The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-19 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION: MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—Money, though still in demand at the Stack. Exchange, is not so scarce as it has been for the: `.ast two days. It nevertheless yields three per cent. o-a Consols ;31 to 4 per cent, for from one account to Another ; 4 to 5 per cent. on Reduced Stock ; and 4 to 6 per cent. on Exchequer Bills. The advanced -prices of yesterday in the English Stock-market were not supported at the opening of business to-day, and Consols soon declined to 89 for money and the account. No other cause than that of a pressure of money can be assigned as tending to weaken the market, whilst the operations in the later hours of business produced symptoms of general heaviness. CHRONICLE—Mr. Leatham, of Wakefield, in his recent paniphlet on the currency, corroborates, in pithy language, our remarks on the disadvantageous operation of the branch banks of the Bank of England in times of monetary pressure. He says—" Another error on the part of the Bank has been the formation of branches, which are so many points of attack in times of discredit, and all require deposits of bullion for their preservation. The Bank has endeavoured through these branches to induce other joint-stock banks, as a step towards obtaining the control of the issue of notes, to give up their circulations, and to adopt instead that of the Bank, and has offered the inducement to grant a discount account for a limited number of years at a low rate (say three per cent.) to the extent, in some cases, of 300,0001., when the previous circulation of ❑otes of such ban::s has not exceeded 50,000/. During the last year, in the scarcity of money, which had risen to eight per cent., and ten per cent., and while the Bank of England was straining every nerve to reduce its circulation of notes on account of unfavourable exchanges, these orivileged joint-stock banks were discounting at full swing through the Bank of England to large profit,l paying 3 per cent., and charging 6 and 7 per cent. To use n vulgar comparison, while the Bank was driving the btrhg into the barrel at one end to save the ale, a number of gimlet holes had been left open at the other end, which could not be stopped by agreement. It is no answer to these home truths that these branch banks are profitable auxiliaries, and that if they are the gainers by the agreement when the value of money is high, the Bank has the benefit of having their notes put in circulation on advantageous terms when money is abundant, so that the operation on the average is mu tually beneficial. This is true enough perhaps, but k is not a legitimate plea for the Bank to make use of in the discharge of its public duties, because, as the es tablishment charged with the regulation of the national currency, its functions should be simple and disinter ested, actuated by no motive of private or individual gain, but directed solely to the public good. This can not be the case while the national bank of issue has private interests to serve which clash with the faithful performance of its duties to the country. POST.—An influential broker continues to relieve the market of its surplus or floating capital in Bank paper, by throwing out Exchequer Bills to meet such sums as may be seeking investment. The knowledge that fresh supplies of_ foreign bonds are in the market sufficiently explains the course taken in this respect. Of the Brussels loan, lately negotiated, it is understood that Messrs. Rothschild have taken one-half, the same to be divided between London and Paris, though, for the latter, we may suppose a small proportion only will suffice, because the Parisians are becoming wise in these matters, while in England people, much as they have suffered in their credulity, have, we fear, fresh ordeals to go through before they will know how to take care of their money. Seeing that applications for loans are coming from other and less trustworthy quarters, we should not be disposed, in ordinary times, to offer any great opposition to the introduction of the Dutch and Bel gian. They are, perhaps, among the very best of their class. The holder of the bonds may venture from morn ing to morning to look into a newspaper without the smallest apprehatsion of an announcement to the effect that the pay:tient of the dividends has been postponed to a distallt day. There is a sense of honour sad inte grity iq both nations upon which an English capitalist may rely with confidence. He runs no risk whatever of tl4at confidence being abused, nor do we believe that it will be abused on light and frivolous grounds ; but, at the same time, we cannot avoid remarking that the constant recourse which Holland and Belgium have had to foreign nations for the means of meeting their current expenditure argues a want of finan cial power and management which should at least Inspire caution. This caution is the more necessary, inasmuch as the system of borrowing that has been pur sued is evidently one with which the people, as shown by the respective Legislatures, are becoming every year more and more dissatisfied. Proceeding, too, fur any length of time, there can be little question that it must go to pieces. The intelligence that the Brazilians are again candi dates for a fresh supply of money is really grievous. It has, however, been for some time expected. _ . If the public are determined to have more foreign bonds, they must be content to part with their gold as those paper promises are always exchangeable for Bank notes, and the latter for specie. They must also be pre pared to hear of an increased pressure upon the com mercial interest, because the drain will not be permitted to continue'without an effort on the part of the Direc tors to retain a sufficient supply for domestic purposes, SUN.