The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-18 00:00:00

AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Nzw YORK, SEPT. 30.—Great anxiety pervades this community as to the result of the pending nego tiations in regard to the quest ion—" Shall we have peace or war with Mexico ?" The Government is but very little better informed on this subject than active and intelligent business men. If the ground originally assumed by the President continues to be occupied by him, then, in my opinion, there is no immediate prospect of a favourable termination of pending negotiations. It is understood that Mr. Trist is empowered to make, and probably has made, certain specific propositions. In this stage of the case, uninformed as to what those propositions are, it would not be discreet to hazard a positive opinion on the question—" Shall we have peace or war with Mexico?" On one point I have Eno hesitation in expressing my firm belief. There is no doubt the President has now the power and the opportunity o f making a treaty of peace, alike honourable and just to both countries. The question presents itself, " Will he embrace it ?" That is a very doubtful question. In respect to it I entertain apprehensions. Mr. Polk is not a man of a great and magnanimous mind. He is under the controlling influence of a false pride. He has committed himself so deeply as to what he will effect that he knows not how to retreat; and yet, I believe, he now sees that he cannot accomplish what he has threatened to do, and is a mere waiter on Pro vidence, in the hope that some accidental circumstance may occur to enable him to escape from the dilemma in which he finds himself placed by his own im petuosity. :The affairs of Mexico, as an independent sove reignty, present a gloomy a s p ec t. Th e r u mours respecting Paredes are contradictory ; but the better opinion seems to be that he is preparing to overthrow Santa Anna, and is advancing towards the city of Mexico with an anti-American war party under his command. These rumours seem to have given birth to others, probably not less apocryphal, namely, that there was an understanding between Generals Scott and Santa Anna, that, if the latter would enter into a satisfactory treaty with the United States, General Scott would pledge himself to sustain Santa Anna's Government against Paredes, or any other military chieftain who might attempt to revolutionise Mexico. I give this last rumour that you may see the cha racter of the reports that continually reach us from the seat of war, but without placing the least confi dence in its truth. General Scott is a man of too much sagacity and discretion to place himself in such a position with such a man as Santa Anna; but if, contrary to all human probability, he should do it, he would . soon have Mr. Polk's order t o r e tir e fr om th e army Me xico; for, be it remembered, the General is no favourite of the President's. On Mexican affairs the Washington correspondent of the Courier and Enquirer says—" There is no news from the city of Mexico later than the 29th of August. Let us separate, then, the certain from the conjectural. It is certain, then, first, that General Scott and Mr. Trist are exerting themselves to the utmost to effect a treaty of peace ; second, that Santa Anna is doing all in his power to accomplish the same object; third, that Herrera is co-operating with Santa Anna openly for this purpose, and with that view has even become one of the commissioners." The writer adds—" Will a treaty of peace be signed ? I think such a treaty will be signed by Mr. Trist and General Scott, on the one hand, and by the Mexican Com missioners on the other, and that it will be confirmed by Santa Anna as President. But will it be ratified by the Mexican Congress ? This point is certainly not free from doubt." I give you this extract, premising that I do not place great confidence in the sagacity of the writer, or his means of acquiring information, but others implicitly rely on his statements. Heretofore I have not concurred in opinion with him, and have not found bim more correct than other respectable writers in Washington. Accounts from Hayti show, incontestably, that a revolutionary struggle of a most sanguinary cha racter has burst upon that devoted people. On Sun day, the 22d of August, two negro generals, Semelien and Alerte, having incited rebellion, Generals Tes louge and Descayettes openly revolted. They were joined by hundreds of negro citizens. This is a civil war between the blacks and mulattoes. The President Sonlouque, was absent from Port au-Prince at the time of the revolt, and on hearing of it sent Prince David Troy, one of his most trusty Ministers, a negro, to restore order. Troy induced Alerte to return to his allegiance. Semelien refused, and declared that he acted under the in structions of the President himself. The authorities awaited the response of the President to this declara tion. If he denies it, it will cost Semelien his life ; if he confirms it, the result will be the formation of a new Cabinet, and war to the knife against the mulattoes. Such was the state of public affairs at the latest accounts from Hayti. General Caleb hushing, at present with the United States army, and considered, until recently, a mem ber of the Whig party, has been nominated as a candidate for the office of Governor of the State of Massachusetts. There is not the least prospect of his being elected. Mr. Briggs, a Whig, and at present Governor, will be re-elected. Massachusetts, through a state convention, has made another nomination. She has designated, with great unanimity, her great statesman, Mr. Daniel Webster, as her candidate for the office of President, subject, however, to the future decision of the United States Whig Convention, to be held for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices of President and Vice-President. Mr. Webster was fairly en titled to this distinguished testimonial of respect in his native state. Our local elections in several states are either pend ing, or the note to prepare is sounded by political leaders. These elections are never-failing sources of great excitement ; and, as a natural consequence, absorb almost the exclusive attention of politicians. You will therefore find in our journals little to in terest you for a few weeks to come, except what re lates to the success or defeat of the various parti , an candidates. We have a rumour this day from Washington that the President is confined to his room by severe in disposition. It is probable, however, that the attack is slight, or it would not be left in a state of un certainty. _ A To - ronto journal of the 24th of September says— " The health of the city is improving. The numbers in the hospital do not increase, and in the convalescent hospital the numbers have increased." —Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER. THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ. The Journal des Debats contains a long article on the shipcanal proposed to be made between Suez and Pelusiurn, of which it speaks in terms of approbation. " The announcement of such a project," adds the Journal des Dki - bals, " is sufficient to prove its import ance. An enterprise which is to place the Mediter ranean in direct communication with the Indian seas, by avoiding more than one-half the distance which at present separates them by the passage round the Cape of Good hope—such an enterprise interests not only Egypt, whose territory is borrowed for its completion, but it likewise interests the politics and the commerce of the entire world. Thirty leagues to be crossed in the desert, in the midst of a plain which will facilitate the works —two ports to be created, under difficult circumstances it is true, but which present no obstacle sufficient to dismay an engineer, and in fine an ex pense of 30,000,000 or 40,000,000 ; suc h are thecon- con ditions, not very onerous it may be seen, on which this magnificent result is to be obtained. How, then, does it happen, that this enter prise is yet only in contemplation, and not already a reality accomplished for the advantage o f civi lization and the commerce of the world ? It is be cause the material obstacles are the least in the affair, and it is because they affect immense interests, and because their completion will affect more or less pro foundly th e po liti ca l an d comme r c ial situ a ti ons o f a ll Powers, that it has remained so long in suspense, and that perhap s it w ill rema i n so still longer, al though it appears at this moment to be on the point of receiving solution. No doubt, when the plan shall b e brought fo i rward for cutting through this which neck of l an d arrests the commerce of so many nations, a n d which, when complet e d, w ill o p en a new career to the Powe r of b several states, every party will be agreed, and even those who are h earti l y oppose d to the enterpris e w ill not dare to avow their opini ons . of al It appears that th e po li cy Cabinets e is unani mous as to the principle. Buttoeve Y time when we . on the actual wished to depart from theory sionshave arisen construction of the canal, violent dis n s t e er and each party mor e or l ess w i th his own