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well wax made during the time the Mayor was at the White Lion, to which place be toil gone, at the request of his brother Magistrates, to seek a little repose, having beet up the whole night and taken no fond. The M Ivor therefore had no notice of the attack, and it could not be his fault if a sufficient force had not been sent to protect it. Under such circumstances. it was for the Jury to say,—whether the Mayor was not justified in taking the repose which he did, or even more. With regard to not protecting the gaol, it ap peared in evidence that two of the Alderm-n went there, but found they could not do any thing, having so inefficient a force, and the same observations would apply to the Toll house and the Dockiates. As to Lawford-gate, that not being within the city, the Mayor could not be charged with a dereliction of duty in respect of it. The next charge was, not protecting the Bishop's Palace, and which had been attacked by the mob. Now it appeared, upon the evidence that both the M tyor and Al derman Camplin, in company with many others, had gore there, and that no personal exertions on the part of the Mayor were wanted, or any cowardice displayed. Another charge was, that when the Dodding ton troop a , rived in Bristol, the Mayor hail no place to receive them. The very reverse of the charge had been proved. It was true the Doldington troop bad not been made a sufficient force. Whether that was the fault of Colonel Brereton was not now the subject of inquiry for the Jury, but it was evident that it was no fault of the Mayor. Another charge was, that upon being required to go along with Major Beckwith, he would not do so. In the opinion of the Learned Judge he was not bound to do so. The charge against the Magistrates of not riding with the military, was totally without foun dation. If they had given orders, that was all that could be required. It was no part of the duty of persons who bad to give general directions to expose themselves to personal danger. Another ground of charge was, that the Mayor had not done all in his power to protect the fire-arms of the city from getting into the hands of the mob. If some of the witnesses were to be believed that charge had totally failed, for both the Mayor and the Ma gistrates on the Sunday morning had done all in their power to secure a great portion of them. With regard to the personal conduct of the Mayor in leaving the Mansion house on Sunday, according to the testimony of Major Mackworth, his life was in danger if he had not done so. The Mayor had repeatedly expressed his unwillingness to escape. but Major Mackworth, as a military man, had in sisted upon his doing so. Soma ridiculous evidence bail been given about the manner in which he had made his escape, that he had been assisted over the walls br fe males, all of which was positively denied by Major Mack worth in his evidence. The Learned Judge then went seriatim through the other charges against the Mayor, all of which he considered to have failed ; and concluded his charge, which occupied two hours and twenty minutes in delivery, by stating that it was the duty of the Jury to take into consideration whether, under a'l the circumstances which he had pointed out, they thought the Mayor had been guilty of a neglect of duty. If the Jury were of opinion that he had neglected his duty in any one particular, they would find him guilty. If not, they would acquit him. . Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE and Mr. Justice Taurvrois concurred entirely with the summing up of their Learned Brother. The Jury retired at a quarter before 1, and on their return at 10 minutes past, the Foreman stated that they unanimously found Charles Pinney, Esq., the late Mayor of Bristol, NOT GUILTY. That they were of opinion, under the circumstances in which be had been placed, menaced and opposed by an infuriated mob, unsupported either by the civil or military force, deserted in those quarters from which he might have expected assistance, the late Mayor had acted to the best of his judgment with zeal and personal courage. This verdict was received with expressions of approba tion from the friend: of the late Mayor. Sir J. SCARLETY •aid that he . was desirous, be fore the Jury withdrew, in their presence to assure the Court that, in this case, he had endeavoured, as far as possible, to abstain from introducing any topics which did not grow out of the evidence, or was strictly connected with it His Learned Friend (the Attorney-General) however, had last night, in his reply to the Jury, thought fit— Mr. Justice PARKE—Really, Sir James Scarlett, it is quite unnecessary to make any statemi nt. Sir JAMES SeAKLErr—Wity, my Lord, my Learned Friend, the Attorney-Genera', charged me yesterday with personal motives in what I stated, and I have only to say, that when be pleases to make a specific charge against me, I hope I shall he able to prove my own innocence, as satisfactorily as I have done that of Mr. Pinney's. Mr. Justice J. PARKE—Really, Sir James, there is no necessity whatever for entering into this. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he was not prepared for so extraordinary a statement as that which bad been made by his Learned Friend. He, however, thought it his duty to say, in the face of their Lordships and the Jury of his country, that he had introduced no topics in order to prejudice the right disposal of the case. All that he had stated was with a view to remove prejudices Mr. Justice J. PARKE said he thought the whole that had been stated would have been much better omitted on both sides. A Gentleman stated that he bad been summoned as a Juror, together with several others, from Berkshire, as Jurors on the indictment against Mr. Alderman Hillhouse, and other persons. They had been since detained in town f or nine days, and he wished to know from their Lord ships whether they were to have their expenses. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said that they could give no directions upon that point. Mr. Justice J. PARSE observed that they did not know Whether it was the intention of the Attorney-General to proceed with the other indictments. The ATTORNEY..GENEKAL stated, that he had no in tention to announce at present whether he should proceed with them or not. The gentlemen, however, if they Wished it, might leave town. