The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-22 00:00:00

i EVENING- _EDITION. SUDIMN DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. LORD HOLLAND. It is with infinite regret we have to announce the La mented and su dd e n d em i se of theßight Hon. L rd holland, which occurred this morning at °ll arld House, Kersington. Hi s Lo r d s hip, with Lady Holland, were out in their carriage on Toes da on which day his Lordship appeared in much pis usual state of health. On Wednesday morning he complained of indisposition, which, however, was but s li g h t until towards eveni ng , w h en D rs . Hol land. Arnott, and Allen, and other medical gentle men, were called in, but their efforts were of no avail; a n nbs'cruation of the bowels, defying medical skill, Qecariioning death a few minutes after six o'clock thi s morning. Hi s L or d s hi p was i n hi s 67 t h 1" 4 , having been born on the 21st of November, 473 . He was the third Baron of Holland, and tueeeeded to the title on the 16th of December, 1774 , on the demise of his father. In 1797 he married Elizabeth Vassall, the daughter and heiress of Richard Vassall, Esq., by whom he has issue, Colonel J. Fox, Lady Lilford, and the Hon. V ienna, Fox, S ecretary o f L egat i on to t h e Court of v is i nna, who succeeds him in the title. His Lord- PI in addition to having filled several offices un der various Administrations, was, we believe, Pre aident of the Council, Chancellor of the Duchy of ta ncaster, and Recorder of Nottingham. O n t h e inelancholy event becoming known this. morning it Occasioned a gloom amon g st all clas,r,,es in the me. tropolis. COURT CIK,CULAR. wpm, WEDNESD AI.-111. Guizot, the Frinth le;' a quaB sador, Vi s conti!, Palmerston, and L a dy C. C o p- Q uee re expected to arrive this evening on a visit to the He; . Pol l • Majest- i and Prince Alb er t d rove out i n a Y /thaeto-4 this afternoon, followed by the Dowager diLytilet on Hon. Miss Murray, H on . Mi ss Li ster , .' of Ahoyne,, Lord Alfred Paget, Si r R o b ert O twa) , 11,°Ienel W y l de, and Captain Seymour. The Royal ( 1 1 , 11 ,_Y returned to th e C ast l e s h ort l y b e f ore fi ve o ' c l oc k . tcoe Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, and the Ladies fir ! an . Ora and Constance Paget, will have the honour vi, J°l niog the Royal Dinner Party at the Castle this Th e 0 , - e a ,. ° Duch ess o f K ent too k an a i r i ng yester d ay i n a Git'age, and vi s it e d t h e D uc h ess o f Gl oucester , at ib Que ester Hou se . H er R oya l Hi g h ness a l so wa lk e d he garden s o f B uc ki ng h am P a l ace. th„ L ord John Russell left town yesterday, on a visit to marquis of L ans d owne , at hi s res id ence B owoo d ark Wilts , 15 . t ie "Patches f rom Si r G eorge G i pps, Governor of 1, 1 south W a l es , were rece i ve d yester d ay at t h e Co oicoffice ja Lord Adolphus Fit zc l arence l e f t hi s res id ence i n S t . A t i les's Palace, yesterday, on visit to the Maruis of eab urY, at Tottenham-park, a Marlborough, Wi q lts. PA —SIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL. . t to Fr Ireland.ancls Stanhope, and family, in Manchester-square, Li e DEPARTURES. li t i d "—General Fiir Henry Hardinge, K. C. 8., for Ton ap i ce Wells; Lard and Lady Leveson, on a visit to Lord "dY Gran rifle, at the Blitish Embassy, at Paris ; „Batitt n . d , M rt. Beauclerk, on a visit to Lord and Lady 'lop e "PtcYll. at Whittlebury Lodge ; the Hon. Lady 101 ' Dubli n; M a j or S tephens, 86t h reg i ment, for fro m e l ; 'Col. A r b ut h not, f or Portsmouth ; Lady Malcolm, Puv'd'a Pultn ey H ote l ; the Hon. Capt. Murray, Scotch lo d .1 "r Guards, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea ; Lord and gell• Carina, from the Hyde Park Hotel ; Sir John Her- Bart„ from Hawkhurst House, Kent. Her- Lord CHANGES Hall, d F rancis Egerton, at Liverpo o l, f rom W ors l e y near Manchester • Lord Sandon, at ditto; Lord • IV , °Y, at di tto, from 'Latham House, Ormskirk; Sir I t alter James, Bart., M. P., at Littleton House, from the `Pr_arquis Camden's, Bayham Abbey; Lord Hatberton, at teeddesley Park, from a visit to Lord Ward, at Wheatley e o „ 11 2 1 • the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, at Latimer House, ehesham from a visit to the Right Hon. Edward El ,Lord Lord an d L a d y Ch ar l es F i tzroy, at Ruston Hall, Windsor ; the Hon. Mrs. Cunliffe (Miley and the i ttia a L , Mrs. Crewe, at Bath, from Madeley Manor ; Lord to' ady Barha m , Barham Court, near Maidstone, ethe Continent; Sir R. H. and Lady Inglis, at Corfu, lothAthens • • Lord and Lady Bercsford, at Bedgebury et)atlse, from Eastwell Park ; Lord Ellenb oroug h , at ham Park, from Baybarn Abbey. AVER, OCT. 21.—His Grace the Duke o tt gton has been h ere t o -d ay , i nspect i ng t h e Mi, and condition of our defences, accompanied BpnlOnel Nlunro, the Command an t o f th e garr i- A.„ ' and Lieutenant-Colonel Thomson, the Com 40rd Engineer ; and we were happy to see the And W ard en o f t h e Ci nque P orts i n goo d h ea l t h WitC,P k iri ts. His Gr ace has been out repeatedly day la East K ent h arr i ers t hi s season . O n Mon -48. 1 .48 " ; his Grace entertained the officers of this tiA lt-s°ll at dinn er a t \Valmer Castle. The Mar aot 13ute, Mr. Jenkinson, Lieutenant-Gover ti bover Castle, Colonel Smart, the Deputy We-tenant, Mrs. Arbuthnot, and Mr. Latham, et i re i ;nvited to meet them. Orders have been re tepli'' h ero to-day to prepare barracks for the3rseo - a reinforcement to the garrison of 1, ea h , t -it is said the 54th regiment are corning from I ht - j e c l uu rY, and the 66th from Canada ; so that 4 t te ll % a War break out with France, we shall have tPeetable force here. It is very generally sup sea ~ at% t hat our present position with respect to t 0 th e has call e d t h e a t ten ti on o f th e G overnmen t of the l ' e cessity of a steam-boat station on this part some e Coast, an d t h at ere l ong we ma y h ear o f 4t)d,intetition o f carr yi ng o ut the recom men d a ti on to sn ' lte Port o f t h e C omm i ttee appo i nte d l ast year hfu -Ive Y the south-eastern coast for harbours of tx t ,. ° ,.. e 41 41 st a ti ons f or arme d steamers . Th e grea t Duns maki ng i n t h e F renc h p or ts, from H avr e ti ll l tlkir k inclusive, render it the more probable e more necessary. b „_qvi, e „Earl of Lonsdale, accompanied by Lady F. „""gat ' i t and other members of his family, left Lonsdale ,„ -e 'ter ° l ,l ll Monday last, for Whitchaven Castle, where the - 'ore a Ce Earl intends residing until he goes to Cottes. 1 , t ', 4 the huntin g season. qui te -1 R AT FLEURS CASTLE, N. B.—The , aPp et a nd Duches s of Roxburghe gave a grand ball and at I ' l 4, the above princely ca-tie in Rc.xburghshire, on la the to upwards of fi - i,e hilialred of the elite of the %l' at i lt n Y ?f the neighbourhood, and those attending at the Prep, s'°:au Hunt Races. For some weeks previous great 4°41 1 1.4t 5" s were being made, and, as we then an klheeed: a renaarkably splendid salon was being erccted " I „,t to the castle, for the then approaching lestivi 4ett„ The arrangements were conducted on a very liberal qoa:Pild the supper was of a most rec h erche descrip the '°r nothi ng was omitted that could contr i bute to ahorectat of t h e entertainment. The ball was opened 4 114 ti l befor e eleven o'clock by the Duke of Roxburgho ele„, A Z(' Duchess of Buccleuch ; the Duke of Buc- I'll dancin g with the Duchess of Roxburghe. w,Ce lc dancing g uests of the Noble Duke and Duchess h t ile Duke and Duchess of Buecleuch, Dowager of e es 4 Roxburghe, Marquis and Marchi G on e e o s r s . ili‘Cufhian, and the Ladies Francis and kttdl Ker, Marquis of Douglas, Countess of d Minto, tltla w4 ., e Ladie s Fanny and Elizabeth Elliot, Earl of Lau _9r . - sui t ' tari of Eglintoun, ' Viscount Loftus, Viscount 0 0 - -' , ,4 4 1 , 1 . Lord and Lady John Scott, Earl and Countess of 6 4 and Lady Alicia Erskine, Hon. Lady Scott, d_ l dia,„%lMore, Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, Earl of H A a taer°ll. Viscount Emlyn, Lord Frederick and Lady u . Pitzclarence, Sir George Warrender, Bart., Sir lle balbiae, Hon. John and Mrs Elliot, Sir Thos. T I ,Pi l - I, ll p r rj Bart M. P., and Lady Hepburn, Sir Thomas h `liol o - V s uge, Si; Hery Fairfax, Sir David and Lady 13 ti a ,i e ". Lady Greenock and Hon. Miss Cathcart, Sir J. b ou l Colonel Rowan, Sir Adam Hay, Lady Scott t bolt%" , „Mr. M'Fairli, Mr. H. Hine M P., Sir E. 4 1 .1 , 4 4 " 011 . Capt. and Mrs. Cathcart, Sir David and q Lad Na r and Hon. Misses Napier, . Baird, a y apie , 41 :1 L aPtam Grey, Sir W. and Lady Scott, Sir John Eiady adY . ln Pringle a n d Mi sses Pringle, and Sir David &c. Weco lm illts THE HARLEQUIN* — A, of for few' days ago tu lle . eu the attention of our readers to the reverse lade- ReiNthat bad fallen to the lot of Tom Eller, b °oti and we are so far satisfied that tour effor t t h s e have not r.useless, inasmuch that some of our t o n n o - t t su i i - P ,t a ti lr i at % e s t h h e av e followed up the appeal. But tba i 14---the Object ought to be carried into effect with tl: L del ay as possible. When any thing was to be . done . 