 90,1 sellers for money, and 934 buyers for account. Bank Stock, 179 to 180 ; India Stock, 245 t o '237. Excheqber Bills, 4s. to 2s. discount. A sudden fall in Dutch Stocks excited a good deal of attention in the Foreign Market, and acted unfa vourably upon the prices of foreign securities gene rally. The fall was caused by the report of another loan of '20,000,000 of guilders being about to be brought into the market in the shape of 23 per cent. stock. The regular and periodical creation of new stock in Holland begins to create some uneasiness among the holders of the securities of that country, which, notwithstanding its reputation for good faith, possesses but limited resources, and is very heavily bur burdened with taxation and debt already. The Two and-a-Half per Cents., which yesterday stood at 53,i to 53-i, declined to-day to 524 to 52i, and the Five per Cents. from 1004 to 1014, to 100 i to 1001. HERALD.—The Commercial Money Market to day has, to use somewhat a singular term, been in a mysterious position. Although the demand has not been increased, the capitalists are evidently guarding against some expected pressure. From what we learn there is little hope that the Bank will relax from its lessening of the circulation ; private bankers have, in many instances, this day charged their customers seven per cent. for discounts, and have not been at all desirous of any extensive business at even that rate. On the whole, our fellow-citizens seem to have lost that ani mation which last week gave us reason to imagine that confidence had to an essential degree been restored. One fact seems evident, that the amount of foreign se curities, which the public have purchased during the past two years, has absorbed much of the surplus ca pital of this country, therefore it is consequent that traders must for a time be at the mercy of the moneyed or powerful party. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Mornina Chronicle.) It is justly observed by the able writer of an article on Lord Lyndhurst's review of the last session, in the number of the Edinburgh Review just published : " That if Sir Robert Peel were a year in power—no matter what majority he might secure at a general election following on his installation—that no language of reproach uttered against Lord Melbourne, by the most impatient of the Ultra-Radicals, would equal the vituperation heaped on their Prime Minister by a larger and more powerful portion of the Ultras of his own creed." Sir Robert is the leader by necessity, not by choice of the Tory party. He obtains for that party a reputation which it does not deserve, by qua lities personal to himself. " The allegiance," adds the writer, " paid by a large portion of his follcwers, no t only in Ireland, but in Great Britain, to Sir Robert Peel, arises from respect to his talents, not confidence in his opinions. His good qualities theinsves ; his pro found experience in practical affairs ; his deliberate caution, which, while it moderates ambition in himself, tends to darap enthusiasm in his allies ; his decorous and honest respect for whatever is just and moderate in that section of public opinion to which his political creed is not violently opposed ; all these qualities, in a word, which, combined with his accomplishments in debate, have obtained for him so eminent a position in the House of Commons, seem to many to savour of timi dity ; and. should he regain office, the first moment he is driven by circumstances and the public to one liberal measure, what now is timidity will be called treason." But then, unfortunately for the Tories, the bold avowal of their principles, and the endeavour to give full effect to them, would rouse against their Government the feelings of all those classes of the community who are now indifferent. Sir Robert Peel is a negation—if he be not liberal in his principles, he yet cautiously evades shocking the people with an exhibition of the odious parts of Toryism. But the Tories, though willing to derive advantage from the dexterity of Sir Robert, never for one moment forget that they are opposed to a Liberal Government for something more than such differences as the Right Hon. Baronet chooses to avow. " How long," says the Edinburgh Reviewer, "mould the convert to Catholic emancipation, the surren derer of the Orange lodges, retain the confidence of 1 his Irish partisans ?—fatal auxiliaries, whom nothing less than the entire subjugation of their own coun trymen—the restoration of the old Protestant as cendancy, can bribe into submission. Allow that the Members, drilled and tamed into moderation by con tact with English common sense, are willing to com promise and obey, will the constituents, hot and rabid with prejudice and triumph, be equally submissive ? Look to the reception of Sir Frederick Shaw, one of the most able of the Irish party, among his own Corpo ration of Dublin—treated as a deserter and apostate for his qualified concession in Municipal Reform, and hissed in the most eloquent periods of his eulogy on Sir Ro bert Peel. See more recently what has been said of ehveParliainentary Tories by Mr. Gregg—the archi .liitn„. (bite of Orange polemics—Gregg who encountered `!naguire—Gregg who shouts aloud what more prudent Intolerance thinks in secret. The Rev. Gentleman passing 'with a contemptuous toss of the head by Lord h,Lit.t, fails foul upon whom of all men ? Why, Mr. Sergeant Jackson of Protestant Bandon ! Yet it has been whispered that had Sir Robert to Robert Peel retained office, Lord Eliot might h ave Ireland, it and may be s upposed that Sergeant gone eksoii's talents w o uld equally office. have found their way intoA pleasant prospect then for Sir Robert Peel' s Irish Government. He.e the Catholics—there the Orangemen-- ' Nubibus hic tumidus, fluctibu s ille ni ' l3 x But it may be supposed that Mr. Greggi va a e a .i solitary a fanatic—alas! he is but one many." El may judge from the Quarterly Re v i ew , there a n re ll symp toms pif toms of mutiny in the Tory camp ; and it would not - surprise us to find next Session an attempt made to drive him into a course of opposition more akin to what some restless spirits in the House of Lords have occa sionally pursued. If the Tories found that the moment the enormous war expenditure ceased, year after y ear some portion of their power left them, till even in an unreformed Parliament they were obiiged to make great concessions to public opinion, it is impossible that the oligarchy, now that the Reform Bill has given such addi tion to the power of the great towns, can possibly recover their lost ground. The Tory aristocrat may endeavour to suppress all outbreak of public opinion in his neighbour hood ; and, at a general election, fight up against it by intimidation and the beer barrel ; but if, on the faith of successes won in this way, the country were once more to be in su lt e d b y a Tory regime manifested in all i its hideousness, the general indignation would soon drive 1 them from power. It is admirably observed by the writer in the Edinburgh Review, to whom we have already so often alluded, that— .s The Administration of Sir Robert Peel, if formed, Dould neither be vigorous nor durable; the present crisis in our national civilization forbids it. In all stages of I I popular progress, the main and striking landmarks are in the increased power of the large towns. Cast your eyes over any page in our history, in which the successful movement of the people is recorded ; and the chief cause of the success is in the growth and prosperity and energy of the burgher class. The philosophical histo rian, who pauses to examine the causes of the rise of free opinion under James and Charles, invariably dwells with care and emphasis on the development of that popular power and union which results from some new importance acquired by the inhabitants of the towns. To the same cause is to be attributed the bloocl- .ess and irresistible struz gle that terminated in the Re form Bill. That measure, which unequivocally proved, has also prodigiously increased, the influence of the middle classes of the towns upon the whole machinery of legisla tion. When Lord John Russell, in a sentence, the spirit of which has been unfairly represented, observed that in the electoral distribution of the Reform Bill, care was taken to give stability to the State, as well as progress to the people, by a numerical preponderance to the agricul tural interest, he rightly estimated the force and the ten dency of urban influences on political affairs. In the long run the spirit of a town population must always gain upon that of the agricultural. It has a much more rapid and extensive effect upon public opinion. With the former political questions rise up with a suddenness that seems to the unobservant almost miraculous—reeive instantaneous combination—and are urged on the Legislature with a con tinuous energy and intelligence, which the lethargic and scat tered electors of a provi rice never can command. A numerical