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) To-day being the First Seal, it was the intention of the LORD CHANCELLOR to have sat in Lincoln's Inn Rail to have beard motions, but we very much regret to have to announce that just at the moment at which hilt Lordship was expected to arrive at the Hall a Messenger from Berkeley-square appeared in Court and stat e d that his Lordship had been attacked with a cold Which prevented his leaving home. The cold was slight, but from a desire not to aggravate it, and in the hope that by remaining at home to-day his Lordship will have so far recovered by to-morrow as to be able to meet the teachers in the Hall, and from thence to proceed to re sume his sittings at Westminster, he deemed it right to terrain upon the sick list for the day. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE.CHANCELLOR sat at ten o'clock in Lincoln's Inn. There were very few King's Counsel in a ttendance, but a good muster of gentlemen behind the t tar. A few motions, almost, of course, of no public in terest were heard, and his Honour, having nothing more t ° go on with, arose at a quarter before 12 o'clock. GRAY'S-INN HALL.-(THIS DAY.) SMALL V. ATTWOOD...-4 U DGM ENT. Our readers will recollect this cast., which occupied the Court 26 days in the arguing. It was instituted by the plaintiff for himself and others, the Directors of the Bri tish Iron Company, against Mr. Attwoad, to set aside an a greement for the purchase of certain iron works, for the r unt of 600,0001. Lord LYNDHURST gave notice, that he would give Judgment this morning, which collected a sufficient num ber of persons to fill the large Hall in Gray's Inn long before the hour of his Lordship's sitting, 11 o'clock. His Lordship having taken his seat, said, the pre sent suit was instituted by the plaintiff, as part ners of the British Iron Company, for themselves and Other partners, except two, John and Philip Taylor, who Were made defendants against John Attwood, to set aside a il agreement of the Ist of June, 1825, and one on the 4th November of the same year. The grounds on which it tv aa sought to vitiate those agreements were 411 e4ged misrepresentations of the value of the property, snd of the costs of materials of production and conver sion of pig iron into bar and rod iron. The bill was Isled against three of the defendants, Mr. Edwards, Henry, !allies, and Philip Taylor, as having acted in concert with 41 r. Attwood in these misrepresentations, and f ur en- I:eavouring to conceal them from the Company afterwards. 4 4 th e course of argument Counsel for the defendant had t aken three objections on points of law, which he would first di spose of. The first that he would notice was this— I nat the agreement was entered into between Mr. Att and three of the plaintiffs, not iu their character of ireetors of the British Iron Company, but as private in -1 ltividuals, and in their own personal character, therefore was said that the suit could not be carried on 'Y the Company, but must be done in the names of tae three individuals. In his opinion the objection was h olly unsustained. The suit could be carried on either game of the firm or in that of the principals. When an agent entered into an agreement on behalf of other parties, it was necessary, if that agreement led to a suit, that the names of those parties should in some shape or other appear on the record. The s cord objection was, that all the names of the shareholders in the Company were not on the record, and made parties to the suit. In this case there were upwards of six hundred shareholders, and if that strict rule was to be applied, it would defeat the ends of justice; for through deaths and other circumstances it would be impossible that through abate ments a suit could ever be finished. That case had been finally settled by the case of " Meux and Mendslay," in 2 , 1 of Swanston, decided by Sir Thomas Plainer, when Master of the Rolls, and affirmed by Lord Eldon. The third objection was, that the plaintiffs had no right to recover, because the agreement was en tered into by only three of the members. This obligation was also overruled. The plaintiff's case was, that they had been imlueed to enter into this agreement through misrepresentations made by Mr. Attwood, lie at the time knowing they were so; in fact they charged it with a deception practised on them. After the British Iron Company had been established for a short time certain obscure e,ffers of those mines were made by Mr. Attwood, and afterwards more openly by Henry James, as his avowed agent. After some delay the Company sent Mr. P. Taylor, one of the defendants, down to the works as their agent, in order to take a general survey of them, but not to take a particular exemination of them at that time. During the progress of time negotiation, that followed some verbal statements were made by Mr. Att wood, which were reduced to writing by Mr. Taylor. The price required for the works was 600,0001. ; it therefore required some caution on his part, when such a sum of money was at stake. Mr. Taylor, on the part of the Company, was satisfied with Mr. Attwood's statements, and upon them the agreement of the 10th June was founded. The agree ment was for the purchase of the works at 600,0001. the title to be completed by the Ist October. It was after wards found that that could not be done, therefore, it was agreed that the agreement of June should be modified so as to suit the altered circumstances. The agreement of the 4th October was then entered into, by which 200,0001 was to be paid down, and by it the other instalments were regulated. The parties met to ratify this agree men', but one of them, John Taylor, being absent in Cornwall, Mr. Attwood refused to sign with any other than the three parties with whom lie hal treated as private persons. On that very same evening, and this was a circumstance strongly urged by the plaintiffs, Mr. Attwood, left town suddenly and pri. vately—so much so, that even his own attorney did not know where he had gone to, and went to Corngreve'e, where Mr. P. Taylor was, and urged him to go to Corn wall, and see his brother, and endeavour to prevail on him to come to town, or get a power of attorney to complete the agreement. This circumstance raised the suspicions of tha Directors, and they began to snake inquiries. However, be, Lord Lyndhurst, thought there was nothing in