'rp m ",,'"aPe of dangerous leaps, or perilous precipitation tre at 4S t Precipices, that ought to be performed by the -..., id t nao. he was excused the toil, trouble, and the risk th e Poor Tom was called upon to wear a duplicate of hei z t e a' mans dress, and do all the danger—and still lajeg°roPelled to do so, and because his limbs might be . a g i le , or, as it might be, his neck broken, he and all . his of th n , ° °}Peera are declared disqualified for the protection no w : i Theatrical Fund. Had this not been the case Tom qu krte n his advanced age, and after the active service of a • fai t h, r °f century, might have been enabled, as lie is illientitled, to eat' his bread in ease and comfort in his Part s 31.• Performers on this occasion ought to play their T ohl t w o lth energy, and vie with each other in %O lt a bumper benefit. We will notice the names of 0 the 15"9tettlettlen. who come forward to lend their shoulders w l?eel, as soon as we are put in possession of the list. r' Advertiser. bled 04 9N CASTLE.—The party recently assem . s epa " visits to the D u k e an d D uc h es s of Rich mon d h as ° th e Last week, th e am i a ble Duchess, preparat or y autit lamiiy leavin g for Goodwood, distributed a large of Clothing and blankets to the necessitous poor vuu4bers for the approaching winter. CAPTAIN It. A. REYIN 01 DS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL AT BRIGHTON. It is said that a general subscription will be forth with commenced for the purpose of presenting Captain Reynolds with a service of plate ; and, further, that the inhabitants of Brighton intend to invite him to a public sinner. Should a subscription be opened, there is not the slightest doubt but a very large sum of money will, in a very short time, be raised, as there is an almost universal feeling in favour of the gallant Captain. The sentence has caused an e:ttraorclinary sensation throughout the metropolis, and several thousand pounds, it is said, have changed hands ; large bets having been made that a severe reprimand would have been the re sult of the quarrel with him and the Earl of Cardigan. TO THE WATERLOO-13RIDGE PROPRIETORS. GENTLEMEN—As few of you attend our assemblies, it behoves me to state through this medium, that I differ so essentially from the majority of your Committee, that it is useless for me to remain thereon. I know that our revenue might be doubled, and therefore will not con tinue diseussieg trivial matters, while the most important is neglected. , The lowered horse-toll brings twice as many persons, all from the same classes as used to come before ; but a lower foot-path would not only double our present kind of passengers,. but would bring the work people, who are far more numerous than all the rest of society together. Our foot receipts were more, fifteen years ago, al though a new street has been since opened to the bridge, and the population near it, is inceased by 30,000 per sons. With much trouble I have ascertained that after the year 1825, those inhabitants on the Surrey side who had constant occasion to pass over the bridge, have generally removed, because of the high toll ; and even substantial tradesmen in the Strand, who do not mind giving a shilling, will not give a penny for what is worth only a halfpenny ; yet it is expected of poorer men to pay the larger coin ; and even of a labourer to pay (for coming and going) that twopence which buys his beer at supper. I have ascertained that 80,000 persons in working dress, cross Blackfriars and Westminster-bridges daily, while hardly any such pay our toll, except in foul weather ; and then the number paying proves that many want our preferable thoroughfare. The road-gate revenue offers no criterion against lowering the foot payments, because the means for increasing it are li mited ; while the people desirous of passing turnstiles are innumerable. Experienced persons, who employ many workmen near the bridge, declare that those men would frequent it if the toll was reduced ; and one of our most consi derate Members of Parliament wrote to me, of his being prd pared to prove that a farthing toll would be very advantageous to us ; but I know that a half-penny toll would double our dividends, and raise the shares to 101. each. Many indifferent persons think our revenue would be much improved by a lower toll ; and wonder who it is that influences the Committee, and misleads the proprie tors to injure themselves fot the seeming purpose of thwarting the public- There is a general wish in the neighbourhood for this reduction, and if it is delayed, Hungerford-bridge will be established with a halfpenny toll ; and then, al though we adopt that payment, the public will justly avoid our bridge, in disapprobation of conduct so op posite to the benevolent feelings of Englishmen. I have much respect for the Gentlemen on our Committee, but since its majority is so very careful as to oppose this trial, for fear of riots if the penny toll is restored (like refusing a chance of paradise, for fear of a diffi culty in getting out), I will not participate in the praise due to such prudence : and, notwithstanding my stake is the largest, must forego the honour of con tinuing on your Committee after our next assembly, though still remaining, Gentlemen, Your most obedient and obliged humble Servant, THOMAS MORGAN. IRELAN D. DUBLIN, OCT. 20. RISE OF DISCOUNT.—A notice was issued at the Bank of Ireland this day, increasing the rate of discount upon Bills of Exchange from five to six per cent. THE NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION. A very numerous meeting of the Association was held to-day at the Corn Exchange. At half-past one o'clock Mr. O'Connell entered the room amid the plaudits of the assembly. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was attired in a grey frock coat, with a velvet collar of the same colour, and Repeal buttons— the intended uniform of the Repeaters. ROBERT WCLELLAND, Esq., was called to the Chair. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, in proposing the admission of some gentlemen, denied the statement which had appeared in one of the papers that " the Rogue's March' was played at the . Kilkenny dinner on the health of the Lord-Lieutenant having been drunk. The state ment was altogether unfounded. Mr. D. O'CONNELL also denied that the " Rogue's March" had been played on the occasion referred to. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded his speech by reading an address to the Earl of Charlervont, recommendatory of repeal. We give the following sentences, which will serve to show the nature and ob ject of the address ; it is signed by Mr. O'Connell as Chairman of the Association : " We do not ask you, my Lord, to join us in looking for the restoration of that glorious temple of liberty which your lamented father so powerfully contributed to erect. We urge you not out of the course which perhaps an over-cautious policy—perhaps superior wis dom—induces you to pursue ; but we know full well that you will not always bear, not only the pang of hope deferred, but the insulting grief of hope destroyed. " The noble and the venerated name of Charlemont will once again appear at the head of Ireland's peaceful fight. Your illustrious sire achieved the Revolution of 1782, pure and firm in his allegiance to the Throne ; faithful in his attachment to the people—he achieved it without the violation of any law human or divine— without the spoliation or destruction of one atom of any man's property ; without the shedding of one drop of human blood. Such, at least, is the struggle in which re are en gaged, and, therefore, we are more than justified—we are impelled to lay before your Lordship the expression of enthusiastic veneration for the memory of your father, accompanied by the tear of sorrow for the sad alteration in the affairs of Ireland, but enlivened with the hope, that she is not dead but only sleeps, and that the day may yet arrive when you, my Lord, will sound the trumpet for her reeurrection." REPEAL MEETING IN DROGIIEDA.—Last Monday Mr. O'Connell made his public entry into Drogheda, escorted by from sixty to one hundred thousand per sons, whose reception of the Liberator was most en thusiastie. After the_proccs4on passed the principal streets, it arrived at the residence of Alderman Smith, on the M:dl, in front of which a spacious platform was elected for the accommodation of the principal speakers and the gentlemen connected with the public press. When Mr. O'Connell, and the gentlemen who accom panied him, ascended it, there was a salute fired from the shipping in the river, all of which had their colours gaily floating from their mast heads, and were crowded by thousands who chose their rigging as a convenient place to view the imposing spectacle as it passed along the quay. Shortly after Mr. O'Connell ascended the platform, he cried out to the crowd to make way for Mr. Arkins, who was endeavouring to force his passage through the dense masses, but being unable to press forward, Mr. O'Connell again cried out," Hand me my coat." A parcel, containing a frieze coat with a velvet collar, was then passed over the heads of the people, and given into Mr. O'Connell's hands, who doffed his superfine black and mounted the native frieze, amidst the enthusiastic plaudits of the meeting. Alderman Smith, late Mayor of Drogheda, having been put in the (ha r, Mr O'Connell addressed the assembled thousands in a speech differing but little in matter from those which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman has repeatedly delivered during the Repeal agitation. In the evening the members of the trades of Drogheda entertained Mr. O'Connell at a public dinner, which was laid out in the Linen-hall. Upwards of seven hundred sat down to the entertainment. Alderman Smith presided. After the health of " the Queen," of " Prince Albert," and of " the Duke of Sussex," respectively had been drunk, Mr. O'Connell wai called upon to acknowledge the honour done to " The Liberator of Ireland," which he did in a spirited speech. TIE SUN, LONDON, Tf URSDAY, OCTOBER 22. 