The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-29 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. desire to advance and promote their interests, and they felt that they could not attain those ends in a more direct and expeditious manner than by endeavouring by every means in their power to get a portion of the dock cornpleitd at the earliest possible period, in order that the Company might be in the receipt of some income.— (Hear, hear.) That was the object the Directors had in view, and it was their fixed, firm, and inflexible deter mination to carry out that object in the most perfect Inanuer they could. Mr. HEATHFIELD inquired which of the docks the Directors contemplated bringing into action first. Mr. Glees (the englneer)—The North Tidal Dock. 1 Mr. HEATHFIELD thought the housing of goods ought to be a paramount object ; the warehouses would be a good test of the value of the dock. A. warehouse at the north-east side would, in his opinion, prove very conve nient for the unloading of goods from the Tidal DOCK. Mr. GILES observed there was a very ample space of qu'ey ground, fit to erect warehouses and sheds upon, of every class that a dock could rev ere. The disposi tion of those warehouses wouli have the most minute and mature consideration before they were planted upon the ground. Mr. HEATHFIELD trusted the Directors would de termine upon building a warehouse or warehouses in the course of next year, because they, and they only, would show the value of the Tidal Dock. He was of opinion that preparations for that purpose, such as tem pering the clay and so on, ought at once to be made. Captain W ARD stated that the formation of the Tidal Dock was rapidly progressing. Mr. BucHax wished to ask whether it was practica ble to get a sufficient portion of the Tidal Dock ready in time for the accommodation of the Royal Mail Steam- Pecket Company, should that Company wish to oc cupy it ? 'f he CIAAIRMAN replied that in consequence of cer tain rumours which had been in circulation, doubts were created as to whether or not the necessary ac commodation for the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company could be afforded by the time it would be required, and it was apparent those ru mours must have reached the cars of Govern ment. The Directors of the Steam-Packet Company, therefore, invited a conference with himself (the Chair man) and the engineer yesterday, for the purpose of ascertaining whether these rumours were well-founded, in order that they might be quite sure of the ground on which they stood before they went to Ministers to ob ject to Dartmouth. Details were gone into, and the result was that those gentlemen stated they were per fectly satisfied there was no foundation whatever for these rumours ; and that such and such accommodation weuld be required by them ; and he gave them an assurance that they would be ready to receive them.— ( Hear, hear.) Therefore, all doubts that might have existed were now entirely removed.—(Hear, hear.) He would, while on his legs, take that opportunity of reply ing to a question which had been put by Mr. Heath field. The Directors were giving their utmost atten tion to the erection of warehouses.—(Hear, hear.) In fact, they felt something like breathless haste to erect warehouses at Southampton, because they, as practical men, knew that the tonnage on the ships alone would not afford such a return for their ca pital as would be satisfactory to the Proprietors, but he had not the least doubt that the warehouses would be filled nith goods, and from that source they might ex pect a very handsome income. —(Hear.) Mr. MELVILLE would take the liberty of asking a question with reference to the dredging the soil at the mouth of the lichen. It had been stated that that might be done in the course of one summer provided that summer were a favourable one ; but he wished to know what would be the consequence should it prove unfavourable? Would the Dock then be ready for the Roy4l Mail Steam-Packet Company. Mr. GILES said, that even now at the lowest high water there was ample navigation, and sufficient to en able any vessel, were the Docks completed, to enter it. Captain WARD said, that at low-water there was a depth of water of twelve or fourteen feet ; that a quarter of an hour after low-water that depth was con siderably imcrcased, as the tide flowed very rapidly, so that shortly after low-water steamers of four hundred or five hundred tons burden could enter the Dock, and at high-water, if neap tides, the most powerful steamers could enter. Mr. GILLS said that there was a depth of from twenty to twenty-two feet at high-water, if neap tides, which would be increased four or five feet by dredging. The CHAIRMAN then announced that the business of the meeting was ended. A vote of thanks to Mr. Liggins, the Chairman, and the Board of Directors, was then proposed and se conded, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said that this testimony of the ap probation of the Shareholders was highly gratifying to the feelings of himself and his brother Directors, and although it. was a source of regret to them that among the Shareholders there should be found even one dissentient to the recep tion of the Report. yet he hoped the time was not far distant, when that getilleman would become convinced that the course which had been pursued by the Direc tors was the most prudent course, and the one best :adapted to wamote and forward the interests of all parties concerned in this undertaking. He was grate ful for this mark of confidence in the Directors ; and they might rest assured that the six months which would elapse before they again met would not be passed by the Directors in idleness or indifference, but that they would a►.xiously, assiduously, and perseveringly follow op the plans which had been laid down, and which bad met with the approval, not only of their own officers, but of the engineers in the employment of the Govern ment, and of all other parties, who possessed any know ledge of the matter. He was confident that the result of their labours would be that to which they all looked forward, an ample and liberal return for the money which they had invested.—(Cheers.) The meeting then separated. THE HERRING FISHING. (From the Inverness Courier.) The herring fishing seems to be prosecuted with very unequal success at the different stations along the coast. It seems a favourite practice with parties to boast all they can about the respective places in which they have an interest, and unless the result be stated in plain - figures, it is not very easy to give an exact idea of the resulti. It appears from the John O'Groat Journal of Friday last, that up to that day the fishing at Wick and its neighbourhood had been inferior to what it had been at the same time for either of the two years pre ceding. The general average was only 581 crans, a bile last year :t was above 90, and the year previous ICO. " There his been," says the above contempo ra y, " a good d , maul for cured fish (luring the week —price, 22.5. Em ty barrels 3s. 6d. Salt 225. per ton. Several Norwe k an vessels are at present in port die o arging birch barrel-wood, which is selling at 9d. per foot." We subjoin particulars in reference to other places :.-- 1- L YBSTEll.—Fishing good. Total average 83} crans. HELMSDALE.—Fishing very poor. Average from 10 to 11 crans. FINDHORN.—Average 62. ORKNEY AND SHETLAND.—Average in the North Isles about 30 crans. And at Lerwick they are "in anticipation of a catch, should the weather continue fa vourable !" We lea from the Aberdeen Herald of last Saturday, that the fishing in that county, and in Banffshire, has proved more favourable. We extract the following : ABERDEEN.—The average take of herrings at this port, is now, as nearly as ca❑ be ascertained, about 75 crans. During the past week the fishing has been very indifferent. ROSEHEARTY, AUG. 19.—The fishing is doing well here. To-day included, the average is about 100 crans per boat. PETERHEAD, AUG. 20.—The fishing was very good in the end of last week ; but a heavy swell prevented the boad getting out to sea in the beginning of this week. Some heavy shots were got this morning, but many boats were clean. Our average amounts to 106 crans. BANYF, AUG. 20.—The fisbing, in the end of last weak, was very moderate, but during this it has been very good. The Macduff boats averaged yesterday about 15 crans, and the Gardenstown about '"3. Many of the Gardenstown crews have completed their com plement of 200 crans a-boat ; and arc now selling to the French fishing vessels at 13s. 6d. per cran. PORTSOY, AUG. 19.—Since the date of our last re port, the herring fishery at this place has not been so successful as formerly. The general average, however, from the commencement of this date, is n ow 130 crans per boat. LO,I3IEMOUTH.—On Friday week, the boats at this port averaged 16 crans each ; and on Saturday seven crans. On Tuesday the boats did not get to sea ; b u t on Wednesday the average was 4 crans ; and on Thurs day three and a half crans per boat. Two or three of the boats hare already made out their complement of 200 crans. At Stonehavcn, Anstruther, and some other stations in the south, the fishing seems to be but poor. TIN GREAT WILL CAUSE.