The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-13 00:00:00

E 1 ENING- EDITION. M ONEY. MARKET and CITY NEW S• (THUILSDAY EVENING.) .POST.—We find we rather understated the liahi- Eties - of the house of :NLisrs H. and J. Johnston and Co. They amounted at the time of their failure to About 300,0001. Their immediately available assets, in their own hands, were at that time more than 150,000/. Besides these they have property and book-debts which appear to leave a considerable ultimate surplus, and their friends have every expectation of their being able to resume business at an early period. Though, when they stopped, there was an apparent loss of 100,0001. f-am the fraudulent abstraction of funds, the chances f recovery of a part are even more favourable than at :first entertained. SUN.—There was a continued steady improvement in all English Stocks, within a fraction up to the close of )usiness to-day. Consols were at 89-4- to 891 for Money, and 891 to - gbi for the Account, the latest value of both being 891 to The hostile attitude assumed by the Nepaulese has led to a decline in India Stock of about 6 per cent., the price at present being '23 8 . There is, however, scarcely any business doing in it. Bank Stock has been 1581 to 1591, which is also rather loWer. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Knntitties touched 97 a to 98, the New Three-and-a 1-Tall par Cents. 98k to 991, and the Three per Cent. Annuities 881 to 881. Exchequer Bills ware at par to 3s. premium, and India Bonds at 14s. to 10s. dis. There was a good deal of animation in the Foreign litarket, accompanied by a general advance in the eitTotations. We belAve the payment of the Chi ban Dividend, and the promise of half a dividend from Portugal, together with the proposal for converting all the foreign debt of the latter country into a Five per Cant. stock, has given the impulse to that rash speculation which is beginning to show itself again. Spanish Active Bonds got up from 224 to 2.24 to ; Portuguese Nang Five per Cents. from 35 to 361 37, but closing a 361 ; the Three per Cents. from to 261 ; Chilian from 56 to 57 and 60 ; Colom bian of 1824, from 25 to -251 ; Mexican deferred ire 94 to 10 ; and Peruvian from 154 to 16 and 151. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. rallied from 511 to 51/ ; the Five per Coals. from 981 to 99} ; and French Five per Cents from 110 f. 25e. to 110 f. 75c. The Railway Shares were in moderate request. Great Western realised 191 to 21, the New 8 to 7i, the Fifths 41 ; the - Birmingham 75 to 4: and the South Westeo 14i-to. 131 premium. Croydon Trunk Shares were at 2 discount ; Birmingham and Derby at 31 to 30 ; Eastern Counties at 141 ; and Brighton at 124 to 121 discount. Union Bank of Auskralia Shares were 71 to 8 premium. The advices of the 26th ultimo, from the United States, by, the Garrick packet, are still more o political than commercial interest, the elections absorbing all attention. The exchange on France had been so much against the United States, that $BOO,OOO in specie were shipped off to Havre, in the preceding few weeks. The exports of specie from New York to all parts, from the Ist September to the 22d October, were $1,749,114, and the imports )1900,000, showing a balance against the United States of $849,814. The total amount of bullion in the coffers of the banks of New York was $6,088,461. As regards the United States Bank, there is now no longer any doubt of its resumption in Jean- ary next. In the advices from British North America, we have intelligence of the resignation of the administration of the Government of Nova Scotia, by Sir Colin Camp bell, who is succeeded by Viscount Falkland. The Halifax military stores were about to receive an im mense supply of gunpowder from England, more in fact than they had ever contained for nearly thirty years before. inhabitants of Canada had petitioned the Governo=r for more ample protection along the Lakes. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TM MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. :(From the Times.) We published on Wednesday a despatch from Lord Palmerston to Earl Granville dated the 2d of Novem ber, which appeared in the Ministerial Paper of the preceding day. This despatch was written in reply to M. Thiers' communication of the Bth of October, and it evinces the same vigour and acuteness which Lord Palmerston has already displayed in previous parts of this correspondence. But the circumstances under 4bich the despatch was sent, and those which have more immediately preceded its subsequent publication, appear to us to deserve more attention than the lan guage of the document itself. M. Thiers' despatch of the Bth of October was officially communicated to the British Government on the 10th. That Minister re- ' signed on the 23d of October. M. Guizot succeeded Sim on the 29th, and on the 2d of November, just after the news of the formation of the new Ministry bad reached London, this argumentative despatch to Lord Granville was sent to be transmitted by his Excel lency to the new Minister of Foreign Affairs in Paris. Was this a suitable or courteous greeting to the statesman who had accepted office under the manifold difficulties which his predecessors had bequeathed to him, and which the Opposition was preparing fiir him ? Thiers' communication required no fisrther reply, emisa if he bad remained in office. A statement having been road s& published on one side, followed by a counter-sati'dlint on the other—the French despatch relatiag to the deposition of Mehemet Ali from Egypt having been met by the explanation contained in the English de s patch of the 17th,of October—it ts difficult to colleen what purpose was answered by a refuta tion, `wever keen and stringent, of certain general principles which M. Thiers had thought proper to adopt ; but if such a refutation was required, it might at least have been written before M. Thiers had re signed the seals of office and M. Guizot assumed them. We advert to this circumstance, not because it is very important in itself that Lord Palmerston should indulge in a little superfluous logic and superfluous acrimony, but because the tone of this despatch is strongly indicative of the absence of that conciliatory spirit, which was never more wanted, and never less shown. The first great advantage of M. Guizot's ac cession to the Government was the opportunity it gave to all parties of letting the past alone ; but, instead of availiAg himself of it, Lord Palmerston hastened to fling the noose over M. Guizot's head, and to accost him with the supercilious language of polemical argu ment direeted against propositions for which he was not responsible. The absence of the slightest allusion to the change which had taken place in the French Cabinet is in itself an indication that no change had taken place in Lord Palmerston's feelings towards France. Vet the chief object of this discouraging commu nication was to assert a pr'nciple " which may proba bly not have any practical bearing upon events now in progress," viz., that whatever may be the opinions en tertained by foreign Powers as to the limits to be granted to Mehemet Ali, those opinions can only sere to regulate their advice and to determine the extent of their assistance, not to Justify them in any attempt to control the Sultan in the discretionary exercise of his independent sovereignty. This distinction between ad vice and control involves one of the nicest shades of dif lerence in the world, especially when the advice is a dministered by four strong Powers to one very weak one. We advise the native Princes of In ; we advise some of dflie - minor Allies, and the more feeble they are the more active do our opinions become. We advised the Sultan to reject the overtures brought by Samy Bey from the Pacha ; ;ye have advised the sultan to establish a blockade ; we advised the Sultan to depose Mehemet Ali from the government of Egypt, and then advised his Highness coaditiunally to reinstate him ; in all these proceedings there was not the slightest attempt to control the Porte .4' in the discretionary exercise of one of the inherent and essential attributes of independen t soverei g nt y , beyond an intimation, perhaps, that if his Highness ftilt disinclined to adopt the advice of his Allies, he might finish the conquest of Syria with his own re sources. But, such is our reluctance to interfere with these high prerogatives, that we cannot venture even to discuss the limits which the Imperial clemency taiay assign to Mehemet Ali's delegated authority ; and that we had rather see the whole of Europe involved in war than attempt to control the Porte in the execu tion (with our own assistance) of the measures which we have advised. This language can impose on nobody. The independent authority of an impotent Prince can not he trifled witb one day, and exalted to the dig nity of Soliman the Great on the morrow. The events which may result from the treaty of the 15th of July rest upon the responsibility, and ought to be sub ject to the control, of the great Powers in whom that Convention originated ; and in determining the final errangement which may be adopted with their sanction (for none can be now adopted without that condition) we may fairly look not only to the integrity and inde pendence of the Ottoman empire, but also to the peace of Europe. I t is, therefore, a subject of great regret, that in Lord Palmerston's first despatch to by laid be fore M. Guizot, his Lordship could put fOS.ward no more conciliatory and strai ghtforward moreu liea tion of principles . for future ag reement, and the p cu rrent is certainly rather c alculated to strengthe n tl suspicions we have alread y expressed of Lord Palmg ie ston's wilful oppositi on to every s pecies of concessio n , than to encourage those ho p es of an amicable arrange ment which are so warm l y and gene rally entertained in this country. FROM THE D ; % . ,1 LY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) Those reverend itinerants, whose Exetetrhliinkallitebul litions we n oticed yesterday, appear t o trernely hard that they are reproached as rather ad dicted to lying, nay occasionally convicted (as the Rev. Hugh Stowell) of libel. Certainly, it is extremely hard th at h oly en should be so handled. B ut what remedy? m People will, judge from facts when these are so flagrant. " When my brother M‘Ghee," said this same Rev. Hugh Stowell, whom we quoted yester day," in the sintpllcity and honesty of his heart was led -lway—ri.