interests, proposed to support a different systein real although not avowed e nem i es of thand the d r taking, availing themselves of the differenoncaner ie er ed opinion, prevented every plan fro m being into effect. Such is the history, not very honourable for European policy, but true, of all the plans which have been as yet brought forward to open the Isthmus of Suez. All the European Cabinets have joined in the discussion without having succeeded in agreeing with respect to interests which appeared to be so clearly defined. Some of the parties showed violent passion, and manifested a bitterness which caused Mehemet Ali, the Viceroy of Egypt, and a man of great courage, to hesitate, although devoted to the project and desirous of it s completion. Although he is Sovereign of the country, and perfectly free to exe cute within his territories such works as may appear useful to him, although his finances are sufficient for the purpose, and although he appears t o have chosen the beat solution, he has not dared to meet the re sistance offered to him on this head, although he has been ever sufficiently astute to discover the value of every advice offered him, even under the pretence of i friend s hi p an d of a sympathy for him an d f or th e auccesi of his project. Nevertheless Mehemet Ali is not easily frustrated in his plans. He knows how to carry into effect that celebrated axiom, that genius by patience opens a second road when it meets an insur mountable obstacle on the first. This is what he has done. Despairing of success if he should be reduced to his own means alone to contend against the adversaries of his favourite idea, and being well convinced by ex perience that he should be unable to act as long as he left the affair on diplomatic ground, and as long as he should endavour to obtain the impossible accord of Cabinets and foreign Ministers, he is at present en deavouring to lay the question before the real sove reign power in Europe—public opinion. Seeing the impossibility of gaining over Governments to his views, he appeals to commerce, manufactures, and to the private interests of the nations which he knows to be in accord with his oil]. It is with that object he has suggested the formation of a company of engineers and bankers, which he wishes to interest in his pro ject. And in order to tranquillise distrust—to show his impartiality—to prove that he merely wishes to hold the balance even between all interests, and to give them all the fullest satisfaction, he expressed a wish that this company should be composed of three groups, representing each one of the three great Powers of Europe most interested in the enterprise under political and commercial reports, viz., Austria, England, and France. This company is at pre sent formed, and in each of those countries it reckons at its head distinguished engineers and influential capitalists. The Austrian group, warmly supported by its Government, has at its head M. Negrelli, the constructor of the railroad from Vienna to Trieste. The British group has for its chief Mr. Stephenson, now Member of Parliament, constructor of a number of English railroads, and the inventor of the first locomotive which ran between Liverpool and Manchester. The French group is represented by M. Talabot, whose name is too well known to re quire any commentary. That company, now some months constituted, has already resolved in principle the question of the most advantageous mode of com munication, as :regards _commerce, to be established across the Isthmus of Suez. It has declared in favour of the execution of a maritime canal, navigable at all seasons and for the largest ships, and it has acquired the certainty of being able to give such a canal 27 feet of depth; that is more than sufficient to float a three-decker. Moreover, the company has agreed as to the distribution and division of the works. The English are to have, under the sanction and autho rity of the Viceroy, the construction of the harbour at Suez, the French that of the canal from Suez to Pelusium, and the Austrians the harbour to be created at Pelusium, on the Mediterranean Sea. The latter point created some uneasiness, as it was feared at first that it would cost an enormous sum, but a survey made on the spot by M. Negrelli relieved all doubts. The port may be formed at Pelusium and on better terms than could have been expected. The French engineers have arrived in Egypt, and it is announced that they are to be followed by the Eng lish. So far all appears propitious for this glorious enterprise ; however, too much confidence must not be placed in Fortune. The mistrusts and passions which have so long succeeded in retarding its com pletion have been revived more warmly and more skilfully, and besiege Mehemet Ali more than ever. Not daring longer to contest the utility of such a work, and seeing that at length the opposition should be withdrawn, they have invented, or rather resusci tated, a counter project, of which they warmly soli cit the adoption. At present, as three years since, when the maritime canal appeared to ha ve reac h e d realisation, a railroad was opposed to it, so that the enterprise, long reputed so difficult, is now menaced with being drowned in the abundance of means pro posed for its accomplishment. Sueh is the real situ • ation of the question ' • such are at present the two systems proposed, and to the merits of which we shall have to return." FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, OCT. 13.—POPULATION OF BRUSSELS.— According to the last census, the population of each of the communes belonging to Brussels were as fol lows : St. Josseten Noode.. 14,850 Ikelles St. Gillis Morlenbeck St. Jean . 12,065 A nderlecht Kockelberq . . . . 2,193 Berchem St. Agetha Total 60,351 Each of the communes around Brussels contains a scattered rural population, and the entire population of Brussels and its environs is, therefore, estimated at 180,000 souls. The affair of the incarceration of the four Communal Councillors, who were kept under arrest for seventeen days, which has excited so much interest and curiosity, appears to be as follows : The secretary of the commune of Couture St. Germain filled the same office in several other villages. In consequence of grave accusations brought against him, the Communal Council resolved to re cal him. The permanent deputation annulled the decision of the Communal Council. The latter maintained its first vote, and the deputation, in its turn, persisted in refusing its assent. The conflict threatened to be endless ; the superior authority in tervened, and by a royal decree the decision of the Communal Council was annulled. The de cree was acted upon, the secretary was rein stated, but, at the same time, the Communal Council again recalled its functionary. This was set aside by the permanent deputation, and was again revoked upon the part of Communal Council, followed by a re-annullatien on the part of the permanent deputation. This diplomatic conflict was cut short by a royal decree, and before it had been officially signified to the Communal Council the law interfered, and four of the Communal Coun cillors were shut up in prison. A criminal investiga tion took place, and by a decree of the Chamber the accused were sent to the Court of Assize. The Supreme Court, we are assured, however, refused to confirm the sentence of the other court. These facts, which have not been contradicted, are the actual state of the case. Yesterday the funeral of the unfortunate Mrs. Dupuis and her niece took place in the Church of St. Nicholas. The coffin of the child was co vered with a white pall, surmounted by a crown. The two coffins were placed side 11y side, in the cemetery. One of the persons officiating said a few consolatory words to the relations and mourners, who were deeply affected This morning the Royal Procurator and other official persons went to see the unhappy maniac ; he declared that he was not guilty of the crime. The medical men say that his recovery is very doubtful. The typhus fever has broken out in Lennick St. Martin, principally among the inhabitants of the com mune bordering upon Flanders. Several highly re spectable persons have fallen victims to this disease. Great fears are entertained for the two medical men who have attended on the poor inhabitants. The average price of corn for the week ending Oct. 9, was—wheat, 25f. 89c. ; rye, 15f. 69c.; being a fall in wheat of 55c. ; in rye 52c. 15 vessels laden wholly or in part with corn entered the port of Antwerp from the sth to the 10th Oct. The im• portations were— Wheat 893,640 kil. Rye Barley Hay Flour Rice . 90,600 „ 398,140 „ 2,539,670 kil. STOCKHOLM, OCT. 26.—The district of Arsunde, in the province of Noreland, has been ravaged by a whirlwind. This phenomenon traversed the two pine forests, where it uprooted or damaged upwards of 4,000 trees, among which were some very old ones. Many houses were unroofed, and two barns were carried to a distance of 2,000 feet. En tire flocks and herds of cattle have been destroyed, and 22 persons have died of the injuries which they received. This is quite an unexampled phenomenon in the higher regions of the north. The districts of Arsunde being almost adjacent to Lapland, the damage which the whirlwind has occasioned is so great, that the authorities have been obliged to come to the assistance of the sufferers. BERLIN, OCT. 9.