preponderance to the agricultural population, is not a moral, not a real, not an actual prepo.,derance. It takes many coun ties to balance one Birmingham. Of this truth Sir R. Peel was aware, when he made it a principal excuse For his concession to the Catholic claims, that he found he representatives of the large towns in their favour. He estimated not merely the number of the representa tives for and against, but those of the respective consti tuenccs. But has Sir Robert Peel gained, and will he gain, to his side any reasonable proportion of the large towns? How many small boroughs and subdivided coun les will equal the life and movement, the agitation and the power of the immense constituencies that would be brought to bear against his Government ? What diffi• culties—far greater than those arising from the disfavour of two ladies of the household—will await the Cabinet •hat sees against it the mighty forces of London, Bir ningham, Manchester, Salford, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, Edinburgh, and Glasgow ?" (From the Morning Advertiser.) We publish, in another part of this day's paper, a very tble and sensible article from the Scotsman, relative to the case of the late Lady Flora Hastings. The obser vations of our Contemporary, it will be perceived, are in perfect accordance with the sentiments which we our 4elves expressed in calling attention, some days ago, to Sir James Clark's statement on the subject. The same ,entiments, we may farther add, are now universally en tertained throughout the country. To Ladies Portman and Tavistock, and Sir James Clark, it must be exceedingly gratifying to find, that notwithstanding all the calumnies and misrepresentations to which their conduct in this matter has been sub jected for some months past, they are acquitted of all blame by the unanimous verdict of the public. In deed it is now admitted on all hands, that they have been most deeply injured persons. They ihave been persecuted with a degree of rancour and perseverance, for nearly eight months past, which, happily for the honour of our country, has no parallel in the annals of individual injustice, and which could only have been prompted by the private malignity of parties who had personal pur poses to promote. Their traducers must now feel themselves covered with confusion. Sir James Clark's statement has not only scattered all their calumnies to the winds, but will render perfectly innocuous any future efforts which they may make to traduce either himself or the ladies of the Palace. And here we have great pleasure in doing an act of justice to the Tories as a body. The strenuous and persevering efforts which have been made to calumniate the Queen, and to injure the character of her physician and the ladies of the Palace, have been limited to a mere handful of persons belonging to that body —persons who were equally ready to trample truth in the dust, and to assas sinate the characters of individuals, in their anxiety to gratify private malignity or accomplish political objects. The great body of the Conservatives have not only been no parties to these atrocities, but, to their honour be it spoken, have openly and decidedly discounte nanced them—a fact which is abundantly proved by the conduct of the Times, the Morning Herald, the Stan dard, and Courier in the matter. We sincerely con gratulate Ladies Portman and Tavistock on the cir cumstance of the public mind being now so entirely disabused in reference to the late unfortunate affair at Court. With regard to Sir James Clark, the public sense of the wrongs which have been done him, being a professional man, is pecularly strong. It is now felt, and admitted throughout the length and breadth of the land, that he was placed in a most painful and difficult position, and that no man could have :acted, in all the circumstances of the case, with greater caution or prudence. or with more honourable feeling. But we will not pursue the subject farther. Sir James's character, and that of the ladies of the Palace, has come untarnished out of the fiery ordeal through which they had to pass. We earnestly hope we shall have no further occasion to recur to the matter. We trust it will now be allowed to drop for ever. The Marquis of Hastings has done everything which he could be expected to do, and much more than was required, to vindicate the honour of his sister ; and any further attempt to keep the subject alive, will not only be treating with disrespect the memory of the dead, but will be wantonly outraging the feelings of sur viving relatives, and of society in general. (From the Morning Herald.) _ Among the many disgracefull - appointments made by the present Ministry, it may well be doubted whether the appointment of Mr. Poulett Thomson to the Go veruship of Canada, be not the most disgraceful in itself, as it assuredly is the most perilous in its possible effects on the integrity of the British empire. The Governor of Canada, at the present juncture, requires qualities, in all of which Mr. Poulett Thomson is notoriously de ficient. The Governor of Canada ought, moreover, to be under the influence of principles, precisely the reverse of those professed by the late President of the Board of Trade. The value to England of the Canadas is in finite. But Mr. Poulett Thomson belongs to a school, which hold colonies cheap ;—a school, which gabbles about colonies, to the effect, that they are always profit less,and, generally, most expensive to the mother country ; —a school, which teaches that trade with independent countries is always to be desired, rather than trade with colonial dependencies. Mr. Poulett Thomson holds, in short, that England would gain by the erection of the Canadas into an independent State. His creed on this point harmonises precisely with that of the French Canadians—of the men who have recently been discom fited in their attempt at rebellion. True, the process by which the Whig Governor of the Canadas has arrived at that conclusion, may differ from the process which has led the Canadian rebels to the same point. Still a " sympathy" as to ends exists—whatever discrepancy of opinion as to means may be discovered. The British loyalists throughout the Canadas know that the Gover nor holds opinions most injurious in their tendency upon all British interests. The rebels know, on the other hand, that if they can succeed in their treason able designs, they will create a new field for the appli cation of the Governor-General's " philosophy 1" Can such a state of things be deemed other than most perilous ? Will the " sympathisers" of the United States border fail to turn such a state of things to account ? But while the Whig Governor-General's principles must be admitted to be most pernicious, what are the personal qualities that fit him for the high command that has been thrust upon him ? Mr. Poulett Thomson is a singularly feeble personage—a man devoid of energy, and of that species of prudence which the difficulties of his very peculiar position de mend. He promises, in short, to be just the sort of instrument that Mr. Van Buren might desire. If no fresh rebellion should, during the approaching winter, break out in Canada ; if Canada should, in fact, con tinue a portion of the British empire, we shall owe these fortunate events, not to the sagacity and courage of Mr. Poulett Thomson, but to the matchless loyalty and zeal that carried the Anglo-Canadian volunteers through all the hardships of their services in 1837 and 1838. (From the Morninr , Post.) The most violent supporters of the Government con tinually cry out thiit the people should have secular eilucation at all events, and then they will the more easily made religious, and better able to judge what is true religion. We hold this to be a stupid misappre hension of the nature of man ;—stupid, because all ex perience so plainly teaches that the theory is false. The violent supporters of the Government insist, however, that all who do not subscribe to this theory are guilty of bigotry and Toryism. We appeal from these violent supporters of Government to the real friend of the Go vernini'nt, Bishop Denison. His Lordship says that the differences of opinion of statesmen in both Ho uses of Par liament do not alter the opinion of the Church that reli gious and secular knowledge are, orshould be, inseparable, and that that system of education should be universal. The Lords of the Treasury, he adds, have a grant for this purpose, and they have been in the habit of distri buting a large portion of it through the agency of the National School Society, and he rejoices to find that the present Committee arc resolved to pursue the same course. This is the language of a mars who is accus tomed to put a favourable construction upon the views I and conduct of Government. We are accustomed to do p7-eeis«-i v the contrary, and we suspect the Government of foul play in everything connected with public education, because we find them giving countenance to views and