The Sun. — London, England, 1832-09-08 00:00:00

e 4.4-• casionallyi tirat They must' support public credit, ' add hence they acquite the assurance that they', are public, but irresponsible, agents, while they are serving their private interests. Even Mr. Glyn admits that " there has been occasionally an anxiety to increase the issues of Bank -notes, which probably may have occasioned these fluc tuations, with a corresponding desire existing , on the part of the country bankers at the same time." The same witness allows that we have no security against the return of the panic of 1825 by the continuance of the existing system, as the following question and answer will show : You have said that the system of the Bank, and of banking generally, does not requite any very material al teration ; do you conceive that we are at any time safe from a recurrence of the events of 1825, when it is noto rious that the Bank was very nearly drained of cash ?—I am not aware of the possibility of framing any check upon the management of the Bank, so as to prevent altogether the chance of its recurrence ; much must always depend upon the management of the Bank, as must be the case with any other public bodies in whose hands the govern ment of the circulation remains." The currency of the country banks is said by Mr. Glyn to have improved since the sufferings and alarms of the period alluded to, but the cur tailment of the Bank monopoly—so unwillingly conceded by the Directors in 1826—which per mits banks on more stable principles to be formed beyond a circle of 65 miles round the metropolis, has not produced the effect that was expected. The cause of this fact deserves in quiry on the present occasion, and we have no doubt that the remedy will be found easy. In the mean time it will be seen, that it is not found in the establishment of branches of the Bank itself, from which Lord Liverpool anticipated so great advantages, and which the Directors, no doubt, considered a counteraction of their former concession. This dog-in-the-manger scheme ap pears not to have succeeded, as will be observed on a reference to the table which we have pub lished of their numbers and extent of business. It is almost needless to remark, that the sole object of these branches is to facilitate provincial business connected with the capital, and that they are therefore established at the chief seats of our manufactures and trade, where local banks, of solid credit, would have existed long ago had there erection not been prevented by the monopoly of Threadneedle-street for the last 130 years. They only now consist of eleven, and their discounts in 1830 did not exceed 700,0001. with an expense of management greater than the interest of their discounts. Last year their amount of business rose to 1,718,000/. ; but we are not assured of its continuance. The greatest part of this business appears to be trans acted at Liverpool and Birmingham—in the former of which places Bank of England notes have always been the exclusive circulation, and where, therefore, for the purposes of currency, a branch-bank was not necessary. It would be easy to prove, were this the occasion, that the establishment of these branches can never answer all the purposes of local banks, holding out an equal security to the public by their amount of capital and their mode of management. 'Their manner of doing business as a mere agency for the parent concern,— their perpetual reference to a higher authority,—their multiplied restraints from home,—and their sensibility to every change in the bullion and money-market, which the Bank is bound to watch, must prevent them from acting with the liberality and freedom of independent local establishments. Their busi ness, therefore, small as it is, can only be secured by the remains of the Bank monopoly, and can not be expected to survive the abolition or neces sary modifications of the charter.—Times. The evidence of Mr. Rothschild before the Bank Committee will naturally be read with much interest. No man has had more experience than Mr. Rothschild in all that concerns the business of exchanges. His facts are valuable, but his opinions must often be received with many grains of allowance. Mr. Rothschild seems to think that when the exchanges were 32 per cent. against this country, there was no depre- ciat ion : " How were we paid for our goods during the Bank restriction, when we did not require gold ?—The Bank paper was exactly like money, and exchanges on Amster dam went down at last to eight guilders, and it is now at twelve guilders ; the exchange was against this country 32 per cent. " Did not that arise from an excPss of circulation ? No; it arose from the great expenditure by the armies of this country, and likewise there were subsidies paid to foreign Powers. " Was it not owing to our foreign expenditure for war like and other purposes upon the Continent that our paper was so much depreciated ?—Certainly ; you had A great many payments to make upon the Continent. " Then your opinion is, that it was not from excess of paper, but from foreign expenditure, that our paper, compares with the gold, was so much at a discount ? _-Yes. " What is the meaning of excess of piper in this coun try—how do you determine the excess of paper ?—I have not said excess of paper.'" An Evening Contemporary (the Standard) has a most amusing comment on this part of Mr. Rothschild's evidence A paper currency, then, without a lavish expendi ture by the Government, has no tendency, in the opinion of Mr. Rothschild, to a depreciation. But we may refer to another answer of this most intelligent and experienced gentleman, in order to discover another principle of appa rent depredation of the paper currency, which came in to aid the actual depreciation produced by lavish expenditure —we mean the demand for gold—that demand which Mr. Rothschild has told us is always occasioned by a war, and which must have been exorbitant during the almost uni versal war coincident with the Bank restriction. It was not in comparison with paper money alone, that gold was enhanced in value 30 years ago ; its price was, by the ex traordinary demand which war occasioned, extravagantly enhanced, whether in relation