—THE POLISH Taums.---Yester day no less than five of the accused were acquitted. In the criminal proceedings against one of them the Attorney-General declared that he could not consti tute a charge ; the other four were liberated upon the solemn oath of one witness, who declared that they were innocent. We fully expect that there will soon be some new pleaders, as several of the prisoners have withdrawn their mandate from one of their former council. FRANKFORT, OCT. 7.—COMMERCIAL CRISIS.—The distressing reports from England and the fluctuation of nearly all the exchanges, make it a matter of no surprise that our exchange also is very much de pressed, and that our funds fall daily. Great exer tions are in general made to maintain the steadiness of our exchange, and the state of our money market especially is on the whole satisfactory.—Brussels Papers, Oct. 14. t'soaoEflogNraCiOultNdu•—riingßltEhSeTEl;aostc-rm. 4on.—thrflhveereexporrettat tio considerable, amounting to 455 , 5 32 barrels, and thamountinge importations were 200,000 barrels. The stock in hand at this moment is not more than 584,400 barrels, at the end of September it was 838 3 , 9 -0 barrels. Letters from Odessa state that the crop of oats has been very bad in the Crimea, it has scarcely rendered the seed barley, and the other spring grain have yielded a third part, and corn only a fourth part of the crop. The crop of winter grain is next to no. thing. In the German colonies the red corn has thriven to perfection._ GERMAN POSTAL REFORM. =The general post re form, which is to be submitted to the Postal Congress THE SUN, on the 15th of this month, will comprise the follow ing regulations for consideration :—The junction of rnilways for accelerating the transmission. A mutual agreement for a uniform rate of postage. The op tional prepayments or non-prepayment of letters. The mutual exemption from postage of the correspondence of the governing Royal Families and their houses. The exemption from postage of Royal official letters. The rate of postage according to weight. An equal standard of weights. A standard model for the trans mission from the branch offices. Regulations re specting the transmission of money and articles of value. Many other rates and regulations referring to the above heads will be taken into consideration by the Postal Commissioners. The improvements which are to be adopted will greatly facilitate the corres pondence, but the postage will also be reduced. All the Governments of Germany nominated their dele gates.—German Papers, Oct. 13. BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. Sir,—The political wiseacres who write for the " Thunderer" denounce the issue of Bank-notes, on the plea that it would increase the difficulties of our situation by affording temporary relief at the expense of a more fearful crisis. For the want of a more intelligible cause, the financial geniuses of the Times attribute our present distress to the over-speculation in railways, whereas it is proved that the large firms that have stopped payment have been led to do so from the difficulties of obtaining reasonable discounts, and not from having their cash locked up in railway adventures. The defenders of the Act of 1844 blow hot and cold almost at the same breath—at one time all our national wealth is laid to the benefits of free trade ; at another period, to a vast import of food and foreign commodities is laid the drain for gold and the pressure on the money market. Railway under takings make up the loss of revenue by increased consumption of exciseable articles. Railway under takings lock up money and ruin the country. This is not the first pressure on the money market, nor the first crisis the country has passed through. In 1832, the then Governor of the Bank of Eng land, in his evidence before the Committee on the Bank Charter, when asked to what particular cause he attributed the panic of 1825, replied that " the first step towards the excitement was the reduction of the interest upon the Government securities."— " He always considered that reduction of interest in 1823 and 1824, one-fifth in one case, and one-eighth in the other, to have created that feverish feeling in the minds of the public at large which prompted almost everybody to entertain any proposition for in vestment, however absurd, which was tendered." Sir R. Peel has always had a penchant for meddling with the currency, and the reduction of the rate of interest on Government securities, lately carried out by him, may have had the effect of adding to the pressure of 1847, as the same thing is alleged by Mr. Horsley Palmer to have occurred in 1825. Then, again, as to the issue of Bank-notes, the Governor, in reply to the question—You think that in the event of such a crisis as that, the power of the country bankers to pay in Bank of England notes would not be a sufficient remedy, unless the Bank of England were empowered at the same time to issue 1/. notes ? thus answered : "Now it would; the 11. notes having been with drawn I believe that a 51. note of the Bank of Eng land, if it were a legal tender, would be a total bar to any demand for gold in the interior, in times of commercial discredit." When the issue of Bank-notes is denounced by the " Thunderer," it may be as well to refer to the evi dence of practical and intelligent men as to the cir culation of notes to meet the panic of 1825 and its immediate effects. First, what says Lord Ash burton : " Although the Bank had no specie left, a large additional issue of notes was made, and about 1,500,0001., of those of 11., which were accidentally found to be in existence, were circulated; the relief was immediate, the country received a circulating currency iL, which everybody had entire confidence, and the useless gold was returned to the Bank. The notes by this proceeding were increased from 19,748,0001. in December, 1825, to 24,479,0001. in March, 1826 ; and having served to relieve the pres sure, they gradually subsided before the end of that year to their ordinary amount again of 19,951,0001., while the bullion in the Bank was successively in creased by this increase of paper, in opposition to the theory of 1844, which presumes from such cause a necessary diminution." One would imagine that to be sufficiently conclu sive for the Times, but for fear that quotation should not be considered sufficient, I will adduce other testi mony. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq., in his evidence before the Committee previously mentioned, on being asked whether he conceived that any part of what had been called the commercial discredit, in the year 1825, consisted in a doubt as to the solvency of the Bank of England, replied thus : " Not the slightest ; and the best proof of that is, that when they had no further sovereigns that they could issue, they luckily found a large quantity of 11. notes, and the public were perfectly satisfied with the 11 notes." I will now turn to the recorded opinion of Samuel Gurney, Esq., on the same occasion. On being in terrogated as to whether he thought that the persons in the country who received at that time 11. Bank of England notes in payment, inferred from thence that gold was very scarce in the coffers of the Bank, thus enlightened the Committee : " The receivers of these notes were of a class of persons that knew or thought very little about the Bank of England and its stock of gold ; the imme diate effect of that issue was the stoppage of the demand." What is now wanted is gold—in one department of the Bank of Engtand. The gold is either sent out of the country, locked up, or hoarded; and by the banking Act of 1844 the directors of the Bank are powerless to afford relief to the present pressure, and thus avert mercantile failures by an increased circula tion of notes. Having cited the views of men of standing and ex perience, I will conclude this letter by quoting an extract from a speech of Matthias Attwood, Esq., the eminent banker. Mr. Attwood for the past forty years has given much attention to the currency ques tion, and both in the press and in his place in Parliament has illustrated the subject in its every phase. His speeches abound with a vast amount of financial ex positions. The opinion of such a thoroughly prac tical financier may be of service at such a moment. On the debate of the currency question in 1830, in referring to the Act of 1819, Mr. Attwood thus spoke : " We have dealt with our money more in reference to the material which composed the money than to the functions it discharged. Money of paper we have called it —money of rags—and have treated it as we would treat rags or paper, and forgotten that in dealing with money, however composed, we affected the most important organ in the social body. I cite another evidence, Mr. Vansittart himself, the principal mover in these transactions. Mr. Vansittart, speaking of 1816 and 1818, in 1821, a period when the calamities of 1816 were all renewed, and by similar means, uses these words : " The peace followed, and that very standard was restored, at