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in our boat they ran to meet us, throwing hats and expressing signs of satisfaction ; .n got into our boat without hesitation. interpreter appeared to understand and to be ur irpreLt. ppeareu too 1 by them, and a long and earnest conver -thr: took place, in which the gold laced cap of some of the officers were alluded to, but no Euro present being able to understand our interpre quitted the ice after about half an hour's . Captain Ommanney, who was on board the . Intrepid, having seen a memorandum left by Mr. Penny, a day previously, with the persons we had communicated with and which was merely a memo of his visit. - I was now anxious to rejoin you, as the only per st-..n, in the Felix who could understand whatever in telligence the interpreter bad picked up, and we ac cordingly proceeded in tow of the Intrepid to rejoin the Resolute and Felix now far a-head and pushing on for Cape Dudley Diggs. During the afternoon Adam showed to our boat's crew some signs of a wish to impart something, and - about 8 P.M. I dropped on board the Prince Albert, also in tow of the Intrepid, and he immediately • sought out the steward of Captain Forsyth, who seems -.to possess a good knowledge of the language of these 2 -regions, and through him we received the following • communication : That in the winter of 1846, when the snow was falling, two ships were broken by the ice a good way .off, in the direction of Cape Dudley Diggp, and after •l'swards burned by a fierce and numerous tribe of • He asserted that the ships were not whalers—and that epaulettes were worn by some of the white men. 7 14 K; That a part of the crews were drowned ; that the Icotainder were some time in huts or tents, apart . . _ _ ........✓ ........ .. ___ i'"11.41 the natives; .. that they had guns, but no balls; were in a weak and exhausted condition, and were , /a•.+NosPquently killed by the natives with darts or 14 4 Ytime was lost in imparting this intelligence to fol . 4r=2.fiksistance, and Captain Ommanney and myself, its Commander Forsyth, instantly proceeded in the ' O-1 1 1 ;(1 to communicate these particulars to yourself ""'atlV't . . , ) Captain Austin. 4ese the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, ( cl " C. GERVANS PHILLIPS, Commander, R.N. . 4044 'Ve4tItin Sir John Ross, R.N., C. 8., &c. 4.0i4 I,( , loure No. 2, in dispatch No. 3, from Sir John JitoitiqtodietiPthe Secretary of the Hon. Hudson's Bay Company. 16th of August. Vigiirliiscovery vessel, off Wolstenholme 16 - t1 of August. qiitnpliance with your directions that I (Wit : t ac Alp an y Captain Ommanney, of her Ma ilrlixftiAlltilli.ssistance, and make further inquiry into 1::;qth of the reports referred to in my letter of the 4 ,l l4V 4 V l t. 4 aV'well as to those about a ship having •: , -0 0 644‘Ct4. rat winter in Wolstenholme Sound, I Lave to state that about 9 A.M. yesterday I ac- AlfitiliAtir6creaptain Ommanney and some of his officers -' on hnfirif likcllajesty's ship Intrepid, having with us '.the -Esqu,itn4iix interpreter of the vessel, and one be- Ittn'ertg i6 r- the Aisistance, who had given the original "i -4 114i4" - afiN of ours. prpe r eeded in the eeamer sixteen miles up 4SfAt'efiligline ) Sound in a northeast direction until ky w e had 8111 1 4 fie water to two fathoms L.W. "iiiv„ltsro,'Ar WAirns were discovered and examined ; 43 -tvithiliqh& l eitthem we found a paper signed by Mr. • Saunders, the commander of her Majesty's ship icrtyrifilt ' ie 'The latest in date (3d of July, 1850) was cloai t i eitkgraves of four seamen, and its con utAtits wereinhe following effe ct r 3 li it ilig s cai was e t be ; srew. t of t her. _ t iMesty's ship North S"& i to mark thedwirtltplaces , Rt i ntoe,l Or her Mapisty s ship -' North Star, deceased November 1; 1849; William Bri-ley (boat's mate), ditto, January 30, 1850 ; : Richard Baker, A 8., ditto, April 2, 1850 ; John Deveril,'A.B., ditto, May 17, 1850." It further stated that the North Star was beset on the east side•of Melville Bay on the 29th of July, 1849; and gradually drifted day by day until the 26th of September, when they found themselves :''abreast of WolatenhOlme Sound, and the ice becoming 1 '5144, and the Sound being perfectly clear, all plain "sail was made, and the ship passed through, anchor ing in the lower part of the Sound the same evening, and secured for the winter on the Ist of October. It further stated that she bad remained there all ,the winter, and was to proceed in search of the Arctic ships as soon as the ice broke up. This document was dated in North Star Bay, lat. 76 34 N., long. 69 30 W., July 3, 1850, and signed ? J. Saunders.' The papers found in the other two cairns were " - dated April 3, 1850, and to the same effect, except '"that they did not contain the names of the deceased "seamen. A considerable space of the adjoining country was traversed in extended ordet and carefully examined oby Captain Ommaney and myself and a party of the offic,rs and men of her Majesty's ships Assistance and Intrepid. Several Esquirnaux huts were searched, but no • living natives seen. Two of the huts covered the un buried remains of three or four natives. A c',,uple of shirts (one marked " Corporal. J. C4a:nore"), other fragments of slop clotLinK, of • brAm , , bottles and crockery, iron hoops, nails, painted wood, a washing-tub, and the footsteps of Europeans, •as wel as several preserved meat-tins, amply &noted the recent presence of a Queen's ship in the neigh . bourho )d. Although your Esquimau' interpreter still adheres Ito the statement he received at Cape York relative to 'the loss of two ships in 1846 and the murder of their • crews, we were unable to discover any circurngtance - in corroboration ; and from the silence of Mr. Saun -ders on the subject, and his expressed determination '.'to prosecute his voyage in quest of the Arctic ships, I - am induced to hope such a lamentable occurrence has - not taken place. I should, however, recommend that 'the statement of the Esquimau' received on board the 'Assistance at Cape York should be taken down in - writing by our interpreter, who is, as you know, "fully competent to the task. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, C. GERTANS PHILLIPS, Commander, R.N. • c-Inclosure in Dispatch No. 3, from Sir John Ross to the Hon. the Hudson's Bay Company, Aug. 22 :- - Omamnami innaissovit ammillagallivarkirsot ab tanni amillarsorsossot Narsarrummi am amirlagallo garkirsot Kikirtarsovil lo igagnak innagannik Sevar rniollo N a j ar llo Siattal.. l i glo - obbinnivigsogarl o Mitt ag k o tl o S ago kk o ld o Kaxarra gciarkotio agottigkar Lagkotlo Kottigkigtogkotlo Karsogkollo inuvijarsuvit ommannammut Kattirsor Kirsot amallortukkullo Tartirrak Tollirlagoarkollo agkommalligorankullo Erkurkullo Sitsogkollo Tau vagkollo Kojarkit togkollo inuttarkartot nagtilli voglo. innuvit ammirllarsossit Tarsa ommannam 'lrkarni. AGLAGTOK ADAM BEEK. .JOHN Ross, Witness to the above, being written in my presence by Adam Beek, on board her Majesty's ship Assistance, on the 17th of August, 1850. ERASMUS OMMANNEY ' Captain, her Majesty's ship, witnessed the above, being written in my presence by Adam Beek on board her Ma jesty's ship Assistance, on this 17th day of August, 1850. Beek's Depositions respecting the Murder of the crews of two English ships, in 1846, at Mal : 'vine Bay. Inclosure No. 3, in Dispatch No. 3, • from sfr John Ross to the Hon. the Hudson's Bay 'Company, August 22 : ' s rn . nuvit Takkurkarback, Agus 13, 1850, Kessean 'Oft itittisejaragkit ommiarssarnik Tagkog lluAit okarbot ommiarsuTit Tagkugittik Nunn.,m- Vintli•o4liinimatta Sarkinnirrok Ses-nunmarrattilin , ,nl l'airrft tarbok Taimattummik aglagbagka okiot 1846 r t!tkkb KUbirriarmat allarbut omannammut Piltuiztik riFianni S;ltkur soarmit allarmitt ajollir , ogtik Tarsanni ammillarkigagmik Takko Malluvit innivi Nogorbui iog Taglso noiga. it - v' • • AGLAGTOK 'ADAM BkEit. „ •t : I JoII ri Ross, witness to the above, on hoard the Felix discovery vessel, this 13th day r• 06141. , . . of August, 1850. 