to labour, to food, to goods ; in short, to whatever men use. Though there was some awkwardness in the expression, there was still some truth in the resolution of one of the Finance or Bullion Committees, that the pound note retained its value in relation to all the commodities of life, though eight or nine shillings were deemed necessary to raise this pound note to the value of a golden guinea. It was the value of the guinea that was exaggerated, not the value of the note that was impaired to the apparent extent, though, by the lavish expenditure of which we have already spoken, the paper currency was, no doubt, to some degree depreciated." The value of the guinea was only exaggerated, not the pound note depreciated I Then it was pure accident, we suppose, that doubled the rent of farms, doubled the price of estates, and raised the wages of labour. A paper currency without alavish foreign expenditure by the G overn ment,has no tendency to a depreciation. Then the country gentlemen, whose mortgages have swallowed their estates, whose rents have fallen, and other debtors, had no reason to complain of the opera tion of Peel's Bill ; where there was no depre ciation, there can be no appreciation. When the American mines were discovered, the abun dant supply of the precious metals lowered their value as measured by other commodities. This effect was so palpable, that it did not escape even the story-tellers of the period. Thus, for instance, in the "Tales of Eutrapel," pub lished about the middle of the sixteenth century, a speaker, comparing old and new times, says, ‘: For in the time of Lupolde, what cost 100 sous, is now worth 10 livres, which is on account of the countries newly found, and the gold and sil ver which the Spaniards and Portuguese bring from thence, ant} which flow into this perpetual mine of France for corn arra merchandize, which 'thes_cannot do without." When it is said that a paper currency has no tendency to a depre ciation without the lavish expenditure of the Government, this is about the same thing as saying, the discovery of new mines has not a ten dency to depreciate gold and silver. All depends on the quantities. If the paper issued is con vertible, it will not be in excess, for the best of all reasons, that gold will be demanded for it when it begins to depreciate ; but if it is not convertible, then the tendency to depreciation will depend upon the quantity issued. The Bank may then issue twenty millions, forty millions, or sixty millions, and the prices of all commodi ties will be indicated by a corresponding rise, as compared with the paper. The foreign trade of the country, however, might be in nowise af fected by the depreciation. Foreigners, of course, would pay no regard to our currency in their dealings with us. Mr. Rothschild has some very strange, we should say inconsistent notions respecting the theory of exchanges : " From the evidence you have given, is it your opinion that the Bank of England, in looking at the foreign ex changes as the guide of their issues, act upon a princi ple that is correct with regard to their own safety, and a principle that is useful with regard to the public ?—For his own safety, every man has a right to take care of him self ; but with regard to making money scarce, I do not think that we have occasion to be afraid, because, if gold is wanted to send abroad, they may make money as scarce as they like; it will go, because for what reason is gold wanted? Gold is wanted if there there is a war; and in that case the Emperor of Russia, or the King of Prussia, or any other Government, will give two or three per cent. more or less for the gold, because they must have it. When the Emperor of Russia made war in Poland lately, gold, which went from Hamburgh to Petersburgh and Warsiw, was paying from three to four and five per cent profit; if five per cent, will not pay it, ten per cent. will be given. * * • * • " Your opinion is, that the Bank of England, in at tempting to regulate the exchanges, have not the power of doing so ?—The Bank of England has great power if they do not care to sacrifice money; if the Bank of England wish to make mosey very scarce for a time, they have it in their power to do so; but the exchanges cannot be guided by any body unless circumstances favour it. If there is a war, and the foreign governments want specie, they must have it. I remember France made a loan at 50, and new they want to make a loan at 90. If any government wants gold, it does not care about any price for it if it can only get it. So that, upon that prin ciple, the Rank has great power to guide the exchanges in peace time and in quiet times by making money very scarce, but in the regular way it is not possible that any body can guide the exchanges. " Does not a Foreign Government want gold only to pay it away ?—Yes. " When it has paid it away, will it not soon come back ?—lt ekes not return so soon in war time. " In the case of the war between Russia and Turkey, how soon wss the effect produced upon foreign exchanges by t.king gold for the payment of the armies counteracted ; and how soon did the gold come back and operate in a contrary direction ?—lt is impossible to fix when it came back, and how ; it depends upon the demand for your produce; if those people have a demand for your produce, and have no bills upon England, they are obliged to col lect the gold and send it back again ; but in case they have no demand for our produce, the gold is distributed over the world, and does not come back again so easily." He seems to think that the Governments which are in want of gold will have it, and that the Bank have no means of preventing the ex portation. Slaughtering of goods, according to him, has no effect in restoring the balance; for if you make your goods cheap they will not sell. His evidence on this subject is most original. " Will not the Bank contracting their issues tend to turn the exchanges in our favour ?—Nut always, it may be for a time ; but it is not possible that the exchanges be kept down or kept up unless the real trade goes along with it. " Will not the exchanges be generally in our favour as long as commodities are che,p in this country?