principles upon the subject which are directly opposed to the sound principles of their friend Bishop Denison. We do not expect good fruit from a tainted and cankered tree. The Bishop is favourable to inspection of schools, and so are all friends of a good system, but should appoint poin r t e b l e at i e nsp d e o c e t s or n s o . t say We are Government j most ta r n n x m ie e e n s t t t h hh a ue t all schools should he well inspected, because in ge ' neral no business will be well attended to unless those who have the doing of it be occasionally looked after I but we would not trust the appointment of f inspectors to the advisable ; the present Government , nor do we ? think that any set of merely political men, of any party, should ' make such appointments. At all events a Government which is willing, for the furtherance of what it considers policy, to give a heavy blow and a great discouragement to Protestantism, cannot safely be trusted to appoint in spectors of education which ought to be conducted upon the principles for which Bishop Denison so ably and earnestly contends. (From the Times.) The vacancy of Greenwich could not be filled by one Yellow Admiral without a vacancy being created for another Admiral of similar pretensions to her Majesty's favour and to public gratitude. Admiral Fleming could not be transferred to Greenwich without being transferred front somewhere else. A good fat berth he had already—a berth wherein little seamanship was, indeed, required, or any of those professional qualities of which no evidence is to be found in the naval biography of the Hon. Charles Fleming. It was the post of Port Ad miral at Portsmouth, together with the command of the guardship Brittania, of 120 guns, and pay and allowances as Admiral, exceeding 3,0001. per annum ! We know not how much more. This appointment yielded the Whig partisan tolerably substantial pickings, and would go far, one might suppose, to indemnify him for the sums he had spent out of his private monies upon Ministerial canvassings and con tested elections in the O'Connell cause. But Radicals might walk out of office—holiday placemen might be superseded by working ones, who had stood all trials and weathered them, and established names at which the enemies of England still grew pale, whilst that of Fleming was unknown beyond the Scotch hustings, or the secret columns in the Secretary of the Treasury's note-book. Greenwich, therefore, with a house and 1,5001. a year for life, or good behaviour, was a prize more valuable than Portsmouth and between 3,000/. and 4,000/ in the shape of a tenancy at will. The Portsmouth job was thus, upon a conscientious calcula tion of profits, laid aside, and a vacancy announced, where a monopoly of Portsmouth and Greenwich at the same time, however desirable, appeared to be out of the question. The readers of this Journal have seen the Greenwich scheme sketched out, and a negative bill of fare of the merits of Admiral Fleming. Ven, what is to be the fate of Portsmouth ? Why, thy; y tell us that a certain Admiral " Sir George Parker, IC-C.8.," has been nominated to the port and guard-ship there, not forgetting the sundry thousand pounds per ann. On inquiry of almost every man of our acquaintance now in London " Who is Admiral Sir George Parker, K.C.B. ?" we find that this personage has been selected for Portsmouth on principles identical with those which decide the choice of Admiral Fleming both for that sta tion and for Greenwich ; that his qualificatiOns bear a dose resemblance to,those by which only the Hon. Charles Fierning has at any period of his life been distinguished— viz., a total absence of professional fame, and a redundant familiarity with hustings, polling-booths, electioneering stratagems, and partisan bustle. Sir George Parker, if we are not entirelv misinformed, is unknown to Me maritime records of Great Britain. He has never, as a naval officer, done a single act to raise him above the level of the most ordinary insignificance. But he has done other acts. He has been a resident somewhere in the neighbourhood of Great Yarmouth. He has therefore proved himself a Whig Radical, or democrat, or, without reference to any set of principles, he has performed the functions of a party swabber. and something more—he has pumped, and mopped, and scoured, and cried " Scaldings !" he has manoeuvred, not men of war, but men of straw. He has dealt more with that sort of canvass which " raises the wind" than with the canvass which is swollen by it. Whatever be the defects of this worthy gentleman, the redeeming virtue of Whiggery supplies them all. Nor is he devoid either of those talents which fit him to command a guard-ship, when for want of hands she cannot by possibility go to sea, or of those aptitudes which make a Port-Admiral useful to a Minister, when the port is one which sends repre sentatives to Parliament. Viewing, as we have done, with peculiar zest the progress and consummation of the " Fleming job," our partiality can nevertheless not blind us to the belief that the "Parker job" will be found eventually even more exquisite and pungent. FROM MR DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The tactics of Cabrera and the Count d'Espagne are recommended by the Quarterly to the Tory party at the present " crisis." They are to go on fighting, with or without any head, or any plan of opera tions. Too much discipline hitherto has in fact been the ruin of them ; and Peel (their traitor Maroto) has betrayed their cause, and his fellow leaders. This is not explicitly stated, but it is plainly implied. " We repeat," they say, " our opinion, that during the late session the discipline of the Conservatives has been too closely maintained ; they waited for orders which it was not deemed prudent to promulgate, and thus, instead of firing their muskets independently whenever they got a glimpse of their irregular enemies, they patiently and in mute silence stood before them to the very end of the Session with ordered arms.'" No body, we will engage, could have written this gunpowder manifesto but the late Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. It is quite of a piece with his flaming trans atlantic philippics against the Americans, and republi cans, and all that sort of thing, and everything else, and almost everybody else, in the world. If its go-a-head style did not alone afford demonstration of its origin, it is proof strong as Holy Writ that the article is almost all about Upper Canada. The grand sin of omission charged on the Tories throughout the course of last Session is, that "the imperious dictator (Lord Dur ham) passed through the ordeal of last Session un harmed, unanswered, and unpunished!" Certainly the Opposition excel in the esprit de l'escalier—the gift, not of saying their good things in the drawing-room, but of bethinking themselves of them as they are going down stairs ! The effect might have been wonderful, if it had only occurred to them to set about " punishing" Lord Durham while the session yet lasted. Unfortunately, however, their re. Header last session (Lord Brougham), has a wily versatility about him which prevents him "pu nishing" anybody with a perseverance which should bring out the case on the ether side. Under Lord Brougham's leading, Lord Durham was just enough " punished" to bring him back from the scene of his mission, and then prudently let alone. In like manner, the same learned harlequin, towards the end of the Ses sion, took it in hand to " punish' Lord Normanhy, on scarce-printed and unread evidence. These two me morable examples of abortive attack of the Opposition leave no doubt of their will to " punish," whatever be thought of their power—or "discipline." (From the Courier.) It is rather an unfortunate charge for the morning organ of the Ministers to urge against the Conservatives, that they act on " no fixed principle." There are very few thinking persons who are not fully conscious that it is because the Conservatives religiously adhere to their fixed principles that they are out of office ; and it is equally notorious that it is because the pre sent Ministry have no fixed principle to act on that they remain in. The Conservative party have the fixed principle to protect life and property (in Ireland as well as in England) : to increase religious education : to support the Established Protestant Church : to promote all useful improvements : to resist all useless and dangerous innovations : generally, to afford to the people good government. N' hat has been the course of the present Ministry ? In Ireland to abandon life and property to the mercy of a population indus triously trained to regard their possessors as excommu nicated aliens : to allow heavy blows and great dis couragements to be dealt on Protestantism : to encou rage, sometimes by active interference, and at others by supine negligence, the excitement of the people, by the wildest revolutionary doctrines ; at one time sending emissaries to rouse