18f0. THE BATH CHARTISTS LAND MAGISTRATES. TO THE . EDITOR OF THE SUN. have thought it prudent to lay before you the conduct of the Magistrates of Bath, knowing that you are opposed to every species of injustice. It has been the practice here to celebrate all public occasions by " displays of fire-works," or by firing off guns, &c., on the heights. O n t h e occas i on o f h e r Majesty's Coronation, the inhabitants were disturbed in their beds by persons firing o ff guns , i n ce l e b ra ti o n of the event, at a very early h our i n t h e morn i ng . No notice was taken of this by th e M ag i strates, an d t h e refore it w a s thought not to be contrary to the law ; but a fe w un fortunate Chartists have found out the mistake. Three of them were had before the Magistrates last week, after having been treated rather harshly by the. police in the station-house. The charge against them was that they had disturbed people in their beds by firing off guns at an early hour in the morning. The cause of their doing so was that two Chartists, of the names of Bartlett and Bolwell, recently released from Ilehester prison, were to be honoured on the ocerision in question by being conducted into the city by a " grand pro cession ;" and therefore the Chartists were full of re joicing, which created, as is evident, much displea sure in the minds of the Magistrates ; consequently they fined one of the three persons arrested, because he was a brother of one of the victims, 2/. 10s., and bound the other two over to keep the peace. Now, Sir, this is a gross act of injustice, which will convince the working classes that they are shut out of the pale of the law. Other parties established the precedent for the Chartists to go by, and, because they follow it, they are treated in the manner just described. It is really too bad. Bath, October 21. A CONSTANT READER. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Brighton Gazelle.) PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 21.—The Calcutta, 84, Cap tain Sir Samuel Roberts, is ready for sea at Plymouth, and was to sail on Wednesday for Gibraltar and Malta, to join Sir Robert Stnpford's fleet. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington's flag (blue at the main) has been hoisted on board the Queen, 110, whither the whole of the officers and crew have been transhipped from the Donegal, 78. A rumour is cur rent that she will be shortly dispatched to the Aledi terranean with the - Royal Adelaide, 110,from Plymouth. The Salamander steam vessel, Commander Henry, is hourly looked for, from the eastward, with volunteer seamen for the Britannia, 120, and Howe, 120. The Inconstant, 36, Captain Pring, is held ready for immediate service in Plymouth Sound, waiting orders. Rumour sends her to Quebec. The St. Vincent, 120, is forwarding for commission at this doek-yard, with all practicable despatch. The Indus, 84, will be the next ship commissioned here. Several large razee 50-gun ships are in course of prepa ration for the pendant. The Locust, a new steam-vessel, is commissioned at Woolwich, by Lieutenant John Lunn, late of the Pluto steamer, which is also ordered for service. The Monarch and Formidable, 84-gun ships, will be commissioned shortly at Chatham, every despatch being used in getting them ready for the pendant. A vast quantity of the munitions of war have been received from Woolwich, and shipped on board the Britannia and Howe, 120 gun ships, both which are completing stores and crews with extraordinary dispatch. The Vanguard, 84, Captain Sir David Dunn, reached Malta from England on the 4th October, and was to leave for Syria on the Bth, to join the fleet. The steamer Avon, commanded by Lieut. Pritchard, arrived on Sunday from Woolwich, and having taken on board a large quantity of coals, proceeded on Tuesday to Plymouth and Falmouth, where she is to be stationed. At Spithead—Britannia and Howe, 120 gun ships. In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Echo steamer, and flag tenders. THE ABDICATION OF THE QUEEN-REGENT OF SPAIN. (From Galignani'sllessenger.) With one exception, the Ministerial pa - pers abstain from all comment on the abdication of the Queen-Re gent of Spain. The Temps, after observing cn the error of the Regent in quitting her capital, and yield ing to the advice of persons who either had her destruc tion in view, or who were unfit to give counsel in such a crisis, thus leaving the field to her enemies, says— " Spain is in a state of revolution. Whether this revolution was necessary or not is the question. We shall return to this point, but we must not forget that Espartero in his manifesto declared that the Regency of Queen Christina was sacred, and that the Ambassa dors have declared that they would quit Spain the moment the Regency should be attacked. If they should withdraw, and Espartero, placed between the alternative of his popularity, and his declaration should remain faithful•to the latter, what authority will then be in Spain ?—where will be its alliances and its support ?" Debats does not allude to the event ; the Presse has only the following : " With Queen Christina disappears the alliance be tween France and Spain. Anarchy, triumphant at Madrid, is for Constitutional France an enemy not less implacable than Don Carlos would have been. Thus, in six months, M. 'Tiers has broken off our only two intimate alliances—those of England and Spain." The Commerce attributes to the conduct and policy of the Regent the deplorable position which has com pelled her to abdicate, but praises her for having abdi cated, as the only means of preventing a new conflict in Spain. It adds, that this event is another proof that in a Constitutional State no Government can long hold its ground against public opinion. It does not appear to us to be quite certain that the abdication of Queen Christina will prevent a new conflict, nor do we clearly understand what is meant by public opinion in Spain. It was not long ago that the current of public opinion, as it is called, appeared to flow strongly in favour of the Regent. If every change of Government in Spain, every political intrigue, is t o be called public opinion, then publiclopinion must be cameleon-like indeed. The France is very severe upon Queen Christina, but its severity has a very different source from that of the Commerce. It says : " The punishment reserved by Providence for this guilty Princess has not been long delayed. She un chained revolution in the Peninsula, and resisted the legitimate heir, in order to place the crown upon the head of her child, whom she now leaves as a mere in strument and a hostage in the hands of the factions, and whom she can neither counsel nor protect. One usur pation, at least, is punished." The Capitole says the abdication of Queen Christina leaves Spain exposed to the hatred and vengeance created by the double-sided policy of the French Go vernment, but expresses a hope that the Spaniards will fight by the side of the French " in the sacred cause of the people against the manoeuvres of England," and that France will allow the Spanish revolution to run its course, in order that " this generous people may be re generated like the French." " We understand," says the National, " that the In fante Don Francisco de Paulo is making preparations to leave Paris immediately for Madrid." MADAME LAFFARGE. TO THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN. My Lord—You are the Licenser of Plays ; it is your proud yet delicate duty to act as censor morum to the theatres. May I ask, if a piece, announced at a miner theatre in your jurisdiction, for speedy represen tation—a piece entitled The Family of Lafarge, has yet been presented to you for your sanction ? In the play-bilis, the manager promises the fullest illustration of all the disgusting circumstances blazoned in the Court at Tulle. If English audiences are to be thus bru talised under the " express sanction" of the Chamber lain's-office—if the popular mind is, in its recreations, to be familiarised with lust and murder—the sooner the House of Commons relieves your Lordship of your present theatrical privilege the better. In a word, my Lord, have you, or can you, stamp such atrocities as that advertised for representation on Monday next, with your sanction ? Are we to witness the infamy ", under t the express authority of the Lord Chamberlain " Your obedient servant, A PLAYGOER. [We know not what the House of Commons has to do with the office. An Act of Parliament might abate the evil. And after the long run that one piece of a very immoral tendency has had, it is certainly desirable that something should be done. The press, however, is as much to blame as the Lord Chamberlain in dealing so gently with such disgraceful productions.] BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, OCT. 18.