The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1844. deed with Levason and Baker, in which he had cove- he had a family / rising up, whose very existence -panted to pay this money, so that he was liable with- depended on the character of their father.—(Continued .out signing these notes, and had actually been sued laughter.) In his intercourse through life, he had for the money, so that there was no breach of faith endeavoured to do his duty, not only as man of business, with any persons.—(Hear, hear.) If pe that he wished to treat Mr. Salomons with all rsons would but as a parent. He could assure them read this statem en t o f f ac t s w ith ou t a jaundiced eye, the chivalric spirit, so necessary in contests of and with a desire to understand the truth as it really that nature. If the election fell upon his opponent no was, he thought every honest man must come to the man would shake him by the hand with more good conclusion that Mr. Wood was an ill-used man, and spirit, with more good feeling than he would himself — fairly entitled to be placed in that situation in which (Cheers)—and if on the other hand, he were the success the Livery were anxious to place him.—(Cheers.) ful candidate he felt sure that that gentleman would The resolution was then put and carried unani- greet him in private society as he had hitherto done.— =musky. (Continued cheering.) He had made up his mind not to Mr. CURTIS proposed the next resolution. enlarge, but to bring the little he had to say to a conclu- Mr. MOWBRAY rose with great pleasure to second sion. He would simply say to those who had supported this resolution. There ought to be some principle by him that he gentlemen . who had remained neutral—who were begg ed to tender his best thanks to those which these elections should be guided, and he con- waiting to see who would present themselves; he would aidered that the principle of seniority had hitherto say that he hoped they would be attached to the side carried the day, and he thought that it should be some- he was now advocating.—(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, thing very extraordinary that should prevent that o h.") T o t h ose w h o were o pp ose d to hi m h e sa id , "I f principle being carried out upon the present occasion. you have promised Mr. Salomons your vote, vote for him; He had gone carefully through all the papers relating if for Mr. Scales, vote for him."—(Cries of " Oh, oh," to this unfortunate transaction, and he felt that the and "You've bought him.") One gentleman says— friends of the Alderman had easily disproved them, " You've bought Mr. Scale's over." He simply denied and were ready to meet the calumnies. Every man i t. 'He thought that sufficient. He denied it.—(Crie s f "So you would an 'thing. ") If he should have the felt himself pledged to prove their falsehood.— ° (Cheers.) He begged them not to rest satisfied with honour of being returned by them, he would endeavour placing the,Alderman in the chair, but let them dis to do his duty. He would endeavour, by every means, to uphold the privil e g es which every Alderman prove all the calumnies and slanders which had been ought to uphold—(Loud and continued laughter)—and issued against him.—(Cheers.) to support the interests with which they were immedi- The resolution was put and carried unanimously. ately associated. He did not come into that ward to ob- Mr. SMITH then proposed the next reEolution, which tain pecuniary advantages. He had qualified himself to was seconded by Mr. JOYCE, and carried unani- obtain the honour which he now solicited at their hands. piously. All the advantages, and there were many, attached to A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then pro- the office, with one single excep tion—that of making his posed, and carried with acclamation. own son a Governor of Chrlst's Hospital—all other ad vantages he would give to his constitueuts.—(Mr. Sheriff Moon resumed his seat amidst mingled cheers and hisses.) WARD OF PORTSOKEN. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN. The nomination being fixed for yesterday, the ward presented scenes of bustle and excitement similar to that of a country borough on a contested election. There was a great display of banners, placards, and two or three bands of music, in the service of the several Committees, paraded the streets. Since the resignation of Mr. Scales was made public, the canvass has been carried on with increased activity, indeed with as much earnestness as in a Parliamentary contest. The nomination took place in • the yard of the old workhouse in Houndsditch. The Lord Mayor arrived at twelve o'clock precisely. He was preceded by the candidates, Mr. Sheriff Moon and Mr. David Salomons, who were warmly cheered by their respective supporters. The usual preliminary forms having been gore through in the board-room, the wardmote adjourned to the yard. In answer to rather stormy cries for Mr. Salomons, that gentleman said that, although Mr. Sheriff Moon courteously offered to give way to him, he consi dered his opponent, as Sheriff of London, was entitled to precedence.—(Cheers.) Mr. WooD, in proposing Mr. Sheriff Moon, observed that the courtesy just shown by Mr. Salomons was a guarantee that the contest would be carried on with good feeling on both sides.—(Cheers.) He would not occupy the time of the wardmote unnecessarily long, but he must remind them that Mr. Moon had resided in the City of London for thirty years, during a great part of which he had represented the Ward of Bread street in the Common Council. Mr. Wood was proceeding to enlarge upon the Sheriff's fitness to fill the office of a ma gistrate of the City of London, when he was interrupted by repeated cries of " Cut it short." He would cut it as short as they would let him, but he had got his speech off, and he must go through it.—(Great laughter.) There were many gentlemen present who had not pro mised their votes, and to them he would say that Mr. Moon would be in effect a resident of the ward, as he lived close to it, and was of such active business habits that his personal attention to the interests of the ward would be constant and effective.—(Cheers and great interruption.) As to Mr. Salomons—(Cheers) —there was not a gentleman of higher respectability in the City. But he had been elected Alderman of a neigh bouring ward, and could not fill the office, because from a conscientious feeling he could not sign the declaration re quired by law.—(Cheers, groans and great interruption, to a hich Mr. Salomons caused a temporary cessation by appealing to the good sense and courtesy of his friends.) Mr. Wood insisted at much length, but amidst great confusion, that in the present state of the law Mr. Salomons could not be admitted to the Court of Alder men. A barrister of high standing (Mr. M. D. Hill) was on the platform, and he appealed to that gentleman to say, had the law been altered since Mr. Salomons was rejected?---(Great hissing, hooting, cheers, &c.) He had a right to ask Mr. Salomons now, would he take the declaration of a Christian?—(lndescribable uproar.) The LORD ITAYOR said that, unless the per,ons in the interest of his esteemed friend Mr. Salomans, yielded to the request of that gentleman, and allowed his opponents to have a fair hearing, they could scarcely expect that he (the Lord Mayor) would be able to secure a hearing for Mr. Salomons, when that gentleman would have to say something more agreeable to them than the speech of Mr. Wood.—(Cheers and laughter.) It was impossible that the proposer of a candidate could adequately inform the wardmote of the grounds upon which he recom mended Mr. Sheriff Moon to their suffrages, unless every word he had to say were heard.—(Hear.) His (the Lord Mayor's) time belonged to the public, and he would sit "there until Mr. Wood should be heard out to the fullest extent.—(Cheers.) Mr. WOOD (who did not obtain a very quiet audience) was understood to say that he held in his hand a paper, in which it was asserted on the part of Mr. Salomons, that any subject of her Majesty, whether he was Turk, Hindoo, or Jew, was qualified to administer the laws of the Christian Sabbath.—(Confusion.) Now it had been already decided in the case of Mr. Salomons that this was not the case.—(Hisses and cheers.) He would again caution the inhabitants of the ward not to give their votes in a way that would be sure to involve them in a protracted and expensive litigation. They all knew the resources of the gentlemen on the other side, and what influence they could command.—(Renewed uproar.) They had heard much of the glorious uncertainty of the law, but it was only very recently they had learned what that uncertainty really was, and it was such as they had never dreamed of before.—(Cheers and laughter.) The question now was, whom should they have for their Alderman ?—(Cheers, and cries of " That's just it," " Salomons," " Moon," &c.) The precept directed them to elect a fit and proper person. Now, who was the fit and proper person ?—(Renewed interrup tion.) Mr. Salomons had already had an opportunity of becoming an Alderman, and had not chosen to become one.--(" More to his honour.") He (Mr. W.) acknow ledged with pleasure that Mr. Salomons very properly refused to violate his conscience —(Hear, hear)—but the question for them to consider was this, could a gen tleman of the Jewish persuasion administer the law cf this Christian country ?