42vi' tat, , , ‘ (Dispatch No. 2 ) : 41 tittabrof a dispatch f rom C apta i n Sir J. Ross to - V,' qoyerner and Committe e o f t h e Hud-on's Ba ypiny, t il n'p , iny, dated, Felix discov er y vessel. Baffin's By, ; gust 13, lat. 76, long. 66, off C ape Y or k : .Wit'h respect to the Felix, she is everything I could p. Tie. - She sails well, is an excellent sea boat, and is rcing 4a . wpocl and iron can make her. We re fr. ‘ 9, els all` .'the apparatus for balloons; and. what I `i) cth,MOit faith in, we have four well-trained carrier p . Aftnfi, which were presented to me by Miss Dun- Inge a young lady at Ayr, who had trained them to 'keep up a correspondence to two friends at a distance -4 hope they will be the bearers of good news. We "Ti ie seen no vessel on our passage but a Danish Go yernnr-nt vessel (the Titus), which we overtook on IN Nill of June—out 31 d ays f rom C open h agen. Sfi'e - was in company two days, but parted in a fog. We have had, as usual, afoul wind in Davis Strait, but beitt 'to windward half a degree of latitude per day, which, Considering we have the Mary in tow, was as aamh as we could expect. We have seen a good deal Ar i zs near Cape Farewell, but very little since. I am nitopea we shall have a very favourable season. v e. arrlnd at Holsteinburg on the 231 of June ( l ali:' 667 / kik 54), my object being to obtain an in -Writ la 010ech I am happy to say we succeeded 19 4 t Aerecift O. & , native (Adam Beek) who speaks 14 ,z anise language, and of course is understood by .119. He is 3 0 9 ,a g 00d fiddler, and already a favourite J. v w , itt ttie - rhen. :We were detained here by both calms 4 O Which succeeded each other for six days, PP it; po . ,doubt kept us behind the others, so that ~.... expect to fall in with them till we get to • 4,11.4;4r0: 411 / id./.:. . . .. Opernowick, as they will of course have left the Whale Fish Islands before we can possibly get there. I sent a duplicate of the first sheet with some ad ditions by the Danish packet, which I am now glad I did, as a heavy gale, after leaving Holsteinburg on the 30Th, prevented her reaching the cod fishermen, and we were so unfortunate as to arrive at Whale Fish Island two days after the Transport had left, when my hope of being able to send this and all other letters by her were at an end ; but I still expect to fall in with the North Star. The squadron under Captain Austin are only 14 days and the two Ameri can schooners only four days before us, and we have no doubt of getting up with them at Operaowick. We got the coals that have been left for us by the whaler, completed our water, and sailed in 20 hours. From the appearance of wind and weather I was tempted to risk the Weigatt Straits, by which I could gain some leagues on the other vessels, and I happily succeeded, but I would not on any account run such a risk again, the navigation being both dangerous and intricate, and I am sure Captain Aus tin's vessels could not have accomplished it. July B—We have since had light winds, and are within 400 miles of Lancaster Sound, where I shall lay down my pen till an opportunity offers. All well. July 23—1 forgot to mention that neither Captain Austin nor the Americans obtained an interpreter, and I am, therefore, the less sorry that I lost so much time at Holsteinburg, but I believe that Capt. Penny got on to Opernowick. We have since fallen in with ' the remaining whalers, which I know, from the heavy state of the ice, would fail in getting round to the west land until the fishing season was over. FRANCE. t.'eaF.es which have been entered into with Spain and Bc 'azil being carried into immediate effect." DUNLOP, Esq , seconded the resolution. Passed unan, imously. The following is the article, for the publication of which, in the Corsaire, prosecution of MM. Cour tois and Laurent has been ordered : " A salary of 500,000 francs was abundantly suf ficient fur the expenses of the First Consul, who com bined the greatest glory with the simplicity of the manners of Washington. In our day millions are not enough for a President. He has already been , obliged to extend his hand, which had narrowly escaped being rejected, and soon the emptied box will be presented again. We must do to certain persons the justice to say that they drink healths and smoke with the first comer—private soldier or General, it is all the same to them. Napoleon felt disgust at swillers and gluttons as well as at smokers. He was never seen handing a cigar to a soldier, and during his reviews there was no champagne nor grilled fowls. He was not the flatterer of the soldiers, and he regaled them only with glory. To his troops, when attenuated by hunger, and who cried bread, bread,' the young General of the army of Italy replied 'Bread ! before eight days you shall have it and to spare.' This un comfortable consolation was sufficient. That bread, so long waited for, came. But, in the mean time, the enemy appeared. As at Malplaquet the bread was cast away, the soldiers rushed into fire, they beat the Austrians, and then returned gaily to eat a morsel of barley bread moistened with spring water. Since that time, when people were fed with glory, how cookery has progressed! On the 18th Brumaire, General Bonaparte, in answer to those who demanded guarantees, cried, Grenadiers ! have I ever deceived you when I promised you victory ?' In our day, in similar circumstances, the reply would he, Grenadiers, have I ever deceived you when I pro mised you good cheer ?' In the time of the Em peror, to obtain a decoration, it was necessary to have deserved it—such little importance was set on the re cognition of services to come. In the baggage of Napoleon there were no barrels of crosses by way of provision, and no shovels to distribute them. Yet, let us not be deceived, the era of the Caesars, predicted by a guest of the Elysee, has commenced. It has been already remarked that soup makes the soldier. In our day, and with perfectly liberal views, cham pagne, trailed fowls, and Havannah cigars form the materiel of reviews. But, is the gratitude of a full stomach more lively or more lasting than that of the heart ? I❑ their decline the Roman soldiers touched the stomachs of their,officers, and flung away the helmet and the cuirasse which had become too heavy for their effeminacy. In our days disregard for discipline, and forgetfulness of glory, would be still worse, and, what is the saddest of all, the disorder comes from a high quarter. A society of the 10th of December would seem to the Emperor a strange means of government. Disorder under the appellation of beneficence! I repeat to you that, in our days, if the sword of Austerlitz do not end in an old curiosity shop, it will be turned into a spit, and that of the Elysee into a larding-pin. The buckler of Francis I. will become a turbot dish, and his cuirasse a frying pan. The glorious sword of Aumale and of Ivrey, which already fell into the hands of a cheffonier of July, will become a bacon knife, and the column of July be made into pots." A letter from Lorient of the 25th inst. gives the following description of a lately-invented bullet of a most destructive nature : A SSETS. JO.TIN MACGREGOR, Esq , M.P., was then intro ducect, and was very warmly received. He said there had been entrusted to him a resolution, which he was now to .move for their approval. hating slavery as he did, earnestly desiring the suppression of the slave traffic, and believing that the present juncture was one peculiarly favourable for attaining that object, he could not but feel proud that this great city had moved in tile matter, and promulgated a plan of ac tion, such as would, if well carried uut, go far to ren der certain ele success of what was so desirable. The feeling of the people of this country had long been strongly inimiical to slavery—since the period of the last war—he i neant that which terminated in 1815. So strong was the feeling then, that one of the first instructions of Lord Liverpool to the British repre sentative of the Congress of Vienna was to secure the consent of all the powers to issue a declaration against the slave trade. Accordingly, in a little time a so lemn declaration was issued and agreed to by Austria, England, Ruasia, Prussia, Sweden, and France, as well as Spain and Portugal, in which it was deter mined that the slave traffic should cease for ever; and ever since that period England had been carrying on negotiations to completely attain that object. As far as the United States were concerned, they had most implicitly observed their stipulations as regards the trade. So had France in respect to hers, and conjointly with Britain she had maintained the squadron for the blockade of the African coast, in order thereby to extinguish it. Now, with regard to the treaty with Spain, he must say th a t if t h ey h a d a right to look for the bservance of faith with them by any country, that country was Spain. She was under the greatest obligations to England. But for the liberal sums they had expended, and the aid they had given her in the Peninsular war, her monarchy would not now have been in existence. But not to speak of that, or the assistance they had given her in securing her independence against Don Carlos, he might refer to the vast sums she was indebted for to British commerce and industry. He did not speak of the 409,000/. mentioned, which was given to indem nify parties who might lose by the suppression of the tradedbut to the one hundred and seventy-two mil lions of British capital which she owed, and which, he thought, must be held to give them an extraordinary claim upon her. If they were to join earnestly and sinctrely in the attempt to put down the traffic, he certainly was of opinion that it could be much more efficiently done by stationing a poition of the squadron off the coast of Cuba, to pre vent the approach of the shivers, than by keeping the whole on the coast of Africa, with the view of thwarting their getting off. Be believed that the present Government, or at all events the Noble Lord at the head of Foreign Affairs, was anxious to adopt such a course. It unfortunately happened, however, that if Lord Palmerston was to make any move in this direction, there was a party ready to cry out that he was desirous to involve us in war. Now, be knew that there was no man more anxious to preserve peace between the United King dom, and other countries than Lord Palmerston. Ile had hid the honour to be employed under him for several years upon foreign missions, and he was per suaded-that no man could hare been more anxious to do all in his power to avoid war than he was after