The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-05 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION. ever, that no one could be more anxious than he was to see the net produce of the land fund made applicable to the purposes of immigration ; and, to accomplish that end, he should adhere to the most inflexible economy. He should further propose, when the finances of the colony came next to be discussed in Council, to show how the whole net revenue derived from the wild lands of the colony, deducting the expense of collecting and management, and the charge for the protection aad civilization of the aborigines, might be applied in the manner desired by the deputation. He stated, however, that his plan could not be carried into effect without increasing the taxation of the colony. ,He therefore intended to propose that the maintenance of the police in each district should be made " A local charge, and paid by assessment, is the same way as it ~ . is in England," and . to include " Convict servants in the assessment." This is a most important measure, and, if carried out by the Council, must give a great im petus to the stream of immigration from this country to New South Wales. The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury have distinctly stated their desire to see the land revenues applied to the purposes of immigration, bgt they will not take the burden on the mother country of maintaining the colo nial police and gaols, in order to obtain that object. Sir George Gipps says he cannot dispute the propriety of their Lordships' decision, when he bears in mind that, exclusive of the service of about 1..0,000 convicts in as signment, the colony has the advantage of the labour of numerous gangs on public works maintained at the ex pense of the home Government. He has, therefore, mooted the principle of providing for the payment of the police force by means of local taxation, and then ap plying the amount of land revenue, formerly appropriated for that purpose, to the introduction of free labourers from the mother country. The calculation is that 10,000 adults would be required, including Port Philip, witilin the next twelvemonths, to afford a supply in any dcgree adequate to the wants of the colonist;. TIMES.—A Correspondent has written to explain the pi esent political position of Texas, and to show that certain statements that have appeared in the American journals respecting that republic are calculated to mis lead. According to these statements, Texas was about to join the federalists of Mexico in their effort to re store the Constitution subverted in 1833, to recognize a new State, which was to be called the Republic of Rio Grande, and to be formed of the territory extending from the Nueces to the province of Durango, to attack Ma tamoras by sea with the Texan fleet, and then to sell their naval steamer and seven sail of armed vessels to the new republic of Rio Grande, as the price of that republic acknowledging the independence of Texas. In answer to these several statements our Correspondent, on the authority of advices lately received from Texas, asserts, in the first place, that with the factions that cause so much disunion in Mexico, Texas has nothing to do, but has, on the contrary, sedulously avoided them, wishing to be a neutral and separate Anglo-Saxon State. As the British Plenipotentiary at Mexico is instructed to propose the mediation of the British Go vernment between Mexico and Texas, this neutral posi tion is considered the only correct one. Texas also has sent a diplomatic agent to Mexico (where ho has been received) to propose an amicable arrangement, and has expressed her readiness to pay an indemnity for a well defined boundary line between the two countries, and a quiet possession of the territories she has acquired. This is supposed to imply an offer to assume a propor tion of the debt due by Mexico to the bondholders in Europe. The supposition that Texas would be willing to recognize the new republic of " Rio Grande," the writer considers as involving a gross absurdity, since she claims from the Nueces to the Rio Grande (del North) herself ; and such a recognition would be that of a sepa rate State within her own limits. Besides, the notion itself of the new republic is regarded as chimerical. As to the last point, that Texas will purchase her indepen dence of the new republic by the cession of her fleet, this is considered as involving a fresh absurdity ; for, as Texas is recognized by some of the most powerful nations, it would be superfluous to obtain the recogni tion of as infant republic, which is not recognized by any one. To sum up all, our Correspondent is of opinion that Texas will not quit her present neutral position till the mediatorial overtures of the British Government to Mexico have been tried. POST.—We are requested by his Excellency Ge acrid Alava to state that the use made of his Excel lency's name in the letter which appeared in the Morning Post of Thursday, signed by Messrs Moss and Humphries, in reference to the questions at issue between the payees and holders of certain certificates, issued for the payment of this corps, is wholly unautho rised by hi m , an d that his Excellency has never, directly or iarlireerlY, advised with or consulted Messrs. Moss and Humphries on this or on any other subject. A , cepy of the p u bli s h e d letter was left at General Alava 's residence in Harley -street, on Monday evening, enclosed in an envelope, stating that the writers proposed to send it to the newspapers. On the following morning General A lava di rec t e d ie of the s Mr. 13eavan. his solicitor, an d the solicitorN Em bassy, to address th e f o ll ow i ng l etter to :Messrs. and Humphries, which was delivered a t their office the course of that morning, viz., Tuesd a y. To thins letter no reply has been received either by his Excel lency or Mr. Beavan : " Sackville-street, Sept. 1, 1840. G ENTLEMSIV,—His Excellency General Alava de sires me to acknowle4e the receipt of your communi cation delivered to him yesterday evening, enclosing a copy of a letter you propose to publish in the papers of this day. His Excellency has never, directly or indirectly, authorised you to use his name, or has he authorised or directed the course which you are pleased to assume his Excellency intends to pursue ; and he therefore de sires that you will abstain from any use of his name in any statement or publication you may think fit to make for the interests of those whom you represent. " Should his Excellency think proper to make a statement of his opinions or intentions he will do so at a proper season, and by means of his own professional adviser. " I am, Gentlemen, your's obediently, " J. P. BEAVAN. " Messrs. Moss and Humphries, Queen street, Cheapside." HERALD.—Private letters from Paris represent the settlement in foreign stocks and in shares to have been operated so tar without any particular feature, be yond the great losses incurred, and the excessive rate of money for advance on those kinds of security. There NONE IC MARKET and CITY NEW'S (FRIDAY EVEN Itec). CHRONICLE.—The annooncement of the ap proaching discontinuance of the ae signment system, and of the partial cessation of immige, ttion, had been the subject of great discussion in Van Lliernen's Land, and a numerously attended public meeting - had been held in the New Norfolk District, where s "song resolutions were passed, and a memorial founded on them, pre seated to the Lieutenant• Governor, complaining of the gradual diminution of productive labour, arising from the present and projected alterations in the sys tem of assignment, contemporaneously with the cessa tion of immigration, and (in order to encourage the in troduction of free labour on an extensive scale) praying his Excellency to take measures for obtaining the appropriation of the net income derived from the sale of crown-lands to such purposes ; en making the en couraged, they add, in appeal " from the distinct assurance given by the Secre tary of State for the Colonies in 1t_ 4 32, and sub sequently confirmed by his successors, that the land fund should be most sacredly reserved for that special purpose." Major Ryant, the last military com mandant of Norfolk Island, had left that settlement, and Captain Maconochie had entered upon the dis charge of his duties as civil superintendent. His plan is roughly explained in the Sydney Herald us follows : " Toe system consists in assorting the men into messes of six men each, the members being responsible for one another ; they will have task-work which they must ex ecute, otherwise a greater proportion will be added. When the work is done each man has so many strokes put. to his name till they amount to 6,000 for a seven year's man, and 9,000 for a fifteen years' man, and thus a fifteen years' man may take the lead of a seven years' man, and be in Sydney before him. When these marks have been obtained, they be conic, after a time, convertible into money at the rate of one penny for each mark, or at the rate of 2.51. for seven years. The Superintendent will also contract for work. I'he sale of spirits will be allowed under regulations, and finer clothing, &c. granted to the industrious." Captain Maconochie's salary, as Civil Superintendent, is stated at 800/. per annum. His system will bring a great experiment to the test, as regards its practical success on adult criminals, and the responsibility at tending it requires that the Superintendent should have fair remuneration. The system is but imperfectly ex plained in the abov e extract ; and it is but right to state that the writer of the colonial paper from which it is taken is no friend of the Captain or his plan. He has given an outline, however, sufficient to enable those who take an interest in the improvement of prison dis cipline, to comprehend his views, who have not seen the Captain's own printed reports. The system of marks convertible into money has been successfully adopted in this country by some of the most intelligent of our modern educationalists. Whether it may anserer equally well as a stimulus to merit among our tran sported felons, will be shown by the result attending the new establishment at Norfolk Island. A deputation of some of the most respectable colonists of Sydney had an interview with Sir George Gipps on the 30th of April, for the purpose of presenting the petition of the colonists against the application of the land revenue to any other purpose than the introduction of carefully select,-2d emigrants from the mother country. His Ex cellency, in reply, told the deputation that as the fre quent representations both by his predecessor and him self had made no change in the determination of the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, he should only mis lead them if he were to hold out hopes that a renewed application would be more successful. He added, how TUE SUN, LONDON, SA.TURDAY, SEPTENII3ER 5. 