—(Hisses.) That was a ques tion which could not be settled in that court, but it must be settled on the floor of the Legislature.—(Hisses.) He did not speak as a lawyer, but he put it to the good sense of plain men like himself, to consider whether Mr. Salomons could act as Alderman if the statute had not been repealed since he was elected for another ward? It was not fair 'to bring on that hustings an eminent lawyer, to put himself against mere men of business.— (Laughter.) He concluded by calling on them to elect Thomas G. Moon, Esq., whom they would find an effi cient magistrate and an estimable neighbour. Mr. Bum.: said that it) would be superfluous for him to add anything to the excellent observations of Mr. Wood, and he would only second the motion.—(A laugh.) Mr. S. S. Ham., who was received with mingled cheers and hootings, came forward to propose David Salomons, Esq. He would not follow Mr. Wood in all the topics he had introduced, but confine himself to the matter on which they were assembled, that is, to elect an Alder man in the room of Mr. Johnson, who had resigned. If he had come forward to introduce a stranger, his task would be difficult. But it was not so. The gentleman be had to propose was one of the best known, most re spectable, and most highly esteemed men in the City of London.—(Great cheering.) He was no stranger in the ward, for he was born within a stone's-throw of that Court, as were bis ancestors before him.—(Cheers.) He had served the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex. He had been appointed by the highest authority in the land' to the office of Sheriff of the county of Kent—and he was now a magistrate of two counties.—(Cheere.) That was the gentleman whom Mr. Wood described as disqualified from adminis tering the laws of this country.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. H. concluded by proposing Mr. Salomons, amidst repeated cheering. Mr. W. SCALES briefly seconded the nomination. Mr. Sheriff MOON had never asked one of the Jewish persuasion to vote for him.—(Loud cries of "You have," and much uproar.) His friends had heard the opposing candidat e ' s friends, and he trusted that the same courtesy would be extended to himself now. Again he repeated that be had felt that no gentleman of that persuasion ought to vote for him, and he had therefore not asked them to do so. It might be thought dishonour able if he had.—(Tremendous confusion.) Let them recollect that Mr. Scales had already gone out of the field.—(Cries of " You've bought him.") But so anxious was he (Sheriff Moon) to prevent confusion in the ward that he assured one and all of them that he went to every person over whom he had any influence, and begged of them to come forward on this occasion. This showed at least that he was not desirous of coming among them unless cordially accepted by them ; an d f urt h er, h e coul d assure them, and he believed that his friend Mr. Salo mons would give him credit for it, that be was as desirous of meeting with him in the most friendly spirit in the course of that contest as he had been before. He had met that gentleman in the streets, and he had said to him, " Sir, if you will qualify yourself by signing the declaration, I will at once resign my pretensions. — (Great uproar.) He repeated it that it might not be misunderstood.—(Confusion, and cries of " Off, off.") He begged of Mr. Salomons to state whether he would qualify and take the declaration, when of course he would go out of the field instantly.—(Cries of " You have no right to put such a question.") He called upon Mr. Salomons to say whether he had not done so? Let him answer that question.—(Cries of " No, no," " Off, off.") He would now address them about himself and his own qualification. He came forward as a man of equally in dependent principles as Mr. Salomons. Some said " You will get a Tory." But he came forward without any political feeling, because that was not a political office. His principles were to preserve everything good and re form everything bad.—(" Oh, oh.") He had the honour of having been many years a tradesman, and they all knew the necessity of character to a tradesman in that commer cial city. He had for many years represented the a and in which he yet resided, and :the best way to ascertain the character of any man was to do so in his own imme diate neighbourhood; but he hoped that the character he had sustained was not merely confined to that locality. When put up on a pineacle in the Common-hall, no one dared to throw a stone at him.—(Cheers, and roars of laughter.) Why had he come forward then, because Mr. D. SAnomoNs said he was perhaps over sanguine, but it appeared to him that in the addresses of the mover and seconder, and of the worthy candidate him self, there had been a sad lack of confidence of suc cess. He did not like Mr. Sheriff Moon to speak of the forbearance of the electors. He had stated, and he would state again, that in any question with which he might be concerned, he would not suffer religious preju dices to interfere, nor would he make any question which interested the country at large a religious question ; and he spoke it with all courtesy, that he hardly thought Mr. Sheriff Moon, in canvassing the electors of that ward had not appealed to the Jewish persuasion. If he had not done so—(Cries of "He did ; he called upon me")—certainly his friends had been less scrupulous. Then something had been said respecting chivalry, but he thought it right and just when men aspired to a public office that their conduct should be rigidly scanned, in order to see if the past would give any warranty for their future actions. One other word about the chivalry alluded to. They might .see by the remnants of pas quinades, placards, lampoons, and other election witticisms that were there exhibited, that how ever much of warm feeling might have been shown during the contest, it would require some stretch of the imagination to designate it as in any way chivalrous.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He did not mean to charge r. Sheriff Moon personally with that, but he merely wished to show the chivalrous courtesy with which he had been greeted during the progress of that election.—(Cheers.) But let them now go forward. —(Hear, hear.) On this occasion it was proper, although it looked rather like personal vanity, that he Ehould speak a little of himself, and of the personal quali fications that prompted him to offer himself as a candi date for their suffrages ; and he did expect that more would have been said by Mr. Sheriff Moon, and by his friends, of his personal qualifications, and of their supe riority to his own. He did not say that they had dune so. He said only that they ought, because that after all was the only question for the consideration of the ward; one candidate had withdrawn, two were yet left, and they were that day met for the purpose of discussing their individual merits, in order to choose the most fit for the office of Alderman of that ward. He was most astonished to hear one gentleman allude to his (Mr. Salomons') commercial connections in that City.— (Hear, hear.) Something was said of the screw being applied—it was an insult alike to himself and to the voters. He had heard of such a term at elections, where if a tradesman did not vote as required, the great man's custom was withdrawn, but that could not apply to him. His boast was, that his parents—his an cestors had, for upwards of a century, lived not a stone's throw from that place. Through three genera tions they were Englishmen and tradesmen, and not a word could be brought against any of them, reflecting the slightest stain upon his honour or honesty, so as to render him (Mr. Salomons) their descendant, unfit to represent that ward, or the City of London—(Cheers)—in any capacity.—(Continued cheers.) Some observations had been made with regard to his having stood and been re turned for the Ward of Aldgate, some nine years back. He had been, however, and they there all knew it, re jected by the Court of Aldermen on a technical ground. It was quite true that Mr. Sheriff Moon, on the day of the issuing of the precept, met him in the street as de scribed, and said that if he did as had been stated he should withdraw his own pretensions. He (Mr. Salo mons) thought the thing too ludicrous to be serious, and answered accordingly. He believed that his reply was, that it was not usual for one candidate to ask another a question. Having thus no ticed Mr. Moon's question, he should proceed. The speaker then referred to his being elected Sheriff of the City of London, and the pride he felt at having me rited the thanks of the Livery in that capacity. The Court of Aldermen, they were aware, did not sanction innovation. Many there might remember what impedi ments were placed in the way of those of the Jewish persuasion when they wished to obtain the liberty of the City, but those times existed no longer. He had occasion to be a day or two ago at Maidstone on a very interest ing occasion, and he was gratified by a remark of Mr. Alderman Lucas, who officiated for the Lord Mayor, that they must yield to the pressure of the times and to circumstances.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The speaker then detailed in happy and forcible language the various offices he had been called to by the past and present Governments—to the fact that he was then High Sheriff of Kent and a magistrate in Sussex. He also referred to the present Premier's hav ing conferred the commission of :the peace upon seve ral gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion, and to the fact that an illustrious (he might call him) individual then present, Sir Moses Montefiore, had been made by the Duke of Wellington a magistrate of the Cinque Ports.