(to not justify the want of judgment, but I -ay inival a very slight error, for there was no malice i opepeiaeolo conscious Want of rectitude, no toilful de c. *ion from truth, there was simply the reading to o ••••••••,!•16 suddenly a paper teat was put into his hands—then oh the yell and cry that the whole Popish crew raised against that honest and honourable own." That there is no conscious deviation from truth and rectitude on the part of these gentry, in the most mostrous , . . they tell, is possible ; for it requires some fixed standard of rectitude by which to estimate deviations, and if Mr. ITGhee is Mr. Stowell's standard of the " honest and honourable," and Mr. Stowell Mr. M'Ghee's, we cannot be surprised at the consequences. The naive emotionsjof these honest and honourable men, when they find them selves convicted of . . . . and libel, remind us a good deal of those of one of Beranger's rather indiscreet heroines, who cannot conceive how she has got into a little scrape. Ah fiche, ah chien ! Non, je n'y coneois rien— Maisfaccouche, foi d'honnete fille I Even the warning example, however, of Brother M'Ghee, and the warning verdict of the Jury that convicted himself of libel, cannot keep the Rev. Hugh Stowell from drawing the long bow against Papists We say nothing of the legend of " the highly respect able Yorkshire gentleman," which we noticed yester day ; for that matter remains to be cleared up. But we find in the Manchester Guardian, of yesterday, another rich specimen of the degree of regard these honest and honourable men have for plain truth. (From the Standard.) The ignorance of the character and feeling of the English people which prevails in France, and more particularly in Paris, is matter of regret, and would be matter of astonishment, if we did not know how little addicted to travelling our neighbours are, except for those purposes by which men are seldom made wiser—the indulgence of a frivolous curiosity or of vanity. As to the samples of Englishmen that find their way to the eyes of the Continental people, generally, though often very good men, they wrap themselves up in a reserve through which even a coach companion can scarcely penetrate to individual character. But an inscrutable sample affords little in formation of the nature of that which it represents. However it happens, it is scarcely exaggeration to say that the mass of the French people have still tile notion of Englighmen ludicrously ascribed to them 30 years ago—namely, that the natives of this island are fat, very rich, insufferably haughty, and wear gaiters ! Now, this ignorance of England by our next neighbours is not merely mortifying ; it is mis chievous to France, and through France it reflects mischief upon us. It is mischievous to France, be cause, independently of fomenting causeless jealousies, and,perhaps, sometimes encouraging an undue arrogance, it prevents Frenchmen from profiting by the advances we have made in social knowledge and political science, which are certainly not smaller nor less important to human happiness, than those improvements which we have made in physical sciences, though the evidence of the former cannot be presented in substance, and to the eye, as we can transport a steam-engine, or any other exquisite piece of machinery, in proof of British genius and British skill. Our press, reflecting as it does the mo ral and intellectual state of our country, might in part serve this purpose of letting Frenchmen know what we are, if the English language were generally understood in France, or if our newspapers were fairly and fully trans lated by the journalists of Paris. But the English language is cultivated by comparatively few Frenchmen ; and in fact, the number of English journals that find their way to France is small, while the few and meagre extracts that the French editors condescend to make are generally so ill-selected, and so unfaith fully rendered, as not merely to misrepresent, but grossly to travesty our political writing. The Paris journals, indeed, seem to be enamoured of their own vices, and to like nothing among us that is not as exag gerated, as full of modern cant, and as miserably af fected as the material of their own columns. (From the Courier.) The abstinence of the Ministerial Press for the last few days from the customary daily dose in laudatio❑ of their patrons' feats of policy, however curious from its rarity, argues, however, a degree of sensibility to the shame and degradation reflected by that policy on the nation, if not an awakening conscientiousness, which is becoming, if not commendable. The note of Lord Palmerston, affectionately conceived so complete a masterpiece by its noble author as, impatient for his laurels, to be trans mitted for publication, through his orders, simultane ously to the Foreign Office in Paris and the bureau of the Chronicle-office in the Strand, remains untrum peted and unnoticed among Ministerial organs, save by the one solitary recipient of his confidence. Later still, moreover, the triumphal career of his arms and di plomacy in Cabul and Beloochistan remain uncomme morated, even by the least scrupulous of all his satel lites of the press. Not one word has yet escaped the most devoted of adherents to celebrate the new edition of the storm of Ghiznee and the overthrow of Affghanistan, as now publishing from India, enriched with notes, commentaries, and illustrations by the Belooches and Affgbans, of the capture of Kbe lat, the disaster of Poolajee, and the re-entry of Dost Mahomed into his kingdom. If, how ever, the Ministerial people be too much " crazed with care," just now to patch up, if possible, the crack ing cause of their employers, the Conservative Press is still with laudable perseverance in its duty, holding up to the nation the rags and tatters of the policy of its rulers. Thus, the Timer this morning we find reiterat ing and reinforcing with its usual vigour its former pro tests against the weak and wicked no less than deplorable consequences of Indian misrule. ELECTION OF LORD PROVOST (From the Scotsman of Nov. 11..) A very large space of our paper to-day is devoted to proceedings connected with our Municipal Elections, which for some weeks past have excited an unexampled interest in this city. Sir James Forrest has carried his point. He is re elected Provost, and may boast of achieving the ho nour by means such as never were employed before, and, very probably, never will be again. He owes it to votes got by begging from door to door ; he owes it to pledges given in a moment of thought lessness, and redeemed at the expense of the pledgers' principles ; he owes it to the support of the Tories, who have hitherto vilified him, and who, in this instance, have made a tool of him, with out pretending to have in any respect changed their opinion of his conduct or character. He must be strangely constituted, if he feels comfort in his success. He knows that as Provost he does not represent the citizens of Edinburgh ; he represents the malice and depravity of the Tories, and the weakness or treachery of a few Non-Intrusion Liberals. His appearance yesterday at the Council Board almost excited the pity of the friends he has deserted ; certainly there was not a man of any party present who envied him, or who would not have infinitely preferred Mr. Black's situation to his. The Lord Provost has one comfort—that he does not stand alone in his backsliding. To the surprise of the whole town. Mr. Aitken, Dean of Guild, an old, and, as it was thought, staunch Reformer, has gone over to the Non-Intrusion and Tor) enemies ofthe Liberal cause. We say gone over, for it is needless to diguise the matter. It he had not made up his mind to change sides, he would not have incurred the odium of acting as he has done. Mr. Aitken says he still adheres to the Liberal prin ciples he has ever professed and acted upon ; and, in evidence of his sincerity, we suppose, he declares that the leader of the Tories shall have his first vote for the Provostahip ; and that he will rather swallow the bitter pill" of Sir James Forrest, than take the man who was his fellow-labourer in the cause of Burgh and Parliamentary Reform, and who enjoys the confidence of the whole Liberal party. Truly, truly, this is pitiable' A short time ago, if twenty men had sworn to us that Samuel Aitken was capable of acting such a part, we would have held it to be a foul libel upon him. His whole conduct, in reference to the election to the Guildry chair, has an ugly aspect. Had he spoken out, as an honest man should have done, and told that he meant to give the vote which he has actually given, Mr. Millar would have continued a candidate, Mr. Aitken would have been ousted, and Mr. Drysdale, or Sir James Forrest would have lost a vote. Mr. Black is not a Dissenter of yesterday, and the " civil points" must have been as well known months ago as at this day. But by concealing his intentions, and leaving the Liberal party to infer that he would act in accordance with his peat conduct, he got himself returned, and then the mask is dropped. Mr. Jamieson and Mr. George Brown hare also played a singular part is this affair. They saw Mr. Aitken's character as a public man seriously implicated by the published correspond ence, and they advised his friends to do—what ? to come forward and defend him ?