1840. • SUN.—No improvement worthy of the least no ' tice took place in the Foreign Exchanges this afternoon. Bills on Paris were taken at 23f. 43c. to 50c., on Ham burgh at 13 8 : }, on Amsterdam at 12 1 . 1, and on Frankfort at 1481. The English Market partially recovered the depres sion which occurred about mid-day, and for which no other cause existed, we believe, than the payments fall ing due on the 4th of the month. Consols left off at 89a for Money, and DO for Account ; Exchequer Bills at 18s. premium, and the New Three-and-Half per Cents. at 98i. As regards the Foreign Market, we cannot notice the least alteration to-day in point of business done, which was again very limited. Early in the day prices had a tendency to improve, but this was subsequently checked by the state of the English Market. Spanish Active Bonds realised 24i to 244, and the Passive Stock 6 ; Portuguese New 5 per Cents. were heavy again at 34-: to 34 344, and the Three per Cents. at 224. There seems to be a good deal of curiosity in the City to learn the nature of the Spanish Finance Com missioner's visit to this country. Belgian Bonds ranged from 101 to 1001 ; Colombian were dull at 24 to 244 ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents. receded from 52 to 5 11 to ,1 ; Belgian Bonds are affected by the new loan to be raised. The Railway Shares were more in demand, and a mproved rates. At Hobart Town, on the 25th April, last, Wheat was 15s. per bushel, and Flour 42/. to 45/. per ton. At a highly respectable meeting held at New Norfolk, on the subject of emigration, some excellent speeches were made by those present, in the course of which it was stated, that from January, 1882, to December, 1839, the sum of 129,456/. had been raised by the sale of Crown lands, out of which only 27,810/. had been applied to the legitimate purposes it was intended for, viz., the introduction of labourers from the mother country. If rightly employed, there might have been obtained in that period 5,000 persons, or 800 annually, at a cost of 20/. each. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PEOM TIE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The cry of war raised by the French Ministry, the hostile ordonnances and furious denunciations raised by the press, have produced their natural affects. These sparks have fallen on the inflammable portion of the French population, and the public peace is menaced. The Carlists in the west of France, and the Republicans of the great towns, have started up at the cry of war, each exclaiming, •'Our time is come !" Th e Republicans seem wiser than they have been hitherto. They do not proclaim the Republic—the banner they hoist is Universal Suffrage, and this, too, veiled in the de mend that every National Guard shall be an elec tor. A dinner of 6,000 republicans, around the tables of which a thousand workmen gathered, has been followed by nightly tumults, gatherings, and by a general strike of most of the workmen in Paris. Of these, few have any real reason to complain. Building, perhaps, is the only kind of work which has been stopped by the rumours of war ; for we need not say that, in case of war, an entire ' quarter of Paris would have its houses deserted and its rents reduced to nothing. Masons and their workmen have hence been flung out of employ, and they form a very large proportion of the lower orders in Paris. One may see them in groups, no longer employing the trowel or the hod, but discussing the eventualities of war. Of all workmen, those likely to gain most by late events were the wheelwrights and coarse carpen ters, seeing the immense sums allotted to the materiel of artillery and commissariat. But they, too, have struck, and deelare they must have better pay, and fewer hours of work ; and that working by the task shall not be al lowed. Their example is followed bya great many trades, and forced upon several others. Some 3,000 collected outside Paris, near the quarries, on Wednesday. Two or three hundred were arrested, and the Prefect of Police has published an ordonnance against people col lecting in groups. He is also about to publish a procla mation ; for the effervescence amongst the workmen was not allayed on Thursday. Three sargens de vile, who sought to prevent a band of them from entering an ateii4r in the Avenue Parmeutier, were stabbed with knives, and one of them mortally wounded. Large bo dies of workmen continued to gather during Thursday at Pantin and in the Clos St. Lazare, Faubourg Pols sonnicre ; bat it was hoped that there wculd be no need of employing the military. The funds fell consider ably in consequence. The town of Lyons is, we understand equally agitated. Several arrests have taken place there of persons belonging to Republican Societies, and pos sessed of the insignia of these Clubs. One of the mea sures contemplated by the French Minister was to or ganise and mobilise the National Guard throughout the country. But in several great towns, such us Lyons, Strasburg, &c., no National Guard exists ; and the chief citizens of Lyons waited on the Prefect to ac quaint him that if the National Guard was re-organised, they would quit the town. Government dare not arm the workmen of Lyons, since the first use they would make of their arms would be to turn them against their employers end the richer classes. At Strasburg the same story. In the west, if the rural population be armed, a number of them would rally to such leaders as Mons. de Bourmont. In consequence the plan of re-organizing the National Guard throughout France will probably be abandoned. (From the Allorning Hcrald.) The working of the new Poor-law still continues to excite the admiration of its supporters. In every quar ter, we arc assured that rates are lower than formerly—. although in every quarter at the same time, rates exhibit a tendency to rise. We do not, it is true, bear much about the" higher tone of morality" observable amongst the working classes. No : there is little to be heard about increased morality throughout the order of la bourers. On the contrary, we may witness on all sides the spread of habits which denote a fearful diminution of respect for the established laws of morality. Murders and suicides have increased to an extent that is abso lutely appalling ; while the use of deadly weapons in rencontres which formerly bed only to a boxing-match is matter of notoriety to all who take the slightest interest in changes in the national habits. In re gard to murders, the number has recently been ut terly without parallel. In regard to suicide, there seems absolutely to be a fashion in the thing. Do we charge all these lamentable results exclusively on the new Poor-law ? Assuredly not ; but we may, at all events safely deny that the influence of the new Poor law can be traced, as it supporters promised that it would be traced, in the diffusion of an improved tone of morality. The tendency of the new Poor-law is to cheapen human life in the estimate of all who regard life as marketable commodity. The tendency of the ' new Peer-law is to throw on the less fortunate of the labouring c'-asses, the penalty of suffering without re dress, the consequences that flow from all the false ar rangements that prevail in society. For the increase of the crime s to which we have referred, other co-operat ing causes may undoubtedly be assigned. There is an of f erease of x speculationlu i u n r y 0 i t nsome class es — an i ncrease o f h a bit s h ers —ani increase In conjuncti on w i t h all these increase of anxietycommunity—anunpleasant 0 t n o l e n all. a t there has been manifested a determination on the part of the middle and upper classes to visit on the labourers the consequences not of their own follies merely, but of the follies,:also, of their superiors in station. " The unem ployed labourer" is to b e rendered by law " leas com fortable than the least comf orta bl e of independent la bourers"—not the slightest inquiry being previousl vouchsafed as to whether the want o f employment i the case of the labourer in question be the result of vice, or of misfortune ! One of the effects of the new Poor-law ha; been to widen fearfully the chasm that now divides the order of labourers from the other orders