— (Immense cheering.) He came before them as a per fectly fit and proper candidate. He brought in his hand the recommendations necessary to prove his qualifica tions; and not for himself only did he thus then contend. It was a question of principle. Let them have confidence in him, and they would break the last link in the chain of bigotry.—(Loud and continued cheering.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded an elcquent address amid much acclamation. After a few words from Sir MOSES MONTEFIORE, the Lord Mayor took the show of hands, and decided that the majority was in favour of D. Salomons, Esq. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Sheriff Moon, and the polling was ordered for ten o'clock to-morrow. Thanks having been voted to the Lord Mayor, the meeting dispersed. AGAIN SIR ANDREW AGNEW. (From the Examiner.) Sir Andrew Agnew has had the impertinence to admonish the Queen as to the observance of the Sab bath. The lecture is conveyed in a letter to Lord Aberdeen, which we must suppose his Lordship must have seen the propriety of returning to the writer. The foolish knight declares that Scotland is " a strict Sabbath-observing country, in the true scrip tural sense of the word"—the whole question between it and England being, which is the true scriptural sense of the word, and some of the highest authori ties regarding the Mosaic observance of the Sabbath as contrary to the precepts of the New Testament. The Pharisee's letter letter deals in that free and familiar use of holy names and references which is highly profane, and in one place he presumes to pray that "the Sabbath may be a sign between God and her Majesty, whereby her Majesty may know that He is the Lord her God." As the Sabbath here meant is the strict Scotch Sabbath, the direct impli cation is, that when her Majesty does not observe that Sabbath, she betrays that she does not know her God. The insolence, the spiritual conceit, the puritanical cant, the presumption, the profaneness of all this are on a par. There is one characteristic trait of wordliness in the epistle. After having assigned all godliness to Scotland, the Pharisee intimates plainly enough that the example of the Court may one way or the other influence the habits of the people, thereby implying that the holding of the asserted scriptural rule is so slight on the minds of the people, or the influence of a Court so much stronger than the scriptural autho rity, that the custom of ages might be shaken by the passing spectacle of a deviation from it in great per sonages. He writes, indeed, of " the overwhelm ing moral influence of the example of the Court." And is the moral influence so " overwhelming" in " a Sabbath-observing country in the true scriptural sense Of the word ?" He thus does the people of Scot land the injustice of supposing that there is not amongst them a moral and a religious authority superior to any example of a court. But this incon sistency is the consequence of the sycophancy which is as natural to this sort of character, as its insolence and presumption, and the Pharisee, however auda ciously he may aspire to heaven, is never long without creeping on his belly to some earthly idol. SIR ANDREW AGNEW AND THE QUEEN.—This pharasaical coxcomb has had the impertinence to for ward an address to Lord Aberdeen at Blair Athol, containing a l ec t ure t o t h e Q ueen upon t h e mo d e i n which she should spend the Sabbath day in Scotland ! e shall next have the Total Abstinence Society, we presume, forwarding an address to her Majesty incul cating habits of temperance ! The one, we are sure, would be as appropriat e as the other. Is there no end !—Scotsman.to this man's folly A HIGHLAND Ihnx.---A labourer on the Lancas ter and Carlisle Railway, while digging, a few days ago, near the old road on Shap Fell, discovered the remains of a Highland dirk. The steel work, though very much rusted and corroded, retains its original dimensions, and around the defence work for the hand there still re mains the coil of silver wire %;ith which the handle seems to have been mounted. It is most likely the relic of some Highland chieftain of 1 745.--Carlisle Journal. ZPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAL FROM TELE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. NEW ZEALAND. Report from the Select Committee on New Zealand, with the Minutes of Proceedings. (Ordered by the House of Commons, to be printed 29th J u ly, 1844. No. 556. Amended copy of Parliamentary Paper, No. 556, delivered on 10th August.) We have very recently printed in The Sun the nineteen important resolutions agreed to, after many divisions, by this Committee, on the important matters submitted to their consideration. The case being one of entire novelty, as to what may be termed the es sential characteristics of colonial relations necessary to establish a claim of military protection by the mother country to the settlers or colonists, or those who are assumed to be such, we reprint the entire report. " The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the state of the colony of New Zealand ; and into the proceedings of the New Zealand Company,' and to report the Minutes of Evidence, and their opinion thereon to the House, and to whom two petitions were referred; have considered the matters to them re ferred, and agreed to the following report : " The duty assigned to your Committee of in quiring ' into the state of the colony of New Zealand, and into the proceedings of the IN ew Zealand Com pany, and of reporting their opinion thereupon to the House,' they have found to be one of no ordinary difficulty and delicacy. An attempt at colonisation upon a very great scale, and of the success of which high expectations had been formed, has hitherto failed to realise the sanguine hopes of its projectors ; ir.stead of obtaining those advantages on which they hal confidently reckoned as a reward for their enter prise and the privations to which they have submitted, a large body of British settlers are at this moment in a situation giving ground for very serious anxiety, while the lives of several of their number, have been unfortunately sacrificed; these unhappy results have moreover been connected with differences which have arisen not only between the settlers and the colonial authorities, but also between the New Zealand Com pany (which reckons among its members many gen tlemen of high station and respectability) and the Executive Government at home. Under such cir cumstances, it will be obvious that a very heavy and very unusual responsibility is thrown upon your Com mittee when they are called upon to express an opinion as to the causes of a state of things so greatly to be lamented ; and though we have endeavoured to execute this task to the best of our judgment, we submit the result of our deliberations with much diffidence to the House, and the more so because the evidence before us, oral and documentary, is so ex ceedingly voluminous, that we feel it would have re quired much more time than was at our disposal to have digested it as thoroughly as we could have wished. " It appears to your Committee that the difficulties now experienced in New Zealand are mainly to be attributed to the fact, that in the measures which have been taken for establishing a British colony in these islands, those rules as to the mode in which colonization ought to be conducted, which have been drawn from reason and from experience, have not been sufficiently attended to. When it was first pro posed to establish New Zealand as a British colony dependent upon New South Wales, Sir George Gipps, the governor of the latter, in a very able address, laid down the following principles as those on which he had framed the Bill, which it was his duty to submit to his legislative council for the regu lation of the infant colony of New Zealand The Bill is founded,' he said, upon two or three general principles, which, until I heard them here contro verted, I thought were fully admitted, and indeed received as political axioms. The first is, that the uncivilised inhabitants of any country have but a qualified dominion over it, or a right of occupancy only ; and that, until they establish amongst them selves a settled form of government, and subjugate the ground to their own uses, by the cultivation of it, they cannot grant to individuals not of their own tribe any portion of it, for the simple reason that they have not themselves any individual property in it. Secondly, that if a settlement be made in any such country by a civilised power, the right of pre-emption of the soil, or in other words, the right of extinguishing the native title, is exclusively in the government of that power, and cannot be enjoyed by individuals without the consent of their Government. The third principle is, that neither individuals, nor bodies of men belonging to any nation, can form colonies, except with the con sent, and under the direction and control of their own Government; and that from any settlement which they may form without the consent of their Govern ment, they may be ousted. This is simply to say, as far as Englishmen are concerned, that colonies cannot be formed without