this concealment at all blameless, for Mr. Attwood had suf ficiently explained it by saying that he went down secretly in order to give orders that the property should not be given into the possession of the Come pany's agent, the agreement not being ratified. Mr. P. Taylor did go to Cornwall, and re turned with a power-of-attorney from his brother, but it being signed by him as a Director, Mr. Attwood again refused to ratify the agreement with such an authority, and therefore he was perfectly justified in giving those or ders, which he had considered it his duty secretly to leave London to do. A meeting of the Direc tors was held, when it was stated that some of the representations on which they had been pro ceeding were false, and that the price they lied agreed to give was too large. A deputation was proposed to be sent down to the works, in order to verify the represent i.. tions ; accardingly three of the Directors, with an Ac countant and other parties went down, and the books were shown them by the defendants James and Edwards. The deputation were satisfied and reported that they had investigated the books and other papers, and that Mr. Attwood had completely justified himself. The parties met on the 4th November, when the agreement was ratified, and on the 9th Novem ber, possession was given to the Company. It was con tended on the part of the plaintiffs, that those state ments given by Mr. Attwood respecting the manu facture of iron were all false, and known to be such by that gentleman. Mr. Attwood, lin his answer, said, he was not responsible for many parts of those statements, as they bad been drawn up by the Company's own agent ; that his statements were all given verbally, and that there. fore he could nut now be held responsible for the writings produced by the plaintiffs. In his Lordship's opinion, however, Mr. Attwood was responsible for the statement of the prices of materials used in manufacturing pig-iron. The first statement given by Mr. Attwood was, that the cost at Dudley Wood an Netherton furnaces was 41. 10s., when it was proved that the cost actually at the time was 51. 45., being a difference of 16s. per ton. The plaintiffs' witnesses were confirmed by Mr. Gritton, the principal witness for the de fendants, as to that part of the caee; and let no one be de reived, and call that a small difference only, for upon those six furnaces only by calculations, he found the dif ference to the Company would be 16,000/. only. There were also misrepresentations as to the cost of converting pig iron into bar and rod to the amount of ht. a ton. Niiw, were these representations made as to the making and converting iron at that titre? Mr. Attwood said that these statements were made upon as sumptions, one of them brine that the whole of the materials should be raised on the estate. Nothing of that sort was to be found in the evi dence, nor would Messrs. Taylor and the others with him have made such a purchase, t o suc h an ex t en t, u p o n cal culations built upon assumptions. They, therefore, asked Mr. Attwood whether those prices were the actual cost at the time. J. Harrison distinctly proved that those papers were not built upon hypotheses. At the dinner, when the deputation were going away, one of the Directors said to Mr. Attwood " We are not iron masters you know," meaning they were not acquainted with the prices, " Are there any costs or other chargelfor materials which are not included in those papers ?" Mr. Attwood answered " No, on my honour"—merely proving that he intended to misrepresent the actual state of things. Then was Mr. Attwood aware that the state ments were incorrect? That was a material part of the case. He was no stranger to those works. He had been the manager of them for his uncles James and Matthias, and afterwards, when the works came into his own possession, he resided at Corngreaves, and must have been familiar with the works, It was also proved that the yields were less--considerably less than at the time of James and Matthias Attwood, and that Mr. Attwood i had frequently complained of t. Mr. Attwood then must have known that those papers and representations were incorrect. Further, the witness Best was employed by Mr. Attwood to make out a de tailed statement of the cost of making rod-iron. Best kept a copy of that statement, which was produced by the plaintiffs, and on comparing it with those papers, corres ponding with it in the twelve papers, it was found that many of the cost charges were omitted. Mr. Attwood had also stated to the deputation—distinctly stated, more than once, that no yield books had been kept since the time of James and Matthias. Now it was clearly proved that an account was made up every fortnight of the yields; the accounts, probably, were not kept in books lent. It was an evasion unworthy of such a transaction. As to the case against the defendants James and Edwards, they were charged with acting in concert with Mr. Att wood, and fabricating or supporting those misstatements for his benefit. It was stated to P. Taylor by James, that Mr Attwood had made 90,0001. by the works for the last year, and Mr. Attwood being pre sent said, " Yes, and I could have made much more had I been able to devote more time to them." That and many other instances in the evidence clearly proved that they were acting in concert. It was stated that Mr. Attwood had not looked at the papers, and was not responsible for them ; that James and Edwards were employed by the Company, and that they, and they only, made nut the whole of those statements. But was it pos sible to believe that such could be the case—when Mr. Attwood's honour was impeached, when he was . charged with fraud, when his pecuniary interest to an im mense amount was at stake—was it possible to believe, then, that be could not but take a great interest in the making out of those papers and statements? Nay, was it not clearly proved that he himself formed them all or superintended them ? That James and Edwards might write them was true, but it was at the direction of Mr. Att wood. Then, as to the coal mine, Mr. Attwood well knew that it was faulty, yet when spoken to on the subject by the Directors , he disavowed all knowledge of it. True, lie was not aware of the ex tent of the defect, vet it was concealed from the Company's agents, and on one of them going down the Mine to in spect it, Mr. A. said to the