—no, to absent th em s e lves ! The mystery is easily solved. They knew that Mr. Aitken's conduct was such that few would defend it. They foresaw that a division would show how completely the Dean's sentiments were dis owned by the Guildry ; and they kindly penned an advertisement, dissuading those from going to the meeting who never meant to attend it—that the ex treme paucity of the Dean's supporters might not be known, This officious proceeding did not serve its pur pose. The meeting was well attended ; and its resolu tions fairly express the sentiments of the Guildry. The composition of the opposing parties is at once cu rious and instructive. The Liberals pledged to support Mr. Black, and composed of Churchmen and Dissenters in nearly equal proportions, amounted to fifteen, of em e n o t t whom one (M r. Johnston), b y some ki n d o f unexp l a i ne d twashe Non-Intrusioninduced not t o Whig vote party The strength m anag supported Sir James Forrest, after all their exer tions, was represented by only f our votes, including his own. These were Councillors Dobson, Duncan, and iM e l v ill e , T wo Whi gs opposed to the Non-Intrusion party Councillors M'Aulay and Dalvell likewise gave him their support, on what • ' princip e they have failed to explain ; and it is quite certain that both of them will be deserted by the Liberal constituency on of their votes on this occasion account . Two Conserva tives—Councillors NV hyte and Russell —who are Non lntrusionists, voted for Sir James Forrest on account of his Non-Intrusion principles ; thus making the total i number of the motley group who supported him, in pro. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1840 ference to either of the other candidates, eight, including his own vote. There are other ten Conservatives in the Council, including the Dean of Guild (who must now be held to have gone over to the Tories), who, from principle, preferred Mr. Drysdale, the Tory can didate ; and all of whom are opposed on principle to the Non-Intrusionists. Nine of these voted for Sir James Forrest ; thus making the total number of his supporters 17, and giving him a majority of one of the whole Council, which consists of 33 members. The other Conservative, Mr. Urquhart, to his honour, refused to sacrifice his principles by voting with his party ; and therefore declined voting altogether. It thus appears that out of 33 members, Sir James Forrest bad the preferable support of only eight, including his own vote ; and that of these only four were Non-Intru sion Whigs Nothing could more clearly show the weakness of the Non-Intrusion party. Mr. Black had the preferable support of fifteen members, all Whigs ; and yet, by the disgraceful coalition which has taken place, Sir James Forrest, who is thus proved to be really the rejected of 25 members out of 33, has been appointed Lord Provost 1 Nothing could be more de grading than this to any man who had really the in terest of the Liberal party at heart. HORRIBLE RENCONTRE. (From the Natchez Courier of the 9th ult.) It is a painful duty, in the line of our profession, to notice this morning one of the most sad and distress ing events on record. The public are aware that near a year ago our fellow-citizen, Josias A. Lyle, had a quarrel with a Mr. Hagan, of New Orleans, in which the latter was shot through the head. Mr. Lyle was tried in this city for the offence and fully acquitted. Would that we could with that trial date a cessation of hostilities, and the compromi se of a dispute about pro perty still existing between Mr. Lyle and the Hagans ; but, alas ! we are forced to witness a denouement truly afflicting and horrible. Some weeks since the Hagans, who were partners with Lyle in th e cu l t i va ti on o f a large plantation on the Mississippi river, repaired to the farm and took forcible possession by driving off Lyle's over seer. Last Tuesday Mr. Lyle and four friends went to the farm for the purpose, we have been told, of com promising the difficulty. Immediately on landing from the Baton Rouge, Lyle and one of h;s friends rushed to the house, when the Hagan whom he had previously shot met him at the door, and demanded the purpose of his visit. Lyle and his friend were both armed with guns . The response made to the demand of Hagan was " Peace, of course, peace." Hagan commanded him to advance no farther until he explained what he wanted. Lyle said a man could not be stopped from walking in his own yard, and cont i nue d to move towar d s the house. Hagan immediately levelled a double-bar relled gun, and shot Lyle through the head and heart, and he fell instantly dead. Th e f r i en d o f L y l e , a M r . Handly, then raised his piece to s h oot H agan , b u t it snapped. Hagan aimed the secon d l oa d o f hi s gun a t Handly, but it mi ssed fire. Handly went to the gate and discharged his piece at Ha gan w ith ou t e ff ec t. An other of Mr. Lyle's friends, a Mr. Lumsden, formerly of the Natchez City Guard, then advanced, and was shot through the hand by a second gun, which Hagan reached from inside the door. Thus ended the bloody conflict. Mr. Hagan surrendered himself to the proper authorities of Jefferson county, and is determined to have a trial. The body of Mr. Lyle was brought to Natchez yesterday, and the tale of his death caused throughout our community the deepest anguish. He was a brave, good citizen, highly beloved by all our people. He was followed to the grave yesterday after noon by an immense concourse of friends. to Lord Seymour. She was immediately submitted to the examination of a veterinary surgeon, who declared that she had scarcely entered on her third year, an age which, not more than the description, agreed with that of the filly bought in England by M. Aumont. In order to be perfectly certain of the facts. Lord Seymour sent the filly to London to submit her to the examina tion of a Mr. Sterling, with whom she was foaled, but who did not recognise her, Lord Seymour being pro vided with this information, has summoned Messrs. Au mont and Palmer before the Tribunal of the Seine, to try the matter, and to decide that the filly sold him is not the same which came from the stables of Mr. Ster- ling, and that the filly which gained the first prize for horses of French breed is an English horse. On the result of this will depend whether Jenny was not entitled to recover the prize. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. John Smith, the - desperate fellow who was some days ago brought up charged with having robbed the shops of Mr. Dodd and Mr. Gibson, goldsmiths and watch makers, was re-examined before Sir Peter Laurie. Pernaps there never appeared in the justice-room such a specimen of ruffianism. The prisoner, it will be recollected, walked into each of the shops on the same evening, and snatched a watch, while an accomplice endeavoured to distract the atten tion of the person behind the counter, and was appre hended with both watches in his hand, the glass of one of which was broken by being pressed against the other in the scuffle with the policeman. The answer which the prisoner made to the charge was, that the watches were his own, having purchased one of them of a seaman and the other of Mr. Dodd himself, who had the un common impudence to accuse him of robbery, alter having received his ten sovereigns for the article. Sir PETER LAURIE asked whether there was any further evidence against the prisoner ? Inspector Br a ke s a id h e h a d ascer t a i ne d th a t the prisoner had been transported in 1833, for robbery. Prisoner—Transported ! Never, s'elp me G—. Its all a d—d lie. I never did anything to put me in dan ger. I'm an American born. This is your English way of law, and justice is it ? D—n such justice. Inspector Brake—He is not an American. He is a Jew, and his brother lives over the water. He knew where to find his father and mother and sister. Prisoner—Lord! Why, I'm d—d if I have either father or mother, or sister. What a pretty set you po lice are ! To take up respectable men because they go to buy watches. Three parts of your police can act and assist thieves, and no mistake. Sir PETER LAURIE—Then I wonder they have not you amongst them, for you would certainly teach them some new tricks.—(A laugh.) It seems they have got you now, however. Prisoner—They say I've been transported. Why, I'd sooner have a sword poked bang through me than be transported. I wish I may come out on the gallows if I ever was sent abroad. Inspector Brake—l have got a letter which he wrote to a woman, in which he informed her that he expects to be lagged for life for four robberies which he com mitted. Prisoner—A letter! There now. Why, I'm d—d if I can write a d—cl stick in the world. There's your police for you. A gentleman can't walk the streets now but he's in danger of being charged with robbery. It's the the thieves that escape, and no mistake. Sir P. LAURIE-Mr. Dodd, have you any doubt that this is the man who ran away with the watch from your shop ? Mr. Dodd—Not the least. I swear that he is the man. Prisoner—What d—d impudence. S'elp me God, I put my ten sovereigns into your hand. It was as regu lar a sale as ever was made.