The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

MoRNING EDI 1•1024 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) " What," three evening guns !" says Snarl in the Critic. ", Aye," says Puff, " when these people get hold of a good thing they never know when to have done with it." So our Contemporary, the Examiner, still goes on firing his evening guns on the Turkish ques tion, but as he certainly has but a bad thing of it, we 'wonder at his. perseverance. It is an old saying, however, that there is nothing like the obstinacy of au ingenious man who finds himself in t'he wrong ; but we must in candour admit that the wonted in genuity of the'Examiner seems to have deserted him on t'uis occasion, and that the feebleness and want Of perspicuity in his arguments seem to be in the th rect ratio of the badness of his cause. Indeed the attempts of the Examinee to defend Mehemet Ali by the pen have failed as signally as those of Ibrahim by the sword. The bad logic of the one is only equalled by the bad tactics of the other. The difference, how ever, is this—that Ibrahim has been routed by the allies of the Sultan, and the Examiner by the allies of Me hemet AIL There is not one word, or one attempt at ar4smenta by which the Examiner for the last six or s veto 'weeks has laboured to run down the treaty of July and the policy of the Government, that has not four ..11 its fullest and completest refutation in the speeches of Monsieur Thiers, Mensieur Remusat, Monsieur Bar hyer, Monsieur Guizet, and others in the French Cham ber. The Examiner asserted that the Treaty of July was concluded for objects in which England had no earthly interest ; that the fact of its having been concluded was sag iesult to France; nild that by that act the English Government wantonly broke off the alliance between England and Frances The debates in the French Cham ber, and the speeches of the persons we have mentioned, here proved to demonstration that the alliance between England and France had virtually ceased to exist many mouths before the Treaty was signed, and that it had so ceased in consequence of a divergence between the nationds policy and national interests of the two countries ; nay-; as M. Tuiers most forcibly expressed it, because the iestinciivc policy of the one country was directly op posed to that of the 'other in regard to the affairs of the Levant. Those debates further prove that Eng land had a great and paramount interest in accomplish ing the objects which the Treaty was destined to effect, and that no insult was offered to France, nor any in• tstational incivility or slight ; and. that the only thing :shish France now- complains of is, that the Treaty itsslf was not made known to hereafter it was agreed upon, and before it was signed. (From the Standard.) The. Carlow election has terminated in the return of Co'ond Bruen by a large majority—a majority so large as so insure the return of two Conservative members for this so long and so fiercely contested county at the next general election. Mr. Ashton Yates may look cut fur a seat elsewhere. The Romanist Radical jour ne'..s ascribe to the substitution of a Protes:ant tenan try ova some of the Carlow estates the defeat of their party on the present occasion. We hope that the cha-ge is well founded. Nothing could be mere likely to deter the priests from continuing to tore-cot the unhappy peasantry - than such a I . The more we reflect upon the subject, and the snore diligently we read the rebukes of our cen surers, thus more thoroughly are we convinced that the landlorils owe it to themselves, to their country, to their faith, and to the wretched peasantry them scless, is replace every one w i n proves himself by his conduct the mere sieve of the priest by a free Pro . It is nothing to tell us that the ave act 6 conscientiously : so did the slaves of the oil snan of the mountain. We are not bound to re spect, i,n practice, consciences which command our tisetruction, whatever we may in theory consider due to such consciences. The Globe of Saturday bad a long ariele Linen the Protestant plantation of Irish estate . , in which it gratuitously assumed for us the (.!o:trine, that a ratan may " do what he will. with his own," in submission only to the law of the land. We, however, mentioned another law as -qualifying this li berty of action—a law above the law of the land ;so th it our Contemporary's condemnation of our doctrine upon moral grew ids is a little out of place. We sag thet the highest of all laws assigns a prefe rence to those " who are of the household of faith" —not a pre;erenoe urging to commit injustice in the it behalf certainly; but a preference demanding such worldly sacrifices, as a descent from cruel rack-rents to henest and moderate charges. (From the Courier.) generally has travelling by railway become, that in the central counties of the ceuetry scarce a coach new passes, and it is a fact that a railway will absorb petemizers from a distance of two-thirds its length on viiher side of it, at an angle of GO degrees. It is not alone, then, the persons immediately in the neighbour hood of the line who become part of its traffic, but all per seas living within a very extensive boundary ; and are we, then, to condemn wholesale these stupendous and useful works and their management because a power which has been so recently created, has not been so cesefatly conducted as we could have wished it to have been, but which we can alone hope for when all men their duty exactly as they shout,' do it, and masters have an intuitive knowledge of when they shall not? WC regret for any man's own sake that he cannot read, as he loses all the higher feel ings of consolation and independence of mind ; but we should be very sorry to condemn any man as unfit for the mechenical operation of driving an engine he cause he could nut read what be could just as well un derstand when properly explained to him. On the last mail we travelled by, and that, too, a day mail, the guard could not read , but he nevertheless left his letter bags cli right, and did his duty by the coach just as well as if lie could, and all the letters is his charge, whether they were Lard Palmerston's squabbles with M. rulers or seeple love epistles. To suppose for a moment that a set of first class men were to spring up as engine -drivers, all superior in their way, and who could brave the vslecily of such travelling and the changes of oar cli mate, or to suppose that railroads should be so per• f . ‘ealy managed the moment they arc brought into use, is as unseasonable as we have declared our Contem poraries to be for their loud praise of the verdict at Harrow. No institution of any sort has as yet been brought- into a state of comparative perfection under cars of labour and experience ; and if we look at the rapid strides made by steam engines, both on land and s,a, they form-almost an exception to the general rule of nature, and appear to have started at once into re fined action. t. taLt teaant MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. .(SATURDAY EVENING.) TIME S.—The recent failures of private banks have direteed general attention to the perfect security, as it is held cut to be, of joint-stock banks ; but the public should be, aware at the same time, that it is quite possible in the p:estnt state of the law to have so many impediments :thrown in the way of creditors, on the failure of a joint stuck bank, as to render this fancied security nearly nomi nal. The Act 6 George IV., passed to citable large com pae;ies to carry on the business of banking, was thought to sfferd sufficient - protection to the public by enabling creliturs t.;) sue the "publi , 3 officer" of the bank, and having ointeieed ju.lgment against him, to take out exe cution against any one of the proprietors. As the pro prietors arc directed to IP, registered judicially, there would neecEsarily be no difficulty in selecting a solvent person against whom legal proceedings might be taken. vi the spirit of the Act been carried into effect, the leakslic would, it seems, have been sufficiently secure, but :the wording of the Act has operated so as to throw inape ,tl;rne-nis in the wey of any proceeding by creditors. Thus ;eselgrneets had been obtained in the case of the Imperial Ilsek agateist the "public officer," and the Court of Queen's• Bench was moved to allow execution to issue egsinst the registered proprietors, but it was decided, atter much delay, that a fresh action (legally, a scire fifrils) must he brought, to ascertain whether or not the party oeglat to be charged ash partner. The creditors aftrrvvardii fcilowed that course, and brought the wire Jocias Realest sacral solvent registered proprietors, when it was objected that these were not responsible until the proprietors at the time of obtaining judgment (perhaps d.ff,rent parties) had been proved insolvent, and this argu ment prevailed. As the great guarantee which the joint stock banks offer to the public for security is the number of p.ersens liable to the depositors, a state of the law which renders it almost impossible for a creditor to recover against any individual proprietor must be fatal to their pretensions on the score of credit and security. REVIVALS.