the consent of the Crown.' " Referring to the speech of Sir George Gipps for the argument in support of these rules, it may be observed, that, with reference to New Zealand, they were, to a certain extent, infringed by the irregular settlement of British subjects on the shores of these islands, which began many years ago • but they seem to have been fir s t openly an d delibrately departed from, when an attempt was made by the New Zealand Company to establish a colony, not only without the sanction, hut in direct defiance of the authority of the Crown. This attempt led at once to a violation of the law by the first settlers entering into a voluntary agreement for the establishment of an authority by which they hoped, in the absence of any legitimate power, to maintain order amongst themselves. The illegality of this arrangement was pointed out to the Company by the then Secretary of State; but the expe dition sent out to found, what was to be, in fact though unauthorised, a British colony, had already sailed. It is to be regretted that more decisive measures were not adopted for preventing the sailing of the expedi tion under these circumstances, since it appears im minbedri portant, with reference to the future, to observe, that such unauthorised attempts at colonisation cannot be permitted without leading to the most serious incon hveanveienesctea.hli s st o a f nt regions, British subjects inha bited only by barbarous tribes, it is impossible for her Majesty's Government to leave them exposed without protection to the dangers which their own When d en th l e a m rg s e elv n e u s rashness may draw down upon them, or to allow them to exercise, without control, and perhaps to abuse the power which their superior civilisation gives them over the rude natives of the soil. Hence every new establishment of this kind involves a new demand upon the military and naval resources of the empire; but the undue multiplication of such demands must occasion a very heavy burden on the nation, and it therefore follows that enterprises of colonisation should only be entered upon with the sanction and under the authority of the Government. In this in stance the irregular and precipitate mode of sending out the settlers had the unfortunate effect of placing these settlers, and the agents of the New Zealand Company, from the very outset, on unfriendly terms with the officer whom her Majesty's Government found it necessary immediately to dispatch from Eng land for the purpose of establishing the authority of the Crown in the islands of New Zealand; and there can be no doubt that this want of a good understand ing between those whose cordial co-operation with each other was so essential to the welfare of the newly-established colony, has been one o f th e ma i n causes of the difficulties with which it has had to con tend. In order to avert these difficulties which were soon seen to be likely to arise, a Charter of Incorpo ration was afterwards granted to the New Zealand Company, with the hope of placing that body in friendly relations with her Majesty's Government; but this attempt was defeated, partly by the jealousies created between the respective servants of the Crown and of the Company, by the error originally com mitted by the latter; partly by other causes of diffi culty which afterwards arose. These are chiefly to be traced to the means which were adopted for esta blishing the authority of the Crown in New Zealand. "The sovereignty over these islands had, at an earlier period, been formally disclaimed, and their indepen dence had been distinctly recognised, both by the Crown and by Parliament. This course had been pursued because it was considered (and by no means upon light grounds) that it was not advisable to ex tend British dominion in these distant regions; but in adopting this policy it was overlooked, both by the advisers of the Crown and by Parliament, that it was impossible to check the tide of emigration which set so strongly towards the shores of New Zealand, and that the regular establishment of British power was the only practicable mode of guarding against the evils which could not fail to follow from permitting a large number of Europeans to settle among its un civilised inhabitants, without being subject to any le gitimate authority or control. Looking back at what was then done, with the light to be drawn from sub sequent experience, there is no room to doubt that it would have been far better if British dominion over these islands had been asserted as early as 1832, or even 1825 ; but a different policy having been at that time pursued, it was considered, in the year 1839, when Captain Hobson was sent out, that the diffi culties which had thus been created could only be got rid of by obtaining from the natives their assent to the extension of the authority of the British Crown over New Zealand. Acting under the instructions he had received, Captain Hobson, therefore, immediately on his arrival in New Zealand, at the beginning of the year 1840, concluded, with a large number of the chiefs of the Northern Island, a treaty known by the name of the treaty of Waitangi, by which, in return for their acknowledgment of British sovereignty, they were promised protectio n and guaranteed in the pos session of all lands held by them individually or col lectively. The evidence laid before your Committee has led them to the conclusion that the step thus taken, though a natural consequence of previous errors of policy, was a wrong one. It would have been much better if no formal treaty whatever had been made, since it is clear that the natives were in capable of comprehending the real force and inean;no• of such a transacti on ; an d i t th ere f o r e amounted to e little more than a legal fiction, though it has already in practice proved to be a very inconvenient one, and GLOBE.—The project of still further facilitating the intercourse between Europe and India, by means of a railway across the Isthmus of Suez, is resumed ; and hopes are still entertained of its being put into a train for an early accomplishment of the important design. The late Mr. Galloway—whose influence with the Pacha of Egypt was employed for the purposes of advancing practical science in that country, and for improving the knowledge and civilisation of its inhabitants—had obtained the consent and direc tion of that potentate to commence the work. That gentleman made a visit to this country to contract for and procure the necessary materials for the pur pose. Thirty miles of rails were transmitted to the neighbourhood of the spot on which the plan was to be executed, when Mr. Galloway's premature and lamented death put a stop to the design. The greater portion of the rails are still on the spot—the line is one entire level—and not a foot of land would require to be purchased. The Pacha is known to he favourable to the project. The intuitive perception of what is calculated to advance the in terests and promote the greatness of his country, for which the Pacha of Egypt is justly celebrated, na turally inclines him to regard with favour a project which would render one of the most barren spots in his Pachalic a source of increased wealth to his trea sury, and of rising greatness to his administration of its affairs. The number of passengers who during the last year passed to and from India by the Overland route, Avas 3,000 ; the number in the coming year is esti mated at nearly 4,000. This number does not, how ever, include the hosts of pilgrims who, at stated periods, travel to and from Mecca, nor the mer chants of the Levant, who join their caravans for trade and safety. The time saved by the pro jected line of rail across the Isthmus of Suez would be twenty-four hours. From the commence ment of the new year a mail will be dispatched from and to India every fortnight, instead of, as at present, every month ; therefore the time actually saved—to say nothing of the diminished inconveni eace and anxiety to each passenger, and to those wait ing for communications by each mail—would be forty-eight days in the year, or nearly one-seventh of the time consumed in the passages by the Over land route, to and from India, in each year. The political and commercial advantages which this country would derive from the increased facilities of communication with India, with a railway across the Isthmus of Suez would ensure, are too obvious to require notice. The principal question which sug gests itself is, what prevents the work from being im. mediately undertaken ? If the Pacha be favourable to the scheme—the materials on the spot—the pro posed line a dead level, therefore requiring but a trifling outlay of capital in wages to lay down the rails—and the land itself a desert, having no proprie tor to exact an exorbitant price for the purchase— what impediment exists ? The answer is one that illustrates the mischievous influence which the French Ministers possess over the imbecile mind of our Foreign Secretary. France—whose jealousies are ever active where English interests can be foiled, and whose vigilance strongly contrasts with the inertness ar.d proneness to concession by which the foreign policy of England has been characterised under the administration of Lord Aberdeen—has, it seems, expressed dissatisfaction with the proposed plan, as likely to give to England a preponderating influence in Egypt and Turkey ; and a pretext fir maintain ing an establishment which, though professedly com mercial, may be converted into a military occupa tion. This objection—though destitute of even the force which a barely possible contingency might im part, and utterly unworthy, as it is, of being enter tained for a moment in a serious correspondence—is re garded with gravity by our Foreign Minister ! The convenience of our commerce, and the other public and private interests which are involved in effecting a secure and expeditious intercourse with India and the East, are therefore made to bend before the genius of France; which has acquired an unprece dented ascendency in the councils of England. STANDARD.