the revoluticin of 1830. But somehow it did happen that there w 9 always a factiob ready on every occasion to eland tli§ public, by declaring that he was going to in. voliethe country in war. He (Mr. Macgregor) believed he neverlvould•do so--4Cheers)—while he was sure, at the same time, that I.e would take care to claim the rights of British subjects in every country. He now came to the question of Brazil, and he must con fess that here was a greater difficulty presented than in the other instance. They might certainly send the half of the African squadron to blockade the coast of Brazil, and they thereby would do much to prevent the importation of slaves, but such a course would be objected to by traders, and by the mere utilitarians. He hailed their present meeting with badgreat to delight propose contained a i hope. ned a reference The resolution u their tion N w v h e i s c t hl In dian islands, and the prejudicial effects on them re s t of competition. Adhering as strongly as he had ever done to the principles of free trade, he must say, as regards West India distress, that to slavery, in great part, it must be ascribed. That was the main draw back to the prosperity of their West India colonies. Suppose slavery abolished, and he had no doubt be sides, that from the increased value of labour in Cuba July 17, lat. 73.36 north : off Cape. Shakleston—On the morning we suddenly fell in with five of the whalers, who, seeing it improbable that they could get round the north end of the ice, were running to the south to try the passage to the west land in lat. 71. They reported that in the gale of the 12th the Ame rican vessels were beset off the Devil's Thumb, where they still remained, about 30 miles north of ug, where we could see them, but that Clptains Penny and Austin's squadron were in lat. 74.40, and bare up in the storm, and will probably reach Melville Bay, where we would find them; that all of us would no doubt get round the middle ice, but it would pro bably be late. We found little field-ice, which was very favourable for the steamers, but a great many icebergs. I gave a short note to Captain Leuchar, of the True Love, but I suppose you will receive this first. The south-west storm of the 12th was very se vere, and damaged the bulwarks of the Mary, but that was of no consequence, as we had to take them away and have now converted her into a row•galley as well as a sailing-vessel. She will row 10 oars, and I think will do the work better than any that has navigated the Arctic Seas. On the 19th of July we spoke five more whalers, all standing to the southward ; and in the evening communicated with the Prince Albert, which followed us closely, occasionally assisting each other tbrough the intricate passages among the ice, with which we were now constantly surrounded. . On the 23d of July we communicated with seven more of the whalers, which were running south, having given up as hopeless the idea of making the north passage in time to reach the fishing ground on the west land this season. Oa the 25th of July we discovered her Majesty's ships, commanded by Captain Austin, and also the ,two vessels commanded by Captain Penny. We were now in lat. 75 deg. 11 min. 10 sec. north, and long. 59 deg. 38 min. west of Brown's Islands; and having gained the land ice, were in hopes of overtaking her Majesty's ships, which were then beset W 4 l: P t i& We continued bar Aabbittr. in ,icuttitigy forging,. anfl,trankin b daily gal aidgl on them ; but Captain Penny gained also, and at last got out of sight. It was not until Saturday evening, the 11th of August, that we overtook them, and on Sunday Cap tain Austin came on board the Felix, as also Captain Ommanney and Lieutenant Cator. Our communication (as became officers of the Royal Navy) was unreserved. I gave Captain Austin a written statement of my intentions and views con sequent on the late and unfavourable season ; our co operation was determined on, and I was in return furnished with a copy of his orders to those under his command ; and, after discussion, in order that the whole field of ice should be simultaneously explored, as the best mode of discovering the position of the missing ships, it was agreed that the Resolute and Pioneer, beginning at Pond's Bay, should examine the whole south coast of Lancaster Sound, Barrow's Strait, and, if possible, Cape Walker ; that the As sistance and Intrepid, beginning at Cape Warren der, should examine the north coast of Lancaster Sound and Barrow's Strait, as far as Wellington channel, which they were directed to enter, and, if possible, communicate with Captain Penny, whose orders directed his attention to Jones' Sound ; that the Felix and Mary, beginning at Cape Hotham, were to examine that and the different headlands to Melville Island, and, if possible, to Bank's Land. My plans of communicating with each other were ap proved of, and Captain Forsyth, in the Prince Albert, was to proceed to Brentford Bay and endea vour to cross the Isthmus and survey the west side of Boothia Felix. " M. Lagrange, an apothecary, residing in this town, 'las been for the last fifteen years labouring at the preparation of a bullet of the most destructive kind. Although it appears that he had completed his labours for some time,, he did not communicate his discovery ttiq gftverLyneia,t, until within the last few days. e ; bra ent,._(Pkto. thg effect,, proclused_ by t hot e millets has 'been made under the inspection- of Admirals La Susse and La Guerre, Lieutenant- General Laplace of the Artillery, and of a commission appointed by Government. The success of the experiment is said to have exceeded all expec tation. Each bullet on striking the object against which it was directed, exploded with a detonation as loud as that of the gun from which it was fired, and proluced a most destructive effect. It bursts in stantly on striking any object which opposes resist ance, whether it be earth, wood, or stone. At the conclusion of the trial the members of the commission, addressing the inventor, said, Sir, your name ought to be inscribed amongst the members of the Peace Congress, for after your invention it will be impos sible to think of making war.' M. Lagrange asserts that with a gun-boat, armed with four pieces of can non, he could sink a ship of 120 guns in twenty mi nutes. He is in treaty with the Government for the sale of his secret." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The German papers have telegraphic dispatches from Hamburgh and Copenhagen of the 26th inst. The Commander of the Danish troops has received instructions to prohibit the navigation on the Eyder, in case such a measure should be recommended by military necessities. The King of Denmark and the Prince Ferdinand have left Copenhagen for Flensburg, where they in tend to remain for a term of eight days. and Porto Rico, a great encouragement to the free colonial labour would take place'; it would be more in demand, and commercial activity and success would advance in a proportionate ratio. This remark he thought was completely applicable as respecti alike Jamaica, Guiana, and Trinidad. It was an observa tion with regard to the commercial opinions he held as respected the policy which had been carried out by the late Sir Robert Peel, and adhered to by the Ministry which had succeeded that great statesman— that virtuous and good man. Of that system of fiscal policy, alike as it respects the West India colonies and the country at large, of that policy he approved, and begged to state, that while on moral and com mercial grounds he desired the abolition of slavery, and regarded it as an obstacle to West Indian pros perity, he could never consent, because of the distress that might prevail there, to return to the principle of monopoly. Mr. Macgregor concluded, amid applause, by moving the following resolution :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the depression and distress of our West India colonies have been greatly aggra vated by the non-observance of the slave-trade treaties on the part of Spain and Brazil, and that some of the best results anticipated from colonial emancipation have been frustrated by the continuance of the slave traffic." We now proceeded in company, and the weather being calm and peculiarly favourable for the steamers, the Felix was occasionally towed by the Pioneer and Resolute, while the Prince Albert was also towed by the Intrepid and Assistance. In the meantime Cap tain Penny, who h.td in vain attempted to cross the middle ice, was overtaken, and on the 13th of Au• gust the whole nine vessels were congregated in Melville Bsy, off Cape York, where I shall conclude this dispatch. CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY. The annual general meeting of subscribers of this society was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Luke James Hansard, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. George Mence) read the re port, which detailed the results of the management during the past year. Two elections have taken place, at which eight new pensioners have been added to the list. There are fifty-eight aged persons re ceiving relief from this charity—thirty-three men. and twenty-five women. Seven pensioners died during the past year, and one, a poor man, aged 69, having unhappily become insane, has been removed by his parish to the county asylum at Hanwell, his pen sion ceasing on his - becoming a pauper. The men are receiving 275. and the women 18s. per month. The directors, in their report, lament that the permanent income of the charity is much below the amount required to meet the payments of the pensioners. It appears that during the past year 8201. 