—(Laughter.) Sir P. LAURIE—Have you any doubt, Mr. Gibson, that he ran away with a watch from your shop ? Mr. Gibson—Not the slightest doubt, Sir Peter. Prisoner—l hope I may be well skeletoned, if I was inside of his shop at all, or outside either.—(Laughter.) This is your English law, is it ? Inspector—There is a female here who identified the prisoner, as the person who robbed her of a watch. Prisoner—Let's have a look at she. We'l, here's more of it ! A regular got up affair, and no mistake Mrs. Sarah Lamb stated that on Saturday month the prisoner walked into her shop, in the window of which she had some watches, one of which had been left by a gentleman tor repair. The prisoner, after saying a few words, dashed his hand across her like a flash of light ning, seized the gentleman's watch, which was worth about 4/., and ran off with it. Prisoner—l did, did I ? Mrs. Lamb—l swear that you are the person. Your face and figure never left my mind since the robbery. Prisoner-1V ell I'm d—d if that don't beat all the rest out and out.—(Laughter.) Sir PETzn LAURIE.—That you think is a genuine he? Prisoner (smiling)—D—d if that don't beat every thing. - _ _ Sir PETER LAURIE—I dare say you are not so sure that you robbed her as that you robbed these gentle men ? Prisoner—That is a lie of hers, s'elp me God, without a match in the world. Sir PETER LAURIE.—You admit that the others are true in comparison ?—(A laugh.) Prisoner—(Holding up his hands, and looking towards the woman)—Well of all the b—y impudent liars that ever opened a mouth, that woman's the worst. If I was coming out at eight o'clock in the morning with a white night cap on, s'elp my G—d I'd say that. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, I :hall commit you for trial. Prisoner—What the d—l will you commit me for ? For having my own property about me, is it ? Sir PETER LAURIE—For the two simple robberies in the shops of these gentlemen. You say you never were transported. I have no doubt that you will be tran- sported, as you prophesied in your letter, for life, and I never saw a thief whom I shall be more glad to get rid of. Prisoner—You may do your best and your worst, d—d if I care aboult any of you. I'm an American, and I paid for that watch that man says I snatched from him. He has my money, so that I tun first robbed, and then persecuted I —that's beautiful justice, aint it The prisoner, whose conduct caused astonishment even amongst those in the daily habit of witnessing charges of various kinds against experienced thieves, was then committed to Newgate for trial. THE REV. MR. SMITH, COMMONLY CALLED BOAT SWAIN SMITH.—The late Lord Mayor having been some weeks ago informed that Mr. Smith, commonly called Boatswain Smith, was confined in the Queen's Bench prison for debt, and that the poor man was do ing all in his power to check the practice of drinking, and using blasphemous language there, and had already accomplished a great deal by addressing his fellow prisoners on the subject, caused inquiries to be made into the matter. Mr. Hobler mentioned to the late Lord Mayor, on the last day his Lordship sat in the justice-room, that the result of the inquiry was extremely creditable to Mr. Smith. There were doubtless in the prison indi viduals, to whom the assiduous labours of a man who preached and practised temperance must be offensive, and accordingly a few of those who were annoyed by the recommendation of a system wholly against their taste and feelings, denied that the indefatigable preacher did any good within the walls ; but persons of respec tability had come to the Mansion-house, and declared that he was rendering the greatest benefits by his ex ertions, and that a great many unfortunate persons, whom prison habits were destroying, had felt the effi cacy of his advice, strengthened as it was by his example. The late LORD MAYOR said he was happy to hear his hopes confirmed. He had recently heard that the poor man was greatly missed in poor and populous neighbourhoods of the metropolis, and he believed that Mr. Smith was doing much good in the Queen's Bench, from which, however, his Lordship wished he might be soon relieved, for the sake of the institutions he contri buted to support. BRIGHTON.—A considerable portion of the green slope at Kemp Town has bean washed down by the recent high tides. The beautiful Esplanade has not, how ever, received any injnry.—Brighton Gazette. LORD MAYORS OF LONDON.—In the Saxon times the Supreme Governor of London was called Port gerefa, that is Custos or Guardian, and sometimes Pro vost of the City. After the Norman Conquest the Chief Magistrate was called Ballirus—or one who has commis sion to govern others. There used to be sometimes two Bailiffs of London, until Richard the First changed the name of Bailiffs into that of Mayor, in 1189. In the olden times he was accustomed usually to appear abroad on horseback, with rich caparison, himself (as Chamberlayne states) always in long robes, sometimes of scarlet cloth richly furred, and sometimes purple, and over his robes a hood of black velvet, which some say is a badge of a Baron of the realm, with a great chain of gold about his neck, or collar of S S, with a great jewel pendent thereon, with many officers walking before and on all sides of him, This great Magistrate is said, upon the death of the King, to be the first person in the Kingdom ; and therefore when James the First was invited to come to take the crown of England, Robert Lee, then Lord Mayor of London, subseribed his name in the first place before the officers of the crown and the nobility. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—EXTRAOR. BINARY CASE.—Joseph Newsome, an insolvent, had been upwards of five years confined in Whitecross-street prison, and had recently obtained leave from the Court to file a petition preparatory to his hearing. Mr. Cresswell said he had an application to make on the part of the unfortu nate man for an allowance under the 18th section of the present Act, out of the interest arising from the un claimed fund, to enable him to file his schedule and come up for hearing. The poor man had been imprisoned for five years, and was in a state of utter destitution. The Court would see, on reference to the schedule, that the insolvent had no excepted articles, as allowed by the Act, and there was a statement that the clothes he wore had been provided by the parish, and that he was supported by the prison allowance. The bill of costs for conduct ing his case in this Court would amount to upwards of 18/ , and the attorney had no security for the same, or been paid any portion thereof. Mr. Commissioner Harris ordered 101. to be paid to the attorney to bring the poor man before the Court after a confinement of five years. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. A meeting of the land purchasers in the settlement of Austraiind, Western Australia, and others, took place . . yesterday, at the Londo❑ TillCrn, in consequence of a requisition numerously signed by persons desirous of obtaining further information respecting• the change of site of the settlement from Port Lesehenault to Port Grey. John Chapman, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, convened the meeting. W. Hutt, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Company presided. We observed the following Directors present :—Mr Brocking, Mr. H. Buckle, Mr. Enderby, Mr. Irving Mr. Montefiore, Captain Sweney, R.N., and Mr. E. G. Wakefield. The CHAIRMAN stated that, upon the 10th of last month the lottery for determining the choice of lands closed, and on the 12th, upon arriving in town, he found a file of papers containing an advertisement of the local government proclaiming the land which the Company had purchased at Australind resumed, an.l setting forth that the local Government would open to competition such land within a few weeks afterwards. There were despatches from the Government here to countermand such resumption, but which had not reached the colony. He at once placed himself in communication with the Colonial-office, the result of which would appear by the correspondence.