-WILL OF THE 1,4 - re B LI 'NDELL, ESQ. answer to the inquiry of a correO' INCE BLUNDELL. In }'ears ago, in the we have to state that an attempt was made, twenty-six Court of Chancery, to set aside the will of the late Henry Blundell, Esq., of Ince Blundell.The validity of the will was, however, established by the Court ; and with respect to the state of mind of Mr. Blundell at th e ti me o f execu ti ng the will, it wfas opund mind, proved that, altbouqh extremely infirm, he was ° and capabl e o f f u ll y un d ers tanding what s he was about. Th e V ice-Chancellor o b serve d on the oc casion, " t h at i t was not a question of insa nity, but merely_ whether th e testator ' s bodily infirmities affecte d him so far as to render him incapable of settling his affair ; and it was here positively sworn, that berore and after the execu tion of his will he was perfectly competent to the manage ment of his business." Th e d ec sion was g i ven i n J u l y , 1614 ; an J it appears that it was the approaching trial, with a view to set aside the will of the son, Charles Blun dell, Esq., that has occasioned the inquiry of our corre spondent, —Liverpool Mercury, EASTERN NEWS. _ (From the Semaphore of the 23d.) CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 7 .—The high functionaries are triumphant ; they imagine that the long-pending difference between Turkey and Egypt is at length ad justed, and the Divan confidently believes that Great Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia have signed a treaty in favour of Turkey. The exclusion of France appears to them a matter of no consequence. The Europeans, however, do not share that absurd confi dence. Lord Ponsonby and M. Filtoff, the Russian Ambassador, flatter our Ottoman authorities with the most brilliant hopes. They tell them that all is over, and that the mediators and the Sultan have only to con gratulate themselves on the happy termination of the affair. These poor Turks fancy that France will tamely accept the shameful position in which she has been so imprudently placed. You see how incompetent people here are to appreciate the gravity of circumstances. They do not perceive that such a treaty surrenders Constantinople into the hands of Nicholas, and awards the Red Sea, the Isthmus of Suez, and Syria, to Eng land. The Divan is so eager to execute the treaty, that one would suppose all obstacles to have entirely vanished. Nevertheless England, who is likewise anxious to have it carried into effect, will not trust the Porte exclusively with it, and Lord Ponsonby has given, as a companion to Rifat Bey, who is going to notify the ultimatum to the Pacha, a Secretary of the British Embassy. An attache of the Austrian Legation also accompanies the Ottoman Envoy. 25,000 Albanians are now assembled at Monastir, where they are waiting orders to march to Constanti nople ; other troops are expected from Janina. The Porte being afraid that Armenian Macedonia, the most turbulent province of the empire, might be excited to revolt by the intrigues of Mehemet Ali, had decreed a levy of all the inhabitants capable of bearing arms, who will for the most part be marched to the frontiers of Syria. What idea can we form of the ability of the Divan, when we find the Albanians in its pay, com manded by chiefs famous for their participation in the revolution of Greece, sent to face or rather join their numerous brethren serving in the army of Ibrahim Pacha ? A certain Lazaraki, who bad been appointed through Khosrew Pacha's influence, Charge d'Affaires of the Governor of Cyprus, and who shared with his patron the millions appropriated by Mahmoud for the en couragemen:, of agriculture in that island, has been thrown into prison. A traveller, just arrived from the Black Sea, informs us that the Russians have experienced another check in Khiva. In Circassia the insurgents are well prepared to receive the invaders, and have sent deputies to Con stantanople to implore the assistance of England and Turkey. Lord Ponsonby has made them the most encouraging promises ; but, to judge from the new turn taken by political affairs, it is not probable that they will be fulfilled, at least for some time. MALTA, AUG. 16.—Admiral Stopford is now off the island of Tassa, at the entrance of the Dardanelles. The Implacable and Revenge ships of the line were directed to steer for that destination. It is thought that the Benbow and brig Zebra, on board of which S,OOO stand of arms were shipped, have repaired to the coast of Syria, where they will have arrived too late. Although a somewhat greater activity be perceived in the British naval department, still no one here can be lieve that a rupture between France and England is at hand. Admiral Lalande had been ordered to return to France in the Jena, and had arrived on the 9th at the entrance of the Adriatic Gulf, when he received a coun ter-order, brought to him by the Tartar steamer. M. de Sercey, the French Ambassador in Persia, reached Bagdad on the 3d ultimo, on his way back to France. _ Count de Boutenieff and his lady embarked on the Gth in the Sesostri4, for Leghorn, whence they intended proceeding to Lucca. A letter dated St. Petersbnrgh, the Ist instant, and published in the Helvetie, asserts that when the treaty of Brunow was presented to the Etrperor Nicholas for ratification, he remarked, " England gives me Constan tinople, in order to possess Syria. We will take all that is given to us, but we must be prepared for all events. We must secure Circassia and Khiva." The Commerce stases that it had already given its opinion as to the impolicy of removing Admiral Lalande from the command of the Levant fleet, and publishes the following letter from Smyrna, in corroboration of its views : " SMYRNA, AUG. 9.—A few days since everything appeared to be on the eve of being arranged. The revolt of the Druses was of no importance, though the English wished to magnify it. The disgrace of Halil and of Khosrew Pacha appeared to prepare an easy arrangement between the Porte and Mehemet Ali, who, it was said, was willing to restore the fleet—the subject of discord. Everything was progressing ac cording to the French policy ; it is true this policy was supported by nine ships of war under the command of Admiral Lalande, one of the most skilful of the French admirals, who had raised the reputation of the fleet under his command to such a degree, that a collision between the fleets was out of the question. Now, however, everything is changed. Admiral Lalande has been recalled, and the English and Austrian fleets have sailed to make a demonstration against Alexandria, and are, it is said, to be supported by ten Russian sail of the line from the Black Sea. Our situation is be come extremely unpleasant ; but I assert that this would not have happened if Admiral Lalande had not been recalled. Admiral Hugon, who is to succeed him, is an old veteran, but very whimsical, and a bad diplomatist. It was he who landed his crew at Lisbon in conjunction with the English, to assist the Chartist movement, which failed so signally in 1836." CHURCH-RATES. ST. GEORGE, MIDDLESEX. On Thursday evening last, Aug. 20, a meeting was held in the Vestry-room of the church of the above pa rish (better known as St. George's-in-the-East), for the purpose of proposing a Church-rate of one penny in the pound, the senior Churchwarden in the chair. The Vestry was very numerously attended by the rate-payers. Upon the proposition being moved and seconded, an amendment was made to adjourn the consideration of the rate for twelvemonths. The amendment having been put from the chair, was carried by a very large majority, whereupon a poll of the whole parish was de manded on behalf of the rate, and Monday and Tuesday, the ?4th and ?sth of August were the days fixed by the Churchwardens for the taking of such poll. It was pro posed to take the votes by ballot, which was refused, as illegal. At the time appointed, Monday, eleven o'clock, a large number of the rate-payers assembled, and the poll commenced with great spirit on both sides. At the close of the first day's poll (five o'clock) a trifling ma jority against the rate had been recorded. On the fol lowing morning (Tuesday) the polling again commenced with vigour, and at about the middle of the day a con siderable number had polled in favour of the rate. At two o'clock its advocates had a majority, which majority they kept but for a short time. At three o'clock its opponents were evidently gaining ground, and at four they had a majority of 29 against the rate. This ma jority rapidly increased until the termination of the poll at six o'clock, when the numbers were declared by the Churchwardens to be— For the rate Against the rate 544 giving a triumphant majority against the rate of 102, although not more than one-third of the rate-payers polled. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Vestry separated. Oa the same evening a meeting of the Anti-Church rate party was held, when resolutions were unanimously agreed to and arrangements made for the establishment of an Association " to afford effectual resistance to any future attempt to enforce Church-rates in that parish." TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO CAPTAIN CLEGG.