7s. has been distributed to the pensioners, being the largest amount devoted to the special purposes of the charity for a period of seventeen years. The di rectors feelingly express their determination not to reduce (as was done in former years) the payments to the pensioners. But by renewed exertions and by earnest appeals to the liberality of the public, they hope, whilst economising the expenditure, to aug ment the funds to a sufficient amount. The resolution was seconded by the Rev. G. BLTTR, and carried. Mr. HASTIE, M.P., in moving the third resolution, said that he also felt satisfaction in meeting them this evening, on account of a subject in , some respects per sonal to himself. It might be in the recollection of many whom he had now the honour of addressing, that during the last session of Parliament a motion of fas abolishingtab l e in t h t hoe maintenance H ouseo f C ofom 8 r the s q uadron of Africa. It wa s i n ti mated to her Majesty's Ministers that many of th e usual supporters of the . O ua dthe nroon purposet be Government were not likely to vote with them on that occasion. The First Lord of the Treasury called a meeting of the friends of the Government, and inti mated to them that if the House of Coalmons resolved that this squadron should be abolished they could not carry that resolution into effect. That resolution was lost, consequently it was net necessary that her Majesty's Ministers should resign. As he, how ever, had voted in the minority, be felt that there Was some reason for him explaining his con duct. He fully believed that, independent altogether of that squadron, there were other means within the power of her Majesty's Government for abolishing the slave trade, and one of the most efficient means in his mind was the existence of those slave-trade treaties which they entered into with Brazil and Spain. Ile also considered that the ships employed on the coast of Africa were totally unfitted and ill equipped for the purpose. On the other hand, it was maintained that the trade would break out with in creased vigour if the squadron were withdrawn, that the coast would swarm with pirates, and altogether destroy the legitimate trade, and that all attempts would be defeated for the civilization and Christian ization of Africa. Since that period the evidence re ferred to by Dr. King and Mr. Blyth had appeared, from which h e found that the slave trade was alto gether abolished, north of the equator, to a distance of 2,500 miles, with the exception of the Bight of Benin, a space of less than 300 miles. In considera tion of that evidence, he would be disposed to sanction the expenditure necessary for the support of this squadron, lie was bound to say that, according to the best of his belief, all the Ministers were working out the abolition of the slave trade by the measures of the Noble Lord at the head of Foreign Affairs—that Noble Lord whose genius had already piloted him through all the wiles of foreign diplomacy —and whose heart was in the right place, as regarded the abolition of the slave trade. One great want in our treaties which had forcibly struck him was having no power to punish the cap tain, supercargo, & c ., of the slave-trader. After having been taken, they were immediately released, and found their way back to Rio ani Cuba; and it had been given in evidence, that some of these indivi duals had been captured by our cruizers as often as six times in a very short space of time. A consider able anti-slavery feeling now prevailed both at Rio and Havanna)), and he could not doubt that the sympa thies of the great maritime states of Europe, and of the United States of America, were strong in the same direction. The Hon. Gentleman sat down by moving the following resolution : " That this meeting regard the present as a fitting time for bringing prominently before the British public the continued existence of the slave trade; as well as for enlisting the sympathies and energies of the Governments of Great Britain, of the United States of America, of France, of Denmark, and of other countries which have already condemned the in famous traffic, in a vigorous combined effort for the effectual suppression of a system so abhorrent to every sentiment of religion and humanity." Mr. R. BAIRD seconded the resolution. It was carried. During the past year the directors, with the assist ance of Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, one of the vice presidents, and the society's principal trustee, have succeeded in placing the whole of the society's per manent stock, which through death and other casual ties had lapsed into various separate investments and appeared in , separate accounts in the books of the Bank of England, into one fund, under the care of four trustees. The permanent fund of the society now amounts to 6,7001, Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities. The late William Drake Broad bent, Esq., of Ltwrence-lane, Cheapside, merchant, deceased, has granted to the charity a sum of 501. Three per Cent. Consols, separately invested under the terms of a deed of settlement • making a special permanent fund of 531. 10 3. 61. In addition to this there is a sum of 4021.65. stock, Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities, standing in the names of the di rectors, available for the current expenses of the charity. The total amount of stock possessed by the charity is 7,1551. 16s. 6d. The death of the Queen Dowager, who was a mu nificent annual contributor to the funds of this cha rity, and that of the Duke of Cambridge, who on two occasions presided at the anniversary festivals, are noticed in the report. The total working ex penses, including printing, stationery, advertisements, rent, salarie4, and miscellaneous, have been 2471. 2s. 71.,•lreing 52/. less than last year„ leaving a balance in the Bank of England of 257?. 124-21. Since the charity was established in 1812, 878 pnsioners have been on the funds, and the sum of 56,214/. 13s. has been distributed in monthly pensions . . The report and accounts having been approved and adopted, the election of officers. for the ensuing year was proceeded with, and thanks having been voted to the directors and the chairman of the day, the meeting separated. LIGHT AND DARKNESS ; OR, MYSTERIES OF LIFE. By MPs. CATHERINE CROWE, Author of " Tne Night Side of Nature," "Lilly Dawson," &c. The above work is published this day by Mr. Coulburn, and may now be had at all the Libraries. Also now ready :2. Singleton Fontenoy, a Naval Story, by James Hannay, Esq. 3. The Luttrells; or, the Two Marriages, by Folkstone Williams, Esq. 4. Claude, by Miss Molesworth. 5. Petticoat Governmeflt, by Mrs. Trol lope. 6. Our County, by John Mills, Esq. 7. Adelaide Lindsay, edited by the author of " Emilia Wyndham." 8. A Second Edition of Reginald Hastings, by Eliot Warburton, Esq. 9. The Travellers ; or Morningi at Matlock, by R. Shelton Mackenzie, D.C. L. 10. La Vendee, an llistotical Romance, by A. Trollops, Esq. 11. Story of a Man of Fashion ; or, Sin and Sorrow. THE SUBLIME AND THE RIDICULOUS.—We have seen many absurdities, on tombstones, but the following re markable combination of the sublime with the ridiculous beats all that we have yet stumbled upon : Weep not for hiM ; in his spring time he flew To that land where the wings of the soul are unfurld; And now like a star, beyond ovening's cold dew, Looks radiantly down on the tears of this world." • resolution was next adopted, On the moti on o f t h e Rev. Dr. SMYTIJ, the follow ingceedings terminated meeting That this adopt pet i t i ons to the Lezisla with which the pro ture, that his Lordship, the chairman, he authorised to sign them in its behalf, and that a committee assist his Lordship in this business, and adopt any measure that inay be necessary to attain the object of the meet ing."—G?usgozo The meaning seems to ; but no : - ;e've — rea,ift again, and the gleam of light is gone.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDA_Y EVENING, OCTOBER l, 1850. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situatio❑ of the Bank of Fr:tnee on Sept. 26: f. 340.556.042 72 113,426.061 0 468,279 23 Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ..• ••• ••• Bills discounted, b u t not yet due, of which 15,627, 732 f. were received from the branch banks ... 47,331,129 31 Bills in the branch banks •-• 76.124,580 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 5.660.800 0 Ditto by the branch banks . ▪ 1,075,979 0 Ditto on French public securities 15,613 736 10 Ditto by branch banks.., • 2.375,581 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ... 50,000,000 0 Rentes of the reserve fund .., 10,000,000 0 itentes, disposable funds 42,394,488 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ••• 12,952,725 74 Hotel and furnit ure of the Bank ... 4,000,000 0 Real property of the branch banks 3,494,712 0 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 0 Ditto branch banks ... 