of (From the Morning Post.) The Tory Opposition, so far from meriting the re proach of preferring party purposes to Conservative principles, have not unfrequently been thought liable to that of foregoing fair and legitimate party purposes when their zealous prosecution would have been per fectly compatible with Conservative principles, and con ducive indeed to the solid and permanent welfare of the country. Has the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston, in all its parts, been so unimpeachable that an Oppo sition, numbering three hundred and twenty, in the House of Commons, and constituting an overwhelming majority ta! the House of Lods, could not have foual oe• casions in which it might have been excusable, perhaps even praiseworthy, to embarrass and obstruct the march of the Administration ? Has Lord Palmerston ex perienced any such obstruction and embarrassment from the too eager p romot i on o f party purposes by his political opponents ? We will go further. Was there ever a Tory Minister at the head of the Foreign Department of the British Governmeat who had the same reason to rejoice in the patriotic forbearance of' his adversaries ? Is the Chancellor of the Exchequer not aware that when he brought forward his budget of the present year be placed himself completely at the mercy of the Tory Opposition, who, had they been eager for the promotion of party purposes, might on that occasion, with no discredit to themselves, and great discredit to the expelled Administration, have driven him and his colleagues from office ? The intima tion that there are diversities of opinion among the Con servatives of Great Britain is one in which the Ministe rial party take peculiar delight. Yet it seems scarcely worth all the pains they take to diffuse it. The assertion is not false, it is only foolish. There is just so much of di versity of opinion among the Conservative party as may naturally be expected to arise from the inequalities of understanding and varieties of temperament that always exist in very numerous bodies. When those diversi ties are mentioned to us, our constant reply is that the Conservative party in Parliament—in the two Houses of Parliament—is far more numerous than the Minis terial, and has a right, therefore, t o grea t er di vers i t i es of opinion ; but that it leaves, nevertheless, the undis puted pre-eminence in this respect to the Ministerial minority. From the greatest leader to the humblest had been no failure of any account. In fact however it • society. Tee labouring classes have accustomed them. may be observed that but little can be decisively known selves to think that the wealth which their toil creates, on thin head in respect of the whole settlement, both in is used only as an instrument for oppressing them. Ihome and foreign stocks and shares, until pay day ar- Hence the desire which is manifested by large bodies of rives, which is fixed for the sth inst. (this day). Not- labourers, to make war en the institution of property. withstanding the destructive fall of about 9 per cent. ! Lamentable as is the existence of such a state of feeling in the home funds and the continuous heavy flue- on the part of any portion of the community, it may tuations during the account now closed, it may I scarcely be denied that the anti -property doctrines now be remarked in proof of the solid standing of the board, afloat are the natural offspring of the anti-population or privileged company of brokers, known as ageiis doctrines which have been fashionable for forty years de change, amounting in cumber to 60, that not past. Thus it is that error on one side tends to gene one defaulter had appeared, and only in a sicgle instance rate error on the other ! Amongst the errors of the had one broker applied for assistance to the Syndicate rich, few have been more mischievous than the great to enable him to make up his differences to the extent of error of the New Poor-law 20,000/., which it was supposed would be advanced to l (From the Times.) him on the security of what is called his " charge," or It is now some two or three weeks since we patent as a privileged broker, generally reported to be called the public attention to the capital fault corn worth double the amount for sale. I n thi s case hi s mitted by the people who profess to " carry on the difficulties probably arose from being deserted by some Government" of Great Britain, in bringing us to the very of his principals. verge of a war with two or three great maritime powers, A report is given in the Paris Papers of the usual and yet leaving our own coasts, purports and rivers, with periodical meeting of the Tribunal of Commerc e f or out even a decent show of naval defence. We pointed out the installation of new judges and supplementary that our nearest and most irascible neighbour, with whom judges. On this occasion M. P e pi n Leb a ll eur a d- a casual shot, like a spark in a magazine, might instep dressed a discourse to the audi ence , compr i s i ng a taneously plunge us into actual hostilities, was making summary of the labours of the tribunal during the those natural and energetic preparations which the past year, which in one respe c t ma y he t erme d an exigency so plainly called for, and declared her determi apercu o f the con di t i on o f F renc h commerce during nation to h ave a power f u l fl eet afloat within twelve hours' the past year, so far as the litigation of commercial sail of our coast, in the course of a very short period. causes and extent of bankruptcy. Thus, of commercial Meanwhile, it was deplorably obvious to sill the enemies suits he stated the number of citations to have been of Great Britain, wherever they might be found, that 41,331, of which 32,780 were judged by default ; any such hostile armament approaching our shores, from £1,28:3 were decided absolutely or by conciliation ; some whatever quarter, would find them, so far as our navy remained for decision, and the remainder were with- was concerned, almost entirely unprotected. These drawn or erased from the list. In comparison with the remarks could not pass unnoticed. The sudden wrath year preceding the re du c ti on i n t h e num b er o f t h ese enkindled th roug h out t h e whole Ministerial press evinced citations was equal t o one -fift een th. A mongst t h ose o f the consciou sness w hi c h a ll manifestly felt, that their mas ters were assailed i n a vu l nera bl e an d adangerous point. portion in which the pleadings were of mu c h greater absolute refere nc e, h owe v er , th ere were a l arger pro- Every dock-y ar d l e t ter , f or these three weeks past, has length, and th e na tur e of whi c h re q u i re d th em to b e been filled w ith accounts o f the st i r and bustle now pre sent for hearing before a higher judicial gr a d e . I n t h e veiling. A n d y e t, if t h e replies g i ven to our complaints h course of the year the number of failures d ec l are d a t had been g enu i ne an d true, all this commotion must be the tribunal w as 843, which was a b ou t one -t ent h b e l ow wholly unne cessary . W e fear, however, that it is that of the year before. These failu res cons i s t e d gr i n - worse than unne cessary ; t h at i t i s dishonest, and in cipally of sm a ll d ea l e rs in provi s i ons , co l on i a l pro d ucts tended to delud e . I t str ik es us as fussy, clamourous, and objects of d ress a nd fan c y, as we ll as o f t h e greater but not bu s i ness -lik e . A clatter was made the other number of tho se establish men t s , w h ere a " r idi cu l ous day about the extraordi nary ce l er i ty w i th w hi ch the luxury and gau d y g ildi ng are t h e pr i nc i pa l e l ements o f Howe, at Sh eerness , was ta k en into dock, overhauled, credit. her bottom e xam i ne d, an d al l declared fit for sea in the " space of some six or eight hours. This is mighty well ; . but the main want of the Howe, as well as of the other guardships, is an addition of seven hundred able ' bodied men to her crew. In her present state she is a great transport-ship, and nothing else, her three hun dred men being barely sufficient to bend her sails and raise her anchor ; if, inieed, they are equal to that. One of our most serious and most obvious deficiencies at the present instant is that of men. The Admiralty scribe told us, we remember, about three weeks since, that this was the weak point in the navy of France ; and here the secret of our certain superiority. This is very pleasant and very excellent in thony, but how stands the matter in fact y In the Mediterranean—the most probable scene of the breaking out of hostilities—the French rather outnumber us in ships. And here, as the discrepancy is not great, the Admiralty scribe pauses. He forgets to remark, that the French ships are larger, and of heavier metal ; and again, he forgets that none of our ships are fully manned ; while the French fleet is crowded with men! And exactly similaris our case at home. Ships fit to send to sea we have few enough ; but such as we have are almost useless for want of hands ! Again, then, we demand attention to this subject. We talk not of the deliberate intentions of either of the Governments ; we suppose not for an instant that either Louis Philippe or Lord Palmerston is insane enough to intend to go to war. But meanwhile we are drifting onwards no man can tell whither. A few weeks more may see the first gun fired in this Syrian contest, of which the year 1830 may not see the last. One hot-beaded coxcomb on either side may bring about in an hour a collision, the feelings aroused by which may