—We have carefully avoided any interference with the dispute which has been so long pending between Mr. Alderman Gibbs:and his fellow parishioners, because, has Southey has it— " Men soon live down, Evil or good report, if undeserved." We shall, therefore, content ourselves with a brief reference to the article which appears in another column on the subject. Various charges have, in the course of the last year, been brought against Mr. Gibbs, some of them with a virulence which could only have had its origin in personal malice. With one exception, the whole of these imputa tions have been satisfactorily disposed of; and it is, therefore, but fair to infer that there may have been as much misrepresentation at work on that as on the rest. The only remaining question is now under investigation before a competent tri bunal ; and if the result should prove, as we antici pate, favourable to the Alderman, he will, indeed, have good reason to pronounce himself an ill-used man. We are, however, constrained to add, notwithstanding the explanations of our corres pondent, that in any event he will stand in debted for a great part of the annoyance he has experienced to his obstinacy in refusing to recognise the right of his fellow-parishioners to examine his accounts. Every parishioner has a moral, if not a legal, right to know what becomes of the funds he has helped to supply, and considering that the Alderman's accounts appear to have been kept with the greatest regularity, it is the more difficult to understand the motive of his refusal; unless it may have arisen from the irritation which a man of notoriously upright character feels when he becomes the object of an unfounded imputation. For ourselves, had our accounts been demanded, however, impertinently, we would rather have hung them on the parish pump for the inspection of every passer by, than have contested the right to inspect them, because of any technical informality in the application. This, however, is a mere matter of taste—we might, perhaps, say of temper—with which we have nothing to do. Unless we are to presume that the select vestry is composed of gentlemen capable of acting sorruptly, auditing accounts for which the proper vouchers have not been supplied, we are unable to understand the principle on which the outcry against Mr. Alderman Gibbs is still continued ; but looking at the several attempts to injure him by the publication of forged reports of the pre tended decision of the Court of Chancery, and forged apologies from himself, we become inclined to doubt if he is not the victim of a "persecution dictated by the most sinister and unmanly motives, and destined to deprive him of the honours, to which by long, no less than by arduous service, he appears to be entitled. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS, CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 9i per milk, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 39 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 47k, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4341 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17 s . 101 ( 1 - per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9f ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 10k, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. STATE OF TRADE.—The market continues in the same state as last week ; the demand both for goods and yarn being moderate, but prices, with some trifling ex ceptions, tolerably steady.—Manchester Guardian. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEFT. 23. —There has been but a dull market to-day. Flannels of good quality have been very little inquired for •, the demand having been for those of a coarser kind. There has also been very little activity in the wool market. and there is much diversity of opinion amongst the manufacturers, whether the next move in the price of this article will be up or down.—Manchester Guardian. FATAL FIGHT.—MR. WAKLEY AND THE POLICE MAGISTRATES.—On Tuesday Mr. Wakley, M.P., com menced an inquiry at the Warwick Arms, Warwick road, Kensington, touching the death of George Benson, killed on Sunday morning last, in a pugilistic encounter near the Kensington canal basin ; fourteen jurymen having been sworn, the coroner asked whether there were any persons in custody in this case. Inspector Morgan replied that there were five persons in the New Prison, Clerkenwell, remanded by Mr. Paynter, of Ham mersmith Police-court, until Thursday, when one of them, named Jones, would be committed for murder as a principal, and the others as accessories. The coroner— I requested that the men should be brought before me, if there was any charge against them. The inspector— I mentioned the matter to Mr. Paynter, and he desired me to present his compliments to you, and to say that he had no power in the case. The coroner—What are your directions from the Commissioners of Police and the ma gistrates, with respect to coroner's courts, and the pro duction in them of remanded prisoners ? The inspector —None with respect to the production of prisoners ; but we are directed by the Commissioners, in cases of this sort, and in cases of accident, to give every information and assistance in our power. The coroner then said he would not enter into the inquiry in the absence of per sons charged with deceased's death. He did not know what the feelings of the jury were, but his were most repugnant to going into an inquiry of that kind when the parties accused were not present to hear the evidence against them, and could not suggest a single question or observation in their defence. He would call a witness to prove simply the death of deceased ; and he would hear some of the medical evidence, and then adjourn the inquiry. Samuel Robshaw proved the death of de ceased, and identified the body. Mr. Waller, a surgeon, who had opened the body, said deceased probably died from external violence—apparently a blow. A boy, named Browning, who saw the whole of the fight, said he did not know the parties engaged in it, but should recognise them it' he saw them again. The inquiry was then adjourned to Tuesday next, the coron e r sa yi n g he should in the interim communicate with Sir James Graham. is likely to be still more so hereafter. The sove reignty over the Northern Island might have been at once assumed, without this mere nominal treaty, on the ground of prior discovery, and on that of the absolute necessity of establishing the authority of the British Crown for the protection of the natives them selves, when so large a number of British subjects had irregularly settled themselves in these islands, as to make it indispensable to provide some means of maintaining good order amongst them. This was the course actually pursued with respect to the Middle and Southern Islands, to which the treaty of Wai tangi does not even nominally extend ; and there is every reason to presume that, owing to the strong de sire the natives are admitted to have entertained for the security to be derived from the protection of the British Government, and for the advantages of a safe and well-regulated intercourse with a civilised people, there would have been no great difficulty in obtain ing their acquiescence in the assumption of sove reignty than in gaining their consent to the conclusion of the treaty ; while the treaty has been attended with the double disadvantage, first, that its terms are am biguous, and, in the sense in which they have been understood, highly inconvenient; and next, that it has created a doubt which could not otherwise have existed, and which, though not, in the opinion of your Committee, well-founded, has been felt and has prac tically been attended with very injurious results, whether those tribes which were not parties to it are even now subject to the authority of the Crown. " Your Committee have observed that the terms of the treaty are ambiguous, and in the sense in which they have been understood, have been highly incon venient, in this we refer principally to the stipulations it contains with respect to the right of property in land. The information which has been laid before us, shows that these stipulations, and the subsequent pro ceedings of the Governor founded upon them, have firmly established in the minds of the natives notions, which they had then but very recently been taught to entertain, of their having a proprietory title of great value to land not actually occupied ; and there is every reason to believe that, if a decided course had at that time been adopted, it would not have been diffi cult to have made the natives understand that, while they were to be secured in the undisturbed enjoy ment of the land they actually occupied, and of what ever further quantity they might really want for their own use, all the unoccupied territory of the islands was to vest in the Crown by virtue of the