—A Journal says, that at the Council, in which it was decided that all the for tresses should be put in a state of defence it was pro visionally resolved, that two camps should be formed, one at Beverloo, the other at Castcau, opposite, there fore, to Prussia and France. It is only the insufficiency of the budget of the War Department for this year, that has prevented the taking of a defensive resolution on this subject, because of the additional expense, but at the opening of the Session of the Chambers, the requisite vote of credit will be applied for. The Anti de l'Ords'e says—" Notwithstanding the denials of the Independent, we are authorised to an nounce again, that orders have been given to the mili tary authorities of our provinces to arm the fortresses of Namur, Dinant, Philippeville, and Marienburg. Be sides this, from the 20th of this month, the regula tions for fortified towns will be again in force ; that is to say, the gates will be shut half an hour after the evening gun, and that subsequent to that hour no person will be suffered to pass in or out with out a written permission from the Commander of the place. The Magistrates will, doubtless, give official notice of this order." LIEGE, OCT. 17.—Orders were received yesterday by the military authorities at Liege immediately to arm the forts of the Chartreuse and the citadel. BRUSSELS, OCT. 19.—T0-day, at eleven o'clock, the Queen went to the church of St. Jacques to attend the mass which she caused to be performed to return thanks to God for having again preserved the life of the King of the French, her father. Her Majesty was in half mourning for her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta. The Journal of Charleroi says, " We learn that the Magistrates of Charleroi have just received notice from General Daine, Commander of the 4th division, that next week and afterwards the gate of the town arc to be shut at half-pass 8 o'clock in the evening. This order, given by virtue of instructions from the Minister of War, only allows measures to be taken for the pass age of the mails. The keys of the City are to be delivered to the Com mandant of the place immediately after the closing of the gates. BRUSSELS, OCT. 20.—The Observateur says, " A Journal has stated that there are to he two camps, one in Hainaut, the other in Limburg. No such resolu tion has been taken. It is inconceivable how a journal can put such statements in circulation, when it cannot vouch for their authenticity." BELGIAN UNDS—BauBsELB, OCT. 2). actual heist, 2 per Cent. 13 Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent ...... Thirty-seven• Loan of City, 4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 4 Super Cent lO9 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7l l 4 National Society Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Oct. 20. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER. —The recent restrictive measure on the part of the Bank of England has produced, as might naturally he expected, an injurious effect upon this market. Goods and yarn were both sold at lower prices yesterday ; and the demand for both was ex tremely limited. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, OCT. 19. —There has been considerable activity in the flannel market to-day, and the demand still continues good. Though there has not been a decided advance in prices, yet manufacturers are asking more for their goods. During this last week, another small manufacturer has assigned over his effects for tFe benefit of his creditors. The wool market has been about the same as that of the preceding Monday, both as respects prices, and the quantity of business done. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, OCT. 20, 1840.—There was little or no change in the aspect of this market to-day ; the demand for winter goods being pretty brisk as of late. Prices remain firm, but not buoyant. Wools have a trifling upward tendency. Business in the warehouses continues an average for the season. The failure of a foreign house has had the effect of inducing more caution in a credit trade ; and the principal having ' absconded, has produced a little excitement. FUNERAL OF A MILITARY KNIGHT AT WINDEOR.-Yeiterday, the funeral of Captain Langford, formerly of the Ist Royal Dragoons, and for many years one of the Military Knights upon the upper foundation, taok place at S t . George' s Ch a p el, in the presence of a numerous assemblage of persons, at nine o'clock in the morning. The corpse entered the chapel at the western door, where it was received by the Rev. Mr. Gore (one of the minor canons), by whom the burial service was most FlRES.—Wednesday morning, at three o'clock, impressively performed. The deceased's eldest son at a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Layton, 23 Dov tended as chief mourner, followed by his brother, Captain street, Piccadilly. It was caused . by a lghted candle the of the Ist Life Guards, several Magistrates of which bad been incautiously . left near the bed curtains in fe w w s m d ir o lt r e o s y t e h d e . the county, and the Naval and Military Knights at person t the ro o in s e , c o w n i d t h fluor,the and wholein theof the course rs e o in Windsor. The pall was supported by Capt a in Holmes, and Lieutenants M'Dermot, Sicker, and Lawrence (ca- Other parts of the house were furniture, dam f ag a d . by a _ the water. valry o fficers and military knights), and Lieutenants The building and furniture are insured in the Globe. Hurst and Oakes (naval knights), in full uniform. The Another fire occurred about eight o'clock in the back body was taken into the choir, and afterwards deposited par in a vault close to the west door. Ti deceased was in lonr of the house of Mr. Morledge, tailor, 137, Old-street, his 63d year. . St. Luke's, in consequence of some linen igniting which t Power exceeds all other actors in " taking trips" I ba d been 1 A before the fire ecro ss the Atlantic . He g enerally visits the United States innately spread to the fur nitu r e, t he wh o l e of which was twice and sometimes three times in the year, and being a destroyed. The furniture is insured in the Union Fire gt eat favourite with the Americans, contrives very mate- office. rially to add to his treasury by every trip he takes. Ia Fellow, when the OXFORD, OCT. 20.---,The election of Warde n of New College took place this day in the room of Dr. fact he is a very entirely recovered F. Mathews appears to have taking sort of person. Shuttleworth, elevated to the see of Chichester. There ' were two candidates, the Rev. Dr. D. Williams, Head from the ill effects of his late severe accident. He at tends as usual to his duties at Covent-garden Theatre; and Ma2ter of Winchester School, and formerly a Fellow, and persons u nacquainted with the nature of his accident would scarcely b e lieve that for rootlttli Listoo, the celesrated tfhorea,RereswcasCehiaerelteesa bAywadrmya,joaritpyreosfenito.F.coi Out of 62 F(.l surgeon, despaired of restoring him to his professirm. 1 6 sq only three wrre abselkt on . thu ocea,-,0„. WOOLWICH, OCT. 21. Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun ret urne d f rom Scot land on Friday evening, having proceeded north on the 2d instant, on two months' leave of absence. This gal lant soldier will obtain the local rank of Colonel, and undertake the command of the Royal Artillery when he arrives in Syria. H He has b een engage d s i nce hi s return to Head-quarters in inspecting and inquiring into the character and qualifications of the men who are to accompany him on this arduous enterprise. Three non-commissioned officers and seventeen men were ex mitred by the surgeons of the Hospital on Saturday, and several who had offered their services were rejected as those only who are considered the very best men in the service will be selected for the expedition. Major Key's company, consisting of eighty-two men, left Woolwich on Monday morning to proceed by the Liverpool Railway to relieve Major Palmer's com pany from Ireland. The latter company will also be conveyed by the railway on their progress to Woolwich. The Rhadamanthus steam frigate, Commander A Wakefield, arrived yesterday at Woolwich from Malta. She left the latter station on Sept. 30. The Hecate, steam frigate, formerly commanded by Lieutenant Blount, has been refitted at Chatham, and being now ready for sea, she has been ordered round to Woolwich, where she will arrive this afternoon, having been commissioned by Commander Ward. Captain James's Company of the Royal Artillery will embark immediately on board for Malta, and she will proceed direct for the Mediterranean. A detachment of the Royal Sappers and Miners have been for several days under orders at Woolwich for Syria, and it is expected they will proceed with this vessel. They are taking out with them a large quantity of stores and imple ments used in the construction of fortifications. GIBRALTAIL—By private letters from this garrison, it appears the greatest activity prevails, and