—(The correspondence was here read by the Secretary.) It would appear, added the Chairman, that Captain Grey, who has been em ployed by the Government to explore parts of Austra lia, reports highly favourably of the new site ; and Mr. Moore, the Judge-Advocate in the Colony, states that the temperature of the new site, although nearer the tropics, is not higher than at Swan River, which was accounted for by the great elevation of the land. An other feature was, that on the opposite side of New Holland, and in the same parallel of latitude, the cli mate is similarly characterised. The geological aspect is favourable, and the natives are of a mild and inoffen sive character. A portion of Captain Grey's Journal, made from hour to hour upon the spot, was then read, from which it appeared that the country is of the most picturesque and fertile character. The hills are slightly wooded with large timber, and plenty of water exists. The following is extracted from Mr. Moore's Journal : We stood to the south, to examine a bay opposite the southern part of Moresby's Flat-topped Range. This bay, which is not laid down in the charts, was found to be an excellent anchorage, completely sheltered from all southerly winds, which are the prevailing winds on this coast at this time of year, and also much pro tected by a reef running north and south from the ex treme point of the bay. This reef or bank was found to have from three to five fathoms upon it, and within it there was seven fathoms, even near to the shore at the bottom of the bay, and there is no appearance of any heavy sea or violent action of the water on the beach at any time of the year. To the south of the tongue of land which forms the bay there is also another bay, which would be completely sheltered from all northerly winds, so as to combine between the two bays perfect shelter at all seasons of the year. From the deck of the schooner where she lay we had a view of the entire slope of ground, from the beach to the top of the range, about five or six miles distant. " The range seems to consist of isolated hills, rising • - from an elevated plain. Judging by the eye at distance, I the entire space, as far as we had any opportunity of seeing, after going a little way back from the coast, on the slope of the hills, upon the hills, among the hills, beyond the hills, and, in short, everywhere as far as the eye could discern, appeared a grassy country, thinly sprinkled with some low trees, or shrubs, perhaps the acacia. If this be the case, and that there be water sufficient, of which there is no reason to doubt, this may certainly turn out to be the finest district for sheep pasture that this colony can possess." An additional guarantee of the fitness of the site of Port Grey, is to be found in the Journal of Captain P. P. King, R.N., vol. ii., pp. 372, 373. In reply to a question, it was stated that there was plenty of wood for building and firing within two miles of Port Grey, and also limestone. Mr. E. G. WAKEFIELD stated that he hailed the change from Port Leschenault to Port Grey as a decided advantage to the land purchaser, as the latter spot, was in every respect more desirable from its fertility and salubrity. From all authentic accounts the spot was more favourable than any in Western Australia. The change had not stayed the proceedings of the Company, and the system originally decided upon would be carried into complete effect. The interests of the purchasers of land were identified with those of the Company, and the Directors were unanimous in their intention to carry out all the good results which may be anticipated from the change. He (Mr. Wakefield) wished the purchasers to make up their minds as quickly as possible, whether they consented to the change, or whether they would receive their money back with interest, that other parties might obtain the lapsed orders. Mr. Jonte CHAPMAN stated that at a meeting of the intended settlers, Captain Grey was asked the point in question—what portion of Western Australia he should prefer as a settlement?—and his answer was, the spot on which the Company intended to establish themselves. Mr. MANGLES addressed the meeting, and acquiesced in all that had fallen from the Chair, and eulogised the course which they had adopted, and expressed his in tention to stick by them, and, as a nautical man, spoke favourably of the Harbour of Port Grey. Mr. M. likewise named other harbours in the vicit.ity, where ships might remain in the most perfect safety. In answer to a question, whether the Directors would consent to extend the term for purchasers to retain their purchases or not beyond the 14th instant, in order to afford time to distant purchasers to learn the favour able opinion entertained by this meeting of the change of site. The CHAIRMAN replied that, it being the general wish of the meeting to have an extension of time, the Directors most willingly complied. The 21st instant was named. A vote of thanks to the Directors was then carried unanimously for the honourable and straightforward manner in whioh they met the difficulties incurred by the resumption of the land on the part of the Crown, and for the great interest they had evinced in the cause of the settlers and land proprietors. The meeting then separated, evidently gratified with the explanation afforded. The Parisian wits declared, on the fall of the late Government, that anything was better than the Thiers-etat. GUY FAWKES.—The accidents and deaths that occurred on the sth instant, from letting off fireworks were lamentably numerous both in town and country. The newspapers contain numerous reports of inquests held on the bodies of boys who have fallen victims to this dangerous custom of keeping Guy Fawkes day. THE MANCHESTER CHARTER,—We under stand that the Judges of the Court of Exchequer Chamber not being able to agree as to the judgment which ought to be pronoueced upon this important sub. ject, have ordered the case to be argued all over again, and that the discussion will take place about the middle of next month. 13IRTII OF THE DUKE DE CHAItTRES.—The Moniteur Parisien thus announces this event :—" This day, at half-past twelve, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans was happily confined of a prince, who, according to the King's orders, received the names of Robert Philip Louis Eugene Ferdinand of Orleans, Duke of Chartres. The health of the prince and that of his august mother are up to this moment as satisfactory as can be desired. Early in the morning the King, Queen, Duke of Orleans, all the Royal Family, and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg were assembled. Informed in the King's name, the President of the Council and all the Ministers went to the Tuile ries, where also arrived the Chancellor of France, filling the functions of civil officer of state of the Royal House, the Grand Referendary of the Chamber of Peers, and M. Cauchy. Marshals the Duke of Reggio and Count Gerard were present as witnesses at the birth and at the deed which was drawn up. Soon after the birth of the Prince the President of the Council wrote to the President of the Chamber of Deputies, to communicate the joyful news to the Chamber. The President, M. Sauzet, read this letter. His Majesty took the opportunity of thanking the Deputies, and saying bow much ha was affected by the sentiment which had agitated the Chamber on learning the news. A deputation of the Peers, convoked hastily by the Chancellor, also was admitted to felicitate the King. The Chamber of Peers had no sitting that day. On that account the deputation was not numerous. The Chancellor expressed his regrets to his Majesty, who re plied that he was too well persuaded of the devotion of the Peers to require any greater number to renew the assurance of it. The King was profoundly affected with the senti ments which the Chambers displayed on that solemn occa sion, as well for him as his family. Salvoes of artillery an nounced to the capital the birth of the Duke of Chartres." A CENTENARIAN. Tuesday evening Mrs. Shorthose entertained a party of old friends and neigh bours at the house of her wephew, Mr. Hind, in the New street, Burton-upon-Trent, to celebrate the centenary of her birth. She was christened in the parish church of Burton, Nov. 1, 1740. The venerable lady was in ex cellent health and spirits. LONGEVITY.—In the small parish of mother by, near Mahon, out of the small population of 226 souls, there are now living six individuals, whose united ages amount to no less than 524 years, averaging about 87 years each I One of these " patriarchs"—namely, Francis New. by, is aged 90 years ; three of them, Thomas Baxter, John Beal, and Richard Kneeshaw, are 89 years each ; and the other two, James NatriEs and Thomas Woodcock, are 85 years each. Such an instance of longevity is of rare occurrence. —Yor A Cow ant. The late accident on the Great Western Rail way appears to have been occasioned by the driver of the engine having been attacked by apoplexy, at! accident the recurrence of which can only be guarded against by having machinery so connected with the wheels, not the dragging wheels, of the carriage, as, after it has proceeded a cer tain distance, will, without attention f rom the engineers, act on the valve, and let off the steam. In the accident that happened at Paddington, the principal cause of mis chief to the passengers appears to have source of danger mayhave been the glass of the windows of the carriages. Tut also be obviated, by using the transparent talc found in Russia, and which is employed there labi f le to b orm akeingbrothkeensvibcy dows of ships of war, as not being the concussion of the guus.—Bath Gazette. EVENING ED IT' SL ORTING INTELLIGENCE• TATTF,RSA LL'S— YESTERDAY. We cannot say that the business transacted yesterday at.' ternoon was either heavy or important ; it was s ufficiently extensive, however, to admit of a tolerable list of favou rites, nearly the whole of the h rses mentioned below hav ing been becked :—Marshal Soult for 1001., and two others for smaller amounts. The only cha n g e was in the posi. ad tions of Coronation and Eringo , the former having vanced from 17 to 16 to 1, both taken, and the e clined to layers of 20, and takers of 9 2 to 1. Ralph'slatter na d me is seldom mentioned :- 16 to I agst Coronation—taken 20 to 1 agst Eringo—tAke 22 to 1 20 to 1 agst Cameleon—taken and afterwardsoffered 24 to 1 agst Marshal Soult—taken 40 to 1 agst Rattle's dam colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Isalaemon—taken 40 to 1 agst Van Amburgh—taken 40 t o 1 agst Simoom—take 50 to 1 50 to 1 agst Satirist—taken 50 to 1 agst Mustapha—taken 50 to 1 agst Snowdrop—taken 12 to 1 apt Cameleon and Marshal Soult—taken 20 to 1 each agst Eringo and Cameleon, in ono bet DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, Nov. 9.