the people to discontent; at another despatching troops to shed the blood of the people, whose discontents they them - selves have kindled ; dis regarding good government, or any government, and regarding only patronage ; without any fixed principle of foreign or domestic policy : we forget, there is one fixed principle to which they have invariably, and under all circumstances and humiliations, pertinaciously ad hered—the fixed principle of keeping their places. (From the Standard.) The Ministerial journals announce with manifest exultation a subscription from her Majesty for the purpose of aiding in the formation of a Normal School, in connection with the British and Foreign School Society, of 1001. per annum. The truly loyal and constitutional subjects of her Majesty will regard that contribution with very considerable pain. They cannot choose but regret that Ministers should, for the mere purpose of promoting their own selfish and anti-national views, have advised their Royal Mistress thus openly to defy the opinions not only of the second branch of the Legislature, so strongly manifested, but of a large majority of the most intelligent and influential of her subjects of all religious persuasions. The " sharp rebuke" dictated by Lord Melbourne to the deputation from the Upper House of Parliament, in reply to its strong but respectful remonstrance on this subject, was made a matter of congratulation by the Ministerial Journals, as having " settled the Lords ;" whilst the much vaunted subscription which has just given occasion for the Io Pecans of the Morning Chronicle and Globe, is designed, no doubt, to convey a similar re proach to such of the nobility, gentry, clergy, magis trates, merchants, and others, of England, as signed the four thousand petitions which were transmitted to Parliament in the course of a few weeks against the Ministerial education scheme. We are told that our delight at such an act of " munificence," ought to know no bounds ; for that, in fact, it is meant as a rebuke, not only to the House of Lords, the heads of the nobility, clergy, and landed and mercantile interests of the country, but also to a large majo rity •t* the representatives of England in the House of Commons. We repeat, that we regard this demon stration, if we are to believe that it was so designed. with sorrow. It can have but one effect, and that, one which is of all others the most to be deprecated. It is thus that Ministers continually attempt to shield themselves from the ignominious fate that awaits them by thrusting before them the person of their Royal Mistress as a shield, against which they are ' well aware that no shaft will be directed. How long will the people of England consent to tolerati3 so per fidious and disloyal a faction ; men, who, to apply the phrase of one of their leading organs, " ha ve trans formed a minority into a majority by taa'king their Royal Mistress their slave," and ya) care iaot to what consequences they expose her, provided thei :r tenure of office may be preserved for ever so short a I ime by the sacrifice ? POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN-SQUARE. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF BAN K•NOTESe—• IVilliam Bexhill and John Wood, two snabbily dressed men, were yesterday placed at the bar charged with stealing thirty-six 51. notes of the Wells and Dorset Bank, pay able at the London and Westminster Bank. Mr. Barefoot, an inspector of the B division, pro duced the following letter for the information of the Magistrate : . _ Andover, Oct, 13. Gentlemen—l have this evening been robbed of thirty-six 51. notes of the Wells and Dorset Bank, the whole of them dated Trowbridge, which I received from Mr. Ball, the manager of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, and request that they may be stopped, JOSIAH GANGER, Melksham, Wilts. To the Directors of the London and Westminster Bank. The inspector said that to this letter was added a list of the numbers of the no tes, and information having been given throughout the police force, the prisoners had been apprehended by him, and it would be found on a hearing of the case that the evidence affected them very strongly. S. J. Fremand, shopman to Mr. Henry Leach, draper, f No. 10, Tothill-street, Wetitminster, stated that on Wednesday afternoon the priso ners came into his mas ter's shop and selected goods to the amount of 11., for which they tendered in payment a .5/. note of the Wilts and Dorset Bank. Witness said he had not change, but would run out and get it. He did so, and in formation was then given to Inspector Barefoot, who ultimately took them into custody,. He had ascertained that the notes were stopped at the bank where they were payab!e in London. He received the note from Bexhill, but the other was standing by at the time. After some further evidence, to a certain extent im plicating the prisoners, they were remanded till Satur day, when the gentleman who had 'been robbed would be able to attend. BARNSTAPLE ADDRESS TO LORD EBRINGTON.. (From the North Devon Journal.) On Monday morning this town was quite on the qui vive from the circulation of a rumour that his Ex cellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was expected to arrive at Ilfracombe, and to pass through Barnstable on his way to Castle-hill, on a visit to hi,s Noble and venerable parents. An address to his Lordship was instantly got up. and by the active exertions of our townsman, Mr. Robert Gregory, jun., a great number of most respectable signatures, including men of all shades of politics, was obtained to it in the course of an hour or two. The expectation of the inhabitants was kept up until Tuesday, when it was ascertained that his Excellency had landed at Plymouth, and had reached Castle-hill by another route. The Worshipful the Mayor addressed his Lordship to inquire when he would be pleased to receive the address, and his Ex cellency having appointed this morning, Thursday, a deputation, comprising the Mayor, Stephen Bencraft, John Law, John Pyke, and Richard Thorne, Esqrs., proceeded to Castle-hill to present it. The address and answer were expressed in the following terms : TO HIS EXCELLENCY LOflD VISCOUNT EBBINGTON, BARON FOAITESCUE. We, the Mayor and other inhabitants of Barnstaple, wait on your Lordship with our warm congratulations on your return to the town and county which you so satisfactorily represented in so ,many Parliaments. We take this opportunity to express our great plea sure at your successful administration of the govern ment of Ireland, which has secured peace and prospe rity to that beautiful country. We most heartily wish your Excellency health and happiness. HIS EXCELLENCY ' S ANSWER. GENTLEMEN,—I return you my sincere thanks for the kindness with which you have welcomed my return, for a short time, to my native county. When I entered upon the government of Ireland, I found peace and tranquillity established there by the judicious administration of my predecessor ; and I am heartily gratified that my efforts to preserve them have earned for me a renewed assurance of that approbation and esteem, of which, in my former situation of one of the representatives of Devon, I received so many flat tering proofs, on various occasions, from my neighbours and friends at Barnstaple. A few days since, a meeting of " the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts" was held at a place called Boston Spa ; the Puseyite Vicar of Leeds, Dr. Hook, was the chief speaker. The Rev. Gentleman referred to the doctrine of the Divinity of Christ, which he said was proved by tradition And to the doctrine of transubstantiation, which was, he said, disproved by tradition ! Towards the close of the meeting, the Chairman, G. L. Fox, Esq., M.P.. made a speech, and stated, in proof of his earnest desire to propagate Christianity, and to support the " Venerable Society," that he had actually come from Doncaster races in order to preside at that meeting.—Patriot. SAVINGS' BANK ANNUITIES.—The trustees and managers of St. Clement Danes Savings' Bank have paid to Government during the quarter just ended, 7,1711. 3s. 7d. on account of annuities, varying from 41. to 20/. each annuitant. The gross sum paid by them to Government since the commencement of the annuity institution is 75,119/. 3s. 11 d. And, notwith standing the late pressure for money, the receipts from depositors to this Savings' Bank have amounted to up wards of 35,000/. since November last, whilst the re payments to depositors being something under 24,0001. has left a balance of more than 11,0001. to be added to their capital, which exceeds 61,000/. LEEDS HORTICULTURAL AND FLORAL SO CIETY.