230,000 0 Bills protested at Paris 920 9 , -17 0 Expenses of administration of the Bank 175 806 91 Ditto of the branches • 230,918 0 Miscellaneous ... 1,145,073 51 L 778,376,879 76 ttetnpted to commit suicide, by throwing herself into t he New River. Sergeant Judd, 44 N., said that when the prisoner was brought to the station-house she stated that a fellow named Richard Grady, who lodged in the same house, No. 1, Fox-place, Kingsland, had violated her ; and he (Judd) had taken him into custody. The fellow was now placed at the bar, and Mrs. Slitter was sworn. The particulars us Aated by her are ef a nature not to be detaileri ; suffice it to say, that the prisoner was se.ling aft-r a situation in the police force, and on Saturday night last he proposed his services to protect the pro,ecwrix .on a vi , it to her sister, and on passing ovar a d-ak field the pri soner threw her down and accomplished hi, object, when she plunged into the river, hut she WAS saved. The prisoner denied the charge, sa‘ing that ihe prosecutrix entered several public-houses on the road, was drunk, and led him across the field. which sh . . sail was the shortest way to her sister's hous-. The prosecutrix did not deny having drank rum a , smrcral public-houses with the prisoner. Mr. COMBS had no doubt that Mri. Slitter was drum k at the time, and he diseharg-d the prisons. SOUTHWARK. John Williams, who described himself as a wool broker, was brought before Mr. A'l3eckett charged with committing a violent assault on Mr. John North age, under the following circumstances : The complainant, an aged man, who exhibited in juries of a severe nature about the face, stated that he had recently come to London on business connected with the preservation of life from shipwreck, and having dined with some of the patrons of his invention he admitted having exceeded the bounds of modera tion on the occasion. When he left the tavern where they dined, and got into the fresh air, the wine he had drank operated still more powerfully upon him, and the result was he was taken to the station-house at the rear of this court. He, however, had not been long locked up when the defendant, a tall athletic man, made an attack upon him without the slightest provocation, knocked him down, and afterwards jumped upon his breast, and injured him so severely that he had been spitting blood ever since. He called out for help, under the supposition that his assailant wanted to murder him, and he really believed that it was his intention to put an end to his existence if as sistance had not been rendered. It was here explained that — the defendant had been taken into custody in High-street for attacking ano ther man, whom he knocked down twice, and, as in the former case, he had received no provocation to justify such outrageous conduct. The defendant asserted that he was first assaulted in the cell by the complainant, and admitted having re taliated upon him on that account. This assertion, however, was contradicted by a man who was locked up in the same cell. The Magistrate inflicted two penalties of 3/. each on the defendant, and in default of payment committed him for three months. Mr. James Watkins, the landlord of the Old Red Lion public-house, Pearl-row, Blackfriars - road, appeared to answer a charge under the Police Act, for unlawfully harbouring convicted thieves and bad characters in his house, after being duly cautioned by the police. Sergeant Barry, of the A diviiion, said he went into the defendant's house a few night-. ago, and seeing a number of persons of bad eharieter he told the landlord, and pointed out those parties who had been convicted, requesing him to remove them. On his return to the same house about two h-)urs afterwards several of the parties were still standing at the bar, when witness pointed them out again to the landlord, who said that they were having refrpshineot, and he could not turn them out. Mr. Hobler, on behalf of the def , d , int, conten , !eri that he was greatly persecuted by the police. E - 1,- kept a house in a neighbourhood where such charne • ters resided, and he could not help their using it. Ile locked up the tap-room and parlour, so that they should not have a place to sit down in, and the only place where they could have their refre4iment was at the bar. On the evening in qu , ..stion the parties were having refreshments when the officers called in, and Mr. NVarkins told them to make haste out or his house. They all left a few minutes afterwards, and some time after some of them returned, and had more refreshment. He therefore contended that the sum mons must be dismissed. The MAGISTRATE (Mr. Bingham) said he was of that opinion, and therefore he should dismiss the summons. THAMES. David Davidson, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with smuggling. A Custom-house officer, named Mears, stated that he overhauled the chests and hammocks of Davidson and a shipmate, as they were about to pass out of the West India Dock, on Saturday afternoon, and found among their things three pounds and three quarters of cigars and tobacco. The share that fell to Davidson was a pound and a half only ; and the officer said that all the cigars taken from him were of foreign manufacture, and that the sailors offered him some money to release them, and look over the affair, which he refused to do. Davidson said a portion of the cigars were made in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and came on board a ship he had just left at that place ; the rest he brought from Dantzic. They were for his own smoking, and the remains of his sea stock. He sent for gin, and the witness and another officer drank some of it with him and his shipmate. Mears admitted he partook of some gin with the sailors. Mr. YARDLEY said it was very improper for him to do so, and asked him if he was sure the tobacco was of foreign manufacture ? Mears said he believed so, and that his superior officer told him it was foreign. M. YARDLEY—That is not evidence. I can't hear what your superior officer said to you. He should have come here himself. I can't have his opinion second hand. Davidson said he had just finished one voyage in the Christian Charlotte, and was going to join another ship called the Mary Ann, outward bound for the Baltic, and that he intended to take the remains of his sea stock of cigars and tobacco on board the Mary Ann, which was to have sailed on Sunday morning. He and his shipmate had no intention to sell or give away the tobacco. Mears was recalled, and said the sailors did mention to him that they were going direct to a brig which he understoad was bound to the north. Mr. YARDLEY—YOU should have stated that be fore, and not kept. hick anything. Mr. Philip poids, the master of the Christian Charlotte, confirmed the st..tenient of Davidson in every particular, and said the Mary Ann was detained for the two seamen. Davidson said that the Customhouse officer on board the Christian Charlotte had passed the tobacco and cigars, and said he might take them on board the Mary Ann. Mr. YARDLEY—You may go ; you are discharged. Bring the other seaman forwaql. John Read was put to the bar, and Mears said he found 2k lb. tobacco and cigars in the sailor's chest. Mr. YARDLEY believed that neither of the seamen intended any fraud on the revenue, and he gave cre dence to their statement that they intended to convey the tobacco to the ship which they had engaged to go in on a voyage to the Baltic. Perhaps they had un knowingly violated the Customs regulations, but under the circumstances he should not fine either of them. Mears (loudly)—They had no right to bring the tobacco out of the docks at all, and are liable to penalties. Mr. YARDLEY—I have decided this case, and don't intend that you shall review my decision, or any one else. Mears asked what he was to do with the tobacco. Mr. YARDLEY said the officer must use his own dis cretion. lie thought that every revenue officer who seized contraband tobacco knew what to do with it. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. 