person showing it, " You will not show him the worst side of it," evidently showing there was no intention of being candid. Hie Lordship then proceeded to pass a high eulogium on the character of Mr. P. Taylor, whom be absolved from all blame in the transations, and then said the only part left was whether the acts of confirmation by the Company, since deprived them of their right of redress. It appeared that Mr. P. Taylor, the Company's superitateudant, had possession of the works from Nov. 9, up to the time of commening the suit. It was said that he must have liven aware of the misrepresentations, and in that time must have been ac quainted with every particular as well as Mr. Attwood But Mr. Attwood, on the day he gave up possession removed every book and every memorandum ; even so tar did he carry it, that private memorandums belonging to the workmen were taken away, so that Mr. P. Taylor bad no opportunity of inspecting or finding any thing out by them. Besides he was actively employed in the sop rintendance of the work, and Edwards who had been recommended by Mr. Attwood was employed to make out the statements which were sent to the Dir,ctors. The first quarterly statement made out by him, show d a profit of 8,000/., or about 30,000/. a year. That, on being inquired into, was reduces' to 4,000/, for the quarter, and on a deputotion going down to make further inquiry was proved not to exceed 1,800/. ; though Mr. P. Taylor had signed that quarterly return he could not be chargeable with it, for his other avocations were so numerous, that he could not he expected to examine them carefully, and find out the errors. His Lordship was, therefore, of opinion, that as the Company could not have found out those misrepre sentations sooner, they were not debarred front redress in a Court of Equity. He was, therefore of opinion that those misrepresentations forming the basis of the argument, had had been knowingly made by Mr. Attwood, and that the agreement must be vitiated, and the money paid on account returned, the purchasers accounting for the profits of the property while in their possession. He would draw up the decree himself, and hand a copy to both parties. With respect to costs, the bill must be dismissed as against P. Taylor with costs. James and Edwards must pay their own costs, and Mr. Attwood the costs of the suit. MAGAZINE DAY. From a heavy press of matter, we are com pelled to postpone all the usual Magazine notices 61 to•morrow. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(TI-HS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, OCT. 31. Wind W.S. W., nearly calm.—Arrived the Portland, Ascough, from New South Wales—sailed the sth June; and Planet, Brown, from the Mediterranean. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind W.—The Vernon and Castor frigates, with two French frigates here, have blue peters flying, and will proceed to-night for the Downs. Arrived his Majesty's ship Nimrod, from Plymouth; Caroline, Treadwell, from London, for New South Wales; and Triumph, Green, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrived the Albion, Thomas, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, OCT. 30 —Wind W.S. W., fresh.—Passed by the John, Woodhall, late Thompson, from Batavia—sailed the sth June; Oberon, Taylor, Bahia; and Alehymist, Wells, from Quebec. STANDGATE CREEK, OCT. 31.—Arrived the Pomona, Spriggs, from Zante. TORBAY, OCT. 39.—Arrived offport the Ranger, Thomp son, from Honduras. BRISTOL, OCT. 31.—Arrived the Albion, Stevens, from Tenerife. GREENOCK, OCT. 29.—Sailed the Indus, Hoggart, from Bengal. Arrived the Forth, Hunter, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Ogar, Russell, and Crown, Hume, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Falcon, Jackson, from Wilmington ; Bride, Moor, from Quebec ; Latona, Galalie, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Amity, Suttle, from Riche bucto ; Britannia, Oliver, and George, Foggs, from Mira michi ; Hannah, Newby, from Bay Chaleur ; and Hannah and Eliza, Taylor, from Malaga. LIMERICK, Ocr. 'a—Arrived the Cyrus, Main, and Gateshead, Kegg, from Quebec ; and Nestor, White, from London. BEARHAVEN, Oc•r. 30.—Arrived the Emerald, Smith, from Demerara. Arrived off the Wight the Odin, Luckie, from Bahia. Arrived oft' Beachy Head, the Enigkert, Schmidt, from Bahia; and Horne, Spence, from New York. The William, Appleton, Evans, from Liverpool to Jamaica, was abandoned by the crew on Monday, with 10 feet water in her hold, having struck on Arklow The Bee, Anderson, from Bangor to Sligo, was driven on shore near Killough the :Nth ult., and it was feared would be wrecked ; crew saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWEL VE O'CLOCK. The only arrival this morning is from Sydney, New South Wales. The Dutch steamer and French mails are still due. From the Sydney papers to the 6th June (received at the North and South American Coffee-house) : It is with extreme pleasure we state that the Governor has entirely recovered from his late indisposition. BATHURST, Max 9.—The melancholy tidings conveyed here of the lamentable death of the Consol of his Excellency the Governor Bourke, threw a great gloom over every member of our society. EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN FORBES.—Capt. Forbes, the commanding officer of the mounted police, proceeded some weeks back with a detachment of his corps, on the track pointed out by the bushrangers. On Saturday evening a gentleman, holding an official situation, arrived in town from Bathurst, stating that intelligence had reached that city,, that an officer and three mounted police had fallen victims to some of the sanguinary tribes. THE FUNDS. Up to the present hour we have no arrivals either from Hol land or France, no doubt owing to the boisterous weather which prevailed last night ; in consequence of which we are entirely destitute of information. We observe, in a Morning Journal, the following :—" We will just add that Prussia has formally declared that all the modifications which are to be made in the Treaty of November last shall be to the advantage of Holland, and that she will support her in her just pretensions. We have every reason to believe that Prussia, as well as Austria and Russia, will not support the King of Holland, should the French and English fleets be compelled to proceed to the Dutch coast, and not even in the event of the French army marching into Belgium." Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, 84 IA to I,i, with nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have remained steady during the whole of the morn ing at S 4 IA 1 /, , for the Account. The Dutch steamer and French mail not arriving, prevented all speculation in the Consol Market. In the Foreign Market Spanish Stock continues the favour ite speculation at present ; it has got up this morning 1 per cent., done at 374 ; in other Foreign Securities little or nothing doing. Consols for Account, 84-h 1. THREE O' CL 0 CK. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols Dittofor Account 841 Greek Brazilian Bonds Mexican ..., — Buenos Ay res ... Peruviln . ....... ..• - .Milian Ditt o .... Russian..... 99 Columbian 1824 10i Spanish -• • CEIOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. New Cases. Deaths. Recoveries. England and Wales 3l 15 26 Scotland 49 22 33 SO 37 59 (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Oct. 26, 1832, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Clues and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat-- 525. 74.1 Oats 18s. 5d.1 355. Id. Barley--. 295. &Li Rye 41.1.~. 325. I Id, i Pease....-335. Id. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat—...... 545. 24.1 Oats 19s. lid./ Beans—...... 365. Id. 6,1.1 Rye .r.....n0w 335. 94 Pease...—. 89s. 7d. _ DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat.......... 32.5. Bd.l Oats «..... 18s. 3d.1 Beans..—.... 15s. 6d. Barley --..155. 4d.1 Rye .......—.... 19s. 9d.1 Pease..—..... 115. Od• HAY M A RKETS.--iAt per Load of 30 Trusses.) CU 51BERL AND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 'Vow Meadow Hay 2 15 3 15 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 4 0 5 5 Oat Straw £1 Bto£l 10 I Wheat straw ... 112 113 Supply moderate, trade dull, and prices stationary. - . SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Nye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 5 ..Generally Oat Straw ... £1 10 to £1 12 I Wheat Straw 1 12 1 13 Supply rather limited, trade dull, and prices as last quoted. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, Nov. 2. n. H H. Young, Seuthampton, builder J. H. Woolbert, Southampton-row, Russell-square, jeweller 2 1 G. Scott and Co., Birmingham, stationers 2 12 W. Sadler, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, provision-mer chant 2 11 Irli.xcEs OF STOCKS THIS Vank Stock - t per Cent. He& ... 83!.4 t, y, 3 per Cent. Cons. 346 per Cent. - :Atto Ited e ' o 74 NTew34 per Cent. 92% li 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 - I per Cent. 18:14 Rank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 186 0 - Oct. 10, 1859 - Jan. 5, 1819 - Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880..., - Jan. 5, 1870 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 1 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 2O 21 pm. South Sea Stock ............ 9:11a Old Annuities. New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills,Xl,ooo 3O 31 pm. Ditt0...... .... .500 30 31 pm. Ditto Small 3O 31 pm. Ditto C0mmercia1......... pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account. I Cons. far Nov at% i 4 'HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK FRENCH PAPERS. CHERBOURG, OCT.. 25.-The Wellington Indiarnan, bought for Don Pedro, has h.Tn for several days in our Roads. Two steam-hosts, with the artillery of this vessel arrived yesterday from Portsmouth ; but as the Custom. house regulations do not allow of the transhipment, which the Board has considered as merchandise, to take place in our Roads, the Wellington left the Roads th's morning, and Las anchored at Cape Levi, where it takes its artillery on hoard. As soon as this operation is ended it w , ll return to this port to complete its provisions, and will th n sail to join Admiral Sartorius. FRENCH FUNDS.--PARTS, OCT. 29.-Five per Cents., 96f. 35c. 30c. 35c. 40e. 35c. 40c.-Loan of 1832, 96f. 60c.-Four per Cents, 90E-Three per Cents., 68f. 10c. sc. 10c. 15c. 20c. 25c. 10c.- Bank Actions, 1,670E-Rente de Naples, 81f. 45c. 40e. 45c. 35c. 25c.-Rente d'Espagne, 121; 4.--Royal Spanish Loan, 79!:,.- Rente Perpetuelle d'Eapaene, 5S 57% 5S 57% 58 57% 57%,.-Bel. gian Loan, 784.-Haytian Loan, 240f.-Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 80c. ; three months, money, 25f. 65c.- Cortrs Anthentique. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds ......... B9 Peruvian Bonds ....... ........ 10% Belgian Bonds 77 Ditto Account Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds 48% Ditto Account. 49 8% I)itto Account... ...... — Regency Scrip 4.9 dis. Buenos Ayres Bonds 22 Ditto Account... 3 1 431 dis. Ditto Account — Prussian Bonds 99% Chilian Bonds .... ........ ...... 111 I Ditto Account _7 Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 182 , lO6 Columbian Bonds ....... Ditto Account — Ditto Account 99 874 Ditto Bonds, 1834 lO% New Loan itisi Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 1821 1 1711 Danish Bonds' 69 8% Ditto Account...l6l 171 17 I Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1823...15% 1 6 4 Greek Bonds _._ 2 . 22 , _ Ditto Account 15% 16:,1g 1 )itto Bonds, 9325 Ditto Account — Exchange...... —f —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 21% —3 per cent. -f -c. Account _ Ditto • Exchange —f —c __. - . Ditto, 6 per cent 2644 jDutch Scrip 42!,f, Ditto Account 0 6% Ditto Account 42 1 X, Neapolitan - - 1. 1 ,;-mcli Scrip 2 pm PRICES OF SHAKES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. rer Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 8% Bolan os Mining Company £l5O 140 1:8 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at W. pm.) £r.lo 47 Ditto National 17% 17y 4 _... ... Ditto St. John Dcl Rey British Iron Mining Company £5O 9 Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 48i 556 English Mining Company 19.4 23 General Mining Association ll 24 [teal del Monte Mining C 0...., — 17% United Mex. Min. Co. ass. at 2/. tam.) 40 3 4 Ditto New Scrip 2 43 , Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. ...... Protector Insurance Comp. XI 4 6 __. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. l3 Provincial Bank of 1 reland 25 44 '4 £4 1 4 23 PRICES OP IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 29. Bank Stock ... ...... ..... l99'/ !St. Patrick Insur.