sovereignty that had been assumed. " Your Committee have already mentioned, that it is one of the fundamental principles of colonial law and policy, which they believe to have been correctly laid down by Sir G. Gipps, that the uncivilised in habitants of any country have but a qualified do minion over it or a right of occupancy only; and that until they establish amongst themselves a settled form of government, and subjugate the ground to their own uses by the cultivation of it, they cannot grant to in dividuals not of their own tribe any portion of it, for the simple reason, that they have not themselves any individual property in it.' Unfortunately the original instructions given to Captain Hobson, when he was sent out for the purpose of establishing British do minion in New Zealand, were not sufficiently precise upon this most important point; they contained di rections as to the manner in which he was to proceed in purchasing land from the natives, and they did not (as your Committee think that they ought to have done) clearly -lay down the rule that sovereignty , being established, all unoccupied lands would forth with vest in the Crown, and that, except in virtue of grants from the Crown, no valid title to land could be established by Europeans. This mode of framing the instructions seems to have led the first Governor into the error of acting throughout upon the assump tion that no part of the extensive and unoccupied ter ritory of New Zealand was to be considered as belong ing to the Crown, or available under its authority for the purposes of settlement, until first regularly sold by the natives : this is not indeed distinctly stated in the treaty of Waitangi; had it been so, this treaty would probably have been attended with less injurious con sequences than it actually has been, since in that case there can be little doubt that it would have been at once disallowed by her Majesty's Government; at least it is clear that the treaty could not have been understood either by the Governor of New South Wales or by the Secretary of State, in the sense put upon it by Captain Hobson, since both expressed their approbation of it, though the former had pre viously laid down the very different principle upon this subject already quoted ; and the then Secretary of State, Lord John Russell, after he had received and approved of the treaty, adopted in the most formal and authentic manner the views of Sir George Gipps. By the advice of Lord John Russell, in the month of December, 1840, a charter passed the great seal, by which New Zealand was erected into a sepa rate and independent colony ; and this charter was transmitted, together with instructions under the Royal Sign Manual, to the Governor, Captain Hob. son. In this charter and instructions, actual occu pation and enjoyment' are clearly pointed out as alone establishing a right of property in land in the natives ; and the rule is laid down that all other lands must be considered as vested in the Crown, in virtue of the sovereignty that had been assumed, and that they must be dealt with accordingly. The treaty of Waitangi (which had previously reached England and been approved), it may therefore fairly be as sumed, must, when this charter and the instructions which accompanied it were forwarded to the colony, have been understood as bearing a meaning not incon sistent with the terms in which they are couched. The lands held collectively,' of which the possession was guaranteed to the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand, must, therefore, have been regarded as the lands actually occupied by them, and cultivated in common by a tribe, in the manner frequently prac tised, and the forests as those actually used for cutting timber. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE RE- GISTRATION. (Before C. D. MOYLAN, Esq.) John Edward Chapman, of 47, Foley-street, applied to have his name reinstated in the list of voters for the All-Souls district. It appeared that his name had been objected to 'by, the Conservatives, on the ground that he was not the occupier, but the landlord of the house. He did not attend to oppose the objection, as he did not know until Tuesday that the list of voters for the borough was undergoing revision. He said he was the landlord of the house in question, and that it was let out to lodgers. He retained a back parlour in which there was a bed and other furniture, and in that room he slept occasionally. He had paid all the taxes, and appre hended that his name ought to be retained on the list. The REVISINGBARRISTER reinstated Mr. Chapman's name. Thomas Smith was objected to by Mr. Greenwood. Smith said he occupied a second floor at No. 6, Great Carlisle-street. The landlord did not , reside in the house, which was let cut i n se p arate tenements. He paid ss. 6d. per week. The person who occupied the ground floor paid the taxes. Smith said he served a claim at the house of Mr. Mick, one of the overseers, on the 25th of June. This vote was objected to on the ground that the poor-rates were not paid at the time of his making his claim. The REVISING BARRISTER said he would take time to consider the question. LA W INTELLIGENCE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 24. (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN RE ADOLPH DE WERENSKY, COMMONLY CALLED COUNT ADOLPH DE WERENSKY. The insolvent came up to-day to apply for his in terim order, he having-, previously to the filing his petition, been in custody at the Queen's Bench prison for contempt, in not answering a bill filed against him in the Court of Chancery, at the suit of a Miss Atterly. " This is the interpretation which, consistently with the ancient and acknowledged principles of colonial law as laid down by Sir George Gipps, and consistently also with the terms of the charter of the colony and of the royal instructions to the Governor, ought to have been put upon the treaty ; had it been so, the most serious of the evils which have since arisen would have been avoided. If native rights to the ownership of land had only been admitted when arising from occupation, there would have been no difficulty in giving at once to the settlers secure and quiet possession of the land they required, and they would thus have been able to begin without delay and in earnest the work of reclaiming and cultivating the unoccupied soil. The proceedings of the Commis sioners appointed to inquire into the claims to land would also then have been short and simple ; they would have to inquire merely whether lands actually occupied by natives had been fairly sold to settlers by the occupants, and with respect to wild lands, whether Europeans claiming to have purchased them had done so at such a price, or had incurred such en expense in respect of them, as to give to the supposed purchasers not a right to the lands (for they could not derive a title from parties who did not them selves possess one), but a claim on the consideration of the Crown to have granted to them as an indul gence more or less, according to circumstances, of the lands they had nominally purchased. With respect to the New Zealand Company, as the extent of land to which they were entitled had been already settled by a special agreement with the Government and the award of Mr. Pennington, they would at once have been put in possession of all that very large portion of the land on which they proposed establishing set tlements which was previously wild and unoccupied; and the question to be determined by the Commis sioners would have reduced itself to that of whether those inconsiderable portions of land actually occu pied and enjoyed' by natives had been fairly sold by the occupants—a question the decision of which, one way or the other, would have been comparatively unimportant." He was opposed by Mr. Cooke, and in the course of a lengthened examination, the insolvent made the following 'statement :—I have a right to the title of count, having inherited it from my father, who resided in that part of Austrian Poland called Gallicia. I have been a lieutenant in the Austrian Polish service, which I left in 1824, and have no half-pay. Since that time I have occupied myself in literary and scientific avo cations. My friends in Poland have sent me money from time to time. Mr. Cooke—Did you ever at any time receive as much as 2,0001. a year ? Insolvent—Yes, I did, between the years 1832 and 1834 ; it was sent me from Poland by my relations. It was personally handed over to me in sovereigns, and never came through any bankers. Let us know the names of any of those persons who sent you the money ?—I must not, for political rea sons, disclose their names, as they then resided in Russia. Mr. Cooke—But the disclosure cannot affect you, as you were in Austrian Poland. The insolveut—Possibly, but then I have written a great deal against the Emperor of Russia. Do you then consider the Emperor of Russia to be your personal enemy ?—Yes, I do consider him to be my personal enemy, and hence I refuse to answer your question as to the persons from whom I received the money. Mr. Commissioner EVANs-If the question were pressed, I think you would be bound to answer it. ' Mr. Cooke—Did you ever represent to any person*, in 1842, that you had then 4001. a year ?—Never. When I was living at Brighton, I must have received money from my friends, but I must not disclose their names. When was the last sum of money received by you from your friends ?