—Within the last fortnight the feel ings of the religious put3ll, at Wished], Long Sutton, and ether places in the district, i3 h r a e v o e k lnen highly outraged by the proceedings of a Mr. it is said of an opulent f ain ily in Yorkshire, who was introduced e by the Rev. 11. Bond, of. Wiabech, and su pported sleet y:her mini.ters in the Wesleyan connexion. The which took place:la' religious re -37, many is said. beggar v t •hy and dissipation females were all description : suffice it to sa dragged, c.4jolled, nay, frightened and forced to tho " pe nitent pew," where the mixture of screaming and sing.. ins and - praying was carried to such an excess that some even fainted, and others have not yet re° vored from the shock which their nerves sustai ned from the excitement. These scenes were kept up till licarly ' girl:light, and the latter part of the time the doors were fastener! ; so that, though many had gone away dis ras:ed. those who were in were obliged to remain to wit_ r: ha all this devilry.. It Cs much to be regretted that men who 3.re hi 1116:1V instances doing good, should allow them. frank t 4 l)c - ieti iota then ex travagances, driving a w a y " -4 - 4 !t the;ir chapels those who cannot encourage and abet 5i.....13 proc.-edings. A few pA-sons of right feeliwts have glvett up„sitiie , s.in the Methodist chapel since th 73 above aft 3 , r. i t :. .coped ~..., ..., 4 tho enthusiasts will in time stop short, 77',.‘ 1 %r.0• more cause to call them " mountebank " e a'-'r.s, --:=Lincolu Mercury. A FV:oW ELECT ION.—CoIoneI b9oe,elbrivrerestkrie4l:for, Carlow by a majority of 161. Mr. Pon ' ) g u cd on Friday . dif ferent causo.a. a , u ri This defeat is scribed to he Dublin Evening Post says it was produced by and meo4ate, w e t i , r i r of tile . Liberals, who were pacific the Brueuites breathed nothing but vengeariee a nn es ,. e t.l - e other - h an d '`termlnation. The Repeal Papers, on c,„ , en pu - t. , 4 1) " . -- ' contend that a Repealer ought to have The: .Duke .of Rutland left town, on Saturday last, for_ pelvom Castle, Leicestershire, where a large party will sliortly 'assemble. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEe.7. ORD V. LYONS. Mr. K. BRUCE'S reply in this case—the arguments in which have already taken up three days—occupied the whole morning. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment. ROLLS' COURT, DEC. 7. WILSON V. LEONARD. This case was partly heard on Saturday, and reported in our evening edition. The arguments of Counsel were resumed this morning, and at their conclusion, The MASTER of the ROLLS said be was clearly of opi nion the loss incurred by the non-performance of the co venants by Surtees, the assignees of Dr. Chadwick, etas a loss with which the assets of the Doctor must be charged. With respect to the amount, his Lordship had some doubt, and upon that point would look through the evidence, and mention it on Wednesday morning. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 7. ELLIS V. GOODSON. The bill in"this case was filed for the purpose of having the accounts taken of certain plantations and estates in the island of Grenada, belonging to the representatives of a genCeman named Law. To that Lill a demurrer had been filed, on the ground of multifariousness and want of equity. Mr. WinaAu opened the demurrer on Saturday, and to-day the arguments were resumed, and occupied the whole day. At the conclusion of the arguments, his Honour, the VICE CHANCELLOR, ordered the demurrer to be overruled, with costs. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DEC. 7. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a Special Jury.) GUY V. GREGORY-LIBEL. This was an action against the proprietor of the Satirist newspaper, for publishing a series of libels upon the plain tiff, who was represented as a gentleman of property, and who had in the beginning of the present year taken a house in St. James's-street, called the Cocoa Tree, for the pur pose of establishing a club house. The alleged libels were published in three succeeding numbers of the Satirist, namely the 22d and 29th March, and the sth April, They were headed " Pandemonium," and charged the plaintiff with having established a gaming-house, where loaded dice were used; and the most disreputable practices resorted to, ai.d recommending the parish authorities and police to in stitute proceedings against the house. Mr. Thesiger conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. C. Jones and Mr. Huggins for the defence. For the plaintiff two or three servants, who had been employed at the plaintiff's house in St. James's street, were examined. Their evidence generally was to the effect that the house was merely used as a club-house, where refreshments were supplied to gentlemen. There was a billiard and bagatelle table, but very little playing. None of the witnesses saw any dice used. • Mr. C. JONES addressed the Jury at some length for the defendant, contending that it was the duty of a newspaper editor, when he had good grounds for supposing that such practises existed, to hold them up to public reprobation. The LEARNED JUDGE having summed up, the Jury re turns d a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1001. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 7. WALTON V. POTTER. This action for the infringement of a patent, excites much interest amongst the cotton and woollen manufac turers of the north and south of England, a number of whom filled the galleries of the Court before the trial came on this morning. The plaintiff and defendant are both extensive cotton manufacturers at Manchester, and the former claims to be the inventor of an im provement in the carding of wool and cotton by introductien of elastic India rubber backs to the cards. For this improvement be several years ago obtained a patent, which he now charges the defendant with infring ing. The latter pleaded that the invention was not that of Waltons, but of Hancock, prior to Waltons' Patent ; secoadly, that the card-backs used by the defendant are not of the same construction as thine made according to the plaintiff's specification ; and lastly, after several other pleas, that the . specification itself is not sufficiently cor m ct to give force to the patent. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having heard two of the plaintiff's witnesses, considered that the case would occupy more time than could be afforded in the present sittings, and adjourned the trial to next term. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DEC. 7. JACKSON V. HODGSON AND ANOTHER. This was an action to recover the sum of 1001. for two years' service given by the plaintiff to his deceased father. It appeared that the deceased had been a cowkeeper in London, who had bought a farm at Cheshunt. His first wife died, leaving a family of eight children ; he married again, and had two other children. In 1835 the plaintiff, the eldest son, returned from a voyage to America ; after residing with his father for a short time he proposed to go upon another voyage, but his father said he was getting old, and if he (the plaintiff) would remain at home and manage the farm he would allow him 50/. a year. This was agreed to, and two years' service was clue upon the death of the father. The first family were not well pleased with the settlement of the property. The action depended upon letters written to the plaintiff by the desire of the father, and was only defended because the executor had not found any evidence of the contract among the papers of the deceased. The Jury found for the plaintiff. COATS V. FRANKS. This was an action upon two Bills cf Exchange amount ing to 961. odd. The defendant had pleaded a set of, but his Lordship decided that under the pleas upon the record he was precluded from entering into it. A verdict was accordingly taken for the plaintiff. This was the last cause in the paper. The Court rose at half-past twelve o'clock. CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS. (Berore Mr. JOSEPH REID, Mr. ELYARD, and other Justices.) A middle-aged woman, named Ann Jenkins, was placed at the bar upon a charge of cruelly ill-treating and neglecting to provide proper necessaries for Tho mas Jenkins, a child, five years of age. Inspector Collier, of the P Division, stated, that, from information he received, he went, on Thursday morning, to the house of a relative of the prisoner's husband, where he took charge of the child in question. It was in a most deplorable condition ; its bones were nearly through the skin, and there, were also marks of severe ill-treatment about its person ; and, in conse quence of further information he received, he took the prisoner into custody, and conveyed her before Mr. Sutherland, who immediately ordered the child to be taken to the workhouse, and remanded the prisoner. Toe Inspector further stated that the child was taken, in the first instance, to a medical gentleman at Brixton, and he handed in the following certificate : " I hereby certify that I have examined Thomas Jen kins, and beg to say that during the whole of my expe rience I never witnessed so distresing a case of star vation. (Signed) " GEORGE ORD, " Surgeon, Brixton-hill." By direction of the Bench the child was then brought into the Court to be shown to the Magistrates. Al though it was stated that it had been thoroughly cleaned, and well taken careof for several days, and had consi derably improved in appearance, in consequence, it still exhibited a most wretched and deplorable aspect. The body was a mere skeleton, the eyes sunk in the sockets, anti it appeared to be scarcely conscious. There were also marks of severe bruises on the back and loins. The MAGISTRATES,WhO appeared to be quite shocked at the sight of the child, said that this was a case which, in their opinion, the parish ought to prosecute, and they were surprised that none of the parish officers were present. Mr. George Penfold remarked, that so far as tl.e charge of starving the child was concerned, the pri soner was not, as mother-in-law, legally bound to pro vide for it. The BENCH