which, by another process, the country had since arrived. A second depreciation took place, which probably arose from the large loan the Go vernment had of the Bank on account of the repeal of the Property-tax. It was never very considerable.' " Here, then, is the standard restored—admitted by him who restored it—in 1816 restored, as in 1820 and 1821, and as now. A second depreciation took place :" it was never very considerable.' But if the price of bullion be taken as its measure, Mr. Van sittart here falls into the error of the bullionists. The depreciation was as considerable as at any period of the war. The prices of property and of commo dities were as high, and the prosperity as great. But the prosperity of 1818 was transient. Why did not that prosperity endure ? Whence came it that the prosperity of 1818 was not as permanent as that of the war ? The depreciation did not so long endure. Does any man believe that the prosperity of the war would not have ceased before the war, if the Bank Restriction Act had sooner ceased ? The pros perity of 1824 and 1825, the Right Hon. Baronet opposite told us, was also short-lived. I will give him the reason ; because his Bill was long-lived. The prosperity of the country and the security of his Bill have not existed, and cannot exist together. The Act of 1819 brought the prosperity of 1818 to a close, by bringing back the old standard. I fear no charge of exaggeration whilst I describe the consequences of that measure. That Act fell on the calm prosperity and labours of the people—on the prosperous industry of the country-- to confound, and disorder, and destroy. All the calamities of 1816 were renewed. The blow was first felt on the manufacturing popu lation. Without employment—without wages— without the means of subsistence—suffering from artificial famine in the midst of plenty—ignorant from whence the blow came—by thousands and tens of thousands the manufacturing population prepared for resistance." When our theorists can view matters in a less pre judiced light, the truths promulgated by Mr. Attwood will be self-evident. ANTI-CROOKED. THE " SMITH" FAMILY.—The Boston Post states that there was to have been a great meeting of Smiths on a in s grli n oa o sn t t: f ;n o found trill:lhr the e nm e ei n ne o t u i ; : h a t wr o cah h s branch of the family fell heir to a certain property . in last, to ascertai❑ what h NaVvi.nGg obseseenttklnaosetkwedeedko to attend. mw down altiddnwj theoi u th r in n nau e n d rase , erb a r.eis s ort srtuheseet anxiousplaceac yc i Sir dent, cab, by which he received some bruises, and had his left arm broken. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1847. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a full Bench of Magistrates.) THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT. On Saturday Thomas Pratt, a house-agent in the Liverpool-road, was indicted for an assault upon Ca roline Passmore. Mr. Parry appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Ballantine, for the de fendant. It appeared that the husband of the prosecutrix was the tenant to a Mr. Arden, who was usually re presented by a gentleman of the name of Nicholls. The house they resided in was No. 12, Compton street, Brunswick-square. After having been there for some time the rent fell into arrear, whereupon Mr. Nicholls threatened to eject the family. Ac cordingly, on the lath of August the defendant went to the house and demanded possession, which the wife refused to accord. After a variety of appeals to her, but all in vain, he broke one of the panes of glass, and, putting his hand through, contrived to un fasten the hasp, and then lift up the window. He put his son through into the house, when the latter opened the door. He demanded possession, but the woman declined to accede. The defendant then told ' her that he would give her three hours to procure lodgings, and that on his return he should expect her to hand over the key. At seven o'clock the defendant again called, when they had some further conversa tion, which resulted in the defendant consenting to permit her to remain in the house till the following morning. The next morning he went and took some men with him, but on their arrival at the house they found the door closed against them. Mrs. Passmore itandanicitrohwibm and he therefore broke open ar with which he had provided , t w h o e t . ; o d 0 not r w himself. The instant this was done she ran up stairs, and locked herself in the drawing-room. The de fendant and his men followed her up stairs, and also broke open this second door. The defendant de manded that she should give up the key, and quit the house. She refused, and then he gave directions to his men to take her down stairs and put her out. They laid hold of her accordingly and took her down stairs, but upon their reaching the street door a mob of cabmen rushed in and rescued her. She instantly ran up stairs again, but the men having followed laid hold of her by the legs and shoulders, dragged her down, and she was thrown out upon the pavement. As she was being dragged down the stairs she laid hold of the banisters, but the defendant hammered her fingers until she was obliged to let go. By this proceeding he dislocated one of her fingers. Prior to her having been thrown on to the pavement? one of the men kicked her with so much violenoe on the side as to cause the fracture of one of her ribs. Her four children were next turned out, and she was picked up and carried in a fainting state to a neigh bouring public- house. In her cross-examination by Mr. CLARKSON, it ap peared that her husband was in the country at the time of this transaction, andh se wished to remain in the house until the Monday, as he would then have returned home. Her husband was a cab proprietor, and one of his sons was a driver of cabs. A person of the name of Cressy, a tradesman in the neighbourhood, said that he was passing the house, and saw the woman not only thrown out, but also kicked by one of the men. The whole street was in an uproar upon the occasion. Mr. CLARKSON then, on behalf of the defendant, addressed the jury at much length. He would call the attention of the Court to the agreement, but he would, in the first instance, state that the prosecutrix (Passmore) had pertinaciously maintained possession of these premises, notwithstanding there had been a considerable arrear of rent and payment, as well as peaceable possession, demanded by Mr. Nicholls, who acted under the authority of a power of attorney from Mr. Arden, the !andlord. It would b e f oun d that, so far a s the taking possession and the right to take that step were concerned, the terms of the agreement gave full authority ; and, more over, that i:i the event of an action being 5: , 10- sequently brought against the parties adopting that proceeding, those parties were empowered to plead the agreement itself as leave and license. He was prepared to show that there had not been any , more force brought into operation than had been re quired. The agreement, after setting out the amount of rent, and the mode by which that rent was to be paid, proceeded—" And the tenant agrees that if the premises, or any part thereof, shall at any time be unoccupied, or any part of the rent be unpaid when due, or if there shall not be at all times on the pre mises a distress to countervail the amount of any rent, taxes, outgoings, &c.; and if, after the land lord shall have levied any distress on the said pre mises, and realised the value of such distress, any rent shall remain due to him under this agreement ; or, if the tenant shall not at all times observe and keep the several terms, conditions, and agreements herein mentioned, or shall not quit and deliver up possession of the premises on the expiration of the term, er pursuant to notice aforesaid, or shall com pound with his creditors, or become bankrupt, or seek to take the benefit of any In solvent Act, &c. ; and in either of such cases, and without any demand whatsoever, the landlord and his agents may immediately enter upon and take possession of the premises, and for ever expel and remove therefrom the servants of all persons claiming under him without any legal process what soever. And in case of such entry, and of any action or other proceedings taken for the same by any per son whatsoever, the defend an t or d e f endants may plead leave and license ' of the tenant or any persons claiming." He would call the attention of the Learned Judge to the case of" Kavanagh and Gudge," the 7th in " Scott's New Reports in the Common Pleas," p. 1,02.5. The Learned JUDGE said th a t it appeare d to h i m that this agreement was a justifi ca ti on f or t h e expul sion of the party, unless it cou ld b e proved that in the accomplishmentof that st e p h e h ad used unnecessary Jury would b e w h et h er or no, in violence. The only question which h e s h ou ld even there had been great er v i o l ence necessary ? used l c l yt than a t v hw e a at t sor absoluttheely Mr. BALLANTINE said that all the chambers in the Inner Temple were held under a similar agreement. A amber of witnesses were then called on behalf of the defendant, by whom it was proved that repeated applications foepayment