—Yesterday afternoon we had an opportunity of inspecting, in the Exchange Newl-room, a beautiful silver salver, to be presented to Captain Clegg for his gallant conduct in the case of the Huskisson steamer, the particu lars of which are already well known to our readers. The salver is the work of Mr. Dismore, of Bold-street. It is a well-executed piece of workmanship, and is in every way worthy of the gentleman for whom it is intended. It is handsomely ornamented with wreaths, among the folds of which are many nautical emblems, consisting of anchor, capstan, wheel, blocks, colours, &c. In the centre there is a good representation of the Huddersfield and William Huskisson on the eventful morning when the latter foundered; and towards the bottom of the salver are placed the family a rms of Ca p tain Cle gg . It bears the following inscription :—" Presented to John Arden Clegg, Commander of the s hi p Hudders f ield, b y the merchants and other inhabitants of Liverpool, and its vicinity (in restricted subscription of five shillings), as a testimony of their admiration of his gallant conduct in saving the lives of one hundred and fourteen of the passen gers arid crew of the steamer William Huskisson, in mid channel, on h er passage f rom D u blin to Liverpool, when in a sinking- state, in a gale of wind on the 12 th J anuar y , 1810, at the im m i nen t peril of his own vessel, and of the lives of th ose on board."—Leverpocl Mercury. Another ter inquest was h e ld at Guy's Hospital yes day, before Mr. Payne, concerning the death of William \Vi : 1 1,1 m e a r. s , I a tcarpenterappeared that in th atth the employmenthedeeeasdeceased of was engaged Mr. Archer, with another man on a scaffold at the fourth story of a new house in Peckham-rye ; the deceased was a portion of th e pl an ki ng g ave . way, when prec h ipi w ta h t i ed h to the ground, a height of upwards of fifty feet, f, acturcd that he died i y n a f fortunate companion, whenefwilh. his skull was so dreadfully some afterwards. His more where he hung till relieved balyTel g, caught hold of a beam, e fellow-workmen, and escaped with a few bruises. Accidental death. arrangements came into operation on Mond ay . ma POST-OFFICE NEW ARRAN GEMENT S,— These time on the line has since been kept with a r t e y h a . i t regularity, ton and and the saving of one whole day betwee n g t h e metropolis, is found a very great convenisenteoew merchants, traders, and inhabitants. The ba gs hav e been delivered at the Post-o ffi ce nearly tcu minut es before the time appointed—the quarter of an hour allow e d f or the tr..ns't between the Post-office and the station being tw i co as long as is necessary.—Eastern Counties Herald. THE MAZE. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. (FRIDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—The quantity of money stock in the mar• ket during the early part of the day caused a depres sions but *hen this was disposed of, the quotations im proved, and money, which had been much in demand, became easier, SlR.—Will you allow me to inquire, through the medium of The Sun, if the authorities at Hampton Court permit a charge being made upon persons wishing to enter the " Maze." Having visited the above place on Monday, and being desirous to see the " Maze," I and a few friends presented ourselves at the gate, but were surprised in being informed by the person in at tendance that he could not allow us to enter unless we gave him " something for the head-gardener." I offered him a sixpenny piece which he disdainfully refused, observing that if we could not afford him a shilling we had better return. To prevent further altercation, I gave the fellow the sum demanded ; and I feel desirous of ascertaining whether he was authorised i❑ making any demand whatever. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, London, Aug. 26th, 1840. H. H. [We apprehend that no fee is demandable, and that the person who stands at the entrance of the Maze trespasses on the good nature of the visiting public. Our Correspondent should go again, and refuse pay ment, which, if the matter be not now taken up, the authorities may bring it to an issue.—En. Supt.] A pause seems to hi 'e occurred in the operations of private individuals and companies united for the purpose of completing what is left undone by the East India Company end the Government in regard to steam communication in and with India. On the information of a correspondent who seems in a good channel, it may be stated as the cause of this some dis cordant action on the part of the Committee sitting in Calcutta, and the promoters of what is termed the " comprehensive scheme" in this country. These parties, instead of cordially uniting, which appeared the only course for their common safety and advantage, are understood to be receding more and more from each other. Where the fault lies is not very apparent, but it has happened more than once, that the feeling in Bengal and in the other Indian Presidencies in favour of all measures for the improvement of the communica tion has not been very cordially seconded in this coun try. As the projectors of the " compre h ens i ve scheme" have made it from the first a part of their plan to ob tain the carriage of the mails through Egypt, this want of union, if it really subsists, with the Calcutta capital ists will, tend to remove them further from that object, and the public will be slow, at all events, in sanctioning any proposal for releasing the East India Company from the management of the mails, which have gone on of late in a satisfactory manner, and with every prospect of further improvement. HERALD.—After some fluctuations, principally downwards, Consols closed a mere shade better than last evening, the quotations being 89i for Money and 9O to I for Account. This was pay day, and so far as known, the liquidation has proceeded satisfactorily, although money has been more than commonly difficult, and worth five per cent. for account, whilst from six to ten per cent, has been commonly given for short pe riods even on Consols, although of course the standing of the borrowers has much to do with the rate, for one dealer may have to pay ten per cent., whilst another of higher repute shall pay half as much only, although so far as the security advanced upon it may be the same in both cases. Bank Stock left off 1681 to 9i ; India Stock, 2484 to 9i. Exchequer Bills, IBs. to 20s. prem. . It is generally understood now in the market that the version given under this head of the late opera tions of the Jew party is correct, and that they have in fact been selling stock and realising the proceeds here to pay for Rentes purchased on speculation, and solely to bolster up a falling market in Paris. Opera tions of this description and of such magnitude do not, it may be assumed, escape the vigilance of the Bank of England, for they necessarily involve the ab straction of large amounts of specie in the present de pressed state of the foreign exchanges, and by all the extent, therefore, serve to damage the position of the Bank in respect of its hard money stock, at a moment, too, when, contemporaneously with private and joint stock issuing banks, it has been rather injudiciously adding to its paper circulation. It may probably be owing to this, in common with the aspect of political affairs that the Bank has been again on the Stock Market as a seller of 3f per Cents. and Annui ties. It is understood that Bank transfers were exe cuted yesterday for about 60,000/. of these securities to private purchasers. It is perhaps unfortunate, and any how unlucky, that the Bank rarely becomes a seller except in periods of depression and alarm, and there fore it is almost invariably a loser by its stock on hand held as a reserve fund for counteracting the effects of any drain of specie by a corresponding contraction of circulation ; that is, by selling stock against bank notes to be withdrawn from circulation or can celled. The system of procrastination has never answered any useful end in this very matter 'of the unavailable securities held by the Bank. It is well known that the line of policy long decided on has been to get quit of the " dead weight," or a large portion of it, as leaving the Directors more free to act promptly on the circulation as circumstances might requir e . But it is quite as well known that they have ever been postponing performance from one day to another, and professing repentance to-day, but shift ing off amendment till the morrow which never comes. The result is that they are now, in face of an adverse aspect of money affairs growing out of political derange ments, and which can only be improved as these are righted, a matter cleat ly therefore one of time, in the same exact position as during the whole course of that money crisis arising out of exports of specie for American loans, chiefly, and secondarily for payments of corn imported ; a position from which they were only just painfully and slowly emerging when again thrown back by the qua druple insanity of Lord Palmerston. Some short time before this last olympiad of Foreign-office folly, it was well understood that. the Directors had come to oue more vigorous resolution to get rid of this incu bus of the " dead weight," which like the old man of the mountain bestrode the Bank and paralysed Its free action, but whilst as usual they were dallying about terms and moving with aristocratic airs of in dependence and indolence, Lord Palmerston, as other evil stars beforetime, came to spoil their market and knock down the prices of stocks. The sale of the " dead weight " is once again therefore out of the question. It is, however, singular that whilst the Directors can boggle about fractional differences of price when treating for the sale of portions of this dead weight," they are not liberal only but lavish in their sacrifices of other stocks on hand in a falling market. Thus the Three-and-a-Half per Cents, trans ferred yesterday, would have realised some Three per Cent. more if brought to market one month ago. Private letters from Paris are still full of the ap proaching settlement of account, and the preparations of the speculators for the rise and fall for the arrange ment of differences, the amount of which must be enor mous. A leading operator for the rise, or rather for sustaining the market had, as was understood, made ar rangeonents with the Bank of France for large advances on deposit of Rentes, in addition to a considerable pro vision by extensive sales of stocks in the Stock Ex change here to meet and pay for Rentes purchased on the Paris Bourse. POST.