said that she would, at all events, be liable for an indictment for assaulting it, and it was not a case they should dispose of summarily. The child had evidently been most cruelly treated. Some further inquiries were then made by the Ma gistrates, and it appeared that the prisoner's husband worked at Merstham, and he only came to Croydon on Saturday night, when he gave the prisoner his wages, but it appeared that, instead of expending the money in providing necessaries for the poor children, she spent the money in drink. Collier, the Inspector, told the Bench that he was informal by the neighbours that the poor little child had iiNuently been turned into the street at night by its mother-in-law, and the other children also said that the prisoner would shut him up stairs in a room with out any thing to eat, and when he cried from hunger she used to beat him. Mr. Smith, the Relieving Officer to the Union, and Mr. Bottomley, the surgeon, soon afterwards entered the Court, and the latter informed the Bench that the child had only been under his care for a few days, and although he was satisfied that it - had suffered greatly from want of food, yet be bad not had an opportunity of giving the Magistrates any decisive information re specting the case, except that the life of the child was not now in any danger. The MAGISTRATES then consulted together for a short time, when the Chairman, addressing the pri soner, said there was no doubt that she had most cruelly ill-treated and neglected her step-child, but as there were technical difficulties that prevented the Magistrates from interfering in the matter, they should discharge her, but the Magistrates hoped that the n3ri.h would prefor an indictment against her at the Sessions. The child was ordered to be taken back to the work and it was understood that the pirish would prefer en indictment Against the prisoner for assaulting the child. THE LAMENTABLE. DEATH 0;A CHIMNEY SWEEP IN Tag FM'S ed at Manchester. From the nesday the inquiry was re v s ° STEANI-ENGINE.—On Wed 4Sratlwrrnon, who examined the body evidence of Mr. Dyson, a other of the flue being eases, it was apparent that t o i f , o t I p le oo d r e cleaadsehda,dadnide died ed a verdict that fill,:d with hot air. The Jury manslaughter t .i o think that the 6' The deceased died of suffocat 3 :ion re tf mo against the prisoner, James Teale, for putting the deceased but they did not seem the ehirarcY ." up .. . , owners or occupiers of the property were free from blame, and we I:rlieve it was ultimatel y determin ed that they i should meet again, to consider whether they should or should not impose a d e odand upon them. TITE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 8, I SW._ POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Mr. Richards, the accountant appointed by the late Lord Mayor, with the consent of Mr. Boucher, the Managing Director, and Mr. Whitcomb, one of the Acting Directors of the British and Australasian Bank, and of Mr. Beddome, the solicitor to certain claimants, and of Mr. Ashurst, also the solicitor to certain claim ants, to examine the books and accounts of that esta blishment, and to report thereupon, attended for the purpose of giving in his report. Sir Chapman Marshall, the late Lord Mayor, and Sir Peter Laurie presided. Alderman Pirie, whose interest was deeply excited by the deplorable condition of the poor people who had travelled as settlers to South Australia, having paid their money at the bank, at N 0.55, Moorgate-street, for letters of credit, which were returned dishonoured to this country, was present during the reading of the report, which was listened to, from beginning to end, with the greatest possible attention, and evidently con firmed the opinions of all disinterested persons that such a banking establishment was never seen before. Mr. Frederick Boucher, the Managing Director, and Mr. Whitcomb, were present, -as were Mr. Baddome, Mr. Ashurst, Mr. Wheeler, the Manager of the South Australian Bank, and other gentlemen. Alderman Plate,said that on the last day of the ap- - pearance of Mr. Bohcher to answer the charge- made ,against him on the part of a number of persockS, it was agreed that an accountant should be named by Sir Chapman Marshall to go over the books of the. British and Australasian Bank. That had beep done—the gen tleman appointed had concluded the examination of the books and drawn up his report, and he hoped that re port would be satisfactory. He hoped it would be shown that Wm. Walker, of Sydney, was, according to Mr. Boucher's very positive statement, 28,0001. in debt to the establishment, for the sake of the poor people who had relied upon its good faith and solvency. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL—Does Mr. Boucher wish to say anything in this stage of the proceedings ? Mr. Boucher—l have nothing to say ; I attend merely as a spectator. I know nothing about the report. Mr. Beddome said that it appeared to him, Mr. Wheeler, and Mr. Ashurst, upon proceeding to the in vestigation, that it would be most advisable to leave the drawing up of the report to Mr. Richards, the ac countant, as that gentleman was not in any way mixed up in the transaction. The report was drawn up with the most perfect impartiality. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL—I have the report, but I know not a word of what it contains. • _ Mr. Boucher said he wished it to be known that he had been directed by a Committee of the Proprietors of the British and Australasian B ink to repudiate altogether the proceedings of the gentlemen who proposed to exa mine the books and documents of the establishment. Alderman PIRM—Why, Mr. Boucher, you most strongly expressed your wish that a Committee should be appointed to investigate the accounts of the con cern, and now you repudiate their labours. Mr. Beddome—And the Committee of which Mr. Boucher speaks was appointed subsequently. Sir PETER LAURIE—It is most important to the in terest of the public that an inquiry of the kind should be instituted. I wish that half of the companies esta blished within the last few years, and by which the public have been enormously gulled, were inquired into. We are obliged to Mr. Ashurst, in the first instance, for having drawn our attention to the concern. Mr. Richards then read the following Report : THE REPORT of the undersigned, Virillia . m Richards, Accountant, nominated by the Lord Mayor, with the as sent of the Directors, to examine into the affairs of the British and Australasian Bank, No. 55, Moorgate-street. As a commencement to my Report, I beg to state that I was attended in my inquiry by Mr. Frederick Boucher, the Managing Director, and Mr. Whitcomb, another Di rector, and derived all my information from them and from the books and papers of the establishment. The Bank has not been carried on under any Act of Par- liament or charter, nor has any deed of settlement of the Company been as yet executed ; but in the month of Ja nuary, 1839, the business was commenced under a Pro spectus (which was handed to me by the Directors ; above named), and has continued to be carried on without any Other authority down to the present time. That Prospectus is too long to set out in full, but I think it is essential to insert such portions as bear upon my Report : " Prospectus of the British and Australian B ink (incor porated with the Australasian Loan Company ).—Capii al, One Million sterling.—ln two series of Shares of 20/ each, a portion of which will be reserved for allotment in the Colonies.—First instalment, 51. per share. " DlRECTORS—Frederick Boucher, Esq., Matvging Director; W. H. Burnaod, Esq., George Cox, lf.sq , Daniel Fryett, jun. Esq., James Brodie Gordon, Esq , George S. Ogilvie, Esq., William Henry Searnett, Esq , Walter Scott, Esq., George Whitcomb, Esq. With power to add to their number. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Kearsey Hughes and Thomas. " The capital of the Company, one million sterling, is divided into two series of shares of twenty pounds each, and a portion of these will be reserved for allotment in the Colonies. The first series to he now issued will comprise 25,000 shares, and the instalments thereon are to be paid up as follows, viz : £5 per sliare on 21st January. 1839. £5 .. 221 April, 1839. £5 it 21st August, 1839 . 