—The third and last show for the season of this Society, was held yesterday week, in the yard of the White Cloth Hall. The exhibition in all its depart ments was of a very superior order. There being, con sidering the advanced state of the season, abundance of plants, fruits, and flowers, which were displayed as taste as circumstances would admit. The company, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, was not so numerous as on former occasions ; in fact, it is a matter of regret that there is not, in the town of Leeds, a public building with a room sufficiently large for a hor ticultural exhibition on a large scale, and it is scarcely to be expected that an out-door show, nearly in the middle of October, should be very attractive ; amongst those present, however, we were glad to observe several families of distinction in this neighbourhood.—York Courant. SINGULAR CONTRIBUTION.—At the collec tion made after the sermon delivered by Mr. Close in aid of the Church Missionary Society (says the Chel tenham Free Press), a lady deposited in one of the plates a piece of paper, which, on being unfolded, was found to contain a plain gold ring. The following was written, upon the envelope :—" The giver is now amongst the redeemed, and the receiver restores it to the Lord of the harvest." KNOX CLUB ANNIVERSARY AT MAYBOLE. —The Anniversary of the Knox Club was held at Maybole, on Friday last, in the Parish School-house. The Rev. Dr. Hill of Dailly, occupied the Chair, sup ported on the right by W. Niven, Esq., of Kirkbride, and the Rev. Mr. Richardson of Penningham ; and on the left by Elias Cathcart, Esq., of Auchendran, and Dr. Rankine of Otterden. Sir C. D. Fergusson, Bart. of Kilkerran, officiated as croupier, supported on the right by Mr. M'Mickin Torrance of Kilsantninian, and on the left by the Rev. Mr. Gray, Maybole. The Rev. Mr. Richardson asked the blessing, and the Rev. Mr. Wallace returned thanks.—Ayr Observer. A MAN RESCUED FROM A TIGER BY A LION.—A Birr correspondent of the Dublin Post, dating Friday, says : --4. Since I came here I have heard an anecdote of one of Batty's lions, which shows the sagacity of that noble animal in a remarkable point of view. Those who visited Batty's menagerie, in Dublin, will remember that he had two lions and a tiger tamed together in the same cage, and whilst exhibiting at Roscrea, a few days ago, the keeper of these animals, whilst in the cage with them, missed his foot and fell upon the tiger, which was asleep at the moment. The animal, became enraged, and, jumping up, caught the unfortunate man by the thigh. A thrill of horror per vaded the hundreds of spectators who were visiting the exhibition at the time, and the man's destruction was deemed inevitable, when, to the inexpressible joy, as well as amazement of all present, the lion seized the tiger by the neck, and caused it at once to rclinquinsh its hold, whilst the man was dragged out of the cage, bleeding in a d rea df u l manner . He was immediately placed under the care of Dr. Tynan), of this town, and is now quite recovered. THE SHAKSPEARE CLIFF TUNNEL---The South-Eastern Railway advances ; the tunnel through Shakspeare's Cliff is nearly completed. There are only two tunnels on its line of road, and that through Shak speare's Cliff was the most dreaded experiment. There is now a passage (narrow in some parts it is true) from one side of the cliff to the other, being an arch measur ing three quarters of a mile in length, cut in solid chalk. It is well worth a long walk to see the finished portion. One of the galleries leads from the beach to the main tunnel, which is a beautifully turned elliptical arch of between twenty and thirty feet in height. On some occasions a blue light is thrown up, which produces a strange and almost unearthly effect. Among the masses of chalk which compose the Dover hills, portions of clay are found totally disconnected, either with the surface of the ground, or with each other. The geolo gist's attention is also excited by the different varieties of chalk—one soft, one hard, one perfectly pure, one filled with flints, and one with organic remains. —Kentish Times. TOO MUCH CHURCH IN AUS- TRAIAA. (From Murray's Austral-Asiatic Review of the 4th of June.) This colony has been said to furnish materials for prison discipline ; its destiny now is to be the material for the aggrandisement of Christian churches. Alas, poor Colony ! doomed to suffer in every cause -thy life-blood is now to be poured out like wa ter ; thou, already so attenuated and exhausted, art siill to bleed. Verily it is well to suffer in a good cause, and thou wilt speedily die in the cause of Christ ianity. Two Sheriffs at 8001. a year, each! If things go on as they have been going, how long' will they be able to levy their salaries ? We hailed the new Church Act as a measure of wisdom, to confer substantial justice on all creeds. We imagined in our anxiety for so happy a consumma tion, that all strife was now composed, that all jealousy was now annihilated, that there could be no more unjust preferment, that each would come by his own, and that the wants of the souls of men would be provided for. But now we see that there is much more anxiety to provide for some of the clergy, than for all the people, and this, it appears, is the way in which particular churches are to be advanced. When we find that there are two Protestant clergymen at such out-of-the•way places as Morven and Sorel], we may be sure that the onerous imposts involved in their es tablishments, will be extended further and grow heavier: and surely there must be some singular defects in an Act whiclL eaves room for such inflictions on the colo nial prosperity. We reproach ourselves with not hav ing given sufficient attention to the details of that mea sure. We hoped all things —we suspected nothing. But our duty as one of the guardians of the public purse, enjoins on us a stricter scrutiny now that we behold the working of the Act. To this task we have addressed ourselves, and as a preliminary to our en deavours to get at the root of the malady, we have one question to ask, Ibr we think we see a glimmering of the light of truth. Who changed six to ten ? In what stages of the progress of the Bill was this artifice prac tised, this expensive error introduced ? Will people go 10 miles to church ? will they go 20 ? It appears that the radius is to pass through the air (that is the perni cious and absurd interpretation of the distance clause), so that a person who, by any road, would have from 15 to 20 miles to travel before he could reach his journey's end, if it be found that he lives from the in tended site only 10 miles, and declares that he is bona fide a member of a given communion, and intends to frequent a given building, such a person becomes a means, and is sought out as a means of procuring 3001. building-money at once, and salary for a minister for ever and ever. Oh, detail ! detail! oh, craft! oh, management 1 to paralyze or annihilate the virtue of any great mea sure ! A sadder reflection presents itself even than that of our pecuniary loss. Is it the duty of Government to encourage people to declare falsely, and against the pos sibilities of nature ? To encourage tender ladies to declare that they intend to travel ten miles on a Sunday, and that almost constantly ? To frequent the church, when it is manifest that they can as possibly fre quent the summit of Mount Wellington, and offer their orisons on that holy temple of nature ? What then must plainly come of this ?—Why, that everything can be found for the church except its legi timate and declaring congregation—that church after church may be founded, minister after minister salaried, not according to the spiritual necessities of the people, but as chance zeal may co-operate with this cruel provision of the Act. We speak advisedly ; it is a cruel blow to the prosperity of the colony, to allow of such appropriation of its revenues, while internal im provements, institutions, and works, and roads, and bridges, are retarded or postponed sine die. We most respectfully call on the Government to re consider this Act ; it is bound to re-consideration by two calls of duty —one, that of protection of our wealth and wise distribution of our resources ; the other, a most sacred duty, that of taking care that no Act shall tempt the morality of the people. The Church Act contains this poison, inviting people to declare that they mean to do what they neither will nor can do. OCTOBER FALKIRK TRYST. This, the third and last of the three great annual markets, which take the name of Falkirk Trysts, was held on the usual show-grounds on Monday and Tues day, the 7th and Bth October, 1839. Taken in connec tion, these markets form the grand outlet for the stock of nearly the whole of the Northern, and a considerable portion of the Western Highlands. Even the far He brides find commercial representation on Falkirk Moor —nor must we except the small cattle and still smaller ponies of Orkney and Shetland, through whatever chan nel, direct or circuitous, they may chance to travel. Merchants strike balances, and ruralists do the same after a different fashion. Martinmas is winding up time in the agricultural year, and the last Falkirk Tryst, as regards the Highlands, closes transactions in cattle and