—The peculiar state of the Consol Account which has just terminated, and which was, perhaps, one of the most complicated that ever had to be adjusted, has led to several compromises, as well as to the fail ure of one of the oldest and most respected members of the Stock Exchange. Other parties, both in and out of the house, have been unable to meet their en gagements, though in the present instance it has turned out, as is usually, and in point of fact must necessarily be, the case with a bull account, that the members of the house have been mostly on the right side. The quotations in the early part of the morning were firmer than at the close of business yesterday. They subse uentl y much d they had p iper ecnt o .,b e u n t ed. eventually rallied, and left off as Another ease of assumed oppression is brought for ward in connection with the Legion certificates, and we are told that it is one " which even the warmest advo cate for the non-satisfaction of just claims under the pretext of equity, will find it difficult to excuse." But let us hear what the " grievance" is, for such is the de signation given to the matter. It seems that an indi vidual called on the 19th instant with a certificate at the office of the Spanish Commissioners, not as a trans feree, notbutwa on t s admitted as the representative of the original holder with wh ose p owe r of attorney for the receipt of the money he was duly armed, and that payment was re fused,he be of„ quite any defecteorree correct," butth e merely polver, which for the alleged reason that, as it was made in 1839, the original holder might be dead, and that a new power was therefore requisite. A great deal is made of this little affair, the Spanish Government being declared eager to seize hold of every pretext to avoid paying the obligations in question. The Spanish Commissioners have in all probability a suspicion—pos. silly a knowledge — o f powers of attorney having been oatained in some instances by the usurers who bought up certificates from the poor soldiers at 2s. or 3s. in the pound, as a collateral security, and caution does cer tainly appear to us to be indispensable on their part. It is, at all events, better to be on the safe side, and require that some proof should be given that the money is lik e ly w h en paid to find i ts wa y into the p oc k ets o f those f or w h om i t is dest i ne d. But, however thi s ma y be, the p roceed i ngs in the Vi ce -Chancellor's Cou r t sug gest to m en i n t h e i r pos i t i on the absolute necessity of circumspection, hardship l f the party who presented the cer tificate o n t h e 19th i nstan t be really and truly the representati ve o f t h e or iginal holder, there can be no great imposed in requiring, as postage is now so c heap, that he would be good enough to call again with a power of more modern fabrication. We had an idea, from the equivo cal manner in which the measures taken regarding these certificates were treated of two days ago, that a con temporary was taking a slight liberty with his clients, r elusive, the purchasers of the documents. We can scarcely be lieve even now that he writes in good faith. The sin cerity of our demand for e quity is characterised as a b l s o o y o k n s i o l n o g w m f o e o f a . r nave now been pretext ; but certainly every right-thinking person must consider equity a most inestimable principle, partici l , .iadrid for a period of larly Spanish equity, because it is so scarce,. four years, but none of it co;,nes. Their claim to it is na t s r l a lie v tst e si l e , eieti l gu ' i l ti ) t e :,y bondholders from j‘, mate than is that of the pur chasers of the Lee',on c ertificates ; and why, we ask, should the latter c l ass o f claimants—claimants possess ing- not a ve-.7 satisfactory title—be attended to at once, and 'they (the bondholders) be still doomed to neglect ? " At the return of AI. Thiers and Vivien," says the Charivari, " from the Chateau d'Eu, the car riage in which they were seated broke down near Besons. The Ministers met with no serious accident upo n th e occa sion, thou g h un d ou b te dl y the Ministry was shaken.' I n this instance Thiers was only verse (thrown); ho gill soon be reverse (overturned)." THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1840. LAW INTELLIGENCE - 4 i. • INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Aua. 28. The Chief Commissioner sat to-day to hear applica- tions for bail. There were no fewer than seventy cases of parties in custody before the Court—forty town and thirty dountry applicationt. GAMBLING TRANSACTION.-IN THE MATTER OF WIL- LIAM PHILIP MASTERS CROFT. The insolvent, who was kown in the " play world," applied to be liberated on sureties till his hearing. The Chief Commissioner told him he was like a man who was before the Court a short time ago, a wholesale " dealer in insolvency." He (the insolvent) had been a bankrupt, and three times an insolvent, the last time in the year 1837 ; and he was here again, owing about 8001. The insolvent admitted that he had made the " ap pearances" mentioned by the Learned Commissioner. The Chief Commissioner asked the insolvent how long he had been out of employ ? The insolvent said since August last. The Chief Commissioner went over the schedule, and said he perceived the insolvent had described himself as having been secretary to a clubhouse, and part pro prietor of a clubhouse called " The Derby." He asked him how long he had been out of the occupation The insolvent answered, since August. Chief Commissioner—Were you then part proprie tor of the " clubhouse ?" Insolvent—Yes, Sir. The Chief Commissioner inquired the nature of the club. The insolvent said gentlemen went there to " play." It was in Duke-street, St. James's. Chief Commissioner—How was the concern wiped up ? Insolvent—By misfortunes, Sir. The Chief Commissioner said he meant bow the con cern terminated ? The insolvent said the landlord had put in a distress For rent. He was questioned as to a sum of 401. which was stated in the special balance sheet as having been paid to solicitors. The Court declared its determination to refuse to allow bail where schedules were in a defective state. No per son had a right to make the application until he filed a perfect schedule, and in cases omitting dates the Court would adjourn them, as this was a wholesale dealer in insolvency, and he had no less than twelve judgments against him. The Chief Commissioner proceeded to examine the bail. They stated that they knew the insolvent had kept " The Derby," but never frequented the place. They had also heard that he had been before discharged under the Act, and had no objection to become his sureties. Chief Commissioner—And you say content notivitb standiig the Derby The bail both answered in the affirmative. The Chief Commissioner said he thought they were very good natured gentlemen. The Court accepted the proposed securities,but they were required to attend on the next occasion to enter into the recognizance. The case was adjourned to the next bail day, the sth of September, for an amendment to be made to the special balance sheet. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ( From the Times.) The Veto Law is now to be repealed, and the im portant question is, whether, when that is the " firs step in the Church's proper outgoing from the position in which she finds herself," there remains anything else connected with or arising out of the Veto Law which can form a proper, and adequate, and worthy object of contest and of grave collision with the courts of law ! Dr. Chalmers unfortunately says, " Yes ; the disposal of the refractory Ministers in Strathbogie ;" and he de clares that on this matter " we have no choice, and ought to have no hesitation." He is aware that this will not be deemed by many to be a fitting subject for such awful consequences to the establishment, and begins this head of his pamphlet, first, by trying to deprecate difference of opinion ; and, secondly, by appealing to the ministers of Strathbogie themselves. Now we must say, that as the Veto Law is to be repealed by the Assembly in consequence of the judgment of the House of Lords, and we _take Dr. Chalmers's announcement as settling that matter beyond doubt or recall, the punishment of the ministers who have obeyed the law becomes impos sible. We cannot believe that the Church, having found the necessity of repealing the Veto Law, and Dr. Chalmers having announced that this must be done, can at the same time proceed to depose the gentlemen whose only fault has been, that they declared that they were not at liberty to set at de fiance the judgments of the Supreme Court in an action in which they were individually defenders. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) The po:itical quietude, we may almost call it apathy, which now prevails would be an inexplicable phenome non were there any truth in the theories continually put forth by the Tory press, as to the conduct of Govern ment and the condition of the country. Incapacity the most despicable, blundering the most egregious, and op pression the most abhorrent, are, according to these philosophers, the characteristics of the Administration. They affirm, with vehemence and vituperation propor tioned to the alleged occasion, that the revenue is ruined; that the penny-post makes the Exchequer pennyless ; that war has been rendered inevitable, and the army and navy dismantled ; that property is assailed and poverty tortured ; that our factories have been over stimulated, and our fields will soon be uncultivated ; that Lord Melbourne has not bought the secret of a new projectile force sufficient to smash the continent into islands ; that morality is menaced in the persons of the Chinese, and rebellion arrayed under the banner of temperance ; that Scotch Presbyterianism is in much danger, English Episcopacy in more danger, and Irish Protestantism in most danger ; that all men's eyes are open to these enormities. Ministers on the eve of dismission, and their opponents in full march to wards inevitable and immediate triumph : of all these portents they perseveringly assure us, and yet the na tion sleeps as peacefully as if the mighty turmoil were only the summer wind swinging the cradle of a sleeping child, beneath the shade of a sheltering tree. " Who will riddle me the how and the why ?" _ .._ If the public had faith in the smallest fraction of the Tory sum of accusations against the Government, the country would be in an uproar from John o'Groat's to the Land's-end. There would be a daily practical pressure upon people's interests, opinions, and condition, the cause of which could not be doubted, and the con tinuance of which could not be borne. Everywhere preparations would be making for the great approach ing revolution in foreign and domestic policy. All minds would be longing for the further development of the measures to be introduced by the proximate Pre mier.t.:le a n accumulation are nlt ti t o h n e p o e f o m pl i e iceis tam e ly to i c r du w re ou s l o d haonry people seem to submit to it quietly when its overthrow had been rendered so certain that the merit of ass►st ance could be cheaply earned. The case is very plain. There is no belief ; no suspicion of reality ; the whole is an outbreak of factious gasconade. (From the Morning Post.) The effect of the reduction of the rate of postage to one penny for a letter of half an ounce is, according to the official statement, as follows :—The number of chargeable letters has increased to 161,176,000 ; the rate per letter is now Id., 6822 ; and the gross revenne 1,129,723/. What, then, is the net revenue ? Dc ducting the admitted expenditure of 660,0001., the net revenue is now 460,7231., a reduction, as compared with the net Post Office revenue prior to the change, of 1,333,612/. Such is the result upon the supposition .hat the official statements and calculations are well founded, trustworthy, and accurate. But arc they so ? On the face of this official announcement we confess we see much reason to doubt it. It might naturally be expected that the first effect of a reduction in the rate of postage from 7d., 7,488, per letter, to id., 6,822, per letter, would be a great increase in the number of letters transmitted by the post. The Government statement takes the be nefit of the sudden, abrupt, and perhaps temporary in crease, and does not enable us to rectify it by any al lowance for subsequent reduction when the spurt was over ; for instead of giving us the number of chargeable letters transmitted by post month after month, week after week, and day after day, as an official statement might have done, and, with a view to entitle itself to con fidence or respect, ought to have done, the only in formation imparted to us in the rough and compara tively useless fact of the aggregate number of letters transmitted by post during the five months that have intervened since the 11 th of January, when the penny rate came into operation. There is another, a more important and still more manifest, fallacy in the assump tion of 660,000/. per annum as the permanent and sta tionary expenditure of the Post-office. We need not tell any man of common sense that the expense of con veying and delivering 161,176,000 letters is likely to be greater than the expe nse o f conve yi ng - 76,296,116, or considerably less than one-half of the former num ber ; nor need we ask any man of common sense what confidence he will repos e u p on an official statement which loses sight altogether of an element so import ant as the increase or dimi nu ti on o f out l ay, while i t affects to give an estimate of actual or probable net revenue. (From the Morning ~rlerald.) Mr. Daniel O'Connell's repeal speech at Liverpool (of which an abridgment will be found in anoth er part of the paper) differs little from his repeal speeches elsz. where. The Liverpool harangue centained the same shallow bluster—the same impudent falsifications of fact —the same cowardly vilification of his antagonists, by which Mr. O'Connell's oratorical effusions are wont to be distinguished. The effect of his speech was, of course, —nothing. Mr. O'Connell talks most valiantly of his antagonists in their absence ! Who that reads his al lusions to Sir James Graham, and to Lord Stanley— to Sir Robert Peel, to Lord Sandon, and to Mr. Cresswell, could recognise in the spouter the same skulking sneaking personage who, in the House of Commons, shuns all fair opportunities of measuring his strength with the men whom he disparages by his coarse ribaldry ? So far as Lord Stanley, more espe cially, is concerned, Mr. O'Connell, it is notorious, re girds that Noble Lord's powers with a feeling akin to the reverential! Who that has witnessed the pitched party battles that are fought on the floor of the House of Commons, has failed to witness Lord Stanley's chal lenges addressed to the slanderous Beggarman, to bring to issue the matters between them ? And who ever saw the Beggarman venture to accept the challenge ? Daniel's deep fear of the heir of the house of Derby assumes, at times, forms that are absolutely ludi crous. When Lord Stanley, last Session, in troduced his Registration Bill, he made several most pointed allusions to O'Connell, and called upon that worthy person to substantiate certain grave charges which he had ventured to make, a week before, at the Corn Exchange. Daniel was silent. The debate lasted for several nights, during which Da niel never ventured to open his lips. Lord Stanley, be fore replying, contrived again to intimate to the Beggar rean, that it might be desirable to have a confirmation, or retractation of the offensive charges. Still Daniel was mute. At length Lord Stanley concluded his re ply ;—and then, the mendicant—in utter defiance of all the rules of debate, rose to answer Lord Stanley, and actually perpetrated a long speech, so soon as he felt t,at he was safe from his formidable antagonist ! Da niel is, at best, but a dull person. A small portion of courage would, however, save him from the irredeemable contempt with which he is now regarded ! A REACTION.—The publicans of Dublin had a dinner of mutual condolence on the 13th instant, to drink the " glorious memory" of their calling, and a speedy re peal to the Union. A "native" Parliament might do who may excusably believe with Burns,wonders Freedom and whisky gang thegither." that l or these folks, Most of the popular men of the day were freshly remem bered at their reunion, except Father Mathews ; and "No man said— God bless him!" POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. BINGHAM was engaged for several hours yester day and the day before in investigating a charge against John M'Craw, an inspector, and William Clay and Reuben Webb, coatables belonging to the K division of police. It appeared that on the first of this month Webb took up before Mr. Norton a countryman named Mole, for being drunk, and the drunken man was accordingly fined ss. They then adjourned to a public•house, where M'Craw, the inspector, and Constable Webb, re• stored to the man just fined a sum of money found on him when drunk. Mole was promised that the case should not be reported in the newspapers if he TA ould give Clay, who pretended to be a raporter, six shillings. They then all four sat down, and drank away pots of half and half and glasses of brandy and water ; for which, as Mole paid, he thought it exempted him from paying the stipulated six shillings. The affair having reached the Commissioners of Po lice, an inquiry was ordered, and the Magistrate granted a summons for the attendance of Mr. Mole, who, on being sworn, deposed to the facts before stated being perfectly true, and also said that M'Craw, after paying him the money, ur4ed him to give a gratuity to the constable Webb, for taking care of himself and his Money. In his cross-examination by a solicitor, who appeared on behalf of the accused, his evidence on one or two points was somewhat contradictory. To rebut the charge, an exciseman, named Thomas Saunders, was called, and in his direct examination he flatly contradicted every word Mole had stated. On being questioned particularly, he prevaricated in so gross a manner and contradicted himself so frequently, that he drew forth the severest animadversions of the Court ; and the Magistrate ultimately remarked, that he must dismiss his evidence altogether, as he could not place the slightest reliance on it. Several other witnesses were called, and at the con clusion of the evidence, . Mr. BINGHAM observed that there was not suflicien evidence to fix either M'Craw or Clay with a participa tion in the more serious part of the charge, namely, that