21st December, 1839. "By the incorporation of the Australasian Loan Company with this Society, a numerous and influential body of Pro. prietors, and a large amount of capital have been already secured, and the Directors have been enabled to snake arrangements, for the early formation, under peculiarly ad vantageous circumstances, of Branch Benhs of Isaac, De • pout, Discount, 6-c., at the several places undermen tioned, viz. : At Sydney New South Wales ; Maitland Ditto; Fort Philip .. Ditto ; Hobart Town Van Diemen's Land ; • Launceston Ditto ; Adelaide South Australia ; Perth Western Australia ; And at Albany King George's Sound. " The Directors deem it right to state, for the informa tion of the public, that they have secured the co-operation and assistance of many of the principal Colonists ; that Mr. George Whitcomb resided fur several years in Van Die n-:11'6 Land; that Mr. W. H. Burnand and Mr. J. B. Gordon have been extensively en aged in pecuniary and commercial transactions with the Australasian Colonies for many years; that Mr. Walter Scott has resided for more than twelvo years in New South Wales ; and that Mr. Frederick Boucher was . the originator, and for more than three years the Secretary, of the Bank of Australasia, and resided in Australia several years. " It is expected that the local knowledge and practical experience of these gentlemen will prove beneficial to the Company in various ways, .and that their connexion with the Association will be a complete assurance to the Colo nists that their interests will be carefully regarded in all the operations of the Society ; setting aside all narrow views, the Directors will. take care that the business of the Bank shall be conducted in the most liberal and equitable manner. " In the discharge of their duties they will consider it in cumbent upon them to promote, as far as may be practica ble, the prosperity and advancement of the Colonists, and under this impression their proceedings will be regulatid. " The management of the Company's affairs w ill be vested in the London Board of Directors, and the Banks in the Colonies will be conducted by influential local Directors and other persons duly qualified, who will be appointed by the Directors in London. Every arrangement and regula. tion of this Society will be framed with the utmost regard to public convenience, and the terms of business will be moderate and equitable. " The deed of settlement is to be signed by every Share holder on payment of the first Instalment. " Agents will be appointed wherever they may be required for the transaction of exchange or other business on behalf of the Company, and a complete list of the Agents of the Bsnk will shortly be published." The Directors handed to me the following balance sheet of the general state of the affairs of the Company : The British and Australian Bank, 55, Moorgate-street, London, Ist November, 1840. Dr. Balance. To instalments £53,000 0 0 To interest.. l,OBl 13 2 To exchange 4,369 0 4 To commission To premium To deposits (on notice) 1.286 8 4 To consignments on account 9,549 18 10 To balances due by Bank 5,793 8 5 To b , lls payable 3,103 17 0 To bills for collect ion To ditto colonial To annuity bonds . 883 6 8 To El. Jennings (loan) 5 0 0 £90,375 6 0 Account. Cr. By preliminary expenses .£3,354 10 5 By balance due to Bank By bills receivable 3,972 14 6 By advances By Sydney branch By Hobart Town ditto 4,219 12 7 By Launceston 2,674 4 10 By Port Philip 4,054 17 10 By Adelaide 1,799 18 7 By London and Westminster Bk l6 6 4 By Cash balance By Australian Loan Company— 880 19 9 By First dividend -1,016 0 0 £88,146 18 11 Petty cash Before I commenced en examination of the books of the Company, I made particular inquiry of the Directors concerning the fist item of 58,000/. on ti e debit side of the account, and was distinctly infor,nid that it consisted of instalments on the shares of the Company which had been paid up in full to that amount. I then called for a list of the balances due to the bank, stated as 31,4-131. 16s. Bd. on the credit side of the account, and found that c onsiderably more than one-third of this latter sum consisted of the instalments of the Directors and Shareholders not paid up, as above stated. I find that Mr. F. Boucher; the Managing Director, has not made any payment on account of his shares. That he stands debtor to the Bank on lis share ac count 45,000 0 0 And on his drawinc , account Mr. Boucher's shares appear to have been 50 originally its his own name; 125 originally the shares of George Shadforth Ogilvie, a Director, but whciwas credited 2,5001. on the 25th June, 1840, and the shares carried to Mr. Boucher's name, and the instalments debited to his account; fifty, orginally those of R. Compton, fifty shares of Stephen Fussell, and twenty shares of Robert Morrison, all dealt with in the same mannar. Mr. Bjucher has also bad 6,0004 other advances in manner hereafter shown. I find that Mr. W. H. Burnand, a Director, has been debited for the instalments on his twenty-five shares, and _ . that in the ledger he stands debtor to the Bank 2971 Us. I do not find that Mr. George Cox (although his name appears in the prospectus) ever was a Director, or even a shareholder. I find that Mr. Daniel Tryctt, Jan., stands in the share list as having had forty-two shares transferred to this Com pany, from the Australian Loan Company, and that he stands debtor in the Bank books 2201. us. Bd., and the Directors, who attended me in my investigation, stated that he never disclaimed being a Director, hough he never acted or appeared at their Board. I find that the shares of Mr. James Brodie Gordon have been paid in full, and that he is now in the Bank books a creditor for 711. 193. 3d. He was reprasented by the Directors who attended me, as having only occasionall attended the Board. I find that Mr. George Shadforth Ogilvie was a share holder of 125 shares, for which he stood debited in th, .Bank ledger, but on the 25th June lay, he wa - 3 - creclito! 2;504 for all the instalments upon them, and his 'account b danced and .closed. and Mr. Boucher's account debited with the like sum. H was represented as not having acted as a Director, but as not hating disclaimed the appoint:aent. I do not find that Mr. Willi.m Henry Searnett is either a Director .or shareholder, and his name. is .not. in the Bank books, nor, according to the statement of the Dirce, tors who attended me, did he ever have a transaction with the Bank. I find that Mr. Walter Scott is debited for .the instal ments on twenty-five shares, and on balancing hi 4 account in the ledger, stanth, debtor to the 8ank,•2701. 1-le is represented as having occasoinally acted as a Di rector. I find that Mr. George Whitcomb is debited 1w the BAnk leiger ai:h 1,000/. far the four instalments on 50 shares ; but on hi 3 working account he appears a creditor of the Bank for 633/. I 7s. sd. This balance in his favour arises by an item of 1,000/ in that account credited to.him, and debited to Mr. F. Boucher on the 22d July last, and of which all explanation was refused by those gentlemen ; of course, if this item were taken away he would be debtor on his working account 3661. 23. 7d. as well as the 1,006/. on his share account. I find that Mr. F. Bluely's- is the Managinn. Director of the Company, and that Mr. Whitcomb adMr. Bur nand arc the Directors who have chiefly acted with him. I find that there-arc large balances against segue of the shareholders, but as their names do not Appear in the Pro spectus I do not feel called_ upon to report them. I find that the 6,0001. of " - advances" consists of three advances of 2,0001. each, made to Mr. F. Boucher ; one by the Australasian Loan Company on the 9.. h August, 1833, on 160 shares in the Van Diemen's Land Company ; one on the 12th January, 1839, on 2,560 acres of land in New South Wales, and 675 acres of land in South Aus tralia; and one by the present Bank on 21 New 73aland Preliminary Land Orders, on the 18th April last, but I have only seen securities for one of these advances. I find that Mr. F. Boucher's account would appear still larger against hint but for one item, interlined in the ledger to his credit in April last, of 1,0031 Os. 2d., which has not been found for me is the Cash-book, or any other book of the Bank (except the ledger), and which (although repeatedly inquired after) has not been . explained to me. I remarked to Mr. F. Boucher that his ac count, though so heavily overdrawn under various heads, is not any where charged with interest, to which he replied that the interest was only made up half yearly, but on my showing; him that there teas not any charged against him from the beginning, he said that must be a mistake. I and that the books of the Bank are exceedingly irre gular, so much so that no examination would be satisfac tory that did not sift the whole concern from the com mencement. There is no minute book, showing what Di rectors from time to time attended the Beard. There are no certificates or scrip of the Shares, but the Share. holders hold only Mr. F. Boucher's letters, stating what shares they are entitled to. I find that the agents ot the Bank have been appointed only by Mr. F. Boucher's letters, and although such letters state to tee agents that they have been appointed by a Board of Directors, I have not been shown any Board n one such app o i n t ment ; b ut h ave b een t o ld by Mr. o Wf any letcomb . that Mr. F. 13eucher's letters are . the Only records of such matterse As to do Branch .Basis in the Colonies, I find that (notwithet inding the statement in the prospectus), no local Directors have been yet appointed at any one of them. With respect to most of them, the Bank received depos:te and granted letters of credit, b"fore they sent out any re m'ttances or consignments to meet them. As to the Sydney Branch, stated on the credit side of the balance sheet at 2 7,329/. 