had been made, and that in dulgence as to time had been given ; and then when the defendant and his men had ultimately been driven to force their entrance not only into the house, but into the drawing-room, the prosecutrix threatened to stab the first who should approach her. She then opened her front window, and, sitting npon the sill, pulled down the sash, so that, w hil s t h er l egs and feet in nAll the r oom , h er head and body were on this tim e s h e was ca lli ng out to wer t e he dangling outside. the cabmen (there was a cab stand in the street) for assistance. With much difficulty the men, however, laid hold of her, and, as has already been stated, she was set at liberty by the mob as soon as the door was opened. A second time she retreated up stairs, and resumed her former situation at the window. From this she was once more taken and put out of the door. The men denied, however, that any of them had kicked her. ---- Mr. PARRY made an energetic speech in reply. The Learned JUDGE then left it to the jury to say whether there had been a greater proportion of force used than was necessary to regain possession from an unlawful possessor. Th into e juryecoounrstuwltiet a verdict of Acquittal. d h about an hour, and then re turned ANSION-HOUSE. Forrester, EL th L I GEN CE. John Daniel Ci lE N e officers, have been for some time occupied in watching the movements of several foreign Jews, who have been, according to the information received by the officers, engaged in forging notes upon the Russian Bank to a very large some of the p ar ti es resided, an d w i t h a s l e d ge ham mera m o ü b n r t o . k e O open Frid a y th e y w ent to a house in which the door of a room in which the un doubted evid ences of guilt were visible. It was ne cessary to p roceed to sud d en v i o l ence i n or d er t o ac complish th e work of detec ti on . There were th ree men in th e room, and they were brought to the Mansion-house, when, as it was indispensable on ac count of the fact that others were concerned, that there should be no public statement, a private exami nation was held. Subsequently, five other persons were appreh en d ed as accom plices. Mr. B a ll ant i ne, who i s reta i ne d by th e E mperor of Russia, the offices of M essrs. Oliverson and Co., of the Old appeared, together with Mr. Peachey, from Jewry, for the prosecution. The three persons who were examined on the Fri day are named Aaronson Leybe, Jacob Friedeberg, and Raphael Koufman. Daniel Forrester, the officer, said—ln consequence of information which I received I went, in company with my brother and Munday (the Mansion-house officer), to No. 8, Queen -street, Soho. We went up to the third floor, and with a hammer broke open the door ; and we found, upon entering the room, the three prisoners. There was a small table in the room, and I saw Leybe and Friedeberg standing near it ; and Koufman, who was also at the table, had a pair of scissors in his hand. On the table I found the papers produced.—(llere the witness produced several pieces of paper, representing the Government bank notes of Russia.) On the left-hand side of Koufman there was a bed, and in the bed I found other papers. In the coat which Koufman now wears I found, in the lining, the papers produced (similar notes). There were in the cupboard several other papers and a variety of lithographing stones. There was a press in the room. The LORD MAYOR—Do the prisoners wish to ask the witness any questions ? Aaronson Leybe—l do assure you that I know no thing at all about anything bad ; I know nothing wrong. In the name of God, I had nothing to do with it. Mr. Mathias March said—l am employed in the Russian Consulate. The notes produced are forgeries upon the Russian Bank. These notes have not been sanctioned by the Russian Government. To-day the following prisoners, who are suspected to have been connected with the transaction, were brought up in the custody of John and Daniel For rester :—Solomon Iktuscovitz, Yankie Tobias, Yetti Solomon, the wife of Solomon Muscovitz, and Moses Hackle. Daniel Forrester said—l went with my brother, in consequence of information which I received, to No. 139, in the Minories. I had seen Friedeberg and Aaronson, whom I brought up yesterday, in that house. The last time I saw them go into that house was Wednesday last, the 13th inst., at about half past eight o'clock. I heard two distinct knocks at the door, which I inferred meant the second floor. I waited some time, but did nct see them come out. About four o'clock yesterday afternoon I went to the Minories, and found the four prisoners in the room on the second floor. The woman was coming out, and I took her back. We searched them in the room, and I saw Solomon Mtvicovitz fumbling in his waist coat pocket, and I caught hold of his hand and found in it the three notes I produce, and some time after wards I asked him how he accounted for the pos session of the notes. He said that a man named Friedeberg had given him them for 95., and that they were worth 3s. each. He said nothing about any more notes being in his possession. Upon searching him I found two more notes in a pocket book in his pocket, and part of a note. I asked him how he accounted for the possession of them, and he said they were not worth so much in this country, and Friedeberg had given to him the whole. After wards the landlord of the house where Friedeberg lives gave in the card of Moses Hackle. Mr. M. March, of the Russian Consulate, said he believed one of the notes produced was a genuine note of the Russian Government. The other two were not, in his opinion, genuine. The prisoners were remanded till Friday. GUILDHALL. James Styles, the marine-store dealer, in Milton street, who was charged last week by the Excise with having in his possession a quantity of spurious tea, som• fabricated from leaves of various herbs and shrubs, and some from tea which had been used, dyed gummed, dried, and manipulated, so as to resemble young hyson, attended to receive the judgment of the Court. Mr. Alderman MusaltovE stated, that considering the grossness of the imposition, in selling, or en abling grocers to sell, such trash at a high price, he was not disposed to show any further favour to the defendant than had been already shown, by taking the quantity at 81b. instead of 131 b., he should inflict the fine of 401. upon him, and in default he would stand committed to gaol for six months. He asked the defendant if he was prepared to pay the money. The defendant said he could not do it then. If time were allowed him, he would see what he could do. Mr. Alderman MusGaovE replied the law was im perative. The money must be paid, or he must go to gaol at once. The solicitor of the Excise begged to be allowed to restrict the quantity on which the penalty should be taken to 21b. He had made a good deal of in. quiry about the defendant, and he believed that he had not carried on this illicit trade to any consider. able extent, that he was seriously determined now to abandon it, and that he was not in good circum stances. Mr. Alderman MUSGROYE said these were, no doubt, grounds for some mitigation, and if the Com missioners of Excise would be satisfied with a smaller penalty he would venture to reduce it to 101., but in default of paying that sum he must go to gaol for the period of six months. The prisoner said he could not pay even 101., and was committed. John Butter, a stableman, was charged with utter ing a forged request for the payment of money, whereby he had defrauded Mr. Robinson, of the Horse Repository in Little Britain, of 111. 4s. 6d. Mr. Norton, the solicitor for the prosecution, stated the cas?, which was that the prisoner had gone with a Mr. Palmer to the Horse Repository, to sell a pony and chaise, the property of Mr. Palmer. On the Monday after the sale the prisoner presented a request, purporting to be signed by Mr. Palmer, desiring the amount, 111. 