(petShare) Consols, 3 ner cent. Gov. 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Mackenzie, Thomas Pringle, &c. &c. &c., published this day, price 2s. 6d. ARTICLED PUPIL. WANTED, in a Long-established School, of the highest respectability, within a mile of Hyde Park Corner, a YOUNG LADY of respectable connections as an ARTICLED PUPIL. The Premium will depend on the Time required, but Parents will find this an eligible opportunity of obtaining for a daughter a liberal education on fixed and moderate terms. Address (post paid) to M. C., 18, Hans-place, Sloane street. .4, Eli - 41 . 6 ~ ,O r t• V * 4 VISA* LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1832. Up to the time of our going to press no further accounts had been received at the Portu guese Embassy from Oporto. It is thought that if MIGUEL had made the threatened attack on the 26th ult., information might have been received here to-day. It is just possible. Should nothing arrive to-morrow, however, we may safely conclude that the attack was either not made, or, if made, repulsed with perfect success, like all previous ones. There has been no despatch received from Falmouth to-day at the Admi:alty. The Confi ance steamer was hourly expected from Oporto. The remainder of the French squadron under the command of Admiral VILLENEUVE has ar rived at Spithead. Despatches were received this morning by the Belgian Ambassador from Brussels. We un derstand, however, that they do not communi cate any political fact of importance. Our City Correspondent says, , t We can state from good authority that on the arrival last Monday of a courier from Berlin to the Prussian Ambassador, his despatches were of such importance, that all the different Ambassadors met early on Tuesday morning; and, during the long conference which took place, a convention was entered into between Prince TA LLEYRAND and the Prussian Ambassador, to the effect, that if the French army en tered Belgium, the King of PRUSSIA was to take possession of Venloo and Maes tricht, and retain possession of them until the affairs of Holland were settled, and Belgium was evacuated by the French troops. This conventio n was signed and agreed to by Austria and Russia, and immediately despatched to Berlin for ratification. So much for the protest of Prussia against the French entering Belgium." It will be seen, by reference to another part of our Paper, that the trial of the late Mayor of Bristol (Mr. PINNEY) was closed to-day by his acquittal. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that he was not prepared to announce his in tentions with respect to the remaining pro secutions b ; but there can be little doubt of their ', dr o p pe d . H a d M r. P INNEY b ee n found guilty the other prosecutions must have been proceeded with, for each defendant would have had a separate ground of defence, resting upon the greater or less activity shown by each. The special verdict returned by the Jury, in point of fact, exculpates the whole of the Bristo Magistracy, as well as the Mayor. The LORD CHIEF BARON of the Court of Exchequer has this morning given his judgment (which will be found in another column), in the great case of " SMALL and ATTWOOD." The judgment being against Mr. ATTWOOD, it is expected that he will appeal to the House of Lords. The costs of the suit must be enormous, for it will be recollected that in a statement of a portion of them published by us a short time hack, the fees of Counsel alone amounted to about 10,0001. We beg to call the attention of our readers to a very important meeting in our front page relating to the Middlesex Election. It is well that the Re formers have not been asleep at their posts, for it wears that Mr. BYNG thinks they are to be content with the Reform Act, and not to de mand its fruits. There is hardly a topic of in terest to the public likely to be agitated in the course of the next Parliament, upon which Mr. BYNG does not avow that he intends to take part with the Tories. The whole of his answers to the questions put to him by Mr. LEIGHS are pregnant with matter of alarm, but his opinion upon the subjects of the assessed taxes and the corn laws, are alone ;efficient to justify the electors in ousting him from his seat. He has the audacity to tell Mr. LEIGHS, with respect to the first, that great com plaint is made without much cause. This is adding insult to what he must know to be injustice. Is it not just ground of complaint, that a man, whose house is not worth more than 501. pr 601. p( r annum, should have to pay 201. or 30/. in the shape of assessed taxes and rates when those living in houses of a higher value, have their proportion of tax diminished as their dwell ing rises in value ? Mr. BYNG says, " Every man is taxed according to the number of his windows, and the poor have not a sufficient number of windows to pty any tax; nor can they who are trades men justly complain of paying ; more than their share ; they have not many windows, while the upper clas•es of society have a great number, and pay in proportion to the no mber." This is a paltry quibble. It 's true that the upper classes pay in proFrtion to the num ber of their windows, but not in the same proportion, and Mr. BYNG must know that they do not. If the upper classes did pay in the same proportion as the middle, no tax could be fairer than a window -tax, notwithstanding the objections that might be] raised to it as a direct impost, but they do not, and Mr. BYNG'S assertion that they do is only a bold form of saying " We are determined to preserve to ourselves immunity from taxation." We shall return to the subject, but in the meantime call upon the electors of Middlesex to take the first steps necessary to expel so great an enemy of their interests and welfare from his seat in Parliament. The following are extracts from Brussels pa pers received this morning : BRUSBELB, OCT. 28.—Their Majesties arrived at Brussels on Friday, at seven o'clock in the evening. His Majesty afterwards transacted business with the Ministers of War and Foreign Affairs. The King will review to-day several detachments of troops. Baron de Stassart has sent his resignation as Member of the Senate. One of the Secretaries of the French Legation set out this morning at one o'clock for the Hague, with despatched received from Paris. A Prussian Cabinet messenger has passed through Brus sels during the night, on his way to Berlin, with despatches for London. Yesterday afternoon Lord and Lady Fitzclarence, Capt. Doyle, and a numerous suite, arrived here. The Union contains the following passage :—We were not mistaken in supposing that a note similar to that addressed on the sth of October to the French Cabinet, had been transmitted to all the Courts, parties to the treaty of the 15th November. It is even affirmed, that the other notes are conceived in terms still more energetic than the first." ANTWERP, OCT. 27.