all the out posts are in course of being strengthened, and other exertions are in progress, extending farther from the rock than have ever been used on any former occasion. THE POPERY IN THE CHURCH_ (From the Somerset County Gazette.) This paper was the first to call public attention to the rise and growth of Popery in the Church ; our statements were received at first with incredulity, then with surprise, and finally with alarm. For a long time we were alone among the periodical press, striving to waken Protestants of all denominations, but more es pecially the slumbering ProtestaneChurchmen, to the danger that impended over them from a quarter where they least expected it. Very skillfully the Church Pa- pists had contrived to cover their own designs under a pretended horror of Roman Popery ; they formed Protestant Associations, held meetings at Exeter Hall and in the large towns of the empire, for the purpose of kindling a persecution against the Roman Catholics, and throwing dust into the eyesofthtey were themselvesehdeluded do public, tha4. And yettheymight not see whatall doctri nes , the while, in the very heat of this crusade, and wader cover of their own smoke, they were busily eng aged in erecting a P o p er y of their own, infinitely mo re hideous than the one they were denouncing, and poisoning at its very sources the nati onal Protestant O a x f s o c r in d , i n t a h r e y nursery for t ho o it'll instilling l e r o g f y , was con r eligious and political, the most de g radin g t hat aver were invented by man seeking to brutalize his fellow man ; mind was prostrated by this creed that the vetted Church. into teachers of it might be enabled thus to enslave the body and pick the pocket. Pretensions the most monstrous and audacious pretensions to divine auth or i ty through apostolical succession—to miraculous powers and sovereign rights, were set up by some of her clergy on behalf of the Church, and i n a il things, in creed, in ceremonial, in sacrament, in temporal and spiritual pride, she was sought to be brought back to the model of the Church of Rome Unexpected success attended the effo rts of the fi rs t ro- . p pagators of this hideous h eres y ; ho sts of the young clergy were imbued with a lively zeal in behalf of their doc trines so flattering to vanity--doctrines which made them as gods.....and constituted them the masters of the souls and bodies of all the rest of their fellow men. Presently their creed. was spread abroad it was preached from the pu lpits of the Protestant Church— it was proclaimed in books and pamphlets without num ber—it was embraced b y many men of influence, whose despotic notions it flattered ; more than half the clergy at length b e cam d e h e o o o nv l erts to it ; it h as grown, it is growing dad,' a d with r destruction and Protestantism in the Church is threatened b y t h e h an d s A ppoinand paid by of those who are the State spe cially to spread her influence and protect her from as sailants, shown in We have alreadY the P several articles how s'owly and cunningly . t Po in the Church has developed itself. Fearing ofo it a arm and offend by too open a confession at first by s. ultimate designs, it be gan its backward marchvet almost imperceptible de grees. But success ' hgawer courag e : one by one its secret articles of fait e evolved, until at length it boldly threw off the mask,itsand in it s c hi e f organ, which is also the or gan of congenial a lly, T ory i sm , w rier& Review, i t we mean the Q proclaimed in so t h a t the very name of Protestantism many 'words ought to be abolished among 05 . ,, A vast number of facts, collected from the publica tions of the Church Papists, and illustrative of their doctrines and intentions, have been a l rea d y given to our readers in forme r articles ; but since we last touched upon it, several o thers have come c to hand no Irsi manifesting the s teady progress of this awful heresy possession, ent i re towards the and ultimate revo lutionizing of the Protestant Church, and prov ing its increased boldness with increasing power. Some of them we now proceed t o pu b l i sh, hop i ng that the contin ual call of the alarum will sooner or later arouse the Protestant Churchmen from their lethargy, and impel them to demand with one voice that the national Protest ant Chur ch shall not be betrayed by her owe clergy, and that those who minister at bar altars shall quit her covitnunior k and flee emoluments if they cannot conform to her Protestant creed and ritual. This it is their bounden duty to do, and should they shrink from the trial, on them will rest the respon sibility of dangers which they might have arrested, but would not. Three or four weeks ago we extracted from the communication of a correspondent of one of our pro vincial Contemporaries, an account of his visit to a Church in the metropolis, in which he was surprised to find that the incumbent had adopted all the forms sug• gested in the Oxford Tracts, and so like were they to those of the Roman Catholic Churches, that he could scarce believe but he bad been suddenly transported into one of them. The preacher entered the Church followed by a number of little boys in surplices, two of whom carried the tail of his own surplice—he proceeded to the altar, which contained a beautiful picture of our Saviour and the Virgin Mary, and before it burned large wax lights. He read the prayers from the steps of the altar, turning his face from the people ; the bread and wine were lifted at consecration, he folded his arms in the form of a cross as he bowed to the altar, and, with very slight exceptions indeed, be followed the forms of the Roman Catholic Church in the conduct of the whole service. Now we ask all Protestant Churchmen whether the ceremonies we have described be or be not those of their Church ? If they be, then they, as sincere Protestants, ought to quit it ; if they be not, then the clergyman who adopts them ought to be expelled from the shrine he is betraying. From this dilemma there is no escape. SINGULAR THEFTS BY A LADY. On Thursday last a lady drove up to one of our most respectable hotels in Glasgow, having just arrived, as she intimated, by one of the coaches from Edinburgh. She asked for a Sir John Ferguson, seemed disap pointed that he was not at the inn to meet her, and, having taken a bed-room and parlor, remained all night. She made some inquiries in reference to Lord Kelburne, to whom, she said, she was about to pay a visit, and on Friday left the Hotel, and entered one of the Paisley Railway omnibuses, with the view, as she stated, of go ing by railway, information having been given her, she alleged, that that was the best mode of reaching his Lordship's residence. Here it is necessary to state that on Friday morning a gentleman who slept in the inn discovered that, during the night his pocket had been picked of 121., 71. of which were in notes, and 51. in sovereigns. The notes had been wrapped up in a 20/. note ; but, i►s the latter had a mark upon it which might have led to detection, it was left be hind by the thief; and in the place of the five sove reigns some silver was substituted. In a room on the ,flat above, another:gentleman had a .5/. Bank of England note taken from his pocket and three sovereigns from a purse, into which, in lieu of the sovereigns, 3s. had been dropped. These mysterious thefts created " quite a sen sation" in the hotel ; no one dreamed of blaming a lady, who expected a visit from Sir John Ferguson, and was on terms of intimacy with my Lord Kelburne—the gen tlemen who slept in the inn could not for a moment be supposed guilty of theft—and, as we believe is very usual under similar circumstances, suspicion began to be directed tower& one or other of the servants. Towards the evening information of the thefts was left at the Po lice-office, and Captain Miller made a personal investi gation into the matter. Having ascertained that a lady had slept in the inn, and finding from inquiry that this very lady, who was supposed to be on a visit at Lord Kelburne's, had taken up her residence at another re spectable inn in the city, he began to see his way some what clearly in the affair. He ascertained that the lady had gone to the second hotel about . two hours after she left the first one, so that it was rendered doubtful whether she had gene by the railway at all, as she had stated to be her intention, and, at all events, certain that she had not paid a visit to Lord Kelburne. At the second hotel she had also ordered a parlour and bed-room, and intimated her intention of remaining over the night. She sent one of the waiters to take an inside seat in the six o'clock morning coach to Ed inburgh, and directed a noddy to be in waiting to con vey her to the coach at the proper hour on Saturday morning. Having ascertained these particulars, Capt. Miller adopted two precautionary measures to secure the detection and apprehension of the lady, should she turn out to be the thief. He wrote to the Edinburgh police, intimating that a female might probably arrive in that city by the six o'clock coach, strongly suspected of theft, and requesting them to pay her a little atten tion. His next precaution was to place one of his offi cers in a bed-room adjoining that of the lady, with in junctions