14a. 51, I have gone very fully into that account, and the correspondence upon it, and although it appears by the B ink books that the Bank has made large advances on bills sent out, and goods con signed to that Colony, yet such is the nature of this ac count, that it is impossible, without knowing the transaction; in the Colony to come to a conclusion as to what balance is available. I do not find evidence to support Mr. F. Boucher's assertion that it is 28,0001; The 'seeks of the Bank made an apparent balance ot about 25,000/., but this sum cannot be relied upon, as the remittances include many bills drawn against consignments of goods, which may not realize the invoice price. Mr. Walker's correspondence evinces great unwillingnesi to regard as available anything short of actual cash in hand. The irregularity of the Bank books also increa?es the un certainty, for even my brief examination detected errors reducing the amount nearly 2.0001., and pieived tire exist ence of an outstanding credit which may cause a further di. minution of 2.0001. more, while there appear tracts of ac counts between the Sydney agent and 'mercantile houses in New South Wales of the balances on which I had no mate rials for forming a judgment. In corroboration of my conviction 'that the nominal Sydney balance is liable to great diminution, I beg special attention to the fact, that by the Agents' -account, current orders for 5001. are shown to have been given, of which no registry whatever appears in the books of the B a nk here, ra uttand ingi in ti t i e n Pssibletia state that there m a y no t b e ot h er ounregistered, drafts on the Colonial funds or other orders as to their appropriation. I found a letter in the correspondence from Mr. T. Walker, Director here, dated following p ara g ra ph : eg onlyt i SA l ys t dt n pm e r agent, e y agyeniat stt,h ae and de containingetoh , e 1 n iN t .l o a f it Managingtghtie establishment with the hn y overdrawn. say to the e ß it a t n e k n tooff Australia 24 0,2 in fund; from bills current felling due, to an amount suffi cient to enable me to act up to your instructions, should - a l ; bu is t at considerably n the end of this month I shall be favourable opportunity occur for my ruing so which in structions were the investing on mortgage at Sydney 5001. thet a lady had paid into the Bank here, in the month of March, 1839, to be laid out on a moitgage in Sydney ; but which sum was not advised of by the Bank to Mr. Vtralker, their agent, until the month o f N ovem b er eight months afterwards). I fled that the Bank here had not written out questioning their agent's letter of the Ist May, nor did they deny the statements. i find also other irre gularities in this account, .which make the question of the amount of balance in the Bank's favour at Sydney very doubtful. As to the Adelaide Branch—l find that the P Ink took deposits of parties, and granted l e t ters of credit, six months before it sent out any remittances or consignments to meet them; arid that itehad granted such letters to the extent Of abut I,ooa/. before it made a single remittance or con- Sienment. Mr. F. Bouch er has not -satisfied me that he did not know of his brother's_ previous de parture from the colony, when he granted the bilis slid letters of credit in September and October of last year. He stated to me that he first knew it six weeks after the 14th of October, the day he took Mr. Francis Grote's money, and granted him his bill. Mr. Charles Grote has clearly shown that he must have communicated the fact to Mr. F. Boucher before the 30th of October, and Mr. F. Boucher now owns such might have been the case. Yet he never wrote any letter to the colony to pro tect the drafts of the .Bank there until the 25th of January followeig, nor did he write suspending his brother's agency or authority until the 24th of March now last past. M ire over, it appears by Mr. Charles Boucher's letters to his, brother, Mr. F. Boucher, from January, 1838, to June of year, the same • ‘- r, that the time of his arrival at Adelaide was very little to be depended upon ; and by letter, dated June 16, 1833, he particularly cautions his brother not to send certain orders to him until he s hould hear from him of his arrival there. It appears, by Mr. F. Boucher's ad icisseen, that he had-r,ot heard of such arrival when, in the summer and autuinn of last year, the Bark' granted letters of credit addressed to their Meleager, and bills addressed to local Directors at that place (no such officers being, in existence), and with a foot note to apply to Mr. Charles Boucher, of whose arrival, as before stated, he was in ignorance. I find that the tank boas exhibit balances in favour of die Bank at Elob trt Town, ' Launceston, and Port Philip, •Alt the Preceding remarks will show the uncertainty of the realization, or to what unexpected claims they may be liable ; many of th e remittances are dependant upon in voices of goods, the proceeds of which must be uncertain, and the residue are chiefly bills drawn against goods often accompanying the actual drafts. I find that, contrary to the usual practice of Colonial Banks, this Bank has never shipped any specie whatever to any of its Coloni a l Agents. • I have found this impai r apainful one, and as the ea Shareholders have very , et I have not gone minutely into the other branches of tne account. WILLIAM RICHARDS. New City Chambers, 20th Nov. 1 840. Sir G. MARSHALL asked whether it was the wish of any gentleman to make any observations? Mr. Richards said that the shareholders would do well to remember in any inquiry they might institute, that those who had sirrinlY paid the calls on their shares had an interest very different from that of those share holders who might be debtor e to the B ink, or have made it subservient to their own private tranetesions. Mr. Bnielier—l h ave not been supp li e d will' 3 con of the report, ane I know nothing about it. Alderman Pram—You agreed, Mr. Baueher,when the gentlem in was appointed to examine the 10(3;3; that if Mr. Richards should n:,t be satisfied that Mr. Walker, of Sydney, owed the British and Australasian Bank 28,000/., you would pay them all expenses incur red. I suppose, as a man of honour, you wit' giie your check for the amount. 'Mr. -3oucher—Yes. I s h a ll pa y the expenses of the examination of the accounts. I wish it to be un derstood, however, that Mr. Richardsi‘lr c onsiders • Walker to be indebted to our B an k t h e sum of 26, 000 /. , 115 appears from his report. Mr. Richards—That is subject to a variety of con tingencies. Amongst them i s this, that you mu st ta k e for granted the correctness of the books as to that parti cular account. Mr. Sir PETER LA URIE rcquesre d to k now from Richards whether that gentleman had seen the deed of settlement? Mr. Richards replied that ho had seen what was (-railed the deed of settlement, but it was not signed. There was no signature whatever to it. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL—Mr. Ashurst distinctly ascertained that fact after Mr. Thomas, the solicitor to the British and Australasian Bank, mentioned that the deed lay at his office. Mr. Ashurst said that his presence appeared to be particularly obnoxious to the Directors of the British and Australasian Bank, but he stayed at the Bank until he saw the book put into the hands of Mr. Richards, and then he knew that an anatomy of the accounts would take place. He, however, apprehended that some information of a most important nature was withheld. If a man took a joint-stock profit he ought to have joint stock liabilities, and it would be extremely desirable to have an account of the manner in which the 10 1. per cent. profits were divided. Nothing of the kind had appeared. It stfuck him as very odd, that the agent at Sydney, wl o was represented by Mr. Boucher as being indebted ih so large a sum to the British and Australasian Bank, ould represent that he might be in a situation to pay tie sum of 500/. to that gentleman's order. Mr. Boucher said that that statement had been made fifteen months before Mr. Walker was indebted in the sum above stated. Mr. Ashurst.ctated that what he bad heard put him completely in possession of.the case, and he should pro ceed accordingly in the way which struck him as most conclusive for the . hencfit of his clients. Mr. Boacher—You mai proceed as you please. AU the net liabilities of the establishment will be paid off It is wrong to insinuate that any of the books are with held. They are all at the command of Mr. Richards. - Mr. Ashurst asked whether any book containing an account of the profits derived from the shares had been handed to that gentleman ? Mr. Richards replied that after Mr. Ashurst's departure what was called the share•book was handed to him, but it contained merely the names of persons stated to have taken shares. He asked for the check receipt book, hut he could not find that any receipts were taken. He perceived considerable discrepancies. Mr. Boucher—lf Mr. Ashurst thinks lie has a claim upon the Bank, let him proceed against the Bank. Mr. Ashurst—Aye, and be sent to Australia for the amount. I understand the ac hole business perfectly well. Mr. Boucher—Very well, I hope you do. Mr. Ashurst—Yes, and I hope it will be made quite intelligible to you too. Mr.. Beddorne said the amount of the claim of his clients was 2,400/. and Mr. Whitcomb, one of the Di. rectors, said he feared the shareholders -could not at present find the money to discharge that sum. He sub mitted whether it was creditable to keep a Bank open when it could not pay 2,500/ - Sir P. LAURIE declared that he really felt for the poor people who were deluded. The eyes of the public would however be opened by the investigation. That was an advantage derivable' from what had taken place. Mr. Boucher begged to say that no delusion had been practised. It was stated by Mr. Duncan, an eminent accountant, who had investigated the concern, that there would be a considerable advance of profits above the debts. Alderman PIRIE—Why do you not pay your debts then ? Mr. Boucher—Because ou: money is at Sydney. Alderman PsasE—J don't believe one word: of it. Mr. Ashurst—lf Mr. Duncan makes such a report as has been just stated, he must take for granted what is asserted in thebeoks.. . • Sir PrrEa...LanetrE e - e -Why is not Mr. DUOCRO'S re port here ifeitJae...ee ' favourable ? Pray did he examine the hooks which were Submitted to the inspection of Mr. Richards ? Mr., Boucher—Certainly. We have not only the whole of the capital in hand, but consider ahly above it. -• ' • Mr. Ashurst -said that he bad another bill, dated one day after the bid he had already produced. Mr. Boucher-4 cannot help the default of other - people. • - • Alderman PHuz—l know what I should do if I was