4s. 6d., to be paid to the bearer. The cheque for the money was given him, signed by Mr. Robinson, which was paid by the bankers. It turned out that Mr. Palmer had not given the prisoner any authority to receive the money ; he had given him ss. for his trouble, and he was not to receive any further compensation. Evidence was pro duced to prove these facts. The prisoner, who offered no explanation, was committed. WORSHIP-STREET. George John Hewson, an elderly man, described as a silversmith, and Matilda He:mon, his daughter, were placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, for final examination, charged with concealing the birth of a newly-born male infant, their alleged offspring, but the case, it will be seen by the evidence now adduced, resolved itself into a charge of much more serious character. The first examination took place about a month since, at which time the male prisoner alone was charged, his daughter being placed under nominal custody in the infirmary of the Whitechapel union until her recovery, and when the facts shortly deposed to were, that on the preceding Saturday, about eight o'clock in the morning, on a labouring man named Patrick Curtin going to the water-closet of his house, in Rosetta-place, Sandys-row, Bishopsgate, he was astonished at finding the body of an infant partly im inersed in the soil, head downwards, and the limbs that were exposed to view distinctly quivering with a convulsive action of the muscles. He instantly raised an alarm, and the body having been removed was placed by some of the neighbours in a pan of water for the purpose of cleansing it, but life was then found to be en tirely extinct. Sergeant Price, of the H division, shortly after received information of the discovery, and happening to recollect that he had seen the female prisoner in an advanced stage of pregnancy about a fortnight before, concluded from that and other circumstances that had come to his knowledge, that she was one of the parties implicated in the transaction, and having found out the house in which she resided, and the back of which overlooked the yard of that in which the body was found, though in another street, walked directly up stairs, and after some preliminary conversation, taxed her with it. She at first denied the accusation, but on a surgeon being sent for, and expressing a decided conviction of its truth, she tacitly assented to it, and having been removed to the workhouse, the male prisoner, who de nied all knowledge of the matter, and was stoutly secondiod in this denial by the daughter, was conveyed to the station-house. Police-constable Davis, 36 11, now stated that he had known the two prisoners for the last three or four years, and that while conveying the woman to th e workhouse she anxiously appealed to him to ascer tain wharf had been done with her father. Witness told her that he was in custody for concealing the birth of the child, and she immediately exclaimed, " That's totally false, for he was out at th e ti me t h e child was born, and also when I dropped it down the water-closet." The prisoner was very much agitated when she made this acknowledgment, and witness having mentioned the suspicions that were entertained that the child was alive when placed where it was found, she declared that that was false likewise, that the infant had been born three days, and that it was dead when she had so placed it there. In opposition to this Curtin and his wife, Bridget Curtin, were called, and both positively swore to the fact of the limbs of the child moving at the time they saw it in the soil, and before the removal and dis covery of its death by the neighbours. A married woman, named Mary Macdonald, also deposed, that on the body being recovered from the water-closet it was quite obvious to her, from an in spection of the parts that had not been immersed, that the child must have been washed before it was thrown into the soil. Mrs. Elizabeth Nathan, the landlady of the house where the prisoner lived, stated that they had lodged there for nearly two years, and that during the whole of that time they had only occupied one apartmeet on the first floor. The witness then repeated the statement she made at the former hearing, that for nearly two hours before the discovery had been made she had been disturbed by a confused noise and hur rying about overhead, succeeded by the repeated ascents and descents of the male prisoner up and down stairs, on one occasion with a pail filled with something, which he carried into the yard through the length of which and all up the stairs she after wards traced stains of blood ; and added, that on another occasion she distinctly heard him leave the house by the front entrance, which he would be com pelled to d o t o go t o th e rear of the house in Rosetta place, and that he remained absent about the time necessary to reach there. Amelia Levy, living opposite the house in which the prisoners resided, deposed, that while standing at her door on the morning in question, she saw the male prisoner stealthily open hi 3 street door with something in his hand he was endeavouring to con ceal, and that upon observing he was noticed he has tily withdrew and closed the door. Mr. Meares, the divisional surgeon, deposed to ex amining the female prisoner, who he found had been recently delivered ; and that on performing a p os t mortern examination of the infant's body, he f oun d that it was a full grown male child, and apparently healthy. There were no external marks of violence to account for its death, but much extr avasat i on be neath the scalp, and from this circu ms t ance, com b ined with the facts that a considerable quantity of muco niurn had been voided, and that the whole of the lungs floated, though minutely divided and carefully expressed, which he was convinced could not have _ been the case unless the infant had lived,' and the lungs been perfectly inflated, he could come to no other conclusion than that the child had been born alive, and the circumstances indicated that it had died from suffocation. The prisoners expressed their intention to reserve their defence, and were both fully committed to New gate for trial upon the charge of wilful murder. MEETING OF CATHOLICS. A meeting of the Catholics of the northern vicinity of London was held on Wednesday evening at Lawson's Rooms, No. 3, Gower-street, New-road, for the purpose of expressing their sympathy for Pope Pius IX., and to take into consideration the propriety of convening a meeting at a convenient time with the view of raising a statue in his honour. The chair was taken at a quarter past seven o'clock by the Rev. Hardinge Ivers, incumbent at St. Alexis, Kentish Town. The Rev. GENTLEMAN, in opening the business of the evening, briefly referred to the new chapel at Kentish Town, under the invocation of St. Alexis, and the particular protection of the Holy See. He proved, in most eloquent terms and by convincing arguments, that the Catholic religion is the mother and nurse of freedom, and, alluding to a previous meeting, expressed his surprise that he, in this land of liberty, should be deemed too liberal, since he had been the preceptor of the sons of Don Carlos, the supposed representative of absolute power, and had incekated into the minds of his august pupils the same liberal sentiments which he himself professed. He proved that in this country, in particular, liberty owed her origin to Catholicism, and quoted some of the highest authorities in his Church, who teach that all lawful power must come from God, it is true, but be conferred by the people, or at least be sanctioned by them. St. Thomas d'Aquinas, in quest. cv. of " Primo Secundo," requires two things to be con sidered in the formation of a government—that the people should share in the sovereignty, whatever be its form, and that the form to be chosen should be that which is most conducive to the welfare of the people. St. Thomas, adopting the opinion of certain Greek philosophers, the fragments of, whose works are still extant, and of the great Roman orator and statesmen, Cicero, pronounces the mixed, or what is commonly called the constitutional form, to be the most perfect, and ventures even to declare that this form had received the special sanction of the Almighty ; that Moses and his successors were, as it were, the expression of the regal principle, the elders formed the aristocracy, and the democratic principle was carried out in the election of the elders, who were chosen by the people, and from the body of the people. He showed that the clergy had been ever zealous to maintain this form of government, as the most conducive to the happiness of man, and that such had been especially the conduct of the English Catholic clergy • that they were ever anxi ous t o k ee p present to the minds of our Catholic kings this fundamental maxim that they had re ceived their power through the medium of the people. He quoted many eminent Protestant au• thorities, amongst others the constitutional historian Hallam, with a view to show that the Catholic Church in England had been the parent and nurse of English liberties, and that the divine right of kings and abso lute power had never been mentioned in England till after the Reformation, and that under Elizabeth, James, and even Charles, that doctrine was preached from the pulpit, and propounded from the bench. He compared this subserviency of the Church of England with the zeal and patriotism of the Catholic Church in the cause of liberty ; referring to the ancient charters obtained through the medium of the clergy, to the excommunications pronounced against those who should infringe the liberties of Englishmen, which excommunications formed part of the canon law of England by a provincial constitution of Archbishop Peckom (A. D. 1281), and were read twice a year in all the cathedrals—he alluded to the ancient custom which to this day exists, and by which the kings were compelled to solicit at the time of their coronation the consent of the people. He said that this spirit of the Catholic Church was the spirit which animated in a more special manner the breast of Pius IX. He was the greatest reformer of the age, the liberal head of a liberal Church—that he was endea vouring to give to the three great Powers which form a constitutional Government, their adequate and legi timate expression. He therefore called upon the meeting to sympathise with him, and to support him. The Rev. Gentleman sat down amidst loud and en thusiastic cheering. The following resolutions