—lt does not depend altogether upon this country's commodities— it depends upon the general trade. " Do you think that lowness of price, which is caused by a contraction of issues, makes any great difference in the foreign demand for our manufactures ?—No, I do not think so; but the reason is, that a great many people abroad are deterred from purchasing, because they do not know to what value the produce or the manufactured goods may rise. " Will not the export of goods be greater under low prices, than it will be under high prices ?—You will ex port a great deal of goods,—you will sell two pieces for one. " Is not that increased demand from abroad in conse quence of the cheapness of price here, the mode in which the exchanges turn anti are rectified ?—The exportation may be more from the Custotn.house, but I du not think the consumption will be increased ; if goods are too cheap they will not sell so wel." With all deference to Mr. Rothschild, this is sheer nonsense. The Bank, by limiting their issues, can always turn the exchanges in our favour. The effect, however, on our manufac turers, may be most disastrous. The producer of commodities must sell ; and when the issues are narrowed, he must sell at a sacrifice. One part of Mr. Rothschild's evidence is deserving of considerable attention. We are the only nation that have a gold circulation ; and in war the bel ligerents require gold in preference to silver, and, as Mr. Rothschild says, " do not care for the price ; if they want it, they will give any price for it, being more portable." Our circulation is, therefore, more liable to be deranged than if our standard were silver. Mr. Rothschild sup poses that the wants of this country have raised the value of gold in the markets of the world, while silver has fallen in value. But much more is made of this than there is any occasion for. The relations of gold and silver to each other, are indicated by the market price. Mr. Roths child's notions respecting issues are displayed in the following answer : " You think the best principle the Bank can adopt is to issue largely, and to make the currency abundant ?—Yes ; if this country has money in abundance, it will have all the trade from the whole world ; and if you wake money very scarce, the trade will go to other countries." This to us is utterly incomprehensible. Trade supposes buyers and sellers. In proportion as we increase our trade, other countries must in crease their's, otherwise we shall trade to disad vantage. We cannot sell commodities if we do not buy commodities. All trade resolves itself into barter. By issuing largely, the fo reign trade of the country can neither be affected one way or the other, if the Bank be compelled to pay in specie. If the Bank be compelled to pay in specie, a large issue will lead to a large contraction, and a large sacrifice of goods. But a large issue of unconvertible paper, though it may not affect our foreign trade, of course affects contracts. It would take from the creditor and give to the debtor. It would lower the pressure of the public burdens, by lowering the salaries of all public officers, from the Judge to the com mon soldier, and by lowering the value of the debt to the state annuitant. The Standard has discovered that the Corn Lars secure the country against a perpetual drain of gold. " When economists talk of the Corn Laws as opposing a bar to commercial prosperity, there is one important di ct of those laws which they overlook—namely, the restraint of a perpetual drain of gold. It is forgotten that corn imported must be paid for in gold to the masters of a population of serfs ; for in nothing else can such sellers, or their slaves, take payment." This is sheer nonsense. When we have a bad harvest and an abundant supply of corn is re quired, the ordinary course of trade is deranged. What Mr. Rothschild says on this subject is sufficiently intelligible : " Do you consider the occasional demand for corn in the country, in large quantities, to be one of the causes which operate most upon the exchanges ?—Yes ; because if any person imports corn largely from abroad, be wishes to bring it to market immediately. Most persons who deal in corn have Israt - timiged - credit ; they draw their bills immediately, and sell them without reference to the ex change, and that always has an effect. " Therefore, the demand for corn occurring only occa sionally, when it occurs it disturbs the exchanges, and acts injuriously upon the currency of this country ?—Certainly." A regular corn trade would be like any other regular trade—it would occasion no derange ment. We purchase wool in large quantities from the same parties from whom corn is pur chased ; but except when particular circumstances lead to speculation, as in 1824, we hear of no derangement caused thereby. It is of no earthly consequence in commerce whether you pay in specie or in goods--you must sell your goods, in order to obtain the specie you pay for other goods. If it is not for your advantage to buy the goods for which specie is demanded, of , course you will not buy them. We thought that the idea of hedging in the cuckoo had been abandoned. The great point, we apprehend, is to have a standard as little liable to change as possible. The accusation against the Bank is that it has caused unnecessary fluctuations in prices, by its subserviency to the Government. The Bank may be said to be now on its trial, and the public will carefully peruse the evidence before pronouncing on it. The subject is of immense importance. The general persuasion of the bankers and capitalists of the metropolis is favourable to the Bank. The public in general, however, by no means yet share the confidence of the London bankers. We shall return to the subject as we proceed with the evidence.