in Sir Chapman Marshall's situation. I certainly should demand bail, for 1 consider that a number of poM;Peaple have been defrauded.. Mr. Boucher—l deny it altogether. Sir CHArAIAN MARSHALL said it was evident that Mr. Richards's report showed a very unsatisfactory state of things. He wished that the Bank should have the opportunity of provirp , its solvency, and he sug gested the propriety of producing Mr. Durican's report, which he should receive, and cause to be read pub, Hely, with much pleasure. He bogged one thinge par , ticolarly—that Mr. Blucher would at once invest funds to pty the 2,5001. to the unfortunate people at Aus tealia, probably at that moment in extreme poverty. He called upon the Manager and Mr. Whitcomb, the Director, whatever might be the condition of the Bank, to help these poor creatures. Mr. Boucher—All that is justly due shall he paid, but nothing that is unj Astly demanded shalt be paid Of course the bids on Adelaide shall be all paid. We arc making arrangements to pay in a given time. Never was there a concern in which a combin,ltion of circumstances, oceasionvd by the misconduct of one person, did more prejudice than this. Alderman PIRIE—Not one syllable do I believe ; it is all a delusion. - Sir PETER LAURIE—I believe so, indeed. I can not but lament that poor emigraqts should not look more carefully to the character of the establishments with whom they deposit perhaps ail they have in the world, to receive in return pieces of paper to be pre sented on the other side of the globe, without an in dividual being there even to give them an answer. Mr. Bpucher declared that the impression against the establishment was quite erroneous. The report was, he considered, one-sided. Mr. Beddome said that.there was not a single fact in the report which was not submitted to, and which did not receive the sanction of, the gentlemen appointed to investigate. Mr. Whitcomb declared that every book and paper of the establishment was submitted to the inspection of Mr. Richards. Mr. Richards said that he received every assistance moat certainly from Mr. Whitcomb, but he could not say that of Mr. Boucher. He had no opportunity of examining the ledger, as it MS ia constant requisition from two or three parties at the same time at the bank. Sir P. LAURIE —I believe, Mr. Whitcomb, that you have been duped. . Mr. Whitcomb did not believe there was any duping at all. Mr. Wheeler also admitted the candour and assist ance he had met with from Mr. Whitcomb. In all his experience of accounts he never in his life beheld books in such a condition as those of the concern in question. There was a book called a cash-book, but it was a jumble which was completely unintelligible. It had nothing at all to do with cash. Sir P. Lauala said that one thing, at any rate, was to be said for Mr. Boucher. He had - faced the accu satien well. He wished that all persons who ran head long into speculations would consider that where there was great interest there was great risk. . Sir C. MARSHALL—I appeal to you, Mr. Boucher, on behalf of these poor people. Mr. Boucher said - that they should be paid. Alderman PHoE—Will you give your check for the money for those poor. people now ? Mr. Boucher— Will you take a check on Sydney ? Alderman PIRIE said that he would take a bill on Sydney if the brother of Mr. Walker put his name to it. Mr. Boucher said he hid no doubt that he, could Procure the name of Mr. Walker. Mr. Ashurst then tailed the attention of the Alder men to the case of the poor Swiss, who complained against Mr. Boucher some mouths ago, and who paid 401. at the Chatham Bank, hod received a letter of credit on Mr. Boucher, which was dishonoured. Mr. Boucher—i r Tne person who drew on_ the esta blishment on that occasion had no authority to draw, and he owes us 3,0001. • Mt. Ashurst—l have him here. A Mr. Gough then came forward and said that he was the person. He was the agent of the British and Aus tralasian Bank, and he sent every shilling he received at Chatham to Mr. Boucher. Sir PETER LAURIE—Did you send the money spoken of?—Mr. Gough—Certainly. Mr. Boucher —He owes the concern :3,0001., and he never was a uthorised to draw. He was merely an agent as regarded stylus. Mr. Gough—l never sold a share. I was regularly appointed by you. Me. Bhddome said the letter appointing Mr. C l ough could be produced. He was appointed without restriction. Mr. Ashurst—lt shows pretty well the value of the accounts, when Mr. Gough is put down as indebted 3 , 0001. to the Britis h and A ustralasian Bank. Sir C HA PMAN--Well, Mr. Boucher, you had better produce Mr. Duncan's report, if it is so favourable to yeti ; This report, certainly, is not so. We shall now ern no further, but I wouhl advise you to let us have Mr. Duncan's. Mr. Boucher—l shall consult the proprietors on the subject, and if they give Me leave, I shall produce it. Mr. Ashurst—l shall proceed in my own way in this business. The business here t e•minated. '3O VV. S BE 7'. Paul Mazeau, George Raniuz, and Jules llault were yesterday brought before Mr. H for final examina• Lion, charged with having in their, possession parts of certain notes and plates made to forge the seine, which purported to be notes of the Imperial [link of Russia. Mr. Bodkin, as counsel, and Mr. Bush, as solicitor, attended for the prosecution, rnd Mr. Roberts for the prisoners. In addition to the former evidence, John Forrester, the Mansion-house officer, proved that on the IGth of October he found part of another note produced, in a drawer at the lodgings of Rank, 18, Portland-street, Soho. Mr. Bodkin said he did not intend to offer any . fur ther evidence, as he apprehended sufficient had already bcen made out t o comm it th e prisoners upon, unless they could, in compLince with the Act of Parliament, antis- factorily account for the notes and plates found upon them. Mr. HALL called•upon the prisoners severally whe ther they had any answer to make to the charge Mr. Roberts said that under his direction the prisoners would reserve what they had to say until their trial. The several witnesses were then hound over, and the prisoners were fully committed to Newgate for trial. The Court was crowded with foreigners, who ap peared anxious to know the result. CORONER'S INQUEST. An inquest was held on Wednesday last at the Queen's Bench prison, before Peter Le Pepre, Esq , Coroner for the Crown, on view of the body of Charles More Ulli thorn, Esq., solicitor, of Red Lion-square, a gentleman highly connected and much respected, who died in that 1 prison on the day preceding. Mr. Hooper, a surgeon, on being examined, said—l was called in yesterday fortnight, and found the deceased in a very excited state of mind, and he complained of a pain in the right side. His mind was in a very wandering state. I should say his chronic disease having existed so many months, had so broken down his physical powers, that any excitement of the mind (particularly imprison. merit) would tend to aggravate the disease, so as to cause d. ath. I never saw him take any spirits or stimulants be yond what I prescribed. He had symptoms of delirium tremens, which is produced by mental excitement. This wes one of the causes of his death, and this can be pro duced without the aid of •spirits on a weak and impaired I mind. In reply to questions from tile - Jurors, Mr. Hooper said he had some experience as a surgeon in that prison, and found that going through the Insolvent Debtors' Court caused great excitement, and produced, in many instances, what was called within the walls, the " schedule fever." In the present instance, he believed the cause of death to have been a diseased liver, occasioned by imprisouiren!. Francia Howlett deposed that he had been clerk to the deceased for eighteen years. The deceased had been im prisoned about two months, and for some time previcus to his being taken in execution, and since, he had expressed much anxiety on account of his nffedrs. Mrs. Searle said she attended the deceased during his imprisonment. He was often much excited, more at on' time than another. He often complained of :he noise and singing of Boatswain Smith over his head, and she though - this aggravated his symptoms very much. On the Sunday (the day before his death), he was particularly annoyed at the noise, and jumped out of bed in consequence of it, and paced the room, in a very excited state, in his shirt. James Clegg, an under turnkey of the prison, deposed that on the.everting of Sunday, Nov. 30, he went up to Boatswain Smith's room, by desire of Mr. Calwell, the head turnkey, and requested him not to sing or make a noise in consequence of the deceased being in a dying state underneath him, upon which he ( Smith) replied, I have left off for the night, but that would not have made any difference if I had not. Juror —Had Mr. Calwell directions. from the Marshal to request Mr. Smith not to sing or make a noise on this particular night ? Witness—l was told so when I was sent to him. Juror—Did Mr. Smith say . any thing more than ycu have stated Witness—Yes ; he said what does it signify if a man is dying. This being the whole of the evidence, the Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned the following verdict : —" That the deceased Charles More Ulli:born died a na tural death, which was accelerated by very great mental anxiety, produced by incarceration in the Queen's Bench prison for debt, upon a constitution already impaired by diseased liver and chronic inflammation of the kidneys, and that the noisy and tanatica singing of Boatswain Smith, a prisoner in the same staircase with deceased, em bittered his last moments and the Jury cannot separate without expressing their deep regret at the unchristian and hypocritical conduct of the said Boatswain Smith." SHIPPING INTULLIGENC,E. (LLOYD'S.) LOND3N, DEC. 7.