—General Border, in the ser vice of his Majesty the King of Prussia, has arrived here from Berlin, to congratulate his Majesty on his accession. The section of the Second Chamber has continued to-day, the examination of the Budget for 1841, and also the project of law for providing the deficiency of the revenue. It is affirmed that a project of law will shortly be laid before the Chamber for considerably increasing the import, export, and transit duties on some articles in the tariff of customs which are chiefly for the use of the richer classes—porcelain, furniture, carriages, and foreign cigars. Some advantage is to be given to the shipping interest. We learn from St. Petersburgh, that the Hessian Regiment of the Prince of Orange is to be called the Hessian Regiment of the King of the Netherlands. The Regiment of Guards of the Hereditary Prince of Orange to be called that of the Prince of Orange. It appears also that the intended visit of the Imperial Family to Moscow is deferred till the spring. Up to the 39th of October, 1,385 ships had arrived at Cron stadt, and 1,260 had sailed. At Riga, till the 21st of October, the arrivals were 1,126, and the departures 391. At Odessa, to 12th October, arrivals 545, de partures 548.—Dutch Papers, Oct. 11. HANOVER, Nov. 4. We understand that the War Department has received orders immediately to place the whole army on the war establishment, and have it in readiness to march. Dr. Spangenberg, chief phy- sician on the staff, is said to have received orders to examine the medical department of the army in such a manner as if it were to have to march at a day's no tice. Another report, which is not so worthy of cre dit, is, that orders are already given for eight battalions to march to the frontiers. It has already been said that it was intended to borrow a million of dollars for some military preparation. What truth there may be in all these reports must soon appear. There seems to he no doubt that the war department has been very busily engaged for some days past ; however, the proba bility of war bocomes daily less and less, especially since the formation of the new French Ministry. HAMBURGII, Nov. 7.—The Emperor of Russia has ordered as follows :—" The French subject, Auguste de Crouy Chavel, who was implicated in the Bonapartist intrigue in Paris, and who was ordered to quit Russia on that account, is forbidden ever again to set his foot within the empire." POLITICAL PRINCIPLES OF M. GUIZOT. (Extract of a letter to the Post). Tho most authentic declaration of Guizot's political views, is his own words, has recently been published by Ridgway, under the title of " Guizot's Theory of Syncre tism and Coalition," translated from his celebrated article on " Catholicism, Protestantism, and Philosophy." This work seems to confirm what the Quarterly Review lately remarked in an article on the Alexandrian Greeks. As syncretism (says the Quarterly) was the prevailing sys tem among the Electic Platonists, so is it likely to become a very popular theory among the moderns. Perhaps it may be necessary to observe that the word " syncretism" is supposed to be derived from cuyxEpaw, to conjoin, and signified conjunction or coalition. Plutarch tell us, in his essay " Do Fraterno Amore," that this was the favourite policy among the Cretans, whose name im plied junction, and who, by the laws of Minos, were in structed to remember that union was the source of strength, " Thus," says Plutarch, " whenever the Cretans are at tacked they join together against the enemy, and this co. alition they call syncretism." Coleridge seems to have preferred the principle of di vine unity, or that prothetic unity which precedes all sects, to that syncretic union or coalition which endeavours to combine what is good and true is each. In the works of J"remy Taylor and Richard Baxter, and Sir Matthew Hale, a good deal is said about syncretism in a eulogistic strain. Others, however, have severely cen sured it, as if it produced a confusion betwixt truth and error. Blachwood's Magazine, in a recent review of " Guizot's Theory of Syncretism," falls into this mistake, owing to misunderstanding the force of terms. The syn cretist, who knows that all sects contain some portion of truth, wishes to join together those portions of truth, be cause he knows that all truths, being homogeneous, are ca pable of conjunction, But syncretists are not such fools as to attempt to join truth and error, because they know them to be incompatible substances, like oil and water. This is exactly the distinction which Mosheim has drawn between the syncretists, properly so called, who desire to get the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and the iniifferentists, who confound truth and falsehood to gether. 1 should not have stated this so strongly if several writers, who ought to have known better, had not fallen into this mistake respecting the precise meaning and force of the word " syncretism ;" and thus by a blunder of ignorance rather than malice, slandered the names of Cas sander, Erasmus, Grotius, Leibnitz, Selden, and other first-rate men. Having said thus much respecting the terms of the pre mises, I proceed to observe that there is throughout Eu rope—nay, throughout the world—a tremendous struggle at the present moment between the syncretic or coalition ary policy which labours to produce coalitionary adminis trations in the inclusive or representative principle, and the sectionary policy, which endeavours to produce party administrations on the exclusive and non-representative principle. It is notorious that the syncretic, coalitionary, and pacific policy of Guizot and the Doctrinaires has for the present triumphed in France, and saved Europe from a most pes tilent war. The British press has generally possessed good sense and good feeling enough to congratulate the public on this event, and to support, by every fair means, the 'French Monarch and his present Ministry. I imagine that this important event is a true symbol of the general current of opinion, a true sign of the times. While contemplating it I perceive the probability of syn cretic and coalitionary modifications of our own Govern ment still more extensive than those that have of late years developed themselves. I foresee that the British empire will never regain its proper concentration and harmony but by a right appli ca _ cation of the science of coalition. The representative principle must be raised from the Parliament to the Cabinet, and the representatives of all the leading sects and parties must find place and significance therein. No one exclusive party can any longer hope for exclusive adminis tration. Neither Catholics nor Protestants, neither Tories, Whigs, nor Radicals, will ever again be that which they have been. Our present Ministry is strong in proportion as it has coalesced ; if it had coalesced more it would have been stronger. The grinding and horrible system of re morseless exclusion on the one hand, a-d remorseless op position on the other, cannot endure. In this sense the days of party are numbered, and cannot be restored with out revolutions too dreadful to be described. Men of all orders are beginning to apprehend the truth of Sydney " Parties (says the Dean) mSmusitth'eosaelexseceel.lent\N w itticismrellin : Wellington will learn haw to agree with Melbourne, and the Lion lie down with the Lamb." I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant. FRANCIS BARHAM. BRAWLING IN A CHAPEL.—At the Petty Sessions at Dulverton, held before J. Becca, Esq., and the Rev. B. Mitchel, the Rev. George Austry, an epis copalian clergyman, was charged with wilfully disturbing public worship in a dissenting chapel. T. R. Densham, Esq., solicitor, detailed the circumstances of the offence, from which it appeared that on Sunday evening, October 4, the Rev. Gentleman entered the Independent chapel in Dulverton, and while the minister, the Rev. J. Poole, was in prayer, called him a "hypocrite," and his prayer a " humbug," and used other approbrious language towards bim, thereby creating confusion in the place. The busi ness was arranged in the following manner :—The Rev. Gentleman made a public apology, wbich was read before the meeting, paid all expenses incurred, and also paid 5/. to be given away in bread to the poor. A true peal of 729 changes was rung at Thames Ditton Church, on the bth of November, the production of Mr. Joseph Clark of Kingston, on an intricate me thod, with eighteen bobs and two singles, performed complete, without a dodge by the Thames Ditton change rir This peal was never before attempted or com pleTl2.l by any party to the knowledge of the arranger or the ringers. Conducted by Mr. Richard Potter. FLOOD IN THE DEE.—In consequence of the torrents of rain which fell during the night of Thursday last and the early part of Friday, the Dee rose rapidly about eight feet above its usual level. An immense quan tity of timber was borne along the current, and being ar rested in its progress by the bridge, serious apprehensions were at one time entertained of the safety of that ancient structure. The master of bridge works, however, pro ceeded promptly to the spot, and, under his direction, a body of about 100 labourers ultimately succeeded in clear ing away the accumulation of timber, and allowing free transit to the stream through the arches of the bridge, which, we are happy to find, have sustained no material damage. We understand that the number of trees floated down was supposed to be about 3,000. This accumulation was the consequence of parties who float timber delaying its transmission in expectation of a flood—a practice at tended with ma nifest risk to the brid g es along the river, and which is punishable by the statute, and ought not to be repeated...