to watch her motions ; and here begins a part of our story which cannot fail to excite the amusement of our readers. About eleven o'clock at night the police officer went to bed, accompanied by one of the innkeepers's sons, both having received strict injunctions from the superintendent not to sleep nor to speak, but wakefully to be on their guard, ready to detect the lady in the adjoining bedroom should she during the night intrude for the purpose of inquiring too curiously into the contents of their pockets. The watchers obeyed most religiously these instructions till about half-past three or four in the morning, when, wea ried with their long vigils, they both fell into a profound sleep. At half-past six o'clock they awoke ; the lady was half an hour gone ; and, on the policeman drawing on his unmentionables, he discovered, to his astonishment and mortification, that while he slept he had been robbed of two pounds 1 The innkeeper's son, on dipping into bis pockets, made a similar discovery ; he had been robbed of all the money they contained, which, fortu nately, was only a few shillings. In another room a gentleman bad had 71. in notes abstracted from his pocket-book, and their place supplied by a number of small papers, accounts, and the like, which had been taken from one of his pockets ; some loose silver had likewise been stolen from the table of another bed-room, on which, however, a gold watch was allowed to remain untouched. The female, who has been already so often referred to, left the hotel shortly before six in a noddy. having previously partaken of a glass of wine, and at six precisely left town by the Edinburgh coach. The police officer thus awoke just half an hour too late to find the lady, while his misbehaviour had entirely de feated the admirable scheme of the superintendent for detecting the thief. As soon as practicable the female was followed to Edinburgh ; but it appears that though the Edinburgh police, in terms of Captain Miller's let ter, were waiting at the coach by which she arrived, she escaped their hands, their suspicion having fallen upon another passenger ; and so far as we have heard she has not yet been apprehended. In all likelihood, however, she will soon be discovered. • (PURTHER PARTICULARS. The lady who forms the subject of the above nar rative, it was feared, had totally eluded the well-di rected cfforrs of the Glasgow and Edinburgh police, hut from a communication received by Captain Miller yesterday (Monday), it appears that a female calling herself Jane Petrisci, or Harris, and answering the de scription given to the officers, was apprehended in a lodging-house at Edinburgh about two o'clock that morning, with about 501. in notes and sovereigns in her possession. The Glasgow officer, though he some what bungled the business by falling asleep along with the inkeeper's son who undertook to keep watch in the same recumbent posture, had the precaution to ma k the money which he put into his pocket as a bait to the thief, and his quondam bed-fellow did the same. This turns out a most fortunate matter, for among the money found in the possession of Jane Patrisci, orH arris, were the identical notes and the one shilling and six pence which were marked. The arrival of the prisoner is expected to-day, when she will be examined. She is said to be a woman about thirty years of age, of exqui site manners, and ladylike appearance. The superin tendents of police, both in Glasgow and Edinburgh, deserve the highest commendations for having suc ceeded in well-concerted measures for the detection of such a dangerous and most impudent system of thieving. We should think that, when the circumstances arc made known, gentlemen will take the precaution, even in the most respectable hotels , to lock their bed-room doors when they retire to rest.—Glasgow Courier. DEATH OF LADY DAVIS.—Her Ladyship died at Bath on Friday last, at the advanced age of 85. The deceased lady was widow of the late Sir John Brew, r Davis, Knight. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.—About eight o'clock in the morning two divines left their homes for a walk to Scale-hill, from whence they wandered on until they came to Buttermere ; they then crossed the rugged mountains into Borrowdale, and proceeded down to Keswick, and afterwards returned home the same even ing, having travelled, it is computed, not less than sixty miles 1 What says Captain Barclay to this? Consider ing the mountainous district over which they passed, and the distance they travelled ere they reached their homes, we are not aware that this feat does not stand unparalleled in the annals of modern pedestrianism. —Cumberland Pacquet. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM.--. SEVEN LIVES LosT.--On Monday evening a fearful acci dent happened in the Medway, near Chatham, by which seven men perished. It appeared that a party of lumpers, 16 in number, had been at work on board a merchant ship in the river, and about seven o'clock they all got into a skiff for the purpose of returning to the shore. It was then blowing a gale from the north-west, and the water was very rough, while the boat was not at all adapted for a heavy sea, or to carry so many persons. On nearing a vessel close in shore, over which the party intended to go for the purpose of stepping from the ship to the shore, a wave rolled in, and in rebounding from the ship struck the boat, and the men becoming alarmed all got up and made a rush to get ashore, but ere one of them could reach the land the boat capsized, and immersed the whole party in the stream. A distressing scene ensued the parties clung to each other and began struggling in the water, and before any assistance could reach them, sev e n of them perished. Some of the survivors managed to swim ashore, and e thers were picked up by a fishing boat. 114a sures were immediately taken to recover the drowning men, but, owing to the boisterous state of the weather, without effect. On Tuesday and y e sterday the bodies of s ix of the unfortunate men were recovered and taken ashore. We understand that all the poor fellows have left wives and families to deplore their loss. The affair has excited a great sensation at Chatham and the surround ing neighbourhood. The people in the boat did not under . stand the rral.gercont of it, and it was not capable of car rying moR. than eight persons in safety. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, 0cT.21, DAVIS'S BANKRUPTCY. The bankrupt carried on business at Knightsbridge as a grocer, and has appeared for examination before the Court on several occasions, his accounts being unsatis factory to his assignees. 'Fo-day.he made another ap pearance with an amended account, but it was objected to, and when he was called upon to explain, he was un able to do so. The principal obj:.etion was to his house hold and private expenses. The Court ordered an adjournment sine die. When the bankrupt had furnished such an account as he thought would satisfy his assignees, he would come before the Court on pitying the usual fees ; that is, at his own ex pense he must have a sitting. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. JURY EXCUSES.-Mr. Dennis Mitchell, a know ing-looking tradesman, addressed the Cnairinan, and said he hoped he should be excused attending as juror, as he could neither read nor write. The CHAIRMAN—dut you can think, can't you ? Mr. Mitchell—Oh yes, I can think. The CHAIRMAN—WeII, then, that is all that will be requisite. I have known many persons make very good jurymen who could neither read nor write. Mr. George Knox applied to be excused on the ground that he kept a post-office, and during his absence there was nobody to transact the business. The CHAIRMAN—If you keep a post-office you are exempt, and you had better hasten home, or some of the letters may be missing.—(Laughter.) Mr. Knox hobbled out of Court as fast as he could. A third person wiaied to be excused from serving on account of being deaf of one car. " Oh !" whispered the Learned CHAIRMAN, " the witnesses will be placed very near you, and you will find no difficulty." The deaf applicant quickly replied to the Chair man's under-tone observation that he was very deaf, which created some mirth, and of course his objection was disallowed. Thomas Hewitt and Mrs. Sarah Rattenbury, the landlady of the White Horse, in Baldwin's-gardens, Leather-lane, who were found guilty last session of as saulting Mrs. Humphries, a married woman, were brought up for judgment, but The COURT respited the sentence, in the hope that the prisoner would compensate Mrs. Humphries. It being, intimated that no arrangement could be come to, The CHAIRMAN said that the Magistrates viewed this as a very aggravated case, and sentenced Mrs. Rattenbury to pay a fine of 10/. to the Queen, and Hewitt to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, three weeks of the term solitary. The prisoners were then removed. Among other bills the Grand Jury returned one against William Kensett, the well-known Marylebone vestryman, for an assault upon Mary Sparrow, some particulars of which have already appeared under Mary lebone Police Court. COURT OF REQUESTS. WESTMINSTER. AN ABSENT-MINDED DEBTOR.