—Wind this day at noon, moderate brecza from the southward, and fine. DEAL. DEC. s.—Wind N. W., moderate. 6:h.—Wind E.— Arrived the Urania, Metcalf from Sierra Leone. Sailed the Christina, Blair, for •Sj (lacy, New South Wales; Fortitude, Hutton, Port Philip ; Persia, Stevens, Ceylon ; Chieftain, Paulson, Madras.: Corcyra, Cort land, Cdpe Palmas; Anse, Burgess„ Tobago; Charles, Dsllen, ditto; Baelenghamshire, - Moore, Bombay. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 6.—Wind S., light.—Arrived the Frankfield, Mitchell, from New Orleans; Victoria, Bahia; Irish Lass, Grardy, Savanilla ; Congress, Marshall, Charleston ; Algonquin, Turley, Philadelphia ; Franklin,. New .Orleans ; Bombay packet, 'Bonny—sailed September 12th, and Fernando Po 19th. Sailed the Judith, Harvey, for - Arica; &e. ; Cambria, Robertson, Calcutta ; Hope, Robert, Rio Janeiro ; Traveller, Armstrong, Pernam buco ; Cureyman, Longford, Demerara ; Laurel, M'Bride, Savannah ; Frances, Browne, and Huddersfield, Jones, Africa; John Dugdale, Milibard, Singapore ; William Sharpies, Jones, Bombay ; Irt, Ludlow, Bahia ; Rose anna, Read, Rio Janeiro ; Ann Hall, Tucker, Mobile ; Cockermouth Castle, Bell, Jamaica ; Sarah, Cousens, Savannah ; Maddison, Wood, Virginia ; Sterling, Cooper, Charleston; Robert Fulton, Broeson, New York. Off port, the Jupiter, from Charleston. BRISTOL, Ds.c. s.—Arrived Harvey, Simpson, from Quebec; S suza, D.., la Gallia, Fayel. SWANSEA, DEC. 4.—Arrived Alexander Harvey, Alex ander, from Cuba. MILFORD, DEC. 5.—A boat marked oW 81(1.1 " S M Ann, of Newport," and inside, " Williams, _Master," was washed on shore yesterday in Freshwater Bay. FALMOUTH, DEC. 4 and s.—Wind variahle.—Arrived Tagus steamer, M'Leod, Gibraltar ; sailed 26th ult. Off port, Hercules, Renaus, Quebec; Howard, Bartlett, Mi. ramichi ; Java, Dothill, Batavia ; Victoria, Deoia ; Belle Alliance, Doxford, Calcutta. Off port, Sampson, Stur gis. New York. YARMOUTH, ISLE CF WIGHT, DEC. 4.—A quantity of wreck. apparently a spar, yards, sails, &c. was passed on the 2d instant off the Eddystone, by the Confidence, arrived at Southampton. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind N. N. W.--The Henrique, Savarosa, which put into this port leaky, and was laid on shore, is so much strained, that the fills with the tide ; cargo discharged. DUMFRIES, Dec. s.—The Vernon, from Liverpool to Glasgow, which was on shore, has been got off without much damage after discharging, and gone to Ciniethorn to :re-load. CLYDE, DEc. 4.—Arrived. the Terranova, Denniston, from Newfoundland ; James Lyon, Hamilton, ditto ; Clutha, Colman, Quebec. Sailed the Maria, Miller, for Hobart Town ; Amphitrite, Kerr, Calcutta ; Severn Lass, Wright, Honduras. KINGSTOWN, DEC. s.—Arrived the Camerton, Shields, from Demerara. LIMERICK, DEC. 4.—Arrived the John and Mary, Wright, from Quebec. CORK, Dec. 4.—Off port, the Henry Clay, Schriver, from New Orleans; Pavisborough, Hetherington, Mar tinique. GALWAY, DEC. 3.—Arrived the Midas, Moore, Quebec. ILFRACOMBE, DEC. s.—Parts of a wreck, such as masts, yards. sails. &e., have washed on share on the western point of Sandy Island. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—Tht! SOSall Marr, from Lima to London, 15th ult., lat. 28, lon. 37, by the Jane, Thompson, arrived at Cork. Starter, Leghorn to Cork, out six weeks; Jane, Gibraltar to Dublin ; Ellen, Denia to London; ,Castlereagh, Couch, Denia to Liverpool, lat. 41, lon. 10. by the Speedy, \Ville, arrived off Salcombe. Eleanar, 25th ult., lat 48, lon. 6, by the Wilna, Brown, arrived in tha river. Jessamine. Jarvis, Messina to Ant werp, 7th ult., lat. 39, lon. 9 E., by the Cynosure, Yabs ley, arrived at Liverpool. Bareas, Liverpool to Seville, 21st ult., off Cape St. Vincent, by the Nonpariel, Hard ing, arrived at Liverpool. Maria Elizabeth, from Ham burgh, 25th ult., Ist. 42, I,tn. 13; Cartaretta, Bilboa to Newfoundland, 27th, lat. 45, lon. 11, by the Amity, Nos siter, arrived in the Downs. Wilmot, Lomboak to Mauri tius, 29th Sept., lat. 20, lon. 65,E., by the British King, arrived in the Clyde. Clyde, of Glasgow, for Leghorn, 12th ult., lat. 47, ion. 6. by the Euphemia, Turpie, arrived at Dundee. Her Majesty's ship Viper, 20th September, her Majesty's ship Buzzard, 3d Oct., lat. I S,. lon. 6, Johan, Lisbon to Pernambuco, 27th ult. lat. 6 N. lon. 20, by the Bombay, Packer, arrived at Liverpool. A steamer, supposed the Royal Tar, 2‘l inst. lat. 45, ion. 9, Liver pool steamer, Falmouth to Malta, Scc. 3d, lat. 47, lon. 7, by the Tagus steamer, arrived in the river. Salamander, Bor. dcaux to Valparaiso ; Tourville, Dunkirk to Bourbon ; and Gabriel, Bordeaux to Mauritius, by H. F. M. ship Orestes arrived at St. Helena. William IV., Labrador to Malta, 16th, lat. 37, ton. 3, by the Cynosure arrived at Liverpool. Gangea, bound to Sydntyy, New South Wales, 24th October, lat. 15 N. lon. 22 \V. ; a barque, supposed the Stains Castle, 25th, lat. 16. lon. 22 ; Wool sington, bound to Ceylon, 28th, lat. 19, lon. 23, by the Senator, Grindlay, arrived in the Downs. Catharina, 1-1-itriburgli to Rio .linciro (sod not from Rio to Ham burg h, as before reported), 14th, lat. 56, lon. 14, by the Nailer, Wilson, arrived at Shields. Various rumours are afloat with regard to the re ward of honours and promotion to the gallant officers who have distinguished themselves on the coast of Syria. The only visible mark of her Majesty's approbation is shown in granting the Commandership of the Bath to Commodore C. Napier ; and the Admiralty have .promoted Messrs. Cumming, Price, and M'Guire to the rank of Lieutenant. The prevalent op;nion appears to be that Sir R. Stopford will be effered a Peerage, and the appointment to the Go vernorship of Greenwich Hospital ; that the captains and commanders of all the ships will be trade Companions of the Bath • the commanders in the line-of-battle ships and sloops, and all the first lieutenants and senior mates, will be promoted a step, and brevet given to some ofthe marine officers. If this act of justice be accorded to them, it will have to be followed also by other promotions resulting from anticipated success on the coast of China ; these, con jointly, will be deducted from any promotion looked for on the birth of Princess Royal, or it may defer such a boon to an indefinite period.—Hampshire Telegraph. TUE EARL OF LONSDA LE.—Ramours having reached us that the Earl of Lonsdale has been detained at Lowther by serious indisposition, and knowing the anxisty of the public . on the subject, we have made particular in quirks, and are happy to state that his Lordship is fast recovering from an attack of cold and rheumatism, which confined him in the house for a few days. His Lordship was out in the course of this week, nue it is coefidently ex pected he will very soon be able to undertake his journey south —Carlisle Patriot. OFFICE OF BRIDGE-MASTER. —There is a vacancy in the City in the office of bridge-master, which will be filled up by the livery. Th e re is generally a very severe contest for the office, notwi t h s tandina that it Is Oct in any respect a political appointment, The candidates at present are—Mr. Heald, one of the m embers of the C(.rn tnon Cooncil ; Mr. George Ledger, who was for Sr vcrkl . years an active member of that Court; and Mr. Gibbs, one of the unsuccessful candidates at a former election. MORN ?NCB EDITION r . THE 'MARKETS-YESTERDAY. rCORN EXCHANGE. Last ~ r. c ek'4 arrivals were rood of Barley, moderate of other Grain, and considerable of Flour. There were only niwierate fresh supplies of Corn. Fine Wheat Is. per quarter dearer; other kinds, including Foreign, as last re ported. Barley is firm at its former value. Beans dull . sale, but not luAer. Peas as last quoted. Oats obtained their previous currency. Flour extremely dull. PRICES OM BOARD OF SFIP Wheat,Tled (old) -s. -s. Beans, Small ;new) 43: 455. --- White (old) -s. -8. (010 ... ... 45 4 ••••••• Itellj840) 52s 545. Tick (new) ...... .37 39 • Fine 555. s:s - . 445. -- Superfine ...... f,Ss. 1,•25. - Harrow (new) ...... 41,• - White (1844).,..515. 51s. - 445. 4e, -- line lOi 63s Bran k -- Superfine 6.1,s 68e. Oats, Feed ••• -Foreien free .51. tk.' 6. -*•••.•••• New . ............ 20-• 925• :18, 403. - Poland .................. --'• 2i eto .......... 25 • 4.•••• • - Grinding • (is - Potatoe... .............• r DOS. - Malting 3,s 3is. 16,1••iw ......... 263. do halt -568 -- Scotch .................. 30s• ----- Fine New .6.2 s (i 3, Irish •153 .. 21,24 r. ?;,:se, Grey, New •s. 3tis. Flour Town ,per 506 5-;,.• - Maple New 40.. 4!=. Seeo:ois ............... 465. 455. - white 34, 3 ls. Nrrth Country.... 45, 46l • hollers 37s :456 lsran lt N • ARRIVALS OF AIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEI:g i Wheat. 'fa rii;y• Flour English ..... 4,310 ,irs. r..,013 qrs. ,7, 4231 "LK l rich 1,610 rls. F. reign SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of Beasts was short, and the trade rather heavy ; the best Scots with difficulty sold es high as ss. per stone. The trade for Mutton was also heavh Vth ae, best Downs making only 4s. 81. The supply of e waif short, and trade very • brisk. In Pork little doing, and prices lower. Boasts, 3,062; Sheep, 24,030; Pigs,' 666 ; Calves, 66. Beef, 3s. 83. to 53. ; Mutton, 31. to 4s. 83. ; Veal, 43: 83. to 63. ; Pork, 35. 