—A pontoon, destined for the passage of the Scheldt at Burcht, was delivered yesterday, at two o'clock, from the arsenal. This enormous machine, drawn by twenty-four horses, is to be launched in the Canal of St. Jean. The cholera having, as it appears, ceased, no farther 1 bulletins will be published. BRUSSELS, OCT. 29.—The Journal de Luzernburg, and the Messager de Gaud, still pretend that M. Pisca tore was arrested at Senningen, near Niederanven, within the territory of the fortress. This is notoriously false, as he was arrested at Grevenmacher, which is more than four leagues from Luxemburg. It is true that he was stopped at Niederanven by the gendarmes, who would not let him proceed on his journey, but took him before the justice of peace of the district, who ordered him to be set at liberty, which was done. He, however, continued his journey, and went to Grevenmacher, where lie was arrested at the instance of the commissioner of the district, that he might be detained as a hostage, and sent to Arlon, which was done. General Dumoulin, in his remonstrance to General Tabor, seems to have taken up the assertion of the agents of King William, that the arrest took place in the territory of the fortress; but General Tabor commu nicated to General Dumoulin the documents which proved that the arrest was effected at Grevenmacher. Au extract of two letters frOm General Tabor to General Demoulin has been published. In the first letter, dated Arlon, Oct. 23, be says that the stopping of M. Piscatore by the gen- i darmes, 300 mitres from Niederanven, w as l ega l, b ecause M. Piscatore contravened the regulations relative to pass ports, that he was merely made to appear before the Justice of Peace of the Commune of Berg, that no violence was exercised towards him within the territory of the fortress, and that the Justice of Peace immediately released him, advising him to return to Luxemburg. That M. Piecatore's destination was not Senningen but Greven macher, and that in persisting to go to this latter place he acted with sufficient warning of the consequences to which he exposed himself. His arrest therefore was not a confirmation or continuation of the first arrest, which, though legal, was not accomplished, but a new act began and executed at Grevenmacher, where the Belgian authorities had a right to proceed against him. The General adds, that M. Piscatore himself bad confirmed to him the circumstance of his arrest. The Belgian au thorities had exercised their rights without trenching on those of the fortress, which, in general, respects, and will not suffer to be violated. In his second letter General Tabor says that the proposal to exchange M. Piscatore for M. Thorn must prove to General Dumoulin the honourable sentiments of the Bel gian government ; and he is pursuaded it will be ap proved of by the Garman Diet, which has made (as Ge neral Dumoulin has stated) such earnest application in favour of M. Thorn. " I think, therefore," he adds, " that the execution will meet with no obstacle, since by accelerating the return of Messrs. Thorn and Piscatore it !es•ens the difficulties which, without necessity and with. out a profitable object paralyze the prompt arrangement of the differences between the Belgian Government and that of Holland. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence is gone to Antwerp, to view the fortifications. General de la Borde, Aide-de-Camp to the King of the French, is gone to Antwerp for the same purpose. Sir Robert Adair, the Marquis of Hertford, Lady Strachan, Count and Countess Miracle, and other distin guished personages, had the honour to dine with their Majesties. I'l AMUR, OCT. 28.—M. de Stassart has paid a visit to M. Piscatore, and assured him that he would be treated with all possible attention. It is said that M. Piscatore woull hare preferred remaining at Anton, where he could have.,dgii ng i r n ec 3 t A his commercial prv,:.it,tt. aff ire. He ,ii,nai,i,i;eynirt do declined what they would with him.—Brusseb P pers, Ot 30. VIENNA, OCT. 19.—Some days ago Turkish merchants here said that M. Maurojeni, Turkish Charg e d'Aff.iu s at Vienna, would receive from the Porte an important diplo matic mission, and a large sum of money for the execta t;on of it. M. Maurojeni set out the day before yest,rd,y :or Paris and London, which confirms the firstaccount, that he is commissioned by the Sultan to enter into negociations with Fr ince and England relative to the war wida Melse tned Ali. Letters fram Constantinople had previousty Announced this step as a thing resoled upon. The prepa rations for the Hungarian Diet are embodied. so that it wi I meet, it not next month, yet certainly in December. Charles X. and his household establishment, consisting, it is said, of 160 persons, will arrive at Prague on the 27th, where, by his Majesty's commands, th , - august guests wi'l be treated in the most hospitable manner. The Duchess of Angouleate and her niece leave Vienna on t h • 25 -la to go to Prague. VIENNA, OCT. 20.—Five per Cents, 87k; Four per C n's, 76 ; Bank Shares, 1,132. —AI/ye/name Zeitung, 0.1. 25. FRANKFORT, OCT. 23.—M. Maurdeni, a courier extramdinary from the Sublime Porte to the Court of London, slept here last night. He is supposed to be com missioned to solicit, if not the assistance, at least the me diation of England, in the war with Egypt. It was ob i feed as a particular mark of attention that a number of bolles oft he best wine were sent him from the Prince's cellars at Johannisl•erg.