— Morning Chronicle. Leopold, King of the Belgians, has repeat edly declared that he would submit to any sa crifice rather than consent to make further con cessions to the unreasonable and haughty de mands of the Dutch King. He has even stated that such concessions, on his part, would be a violation of the oath which he took on entering into the solemn compact whence he derives his title as Sovereign of Belgium. Above all things he announced it to be his fixed de termination to insist upon the free navigation of the Scheldt, the evacuation of the citadel of Antwerp by the Dutch troops, and the recog nition of the cairn to Luxemburg. By such declarations he appeared in the eyes of the Belgians a sincere and zealous assertor of their rights. They soon discovered, indeed, that he did not bring to the elevated station to which he had been so suddenly raised any great or shining qualities—for no splendour of good fortune can conceal mediocrity of mind ; but, as what the new State particularly wanted was a man of honesty and firmness at the head of affairs, who would oppose to the artifices and machinations of a set of deceitful and unprincipled diplomatists and intriguers the broad shield of stubborn inte grity, it was no wonder that the apparently in• trepid determination of Leopold to abide the worst, rather than lend himself to the design of the London Conference for the gradual, but certain, subversion of Belgic independence, made him very popular with the Belgic people. Whe ther his family alliance with the intriguing Louis Philip has thrown a new light upon his mind we know not ; but certainly, if what a cor respondent of the Messager des Chambres as serts be true, he seems resolved to imitate the example of the King of the French, and to pre fer the favour of the "Holy Alliance" to the in terests of the country which he rules, and the honourable estimation of the people. The com munication from Belgium inserted in the French Journal to which we have alluded states " the difficulties with Holland are drawing to an end. Leopold has just acceded to all the propositions of William, such as they were set forth in the last act of the Confer ence. Belgium will not have the free navi gation of the Scheldt, but will pay a toll, which is to be, pro tempore, that which is applicable to the Rhine. She will not have the right to open a direct communication with Germany. A slight reduction on the interest of the debt will be made to her. Luxemburg will not be given up to us. These are hard conditions, it is true, but we shall avoid a war. Ministers are unwil ling to make known at present their adhe rence, through fear of exasperating the commer cial and manufacturing portion of the population of Belgium ; but, with time, all will become calm, and Belgium may still flourish by the advantage she will derive from the fertility of her soil." This last sentence is written in the spirit of caustic irony on the future prospects of Bel gium, in the event of submitting to such con ce,sions ; for if she abandon her claim to a free navigation of the Scheldt, and the right to open a direct communication with Germany, she must give up commerce, and return to the plough. Her reward for submitting heretofore implicitly to the dictates of the London Conference will be the ruin of her trade, the loss of all the rights which the re cognition of her independence implied, and the scorn of the world for so miserable a sequel to the magniloquent drama of her revolution. The writer, however, gives the hapless Belgians this piece of consolatory information in their sor rows, that by submitting to all these hard condi tions a war will be avoided. Yes, and we may add that, if Belgium completes the act of self humiliation by returning to her allegiance to the " obstinate" William, a war will still more certainly be avoided ; but we cannot believe, badly as we think of the miserable set of poli tical tricksters who have the direction of Belgic affairs, that concessions which nullify the treaty unconditionally ratified by England, France, and Belgium, have been resolved upon. It re quires better authority to make the thing cre dible. If it should happen to be true, the " madness," as it was called, and " foolish obstinacy" of the Dutch King, will be richly rewarded by the attainment of his objects. The secret understanding with the Powers that openly pretended to oppose him will then be apparent, and Dutch loyalty will adore the wisdom that smote the rising commerce of her rival.—Morning Herald. Some time ago an Irishman was convicted of a felony, and sentenced to death. On the day it was to be eartitd into effect he received a reprieve, his innocence having, after his trial, been satisfactorily established. The poor fellow had a wife, a terrible vixen, who lived at a distance, and whose presence lie dreaded more than death. With the hope of accomplishing a final separation, he wrote to her the day after he received the reprieve, to the following effect:—" Dear MAKY, I was banged yesterday, and died like a man; no more at present from your loving husband, till death does us pa• t." NAPOLEON AND THE TWELVE ..kPOS- Tuts.—The Cabinet de Lecture gives the following an. ecdote of NAPOLEON, without pledging itself for its au thenticity— if not so it is at all events very characteristic : " NAPOLEON having entered one of the cities of Italy, the churchwardens recommended to him the reliques of their church. ' Sire, will you deign to take our Apostles under your protection ?" Your Apostles ! are they of wood ?' No, Sipe.' Of what are they, then?' Of silver, Sire —of solid silver.' Solid silver !' replied NAPOLEON quickly; Yes, I shall help them to fulfil their mission; it ha, bete ordained that they should go throughout the world, and they shall.' Having said so, th e E MPEROR sint the twelve Apostles to the Mint at Paris" POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yestet day Alexander Dushant, and Elizabeth his wife, were brought before Mr. Alderman HEY GATE, charged with deserting their child, and leav ing it chargeable to the parish of Cripplegate. Thorne, the assistant overseer, said, that in Sep tember last the man deserted his wife and child, who were then living at Westminster, and they were passed from thence to Cripplegate; and from that time till March they were maintained in the workhouse, at an expense of 9s. per week. The mother then accepted the situation of nurse at the Cholera Hospital, but she remained there only a few days. About this time a man named James Shires, who was also in the poor-house, with his family, obtained leave to go out and search for em ploy as a stone-mason, and it appeared he