were unanimously car ried, after having been preceded by many eloquent and interesting discourses. The Rev. Mr. KTNE, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, pro posed the first resolution :—" That as Catholics we willingly seize this public opportunity of testifying our constant attachment and devotedness to the Holy See, and that we consider the tempor a l sovere i gn ty o f the Pope, as it has existed for ages, to be conducive to the wise government of the Church, and essential to its peace and independence," which was received with loud and long-protracted cheering. Mr. EDWARD MOORE briefly seconded the same. MILES GERALD KEON, Esq., after a most bril liant speech, moved the second resolution—" That as sincere Catholics we are naturally friends to liberty, and to all mankind without distinction of creed or of country, and therefore hail with joy and exultation the presence in the chair of St. Peter of so good and great a man as Pope Pius 1X.," which was seconded by BENJAMIN MARCUS, Esq., an Israelite of Russian Poland. The third resolution—" That we are necessarily fired with indignation at the unprovoked and sacri legious attack of the Austrian Government on the patrimony of Peter, on the sovereign rights of Pius IX., and on the renascent liberties of Italy"— was most eloquently proposed by J. COOK, Esq., and seconded by G. FULLER, Esq. Mr. J. NEWBURY moved the fourth resolution : " That in order more effectually to testify our zeal for the cause of religion and liberty, and to enable Pius IX. to resist his domestic and foreign enemies, a subscription be entered into forthwith; that the Rev. Hardinge Ivers be appointed treasurer to receive the same, and that an address expressive of the sentiments of this meet ing be presented to his Holiness ; that the Rev. Chairman be appointed to draw up the same, and that he be required to convene, at a convenient time, a meeting of the Catholics and admirers of Pius IX., for the purpose of raising a statue to his honour." Mr. J. S. HARRIS seconded the same with great zeal. The fifth resolution was moved D. HAZAD, Esq., and seconded by Mr. J. CAROVAN :—" That the moral support so wisely afforded by her Majesty's present Government, by the more enlightened Princes of the Italian Peninsula, and by the free and independent press of Great Britain, deserves our unqualified ap probation and applause." - A liberal colleCtion having been made, a vote of thanks was given to the Rev. Chairman, and the meeting dispersed. THE HEBREW FORM OF THANKSGIVING- FOR THE HARVEST. The following is the form of thanksgiving used on Saturday in all the Jewish synagogues of the British empire in charge of the Chief Rabbi. (Oct. 16, A.M. 5,068.) " 0 Lord, Creator of the universe ! in Thy hand are the revolutions of the seasons, and the laws of a ll nature. In Thy temple all pay Thee homage; every creature declareth Thy glory ; every living being, every animal, every plant, maketh known Thy power. Behold, our heart overfloweth with, and our lips utter, Thy praise. We acknowledge with thanks, 0 Lord, that Thou hast crowned the year with Thy goodness, and enriched the soil by Thy paths ; Thou hast given food to the hungry, and satisfied the fainting soul ; Thou hast filled our barns with corn, and replenished our stores with abundance of food. "We remember the days when our winter was approaching, and fear and trembling seized us; then the sower went foith mournful, afraid lest his toil should be fruitless, we all dreaded the impending ca lamity. But if Thou didst abandon us for one short moment, Thy mercy is everlasting. Thou hast heard the groans of the afflicted, and commanded de liverance throughout the land. Thou hast visited the ground and watered it ; the earth bath renewed her youth; she bath brought forth her produce and yielded her fruit. Sorrow hath fled, and joy is come in its place ; every animated being exulteth and shouteth aloud. " What now shall we speak before thee, in behold ing Thy wondrous works, 0 Thou who art perfect in knowledge ? Behold, Thou hast not done unto us according to our sins, and not requited us according to our iniquities; but Thou hast had a father's com passion on us ; Thou hast been true to the established laws of the harvest, and remembered Thy faithful kindness, which is everlasting, seeing that we are helpless and beings of flesh. Merciful and gracious God ! as Thou hast done wonders, even so continue Thy mercy unto us ; let not Thy kindness depart, nor Thy covenant be re moved; let us enjoy the goodness of Thy earth. May every man go forth to his task rejoicing, and carry home the fruit of his labour. May peace flourish in the land, may every heart be moved to benevolence; may love and truth meet, and righteousness and peace kiss each other ; to the joy of every upright man, and for the well being of Thy people, who wait for Thy salvation from Zion. Amen." PRAYER TO Eli SAID AT THE SEPHARDIM SYNA-. 000,UE, ON SABBATH, SIXTH OF HESHVAN. 'Composed by the Rev. D. Meldola, Presiding Rabbi.) " 0 Lord ! the God of the whole earth, the Lord of Hosts is Thy name ; Thine eyes are continually upon all Thy works, and Thy mercy extendeth to all Thy creatures. Thou art the Maker of all, the Sup porter and Upholder of all things. It is Thou that givest corn and food to preserve thew alive. Thou hast prepared of Thy goodness for every living thing a sufficiency of provision to feed them, that each mat have an allowance of food ; for Thou art the Preserver of them all. " We acknoWledge, 0 Lord God, that our trans' gressions have justly witbholden good things from ; and for this was the ear th s t a y e d f rom yieldil3g. her abundance. For, 0 Lord, we have transgressed: we have rebelled against Thee. But Thou se" 9 " them who trust in thee. T o Th ee b e l ong move! and forgiveness : and, therefore, host Thou looked upon us in our afflictions, and hest not despised the tears and prayers which in the day of straitness en' trouble we offered unto Thee. As the eyes of or' vants look up to their masters, so w e sought Thee; and in the infinite benevolence of Thy ells" racter Thou hast mercifully rewarded U s ' Thou host spared us in not bringing upon U . 6 recurrence of the evils which, becau se o f our 911 / 1 we had too much rea s on t o a pp re h en d, b u t h os t turned our sorrow into joy ; for Th ou h al t h ear d th e voice 9r , our supplications ; Thou h as t renewe d t h e v i go ur (11 the earth—hast healed her breach—hast removed her sterility—and hast cau s ed h er aga i n t o b r i ng forth abundantly, so that the land is no longer desolate. "0 Lord Most High, we come into Thy preserlr e t to praise Thy name for this Thy mercy. How grey is the beneficence whi c h h ere i n Th ou h ost s h°Wc , towards us. Thou hast put f or th Th y h an d to deliver us from the evil arrows of famine. From Thy heavel i i Thou host sent a plentiful rain upon all lands, and ha s caused the healing sun to shine upon them. Th ou hest poured Thy spirit upo n th e see d o f th e fi e ld an d Thy blessing upon the off s pri ng o f th e ear th, an d best caused it abundantly to yield its stores for the mo te nance of Thy creatures. "And now, 0 Lord, through Thy great kindnes s ' the floors have become full of wheat, and the poi ) e t of all lands rejoice, wherefore Thy name shall be ble d in the great Congregation; we w ill p ra i se Thee, f o r though Thou west angry with us , Thi ne an ger turned away, and Thou dost comfort us." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 16. STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Great Western (,' , par—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Liv er pool) Fifths, 3 4 dis.—London and North-Western, 145... . 1 „ Ditto, Quarters, 9 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc°,'", shire, 3 / t dis.—Midland Stock, 102—Ditt o , Halves, 14-14 Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 76- I ° l Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B.), Extension, No. 2 , p.—Bolton, Blackburn, C. and W. Yorkshire (late 8., and N. W.), Preference, 6 per cent., par—Midland, G. W•4l, Canal, 20 1 / 1 i dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and C"" 3 dis. MANCHESTER, OCTOBEE 16. Cr STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bi r k en h ea d, Ltn er shire, and Cheshire, 6 3-16 dis .- Huddersfield and Manct id ter (221. paid), 5 dis.—Ditto, Thirds, 1% dis.—Laneon), and Yorkshire, Fi ft hs, %c. dis.—Ditto (W es t Riding 1T9,13, 3'4 c. dis.—Manchester and Birmi ng h am , Quarters • 2 7-16 c. p.— Ditto. ditto (C), 2% p.—Manchester, °.." A r field, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 13-16 dis. —Ditto (G l 7„, by 20/. Shares ), 5 dis.—Man c h es t er • an d Southang"ro 1 13-16 dis.—Northern Counties Union, 3 3 4 dis.- I ' 4 °_, British, Thirds, 1 4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 3-16 dn a , Sheffield and Manchester, No. 1, % dis.—Shropshire Ud 2 15-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 26 1 4. LEEDS, OcrosEx 16. 0 14 Broux EXCHANGE.