be too ungovernable for statesmen to con trol. All this risk is before us : and in the midst of all, and in sight of all (for these dangers are too obvious to escape the view of any politician), we still go on, with out a Channel squadron—without, in fact, even half a dozen guardships properly manned and prepared for action ! The perils in question, the reality of which no one can deny, nzay never approach nearer than at the present moment. Divine Providence ?nay, in its mercy, avert the actual visitation. But should this not be the case, and should an enemy come upon us, after all these warnings from various quarters, and find us unprepared, one thing at least is certain—that the just indignation of a betrayed nation will not lightly overlook the guilt of those who undertook the care of such mighty in terests, and then deserted them. (From the Morning Advertiser.) For some months past, we have, day after day, been zealously engaged in lending a helping hand to our brethren in Scotland, in the noble efforts they are now making for the extinction of patronage in the northern Establishment—at the same time taking the necessary precaution against being thereby understood as having abated one iota in the hostility we have alwaya felt, and always expressed, towards the principle of religious establishments. A Society has recently been esta blished in London, under the title of the " Evangelical Voluntary Church Association," which has for its ob. ject to carry out the great principles, for the triumph of which we have so strenuously and perseveringly laboured for some years past. Though we see no reason, but the contrary, why Christians should not entertain political principles, and on all convenient occasions assert those principles in a bold and fearless, though temperate manner, we do think that in any and every great movement of a spiritual nature, it is wise and fitting that there should be as little of politics mixed up with it as possible. We like to see religious enterprises undertaken and carried on, whenever practicable, in a purely religious spirit. We like to see all associations contemplating, as their special object, the promotion of man's immortal inte rests, established on so broad, so liberal, so Catholic a basis, as that all evangelical Christians, no matter how diversified their denominational or political opinions, may be able, without any compromise of principle, to extend to them their most cordial support. Such is the character of the " Evangelical Voluntary Church Association." It has been formed with the view, and for the purpose, according to the phraseology employed by its founders, "of dissemi nating the great principle of the voluntary support of the Christian religion ;" or to adopt the language cf one of its advocates, " the power of the religion of Christ to maintain and propagate itself by the spirit it enkindles in the minds of those who embrace it ; and the obligation it lays upon them to advance its interests apart from civil aid or force." The Evangelical Volun tary Church Association, if we may be permitted to offer another or supplemental definition of the prin ciples on which it is based, proposes recurring to the mode in which Christianity was origivally propagated in the world, namely, by a simple, faithful, and zealous in culcation, by preaching and otherwise, of the great doctrines of the Cross, repudiating the right of the State, or of wordly associations of any kind, in any way to interfere with its operations, and trusting solely for the success of its labours to the special approbation and blessing of Him whose cause it seeks to promote. Here, then, is common ground, on which all who, like ourselves, are alive to the enormous evils of reli gious establishments, may meet together, and co-ope rate with each other, whatever may he their denomi national differences, with the must perfect cordiality. The Evangeleal 'Voluntary Church Association, then, offers a rallying point to all the friends of the Gospel, as that Gospel is unfolded in the Scriptures, untainted with the impurities inseparable on its connexion with the civil power, or with secular interests of any kind. And we would put the question with all earnestness, though with all mildness, to those who have felt the power of evangelical truth on their minds, whether they can jus tify themselves to their own consciences in keeping aloof from a Society to which it is not only impossible to offer any objection, but which must command their cordial approbation. follower of the Conservative party we may boldly say there cannot be found two individuals between whom so great a diversity of opinion prevails, upon questions of national importance, as exists and is distinctly and even ostentatiously avowed between men who equally claim to be leaders of the Ministerial mrce, and who, in Met, direct its movements alternately, men who cleave together merely for the sake of enjoyine their successive turns of dominion and patronage, and who scarcely take the trouble of concealing how entirely they hate and despise each other. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Plymoutli Journal.) PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 3.—The Netley tender arrived on Thursday last from Liverpool. The Inconstant sailed on Friday with troops fo: G.b raltar. The Mutine packet arrived on Saturday from Fal mouth, and sailed again for Chatham to ha paid off. The Cockatrice, schooner, sailed on Saturday for Chatham to be paid off. --- The Apollo troop ship, sailed on Saturday for Cork to embark the 38th regiment for Corfu. The Falmouth lighter arrived on Monday with stores from Portsmouth. The Lord Lynedoeb, convict ship, arrived on Monday from Portsmouth. The Comet, steamer, arrived on Monday from the north coast of Spain, with marines. The Firebrand, steamer, arrived on Tuesday with the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, from Portsmouth. The Camel, lighter, arrived yesterday from Liver pool and Holyhead with old stores. Remaining in Hamoa ze — lmpregnable, San Josef, Calcutta, Firebrand, Sylph, Netley, Comet, Carron, and Falmouth. In the Sound—Rodney. LAUNCH OF A FIRST-RATE. On Thursday last a larger concourse of spectators had assembled than, perhaps, had ever been witnessed on a similar occasion, within eyeshot at this important event at the Dock-yard. Every endeavour was made to satisfy the cointnendable eagerness of the public to behold the majestic spectacle, every attention was paid to their convenience, for which they were chiefly iudebted to Admiral Warren. An attempt to state their number would be vain. They swarmed from every part of the towns—from the neighbouring country—boats were filled with co m p an y f rom all directions, most from Mount Edgecumbe, whence the visitors to the Bazaar on the second day were hastening to the scene. The San Josef, splendid in the array of many coloured flags, had quitted her moorings, with a brilliant assem bly of 3,000 persons on her deck, all of whom appeared highly gratified with the kind attention of Captain Taylor. Other ships were there with the same good will, including the Impregnable, and a variety of plea. sure boats and vessels of all descriptions. Young and lovely faces glowed with the excitement of the moment, making them more lovely than ever ; and even their elders seemed tf - y strike off a score of years for the occa sion. So joyous was the sight, that we much doubted if it could be surpassed by the launch itself. At half.past five, when every impediment was re moved, and every eve intent on one point, the grand St. George moved like a thing beyond the power of man to execute, and in stately grace, took possession of her triumphant seas, amidst the cheers of the multi tude, with Rule Britannia, striking on our ears. Scarcely was this effected when her enormous bulk was unexpectedly made evident at the first glance of the large space she had concealed. _ _ _ . Much might be said of the fashion, the elegance, the rank of the company present. But begging pardon of their attractions on this occasion, they ssere eclipsed by the sublime. First, by the launch itself ; secondly, by the sight of so many fellow beings, gentle and simple, all attired in their best, and all, for the time, at least, happy! 'l . lle St. George takes her place among first -rates of the first-class. She mounts 120 guns, and will have a complement of 820 men. Her dimensions are as fol lows :---- ft. in. Extreme length from figure-head to taffrail 247 0 Breadth extreme , Length on the gun-deck 250 11 Ditto of keel for tonnage l7O 5 Height aft, from taffrail to keel Ditto afore, from figure-head to keel 5B 0 Length of lower deck Breadth for tonnage 54 9 ----- moulded .53 11 Depth of hold Burthen in tons, old measurement ".719-17-94 Ditto, new measurement 2670 Length of fore- mast Diameter of ditto 0 40 Length of main-mast Diameter of ditto 0 42 Length of mizen-mast . B6 0 Diameter of ditto 0 26 Length of bowsprit Diameter of ditto 0 40 FOkCE ANT) CALIBRE. Lower deck—Four guns to throw 8-inch shells, and two 33-pounders. Middle deck—Two guns to throw 8-inch shells, and three 32. pounders. tipper deck—Thirty-four 32-pounders. Quarter-deck and forecastle —Six long 32-pounders : one 321 b. earronade. "To build a ship of the magnitude of the St. George will require nearly 6,000 loads of timber, and allowing that each tree will, on an average, produce two loads, it would take about :3,000 trees to furnish timber enough for such a ship. Now it has been esti mated that 30 trees of full growth would cover an acre of ground ; consequently it will take 100 acres to pro duce sufficient timber for a ship of this class ; and, as timber of large scantling is from 80 to 100 yours coming to its full growth, the quantity of land required for Navy timber, in this country, must be immense. This is a serious question, it being well known that there was an alarming scarcity of oak in this country in the time of war. Foreign timber is, there fore, introduced very extersively in ship-building. " The cost of building a similar ship to the St. George, has been computed as follows : For labour alone Materials Total cost £93,521 " This will give 34/. 