—The last time was in the summer of 1843, and the amount was about 3,0001. It was not placed in any bank, but we have plenty of sove reigns in Russia. Then, may I ask what did you do with them ? Oh, I soon found a place for them,but 4 ,1 did not tell any person that I received them. Was your receipt of that sum from your friends, or from property of your own ?—From friends, for I never had any property of my own. My father, though a count, left me nothing. Can you tell the Court what became of the money ? —The greater part of it was lent. To whom was it lent, for there is no entry of it at all in your schedule ?—I lent to Miss Atterly 2,0001. How is that, when you now come up in custody, in which position you were placed for the recovery of a document which that young lady had been indiscreet enough to sign ? And 1. will ask you how you be came acquainted with her ?—She was residing with her mother and sister at a boarding-house at Brigh.- ton, where I was staying for some time. What could she want with so much money ? believe she gave the money to her brother. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—Had you any acknow ledgement for so large a sum of money ? The in,- solvent—Yes, sir, I had, but it was torn up ; how ever, the document which was the subject of the Chancery suit proved the debt. I did not give in an answer Ito the bill in Chancery because I had no money. Mr. Cooke—Why did you not apply to the Court' in former pauperis t Insolvent—l did, and I filed two petitions and affidavits, which were unattended to by the Court, and at last I would rather live in poverty than go on thus " battering" with the lawyers. _ _ Sin:Commissioner Evaxs—l perceive that you mention nothing whatsoever of this 20001. in your schedule. This sum must be inserted. Insolvent—l thought, sir, it was inserted. By Mr. Cooke—What was the largest sum you ever lent this young lady at any one time ? The In solvent-8001, which I lent her when I was living at Blandford-place. All in gold ?—Yes, all in gold; in sovereigns, which were in two bags, and which she took away with her in a cab, for she always went away in a carriage. _ Did she not tell you what she wanted all that money for ?—She said her brother had But I will not go into that. You want, I see, to draw me into un pleasant matters, and I shall give you no further an swer, for you know all about it. Mr. Cooke disclaimed all knowledge of the matters referred to by the insolvent, who stated nothing of this 2,0001. either in his schedule or in his special ba lance-sheet. Mr. Commissioner EVANS-It is impossible for me to receive this schedule ; and as to •the insolvent's story I cannot believe one word of it. The insolvent—Then, sir, am I to be imprisoned for life ? Mr. Commissioner EVANS—The petition is dis missed. The insolvent (a very military looking man) was then remitted to his former custody in the Queen's Bench. The Court then adjourned at four o'clock. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Deputy-Judge ADAMS and Et — Bench of Magistrates.) Yesterday, at the sitting of the Court. Mr. Payne presented articles of the peaee on beealf of Mrs. Eliza beth Wall, landlady of the Britannia Tavern, Back road-street, St. George's-in-the East, against John Fea therstone, a seafaring man, of very superior address, and having highly respectable connexions in Birmingham. Mr. Prendergast appeared for the prisoner. After a brief dinu.sion between Mr. Payne and Mr. Prendergast, the Court ordered the prisoner to find bail, himself in 80L, and two sureties of 401. each. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) BOW- STREE T. An elderly man named Lewis Creasy, was brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with being drunk and dancing in Bow-street. The officer proved the case. Prisoner—Dear me, Sir, dancing is so very incon sistent with my general character that I can hardly be- THE ROYAL MINT.—The wor k men o f thi s import lieve that I could be guilty of such folly.—(Laughter.) ant establishment ar e b us il y at work in s t r iki ng o ff a Mr. JARDINE—WeII, but what d o y ou say to b e i ng drunk ? Prisoner—Why, Sir, the f ac t, i s I met an considerable quantity o f new sovereigns and half-sove- Italian yesterday, who said he knew me about thirty reigns on account of the Bank of England preparatory to years ago, in Milan. How true that is I don't know ; the payment of the October dividends, which will be in and he gave me some drink, more, in fact, than nature course of settlement in the Rotunda on the 14th of next month, The amount of bullion at present in the Bank is required. 15,197,000 L sterling. A large quantity o f ge ld co i nage Mr. JARDINE—W hat are you ? Pri s on er —l am b y has also been struck for Government during the last profession a teacher of languages, but, owing to my ap pearance, which partly arises from necess it y an d partly fortnight for th e p a y men t o f t h e A rmy and Navy, the half-pay and pensions from my own neglect, lam not patr on i se d as I used to be. . and pay of th e o ff ic i a l s of the Treasury, F oreign . C o l on i a l, an d Home-offices, Mr. JARDINE—WeII, I hope thi s w ill b e a lesson to Stamps, you. You have been locked up all night, and, therefore, Customs, Excise, &c., which are now in course of pay ment. An i mmense num b er of the new half-farthing you may be discharged now. Prisoner—l sincerely thank your worship. coinage, which for the last ten days have been selling in lie then left the Court, bowing all the way. the different thoroughfares of the metropolis at four and six a penny by th e i t i nerant street venders, have been MA T? YLE B ONE. struck at the Mi nt f or t h e last month, and will be issued On Tuesday, Mr. John Alto, surgeon, of 54, Craw as legal tenders of our copper circulation in currency on ford-street, Bryanstone square, and Mr. Joseph Tuesday next, the Ist of October, according to the Royal Hooper, medical student, 32, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, proclamation announcing their issue a year and a half appeared before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Rawlin ago, but which had been delayed in the United King- son, to answer the charge of having been found in the dom, although in our colonies they have been for some area of Major-General Farrer, No. 5, Upper Glou time current. The various shopkeepers, grocers, and tester-street, Dorset-square. tea-dealers, in the Borough and different parts of the Alajor-General Farrer stated that all he knew of metropolis, have large bowls full of this new but useful the matter was that the prisoners were brought to him coinage to the working or poorer classes in their win- by two policemen, dows, as " half-farthings saved are penneys gained."who said that they had been found We underst an d t h at a Chapter of the Noble and on his premises. Illustrious Order of the Garter will be held at Windsor Milton, 165 D, deposed that on the previous night, Castle, on Friday, the 11th of October, for the election ' at a quarter past eleven, he saw the prisoner Hooper of two knights. The summonses from the office of the jump over the area railing of the General's house, King -at-Arms, for the knights to attend in thei r ro b es an d run a l ong t h e street toward the Allsop Arms ; he on the above day, were delivered at their town resi- (witness) then went to the area gate, inside of which dences y es t er d ay . Th e Ki ng of the French, it is ex- he saw Mr. Atto; the kitchen window was at that petted, will, as a European Sovereign, be elected an honorary knight of the order during his so j ourn i n this time open; he asked him (Mr. Atto) what business he had there, to which he replied that his visit was of country. It is understood that th e C ustom -h ouse aut h or i t i es I a private nature, as one of the "girls ,, had miscarried, have it in contemplation to place officers on board the and he had been sent for by his friend Mr. Hooper steamers from the Continent, as soon as th e vesse l s ar - to attend her. Witness asked him where his friend rive off G ravesen d, so th a t t h e i nspect i on of luggage, , was, and he stated that he was gone to the public &e., may be ccmpleted during th e p assage up t h e r i ver. house close by tim; Witness went with M r . Att o t o th e The object of this experiment i s t o prevent t h e d ctentien Al, sop _ of passe ngers a ft er t h e i r arr i va l, an d if i t is found to give : prisoners were there met with Mr. H oo p er . Th e ‘ then_ taken back to the residen c e o f adequate p ro t ec ti on to the re venue , i t doubtless will be i I General Farrer, and afterwards to the stat ion. continued, and be a most important imprereinent. Mr. BAWLINIOX (to General Farrez)---Do you (TO BE CONTINUED.) know if there can be any truth in the statement as to any one in your house requiring assistance under the circumstances which you have heard related ? General Farrer—l don't know that it is true. _ _ Mr. RAWLINSON (to Mr. Atto)—What is your answer to this. sir. Mr. Atto—l was called to the house by Mr. llo.per to see one of the females. Mr. PLAwLINsoN—Then why not, as a professional man, come out at the front door? Mr. Atto—W,e, are often, sir, obliged to do; things "under the rose; the General knows all about my having been called to his house once before ; but I'd rather not say more upon that matter as I should be sorr y now to rake up anything which might be calculated to scanda lise individuals. Mr. RAWLINSON (to Mr. Hooper) —What have you -to say? Mr. Hooper—l accompanied my friend . Atto to the house, and I assure you I was not there more than two minutes. Mr. RAWLINSON—What right had you in the anit at all ? Mr. flooper—l merely went into the area,~ sir, and said I'd have a kiss before I left. Nothing more transpired, either with regard to the name or occupation of the fair one upon whose lips the kiss was or was intended to have been imprinted. Mr. RAWLINSON (to General Farrer)—Do you wish to press this charge, General? General Farrer —No, I do not. The "profes‘ional gentlemen " were, without ani further explanation of their very extraordinary corn• duct being called for, set at liberty. 