—The p ressure on .t h e M on ey o d Share Markets continu es w i t h unm i t i gated violence, !,,4 while Consols are down to 81% sellers for the Account, 8b•;,. are almost unsaleable. The price of Midland Stock I,d, terday was 101% to 102, Brightons 38% to 39, Maneb,rn and Leeds (now Lan cas hi re an d Y orkshire) nominskito dis., but at this unprecedentedly low quotation, buye rs not to be met with. Th e sa l es are— E ast Lancashire, W„g, ters, 1 3 / 4 dis.—Great Northern, 5% dis.--Ditto, Extene ll7 ; 30s. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, Thirds, 2% —Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 3 ,110 , —Leeds and Thirsk, 20 di s .—Di t t o , N ew, 14% dis.."'"D"' 91. and Driffield Junction, 3 3 / 4 dis. —North British, Thirds, , dis.—Ditto, Extension, ss. di s .—N or th Staff or dshire, dis.—North-Western, 5% n. dis.—York, Newcastle , ; 0 4 Berwick, No. 2,2 s. 6d. p.—Ambergate, Notting/IW' Boston, 38s. 9d. n. dis. HULL, Ocronaft 16. e els STOCK EXCHANGE. --The transactions during the ding have been exceedingly li m it e d, an d a l t h ough t h e traw od , interests of the port have hitherto maintained their grtet and sh'w great firmness, it is impos s ibl e t o f orm a ny i estimate how far they may indirectly be affected by the et and devastation that is taking place in the City and °t i do large places. Men of capit a l f ee l muc h i nd i sposed to g° really good investments even at the present ruinous sa ell os to holders ; and, as if to enhance this indi s position, re directors of the Birmingham an d O x f or d J unct i o n 14 2 0 caused writs to be served on those shareholders who 0 0 ( failed to make good the la s t ca ll . C ons i der i ng t h e vfhol e , do the circumstances connected with this company, the m 0 57,1 is perfect insanity. Th e sa l es a re —N ewcas tl e and Berri; New, 4s. p.—North British, Thirds, A dis.—Amberga* 13s. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OCTOBER 16. 04 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North Britisb, North Staffordshire, 1 / 8 dis.—York,Newcastle, and BerL t i (late Newcastle and Berwick), 1% p.—Ditt o , New Sly (No. 2), par. EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales re -Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 7s. 6d.- A a r - broa A th ber a d n e riori l 261.-Ditto, Halves, 134 -Ayr and Galloway, 24 JO" , Caledonian, 341.-Ditto, New, 153.-Caledoni an and 1:1/, bartonshire,l/. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 524-Deeside, d Bs.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 11. 68.-Dundee as Arbroath, 354-Ditto, New, N o . 1, 27 4-Ditto, New, „ i „ 351.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 34 55.-Dundee and Northern Ju• "ii, tion, 1/.. 93.-Dunde e an d Perth, 29/. 155.-Ditto, New, , 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 21.-East of Fif e , 4/. 53.-Fast thian Central, 11.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 54-Edinblobo„, and Glasgow, 991. ex div.-Ditto, Mayes, 14/, ex di:' ,0 4 Ditto, New Halves, Si. ex di v .-Edi n b urg h , L e ith, Granton, 154-Ditto, Preference, 201.-Ditto, New, 8 4 ;IL -Ditto, Quarters, 4s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern!.l.„. -Ditto, New, 11. Is. 6d.-L-Ditto, Newport, 6/, 12s• ,7 6 0 Ditto, ditto, New, 135. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (N is , Co.), 18s. -Ditto, Halves, ss. 9d.-Glasgow and AYrs,.;: tt o, 100/. ex div.-Ditto, New Stock, 391. 12s. 6d. ex div. - ' o _ l / 0. Halves, No. 1,5/. 18s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 81.-": 00 . gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71. 12s. 64.-Glasgow and kirk, 38/. 155.-Glasgow General Terminus, 104 I _,v7 re • o, Glasgow and Greenock, 171. 2 s . 6d. ex di v. -Di tte 8/. 1 ls. 6d.-Ditt o , P re f erence, it 193.-Glasgow,':lo'l7i. nock, and Ardrossan, 31. 93.-Great North of Scotland , , it to 6d.-Great Norther n (l a t e Di rect Northern), 21. Bs.-",,m 70. (late London and Y or k) , 2 / . 105.-North British, 2, ii" 6d. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 12/.-Ditto, Quarters, 3 ‘• go. &1.-Ditto, Quarters New (scrip), Bs.-Ditto, Thirds, o st 6d.-Ditto, Fifth s , 5/. s s. ex div.-Scottish Central, ' l - 51, 15e.- Scottish G ran d J unct i on, 55.-Scottish Midlancl9.o. 103.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10 s.-Shrewsbury, (il " 51. try, and Chester, 19/. 155.-Stirling and Dunfermline, ,4t 103.-Stirling and Midland, 71.-Wishaw and Coltness , g en , 10s.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 1361.-Ditto, t re ct sions, No. 1, 121.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 10/. 7s. 6d.- - v, i re st Bombay and Madras, l s . 9d.-E ast I n di an, 1/.os . North of India, ls. 3d.-Great Southern of Madras, Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, ls. 6d. GLASGOW, Ocronitß;ls. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 0, rte Ditto, New, 13-Dundee:and Perth, 297/ 3 -Ditto, Citu l Lar a, 425. 6d. -East Indian, 16s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Nortr.tto New, 15-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, L 9B;i---4, 0 , (5 per cent. guar.), 108-Ditto, 404 Shares 39 -1 , „ 1 , 0 .. Half Shares, No. 1,5/. Bs-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,7 FA gow Harbour Grand Junction, 3s. 6d.-Great 475. 6d. ex int.-Manchester and Southampton, 7s. io w „ re ; -North British, 25-Ditto, Thi r d s, 31 5.- Di t t o , Quarters (Scrip), 95.-Y or k, N ewcastle, and Belli (Great North of England Purch.), 81. 9s. AN APOLLO WHO COULD REND THE HEAE ,,, .- 4 or DEINIUDIG GLASSES WITH HIS PIERCING NoTEs'o, In Auorey's M.S. on Wilts, it is stated that Mersent i . i t or Kircher, says, " that one may kno w w h a t nitta ntl ,4 of liquor is in the vessel by th e soun d o f i t, knows 1l the empty note. I h ave severa l times heard o great brasse pannes ring by the barking of a hound , ° °f also by the loud voice of a strong man." (The voice,d9 very strong and sh ar p, w ill crac k a drinking glnss9,a J. Evelyn.) Mr. B r itt on says i n a note, I have u e ic - 0 favoured with a con fi rmat i on of this note of B/e' • from the personal experience of my old friend Brayley, who was present at a party on Ludgate' the London, many years ago, when Mr. Broadhurst , c i famed public vocalist, by singing a high note, Cau SQ wine glass on the tabl e to b rea k, t h e b owl be i ng s'„ 4'll rated from the stem."---77ie Builder. A P . [ADVERTISEMENT].--A CERTAIN C URE F OR RANGED STOMACH, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—Evan Evans, ....a c , for many years employed in the Dowlas Iron Works, near xer t - e 'ot has been suffering for a length of time with so disordered 3 s.fre the stomach, end had become so weakened in body, that lie N C ". not quently laid up for weeks at a time, indeed the poor mall 'i; expected to rally again at the time he cominenced the use of .u°,o way's Pills, which, however, to the astonishment of all who no him, effected a perfect cure. This is now more than six ino ie . sine*, during which period his digestion has never once beet' 0 . ranged.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's 0 blislunent, 244, Strand, London. . BIRTHS. the On the 13th ult., at Calverly-park, T un b r id ge Wells, - lady of Arthur W. Ward, Esq., of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Geneva, the lady of Frederick Vig il ' Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., Mrs. W. Grellier, of Wormwood-st reet ' of son. On the 12th inst., at Falkner-street, Liverpool, Mrs. C srel' of a son. On the 12th inst. , at Harrow, Mrs. W. 0 3 ,01123 M of daughter. On the 13th i ns t ., i n Devonshire-street, Portlanuq„lA et Mrs. Ch ar l es M anners Lushington, of a daughter. of On the 13th inst., at Milton-on-Thames Kent the lady Colonel H o lb row , o f a d aug h ter . , , On the 13th inst., at Bromley, Middlesex, Mrs.. , Berger, of a son. °of nt J h o e na l t 4 h t a Peel, E 14th inst., ntsciof a Accrington daug H ht o e u r. se, Lancashire, the wife MARRIED. t° On the 15th of July, at Valparaiso, Mr. Joseph Bawden , Miss Caroline Oram, of Morrice-town, Devonport. OOO On the 13th inst., at St. John's Ch urc h, Edinburgh,' pc, Smith, Esq., of Ceylon, to Mathild a , d aug ht er o f the late Rigby, of Norwich. Georg ° On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, St o k e Newington, titer Valentine Buss, Esq., of Ha nau , t o C aro li ne, e ld es t daug of Charles Trumpler, Esq., of Stoke Newington. DIED. On the 2d of July last, at Sierra Leone, Richard Ffiti ward, Esq., aged 33. Cha rt° On the Bth inst., at Springfield, near Bedford, Mr. William Daniel Williams, aged 21. On the 10th insf., at Tunbridge Wells, the Right A- rt°l3. Lady Harriet Gamier. c On the 11th i ns t., a t I psw i c h , Li eutenant -G enera l Sir Dickens, K.C. H., aged 83. eegy On the 13th in s t., a t St. L eonar d' s, B uc k s, J o hn Burg Esq., aged 74. . On the 13th inst., at S ewar d s t one - green, nea r IV—i thath Abbey, Joseph Atkinson. aged 66. wee On the 13th inst., i n A rgy l e - stree t , R egen t- s treet, Frederick Slade, Esq., aged 32. On the 14th inst., Sarah Anne Holt, the infant daug hter of Mr. Edwin Cobbett, of High-street, Marylebone. On the 15th i ns t ., i n Q ueen ' s-row, G rove- l ane , Cam well, Emma Eli za b et h , e ld est d aug h ter o f J . 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