sheep for a number of months —that is, until grass and heath have again done their duty in sleekening the hides of kine, and stimulating to the point of roughness the growth of wool. Nearly the whole flocks bought at Inverness are delivered and paid for at Falkirk, and though the Lowlanders often object to this arrangement, and would fain induce their customers to meet them half way, Donald fondly clings to ancient custom, and is chary of conceding the slightest tittle that might de tract from the trading importance and ordinary gather ings in the capital of the Highlands. When the mail arrived from Edinburgh to-day, we were on the watch to obtain early and correct informa tion as to how matters had gone at the above market ; and were fortunate in meeting an extensive dealer, well known in Galloway for his skill in cattle as well as sheep, upon whose report the reader may rely implicitly. The amount of stock shown was very great, and our informant, although busily engaged as a buyer, imagines he does not err greatly in estimating the sheep exposed at 80,000, and the cattle at nearly 40,000 head. The concluding was the largest of all the Trysts, and the increase as to numbers—that is relatively—was conspicuous in both descriptions of stock. At the September market matters were different, and the price of sheep in particular advanced from lack of numbers above all the preceding markets at Falkirk and elsewhere. The attendance of dealers and other buyers was numerous and respectable ; busi ness commenced briskly, and before long all the better lots had changed owners. In fact, it was only in the inferior kinds that there appeared to be the slightest haggling and hanging ; and even of these the proportion left over was unusually small. In price, however, there was some re-action, from the high rates of the second Tryst ; Cheviots, down Is., and black-faced from ls. to 2s. per head. Cheviot wedders sold at from 255. to 30s. 6d, each, per clad score ; and black faced from 20s. to 265. ditto. For cattle there were numerous buyers—demand brisk, and prices remunerating. At present we cannot go into details, but we are enabled to state with confi dence generally, that, upon beasts of the value of from 81. to 101., the advance from the corresponding Tryst of last year, ranges from 11. to 11. ss. per head. High landers, more especially, were in great demand, for wintering in Dumfriesshire and Galloway. Reckoning the sheep at a guinea per head (a l ow es timate), and the cattle at 617 10s., business must have been done at this fair to the extent of about 350,0001. sterling, apart altogether from the horses and ponies, that. form the staple trade of the third day (Wednesday) which our informant did not remain to witness. Of the best Cheviot wedders, 1,400 were bought by Mr. Pagan, salesman, Liverpool --one lot below, and another above the highest figure named, 30s. 6d. Breeding ewes were in great demand ; scarcity, in fact, or something like it, was felt in that article, and prices, in consequence, reached the following points :—Cheviot ewes from 15s. to 20s. ; black-faced from 10s. to 15s.— Dumfries Courier of Wednesday. Mdlle. Maria, one of the hest dancers of the Paris Grand Opera, has entered into an engagement for three months with the Imperial Theatre of Vienna. CURIOUS OLD COIN.—A few days since one of the workmen employed in removing the under-ground ruins of the old Castle of Sigston, near Northallerton, discovered a silver penny of Henry 111., in a fine state of preservation. On the obverse the head is full faced and crowned. with sceptre and cross. The crown con sists of a thick line, raised at each end, with a cross in the middle above the line, and three pearls below. On the reverse are four pellets in form of a cross, with a double line cross continued to the inner rim. It is in round numbers 600 years old. This King was the first that coined silver halfpence and farthings round ; before which time they used to break the penny into halves and quarters. The clippers also made such havoc of the money in this reign, that there was hardly a penny to be seen, which had not lost the letters on both sides ; so that the King was obliged to command all traders to receive and pay money by weight. The above coin is now in the possession of Mr. J. Mathieson, Brompton, Northallerton.—York Courant. WORKING MEN SHOULD STUDY POLITICS. —I respectfully counsel those whom 1 address (the working men of America) to take part in the politics of their country. These are the true discipline of a people, and do much for their education. I counsel you to labour for a clear understanding of the subjects which agitate the community ; to make them your study, instead of wasting your leisure in vague passionate talk about them. The time thrown away by the mass of the people on the rumours of the day might, if better spent, give them a good acquaintance with the consti tution, laws, history, and interests of their country, and thus establish them in those great principles by which particular measures are to be determined. In propor tion as the people thus improve themselves, they will cease to be the tools of designing politicians. Their intelligence, not their passions and jealousies, will be addressed by those who seek their votes. They will exert, not a nominal, but a real influence on the govern ment and destinies of the country, and, at the same me, will forward th e i r own gro wth in truth and virtue , New York Evangelist. DUTCH AN!) HAMBURGH MAIL. THE HAGUE, OCT. 12.—We hear that his Majesty will leave his summer residence (the house in the woods) to-morrow, and come to reside in the Royal Palace at the Hague. The Council of State met to-day. His Royal High ness the Prince of Orange presided, and the Hereditary Prince was present. All the Ministers of the Council who were trusted by his M a j es ty w ith s p ec i a l com missions out of the town, were present at the meet ing, except, as we hear, M. Guicke Van Hersoyner, who was hindered by official engagements in Limburg from attending. The prices of Dutch Stock were yesterday kept up in some measure by various purchases for the half-monthly account. To-day the same causes are operating, and many sales being made, there is a greater or less decline of all descriptions. Except in the Two-and-a-Half per Cent. little was done. As always happens when a con siderable fall occurs, there was no want of reports. We mention only that which was most generally received and related to the financial measures which are shortly to be brought by the Government before the States General. In Spanish Stock the market was dull, and all other Foreign Stock to be had at lower prices. —Dutch Papers, Oct. 16. HAMBURG BOIMEN HALLE, OLT. 12. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Batik Shores An 10-Russian Loan , 1 16% 105 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate lof s, 101 IA Inscription, Ist Series — Russian 5 per Cent. Hop • and l o. 3d and 4th Se i s 97 q 97 Ditto in Certificates Dutch actual Debt, 2 y; ? pe Cent 51% 51% Ditto 5 per Cell* I, 0 Polish Bond- New icket Anglo- , , anish Loan, 3 per Cent 70!,4 70% Not wegian Loan, 11,34, 4 per Cent......... PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— &Run, OCT. 12. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 1 per cent 10374 103% Prussian Engiish Loan, ISM, 4 per cent. 10.2•?. 102 y 4 I , 4l.iliange on London, three months 6 20 1 ,E --Prussian State Gazette. Oct. .3. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Our. 15 Money. Bills. actual Debt, 2%, per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Ainort Syndic, 4% per cent 94% 9I Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 7 B l/ 78% Commercial Company, 4 , ., per cent 172% 173% Ditto (1 32 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837. 