30—It is said that negotiations are in progress between the new Solicitor-General one of the representatives of a midland county, touching the acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds by the latter. Mr. Hughes has considerable personal, political, and family influence in the county in question, and if a vacancy should arise, or be conveniently created, his election would be by no means improbable. THE TENANT LEAGUE. " The Thanes are flying" from the councils of the Tenant League. The difficulties and dangers to which we have more than once alluded have seriously , alarmed the more prudent, and perhaps less enthu siastic members of the council, and, accordingly, we find that several of the original promoters of the asso ciation have announced their intention of withdraw ing'. Among those may be mentioned J. M. Cant well, Esq., solicitor, and the Messrs. Grey, of the Freeman's Journal. TIM SEA SERPENT AGAIN. A Caherciveen correspondenP of the Tralee. Chronicle says—" Tnis monster, after his cruise along the coasts of Cork and Limerick, has re-appeared off our shores. On Monday last, Morgan Rahilly, who holds part of Deenish, or the smAll Hog Island, from the Honour able Member for Tralee, while at work, perceived something fildating in the sound between the two Hog islands (Scariff and Deenisb), which he at first took to be a balk of timber ; taking his boat, and provided with a hawser and an axe, he pulled towards it. On approaching, he saw the monster elevate its head, and perceived that one of its eyes a: 1s bleeding' and damaged doubtless by the sots fired et th e monster when rubhirig ag:inst the liaocle rocks, .as Mentioned in the Co, k piTe. s. 114hillv Made for the shore, and lauded safely, the . -s pent following him but slowly. Apparently the strange visitor found the sharp rocks of Deenish rather uncomfortable, for he tacked close to the reef, GERMANY. Letters from Darmstadt of the '7th inst., in the Deutsche Zeitung, state that the Diet of the Grand Duchy was suddenly dissolved on that day. THE LIVERPOOL POST-OFFICE. (From the Liverpool Albion.) FINAL DECISION OF THE TREASURY IN FAVOUR OF THE BLIND ASYLUM SITE. We are enabled to present to our readers an exact copy of the official letter from the Lords of the Trea sury relative to the choice of a site for the new Post office in this town : " Treasury-chambers, 27th September, 1850. " Sir,—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having haiJ before them your letter of the 19th ultimo relative to the site of the proposed new Post-office at Liverpool, I am directed by their Lord ships to inform you, that the purchase of the Blind Asylum, as a site for the new Post-office, has been virtually effected; and my Lords consider that situa tion to be, on the whole, the most convenient of any for the postal service and the accommodation of the public. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " S. M. 'AMU. " William Brown, Esq., M.P., Richmond-hill." SLAVE-TRADE TREATIES. Last night a public meeting, called by the Lord Provost, in compliance with a numerously and in fluentially•signed requisition, was held in the City hall, Glasgow, for the purpose of considering the pro priety of adopting resolutions, and appointing a corn mittee to prepare petiti ons t o t h e Legislature for en forcing the treaties ratified between Great Britain, Spain, and Brazil, for the suppression of the slave trade. Shortly after seven o'clock the following gentle men, among many others, entered the hall, and took their places on the platform :—The Hon. Sir Jaraes Anderson, Lord Provost; Alexander Elastic., Es q M.P., John Macgregor, Es q ., M.P., R ev . Dr. Ki ng, Rev. Dr. William Symington, Rev. George Blytb, Rev. Mr. William Anderson, Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Rev. William Arnot, Rev. Dr. Lorimer, Rev. R, Jeffrey, Rev. James Patterson, John Henderson, Esq., of Park, Henry Dunlop, Esq., of Craigton, James Turner, Esq., of Thrushgrove, J. Mitchell, Esq., W, P. Paton, Esq., Charles Baird, Esq., Nathaniel Ste venson, Esq., Robert Kettle, Esq., Mr. W. Smeal, &c. JOHN HENDERSON, E(q., of Park, moved, amid loud applause, that thi Lord Provost should take the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meeting, said he had no hesitation in complying with the request that had been made "to him to take the chair. It was well known that the only countries in which the slave trade could be carried on were Spain and the Brazils, and that was done in defiance of solemn engagements—engagements which, if carried out as they ought to be, would cause the trade to cease entirely. Was it a position in which this coun should be placed with regard to any foreign power, that treaties should be regarded as nothing ? If means were taken not to supply the market in Brazil, if the treaties were carried into operation, the market there would cease completely. It was with a view of having this subject brought more fully before them that this meeting had been convened,' and he was pleased to think that, from various indications, it might be inferred that Government were nut satisfied with matters as they had been. He was glad to find this view confirmed by a letter he held in his hand from their talented and noble countryman, the Duke of Argyle, which was as follows : " Inverary, Sept. 10, 1850. " Sir,—l regret that private busiuess and engage ments render it impossible for me to attend the public meeting to which your letter refers. ' "My impression is, that the present Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs i 3 disposed to use every ex ertion which circumstances admit of for the suppres sion of the slave trade ; although, at the same time, expressions of opinion from public bodies must tend to strengthen his hands in such endeavours. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " ARGYLE." The Rev. Dr. SYMINGTON moved—" That while this meeting is gratified to know that slavery Imp been abolished by the great majority of civilized nations, it deeply laments the continuance of that system in the United States of America, in Brazil, and the colonies of Spain, and regards it as condemned alike by religion, justice, humanity, and sound policy." Mr. SMEAL seconded the resolution, which was pa,Aed unanimously. The Rev. Dr. KING proposed—" That this meeting regards with feelings of ,leep regret the continuance of the slave trade by the subjects, and even by the connivance of the officials of Spain and Brazil ; and this meeting is of opinion that the time has now fully come when the honour of the British nation, as well as the claims of righteousness and benevolence, re quire that our. Government should insist upqn the LIABLLITIEff. Capital • ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 14 Reserve- immobiliere 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 418,552,500 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... .. 73,818,925 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 7,042,620 54 Account -current with Treasury creditor 60,697,889 13 Various accounts current 7 5 ,738,488 0 Ditto in branches •.. ... 23,276,931 0 Bills payable at sight ... ... 4,700,500 0 Ditto at branches ..• ..• ... 1,465,418 0 Dividends payable ..• • • ... 474,434 25 Liquidation of the Al g i ers B an k ... 9,215 0 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 1,983,671 23 Expenses anticipated ... ... 258,649 60 Ditto branch banks ... 1,067;389 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 114,831 83 Ditto in branch banks ..• 244,973 0 Miscellaneous ... 699,694 4 f. 778,376,879. 76 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARQOUT. The preceding account shows that the cash in hand has decreased since last week by 2,750,000 f. The com mercial bills discounted have increased by 750,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation have increased by 1.1,250,000 r. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has decreased by 30,000.000 f. The sundry credits have increased by 13,500,000 f. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 30. George Brown, 24, was indicted for having stolen a handkerchief, value 23. 6d., the property of Mr. George Hart, from his person. The prosecutor stated that on the 23d inst. he was walking in the Strand, and observed two men fol lowing him. Shortly afterwards he felt a tug at his pocket, and immediately missed his handkerchief. He turned round, and then saw the prisoner putting the handkerchief under his coat, upon which he seized him and gave him into custody. The prisoner begged as a favour teat he (the prosecutor) would " punch his head and let him go ;" but this he re fused to do, and the handkerchief was found in his possession. The prisoner, in his -defencersaid, as he was pas sing along, a man coming in an opposite direction ihri , w the handkerchief at him, and that it stuck in the, flip of his coat, but that ha was entirely innocent of the robbery. The L9arned JUDGE said he would leave tha pro bability of this defence entirely in the hands of the jury. The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty. The Learned JUDGE—WeII, Mr. Brown, I believe that I have Aeon you before ? Prisoner —Ye:, I was found guilty of stealing a teacaddy. The Learned JUDGE—And I suppose you were as innocent then as you are now ? Prisoner—Why, no, I can't say that, but I am innocent now, at any rate. The Learned JUDGE—I shall now commit you for eight months' imprisonment, and to be kept to hard labour; and you will understand the next time you come here you will be transported. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A middle-aged man named Edward Cooke, who has been about fourteen years employed as a letter carrier in the General Post-office, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with stealing a letter containing a marked half-sovereign, the property of the Postmaster- General. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, conducted the prosecution. Mr. Walter R. Sculthorpe, a president of the Lon don district, stated, that in consequence of complaints being made recently of cash letters being missed from the Tottenham post-office, which had not reached their destination, he wrote the letter produced on Sa turday last, at a quarter-past two o'clock, addressed "Mary Anne England, Terrace, near Clifton Baths, Margate, Kent," enclosing a half-sovereign, which he Marked in the presence of Mr. Cole, inspector of letter carriers, and gave to Peake, the officer, with instructions, in obedience to which it would have reached Tottenham North-office at seven o'clock, and would, in the regular course, have been sent to the principal office at Tottenham, where it would have arrived about twenty minutes before ten o'clock for the dispatch bag to . London. Witness stopped the mail bag at Stamford-hill, and took out the Totten ham and London bag, in which the letter ought to have been, and, having examined it at the post-office of that place, he could not find it, in consequence of which he went to the principal office at Tottenham, where he met the prisoner at 35 minutes past 10 o'clock, coming out with the letters for delivery, and being asked if he had not cut open the North-office bag, he replied "No, but it was Bower, another letter carrier," and admitted having assisted in sorting the letters. Witness told him that a letter had been mis sing, for which he should be searched, and upon Peake proceeding to do so, he took the identical letter from the left-hand pocket of his official coat, upon which witness inquired how he accounted for the possession of it, and he replied that he was not aware of having it in his pocket. The prisoner said he did not know of the letter being in his pocket, and he never saw it until it was taken out by the officer. He was committed to Newgate for trial. CHARGE OP ASSAULT. — Theodore Staines, a tall young man, whose upper lip was covered with mou stache, and who was described on the police-sheet as the editor of the Weekly Times newspaper, was placed at the bar, charged with assaulting Robert George, a carpenter, and also constable 98 F in the execution of his duty. _ _ It appeared from the evidence that the complainant George was walking home along Long-acre, about eleven o'clock, when the prisoner, who was much in toxicated, struck him a violent blow with the huge walking-stick produced on the head, which stunned him, and the constable who happened to come up at the momen+, having apprehended him while iu con versation with a girl of the town, he not only as saulted him with th e g ame stick, but kicked him severely on the way to the station. The prisoner said he was quite unconscious of hash - 1g acted in the manner described, and hoped that his colleagues of the press, as he termed the reporters, would not give publicity to the nature of the charge. Mr. JARDINE said that drunkenness was one of the worst excuses that could be made for such miscon duct, and ordered him to pay a fine of 30s. or fourteen days for the first assault, and for striking the con stable seven dap' imprisonment without the option of paying a fine. CLERKENWELL. William Steadman, William Jones, and George Newman, respectably-dressed young men, were placed at the bar, charged by Mr. Archer, of No. 2, Green Arbour-buildings, Moorfields, with having conspired to defraud him of 91. It appeared, from the evidence of the prosecutor, that on Saturday, between twelve and one o'clock, he was accosted by the prisoner Steadman, whom he had known for many years, and after some conversation Jones made his appearance, and said he was inti mately acquainted with witness's father, and in vited him to have something to drink. They pro• seeded to a house in the City-road, where they saw the prisoner Newman standing before the bar drinking brandy-and-water, who also claimed acquaintanceship with witness's father, and, rattling some sovereigns in his pocket, said that a rich old aunt had left him a considerable sum of money, and there was nothing like sticking to brandy-and-water, and advised wit ness to have some. He then asked Jones to pay for some. Jones refused, saying he would have no ob jection to play at " knock 'em downs," and they went to a public-house near Goswell-street, when it was proposed to play for a bottle of wine and a sovereign and Jones asked him to go ten shillings with him, which he consented to do, and he lost. They sub sequently went to other public-houses, where skittle s were introduced, and they induced witness to pledge his watch and lose money to the amount of 9/. .and upwards, and he Agreed to meet th e m again and play for 20/. ; and feeling satisfied that he had been duped by the prisoners, he consulted with Senzeent Ilirvey, 14 G, who, with Reeve and Hawkins, 424 K and 191 G, took the prisoners into custody. Harvey and the •._,t her .111,!ors identified the pri goo- rs as ,kirtle sh ,rps. They - were ordere:i to put it their own recogni • zances in 1001. each to appear on a future day to answer the charge. Eliza Slater , aged 55, was placed at th e b ar b e f ore Mr. Combo, charged in. the police-sheet with having and in so doing some six fathoms of' his tail protruded on shore: Rahilly got a bowling hitch of the hawser round the tail, and ss,curing the other end round a rock, proceeded to dock the monster with the axe. The agonies and struggles of the serpent during the attack are described as terrific; but the " indomitable Celt" persevered, and finally succeeded in cutting off about three fathoms of the tail. The serpent, released by the mutdation, made the best of his way to sea ; and when seen last was standing to the north-west, inovig at the rate of about ten k•:ots bn how., leav ing his t.il as a tro?hy of victory to the tenant of O'Connell. It is said that 11-,hT..7 will Fr.,cure at iea:t - a couple of hogshe.ads c.t oi; The ainput.ted porti,n, and an exp:riene,d fish-curer has pro noueced the quality to he eqtko to the best sperms ce Toe bone is s•od ; . es hie ivory, and the seals aro described s larger than oyster shells, and with a lustre appro!c:.ing inothitr or p-arl," THE C.;.iLiN'fitY AIAIIKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantities of corn, &c., received in the port of Lnn-lon from the ports in Essex, from the 23d Seet , 1850, to ttie 23th Sept., k5Ol both inclusive : ..; ,•., I ... 4 7,1 i ~4 2 yc 2 1 , I . i ;—— Colchester .............. ... 433' 37 6 -, 8! 10 47 79 397 llarwich ............... ... —' 7551 ' 192 Leigh. ..... . ............ .. 604' 251 22 42 --- Alaldon ... ............... ... 111 W 224 249, 317 785 CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 2 7.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat. whit._ r.IA A. ._ .- . CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 2 7.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old 46s to 51s; new 45s to 50s; red, old 41s to 455; new, 40s to 443; barley, 23s to 25s ; chevalier 24s to 263; grinding 21s to 235 ; oats Iss to 20s; malt 53. to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 28i to 30s; old, —a to --s; white, new, 26s to 293 ; old, —a to ; dun, new, 27s to 295; beans, tick, new 25s to 271; old, 25s to 283; harrow ticks, new 25s to 275; old 00s to OOs; ma zagan, new 24s to 255; old OOs to OOs per qr. COLCHESTER, SEPT. 28 . —Wheat, white 44s to 48s; red 40a to 44s ; barley 21s to 30s ; beans, mazagan 25s to 265; middle and small 28s to 32s ; peas 283 to 34s per qr. HADDINGTON, SEPT. 27.—Th e following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : New Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Second 223 61 32s —od 465 Od 1 263 OA 41 - - First Third -.8 81 23s 3d I 20s 11 I 313 61 ... .. 283 01 23s 01 161 61 27. Od Total quantity of New Wheat in market 503 qrs., 497 sold Do. Barley do. 363 qrs., 314 sold Do. Oats do. 329 qrs., 311 sold Do. do. : SEPT Beans , do. 27 qrs. , 21 so ld Y, . 28. The following are the quotations for new gi KIRKALDra Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas. First ......... 44 s 01 24 , Od 20s 61 —s 01 I —s Od Second ...... 423 Od 223 61 20s Od —s Od I --.3 Od Third . .... 353 01 183 01 163 Od —s 01 — A Od Oatmeal, tier bag ot 280Ibs imperial, 26s Od to 28s Od. GLASGOW, SEPT. 25.— Provisions —Cheese, 40s to 47s Od per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 20s Od to Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, Ildto Od per lb. Irish pow dered, in lumps, Sid to 9d ; country powdered, wholesale, Sd to Od. Country eggs, lud per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 5 1 6d per 20, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2a 6d per pair ; Ducks, 2s Od. PERTH, SEPT. 27.—Wheat, old, (Ps Od to ilOs Od ; ditto, new, 36, to 4.5; barley, new, 18, Od to 22s Od; oats, 14. to 20s ; peas and beans, 00s Od to 00s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 27s to 28s. KELSO,'SEPT. 27.—Wheat, old, 32s to 35, Od; ditto, tiew, 27s to 32s 6d ; barley, new, 14, to 163 Od ; ditto old, 15$ to 17s; potato oats, 14s to 16s ; ditto new, 14s 6d to 15. Od ; comma , oats OOs Od to 0 's Od ; ditto new, 13s to 14s ()d ; peas, 19s Od to 2ls Od ; beans, 21s to 23s per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING, SEPT. 27.—Wheat, foreign. 24s to 003; ditto, home, 2'+s 6d to Os; ditto ditto new, 17s to 22s Od; barley, Per boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 14s Od to 173 6d. Oats, common, 13s 6d to 14, 6d ; ditto new, 14s to 17, 61; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, 003 Od; malt, distillers, 31s to 33s 6d ; citto brewers, 33s Od to 34. ; beans per boll, lis lid to 15, Od ; ditto new, 15s dto 00s Od; pease 1:s 3d to Os Od; flour, new per sack, 31s Od to 33s Od; ditto cornrows ditto, IBs 6d to 20, Od; oatmeal, per load, :Is Od to 29s Od ; ditto o new 27s 01 to 2is Od ; ditt o per peck of 7lbs, 8d to 91 ; hay fresbtter u pet Ib, 91 to 1 d; eggs per dozen, 7d to Od; ton, Os ( .d Ws d to O s ; di tto new, 8s to s Od. oats, Itis 2id HERwlcli, SEPT. 26.—Wheat, 38, 51d; barley, 2ls sd_ i average per imperial e, 00 3 Od ; beans, 00 s Od ; peas 003 Oa quarter HAWICK, SEPT. 26.