—riberdcen Journal. PITCAIRN'S ISLAND. It may be remembered that when the mutineers of her Britannic Majesty's ship Bounty, Lieutenant (late Admi ral) William Bligh, &c., seized upon the ship, they took her to Pitcairn's Island, which was then scarcely known, and uninhabited. The following is a copy of a letter just transmitted to us for insertion : Sir,—We touched at the Sandwich Islands, firstly, in 1837, when they were doing pretty well, in the China and North-west fur trades, California, and the whale-fishing, &c, ; but on our second visit, the latter part of the past year, they were in rather a poor condition, as a French frigate (l'Artemise, Captain Laplace) had made a heavy demand upon them, and actually obtained twenty thousand Spanish dollars. This had justly given offence to them, the more especially as the English flag, which they had for a long while considered a protection, seemed to afford them no protection at all ; and as to the Consulate, it appeared merely in name. The Sandwich islanders seem to be desirous now of soliciting protection from the Ame rican or Russian flag. Having visited the Society Islands also twice in the course of our voyage, I found the moral state of this beautiful group, still far behind those of the Sandwich islands. Thieving, prostitution, drunkenness, and such-like, more or less, the same, I am ' sorry to say, as when I first knew them, a considerable time back, especially at Papeete, the head-quarters of the shipping at Tahiti : indeed the Wapping and sink of the South Seas 1 Besides, they have had, for some time, a very immoral foreigner, a native of Antwerp, half Dutch, half French, together with his Valparaiso Spanish harlot, residing among them at Tahiti.• This man was the prin cipal cause of their recent troubles, and the " coerced " payment of two thousand hard Spanish dollars, by the foreign residents (not the Queen nor native chiefs of Tahiti, as bas been incorrectly represented) to the cap tain of another French fifty-gun frigate,( Venus). More over, he caused an English ship (Pomare) to be illegally condemned at Papeete (Tahiti), thus cheating the Lon don underwriters out of ten thousand Spanish dollars or more, whilst we were refreshing our crew in 1832, at that place. The zealous Wesleyan missionaries at the Friendly Islands were going on, and doing as well as possibly could be expected. They have recently given a good moral code of laws to their " King George," in fur therance of the general welfare at that fine group. I must now beg to observe that, when we touched at the interesting little island of Pitcairn's, on a previous voyage in 1834, we really found them the happiest people I ever saw, then under the immediate teaching of a highly re spectable English Gentleman (Mr. Joshua Hilles) the same who had rendered essential service both at the Sandwich and Society Islands, whilst I visited them, and who tried hard to establish a Temperance Society, though without success, at the very time I was at Tahiti in 1832. But, alas the fallen condition of Pitcairn's I Since their faithful aged pastor above mentioned was obliged to leave them, three runaway sailors have settle.;. among them, and so corrupted them as to cause the utter ruin of this colony.t Pitcairn's being the last place un touched at, previous to our coming round Cape Horn, and the weather (being their summer season) so fine and smooth, we remained off and on the island several days, obtaining such produce, in exchange, as they could spare, • for our voyage home. In the meanwhile, through a few honest ones yet left, I found out their secret plans, which, in a word, is always to• seem to be vastly happy, and perfectly united among themselves, whilst any ships or visitors arc at their island ; even keeping " a good look out," lest they might, by any possibility, be again taken by surprise, as was the case when Mr. Hilles detected them with two stills up (one for each party) and all drunk on a Sunday morning in 1832, but he forthwith had the stills put down, and a Temperance Society established. Shortly after a Captain of the Royal Navy sentenced these bad men to be sent off; when the isle became like a paradise ; the men were unfortunately allowed to return, and go on in their old Ways! Their main object now is to impose on the world, the more especially her Majesty's Government, thus to obtain, from time to time, presents more freely ; for they, like the Tahitians, have become great beggars and liars, which I know to be a fact. Those men are: the principal cause of all the mischief at the various islands, among the natives, in the Pacific, making no scruple of letting out their women, by way of example, a /a Tahitien, to such as will make them pre sents. Moreover, they have again the cursed stills at work ; not in the village, as before, but up the mountains among the trees, for secretly making ardent spirits. Go vernment should not allow those men to remain upon such a mere "bay-cock" of an island as Pitcairn's ; it being less than five miles in circumference, very rocky and mountainous. As for expecting that the natives them selves should ever send them off their island, it is entirely out of the question, for by the art and low cunning of the fellows, is " party spirit" is kept alive among the weak and timid islanders, who are thus equally divided ; and, in a physical point of view rendered impotent ; no one dare openly make a complaint even when a man of war happens to visit them. But, on the contrary, each of these fellows have their deluded party friends, ever ready to take every opportunity, whether on board the ship or on shore of misleading the stranger in re gard to the real state of their affairs. Hence, I promised the few yet uncorrupted (to whom I have alluded) that I would make their sad case known to the benevolent peo ple of England; and I would beg that, as early as pos sible, there may be sent out a good moral character, an ordained clergy man of the Established Church. I sin cerely hope, that all of our respectable editors will copy this article from your paper as a real act of charity. There is an excellent native man, by name Edward Quin tal, of middle age, on Pitcairn's, who, in my humble opinon, should be put by her Majesty's Government as Chief at the head of the people of that island. I am, Sir, with due respect and consideration, your very obedient servant, WNI. SNIITII. Brunswick Terrace, Commercial-road, Limehouse, September 1, 1140. • Morenhout. Nobbs, Buffett, and Evans. A "HORSE CASE" IN FRANCE A trial is about to take place before the tribunals in Paris, at the suit of one of the members of the Jockey Club established there, who has refused to abide by the decision g i ven on a race. T he f acts o f t h e case are as follow :—ln the spring of this year a race was announced to come off. Among the number of horses entered was one under the name of Tontine, out of Odelle, by Ton tine, b orn at Lisieux, and the property o f M. E ugene Aumont. This description had scarcely been entered on the books when the genealogy of the horse was con tested. It was contended that its origin was English. A groom, who had formerly lived in the service of M. Aumont, declared that he had seen the horse arrive from England, and had himself taken care of her. This mat ter was referred to the Jockey Club, who, not being willing to take the single evidence of the groom, decided that the d escr i pt i on of the horse was good. The rac e took place at Chantilly on th e 17th of Ma y. Tontine fo un d herself op p o sed to Jenny (belonging to Lord Seymour), and s h e arr i v ed first, beating Jenny and the others wh o ran, Jenny co ming in second. All the assi stants, trainers, an d amateurs present crowded rou n d t h e w i nner, an d exa mined her with close attention ; th e general op i n i on was, that Tontiue, for the age w whi c h was g i ven her ( n i ne days less than three years) was a very extraordinary a nimal, and that she clearly mark e d f our years. In the event of Tontine's right 'to the prize being set aside, it would belong to Lord Seymour's horse Jenny, who came in second. He therefore opposed the handing over the prize, and s ought for all the in formation he could obtain as to her birth, parentage, &c. He sent one of his grooms to Mr. Weatherby, who was much connected with those m atters in London, and discovered an individual named Thomas, who had reared to the age of eighteen months, a colt, which he sold to M. Aumont, and who gave the most particular descrip tion of the animal, all which fully answered to that of the winner of the prize at Chantilly. Proofs were also given that a colt answering the description was landed in Normandy, from England, by M. Aumont. Veteri nary surgeons declared that the marks decidedly showed four years, while the certificate produced of its birth only said three. On the day of the races at Versailles, M. Aumont distributed hand-bills, announcing for sale a bay filly, three years old, by Aaron, out of young Election, mare foaled in 1837. She was bought by M, Palmer, who sold her again MRS. FROST AND HER FAMILY• A paragraph appeared a tew days since in The 5144 taken from the Silurian, stating Mrs. Frost h and She family to be in easy, if not affluent eirclirm tanc es ; w e are given to understand such is not the fact. M rs ' Frost has property which, it relieved from encumbrancer ° on it amounting to some 3001., would leav e her and hee family in possession of a very moderate yearly incorn sufficient to enable them to live in a very Mrs. Frost states she has been unable to P 3 Y her in eons:: bankers, who