5 per cent. lOO% 101 Loan 1537, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 02% Two months —Dutch Papers, Oct. 16. THE GLANBRANE ESTATE IN WALES. This Principality, near to L'landovery, extending to 10,000 acres of land (several thousand are mountain land, it may be observed), has been in the market some time, in consequence of a supposed defect in the title. Mr. Lewis Loyd, the eminent London banker, bought it a few years since, and in consequence of a misnomer only in the Christian name in the marriage certificate, be came dissatisfied with the soundness of the title, and objected to complete, although the opinion of Dr. Lushington as to the validity of the marriage, and Mr. Preston and Mr. Knight Bruce, as to the validity of the title, were all favourable. However, it was a de fect that required a tedious process of law to overcome, and the consequence was, the great and rich banker was relieved from his purchase. Mr. Gwynne, the proprietor, then sought the assistance of Mr. Geo. Robins, to find another purchaser. Mr. Loyd, it should be observed, gave 85,000/. without any previous knowledge of a technical defect in title. Yes terday this princely domain was sold by Mr. Robins, to Mr. Crayshaw Bailey, the wealthy iron master at Merthyr Tydvil, for eighty thousand guineas, indepen dently of timber, and with all its supposed infirmities on its head. We are led to these remarks because there is a diversity of .opinion as to the progress of agricul tural pursuits, and much argument has been expended on both sides of the question, to illustrate the varied opinions ; one thing is happily demonstrated this season, viz., that land is rising in public estimation. Capitalists have at length preferred the solid security of terra firma to the visionary schemes that al most overwhelm the country, remembering (it may be presumed), that all those who realise their three per cent, at 91 or 92, and convert it into land to pay per cent., have this certain advantage in perspective— first they realise their stock at a very high and unhealthy price, and whenever a war takes place, have not only secured a profit of 20 per cent. (or, perhaps, 30), but insure at least 30 per cent. increased annual revenue. It would be exceedingly difficult to point out, amid the contesting claims to specu lation which the new light has discovered, any thing so cheering as a sound investment in land. " Facts are stubborn things," and we will illustrate the argu ment by one or two apt conclusions. The Nunnington estate in Yorkshire, belonging to Sir Belingham Graham, Bart., has just changed hands through the instrumen tality of Mr. Robins ; the rental was 4,3001. a-year, and he sold it for 150,000 guineas. An estate within a few miles of Canterbury, although away from the high road, was sold the other day ny Mr. Robins for 33 years purchase ; and to this list many more might be added, within his single professional labours. It is said that the applications to his office alone for landed investments, would just now require a million of money to accomplish the whole. SHROPSHIRE SESSIONS. At Shropshire Sessions, which commenced on Mon day, the recent Act permitting Magistrates to establish a paid county police force came under the notice of the Justices assembled to transact the finance business. There was some degree of hesitation in the Court as to putting the Act into execution, one Magistrate esti mating the expense to the county at 10,000/. per an num ; some of the Justices observed that as they were the parties most zealous in proposing the measure to the Government they were morally bound to put the Act into operation. A Committee of Magistrates was appointed to inquire, consider, and report to the next Sessions. The Duke of Sutherland, lately created Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire in the stead of the late Earl Powis, was present, and the external respect shown to his Grace on his introduction, by certain of the Ma gistracy, is not a dignified sequel to their own preceding conduct, and the sneers and insults of their creatures, sanctioned and encouraged by some of them, particu larly the refusal to drink his health at she late dinner of theSalop Conservative Club. _ On Tuesday a case of rare occurrence came before the Sessions, being an appeal by a publican of Ludlow, named Vaughan, against a decision of the Justices of that borough, who refused to renew the appellant's li cense. It appeared that Vaughan had he n summoned for having his house open during divine ser"ice, and fined, and for a second similar offence he was fined 10s. and costs, and the conviction filed with the Clerk of the Peace for Ludlow. From this conviction Vaughan appealed to a recent County Sessions, who not having the record of the conviction before them, nor a certified copy from the Clerk of the Peace at Ludlow, dismissed the ap peal, and thereby confirmed the decision of the borough Magistrates, and made an order for Vaughan to pay costs to the Justices, amounting to 161. Vaughan not having paid the fine or costs, nor attended himself at the Licensing Sessions held last month, the five Magistrates present refused the license, but agreed that if Vaughan should in a week pay the fine and costs, then their refusal should be withdrawn. On that day week three Magistrates were present, when a conver sation occurred, and it was found that Vaughan had not paid, on which nothing further took place, and the present appeal was brought in consequence. The first defence on behalf of the Magistrates was, that the refusal was the act of the five Magistrates, and that three only had received notice of appeal. ounsel for appellant with much ability urged that the refusal was the act of the three Magistrates only, and that they had been served with notice. The Chairman (Hon. Thomas Kenyon) gave his opinion that the notice was insufficient, the five Justices being entitled to notice ; but several of the Hon. Chairman's colleagues dissent ing, the Chairman remarked that the Court had on that day committed a high constable for non-payment of county-rate, but suspended the actual imprisonment until the end of the Sessions, to give time for arrange ment, which was a case in point with the five Ludlow Justices allowing a week's time for reflection. This remark of the Hon. Chairman not availing, he took the opinions, by vote, of the Magistrates, of whom a great number were on the bench, and the majority de cided that the notice of appeal was good. Mr. Phinnore, counsel for respondents, asked the Court to grant a case for the opinion of the Courts above on this point ; and the Chairman stated his opi nion that it should be granted according to the usual practice of the Court in cases where they had not ar rived at a unanimous decision, but a division took place, and the Chairman was out-voted. The Court then went into the merits of the case ; Mr. Wedale Corbett for the appellant, argued ably that it was illegal in the Magistrates to make the pay ment of money, however justly due, a condition in the granting of a license. Mr. Phillimore, for the respondents, denying the fact of such a condition, stated forcibly that the pre vious offences of Vaughan, with his refusal to obey the orders of every Court of Justice which had inquired into the case, showed that he was such a person as the Magistrates could not, in the exercise of a con scientious discretion, entrust with a license, or calcu late upon for obeying the laws for preserving public order. The Court, however, on another division, rescinded the order of the Justices of Ludlow, granted the license to Vaughan, and ordered the costs to be paid out of t h e Ludlow borough fund, as well as the costs the Justices had been put to, so as to indemnify them under the powers of the 9th Geo. IV. Attorney for the appellant, Mr. Williams, former Town Clerk of Ludlow. Attorney for the respondents, Mr. William Downes, present Town Clerk of Ludlow. The new Corporation and Justices of Ludlow are Liberal, and the town is now represented in Parlia ment by two Liberal Members, by the exertions of Mr. Downes, and other good Liberals. Mr. Downes also, in 1834, canvassed the county of Salop for the office of County Coroner, and was vehemently opposed for being a Liberal in pi ; but after ten days' polling of near 7,000 freet'iolder3, obtained a majority in his favour. Upon the se facts having any connec tion with the recent decision, it would not be prudent to offer an opinion. CORONERS' INQUESTS. MELANCHOLY CASE OF S; IClDE.—Wednesday night an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the William the Fourth, Ship-lane, Temple-bar, on the body of Charlotte Achton, of No. 4, Crown-place, Pickett street, Strand, a pretty girl, who destroyed herself by a dose of poison. Mr. Robert Dunn, of Norfolk -street, surgeon, said he knew the deceased, who called on Tuesday night at his place when he was absent. She was in great distress, and stated to his apprentice that she had taken poison. The apprentice gave her an active emetic, and accompanied her home. He then sought witness, who arrived at her father's with the stomach pump in about ten minutes. She then told him that she had taken arsenic. Witness immediately washed the stomach out with lime water and warm water. She was put to bed, and every remedy was used ; but she continued to grow cold and feeble until a little before six yesterday morning, when she died. The quantity of arsenic she took was so great that it paralysed the nerves of the stomach, consequently she suffered no pain. She swallowed between two and three ounces. She died from the effects of the poison, even before in flammation came on. She was quite sober when he saw her, and she acknowledged that she had taken the poison herself. She was very sorry for what she had done. The mother was led in, but she eras so distressed she could scarcely speak. She said words between her and her (laughter arose in consequence of her saying Charlotte should go to service, the idea of which she did not like. "But," continued the poor woman, " I had the greatest affection for her ; she was the pride of my soul, and after this I shall never hold up my head again." The