of attempting to extort money under false pretences. The charge, however, of their having drank with a person who had just been discharged out of custody was cicariy, and to his mind, satisfactorily made out. This, particularly on the part of a person holding the rank of Inspector, was most improper, and highly repre hensible. He (Mr. Bingham) hoped, however, that his expression of reprobation would be sufficient punish ment for the offence, and deter them from acting SO for the future, and this opinion he should intimate to the Commissioners. With respect to Webb, he thought the fact of his having attempted to obtain money for the sup pression of a report, when in reality he had no power to do so,and thcrefore attempting to obtain mo icy under false pretences, was clearly made out. It was true tl:at the complainant (Mole) was rather a weak person, and diet not give his evidence clearly, and also that he was not per fectly accurate on two or three points; hut, taking his evidence altogether, and also recollecting that he was an unwilling witness, and that that evidence was partly, though not, altogether, corroborated by witnesses called for the defence, he (Mr. Bingham) felt bound to say that the charge against Webb, as he had before stated, was clearly established. The offence was one of a verb serious character. It, in the first place, lessened the character of a most efficient force ; it, in the next place, lessened the usefulness and utility of that body by lowering it in public estimation ; and, lastly, it was cal culated to cast a serious stigma and reflection on a most respectable-body of individuals—the reporters for the public press. He ( Mr. Bingham) was, however, willing to believe that the defendant had acted in some degree from ignorance, and, if capable of doing so, had not reflected upon the seriousness of the offence of which he was about to be guilty, and, if accomplished, might be productive of the most serious consequences to him. 1 t was impossible, however, he could overlook such conduct lightly, and he should, therefore, convict him in the penalty of 505., to be paid in certain por tions from his pay, as this, he thought, would be a suf• ficient punishment without being discharged from the force. M'Craw and Clay were acquitted:of the offence. THE MOORS,. (From the Inverness Courier.) We chronicled in our last number the various sport and success of the gentlemen on the moors. Some in formation has subsequently reached us, confirming our previous statement as to the contradictory accounts re ceived from head-quarters. Mr. Winsloe and his party had excellent sport at Coulnakyle, by Grantown. With his own gun Mr. Winsloe killed 45 brace on Wednes day ; on Thursday, 41 ; and on Friday, 35. This party found the birds very unequal ; one-half strong on the wing, the other half very small indeed, owing, we suppose, to the heavy storm in May destroying the first nest. Mr. Horatio Ross, of Rossie, joined some friends at Applecross, last week, and the party had excellent sport at deer stalking. Three stags were killed in a short time, one of them of extraordinary size, a complete ant -1 lered monarch of the forest. The shootings at Phoines, on the estate of Belleville, by Kingussie, have been high!) propitious. Captain Gill, Mr. Wilson, and Captain Campbell, killed 200 brace in three days, and might have had as many more, if they had chosen to attack the small birds, or task themselves beyond the usuid amount of exertion, At Coulmony, on the banks of the Vindborn, Mr. Wickham killed 45 brace before twelve o'clock on the forenoon of the 12th. Lord Macdonald, Mr. Davidson of Tulloch, and a large party, were this week to commence deer-stalking in the Noble Lord's forest of %molt, and the sur rounding monritailis‘ 'EteVeral deer have been killed by Nide!cod of Macleod, Lord Loftus, and other friends, on the Coolin Hills, Grouse are said td be itidre plen tiful in Syke this year than it any former period, as the attention of the roprietors has been directed to the petg*evation of gaMe,.,hy the destruction of vermin, &e. Mr. MY.; is at ieskiit iii the Long Island ; the lionOurable Gentleman had previously been successful at deer-stalking in Glenshiol. An English sportsman sap :—" The Highland pro prietors carry on the moor-burning too extensively. The grouse have not sufficient shelter in winter, and are decreasing ; the heather is fast vanishing, and the ground assuming a green appearance. This may benefit the sheep stock, but the remuneration to the proprietor will not be equal to that derived from letting the moors. They may learn their error when it is too late." AN AMERICAN DENTIST. --Dr. Hitchcock pulls teeth so easily that a man the other day begged him to " finish the row," after he had removed a- decayed one —ho said h enjoyed it.—. Boston Post, RAILWAYS IN FRANCE The annexed decree, which describes the nature of the interference of the French Government in such un dertakings, will 6e interesting perhaps to most of those who are connected with the English railways t LA W AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN IRON RAILWAY FROM PARIS TO ROUEN. " Louis PiiiurrE, King of the French. " Know all to whom these presents shall come, greeting, " That we have proposed, the Chambers have adopted, we have ordered, and do order as follows : " Article 1. The offer made by Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Edward Blount and Co. to execute at their cost, risk, and peril, an iron railway from Paris to Rouen, is accepted. " In consequence all the clauses and conditions of the charges decreed on the 22d of May, 1840, by the Secretary of State of Public Works, and accepted on the 23d of May by the said Charles Laffitte and Edward Blount and Co., will receive full and entire execution. " Art. 2. The Minister of Public Works is autho rized to accord, in the name of the State. to the Com pany, for the construction of an iron railway from Paris to Rouen a loan of 14,000,000 f. This sum to he exclusively employed in the construction of an iron railway, and the purchase of materials for the necessary works to carry it out. " Art. 3. The said sum of 14,000,000 f. shall not be paid up till after the realization and employment of a sum of 36,000,0001. at least ; the instalments to be paid by sevenths, in such order as the progress of the works shall require, each instalment to be regulated according to the expenses necessary. " Art. 4. The rate of interest shall be 3 per cent. per annum. The reimbursement shall be effected year by year in 30th parts, and shall not commence till three years alter the period fixed for the completion of the said iron railway. " Art. 5. The Company shall pledge for payment for the interest and the sum advanced the iron railway and all its appurtenances, the materials used in the working, whatever they may be, at any period of the en terprise. In case the Company shall fail in the stipu lated payments, the Government, independent of the right resulting from the preceding article, is empowered to receive the revenues of the iron railway. " Art. 6. In case afterwards another company shall offer to execute at their cost the continuation of the iron railway from Paris to Rouen, even to Havre, as in this case the continuation would be executed at the cost of the State, the Iron Railway Company from Paris to Rouen shall be held to execute at their cost, and out of their common profits, that part comprised between the branch point upon the line from Paris to Rouen, and the bounds of the commune of Rouen towards De ville, in a manner that the two railways shall form one continuous line. In this case the Minister of Public Works shall authorize and grant in the name of the State an additional loan of 4,000,000 f. " The loan shall be subjected to the conditions sti pulated in articles 4 and 5. " Art. 7. The contracts to pass between the State and the Company for carrying out the present law shall be regulated by Royal ordinances. These contracts shall fully show the mortgage, upon the iron railway, upon all its appurtenances, and upon all the materials for working. The mortgage deeds shall be made in the name of the judicial Treasury agent. " Art. 8. The Acts to pass in virtue of the present law shall not be passable but with a fixed duty of 11. " Art. 9. The contractors shall not distribute shares, or promises of negotiable shares, to assist in the cost of the construction of the iron railway from Paris to Rouen, until constituted a society duly authorised, con•• formably to the 37th article of the Code of Commerce. " Art. 10. From the regulations of the public admi nistration, rendered after the contractors shall have been heard, shall be determined the measures and orders necessary for the police, security, usage, and preserva tion of the iron railway and all its dependent works. The expenses arising from the carrying out of these measures and of their disposal will be defrayed by the contractors. The contractors shall be authorised to make, under the approbation of the Administration, re :;ulations which they may think necessary for the woik ing and completion of the iron railway. " Art. 11. Provision shall be made for the advances authorised by the present law upon the extraordinary resources designed to meet the expenses comprised in the second section of the Budget of the Minister of Public Works. The present law, deliberated and adopted by the Chamber of Peers and by the Cham ber of Deputies, and sanctioned by us this day, shall be executed as a law of the state. " Given in command to our courts and tribunals, pre fects, administrative bodies, and all others, that these presents they will protect and maintain, will keep them protected, observed, and maintained, and, to render them more public to all, will make them public and register them with all necessary care, and in confirma tion whereof we have hereunto put our seal. " Made at the Palace of the Tuileries, the 15th of July, 1840. " LOUIS PHILLIPE. " By the King, " The Secretary of State for Public Works, " COMTE JAUBERT, " Stamped and sealed with the Great Seal." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of August '28.) Smaa.—The advices received from the West Indies have given holders of B. P. increased confidence, and al though there has not been much activity in the markets, still a fair demand has existed from both grocers and refiners for all descriptions, and they have been compelled to pay prices fully 6d above those of this day week. The quantity sold for the three market days has been 1,350 hhds and tierces ; Antigua, fine yellow at 87s, good 86s ; Jamaica, good middling yellow 85s 6d: St. Vincent's and Jamaica low middling to middling grey 83s 6d to 84s 6d ; Tobagoes, low middling and middling yellow 82s to 83s ; and under 80s nothing of di y brown is to be met with. This afternoon there was a steady demand for all de scriptions both for grocery and refinery purposes, 400 hhds &c. were disposed of, and the advance d rates previously stablished were fully supported, the sales for the week reach 1,750 hhds and tierces. REFINED.—For Refined goods for home consumption . prices have been firm, and a fair business has been trans acted Standard Lumps have fetched 107 s tid to 1085; Ilambro Loaves and Tittlers, good 1083 6d to 109 s 6d, fine 110 s to 1123; ordinary brown Lumps 102 s to 104 s, good and fine 104 s 6d to 107 s per cwt. Treacle on Monday and Tuesday was in good request, brit since then the de mand has become dull, and prices have declined to 393 to 40s for common, 41s to 42a for Patent, and 43s to 45s for the best old make and golden syrup. Pieces, fine descrip tions have realised 84s to 86s. Bastards have been firm, common sorts are not to be had under 69s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar has been taken sparingly, and prices have declined 9d to Is; sales having been made at 33s to 33s 3 , 1 per cwt. Loaves 10 lbs at 383 to 393, and 14 lbs 37s to 37s 6d. Treacle at 14s 6d to lbs. Pieces and Bastards have sold slowly, the former at 22s to 265, and the latter at 183 to 20s. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 31s 3d on board at Amsterdam. Mamma improved 6d per cwt. The stock is 82,700 bags less than at this time last year. There has been no arrival. EAST INDIA.—For Bengal advanced rates have been paid, fine white fetched 88s to 89s, good 86s, middling 853 to 85s 6d, low middling 843 to 843 6d, fine yellow 83s, damp and washed 82s 6d to 84s per cwt. Manilla fine brown and low middling yellow of sound quality in bags fetched 23s to 245, damaged 21 s to 225, in cases middling brown to good middling yellow 205 to 245, very inferior 163 to 17s. Siam has brought former rates. This after noon 87 baskets Java at public sale were taken in at '24s 6d for middling grey. FOREION.—This afternoon the demand was limited ; at public sale, 207 chests 200 barrels Pernambuco were offered, the whole of which was taken in at stiff prices, viz. middling to fine white at 263 to 30s, ordinary to fine brown 21s to 23s 6d per cwt. COFFEL—The British Plantation market was exceed ingly dull in the early part of the week, and prices gave way 2s to 3s, the greater redaction being upon unclean sorts ; yesterday, however, the trade were more disposed to purchase clean descriptions, and a good demand existed, particularly for middling kinds; prices slightly improved, and the reduction now as compared with last Friday's rates amount to barely la per cwt; unclean sorts, however, arc still heavy of sale at the depression noticed above. This afternoon clean descriptions both of Bast and West India were in good request, but unclean sorts are heavy of sale ; at auction 26 casks 2013 bags British Plantation, 500 bags of Cape Coffee, and 208 bags Brazil were offered ; British Plantation, being unclean, was all taken in ' Cape sold at full prices, Padang of good quality fetched 53a 6d to 545, Java fair and good 66s 6d to 67s 6d; Brazil realized 40s a 42s 6d for ord and good ord mixed. Rum, BRANDY, APO HOLLANDs.—For Leeward Island Rum the demand has been limited since we last wrote, but prices have been maintained, and proofs are not ob tainable under Os 7tid per gallon; the saps have been only 100 puns. Jamaica of fine quality has basis sought after, principally by the horns trade, but few p•ltecis are to be bad ; totnthon kinds, however, have been take!' sparingly, but prices bavd basin Supported. Brandy has been in better request, and a fair lidsluesti has been trans acted, principally for shipping ; Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1816, in hhds, has realised 5s Ida 5s 2d, puns 4s lld a ss; 1837, hhds 4s lid a 53, puns 4s 9d a 4s 10d; 183 H, hhds 4s 9d a 4s 10d, puns 4s 7d a 4s 8d ; 1839, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d a 4:5d. Geneva has sold steadily for export at 2s a2s ld. British Corn Spirits have been less in request, and prices arc rather easier ; the distillers, however, will not enter into contracts under lOs 2d Lair gallon. s RlCE. —Bengal has been only in l i mited demand, and prices have bay 3d to 6d. At the public sales which have contained J,,nod ilsgS4ll small art only wa; disposed oava, f at 12s 6d to 154 for goon Micltliitit Oe_id bo white, J ordinary mixed with paddy sold at 8s; ld ne, glected, and -- „`•:-.'s at public sale were taken ig for ordinary bi teCCarolina has been taken sparingly by the home trade, but prices have been steady at 34s to 36s per cwt. TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow on the spot prices have been steady at 52s 6d to 52s 9d for P Y F C of fi livery rst uality, Ibrail sold at 49 s to 51s 3d per cwt. orin the last three months under 521 9cl there are few sellers. This afternoon a good demand existed for P Y C on the spot and for arrival, prices were firm at 52s 9d for the former, and 52s 9d to 533 for the latter purpose, the stock here being nearly all held by two parties, and the supply of Lime produce being short is the main cause of the pre ', sent high rates for Russian Tallow, At public sale, 126 • pipes, Sze., South American sold at 48s to 51s 3d for midd ling to fine quality. Oats.—There has been less demand for common de.. scriptions of Fish Oils this week, the home trade have purchased sparingly, and for export few sales have been made ; holders have displayed less firmness, and have ac cepted 321 10s to 331 for pale Seal, 291 to 2915 s for Cod ;. at public sale 170 tuns Southern wcre withdrawn at 261 151 to 281 10s for middling to fine quality. SPer ni d has ben in fair request at 97/ lOs to 981 for goo quality. Linseed Oil is held firmly at 293 6d to 30s, but the demand has been limited during the last few days. Rape, however, has been in good request, pale at 403 19 40s 6d, brown 39s to 39s 6 d. Olive has been dispoc."l , of to a fair extent. Palm has sold ste adil y at 3 O• East India Cocoa Nut has been in steady request at 425. per cwt. This afternoon at public sale 308 casks Palm Oil sold at 361 to 381 5s ; 130 tuns Southern Whale only partly found buyers at 251 lOs to 281 10s for low to fine quality; 100 tuns Davis Straits were taken in at 301. TEA.—The market for Free Trade has presented & tranquil appearance this week ; by private contract only a limited business has been transacted, and prices hav e slightly given way. To-day the market was inactive for Free Trade ; 4,400 pkgs were offered at public sale, at which there was only a small muster of the trade, wll° evinced little desire to purchase ; holders, on the othe r hand, were generally not disposed to submit to Bei further reduction ; the consequence was, that nearlf all offered was taken in and withdrawn at last sal" rates, the 500 pkgs that were sold did not produce former prices by id to making the decline for the week JO to 2d, Congou good mid Pekoe Souchong fl av our wen t at 2s 6d, Hyson but mid strong bloom leaf Twankay fla t° vour 2s 7d to 2s 74d, Twankay mid strong 2 s 4 i d 2s per lb ; Company's Congou dull, sellers a t 2334 for cash. This afternoon the market closed flat, and prices have downward appearance, Common free trade Congou Twankay for cash finished at 2s 2id to 2t 3d, am! Cern pany's Congou 2s 21d par lb. For public sale on ntel cla f a 2,000 pkgs and for the Bth of September 6,000 pkgs 8r declared. H CORN EVENING EDITION• .Y CORN MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. po or Wheat. !-- Barley. Oats. I Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. 8. to c. IS. 48 , Abingdon.-- 68 76 30 3 . i 28 35 48 52 46 Andover 44 72 30 32 29 32 isanbury 30 40 25 32 46 Basingstoke— 66 74 30 31 27 30 49 52 42 7i.r.ncester 64 96 32 33 '29 35 40 42 Coven r 69 45 25 38 46 40 50 oaventry.—.. t 72 39 44 '2B 31 30 44 Derby 65 76 35 40 34 36 4 9 51 Howden 72 '24 40 42 45 Hungerford— 54 76 32 40 25 33 36 40 37 51alton 68 76 35 38 22 33 3laidenhead,. 58 81 35 48 25 34 37 46 45 Nottingham 51 75 32 34 31 35 47 51 4 0 %Vantage 68 8(1 30 46 22 28 36 46 Warwick..,..,. 32 45 29 38 Worcester 70 36 29 43 --- York --.--.. 40 80 32 46 22 30 So 6 ' Per Bushel. s. rt. s. d. 