—" Myers against Larkin," bawled the cryer, and the respective parties presented themselves before the Commissioners. The defendant, an eccentric-looking individual in a broad brimmed four-and-nine•penny and green spectacles, de nied the claim of the plaintiff, and the latter then stated that his demand was for the sum of 155., the price of an umbrella which the defendant had had out of his shop. It appeared that the plaintiff was an umbrella, maker, and that Mr. Larkin, with whom he had for some time been acquainted, called upon him one morn ing, and, after a short conversation, not only walked off with his own cotton umbrella, but also put under his arm a very handsome silk one that was lying on the counter, ready to be sent home to one of plaintiff's cus tomers. Mr. Larkin had been applied . to repeatedly to return it, but had never done so, and at last declared that he had lost it. Commissioner—A strange story indeed. (To de fendant).—What have you to say this, Sir? Defendant—The fact is, Sir, that I have the mis fortune to be remarkably absent-minded, and did not discover the umbrella under my arm until I got home. Commissioner—What, not discover that you had two umbrellas instead of one ? The defendant declared, that however strange it might appear, the fact was as he had stated ; his friends well knew his unfortunate failing, and there was a gentleman at his side who could bear witness to it. The individual thus alluded to here stepped forward and declared that what defendant had stated was per fectly true. It was no uncommon thing for Mr. Larkin to forget his own name ; and with regard to mis takes as to property, witness had once known him leave his own house with a poker under his arm in mistake for a walking-stick. Commissioner—lndeed I 1 should think Mr. Larkin must have been larking when he did that. But, when he found out his mistake as to the plaintiff's umbrella, why did he not return it? Defendant—That was what I intended ; but as I was going back with it, I hap pened to call at two or three places, and left it at one of them, but I don't know which. Commissioner—Well then, Sir, you must pay foi your carelessness. The defendant paid the debt and costs accordingly. KENSINGTON POLICE COURT. Yesterday, Maria Ti Ilea, a very beau ilea' of " a queen of the kitchen," vag,o a cook, was charged before Mr. Barlow, the sitting Magistrate, with having been drunk and disorderly at the residence of her master, Mr. J. Jekyll, No. 4, Camden-terrace, Kensington. Mr. BARLOW asked how she came to be so drunk? He supposed she had been drinking gin. Page, a police constable, replied that when he got to the house the . defendant was in the beer-cellar sitting a choral across an ale-barrel,Bacchi plenus, and he had great difficulty in removing the goddess from her throne. The defendant, who urged nothing in her defence, was then fined in the " drunkard's penalty," ss. Within half an hour from the hearing of the above case, information was brought to the Court that the policeman, Page, was no more, haviLg dropped down dead on the high road. It appears that on leaving the Court he proceeded to the house of Mr. Jekyll to in form that gentleman of the decision, who gave him a sovereign to pay the fine, and give the remainder to the cook, requesting him to return with her to see that she took her boxes away quietly. He went and paid the fine, and was accompanying the woman for the above purpose, when, while passing through the posts by the side of Kensington turnpike, within a few yards of Mr. Jekyll's house, he suddenly dropped to the ground in a fit. Lynn, the tollman, and police-eonstable Os borne, observed him fail, and immediately ran to his assistance, and carried him into the Camden Arms, public-house, where he was promptly attended by a sur geon, but life was found to be quite extinct. The de ceased was about fifty years of age, and had been in the force from its establishment. He was much respected by his superior officers. Some period since he was severely injured by being thrown out of a window while endeavouring to quell an Irish row, from the effects of which he never recovered. Latterly he was placed on reserve, being incapable of general duty, and was daily in expectation of a retiring gratuity. He has left a wife and six children. FUNERAL OF THE MARQUIS OF CAMDEN' —The obsequies of the late deeply-regretted Marquis of Camden, according to the desire of the deceased noble man, were conducted with all the privacy his elevated posi tion in society would allow. Before the hour appointed for the departure of the mournful procession from the mansion, the principal attendants and the children educated at his Lordship's expense assembled in the park, it being arranged that they should form part of the mournful procession. A large concourse of persons bad also collected to witness the funeral. Shortly after noon it left for Seal with the children of the school established by the late Marquis and two of the principal tenants of the Lee Marquis on horse back. Tenantry on foot, two by two. The hearse, drawn by six horses, was supported on each side by six of the de- I ceased Lord's senior domestics. On passing through Seal from the road which leads from the park, eery house and shop was closely shut up, out of respect to the family. When the funeral cortege reached the church the coffin was borne by the tenantry into the body of the church. RAILWAY FROM NOTTINGHAM TO LlN comi.—Active steps are now taking, and the Lincoln and Nottingham Railway will certainly be brought before Parliament at the ensuing Session. The advantage of the measure to this city cannot fail to be considerable. Nottingham is now within less than six hours' journey of London, and the fares arc even more moderate than those formerly paid by coach, which was not less than sixteen hours on the road ; and should the railway be extended to this city, it would be placed within an eight hours' ride of the metropolis. Ten years ago this would have been regarded as incredible, yet it has been achieved in other places, and if not attained also here, Lincoln will be thrown behind them in the rapid pace at which improvements pro t ile already d o e u f t e e e t i u i v t p e s gress. By means of such railway, too, there is reason to expect that goods to and from London may pass through Lincoln, to Newark, Nottingham, &c. instead , instead of taking the present dangerous and circuitous r the Humber and uTrent,orpnostehse of navigation, Lincoln Trent area having low, groceries, &c. from London conveyed in one bottom ; a n d makes it tedious tYs may be shown Yorkshire coals carried up th e re a st l a th tro g f h it , 1 by reti t single instance ; wit from 4s. 6d. to ss. per ton more than and to Newark actually Fossdykc to Lincoln, although the d' when carried on the mate rially vary, and a heavy tonnage is 'stance does not at Torksey lock. The projected is Pa) able in the latter c, se Lincoln less at the mercy of who, if he intends to retaitt the lessee of the FoasCiyke, must exert himself, and improvethe present tolls and traffic, Lincoln corn trade the intended much more direct route 'an(' that navigation. To the ful, as by it corn, flour, railway'eannot but be use malt may be forwarded by a expensive;thfcr tdhuee dues it will even make h 1 within an easy dis t t t h a e nee lm o p f . than the one at present taken ; and o t r h ta e ntmarketof Birmingham the farming e only Lincolnshire agriculturist, and indeed supply counties, the remaini eg link wanted con nectte.t., nd Yorkshi district of the cast with the mi potteries,r,s...Lincoainnduthaezmellaen.ufactories ofLancashire EVENING EDITION MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW S SSDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—The election of General Harri son to the Presidential chair may now be considered almost as a settled thing, and it will in all probability be followed up by the re-establishment of a national bank, with an uniform national currency throughout dart Federal Union. Should this take place, the positioa of the Bank of the United States might be materially altered in its extent and influence. But for the present it is enough to say that the institution will be perfectly prepared to resume specie payments on the day fixed by law. At present the Boston and Phi ladelphia Banks hold about $5,000,000, notes of the Bank of the United States ; and it is quite true that these banks have agreed to exchange them for post notes. This operation will make the resumption perfectly easy, and it will also allow the Bank time to realize its assets to redeem these post notes when they fall due. The exchange of $5,000,000 of active circulation for post notes, payable at long dates, proves that the Bank is in a good state of credit, and the result will materially increase its strength. The transaction shows also that the Back is desirous of allowing full time to its debtors to pay up their ba lances, and to realize its assets to the best account. We regret, nevertheless, that it has been found expe dient to adopt such a course of managezent, in order to meet the resumption of specie payment. It would have been a stronger feature certainly if the Pirectors of the Bank of the United States had been Able to fill their coffers with specie to meet any demand from the return of the notes in circulation, but we shell be