63. to 4s. TEA MARKET. The transactions were extremely limited, but prices were steady. Company's Congou 2s. 31 per lb. catl , The fottheominsales comprise a good assortment of ...1 kinds, but it is expected that not above one half will allowed to go at present rates. TALLOW MARKET. the The demand for Russia Tallow was dull, indeed m,rket was in a perfectly nominal state, the buyers pot being inclined to give anything like the prices asked P. Y. C. held at 475. per cwt. POTATOE MARKET. The supplies during last week were small, and have not produced any improvement in the Market. Traf dull, the purchases being elm )$t confined to the bet scription: at former. prices. Guernsey and Jersey Bit': 58s to 635; Wisbeach, 56s to 60a; York, red, 78' 10 per ton. .Yr arloy HOP MARKET. The prices of the low asd mouldy descriptions continue. depressed, and few transactions have taken Place.,l while for the better kinds there is still a stro n g sale, a" at extreme rates ; fine arid choice Hops realize lbi. lbw to 21s. per cwt. PRICE OF BREAD. .1 fo r the 41 The hthest , rl.e of !ire el i the M t orr . .:s Is 934., Loaf. ar,.el Breit stay be had at '7%1. PRIL , Ei OF SEEDS. Per CLvt. 1 Per Quarter. 8 565 70, New Eiglsh Rio Clover...sos SOs St. Fcin .... ........ .. •• •• l e. LOB Old ..itr... llit'o —s s—s Rye G ass .................. . _ .....„_„, New Foreign Ditto —s 50s 753 Macey Grass ......... . ..... 5 , sts —a 4 011 Di to Di to —s .—s —s Linseed, for fe di.,g ... ~0 70s .t.ew White Clover 4:.‘s 50s (Os Dit o, fo , sowing ......- -1 44, s o. Old Dia,' Dittu —s —s —s Ditto , for crushi. g ....-- 1 36 , 49s N Lw Tre oil g s 2 8 0 gs rs i C ll ;n m ary .. .......Li; e : r : B .:: : : , : h " .................. 7 4 , 9 0r7 Old Ditto .I'r folium s 4Ss '705 E .glish Carraway —s 50s 5 is' White Mu5t.,rd....'45 .Z 11: •rAi ed Foreign Ditto a 46s .It l s'Brown Ditto ......... tes c ..,, ej Coriander —s 12s 1631 Tares PCCE JF OIL ................ " 10 1'. Rape Oil, brown, rer ton • ........... 3, I 3 Uit:o, refined ..... Linseed Oil ...................... ............................. '26 ___, 14. 1 Lins ed Oil Cake at tn. Mill (per 1000) -7 0 rta, c ake, per to., er 1121 b. _ _ PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. P . XI 1 9 Town Tall.nv X2 11 6 Melting Stuff ............ .. . I Yellow Itusail White . Soap Ditto PRICE 0; " 11. 4 A . . % O° V F it; rice of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) COAL MARKET Ships arrived since hs.market-oay, 4a. A G a10 rF dpe e5 0r ............................................................ 0 : s &I Adair's glaydon Main IR 0 Buddy's %Vest Hartley 2O c Cart's Hartley Derwent Main l3 e Hebburn Main...... .2 6 LI lyweillqa n 2l ( leaze's Main' l6 91 Ord's Itedhugh Pontop Windsor l9 Smith', Pontop Tanfied Alcor Butes l9 9 Townley West Hartley 2l 0 Wyla'n Walls End Brown' . 2l !J Wllls End Clennell Walls End Clarke and Co l9 t: s. d. Walls End Riddell's. ......... 33 U Walls F.,d Tojd's Benshani IS Eden Main ........................ W. E. Braddyll's Hettoti .. 24 3 Walls End Haswell. ....... 2 4 0 Walls End Il e tton ............ Walls End Ilea ............ Walls End Larobton ......... 24 s, WN‘ Walls ss . dd r North e lt ;vi e ta t ‘rv t c o : s n i ....................... Walls End Hartlepool ....... 2 1 ". Walls End West Hartlepool 2'2 6 End Kelloe ............. 73 y 0 W.lls End Adelaide .......... Wally vv‘ Walls E EE ii,aevruer:i).l77.o.to.o.dn 1 . .... 2 13 u 1. 31 nd Howard's Netherto Alan ' Ll angenne ch Coal ........ 25 u Stanley Main .................... 0 V' Its tend Heaton ...... (! Walls End Hotspur %Valls End killingworth Walls End Nowtnarch 21 0 MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. COUNTRY CORN Pease , Wheat. Barley, Oats. Benno. Per Quarterd to s Carlisle' 11exham 5O 62 Morpeth '4C 6(. , Banrith 5B Sheffield — 62 Winchest r 41 64 Per Bushel. s. d. s. (1. Carmarthen 1 o 7 Cowbri.ige .Ifl 0 0 Swanea 6 0 6 4 Per 8011. Barnardeastl IS 0 PI 91 8 0 951 Durham l3 6 1i 1 ,•! 0 9 0 Richmond._ 1t o 1:.4 6 7 0 9 Stockton ll 0 16 0 9 0 9 0 WAKEFIELD C V'neat, Red, Norfolk and So 11014 Lin. and Czin. -- Yorkshire -- White Forcigb, (sod White s. to s. 37 32 34 'A •1J S. to s. 32 2l 31 20 .2 s. to s. 56 e. to; • 55 90 4 42 44 43 35 34 ~d d. ";_ II 0 0L , 29 :31 s. d. s. d.' 00 50 5 0 5 8 4 0 4 8 20 29 s. d. s. d. 00 22 3 0 a tt 2 3 :2 6 4 2 4) sd. s. d ,56S 00 5 0 5 3 5 6 6 0 74 861110 E)6 7 9 8 9.:3 0 13 ft 156 $U 90 11 6i 70 81; 71; 86 ;ORN MARKET' 61, to 62A. —S. C:l3. to ;Is. —s s. to —s. C•ls. to —s. —s. —s. to 541. to 6t.si. 6 12ti 10 0 12) 0 0) 00 0 fine fine Wa fine 42:. fine 694 fine 624 tine ?Jr. Barley, Norfolk anal Suffillk - —s. to ..;s. tine 39& Lincolnshire - Yorkshire %Vold -- Foreign Beans, New - . ------- Old Oats, Potato -. Poland —. —s. to iPs. fine :-' 2 5. vriezlan , i and Sinwl! - fine 2Sl' -- le acing ShOling M a l t —e. 4(11. fine 41s. per Load. Rapeseed NEWCASTLE CORN EXCH A NOE. Red. White. i-Vileat, Northuia.er land J • --.1. ....... , ~ -- Norfolk ;:nd Sufloli• &is 69s ... .. Os. 1 ". I .-- Berwick and Scetch 6ls. Os ...... —, 7 '. - Foreign 6:24. title. ... 02- COs. Rye, Norfolk Rini SuOolk lfis 3`=•s ....... --s. —s• I 'Foreign 293. i 135....... -- s• ---s ' '4 _,. Barley, Malting,, Norfnlk and Suilblk —s. —s---.. —s " - t per Last. Grinding and Feeding. ...... ' 3os. 335. ..... —s• `" Malt, Norfolk and Su [folk iis G 5:....... —s. —. Bn ns, Small -- Tick vs 43i ..... --s• ---• ?ease, White 4-Ls Vs. - ... --- s• --4 * --s --9 ....... Oats, Northumberland, Potatoc .....--',.• ---• -----• Feed ........; _...., --s ....... .3 4 s . 533....... & --s --- Foreign Fiour (per sack) --- Whe S at C . OT B C ar H iey lt . lAß ---- sibcrdeen 5 . 7 to CO . 1 5 to ...., I 1 : 1( t a ° 71 S . 7 1 : ----e1.: " - 17 71:7 ..--' : 7. _ ___ --------- --- __ ~, ~5 C °ll° : ll p .(l a : r llcr ( ke F a i m- le i 34 49 1 4 6 53' 5 ) 2161 22 ;1 1 1 1 157 4 11 ....":24 ,, -- : i .) 2 ' 40 7:— Du n bar 4B 08 29 49 2:3 27 4., , , ..... __ Elgin ...... Inverness Kelso ~.. 36 47 17 21 15 Is 1 34 43 •-•" ..... Kirkaldy .. 35 6.2 67 36 33 4 49 Perth 60 '4 30 40 25 35 41 44 .... ii:: - /- i'lla size of the measure varies throughout the country. DADDINGION CORN MARKET. B e , Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pe's_ , 43 3 c• 'r . 0,1 Fint 6 5. Od 31s 6d 27 s 04 424 MA 37, OJ Second 594 Od 30s 00 213 04 301 Cld fils 0 ,1 Third s ' 2s Od 283 Od 2 :s td —s Od -- Avcrage W. 17s 50. 9.121,11.5. S I;A ( L :a KEIT 32 H s CORNI:tAI3 KEl 4 '. 5, od . v gels ; Wheat Barley. Oats. Peue. ~,i First Second Third 4ls 01 22. Od 141 8:1 A's Od 30 ' °I Wheat, per GLASGOW 24OII3 I n a 2 . d 0 . C 1 2 , 7 9 3 5 3R 5 . d. Oat?. IMijr:ill:b2;:(oahEao:ll.;..TeDr4e26::4276. 40s °d rlritish old , CIO (1 o. II 0.4 . 19 0 21L ..... ---- ....... • -•-- • --- GLASGOW CORN Alt RKET.—Dee. 2. Wheat, per '24otb. s. d. s. d. Uati per •2641 b. rlritish, old 22 0t035 6 Ir , .b -----• new Catwia, free 0 0 Beans, per 26011 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish English 26 0 23 0 Pease, Scottish ..... Scottish 2lO 216 Oatmeal, per 1401 b.... Irish 0 56 24 g,( 0 ) 17 17 0 19 0 40 0 50 It is said to be in contemplation to create the Province of New Brunswick into an indepcnd.ut BO" copal Sea. - - =._ SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen • Dessert Knives, Ile.; Carvers, si. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white bone handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. &l. ; Carvers, 2ls• per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes , 393. ; Papier Macho Tea-trays, gothic shape, 60s ; the set of full sizes. atalognes, containing the price of every article in furnish ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., in Cado,san-place, the lady of W. M. Brid ger, Esq., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Brighton, the Counters Cowper, of daughter. MARRIED. On the sth inst , at Westham, Essex, Captain A. Fell, of Durham, to Miss Burghes, of Essex Lodge, Plaistow. On the sth inst., A. J. Beloe, Esq., of Broinpton, neat London, to Dorothy Margaret, eldest daughter of J. Willa', Esq., of Huntingdon. DWI). ilars .f H ei ai llee , aces, only child of London, aged 18 . Fra W. 1.1. On the Ist inst., at Woolwich, Lucretia, relict of the Rev. Egerton,O n te E h s q t s o t f " t Grove herby,. and Portman-squar e, J. Lloyd, aged 87. On the Ist inst., at Farmington Lodge, Caroli n e Elizabeth , wife of H. E. Waller, Esq. On the al inst., at Coughton Court, Warkwiekshire, S i !' C. Throckmorton, Bart., aged 84. On, the 3d inst.. at Wavet tree, near Liverpool, Marg e daughter of S. Woods, Esq., aged 22. (4'l On the 4th inst., at Conn au ght- p l ace Weal, Matilda, "I 7 W. 11. Kitchen, Esq. On the 4th inst ,at Cumberland. place, Regent's-park, Emma Jane, wife of the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, aged 24. „ On the 4th inst ,at C am b erwe ll- grove , 51 a rtha, the Wr6 of Mr. R. Hills, of St. Michael's-alley, Cornbill. - On the 4th in s t., M r. J. Newton, Of Cambridge-terra ce, Ily le-park, solicitor, aged 35. On the sth i nst., at K i ngston-on- Th ames , J an e, Wife of VV. ' H. Bentley, Esq. On the 3€l inst., at Lancaster, Rebecca, third and last sour:i: ving dau g h ter o f the late Alderman John Stout, of that t 0.270 Suddenly, at Brighton, Robert Llisha Coglan, Esq. , • late unattached, of L on gl ope , Gloucestershire, grandson of tn J. Coglan, Eeq., of Killane Castle, Cork, and of Poll square, London. f Lendon : Printipd Pcblidled Ail/V.1)0 " N No. 112, Strand at The wt Wice. 112, Str, 3 ,' the county of sliddlc;ex.—Tualay, Deeero4er 6, 1&'"' I Aey a~ rnen rx le 'tEo. An nu En( ur en. CLA. t b • v ey e I , ll Rtie a"zghe a rid u kart, A NS IS • t 0 ~~ LS( Thf TIOZ , pose of CL Cour& togs 0 NTF_ GER ; I VAL ' l l the genus ru n e , Wall • Tht 4 PPre( terve , Seen Tat tiSon tO ' i ejPat a ge. 1:1 tl tiPa 1 G,