7s. 10d. per ton for building. The value of labour appears to be very nearly one-sixth of the whole ; and the value of workmanship, to ma terials about in the ratio of one to five. At the above rate of earnings, which allow about 51. 15s. per ton for workmanship, it would take 200 men twelve months to build the ship. " It will scarcely be credited, pethaps, that the average durability of British men-of-war-has been estimated to be only thirteen years ! This we believe to be correct ; so that the annual expense of keeping our fleets in effi cient condition may be said to amount to one-thirteenth part of the original cost of the whole. This is an im portant and striking fact. " The St. George was first ordered to be built in September, 1820 ; but it was not until the Spring of 1827 that hor keel was laid. In the course of the following year she was in frame, and was then left standing to season till 1832, when she was proceeded with by degrees as the other works of the yard would admit. " Having been ordered to be built at a time when e late Sir Robert Seppings (then Surveyor of the Navy), was introducing extensive improvements in the practical department of ship-building, she was originally intended to be constructed throughout in strict con formity with his plans ; but the alterations which have since taken place —more in detail, perhaps, than in principle—have led to corresponding changes in the works of the St. George. Hence it will be found that Sir Robert Sepping's plans are adopted in many cases i❑ a modified form. The original system of "oblique riders" and " trusses," for example, has not been introduced in the same man ner, nor so extensively, in the hold, as originally in tended ; nevertheless, the diagonal principle has been maintained to a great extent in that part of the interior of the vessel. Diagonal decks have been altogether abolished ; but the shelf-pieces have been retained, and the truss-pieces between the ports on the gun and the middle decks strictly preserved. The stern has under gone the greatest change—a change for which the country is indebted to Mr. Roberts, the late master shipwright of this dock-yard, who suggested a plan for constructing sterns, at once elegant and effective. " The quarter galleries' are not exactly as they were designed by Mr. Roberts, but have been lengthened a little in a fore and aft direction, and thereby improved, at the suggestion of Mr. Hawkes, the present master shipwright, under whose able directions the ship has been finished. " The figure-h'•ad is a full length representation of St. George and the Dragon, but he is not a cheval but standing with his left foot on, and is slaying the Dragon. The dimensions of the figure measured in a vertical direction, arc fourteen feet. and upwards of twenty feet if measured obliquely. It consumed about 200 cubic feet, (or four loads,) of fir timber (Quebec yellow pine), and cost, in addition to labour of rough ing it out,' one hundred pounds for the carving alone. It was designed and executed by Mr. Frederic Dicker son, of Plymouth, whose talent in this interesting depart ment of the arts, has procured for him a general order from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to execute all the carved work required for men-of-war at this dock-yard. " The St. George being of the same size and form as the Caledonia, the calculations which apply to the latter may be regarded as applicable to the former. The dif ference, if any, is unimportant. She draws 15ft. lin. forward, 181 t. 4in. abaft. " The light displacement, or weight of the ship's hull estimated from this draft of water, will be 2,400 tons ; the area of the corresponding water-section (or plane of flotation) will he 8,440 feet ; and the weight re quired to sink the vessel an inch, under those condi tions, will be 20 tons. But, before the ship goes to sea, she will have to receive on board her armament, powder and shot, masts, yards, sails, rigging, anchors, cables, boats, wa-cr, stores, provisions, ballast, men, and their effects. These, it is calculated, will immerse her until she draws 24ft. Sin. forward, and 261 t. 1 in. abaft. In this case, the weight of the ship and its contents will be 4,784 tons, making an addition of 2,384 tons beyond the weight of the hull alone. And it is a curious circum stance, that the weight of the ship should be nearly equal to the weight of its content, and equipment! The area of the load-water section, or plane of flotation, when equipped for sea, will be 10,012 superficial feet ; and the weight required to sink the vessel one inch, will under these circumstances be nearly 24 tons. These are useful facts, because they show what weights should be taken on board to produce a certain immersion, or the weight which it may be necessary to take out of the ship to lighten her to any desired draft of water. " As soon as convenient, after the vessel is launched, she will be taken into dock for the purpose of removing the fixed fitments of the launch, and to be coppered. A first• rate will take 4,000 sheets of copper (4 feet long, and 14 inches broad) the weight of which is about 20 tons, and the value, including workmanship, something more than 2,000/. " The quantity of sail capable of being spread upon spars of the dimensions in the table, is very great. It has been calculated to be 25,620 superficial feet The surface of sail set upon the main-mast alone has been estimated to be 10,273 superficial feet ; and sails on the fore-mast, including the jib, 10,246 superficial feet ; and those on the mizen•mast, 5,101 superficial feet. By this it appears that the sail set up on the fore-mast, in cluding the jib, expose, as nearly as possible, as great an area to the action of the wind as those on the main mast ; and that of those belonging to the main -mast are equal in area, or nearly, to one-fifth of the whole sur face of sail. " The ballast which a ship of this description w ill take to sea, amounts to above 800 tons. She will be launched with 50 tons in her hold, and if she be placed LAW IN TELLIGENCE. Did you furnish him with that book?—No, I did not ; and I never considered it to be my book, nor have I seen it. He was my manager in my absence, but when I was at the distillery I kept the accounts. I think that I have been engaged for sixteen or seven teen days in making up my accounts, but I will not swear that I have been more than ten days so occupied. Why not make up your balance sheet yourself ?—I never kept a book before in my life. You purchased same dear and valuable or expensive whips ; why not have mentioned them to your assig nees ?—I really never thought of them before, and did not think they were worthy of any notice. What was the highest price of your riding whips, and how many of them had you ?—I think about four, and the price 8/. a piece. Mr. Beddome--As the bankrupt is not prepared with his accounts, I am instructed by several country credi tors to ask for a delay of five or six weeks, in the dis• cretion of your Honour ; but, perhaps, he had better consult with his accountant, and now state within what time he thinks he will be enabled to furnish his balance sheet. The bankrupt, having consulted with Mr. Coleman (the accountant), said it might occupy the time men tioned for the further adjournment. By Mr. Bagshawe (to the bankrupt)--Have you not given a guarantee to Messrs. Ladbrooke for the whole of their advances of 11,0004 ?—lires, I have. Who are your guarantees ?—Mr. Tegg, an opulent East India gentleman, for 8,000/, ; and my father for tho remaining 3,000/. of the debt. Then your estate is relieved by the amount of 11,000/.? --Undoubtedly it is. In answer to a question from the Learned Commis sioner, the official assignee said he thought it would re quire five or six weeks to have the bankrupt's accounts made up ; and he was directed by the Learned Com missioner to attend day by day at the office of the offi cial assignee, and compensate by diligence for his past neglect. The further hearing was then adjourned for six weeks POLICE MANSION-HOUSE. - - 1 Mr. Booker, the relieving-officer of Bish o p sgate , caused two children, the one about two years, the other four months old, to be brought to the Jtatice-room. Their mother, he said, whose name was June Duffy, was a poor woman residing at No. 2, in the Warren, Angel-alley, and had been unaccountably absent from home since Wednesday morning, and the neighbours having heard the children cry in her ror,m, broke into it, and found them together on the bed. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the mother was married ? Mr. Booker said he believed that she was a single woman. The children were in perfect health, and must have been treated affectionately, judging from their appearance. The mother was in a state of indi gence, but she was industrious, and he did not know what to conjecture about her - absence, except, indeed, that she must have met with tome accident. The Loan MAYOR was desirous to know whether the whole support of the ellildren was left upon the mother ? If that were the case, what could be expected from an unfortunate woniP,n in extreme poverty ? Mr. Booker did not Y.now whether she was assisted by the father or not, and he thought that nothing but despair could have ity.duced her to abandon the poor babes. Wretched as the neighbourhood was in which she resided, the eirr:umstance had caused a great deal of commotion, and the general belief there was that some fatal mischance had occasioned the poor woman's dis appearance. If the children had not cried she would never have been missed. The LORD MAYoit;ave directions that the children should be handed over to the Guardians of the Poor of the district in which they were found. BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. The LORD MAYOR said that he felt very great plea sure in stating that the appearance of Bartholomew Fair indicated a rapid approach to extinction, at least as tar as regarded the disorderly scenes for vhich it had been so long notorious. He had received a report of a highly satisfactory nature on the operation of the new regulations, which had caused a most salutary change, at the same time that the City police acted with great energy, temper, and firmness. He had received some written communications, expressing, in no very polite terms, the disappointments experienced by the lovers of the mimic exhibitions which were upon this occasion excluded from Smithfield, as if he alone had caused that exclusion, when it ought to be universally known that the Corporation of London were almost unanimous in the vote establishing such wholesome limits. In the course of the morning a man of respectable appearance applied to his Lordship for permisssion to exhibit some extraordinary horses or donkeys in the fair. He said that the Markets Committee had come to a most unfair resolution to exclude all exhibitions ex cept those of wild beasts, as if we had no resources for the production of tame animals of remarkable beauty and other agreeable properties. When he went to apply he was actually hooted and laughed at by the wild beast owners, who seemed to be disposed to show their occupation by their conduct, and growled at his endeavour to exhibit nature in her more civilized condition. Under these circum stances, he was advised to represent the case to the Lord Mayor, e s p ec i a ll y as h e had an animal of the horse kind with seven legs which, unlike the late inha bitants o f the forests could be approached without dan ger• and would neither kick nor bite a man's head off. The L ORD MAYOR admitted, that an exhibition of the sort might full as reasonably be allowed to be set up at the fair as a menagerie, sue t' as Mr. Wombwell pos sessed, a n d d es i red the a pplicant to memorialize Mr. Hicks, the Chairman of the Markets Committee , who , his Lordship was convin ce d, would readily consent to make ro om f or the seven-legged wonder. GUILDHALL. John 16'1iitefo o t was placed at the bar, before Mr. Alderman H ooper, for final e xamination, on the char4e of def rau di ng tli, wa s c h arged by Diana Jones, Mr. R oss manufac turer, carryi ng on businessa rope and sacking at No. 3, Mitre - court. A numbe r o f w i tnesses were exam i ne d, w h en Mr, Alderman Hoop •id he thought the charge of fr au d was sufficiently send , the c ase before a jury. The Prisoner was accor di n gly cemmitted for trial, and th e severa l witnesses bound over to prosecute. A . NEW SYSTEM ER est s ablished to induce him to said OF PAWNING:A female, named Stfu with having taken, without p erm i ssion, several articles of wearing apparel, and r e f us i ng to return them. She was, in consequence, compelled t o g i ve her in charge to a po li ceman . The c onsta bl e stated that u pon inquiry, he found the i prisoner had pl e d ged one article at a license d pawn- i broker' s f or a shilling. The rest were taken to a person i in . Playhouse -yard, who was in the habit of lending 1 small sums to poor persons on various articles, which, if I not redeem e d i n ten days became the property of the money-lender. In the present instance, he believed the sum lent was 4d. although the prosecutor told him the value of the things pawned was nearly 103. The ALDEnMAN desired the constable to proceed with the prisoner to Pla3iouse-yard ann endeavour to pro cure the restoration of the articles. l COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, SErr 4. THE MANCHESTER DISTILLERY COMPANY.-IN THE MATTER OF F. F. CARRUTHERS. This was the day fixed for the final examination of the bankrupt, and after the proof of some additional debts, The bankrupt was sworn, and examined by Mr. Beddome, solicitor to the fiat, as to the reasons why he had not come prepared with his balance-sheet ; and the answers were, that, from his own occasional illness and that of his managing clerk, Mr. Spiers, who had re ceived and paid moneys in his absence, he was not suffi ciently able to prepare it ; but he had employed Mr. Coleman, a respectable accountant, who would prepare it for him in the course of a week or ten days. Mr. Spiers had kept a small private book, and from that book and other vouchers he was only enabled to make up his accounts. in Ordinary, she will ultimately receive on board about twice the sea-going quantity, it being considered that ships at their moorings do not strain so much when partly laden."—Pl.yniouill iVeekly Journal. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing th• Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the 29th of August, 1840." The Table is issued from the OtHee of the Rcgistrar- General : CAUSES OF DEATH. Weekly Total. Average Epidemic, Endemi c , an d C ontag i ous Diseases 166 1833 265 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses IS I 156 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Ilea-t and 13loodvessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidn,7s, &c. Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Old Age, or Natural Decay 46 79 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 20 26 Causes not specified Deaths from all causes... - Average Weekly Death.; 1,013 Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, 1138. Western Districts ... 122 North Districts Central Districts 157 East Districts I9O South Districts ...... 202 Total It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com prised the 82 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of London within and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the bills of mortality—and the parishes of it. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary, Stoke Newington • St. Leonard, Bromlev ; St. Mary-le how ; Camberw e ll% Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu merated in 1831 was 1,494,890. The weekly average for 1838 was obtained by dividing the deaths registered in that year by 52. In comparing it with the weekly deaths in 1840, it must be borne in mind that the metropolis in creases nearly two per cent. annually ; and that, if the population had been the same in 1838 as in 1840, the deaths would have been 1-27th part more numerous. General Register-office, Sept. 3, 1840. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest pries of tkreal ill the Metropolis is ICA for the 41b. 1.,,a& Good Bread may be had at 81. PRICES OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. I Per Quarter. New Engl sh Ren Clover...sos SOs St. Fein Old l'itis, Dit•o —s —s —s Rye Gass. —s 1.‘23 50s New Foreign Ditto —s 50s 75s Pacey Grass —s —s —s Oil Ditto Ditto —s —s —6 Linseed, for feeding ~.-3 48s 51s New White Clover 10s 50s 6.'slDitto, for sowing —s to, 70s Old Dittu Ditto —s —s —slDitto, for crushing ....—s 406 46s •ew Treroil —s 16s 33s Hem-- —s 36s , 123 Old Ditto s 17s 2fs Canary —s 95s ltss Pr folium English Carraway —s 46s 50s White Must.ird.....4s Od to Ills 0 , . Foreign Ditto —s 45s 4Ss Brown Ditto 15s RI to 1205 I d Coriander —s Hs 16s ; Tares PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton £39 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 29 10 Lips ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) . 14 14 Ra, e . ake, per ton 7 0 Pltli-E OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow £2 13 0 Melting Stuff' £ 4 0 Yellow Russia White o 12 .. ... o 0 C Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 3 PRICE OF W FAT, per stone of /Sibs. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ...............2s. 110. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market-day, 16. s. d.' Chester Carr's Hartley Derwent Main l7 1 Leaze's Main l5 Original Windsor's Polito:, IS 3 Pontop Windsor Smith's Pontop l7 t: Walls E, d eand C Walls End Clennell Walls End Josforth Walls I , nd Heaton l9 0 Walls End Killingworth ... )0 3 W. E. Braddyll's Hetton ... 91 3 Walls End Haswell Walls End Hetton 22 3, s. Walls End Hedlt%y 2O d 0 Walls End Lambton Walls End Stewart's Walls E d Wlntwel. 2l 0 %Nails End Hartlepool 'Pennant's Hartlepool 22 0 Walls End Clarence Hetton 19 Walla End Evenwood Endßicharclson'6 Tees. „ —..„. 'Walls End South Durh a m..... !.'