imme diately took Mrs. Dushant into his keeping, leaving his own wife and children to be sustained by the parish at 11s. per week, while the maintenance of Mrs. Dushant's child cost 4s. 6d. per week more, and this charge of 15s. 6d. per week continued till a few weeks ago, when Shires and Mrs. Dushant quarrelled and separated, and he went back to his wife, while the female pri soner returned and was received by her husband. After this reconciliation Shires went to Dushant's lodging, and demanded " his woman," offering to thrash the husband, and claiming her bonnets and shoes, which he had paid for. This uproar came to his ears, and he hail all the parties secured. He now charged the wife with deserting her child since March last, and the husband with deserting the child and mother. Looking at the heavy expense the profligacy of these parties► had brought upon the parish, already over burdened with 400 paupers in the house, and nearly 1,000 out of it, he earnestly entreated the Magis trate would severely punish them. . . Thy young woman hung down her head in shame and was mute, but her husband said, in mitigation of punishment, that he should lose his employment if he were imprisoned, and that he should never per mit his wife or child to be chargeable again if they would forgive him this time. Mr. Alderman HEYGArE committed both the pri soners to Lard labour for one month. Shires was next put to the bar, and immediately pleaded that he could not be punished for desertion, the parish officers having given him leave to go away and search for work. Thorn said the man could not have supposed he had licence to keep a mistress. He must have felt that the money with which he kept Mrs. Dushant ought to have been applied by him to the mainten ance of his wife. Mr. Alderman HEYGATE did not like to dispose of this case without hearing precisely what was said to him on leaving the poor-house. The case wai, therefore, adjourned. WORSHIP- STREET. Henry Colwell, a youth of 18, George Colwell, his brother, aged 17, and Mary Ann Colwetl, aged 23, were brought up finally for examination before Mr. BROUGHTON, charged with robbing a ready furnished lodging in the house of Mrs. Cook, at Hoxton. It appeared from Mrs. Cook's statement, that one of the youths and the female took lodgings in her house as man and wife, and had been there about a fortnight, but she was disgusted with their proceed ings, for the other prisoner was there also by night, and they all slept together. She discovered also that before they had been there a week, they began to make away with her property, and so she gave them all into custody. A number of articles were produced which the prisoners had pawned, but the pawnbroker could not tell which of them. Mr. BROUGHTON asked which of them took the lodging ?—The female said it was she and her hus band. Mr. BROUGIITON —And pray which of them is the husband ? Prisoner—This is my husband (touch ing the boy Henry). Mr. BROUGHTON—Are you really married to him ? She said, yes, they were married at Christ Church, Newgate-street ; and in reply to another question, she admitted that the younger brother shared the same bed. Glibbery, police sergeant, No. 5, N, knew she was intimate with both the boys. She first had the younger for her sweetheart, and afterwards his bro ther, whom she now called her husband, but at last she took them away both together. The prisoner Henry, being asked the question, said, h e an d Mary Ann were married at Christ Church, and having said so, he wept bitterly; but whether affected by the apprehension of punishment or matrimonial reminiscences did not appear. The prisoners were all convicted of unlawfully pawning, and fined 505., and in default of payment committed for one month. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday, a venerable-looking man, of rather respectable appearance, who is turned 80 years of age, was brought before Mr. GREGORIE, charged with taking improper liberties with children in Hyde Park. The prisoner, on being asked to give his name and address, said his name was James iffoutree, but refused to give his address. Two intelligent little girls, one aged 9 years, and the other 12, gave their evidence in a very clear and artless manner, which excited the indignation of every one present, but which is totally unfit for pub lication. A police constable was examined, and his evidence ended to confirm the statement of the children. Mr. GREGORIE asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything in his defence. The prisoner replied that the children had sworn falsely. Mr. GREGORIE should commit him for three months to the House of Correction—to hard labour as a rogue and vagabond. The prisoner was then removed from the bar, and was assailed with hootings and execrations by a number of women on leaving the office. BOW-STREET. LOVE IN THE COAL-HOlE.—Edward Fitzgerald, a tall Irishman, dressed in a seedy suit of black, was charged before Sr F. RoE, by Mr. Jago, a solicitor, residing in Great Queen -street, Lincoln ' s-inn•fields, with having been found concealed in his coal-hole, at an unseasonable hour on the previous night, for an unlawful purpose; and a young woman, named A n n Farrell, was also charged with having aided and abetted the concealment of the male prisoner. without the consent or privity of Mr. Jag o, her master. Mr. Jago stated that the female prisoner had been i n his service since the previous morning, and, on leaving home in the afternoon, he gave her particular directions to rake out the kitchen-fire, and prepare hi s s upper of bread and cheese by the time he should return. He came home at about half-past nine o'clock, and went up stairs, the female prisoner following him with the supper tray. As soon as he had finished his supper he rang the bell, and directed her to remove the tray, and go to bed. After she had left the room he continued for about an hour, when he took a light, and wits proceeding down stairs to see that the doors were secured and the fires extinguished, when he was somewhat surprised to find that Ann was not yet in bed, there being a light burning in her room. This circumstance ex citing his suspicion, he crept softly down stairs, and, after examining the kitchen, he entered the coal cellar; in one corner of which he spied the prisoner Fitzgerald, doubled up like a ball, endeavouring to compress his body into the smallest possible com pass. lie called to him to come out, which he did, without offering any resistance, hut merely stating that, however appearances might be against him, he meant no harm. Mr. Jago added that he then called in a police constable, and gave bath the prisoners to charge. 