hold the deeds of her property , quenco of her having advanced a large sum for her • band's defence, in addition to severe domestic afflictit since. Her friends in Newport have issued a ver y tec a ; perate and judicious appeal to the inhabitants °lt humble mariner. place and Pillgwenlly, on her behalf ; and similar efforts Mr. are making in Lcndon by a Committee, of whi ch sure r. George Rogers, of High-street, St. Giles" is tre iieve Their b object is to raise the above sum, so a, to re keo, Mrs. Frost from her difficulties by paving he r aP 4t of and thereby preserving • • the herself her property for herself and daughters. CORN-LAW VIOLENCE ' IRELAND. TO THE HE EDITOR OF T S l°. to si l Sir,—Your well-known liberality, and attentic° isioa and action, with constitutional freedoin VilPootg.... statement may induces me to request that the may be admitted into valuablecoltOlus On the evening of the 6thin y s e t u . r larrive d and the following morning proceeded to hir e 5132- aii. and issued kn d own by the name of Northumboerflaincitclhtbi/is.;:i°lrtuall, laws .tosubee g p il l , a e e n a i r n d s sai a d nn ru o u u m nc s in n g n lectures on o a n nd th, r e o ll e: l e s r l e havewi with a e n v evenings. opened, and at the appointed hour I cora A According to announcement the roo_inn:eticect v V e er , e e ker asl e audience rLosyede,n,Ewsgi a l.e s ,n silent and paiNanindaieydeorrdbeyrly ,rihorr..pps,, is city, Esq k ., s, AElsagg.i,stHraetnes7 came Watson, iin with E ti s t r a Yj te ° o - :p e r r c: me unknown ; the Mayor state a 1365 sons to other P , informations on oath that a disturbance wa s a r to re° hended, proceeded whilst I continued the lest u 3 ois the u Riot Act, and to forcibly drive every person but. at this proceeding, but without disorder or ot of the room. The eonle seemed thunderstrueice _ other extent than " Shams, shame," murmur to cullednY on the Mayor and Magistrates to desist, and r u , Ak t e vi ss accountable ; that if my proceeedings were illega l ` . l o y. their duty to arrest me, and in the face of their fel ° jai citizens I challenged them to do so. Mr. Y ukes ' o s oes-• a laugh of derision, told me now to go on. I i"P t P" 'Air. sion of the platform, and now arose a difficulty to the wise'. sion acres. t To remove me was necessary ; that could not it aPPe tbs t' done without arrest, which they did not, submitted. Iolg wish to venture on ; so the Magistrates, with some ~.,, accompanied them, took their seats, and about 0° , 1 ; policemen standing. I then proceeded, rernarkin,,°oo although the audience was small it was s elect, and ise, words " ot. doubt respectable. I had not uttered many fore T. P. Vokes, Esq., arose to lecture also ; b ut P o d minding his presence, or tirade against Manchester s e _ its inhabitants, nor his pointed allusions to events th r o u e h i s stack coax that men of every shade of feeling deplore, eloquence evaporated, and his patience kept it ° ,,a pany. His hasty walking backwards and forvvarda, sea his attitudes, or mine, occasioned a tittering laug b is ' e f f es from his brother Magistrates—so he sat down, a nd ... the Lecture was continued, soon arose agai n ' r cleared the room of Magistrates, police, and otu e e. persons that accompanied them, leaving m e en a t i : r n e d d A ruse was now practised. A macron at, and with a paper about the size of g a w arra- d ig after an apparently careful perusal retired, ilitit „,, 0 it to another ; but it was no use, knowing my —lis t o legal, believing it necessary, why should I hesitate c 4 , o and t w he ere p e ol x i t c r e;:l stand by it ? I occupied the platform until nine oci tc and retired then at the solicitation stated they had been all da • on dut s y tired, that the Magistrates had left the premises, s' i that all the people were dispersed from the doors. 1 1, 1 ; ther these gentlemen hold a Commission from h e r . i iin jesty for such or for very different purposes, y o u ana `l O , public will decide prior to any other decision that n e r d y called for, or what illegal or unjustifiable steps tbeY dpi; take this evening time only can make k n own.- --1 a Sir, your's respectfully. JOHN MURRA Y. Limerick, Nov. 10. Anti-Corn-law Lecturer, THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. ' Oats. Beans. 5. 40 g Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s• ° 4 4, Bath Blandford ..... 60 64 32 35 2 6 46 Bridport 68 ro 4° M I Chard 56 61 29 26 22 26 ilk ' A n 63 Gloucester '56 64 28 37 20 28 44 Exeter ... Guildford 68 71 32 37 32 36 46 41 50 Newbury 47 70 27 42 20 32 41 5 5 ' : ; 42 Reading 48 70 31 42 112 32 44 4d Salisbury 50 66 28 35 22 2 3 4A ' 50 50 Shcrborne 54 62 30 36 22 30 . 59, s' Shepton Mallet' L 2 66 30 40 '2O 26 4" 55 Uxbridge 37 43 •23 28 — 7, 5 5 Warminster._ , 6 66 31 43 , t:5 32 4 8 Winchester 160 4 I JO feovil 6 56 60 30 34 22 SO t 1 00 LEEDS CORN MARKET..—Nov 10• . to 69 , Wheat, Norfolk and Su6blk, 60Ib. :7 5 00 34 , 30 4- :ORN MARKET. "-Nov. 10 '605. 1 }lk, 6olb. In. 60Ib , ...... .., ~ t 0 .2 .5 y. rk )1k .............. . .................... ..... lcolnsinre ......................... 3 0 to t .l 4 ' . ....... ..!, t ° 2li.:. ' .............................•...... 2_ .to ~,..t Shelling e a Oats, i n 1 : n 1 g ' o t . a . : . c . ) . e . .............................. 2. 1 . ) ...........1 . 1.11 . 1 . 1 . : : : :', F. " ,,..? .............................. —Mealing, For. —d. to —4l ''''.. 3 • tu ' . ng. 2o • d• Per Sack. ....... I) s 7 ,l 4 , ZES g. C ( 7 . ltN l Zl , l . t o ft ti s ar l e r, , 2 L , L i tC. f:3 4 0 0 First Wheat 32 oto 33 0 Oats... ........... . 2 .2 0 , Second Third :27 1 11 1 I,'l Beans ou ( ( p P :l r. U'i 23 c l i j. ? ) :: ... --A l's'. : 6 Barley 32 0 44 6 Bread (Pe r g 3 - York. and Linco' Barley, Norfolk and Stith - Yorkshire and Lii - Grinding LADY'S GOLD N E ---,-- - n 1 4 - A 1 N 5 N;ight 6,f four may he selected from of several tte sovereigns, Five Guineas ; weight rot five soveroga4 The vr G e nin i e t as . : weight of six sovereigns, Seen G ui 7 e :e i g. nr4 . wei r i is given by comparison with the weight 0 _ A do ts ; Eking more easily referr I t tl if stated in ounces a,n`.,ryeil The quality of the Gold et o lan l to any that 15 r is warranted equal into articles of this description. il T. COX SAVORY , , 1 Cornh Goldsmith, Silversmith, Wezhmaker, 8 , :c., -,,, ! C is, A-pric:: _ (Seven Doors from Grai;eetiuren-street), LendoP•if go Drawings of the newest patterns Nvi . .tl be sent pest fre e ' plication be made post paid. ------ Cr FLAT HORIZONT AL %VAT :corohill, A. B. SAVORY and SONS,Watchmakers, Pin. 9 ' „ 6 e , 1 London, opposite the Bank of Enuland. Price in guineas each, in gold cases 8 guineas each• Thes e _ 0 0 0 , 1 „ g reat 1 ! iis!• l 4 . waistcoat-pocket Watches are recornmended for and durability, tlte horizontal escapement beingtillteote: suited to combine those important requisites in 3 a i c O . ! e filVer eiegao they are jewelled in four holes, have the ha nd to Ina, r o s t 'Ol conds, and maintaining power t o continue going v"/ 4,13. wound. A printed warranty given with cad' large Stock of elegantly ornamented Ladies' vca,tchei;..--------rsille TABLE CANDLESTICKSI su erior ° tis, P a t lei cic j ig. for durability, equal in appearance. Table eg ric he b s, , 04 , inches high, 7s. per pair ; 1.) inches high, 9s. ; per pair ; ditto, with rich shell mountings, IP inc lies h h o lg ed ge r!. 4 ai sv r . : reie s a n tey u h ff .o e f r eT t t r ihi a eo y r s, with shell mountings an. e- a 01 ... great lj tr e e r , p articles particular ar o meta l made, ocfs wooly . bt;:;ld fro. — silver by reference to the stamp. Catalo ues gill ti! ' set. ..0 KIP and BURTON, Wells-stregettOsferti-s_____'=" BIATHS. itba r"n' On the 10th inst., at Croydon, th e wife of J. A. 1 4' ri will' of a son. On the 10th inst., at Clifton , the la d y of F . A. 31 Esq., of a daughter that survived but a few Ler ,urs- _ vitriel . On the II th inst., at Ickworth , t he lady; of Ar thur of a son. ' alfr MARRIED. i Me te } , r On the sth inst., at the British Em ' p ig gy, Pa l ?' daut te Larken, Esq., of the Bombay Civil Ser ' i c e to ErnilY' e. ~ of 11. Combe, Esq., of Caroline-strev' t, Bedford-sigrarciarkr°lf On tho 10th inst., at St. Luke's. Ch e lsea, Mr. J• Are libu t " of tile Strand, to Mary Ann, eldes4 daughter of S' '- 'SC Esq., of Sloane-street. ( li r ; A On the 10th inst., at St. Lu'ke's, Chelsea, P . ; Oil' Pocock, Jun., of Knightsbridge, architect, to Sol ,l " a ' Esq.,n t o the t l m 2 i t l l y i , i inst., atdau daughter e J r oh o n f daughter of S. Archbutt, Esq., of Sloane-street. , w o stof" 'tsiwSlaotuethwark, ts. 1:54. Nlißurges, . .. Marys: t tk r e ise . : smith,o Stephens,n th G e e2E:sttqhß:uol,tfs.,,Hi IOW' On the 7th inst., at Clifton, Maria, Yrridow of the late 0,14 On the On the latli inst., Bth inst., T. Lowndes, Es of Barrington q., Essex, aged 75. On the 9th inst., in King's Lynn, J. P. Bleneowe, tl:ranrl. On the lOch inst., Mr. S. Walker, Beaufort-buildings; '_':, the .fe b 7o r f il-r. J. Wood, oho Regent- oes Rev. W. T. Thompson, aged :30. r,i; a oe• On the 11th inst., at , Langley, Bucks, Mr. J. W. "'" ° T ,Yl'..tßhAriel:lb:inarani's- place, stn • On the 11th Mit ,in Upper' Berkeley-street, C,apt lftr i, M'Taggart, formerly ' of the lion. East India Color . anys ' time Service. ',ter' O f On the 11th inst., at Fulham, Miss Grace Tow, 51 Lady Stronge. On the 12th inst., Mr. Edward Prior, ages/ . 36 _ 0 01 Lon Jon : Printed any! Published by M 13E..D0 YOV I a; in So. I It!. Strand. at The Oifice, 11'2. 51 the county of Middlc;ex.—Friclay, Nqvemlor 13 7 411116 f , A ril ti,