() 9 Walls End Tees `2 0 Blythe l5 6 Iloward's7Nemerton Math )8 3 Llangennech Coal Walls End Devonshire l9 0 (From the London New Price Current of September 4.) St:GAEL—The demand for all qualities of British Plan ation was limited on Tuesday, the private purchases amount rig to only 400 hhds, &c.,but the merchants were firm, and previous rates were supported. At auction on the former day 100 bhds Barbadoes sold without animation, but at former prices, it was upon the whole but an indifferent parcel ; good to fine yellow fetched 85s to 86s 6d, low to middling 82s to 84s per cwt. Yestetday, however, there was more life in the market, and a fair amount of business was transacted for both grocery and refining purposes, 550 hhds, &c., were disposed of, and the merchants obtained even rather higher prices for fine yellow sorts, Jamaica fetching 88s., and a little inferior 87s. per cwt. ; the pre sent high rates, however, and which are more than a hundred per cent. above those two years ago, cause the trade to operate with caution, and to take only sufficient for their immediate wants, though there is very little chance at present of any reduction taking place in prices. The stock at the end of August was not half of what it was at the same time in 1839, and the dif ference in the importation this as compared with that of last year even exceeded that quantity. The arrivals have been 2,265 hhds, &c., since this day week. The Gazette average price is now 583 Id, in 1839, 40s Hid, and in 1838, at this time. 28s 101r1 per cwt. Fur auction on Tuesday SO hhds Barbadoes are declared. To-day the trade came forward with increased freedom, and a good den-and prevailed for all descriptions, both from the grocers and refiners; 450 hhds, &c. were disposed of at rather higher rates, making the advance for the week fully 6d per cwt, and 1,400 hhds and tierces sold ; at the close of the market nothing of dry brown quality was to be had under 81s per cwt. REFINED.—The home trade have purchased sparingly of Refined Goods this week, and prices have given way is to is Gd per cwt—standard lumps selling in small par cels at 1063 to 106 s 6d ; Tittlers and flamburgh Loaves, good 1083 to 1093, fine 1093 Gd to 110 s 6d, low brown lumps 101 s to 102 s, good and fine 1033 to 105 s per cwt. The demand for Treacle has been very limited; we quote best old make 44s to 44s 6d, patent 41s 6d to 423, and common 39a to 403. Pieces have sold freely, fine sorts up to 86s. Bastards hare been in good re quest, and common sorts are not to be had under 70s per cwt. For Bonded Loaves a good demand has existed, 373 6d to 383 paid for 14, and 38; Gd to 39s for 101bs. In Crushed Sugar the operations have been on a small scale only at 33a Gd. Treacle has sold freely at 15s. Pieces and Bastards are not much in request, and prices are un varied. In Dutch Crushed Sugar the operations have been on a more extended scale; 200 tons have been sold at 3lsto 31s 3d on board at Amsterdam. To-day the grocers purchased more freely of refined goods, and prices are firmer; standard lumps are 107 s to 107 s Gd per cwt. Treacle was in better request at the rates quoted above. MAtTRITIUS.—AII the parcels offering for sale by private treaty at former rates have found ready buyers, but large purchases have been prevented, owing to the short supply ; brown as well as yellow sorts are much wanted ; there has been no public side. The importation up to the end of August this year was about 87,700 bags, and the preseet stork i, 81,825 bags legs than in 1839 at this tune: no ar. rival since this day week. EAST lenia.—White descriptions of Bengal have been much sought after by the Home Trade, and advanced rates offered, but by private treaty few parcels are to be had ; brown at , d yellow kinds have been in better request, and prices have improved; at auction 1,719 b,gs sold with spirit 6d to is above former rates, middling to good white fetched 86s to 87s 6d, washed and damp 83a to 66s 6d, low heavy brown 72s 6d to 753 6-1. fair 78s 6d, damp 65; to 67s 6d, dry yellow 853. 6d. The stock is considerably less than it was last year at this time the importation has been under that of 1839. Our refiners are buyers to a fair extent of Manilla, and would pay former rates, but the short supply has re stricted business, and few sales bave been made privately ; for export the orders are still trivial, prices being too high to admit of the execution thereof, there has been no public sale. Siam and Java being held for rather higher prices, have caused the operations privately to be on a small scale. None has been offered at public sale. This afternoon Bengal was in active request, and 1,614 bags at public sale all sold at prices 6d to is higher, fine white fetched 893 6.1. good 883 to 83s 6d, damps and washed 86a to 87s Gd, soft dingy yellow 82s to 835 6d, rather bright 84a, damps and washed 81s to 83s. FOREIGN.—Brown descriptions of Brazil have been sought after, principally for refining under bond, and 150 chests have been disposed of privately at 21s 6d to 223 for good quality, being very full prices ; at auction 56 chests Rio sold at 21s to 223 for brown and low yellow; all kinds of white are neglected, but holders do not appear dis posed to submit to lower prices. Brown Havannah is wanted, but the supply is short, yellow is held firmly, but there has been little disposition evinced on the part of shippers to do business, and the refiners have bought with caution ; at public sale 807 boxes have been offered and nearly all taken in at stiff prices, middling to fine qua,. lity at 25s to 263 Gd, but 300 boxes have been sold since the sale at 26s to 263 6d for fine quality. A cargo of 800 boxes of good quality has been taken for Ghent at 25s 6d per cwt. For white the demand has been very limited, and although holders were willing to submit to a reduction on former rates of is at the public sales of 1,084 boxes, yet only GO boxes found buyers, 40 of fine quality at 365, and 20 do at 355, and a few lots of washed at 28s to 295, the remainder was taken in at 33s to 36s for low to good quality with strength. Tho stock of Havannah Sugar is nearly 50,000 boxes, 18,000 of which consists of white quality. The stock of Brazil is less than last year at this time. MOLASSES.—In West India there has been much busi ness doing, but prices remain firm ; the stock is nearly 1,600 casks less than last year at this period. COEFEL—The West India market has presented a tran quil appearance since this day week ; cicala descriptions have been taken sparingly by the home trade, although holders have submitted to a reduction on former rates of 2s, unclean sorts have sold heavily, and prices have suffered a decline of 45 to 53 per cwt, these kinds being still the most difficult to dispose of. The operations have been confined to the public sales consisting of 260 casks and 244 this and bags, at which the biddings were languid, the clean kinds were, however, nearly all disposed of, viz., Jamaica mid at Ills to 1183, low mid 105 s to 109 s, fine fine ord 1003 to 1043 good and fine ord 86 s t o 93 5 , o rd and fine ord 80s to 83s 6d ; Berbice unclean was taken in mid at 955, fine ord 86,s qd, n .44110rara mid 102 s, good ord 74s- The steel* and the importations up to th e present time are considerably larger than last year, 100 casks are declared for Tuesday. In the value of _ _..„ ...„ East India and Cape descriptions little yariation has COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ro e. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. E. to s. 6. to s. s. to s. 6. to A.bingdon-.... 04 74 20 40 23 36 48 56 Andover -a,— Se 72 214 33 ::0 32 I loSanhury 30 40 25 32 41 Basingstoke- 62 74 30 31 •)7 30 49 03 -64 91; 32 33 2 4 ) 35 40 42 40 coven , r y— 60 45 36 45 -" - , )av entry. — '1 „ - CS 72 38 44 28 3 4 30 iLerby--- 65 70 35 41 32 :36 49 50 Llowden 72 24 _ 40 42 1 Hungerf ord- 54 76:3:2 40 25 3.3 30 4° - 5 Malton 68 76 35 38 22 33 —43 Illai‘lenh cad- 58 81 35 48 25 34 37 "'"', 40 2 Nottingham 52 70 32 34 21 35 47 51 Vantage -- (.8 80 30 40 22 28 3 6 46 Warwick— 32 45 29 343 ;74 ~."- Worc,stcr 70 36 29 -- York 32 46 28 30 4. 7 . ° . Per Mahe:. I.d. E. d. s. d. s. d. s. 6 Birmingham 76 94i 3 9 53 40 491 5 6 " EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. —Sept 2. se e , ' „„ Wneat. I Barley. ' oats. Ptr o ' d. 4 /- ru 845.845.5 t . Od. 4es Od. 345. Bd. 5 Sccond -19 0 36 0 21) 0 45 0 48 () third EDINBURGH CORN ,Sept , 2 ' 1 Wneat. I Barley. rem.. Furst g4i.od. 41s Od. 534. Od• Sccon:l [bird Average price of Wheat 3/. 105. •3• PRICES OF PROVISIONS 4C• dtoi h i d Peer, per lb. —.a. Us. sd, to o s.7d. F res h B u tter, fir. 11. 1 - • 01. ifutom....—.—_—_ ~ o 5 0 7 Salt 1.)1tt0—.......-* o ln gtO .° Vea1...—.........—...... 013 010 Ditto, per ciit...l i 0 0 - .0 re(............................... 0 5 0 + Eggs, per dos... a 1 4 . Lamu, per qr. .... 2E. 4 6 OatStraw(kpl.)..lo " /3 „" Fallow, cwt.—a... 43 0 45 0 Wheat Ditto ...- 10 0 le' 2uartern L0af.,.,.. U 9 3 } 010 Barley Ditto ...... 10 , l i p I 4 Potatoes. 1-11 b. ..... 0 5 0 0 Hay, per 5t........* i EDINSURUH MEAL MARKET.-- c. r nt 1. ;, 'Top n S Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone of i'''"' A 0 A 0 First Oatmeal v , Second ditto Barleyrneat ........... 1 13 0 Barley:steal ........... ... Veasensoal . 1 9 6 Peasemeal . ....... . . Pot Barley from 325. to 59.5. per AO ..' CORNWALL MARKETS• (Calculated at 24 v - Ins to the bushel.) (Calcislaled at 24 gallons to the •e Wheat. Barley. 1... ..........n• Oat Sr .,, r • s. d. to t. d. s. d. to s. d. s. d. iv 5 0 Oruro 0 8 4 -- 0 4 6 •-• 0 s ( . 1 tielstone -0 4 4 a 5 1, St. Austell 0 9 0 0 4 ti .... fi 0 Bodtnln 0 8 9 0 4 4 a 0 :_.iskeard 9 9 9 0 3S) 43-. 0 $ i Launceston ';arneltord 9 0 9 0 3 4 5 u 2 g 5 0 ?entail., 8 6 9 6 —* o 54 i 21,; 5 MINING INTI Quantity or Copper urn sold at T A vorage Produce Quantity of tine Copper Amount of sale, - 22.194'. 4 .0 i.— [ E t e L tlr L u i g E l aNs t tl v r eek... T .,` 4 , ° .73 • Cirt.