8 b to r F em . ROE, ol.ed, auveisntgi questioned eidtzgtehreat fdeamsalteo who o so a n i what he was, and under w hat circumstances he pre sumedel eir to take refuge in Mr. Jag o's cellar P Fitzgerald was a native of Lim er i c k, an d bad been in London for some years, having occasionally obtained employment as a clerk. He had been ac quainted with Ann for about six months, and on the previous morning she requested him to bring her box to her new place in the evening. Feeling anxious to oblige the young woman he did as she directed him, and arrived at Mr: Jago's house during his ab sence, not intending to stop more than a few minutes. Ann, however, invited him down stairs, wherehe re mained chatting with her so pleasantly and good natured like, that he quite' entirely forgot that he was an interloper in a gentleinan's premises until re minded of the ugly fact by a loud knock at the street door. " Och tare anouns," says Ann, " there's the masthur sure enough ! what's to be done?" He then told her not to be uneisy, and, slipping into the coal-cellar, said he would remain there until she could make it convenient to let him out. He was waiting there for that purpose; never thinking no harm at all at all, when the masthur came in with the candle, and cotched him in the corner. Ann's statement agreed with the foregoing, with the addition of a cup of coffee, which she admitted she invited Mr. Fitzgerald to partake of for his trouble in carrying her box. Bo , h prisoners .de dared that their designs were perfectly harmlesss. Sir F. ROE asked Mr. Jago, if, after the explana tion of the affair by the prisoners, he felt disposed to believe them. Mr. Jago supposed they had spoken the truth, but at the same time it was a very awkward cir cumstance. Sir F. ROE subsequently digcharged the pri soners, having ascertained that Fitzgerald bore an honest character. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday a young lady, fashionably attired, who, it is said, lives on her property in Nelson-street, Stepney, and who has lately made various appli cations to the Magistrates of this office for redress for real or imaginary grievances, waited on Mr. WALKER, the sitting Magistrate, for his advice and assistance. At a late hour on the night before, she was awoke by loud cries of " stop thief!" in the street; and on making inquiry as to the cause, she ascer tained that a young man, whom she had formerly known, had been endeavouring to enter her chamber window, but being observed by some persons pass ing, he dropped to the ground, arid ran away. The person seeing him, suspected that he wanted to en ter the house for the purposes of plunder, called out "stop thief," and the young man was taken into custody by a policeman, but was afterwards, fur what reason she could not discover, allowed to go about his business. Mr. WALKER—Did you give charge of him for attempting to enter your apartment ?—Applicant-- I did not give charge of him. How do you think I could, at such an hour, venture out of my chamber to do so ? Do you know the young man ?—Yes, Sir. I re-, ceived his addresses some years ago, but finding that he was only the son of te publican, and his mother a Jewess, I discontinued them. Oh then he is a discarded lover of yours, and I suppose feels much annoyed at being so ?—Well, I cannot help that. Did he come provided with a ladder 2—No, it appears he clambered up another window. I have suffered severely by his conduct towards me. It is only a day or two since, while I was in conversaCon with two gentlemen at my own door, when he came up and before them accused me with being an im proper person, and a drunkard ; and these thingi are very annoying to me. His accusation of drunkenness does not, I hope, apply to you. It is nor very proper or becoming in young ladies to drink. What! not a little beer ? I don't deny but I drink, but certainly not so much at any time as to make me tipsy. As I can do nothing for you, I would recommend you to close and fasten your. mindows well. I certainly shall: and, besides, I'll have alarm bells made fast to them ; and so saying, the applicant left the justice-room. .) SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT, YORK, SEPT. 6. Joseph Hall and Joseph Hilton were capitally in dicted for feloniously setting tire to a barn and shed at Wombwell, the property of Richard Beardchild. The prosecutor is a farmer, living at Hayland, in the West Riding of York, and on the night of the 27th of June last, a barn and shed in his possession were set on fire and consumed, together with the property they contained. The evidence by which it was attempted to fasten the charge upon the pri soners was circumstantial,'and exceedingly light. A woman, who was a neighbour of the prisoner Hilton, proved that on the night ofl the fire Milton came to her house and asked for a light. She allowed him to light a piece of linen, which he held in his hand, and which burned until it was reduced to tinder. The constable who apprehended the prisoners found them together in a clover-field near Worsborough. One of them said " Dick Beardchild's barn has been set on fire, and they blame us for it." Witness procured assistance, and then apprehended prisoners. Upon being apprehended Hilton said to Hall "They cannot hurt us, Joe, if we are staunch to one another, " and both prisoners shook hands, and said they would be staunch.—Verdict—Not Guilty. Thomas Pullan and Williani Pouller were in dicted for a misdemeanour in being out at night, armed with bludgeons, for the purpose of destroying game.