111 ARLBOI?OUGH-STREET. Adele Dupierre was placed at the bar for the purpos e of having the usual formalities completed previously to being sent for trial to the Central Criminal Court% on a charge of having robbed her master, Mr. Va n Bever, of a large quantity of property. The pawnbrokers produced the stolen property 11 court. Mr. Young, of Prince s - s t ree t, an d Mr.Woc4,l " r of High. street, were th e h o ld ers o f a b ou t 130 piirs '°' boots and shoes, all of which large quantity 1 06 pledged with them by the prisoner in somewheS e about one month. The pawnbrokers had lent but about eighteenpence per pair on the shoes, which were declared to be wo r th, on th e a verage , about fife shillings per pair. As soon as the witnesses were bound over, the soli' citor for the prose cu ti on sa id h e now propose d to charge the prisoner with having sat fire to the pre mises in the Burlington-arcade on Monday week, or at least with having wilfully destroyed property, as it might appear from the evidence. Mr. MALTBY said the prisoner had already been twice placed at the bar without any charge of the nature having been preferred. The solicitor said the reason was that he had P . wish to intricate the case by mixing one charge With another. He was now prepa re d w ith ev id ence , and if the Court permitted, he would go at once into th e charge. Mr. MALTBY was of opinion that the charge ough t to be deferred for the present. If the prisoner r s t acquitted of the felony on w hi c h s h e h a d b een All committed, Mr. Van Bever could then proceed Ict the other charge, or he might prefer a bill for offence at the same ti me w h en he preferred the bill for the present case. The prisoner was then fully committed. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY . ) CORN-EXCHANGE. et We had a f a i r average su p p l y o f E ng li s h WheA Y,„ the demand for it was f a i r stea d y , at f u ll M o nds9 v , quotations. Of F ore i gn Wh ea t (f ree o f d uty ) t he 6 1 ," ) al was good, yet a t o l era hl e b us i ness was d o i ng in' 1u article at late rates. The trade with Barley and W d. wsS extremely heavy, and p r i ces were b are l y suppDr il In Oats, Beans, and Peas, we can notice no alteration- ARRIVALS. view Wheat. Earley. I Oats. I E l,lBO qrs. 1,490 qrs. 1.170 qrs. 2. 10 Irish.. Foreign 5,580 8,290 I 1990 , I Mait. 1,770 qrs. WHITECII.A.PEZ. • • There was a fair amount o f b us i ness d o i ng in Prim meat at full prices, otherwise the demand ruled heal: Beef from 2s 4d t o 3 s 6d ; M utton, 2 s 6d to 30 8 Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs by the carcase. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS ~fal iti The following are the resu lt s o f " A T a bl e of 310—frora in the Metropolis, sho w i ng th e N um b er o f D ea ths a " all Causes registered in the Week ending S a turdan,r, 21th of September,;lB44." The Tablelis issu e d from the (./ 15 ` of the Registrar-General : klf Wee o f CAUSES OF DEATH. T o tal. Ave r ... - rs• fuel v" Epidemic, Endemic, a n d C on t ag i ous Di seases 250 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat lOB a, l , Diseases of the Brain, Nerv es , an d S enses l3l 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 192 2 ,, S Diseases of the Heart and Blood- vesse l s 23 _ '42' Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other 69 Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 10 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. lO 6 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 5 1 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural D eca y 45 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified Deaths from all Causes ...... . 857 94 6 DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED LINO; THE ABOVE HEADS. Weekly Aver" . Total. of Five Years' Consumption Scarlatina B7 34 Pneumonia . .. . ... 37 79 Dropsy .. ... . .. Hooping Cough .. ......... .. Typhus ... Small Pox 37 15 Disease of the Heart Measles lB 28 Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain 8 9 Diarrhoea.. Sudden Deaths 3 15 DISTRICTS. West l2B 138 North 164 171 —., Central . ... 152 East ... South.. •• 2 .• 183 07 .. 230 242 _ 946 Total ..» ..... . ...... ..... 857 BODY FOU ND. - -Yesterday morning about. l3 l ;.lt. the gasman wa s ext i ngu i s hi ng the l i ghts upon friars-bridge, he observed the body of a hurrO ° : ,,,, or lying on the mud of the Thames, near the terw' h — ying the Fleet Ditch. Police-constable Mills, 3 52 ,' - F fh leet . obtained assistance, conveyed the body to th e f by street police-station, and upon examination then -j oy* Mr. Hutchinson, surgeon of Farringdon-street, "":,ter it as his opinion that the deceased had been in th° " p - ct or several days. Under the direction o f Mr. In s P -- ro bed, Chadwick the pockets of the deceased were ses let ter and among a number of papers was discovered * we re addressed to J. Hold en , Esq , Mitcham. Th ere tt iig also found a fashionable leathern . purse, on — The 14s. 6d., and a yellow silk pocket hankerchief: f t he following is a d escr ipti on o f t h e person an d dress ° D ; g bt, deceased, viz., five feet six or seven inches in "'lnd stout and corpulent, about fifty-five years of grey hair; grey Chesterfield wrapper, black figur_r' h i ac k drab trowsers, an d b oo t s; f r ill e d li nen s hi r t, $ l2 " " t he silk neckerchief with white spots. The body lies af_.,d West London U n i on Workhouse for identification, a coroners inquest. LIFE 131 THE TURN OF !—CURE EXTRAOHDINAE- 47, HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A respectable woman, Ig e r , oo l, named Graham, residing in Scotlandroad, was in the most critical and dang erous state for 11, months, being sometim e s a l most choked with P hleg e . with shortness of b rea th, palpitation of the he art. t,o fbB ther with a general derangement and debil it y: l ;er whole system. H er life was in the greatest when she commenced th e use o f th es e miraculous Pl 4ge which restored h e r t o th e highest state of health rid weeks. They are the finest medicine in the woe. eOO females of all ages. S o ld ( a l so H o lloway's Oi e c tli t ' rs ed at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, "' t al (where advice may be had gra ti s ), and by aletlli s ed respectable medicine vendors th roug hout the e ' .- w B H I a R I f - 71 100 S n . On the 19th inst inof G• T. Ellison, Esq , of a da ' u h Lower ter. Conan, On th 9 24 • t e - ins ~ at Lower Tulse-hill, Mrs. IL g• of a daughter. On the 21st inst., in Euston-square, Skelaillg' Mrs. Thomas of a daughter. -s treet the lady him Thomas On the 14th inst., at Altrincham, Cheshire, Langston, of a son. _ On the 21st inst., at the Royal Marine Barracks, Stone house, the lady of Lieutenant and Adjutant Wright, of it daughter. On the 22d inst., at thearag° ' p n Blac kheath, Mrs. LA W ford Richardson, f a son. On the 23d inst., at Albany-street, Regent's-park, bfrs• William Hampton, of a son. IV. On the 23d inst., a t Notting-bill, the lady of Francis Medley, Esq., of a daughter. h On the 23 Mrs. Jos e p h inst., at Norwood Lodg e, Surrey, Maudslny, of a son. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Hanimechrmilither Emma Goodwin, third daughter of the late M r. James -kr Goodwin, to Mr. James Goodwin, of Godstone, Surrey. ..,,,,,. On the 21st inst., at St Mark's Church , Pentonville, w ' 4 e Liam Henry, eldest son of Mr. Cook, of Baker street" to -Alla ' second daughter of the late Mr. Mur_2:al________-------- DIED. teat On Friday, the 13th inst., at Gloucester, mu ch lamented, Sarah Elizabeth, wife of John Davie Ba ssett, Esq., of Crack, more, Dorsetshire , and daughter of the late Robert Sol OnEs of Gloucester. On the 25th of June, at Hydrabad, Captain Durbin, of her Majesty's 29th Regiment, aged 28. On the Ist of July last, at Hyderabad, Sinde, Captain Lnivis Halliday, 86th Regime , a nt. On the 18th inst.t Guildford, Surrey, George Shurlock Smallpeice, Esq., solicitor. Esq ., of On the 20th inst., at Paris, William P emberton, Sussex- place, Ft egen t's- D p ev ark. On the 22d inst. onshire-place, Dr. H. y oung, for merly of the Hon. ' in East India Company's service. On the 22d inst., at Brighton-place, New Kent-road, F . Wel, aed 20. On ls the 22 d inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Thomas Comer ford Bartrum. of Lincoln's inn, Esq. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUI4 No. ;112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N0.,...11 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the CAIuD7 Middlesex, Thandayi eeptemba 20111141. gRA-1 b tily sunda AI Seven, ttre--PoreZt °Mee, Pot PI the 27t • ka t i th 4 Med• e , ‘, brokers' of „ NEW The INCU] 0 1 by A -Quer at Ti - , ungt! 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