° C2t 7 1 / 4 •Average Standard, 1144 170. cameamemingEmyinse , PUNISHMENT OF PA R RICID E S I N Fit'" - ,„T C h 5 —Two broth e r s , name d Vi ncent, were brcught before. t ; last Assizes for the Nievre, upon an indictment for for ino , as long ago as 1828, murdered their own tither W o of, ther, and robbed their house, at. - Bruyeres.Radon , of 5, ; 03 e, in gold. Although their crime was suspected at th t e ' o i they could not be brought to justice, because the wi t° h ot had been afraid to depose as to all they knew. TheY e nce , at last, howev e r, come f orwar d , an d d e li vere d their 01d o ur- One of them deposed that, being on the night of I , be , ca sed der seated unde r th e h e d ge o f the gar d en o f the : ° 7 r d th° while tending s ome h orses at pasture, h e over—{ the° brothers pl o t t i ng t h e murder, during whic h o ne l d not said, " I c o uld very well kill our father, but I h t' have cour age t o kill our mother. " To :this the °l,-oth: plied, " Well, for my part, I am read t o kill them:nceg, This testim on y being corroborated by o ther j ng ts urf no doubt o f their guilt could be e ntertained, an d tzi e s ir' returned a verdict accordingly, but with extenuatieg..„ol cumstences, and the parricides, instead of receiving (T i r ie st punishment,i were only sentenced to hard labour f or s ro o the f The latter part of the fielding : no douhtiojoit• from the feeling so general in France against the i n of the penalty of death in any case, however atrocious' CI SECRET S OCIETIES IN F RAN CE.-- Th LY 012 A -, ° pape rs state t h at several arrests have been MCC,' t • is that city of persons suspected to be forming secret tical associations. __— _______ ir• -----1------ r, 1 -5 S PATENT LEVER WA 1 — 11 ; ii, 6 ° With silver double-bottom case ... w hic , ' With silver hunting cases .............. 00 This celebrated construction (tbs most accurate . w ove a watch can be made) is now offer-1, with the lato t ,,, l ti s r hole" meets i. e. the detached escapeit, .-nt, jewelled ile t ° _, l main ' capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard onamel dial , ali v , & boy° twining power to continuo going v:l.:_le winding up , 5t t price • o h ag A printed war ran t y i s g i ven, witla fixe d terms, en bvs 1 Watches will a l ways receive any attention n eeded. T. COX SAVORY, c a d° °° Watchmaker, Sil ver an d Goldsmi,.., 47, Cornlaill ( Sewn from Gracecharch-street). London. • N.B.—Second-h an d Watches •,..-archased in ex(thlVO' SHEFFIELD MADE PLATED DA- - 1 4, ), No- VEII S.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, GolisEnit - \,.- it f ° ' Coruhill, London, opposite the sank •f Dogland, Olaf' selection, in their show rooms a very large variety i f a s , OP FIELD SILVER-PLATED DISH COVER S ' ap el teen Guineas the set ; they have silver edges and 111 "" cil silver shields for engraving the crest or coat of on"' Double Dome P a tt ern. • Th. Melon rotsr. 4 4 Size..Z.s. cf.! I Plated Dish Covers, 20 in. 13 ti I Plated Dish Cover , 4 , Dish Cover, IS in. 4 7 611 Di s h Cover IS! • 6 $ 2 ~ Dish Covers, 14 in. i 1:1 012 ► Disk covers,l4 let. I 11 Per Set £ls Of Per Set' i e t. Aa Plated Currie •r Hash Dishes lieres Guineas tu e f oist" Price Curr en t, S tampe d as a News )a per son taising `tassel' and every inf orma ti on relatis , to the purc' haso . 1 , o v er or tier field plate, may b e h ad on a}-:tation, or will be sent jut* country, free of postage, he answer to a paid letteri.....oooo 13 I TH S. f 0 41 P On the 2d i ns t . , at Burnbrae, Reafrelishire, 3 ° hS' -rg* Willis, of a son . the On the 3d i ns t., at B eulah, near C ro ydon, the la d y •f Rev. Dr. G e hl e , o f a son. 11 .4R1ED. o r e On the 3d inst., William, eld .R est son •f W. Shrobl ° , l ,7 r f :1C; I ' of i ngstou- upon- Tham es , I. Ch ar l otte, secon d clout"' ° . Phillips, Esq., of the same lace. On the 3d inst., at St. Pete p r's, Walwerth, Fr an " 00 11° Esq., of Mauer-pl ace , to Sa ra h M argaret, on l y dot;Eta late John Gavin H a y, E sq . On the 3d inst., at Beaconsfi e ld, Bucks, Francis (.Ir.ter,,cola of Per r y hill, near H a l es O wen, to Elizabee.s, the 9 daughter of John Charsley, E sq ., o f B eacons fi, a ld. d t rick A On the 3d inst., at St. J o h n ' s , West.,nin'er, rr.eabelb? Reid, Esq., of Crescent-place. Burton-eeesci,nt, to Dl iz atr eett second daughter of W. Hawes, E sq ., e.i G rea t Collor , \[estminster. lig j, On the 3d. inst., at Trinity Clai re b, T on l s ridge-vve• ' elde s t Beechinu, Esq., of Mar-place, solicit.,r, to Frances Mop e, a nd daughter of the late H. Belt, E sq ., o f B o ssall, Yorkslo r of the Inner Temple, bars ister-at-la.* D IRD. k hei ni ; On the 18th ult., C. F. Hausserman, Esq., of 13ec- v e n n e ini" near Frankfort-on-the-Alaine, many years resident in . " — particularly at Ebley, in Gloucestershire, aged 70. ,beto On the 24th alt., at Crosby-row, Walworth, Mrs. Clark, aged 87. On the 28th ult., W. Townshend, Esq., of Walerortii'mq., On the 30th ult., Alfred, the only son of J. An i°s ' of Hoxton-square, aged 7 years an 6 months. ocss . On the Ist inst., at Winchester-place, Pentonviller - Playtrr, Esq., aged 72. le ig t .f On the 3d inst., at Owletts, Cobham, Kent, Marl , I the late Henry Edme Es., aged 68. On the 3d inst., at Yorkl q ace, City-road, Mr. T hcl°ll' of New Broad-street, - aged 53. On the 4th inst., T. Page, Esq., of Frognale / 11— ' and of Tottenham-000rt-road, aged 48 . idoif At Haoloey-common, Mrs. Honor Macnawara, w ireteri n the late Captain Bernard 3facnamara, 1 et Roya l Battalion, aged 76. London No. 112 Printed and Published by MURDO Y 00 G " , ,trand, The Sun OA ', No. 11 8 tr,7 6 7 4 1; • the county of Middlesex. —Saturday, September (.1, 7 EV ENING- EDIT.IO\:._, curred this w ee k, but the operations by private contact have bee n on a sma ll sca l e i n a ll ki n d s , the publi c sales have been unimportant, and have consisted of 2,500 hag ! Java, and 333 bags Ceylon, of the former only half disposed of is un d er p rev i ous rates, v i z , a t 664 to 675 In; a good ord bold yell ow , th e rema i n d er wa s taken in 66s to 68., the latter was withdrawn above the value, good ordinary pale at 20s. Since the sales the wn e ,. of 'the Java has been sold at 66s to 66 3 6d per owl . Mocha of fine yellow quality is wanted, but few P r , cels are to be had unless at extravagant are still only in request. At auction 35 bales ord see damaged were bought in at 1153. The stock . na , reached upwards of 160,000 bags and the importatiothit have been 174.000 bags, including many cargoes brnug t 3 from Holland, via Cape of Good Hope ; the high r a ,, e , which ruled during the whole of last year have been for cause of such unpri.ce dentedly large auPPl ies ; The auction on Tuesday 500 bags Java are declared. „f Br nount a v o demand for foreign is increasing, and a fair business has been transacted in Rio this week at , 1,200 bag' advance on former rates of full 6cl per cwt ; t 41 5 have been disposed of by private treaty, good ordsb 6d to 425, fine ord mixed 42s (11. At aucti n 5 50 d a a dc Prices, other sorvrto sold at 41s to 43, , 6d for dingy good ord to fine eoloury. St. Domingo is much wanted, but few P are- o d are yet to be had ; floating cargoes would find a 0,, market. Of African 360 bags and 46 casks have beep offered at auction and all taken in at 65s for peculiar so' yellow berry. Both the stocks and importati °lli . Coffee for exportation only are much larger this / s e : , than last, but considerablysmaller than in IS This afternoon prices of home consumption went no variation, but there was little business doing vately in any ki n d o f E ast or W est India, a nd only 400 bag Java from the C a p e o f G oo d H o e were , offered at sue6°:ol and all taken in a b ove the va viz.at 66s forrnintns-ell value, pale at existing r a t es some o f t h e l arge ho ld ers whin -- clean kinds of Coffee. 'lent COCOA.—For West Indi a th ere h as b ee n an el ee ,,, r demand, and prices have further improved 2 1 t o e it cwt. ; at auction 120 b arre l s an d 25 bags Trinidad o'haqi 555 to 57s for low m iddli ng an d good red, and 150 v is Grenada at 50s to 54s for middling to good red• is wanted, a n d 37 s 6d to 3 8s wou l d be paid or GOY aqUi f but the stock is small. se a SALTPETRE.—For Rough there has been an d " l ",. e • demand, and a large business has been transacte 'nfir centy ratesate c a; o t n 2 t sr salesas 6 I : chiefly for export, and rather above I° , r-c er as r en ce m nt ad 2 e ss, 7 f p o e l r lo c w en s: qualities at 26s 6d to 275, and under 26s 6d nt -°- ordinary sound quality is to be had. At auction 9'l' bags ordinary The sto c sold at 27s 6d to 28s 6d for 5 to 2i- refraction. is now only 3,786 tons, whereas last at thi'l ar Refined was 4,962 tons. The demand for English Ne° been good at the rates quoted. . 1 for LAC DYE.—The extreme low rates which Pr ecal e ood this article, fine qualities being worth only 2s to 35 ' Is 4d to Is 10d, middling 10d to is 2d, and ordinarldo 2736 d, Calcutta o rh 3 11 % roff to 8d has caused some inquiry during the last fewleast but at pres en t w ith out h av i ng l e d to business o f the moment. , pre. DYEWOODS.—Logwood h as b een i n f a i r req uest vious rates ; th e stoc k i s 140 tons larger t h an la!"„i: r r, Fustic has been in b e tt er d eman d . C u b a i n Pan- Ic , if ' which is scarc e , common sorts are p l enti f u l • the stu d b a t more than double of w h a t i t was l ast year. Coin"° and been in fair request, and prices are firm, Barefoot' sip' Saunders W oo d se ll s l ow l y, b ut pr i ces have been I t ' tained. Sapan Wood go off freely. • A ;4 , tt,i, 1 i• rid , 1 1i Ir t; , It i dal