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d, s. d. d. A 0 Birmingham 76 96j39 5 3 4 0 491 5 6 6i 6 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. --s. to 645. fin 0 3, ----- Lin. and C 21.111. -- Y or kshire —s. —s. to 42 8 . fi ne • bite —B. 625. to 7'2s. fin e ;s 2 . Foreign, Ited —s. —s. to fits. doe 70 ,, White —s. —s. to 68'. T2 e ,, 53,, e. d. s. d. s. d, s. d.! j4O 4 9 5 6 Gil :ORN MARKET. ...... —s. —s. to 645. —s. —s. to tiOs. —s. —S. to 425. —s. 6is. to 725. s s. to 614. —s. —s. to 681. to 34, —s. to 30e. • 9s. to —s• —a. to 3,'s. 468. to 495. c, d. s. d.ls. d. s. d. 76 96j39 53 WAKEFIELD 1, Norfolk and Suffolk. Lin. and Cam. --- Yorkshire ND hite Foreign, Iced White Barley, Norfolk and Su&lk -- Lincolnshire Yorkshire Fold -- Foreign (W e l fine e t, fine 2` 5 , fine fine is,, 1 6,, ' g e e 36 ‘ . fine 3. fine 31 fine 35- fine Beans, New - ....• . fin e sol ' ----- old Oats, Potato —s. to 3111. fine .6 t. —-- P o l an d —s. —s. to 3 2 5. fin 3q, - Vriezland and Small --S. —c, to '2311. fin StOn e. -- lb.zaling ... r ; Shr:Ding Malt -s 423. fine 465. per to t. Rapeseed . ..... ....... ......... ~......... —1 Os 261. Os. 301. Os. Per % e mit. 5 1 ' C c' 47 (/' 4i ItKE'l Oats. 37s Bd. 34 0 32 0 .—Aug 26 Pease. 1 sh. Od• 47 0 44 0 3/ 95. 24. Dvlsloss &C.. 14. 41 ' 1 0 i to -• s i Beef, per lb. .. !Freshllutter, 11 4 . 5 4 ' ' 0 ' sliitton ----... . 'Salt Ditt0.............. 0 l i n ) 90 fi r , Veal ~.....,,,,..........» 0 7 010 Ditto, per es; t.... 80 ~,," 0 n - Pora----......... 0 5 OC. Eggs, per dot... 0 „' 0 `,,' Lamn, per qr. .......... 2 0 5 5 OatStraw(kp l .).-4 10 "„ 0. ,", Fallow, civt.......-4 . 2. 0 45 0 Wheat Ditto...• 8 1 ' .10 u, Quartern Loaf ...... ll 91 010 Barley Ditto «.• 8 ° 1 ' ll Fotatoes, 141 b. ......., 0 6 0 0 Hay, per 5t............. I 3 EDINNUROH MEAL MARKET. —Aug. 25: t P• o 1 0 Ter Sack of 280Ib. Imp. Per Stone of 141 b• - 11 10 .. ~ First Oatmeal £2 11 0 First Oatmeal .....••• 0 0 Second ditto - . 0 1 ~ Barleymeal ll3 0 Barleys:zeal .............. ---"' 0 1 1 ' I'ea.7cineal 1 9 6 Peasemeal ............•• Pot Barley from 325. to 525. per sack., CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) (Calculated at 2.1 gallons to the bushel.) go 1 " • Wheat. Barley. 1_....---- 3 - ..1.' -- 0. t o f• 9 a. d. to i. d. s. d. to s. d. 1 9 . 0 3 0 fruro... ......... — 0 8 4 0 46 - 0 S l 9 fiel.tone 3 41 St. Austell 0 9 0— 0 4 t' --- 0 4 0 m Bochu 0 8 8 0 4 4 „ --* 0 - 3 9 "iskeard 8 9 9 0 3 9 4 0 -- 0 3 4 Launceston ^,amel ford 8 0 9!I 3 4 5 '-' 21.% Tenzance Cwt•g"' Ton'' 0 0 MINING INTELLIGENCE. ‘7,523 Quantity of Copper ores sold at Itedruth last orce"'' B i s 0 Average Produce .................................................. 03 Igs, od, Quantity at tine Copper .. . ... .. ...... . ........... - ............ 1,2 i. Amount of sale. 15,911 . 11-.0.1 . .—Average Standard, ' MINING INT Quantity of Copper ores sold at Average Produce Quantal y of tine Copper Amount of sale. 15.911 . . 11;. Cht .- - - ~ of our A PRACTICAL MAN.—In the course „ ii i ramble in England in May last, we visitei , one fine sn",-bc morning, the grounds at Twickenham consecrated by ' genius of Pope. The country all round is full of poeti A associations. Within a few miles are the house and g rs l of Thomson, and the residences of Horace Walpole so, Lady Mary Wortley Montague. The tree planted by Par a remains, flourishing by the side of the Thames, but I A ; house and grotto have been destroyed by barbarian h a l:' Fired by the genius loci, we observed to a respectable to ing man who came up at the time, " What can have 1-1)1 duced the people to mutilate and destroy Pope's bonfire, grotto, which he formed with such exquisite tast e and esajoi and where he met all the men of genius, the wi ls „,er, statesmen of his age ?" " Sir," observed the stra'aea I' . " Pope is dead, and you see we have wide ned the r°,„itlf This was bad enough, but we fell into conversathfgng the practical man, and mentioned that the scenery o';' , t he land had only one advantage over that of Scotianroof noble old trees wbich grace its plains, of such : 0 010 dimensions and antique aspect as to carry the im. f heal° back to the Plantagcnets and Tudors—trees "; 11 . 1 : e n On" • out their vast limbs and lay hold of the earth II oad yard True," replied the other, " we have son° o v er us ' timber, but you in Scotland have one advantage:: and ti oe yours is a cheap country !" This was too Inuc,ourier• took our leave of the practical man.—lnverness fres We learn by a letter of the 4th installit'reports Odessa, quoted by the Cons/it:Lamina, that offici a kee n ts; from Anapa represent the Russian army to have I ' o o o vaged by a contagious disease, resembling in its r sYd s P.; the cholera, with an intermitting fever. Out o f „ re d, s ' ticnts in the hospital of Anapa, 34 have been c " 1 89 °P; are convalescent, 138 remain in a hopeless state , r ' a des, pear to have some chance of recovery, and 32 0 1/ B in grei li 'd This has prevented the sending of troops int° ' a d A rti, e Irneritia, and Abasia. Count Adam Razesyski b d to '' at Odessa on his w4y to Constantinople , b eli • ele otl slice. charged with a polit cal mission of the highes t I°l —Galiynani's Messenger. '-'° ----'• i c a rlir ....................... .0 ith GOLD WTCHES, £B. Bs. eac h ' I,lo' e finished Horizontal Gold Watches, Jewelled in fo ur ht 00 1 1 7,:t enamel dial, hand to mark the seconds, &c. E i g c l e xe 0 4 time-keepers,eachTliese aenledgaanptrinlittetlde warranty y es will be e f th ji 1 -esi ter on which they will always -...eAive myisatgtienetn u attention qi'rea:,ciea T. CCX SAVORY, Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Silversmith, 47, Cor nbill C Doors from Graceckurch-street), Lontinoge- N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in ele , /4 Cur DIS .., 0 , SHEFFIELD MADE PLATED i j tr iths t,,,•tff, r VERS.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, o °` -s i of fi' s C e o le r e n t h io il . l, , i Lend n thei n r , s tp o pzs r i apposite „n th: a li v a e n ry k la o r f ge Eng lafl( ' 4 S ' OP v ariet/ "fro sO 3 FIELD SILVER-PLATED DISH COVE R teen Guineas the set; they have silver edges 813- „, s silver shields for engraving the -crest or coat of ar„„ tt . ere- f.‘ Double Dome Pattern. The Melon ..-‘• size., i l Size..i: s. d.i r 0 ''' 4 ,s 1 Plated Dish Covers, 20 in. b i 3 e I Plated Dish Co rc ' r ' JO 50 i -, I „ Dish Cover, IS in. 4 7 (ill , Dish Cove rs 14 in'- 2 ” Dish Covers, 14 in. bl 2 0 2 , Dish Ce ie ' --• 1 , , .... Xi" A _-- , p e r Se'' .. Se. %4 Per Set £l.s ir, ni . a s the a os , Plated Currie or Hash Dishee ievcn Guine jo g ir ocf Price Current, Stamped as a Newspaper, aord a i is iver of dle and every information relative to the purchase el 51 t t ut ° field plate, may be had on ar 7 lication, or will be ger' country, free of postage, in answer tea paid lette r ' ,- _____ _ ----------- ________. BIRTHS. e a s O P LaclYw l , On the 27th inst., in Berkelev-square, the J5 O of a daughter. 'n •/' On the 27th inst., at Dover, the lady of `-' a r tal til ° of O a n so the 28th inst., in Bernard-street, Russell -'qu‘re f ' Cl l . lads , of James Cockell. Esq., of a daughter. E s q., ° On the 28th inst., the lady of J. M. Morlet, ningham-place, Maida.hill, of a daughter. " th s ei t e, /VI A R R 1 ED. i i 05 0 5, r iot On the 29th inst., at St. John the Baptist, 1' C to I° tt lily. kP. Kelly, M.A., James Hedgman, Egl'' Pli, daughier of Charles Lash, Esq., of Charles-sclburaorke,bilj'unseci Cio the 27th in‘t., at Steynton Church, Pe w . • et ty's ,- 2 4 ,, Evans, of the Inner Temple, Esq., one of her- -iN avi ,, P P r to Anna Jane, daughter of the late Henry P lte e ' rif t ' Mulloek., ~,,.0 - p pyr On the 26th inst., Ney Elias, Esq., of N'r °- 0211 1 1' ~,l e o sell-square, to Sophia, youngest daughter 0, o tf.. , o Esq., of Park-street, Bristol. E s q., f,ei., On the 26th inst., at Newbury, Joseph TiunnYt ; k 're , t c la ti3o:.l,tlhaorro,rapa..niTete.daughter of the late Jame; W e j l l ls : I. . ti e fe: On ti.:' 27th inst., at Elmcleo, Wary" c-- ' 111 • eldes , o ,°- ter of the Venerable Archdeacon Spot,'. ner. _,, Br istol, da a e , On the 27th inst., at St. Paul's Ckur,c.,',,oungesci,,,oleP Esq., barrisi;:er, of Lincoln's-inn, to Anna Alarra, , A ii, Esq., p l ortla n 0 .. f 1 ;; D ll terG r Greenslade, e la , t E e Bristol. .1 1 , . q. (')f ° ' n ll atirl ; i s . t c ol o , i t o o n Na c r i y ark S e a , ra r On the 27th inst., at Robert Sti 11 , coln's-inn, to Laura Frances, youngest daughter .ifsost,j price, Esq., of Sydenham, Kent. E. " t,' 8 A . gtOri , I.;:e 0 f ill On the 27th inst., at St. Mary's, Pad' r, o dge , , o second son of W. R. James, Esq., of Lessed ...; daufi lde Ely-place, London, to Sarah Worthy, seeee° late W. Ilorne, Esq., of Streatham. 0 0s5 of b on's DIED. e ldest '‘' n c i 2 4 ' hel l ' Oh the 23d i:ist., at Cologne, Arthur, , ik, og e ~,o p Crooketokn, Esq., of Rushford Lodge, S u °,‘ alte r Li-- illi ~ A , On the 24th. inst., at Coates, Petworh, ' arias Esq., On toifieS2u6nt(hlerilnasodt. : a in t the sea f l o s r l t a h n d drowned 7 1 ni s n l ape•ta.,:ghti whilst t s a b l a r t b oh i ,i ' l a i qv::: :et two of his companions, who vainly 0 , , a _ it o _, lost themselves, Horace, the eldest son tti 6 . char s Esq., aged 13. t o° 6 (l ' i croOs:n: London: theaged2p62r6thin.:ast a . n , Ann, d a b y g : C i r . ;;; ; : t itotro,., No. 112, Strand, a t Tile Si" C ' A A ' ng rst 19 ' the county of A'liddlesexpi Setif::: ..~ EDINBUR Wheat. Barley. First S4S. Od. 42. Od. Second 7O 0 3S 0 Third Average price of Wheat, PRICES OF PR ........ Os. sd. t00,1.7d. 05 0 7