—The Jury found both prisoners Guilty. MARKET INTELLIGENCE . LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The demand for West India Muscovades this week has been steady and considerable; the buyers evi dently wish to purchase on an extensive scale, but hold off in the expectation of lower prices, which have not yet been submitted to ; the estimated sales this week are 3,500 hhds. and trs. This day's public sale, 130 hhds., 16 trs., 37 brls. St. Lucia sold at full market prices, and with briskness; dry brown 50s. up to 545. for the yel low. In the Refilled market there is a continued heavi ness, and goods must again be quoted a shade lower; brown Lumps at 63.. This day the demand for this arti cle having continued very dull, the prices of some de- i scriptions have given way; large Lumps, notwithstand. ing the limited supply, having been sold as low as 635. a 635. 6d. EAST INDIA Suoart..---The purchases of Eset India are small parcels by private contract at former prices. MAURITIUS SUGAR.--.By public sale SOO bags Mauri tius Sugar on Tuesday sold at steady prices; good brown, 50s. 6d. FOREIGN SUGAR.—There are no sales of any kind to report. COFFEE.—British Plantation Coffee has advanced this week Is. a Is. 6d , good ord. 78s. a 80s. Foreign and East India are very heavy, and is Is. a 2s. lower ; Bra zil, formerly worth 615., offered about 575. ; Ceylon, 535. a 545. There were no public sales of Coffee this day, ex cept 67 bales Mocha, which were taken in. The market for Foreign remains in a very languid state. Rust, BRANDY, AND IloLLarsos.----Rum continues dull, but the imports are so limited, that the holders are firm, and evince no disposition to force sales by submitting to lower prices. Brandy is still in good demand. Geneva is higher. This afternoon, so few parcels being now in the market, renders it difficult to purchase on as easy terms as last w e ek, and very few Leewards can now be had at Is. 7tl ; there has, consequently, not been a great deal done. Jamaicas, however, are without improvement and p b t fully o l y g f puns , against 34,000 at the end of August, 1831. flat. The export L o s t`conte er co rresponding and is already 1,500 e th c i o s n in su a ra y than u e period of last puns. more The import is now 13,000 puns. less than list year. year, and 9,000 less than 1830. The present stock is 25,000 The home consumption has been gradually decreasing since accounted for ra in nd duringthe gre a t the n present crease of year th Brandy in this country. TALLOW.—There has lately been an extensive and brisk demand for '1 allow, and the prices are considerably higher. Lusa PROVISIONS.-The arrival of Foreign Butter since our list bas been about 1,800 cask., of Irish about 7,000 firkins, and of Bacon about 800 bales. Fine Fries- land Butter, at the Quay, we quote 84s. per cwt., and for Irish there is but a very limited sale at the following prices ;--Limerick, 765. to 775. on board, 795. to 80s. DIED. On the 3d in s t. at Bayswater after 16 hours' illness, of choler a, David Blaikie, Esq., late of Edinburgh, W.S. On the 7th in s t . of decline, aged 19, William, the eldest son - Mr. James Hurst, solicitor, Milk-street, Cheapside. On the 6th inst. in Harley-street, the Hon. Sir Albert Pel l ' Knight. On the sth inst. after a short illness, Valentine, aged fourth son of th e l a t e C a ptain Applegath, of the Hon. ast 11 10 `" Company's Service. On the sth inst. at Margate, after a short illness, Mr. Nall!, niel Biggs, wholesale stationer, Fore-street , City. in his 61st y ea !, On the sth inst. Phillip Thomas Wykeham, Esq., at his s i'e Tythrop House, Oxfordshire, of a spasmodic affection of "' heart. Wif e Oe the sth inst. at Barnet, after a long illness, Isabella , of S. Rumballin sts. E On the 4th Sophia, the wife of Mr. John Wallis-, of t he Albany-road, Camberwell. l‘fr On the sth inst. at Ealing, Miss Elizabeth Large, sister t o James Large, of Oxfurd.street, aged 48 years. On the 3cl inst. at Leicester, Mrs. Martinnent, late of Brows ton, in her 82d year. On the 4th inst. at Wesbourne-place, Eaton-square, Charle Steele, Esq., aged 84. Joh n On the 3d inst. William Myers, aged 18, only son of Mr. Myers, late of Ball-alley, Lombard-street. ?RINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT TO SUN OFFICE { 112, STRAND. LONDON. landed; Waterford, 745. to 765. on board, 755. to 78e• landed; Carlow, 78s. to 81s. on board, 80s. to 82" landed ; Dublin, 745. ; Newry, 725. ; and Sligo, 745. 0 0 board ; 745. to 765. landed, A few sales of Cork Butter have been made this week at 78s. on board. Prime (rob new singed Bacon sells slowly at 541., and stale parcels al 48s. a 50s. per cwt. ; for bale middles there is but little inquiry at 445. a 465. ; and for tierce middles at 425. 475. as to quality. Bladder Lard we quote at 565. a 621., and although Belfast Hams can be bought at 565. a 645., some very prime Limerick (Westrop's) just landed have been sold as high as 80s. per cwt. In Beef and Pork very little business doing. The Foreign Provisions are, hi by a circular from the Treasury, prohibited from being used on board ships on foreign voyages. SPICES.-Phnento has been sold a shade lower; is Pepper and other spices there is no alteration. SALTPETRE. —There have been few transactions In Saltpetre by private contract; parcels of rough, 341. 6d. a 355. This day's public sale, 864 bags Saltpetre, 3to 6 per cent. refraction, sold 345. and 345. 6d. CASSIA, &c.—By public sales this day 217 chests Cassia Lignea, K le. to 86g. ; 281 half chests ditto, steady, prices ; 20 chests of Cloves withdrawn. Gum, &c.—By public sale this day 21 chests Gum Arabic, block dark green, bought in at 355. ; 5 serous Cochineal, ord. to fair black, bought in at 7s. 11d. Corrox.—The Cotton Market is very steady. The purchases this week consist of-160 Bengal, good fair 4P. good sd. ; 1,250 Surats, ord. 4d., good fair 61d, ; 860 Madras, good fair 5d., good 54 i. ; 150 Bowed, mid. 5P., good 6.kd. ; 900 Bengal, public sale, good fair 4P., good sd. ; 3,040 Madras, ditto, good fair 5d., fine SP. ; 700 Surat, ditto, ord. 44-d., mid. 4P. This afternoon the demand for Cotton is apparently improving ; above 1,000 bales have been sold, chiefly Surats, at improving prices. INDIGO.—In Indigo there is no alteration. The brokers are busily engaged in inspecting the next India House sale ; the quality is not so fine as that of preced ing sales. TEA.