better abl e t o f orm a correct op i n i on after seeing lho promised statement of their affairs. TlMES,—Connected with the affair of Hammers ley's bank, a correspondent has submitted the draft of a Bill to be brought into Parliament, if his suggestions are approved of, for some administration of the estates of persons dying insolvent less tedious and less expen sive than the Court of Chancery. As a subject of ge neral interest to all commas cid men, leaving even the case of Hamtnersley out of the question, an anal)sis of the proposed Bill may properly find a pl o w under this head. The chief object of the Bill is to transfer the inquiry and administration of the effects of the deceased, where any difficulty arises respecting the execution of his will, to the Commissioners of Bank ruptcy in Basingliall-street ; and where the deceased party shall have lived above forty miles from London, to the present country Commissioners ; who, when acting in the manner provided for by the Bill, are to be called " Commissioners of Inquiry." The clause which may be said to give effect to all the subsequent parts of the Bill, and to organize the whole by at once placing the supervision of a deceased per son's estate, in the first inst ance , un d er l oca l au th or ity, requires that immediately on the death taking place the local registrar of birth s an d d eat h s s h a ll i nqu i re whe ther the deceased left a will, and also the names of the executors, to whom he is to write, requi r i ng th em t o administer forthwith. Thus knowledge of the intention of the executor is at once given to a competent autho rity, and doubt respecting the position of affairs, or as to who is the responsible party, is at once removed. In the event of the executor or administrator not complying with the directions contained in the will, any creditor or legaee to a certain - amount is, according to this Bill, to be at liberty to petition the Chancellor and the Judges of the Court of Review to appoint tlaeCommissioners of In quiry, who are clothed with all necessary powers, such as the summoning and examination of witnesses, the power of committal to prison, the right of assigning to the trustees appointed by the creditors at a public meeting all the testator's estate, and the power of appointing a temporary trustee till such time as the creditors' trustees shall be chosen. The legatee er creditor petitioning for such a commission is not to be entitled to it without his debt amount to 501., and when several creditors join in one petition their debts arc together to amount to 1001. A bond in the penalty of 1001. is the security to be given by the petitioning creditor. The vote in the choice of trustees is to be limited to legatees and creditors claiming 101. and upwards ; and during the public meeting held by the Commissioners, the different legatees and creditors are to prove their claims, either in person or by af fi davit. There is nothing new in this, which is merely an application of estate of law already, but when great grievances exist it u necessary to give sueh remedies as may be proposed, in the hope that if they are not sufficient they may lead in the end to something that is so. If what a correspondent writes be true, the canal companies are most neglectful of their interests in competition with the railways. He states that the Regent's Canal Company have allowed all the trade to be driven off their canal, and large barges to be placed across it by another Company, on account of an insufficiency of water. " The carriers," he sap, " are obliged to land their goods at Paddington on an open wharf, and without shelter. Hence sonic of the carriers have had recourse to the railroad, and sent as much as 200 tons at a time." Such a state of things would prove, as our correspondent observes, had " general ship" indeed. POST.—It was found, on the publication this morn ing of the Paris letters in the Journals, as all well-in formed persons knew would be the case, that the report of the assassination of the King of the French, which prevailed here yesterday, was altogether devoid of truth. Not only had no fresh attempt been made on the life •f his Majesty, but the aspect of political affairs had so far improved in the French capital as to have produced a rise of some magnitude in the Rentcs upon the quota tion previously obtained from thence, say of two per cent., or thereabouts, since the close of the Bourse on Saturday. The more pacific note addressed to the French Ambassador at this Court by M. Thiers, and the imaginary disapprobation of Austria and Prussia of the extreme measures meditated against Mehemet Ali, appear to be the grounds upon which this revival of confidence on the part of the French speculators is prin cipally founded. The fact of the abdication of the Spanish Queen Christina, which was doubted by iotne persons yesterday, seems to be fully confirmed, and this tends to keep the quotations in check, especially those of the Peninsular securities. HERALD.—The foolish rumours current for a short time yesterday about the Stock House, but nowhere els?, and absurdly made afterwards the subject of se cond and third editions by the Foreign-office Evening Print more foolish still, ielative to a more deadly at tempt on the life of the French King, had the effect of producing some portion of the effect on the funds yes terday, for which doubtless they were fabricated. To day, however, the receipt of the Paris papers dispelled any apprehensions that might have been entertained, and the market bee , ime more firm. The long-continued. adverse state of the foreign et changes in this country could not fail to excite atten tion in the United States, where all the people are par excellence traders, and pre.ctical if not theoretical eco nomists. After discussing the question in various of its bearings, and more especially as referable to deficient harvests and large corn imports, the Americans were naturally puzzled to discover why, after the cause had long ceased, the imputed effects should still be in full vigour of operation ; that is why, after corn im ports had so long concluded and been paid for by the remittance of bullion, the foreign exchanges should still exhibit no symptoms of re-action and recovery. On this side of the water they found addle-headed economists and shallow pated traders still stupidly dogmatizing on the derangement of the exchanges as owing exclusively to corn imports long gone by, and as such a cause was manifestly incompetent and inconclusive as to the far removed consequence as sumed, they are not slow in detecting the actual truth of the case, and in settling the egg on its beam ends in the Columbian style, which the fumbling pedants here were variously attempting to,adjust into an upright po sition, from which it invariably rolled away like the Si syphean stone notwithstanding all their toiling and bol stering up. It has not unfrcquently been noted under this head that the prominent and gigantic cause of mone tary vicissitudes and derangements in this country must be sought much more in the nature of Transatlantic o co an p s r e a t oi payments, i s . , tr a T d That na whichgt i n a n f d a; fi et r n Ae a n am ei a ar c , a secondaryt h n o n an i ns andw c e o r r n e a not e m o et p s gd o oa r y a y taken into account, and those American general trade balances and payments with Europe and the world at large, the liquidation of which is always in the end ef fectedt spurious fin d t)y thesame reasonable and through conclusions this eountry. lt. arrivnoted v ed aton h surprising tis matter in the United St a t es , w h ere , i n f ac t com mon sense appears t o b e at a muc h hi g h er prem i um t h an the political economy commonly current here, and so fluently sported in pamphlets, in coteries, and before Committees of Parliament, by bankers with more wealth than wit, and by writers with more brass than brains. SUN.—There was a better feeling in the City to-day as regards the Eastern question, and it was considered a satisfactory circumstance that the foreign exchanges have begun to show a tendency - twimpr ove. There was a rise in Consols of nearly -k per cent. to day, the improvement being friim 86k and 86a to 87 87k for present transfer , a nd from 86k to 871 i for November, the market leaving off rather firmly. T here was rather a large amount of business transacted at the intermediate rates, and th e market wore on the whole, a ve ry buoyant appearance. Exchequer B ills declined t o 1 3 premium, and par , a nd India Bonds were heavy at 10s. to 14s. discount ; no doubt this depression arises from the tightness of m one y out of doors. Bank Stock, after d s r t o o p c k p i n d g i d from t g 1 0 614 h toe higher than n c 2 ln 4 s 3 e d . at The l. ee_ 61 ; and India and-a-Half p er Cents. brought 96k to 964, the Reduced ' Three per C ents. 85 to 86, and the Reduced Three t' an d-a-Half per Cents. 95k to 95k. Thera was co t m uch speculation 0-0! Foreign Market, and the quotations moved but slowly. StockAs wentnothing a l s a t l e o r w came 2Otoibaannddof Spain, the Active 204 in the morning, but of 4rTn 'rig on in the g ot up before the termination 4 ii, business to 2. per Portuguese New Five Cents. rallied from 314 i t o 021 to but the Three Per Cents. were at 2.1 k