—Fronkfori Papers, Oct. 26. What a wonderful moral change has not a few years produced in all classes of the commu nity ! How completely are our ways of think ing upon many subjects reversed I Those who a few years back were almost considered moon struck, at whom the man of the world laughed, whom the best lover of his race almost pitied for the avowal of opinions, true and just in them selves, but apparently beyond the reach of realiz4- tion—even those men so laughed at, so pitied; now in their turn triumph over their deriders, and even their most sanguine expectations hardly seem impossible of fruition. The fact that national regeneration had been long begun, had long been progressing at the core of society ; it was only at its surface, the aristocratic balk, that the appearance of corruption seemed solid. The manner in which the country has vindicated itself, tile complete overthrow of the corrupt system organized by Sir R. WAL- PoLE, the general contempt and execration with which the middle classes of society now view that system, are all so many proofs of that fact. It is nevertheless delightful to turn back our eyes and behold the struggles of the honest minds pre served uncontaminated, when to all appearance everything around them showed the hopeless ness of their efforts. We have been led to make these observations by the pleasure we have re ceived from reading the subjoined letters now handed about amongst a few of Colonel STAN HOPE'S friends in the Tower Hamlets. The first thing the reader must look to is their date. "Hie contents will speak for themselves. " THE HON. EFITELL CRAVEN. FEB. I, 1821. " SIR,—In reply to your letter, I beg of you to coney n•y duty to the Queen. Say to her. Majesty, that I tic crpt with pleasure the appointment of V ice-Chamherlain. I accept it, however, upon condition either that the salary be not drawn from the public, or that it be devoted to schools and other public purposes of the most extensive and permanent utility. Before I presume to state my reasons for making this sacrifice, permit me to observe, that I du not belong to any faction in or out of power. " Of that party, however. I am, whether it be in Vministration or in Opposition, which supports the free dom and happiness of Englina and of all mankind, what ever he the colour or geographical position. Allow me now to explain my motives for not choosing to touch the salary attached to the (Zee of Vice• Chamberlain. " Whatever the primitive cause may have been that has depressed our country, whether originating in wars or corruption, excessive taxation is admitted to be the imme diate source of distress. Whatever the means then are, that may secure to us the permanent enjoyment of free dum,rigid economy is indispensable to our welfare. " The period of decline so painfully anticipated by the wise has arrived, almost upon the heels of national triumph. " The lesson is not new, but it is very awful, and it be hoves us by a timely abandonment of all selfi-h views to guard against the fatal effects; or ruin, the worst of revo lutions, must follow. Strongly impressed with this con viction, I am anxious to go through my limited part con. scientiously ; and how can I do so mote effectually than by endeavouring to ease the distresses of a patient, free, and loyal people. " In thus acting, should any man suspect the purity of my intentions, I have only to ob-erve that the last re source of trading politicians is to attribute to good ac tions some unworthy motive. With persons of this stamp, self-love is superior to love of country and of man kind. They never look abroad into universality, but do refe r all things to themselves, and do thrust themselves into the centre of the world, as if all lines should meet in them, and their fortunes ; never caring in all tempests what be comes of the ship of state, so they save themselves in the cock-boat of their own fortunes.' " LEICESTER STANHOPE." " Frs. 4, 1621. " My Dear Lord Tavistock,—Pray read the accompany ing letter, previous to the Queen's refusing a salary. I bad, a s you know, meant to accept office under her without salary; by so doing, I thought that my close intercourse with her, would enable me to promote economy, justice, change of Ministers, and IIErORM. Should you be diapoced to smile at my eflirts, I have only to refer you to the influence that even menials have ever had at Courts. Could I in a trifling degree promote them. object•, I am !Tidy to in• cur the hatred of a George the Fourth, or a Frederick the Fret. I em not, however, at all unmindful of my own interests, and do not wish to make a great sacrifice but in the furtherance of a great end. " The question therefore is, will my letter bud acceptance of office, promote in any manner thine objects, if not, I will reject the Queen's gracious offer, but if they will, I will accept, though nu prudent man would do so. " Wilson approves of the spirit, but disapproves of the tone of my letter, be especially diapprove4 of the word faction, and here I am at issue with him, for I am deter mined to belong to no faction. " The maxims of the Whig. I approve, they are in ti , y judgment sound, but they never will he Rh! , either in or out of power to reach their end without Reform; I ant therefore a Reformer. " Most sincerely your, " LEICESTER STANHOPE." Those only who bear in mind the general feeling of the country at that time, with regard to Reform—we do not mean its desirability, but the probability of carrying it—can properly ap preciate the spirit in which these letters are written. How true the last sentence of the second letter is all must acknowledge, when they reflect upon the fruitless efforts made by Lord ALTHORP before the passini 'of the Reform Act, to amend our system of taxation. It re mains for our Whig Ministry to show now that they have the power, that their principles really are such as will deserve the support of the com munity. Let them recollect that the people now command the majority of the House. MURDER OF THE REV. G. HousToN.— On Saturday evening the Jury returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased came by his death, in con sisal- bibhmoveenrtn of- Nova Scotia has been reduced fro m 30 ,t i 00 to 3,600 dollars, and Lord HOWICK has mad e i t k nown to the sequence of a gun-shot wound , on t he morning of the 25th, which tbere was rea son to sus p ect ha d been inflicted by GEORGE LEONARD." LEONARD was tran sm i tte d to Naas gaol on Saturday evening. — Dublin ..Iforning _R eg i s t e r. tnent The to defraallowance y the inade of by the the Civil British Establishment charge Go vernment that the latter SUM will be discontinued neat year. This is in consequence of the determinatio icin e to by Ministers to make British CO.celt nies be tr the clay s of their civil establishment.,