wretched father was next asked a few questions, and the jury, after commiserating the poor couple, re turned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." MELANCHOLY EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST/L. —Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr. Carter on the body of Jane Glass, aged 19, the daughter of a respectable baker, who destroyed herself by hanging, on Monday morning last. Charles E. Bedwell, brother-in-law of the deceased, said, that for the last month she had been extremely de sponding. Some time since she became a frequenter of the Surrey Chapel, and about three weeks ago she par took of the Holy Sacrament, and though desponding be fore, she grew still more so after having communicated In my opinion, religious enthusiasm turned her brain. She frequently conversed on religion, and was in tht habit of repeating, " I have no hopes of eternal salvation/ By a Juror—Dr. Roberts, of Bridge -street, was con suited about her, who ordered her to be watched, as he feared she would attempt self destruction. The doc tor's orders were attended to latterly. On the day that Miss Moyes committed suicide my sister went to see the Monument, audit has since been discovered that she then p u rchased poison. Another Juror—Did she communicate last Sunda,' ? Witness—No; she refused to take the sacrament a second time. The uncle of deceas e d, an d a l a d y w h o k new her from childhood, bore testimony to her being always of a choly temperament. The Coroner having bri e fly summe d u p, the jury instantly returned a verdi c t o f " T emporar y Mental', Derangement." meta- ------- THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—PIans for building the new Royal Exchange are now under the considera tion of the Building Committee, who have also been engaged in treating with the owners of the houses which are to be taken down for the enlargement of the Exchange. When the ground is entirely cleared, and all the rubbish removed, and the contracts for erect ing the building are completed, it will be commenced forthwith, and is expected to be finished in less than three years. MODERN PERFUMES.—The most costly per fume of the present day is perhaps star or otto of roses. It is constantly used in the audiences of the great in India, and imparts a most delightful fragrance, being superior both in power and sweetness to the essential oil of roses. The oils of numerous fragrant woods, as well as the woods themselves, are in great requisition as perfumes. The spices likewise yield their aromatic odour ; and fruits and flowers (the former by expression from the peel, the latter by distillation of the blossoms) supply their sweets for the gratification of our sense of_ smell. Odorous animal substances are likewise employed for the same purpose, but they are generally foun d to .0 too powerful when used alone. Musk, civet, and ambergris, all obtained from animals, are scarcely endurabl e in their pure unmixed state ; though when united with veg etable perfumes, and used in small quantities, they yield an ex quisite scent. PERFECTION OF STEA M.—Jonathan says " To such perfection have they got steam in Kentucky , that a grocer there has discharged all his shopmea, and actually has two engines to serve in their place cunning thief observing this, thought it a good opportu nity to help himself. He accordingly went in, secured a loaf of sugar, and was about to make off ; but it was " no go." for one of the engines collared him, gave him in charge, and when I left the office (continues Jona than) the engine was about to give its evidence 11 BLACK IS THE WORST COLOUR FOR PAINT ING WOOD-WORK IN THE OPEN AlL—There is DO thing that will prove this evil more than by observing the black streaks of a ship after being in a tropical climate for any length of time. It will be found that the wood round the fastenings is in a state of decay, while the white work is as sound as ever ; the planks that are painted black will be found split in all direc tions, while the frequent necessity of caulking a ship in that situation likewise adds to the common destruction ; and I am fully persuaded that a piece of wood painted white will be preserved from perishing as long again, if exposed to the weather, as a similar piece painted black, especially in a tropical climate. I have heard many men of considerable experience say that black is good for no thing on wood, as it possesses no body to exclude the weather. This is, indeed, partly the case ; but a far greater evil than this attends the use of black paint, which ought entirely to exclude its use on any work out of doors, viz., its property of absorbing heat. A black unpolished surface is the greatest absorber and radiator of hear known ; while a white surface, on the other hand, i, a bad absorber and radiator of the same ; con sequently, black paint is more pernicious to the wood than white. Wood having a black surface will imbibe considerably more heat in the same temperature of cli mate than if that surface were white ; from which cir cumstance we may easily conclude that the pores of wood of any nature will have a tendency to e xpand, and rend in all directions, when exposed under such circumstances ; the water, of course, being admitted, causes a gradual and progressive decay, which must be imperceptibly increasing from every change of weather. The remedy to so great an evil is particularly simple, viz. by using white instead of black paint, which not only forms a better surface, but is a preventive to the action of heat, and is more impervious to the moisture. The saving of expense would also be immense, and I alp convinced that men of practical experience will bear me out in my assertion.— Trans. Society of Arts. From a return, printed by order of the House ? . f . Commons (No. 442), of the number of fiats in ruptcy issued from January 11, 1831, to January 11, 1839, it appears that the London fiats amounted to.. 506, and the country fiats to 781, making a total of 1,087. The highest country list was that of Manches ter, 82 ; Birmingham, 54 ; Liverpool, 44 ; Leeds, 33. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Cott & London ( Seven Doors from Graceehurch-street), informs O . Public. that he has fitted up THREE SHOW ROOMS el' pressly for the display of a large assortment of superioor r SIL N , ER-EDGED PLATED GOODS. He offers them those low but fixed prices which have been so succesa.ll drawing public attention to the WATCH, JEWELLER.! SILVER SPOON and FORK, and several branch es of 10' trade. N.B. A pamphlet. containing a Detailed List of she Prices of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &C., va g Y h a d gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-el application. SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLERS A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing s Sil v ersmith 14, Cornhill, London ( o p pos it e t h e B an k o f England), have for choice in their war erooms a S e l ect i on o f PLAIN and ORNA ;MENTAL ICE PAILS, to which they wish to direct attention 3 10s. The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use), .••••• be the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 101. Ss. the p a ir; t he Victoria Pattern, 15/. the pair ; th?, Dresden Cooler,. 1 91 . t au, &c., all of whic— are strongly mounted with Silver' _ 3 l have Silver Shields for Engraving the Crest or Coat of Arse s• A pamphlet is published, with drawings of the above Bpd_ other articles of plate generally, which may be had on aPPII tion, free of cost. IRHS. On the 16th inst., at B Cante T bury Villa, Maida Vale, the lady of George Smith, Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., Mrs. Viant, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Bayswater, the lady of Robert fludles ton, Esq., of a son. ____.-------------...---• MARRIED. George Blogg, On the 16th inst., at St. Luk e's, Chelsea, Esq., of Bucklersbury, to Franc es Catherine, second daughter of the late Major Ebhart, Comm andant of York Hospital. On the 10th init., at St . Mary's Church, Beaumaria, gg" Beaver, of Glyngarth , Anglesea, and of the Temple, Lana shire, Esq., to Isabella Janet, daughter of Sir Duncan Calor bell, of Barcaldine and Glenure, Argyle, ' ----- DIED. On the 14th inst., at Turnham-green, Sarah, y f o ungeks est d a ughter of the la te John Haywood Alsop, Esq., oLe Staffordshire, aged 22. On the 15 th inst., in Calthorpe-street, Eliza, the wife of Thomas Woodru ffe, Esq., aged 46. On the 11th inst., at Cheltenham, Eliza, the wife of Ja mes David Potts, Esq., On the 15th inst., Hoy, Esq., aged 43. -------.T.-_- -----,=•,c.,—,...--Ar.5.------, at Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, Min London ; Printed and Published by AITIRDO YOUNG) °' No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand) in the county of IVlititilooex.—Friday, October 18, 1889. _____.,posoogi EVENING EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY OCTOBER 18, 1839. EVENING ,EDITION. ~~.