—Wheat, old, 29s to 3ls 91 b ar ley, new, 00, to a's Od; ditto old, 15s Od to le.s Od ; potato oat,,,s , 14s 6d to 163 Od ; common oats, 13s 6d to 153; peas, 20s ( ffl, to 22, Od ; beans, 20s Od to 2 9 , Od per boll of six imperial bushels. FALKIRK, SEPT. 26. —The supply of grain in this days market was 242 bolls; wheat at 16 3 61 to 22 3 6d per boll-; barley, 1 lA5s 01 to I6s ed ; oat s , 19 s 3d to 1 3s 6d ; b eans, 13s vs to 15, per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. Ba COAL MARKET.—YEsTE RDAY. Holywell te's West Hartley... 15s 6dlHaswell l7s Old Tanfield ................ I6s Od : Riehmund.. .. ...... Ord's ........ 13 4 6d: Lambton Main ......... ... 15 s Od Russell's Batton vt est Hartley ........ 16s 61, Whitwell ..... West Wylam ...... 143 Od; fleugh Hall ... ..... Wylam ... ""• ••• 14s 9d' Kelloe Wall's End, &c. Whitworth Gosforth ... . ....... 15s 9d Adelaide Tees Northumberland ...... 15s 3,1 Seymour Tees Riddell: .... ... ......... 1.55 6dlVernon Tees; Eden &rain ...... ... ...... 163 Odyl'ees Braddyll ............... 16s 6d, , West Cornforth Hetton .................. 178 WI Ships at market, 78. .......„„____ RAILW AY SHARE MARKETS. STOCK BRISTOL, SIPT. 30. EXCHANGE.—Tbe share market was more active to-day, and pikes higher. The sales were—Great Wester!!! 731 4 Midland, 42s —Y or k and North Midland, 21—Sout h Devon, 8% Ditto, Preference 10. STOCK LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 30. EXCHANGE. —Th e transactions to-day were follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire. Consolidated, 4854*" . Ditto, Fifths, 7 13-16 dis.—Ditto ( West Riding Union)' 6-% dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 2% p.—Lond°l! and North- Western New Quarters, 2 , 4 c. p.—Ditto, Quarter' (C), 2 p —Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolre, 18% 41 1 ,a Ditto, Halves, 21% dis.— So u th-Earter! and Dover, 211/B—Ditto (No. Registered, 7 1-16—Yor" Newcastle, and Berwick (G. . E.), 6 par cent. till 181 dis.—York and North Midland, 21 4—Waterford a% Limerick, 39 dis.—Dut;:h Rhenish, 4 9-16 dia. Birkenhead Lancastlre, and Cheshire, 14j a dis. —Ditto, 221. Shares, 8 dis.--CaLdonian, 85 i — Liverp - 001, Chester, and Stockport' 3 dis. STOCK Ex MANC HESTER, SErT. 30. to-da CliAigGh.—The share market op ene d fifinal;y , and continued so till the close. There was aO u business done. STocir Exc ituiciE.— BIRMIN GHAM, SEr-r. :30. _ this shar e mar k et. Only a small business has b een dale' al but price s h a d an upward tendency. The only transactio ~ We h ave li tt l e c h ange to notice in reported w ere --L ondon and North-Western, 11.51.—ShreY0 bury and Birmingham (A), Bt, dis. YORK, Sim 2'. 1-. ( Toori E xcit ANGE.—Tlae transactions to-day were as ( c k low :- North Briti,h, 71.9 11 % York, Newcastle, an Bereqc Newcastle E xtension), Ditto (G. Na E . fu r chase), 41/2. irROPOSED JUNCTION OF ARCHXWAGICAL SOCIg: TICS. --- We can sc arce l y believe that the advertisement whie" has been issued by the Committee of the Archaeological 1(1 ; sti , ute, off ering wh at they call " reasonable encouragement to the m em b ers of the association to join their body, caniul - meant as a setious resio,nse to the well-int ,, ntioned and Ve i l praisewm thy resolution passed at the Manchester meeting ° the Archa eo l og i cal Association, recommending the Council - t a take steps to promote a junction of the two bodies. VI object de s i re d b y this resolution, moved by the President v the Cheetham Society, and seconded by, we believe, a we ll ]; ber of th e A rchaeological Institute, the Bishop „ of Mancbe9 f being in th e c h air, is sufficiently important to the cause "f archreology to call for some earnest endeavour on the ?rt . ' the Coun c il o f the Institute to meet it, and to enlist p in s ti favour e very unprejudiced member of that body, and evel earnest friend t o antiquarian researches and archxologi 'd — ", knowledge. Th e advertisement in question must surely 11°4 been issued u n d er some misapprehension, and should be once repudiated by the members of the Institute.—Badder• BTRIAL IN A- COPPER LODE —Captain Tho n, -a 4 Gundry, who was well known as a copper miner, gave direr ~,' tions before his decease, which lately took place, that his r!",, mains should be deposited on a copper-lode, ran through the church-yard of the parish of Perranuthnr o The sexton, it appears, found the identical spot, and du ti grave upon the cooper-lode extending thence' from Ws"' Trebarvah mine. Deronport Indtpendent. ~ :, which he stater [AuvERTHEMENT.I—A dangerous Case of .bry 9 ., pelas, attended with Swelling and Inflammation, cured by WI . ; loway's Pills and Ointment.—Extract of a letter, dated Es" , Kiel, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, October 8, 1645 :—. I beg to IT_ nounce to you a most wonderful care wrought upon myself 7 your pills and ointment. I had a very severe attack o f ery _,..' pelas in my right foot and ankle, with swelling and inflania . ll _ tion to an alarming extent. I was unable to move without ts!! assistance of crutches. I consulted an eminent physician I:, no purpose. H oweverb ,in less than two wee k s , b y t h e u se . _i your ointment an d pills, I was cured, to th e surpr i se o f a ll vsll knew me. Signed , J osep h Gild on, a farmer.' —Sold by ss l Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 2 4 " Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. At Boulogne, on the 21st ult., the Hon. Mrs. H. Graves• On the 25th ult., at Bedale, the wife of H. de la PO! . Beresford, Esq. On the 27th ult., in George-street, Hanover-square, the wife of Thomas Tatum, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 27th u lt., at W eeke near Winchester, the woe of Thomas Hitchcock, Esq., M.D. On the 2Sth ult., Mrs. Robert W. Peake, of the Finchiel New -road. At Esher, on th e 26th ult., the lady of John R. u°odt Esq , c f Southwick -street, Hyde-park. MARRIED. On the 26th ult., at West lloathley, Sussex, the Rev. G• C. Pease, M.A., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, to Clarissa, youngest daughter of John Turner, Esq., of Gravetye - ma ll°r ' Sussex. On the 26th ult., at St. Bride's, Fleet-street, R. Gilmer► Esq., of Foulford house, Lochgelly, Fifeshire, to Lil i3/4 youngest daughter of the late William Christie, of Bouverle'' street, t leer-street. DIED, At the Royal Milit ary C o ll ege, S an dh urst, on the 25th ult., Maria, the wife of George W. Hearn, professors of that establi s h men t. On the •?sth ult., at Lvnncroft , y Lichfield, Diary, third daughter of the Rev. 11. G. Lon.dale. At Whkdield, an the 26th u lt., th e R ev . W. Atherto n, age - d 7}, and fifty-four years a minister amongst the W es ' n M !cyaethodists. Esq., one of t he On the 27th ult., at Salcombe Regis, near Sidmoutb, S Lyde, Esq., aged 63. On the .27th ult., in Regent-square, John Hasler, ag d 89. E 14i the `2th ult., at Samitord-place, West Ilackne.Y , Law,.E,q., aged 47. 0 , 1 the 28: t, ult., al Gloucester- teri.ace,l lc ne ,, Esther ' Oh , wife of James V aug h an. Esq.,ot CI, V ;it;ti-• T , attple. , Camber wed, on the 25th ult., Mr. 2,1. Clarke, R. tldon F rint9d 4nct PubListied by NiURDO YOUN 4,O -2 • 1 `0 11'2. .tread. Printer. at The Qun 213. 11. 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eountfoi litiddleaca, Tuesday, October 1, 1850. Ito otti4 Tb. Onmit •very qt ritOM l Wale. N. st. ?sng m tted tc BOAT T ►ree Mi p Ickes ; Septen MA leave Ea: Cheap fur 405., Cheap] Monday. Cheap October 7 Cheap October 7 Cheap I (enclosed Cheap I Penrith dal and B 23s 6,1. ; tog a choi Tickets, be obtain Crosby -ha T° kesa of rs. BOYS' at t aste, styl their dam College for pl ea ., Gentlemei ways read COLL, 111( Cloth, Rep Caurto: but Messr terlal (i n ture of thi TII The Put having be season. 1 tho }hr. a , Bonation si The Ref h Paid to t bentiem conducted Polls. The Cha CO This Hot Docks. and is tlrst-rat, Well as Ent While the a Cook. Th And C omm found ReCOl Th who only s and it is r cessary. ROY Lec ker, r, tnrday) at bY Br. Bac tingJ at n . 8 4., illurt Rot Metal nesdav, an, ton's Patel Dissolving At B a m pa ' 61414 ,, ezu Open da cept Slatur, A RG' Open ev Band. ri and Artiste France. The Subs having bee, tentlen of a the same R anuerior de Laurent, jt In this no, their emus( mIPPort wh Popular est Terms of one evealni Doors op Cisely, c'osi • L EA. ISA and all Rim and by its t Perfectly di The dall3 guard to he Sold by ti street, Lon Barclay an and March: sauce, To a nd ERR REA: 0,„ Co!kite BE. LA'M AN EED STL. Just Publs; Envelope Stamps, SEI Med the Secret ally a , t he Physics feel ings. an Observatioi Whether ar tropical ell Stricture, a eretlon. Anat omy, exPlainin g Intnries the Infection. 3' Doctor of I burgh, Li of the Lc This svol anatomy 1 fortunately lance and sequences, elan for ri fieously en art, alike r alone it cal Medical hoi practice foi once, Whit Publish& .3, Paternc street, ball-street,the ALuthor DR. Tc 14 7, Fleet. Price Oho CorrEx.] carsione ab ~P ° Feata, .r , Pa and 1 asic—' Zest. Ease • VISIT THE L A P.Pall L'OtislY-deb the yonng, bitters old 'Won of e gunner sthe pu s ucentlonsn 1 11 d rated PIoGRAI gton rega choice, on aliturc, to g 3al di Wises, gr, o . BY R. .1 ( WW I M). ~ 1.4- Arm. 114 24 3% 41;14 6% FRAi Time' I*7 1 .7 4! t 93.4 11%, 1