-The sale commenced on Monday. Tuesday's report—Boheas, in quarter, half, and large chests, have sold at la. I lid. and Is. I lid. Congou chests, at Is. I lid. a 2s. °id. Boheas are Id. per lb. lower than in June. This day Congous are selling, the lowest at 2s. O'd. a 21. Old., good 21. Id. a 2s. 214 , fine 2s. S}d• a 2s. Bd. ; they are id. to Id. per lb. under last sale• The Congous are nearly finished, and the Green Teas will begin on Monday. SlLK.—Business is not improving, as was anticipated• Sales were effected with difficulty. Prices of Silk are generally the same in all descriptions. RICE. —Rice continues firm at the late improvement is price. By public sale this day 725 bags African Ricer mid. white 14s. duty paid ; ord. reddish sold at 12s. ; very ord. common red bought in at 10s. 6d. Woor..—The sales of Wool from Australia and Vas Diemen's Land are about 3,500 bales, averaging about 20d. per lb. per bale, and the total of the whole import, which have nearly been sold, is from 70,0001. t o 80,0001. sterling. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed, from the Returns made in the week ending the 4th day 0 ' Sept., 18W, is 275. lid. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICES OF HOPS.—Sept. 7. Kent Pockets 5l 04. 61. Os. to Smsex Ditto .41 15s. 5!. ss. to Wssex Ditto .......—. 41. Ns. 5!. Oi. to Fuel= Ditto, Fine.w 71. Os. 91. Os. to Seconds .......—.. 01. Os. 51. Os to 21. 103. 41. Os to 41. Os. 41. Bs. to Os. 0!. Os. to Kent Bai Sussex ditto Essex Ditto-, Old Duty laid at 140,0001. PRICE O on.. Rape Oil, brown 6s. Refined 6 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 11 0 Rape Cake, per ton...—. 5 5 WHITECHAPEL HAY AIARKET.—Sept. 6 Flay 60s. Od. to 84s. Od. I Clover.... 704 Od. to llbs. Od• Straw—....*l.o. 304. Od. to 345. Od. PRICE OF POTATOES.—Sept. 7. 2/. 10s. to Si. ss. per ton. LhAI'HkAL Per lb. English Horse Hides.. Spanish Ditto .-.... d. to 4. 12 1„ 4 14 IU Per doeen. Cal( Skins... 86 to 4111 b. Ditto ....^.... 50 to 70lb. Ditto ........., '7O to SOlb. Small Seals. Greenland Large ditto 15 1 9 21 0 18 0 16 1 1 1 12 13 71. Os. 5% 12s• 51. 10.. 01. Os. 71. Os. si. 121. 41. 126. 01. 06 ritICES ur Per lb. d. to d. Butts, English ............... 15 21 Ditto, F0reign.............-- 14 18 Dressing Hide 5........—.. 12 14 Ditto o. owe wo*lOnetr.o 16 18 Ditto, light Crop Hides, light..... 12 13} Ditto ................40 to 451 b. 13 15a Ditto .14 16 nAw HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stony s. d. to s•da Kest Heifers& Steers 2 42 8 I Ordinary ,O 0 1 Middlings 10 2 0 Market Calf fj 0 eaCil,_ SHEEP SKINS. Short Wool —.... Os. Od. to Os. Od. 1 Lambs Is. 6d. to 21.6d 4 Shearlings......-13. OJ. to Is. Bd. __. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters)---as. 6d. COAL MAR. Per Ton. s. d. kdair's « 18 6 , 18 0 East Percy.. 18 6 Felling 18 0 Holywell ••••••••••••.•An1....W.0 18 3 Kenton West 19 6 Ord's Redhugh 17 0 Pontop Windsdr 17 0 St. Lawrence Main 18 9 1 antlekl.— l9 0 Fownley l7 9 West Hartley..—. 20 6 Wylam Walls End Bell & Brown 20 0 Ditto Bell, Robson, & Co. 19 3 Ditto Bewicke and C 0... 21 6 Ditto Blake l9 0 Wall. End Callerton . 18 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0...... 18 3 Walls End G05f0rth.......... 21 0 Walls End Heaton 20 3 Walls End Hotspur....— 19 Walls End Hilda l9 6 Ditto Killingworth 19 9 Ships arrived sines K ET.—Sept. 7. Per Tot, s. d. Walls End Newbiggen -, 16 6 Walls End Newmarch...... 19 1 1 Ditto Northumberland.. 19 F. Walls End Riddell's ...... 20 ', l : Lambton's Primrose.-- 20 F, Walls End Hetton ...... 22 f, Walls End Lambton ..... 22 3 W. E. Russell's Hetton.. 22 i y, Walls End Stewart's..... 22 Walls End Adelaide .»... 20 0 0 Walls End G0rd0n...." 19 Walls End Tees ......... 22 1 Walls End Elgin ---. 20 0 Llangennech C0a1......... 26 6 Llangennech Pemberton 20 , 0 Netherton Main........ lB u New Flockton, Milne , and Co. - lB 5 W. E. Preston Grange.. 18 0 Silkstone Field and C 0..., 18 1 Greenwich Hospital."... 17 0 ° Warde's L1ane11y„.......... 20 Pontop Trader .............. 16 Tan fie! d Trader.,. . .18 6 last market-day, 78. COUN fRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. --- -- 62 66 22 27 38 4 Basingstoke 52 64 28 34 20 24 40 Bath 44 C 4 28 36 22 30 33 .1,1 Bridgewater 54 70 26 29 22 26 28 ao 56 60 34 39 20 23 36 42 Chesterfield —...... 58 64 21 26 36 42 Derby 64 66 30 33 24 25 36 38 „ Devizes 52 63 30 31 18 26 33 4 Doncaster 48 65 28 44 17 25 40 4 4 Dorchester.......w. 54 75 36 38 27 34 37 Da; 65 68 32 34 19 26 38 r, 49 64 34 36 19 22 34 flungerford 49 68 25 35 19 2 6 34 40 40 Leicester 63 -- 39 23 40 75 28 40 21 32 58 42 Rornsey 56 62 30 38 23 27 56 „ Shaftesbury 56 37 27 9 4 Shepton Mallet .., 56 63 32 39 20 26 36 42 Sherborne 56 62 30 36 22 26 34 40 Taunt0n..........,. 58 72 35 20 38 Yeovil 56 60 32 36 20 26 36 38 Per Bushel. s. d. x. d. s. d. s. d. a . d. s. d. s. d. s. a,: Shrewsbury 90 10 0 50 60 50 60 00 0 u MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SEPT THE KING, AT THE PROSECUTION OF - NATHAN, V° JAMES THOMPSON. The defendant in this case, against whom, with others, several true bills have been found for libels published in the Satirist, Sunday newspaper, and who was returned in the calendar as being in custody under a bench warrant, issued in the last y e ar, for one of the libels, has (we u nderstand) removed the proceedings by writ of c ertiorari to the Court et King's Bench. BIRTHS. °t Mr a s t . N e lu ro rr v a e y .h , o lluesgeent-aquare, Gray's.in . n d - o r w oad o , f ins w David Brompton, the ma ikie, Esq., WS., m a aaughter. o f On n n daughter. t h h e e 7 tt7hth inst. MARRIED. One he 7th inst at S. Mary's, Islington, the Rev. Janie} Sibr, t of Hull, Yotkshire t , to Lydia Jane, second daughter 0 Mr. Joseph Newson, of the Borough of Southwark, and Holloway' Middlesex. On the sth inst. at Wilton Church, William George Geld: Esq., Captain in th e 53 d Regiment, to Elizabeth Mary, 001 i daughter of the lat e J ohn Naylor Esq of Hartford-hill, ne st Northwich, Cheshire. On the tith inst. at Greenwich, Henry Hamilton Dougla s ' Esq., late of hi s M a j esty's Life Guards, to Mary Ann, elde st daughter of the l a t e Johu Allen, Esq., of the Paragon, BlacY. , heath.