—Public Securities were heavy all day, and I at the close of the market showed no symptoms of a rally. The latest bargains in Consols were at 88i to 89 ; in Exchequer Bills, at 2s. dis. to par ; in Bank Stock, at 159 i ; in India Bonds, at 13s. to °Us. dis. ; and in the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., at to 98i. The Foreign Stocks have been dealt in to some ex tent to-day, but there has been a slight reaction in prices from the high quotations of yesterday, owing to the dearness of money. For present delivery, the range has been lower than for the Account. On Span ish Stock the continuation has amounted to full per cent., and on Colombian to about per cent. The in telligence from Madrid still notices the existence of some unfortunate division among the members of the Regency, and this causes the bondholders to be in rather bad spirits, although a kind of half promise has been given that financial matters shall early engage the attention of the Government. The quotation of the Active Spanish Bonds has been 24 to 231, or per cent. below the current value of yesterday. Portuguese New Bonds have declined from 36i to 35-i- and 1, the Three per Cents from 231 to 23 and ; Colombian of 1824, from 26 to 25i and a ; and Mexican of 1825, from 30--1 to 29. Dutch Two-and n-Half per Cents have obtained 50i- to 51. French Five per Cents 110 f. .30c. ; Chilian 56, and Danish 77,i-, all being reduced rates. The market for the Railway Shares is at present in an uncertain state. To-day prices averaged lower. Great Western were! at 18 to 17, New 7 ; Fitths 4t04- ; Birmingham 74 to 7.2 New 22 ; South Wes tern 13i ; and York and North Midland 15 premium. Brighton Shares were 13'3 to 131 ; and New North Midland 3i discount. London Joint Bank Shares were at 21-premium . The important subject of emigration to British North America, makes it a pleasure to us to notice the efforts of the Colonists to direct attention to the advantages offered in their country to the ill-fed agriculturists of England, Ireland, and especially the mountainous dis tricts of Scotland. The last arrival from Nova Scotia brought us the following : "REQUISITION TO THE SHERIFF OF THE HOME DISTRICT. " To W. B. Jarvis, Esq., Sheriff of the Hom - ; District, &c. &c. " Sta—We, the undersigned, deeply interested in the promotion of Emigration from the United Kingdom to Canada, do request, that you will convene an early meeting of the Home District, for the purpose of form ing a Central Emigration Committee, in Toronto, to correspond and co-operate with the British North Ame rican Colonial Committee, now established in London ; in order that, by constant communication and mutual arrangements, every facility may he afforded to emi grants on their arrival, as to their location, settlement, and employment, namely—By keeping registrations of farms to sell, lands to locate, and labour required ; to ascertain from landed proprietors what portions of their lands they may feel disposed to surrender, for the en couragement of actual settlement and location ; and to correspond with similar Societies in the other Districts, to obtain such information as may be necessary for emigrants intending to locate therein. " Toronto, Sept. '23, 1840, I. i n :compliance with the foregoing requisition, I hereby summon a public meeting of the inhabitants of the Home District, to be holden at the Grand Jury Room, in the City of Toronto, on P.M. Thursday, th e 15th day of October, inst., , at ß I . eri cc Sh • .. B. ff, u. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCIIESTER.—Ovviiig to the continued pres sure in the money market, the demand continues limi ted ; and prices, both of goods and yarn, gradually decline, sales having been made within the last th ree da y s on lower terms than were ever before known. At the same time, it must be added, that stocks are :by no means heavy ; and, a revival of demand (which m;y be limped for whenever a favourable cligne . e takes place in th e • ~, London money market), would probably be followed by a decided improvement. iiiinALF. FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. 16.—There has been ° • c a the prices have more doing in the piece market to-day, but in the wool market been extremely low. There is no change week's quotatio r n ket to report : prices remain firm at last HunnEasFrEt • MARKET . a , ...,ARKET 17. — Thin was any thing b ut a good , Nov.. market to • day the little business (Io one, there being few buyers, and heavy goods, which are wasstl - unprofitable, except in low for the ,canon. A general flatness request at moderate prices market and the warehouses; a b t u n t e S s prevails both in the enter tained of a brisk trade after Christsmtra7g hopes ate SFIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS• FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OY THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle). In the Times of yesterday appeared a'contn tion attributed to a writer of " great respettallilit), ° having " access to the best sources of information," which re quires some notice from us. "It is now," says the writer, " established by the acts, or rather by the inac tion of the Government, by the diplomatic note of Lord Palmerston, and by the positive declarations of the morning organ of the Foreign office that M. Thiers's note has roodered it imperative on the Governments tit the Four Powers to make no conrevions directly to France, whatever concessions they may advise the Sultan to make directly to Mehemet Ali.' Itis not easy to de.; scribe the precise distinction thus drawn betwr_thtonces sions directly made to France by the rour Powers, and concessions directly made v Mehemet Ali by the Sultan in pursuance :If the advice of the Four Powers," And yet we should think the distinction was sufficiently obvious, Mehemet Ali is a subject of the Porte, and, except under peculiar circumstances, one State is not entitled to interfere in the internal affairs of another. On the requisition of the Sultan, the Four Powers of Austria, England, Prussia, and Russia, agreed to afford assistance to that Soverei g n to enable him to reduce a rebellious subject, who had succeeded in obtaining by force large portions of the empire, by which the secur.ty of the remainder was materially endangered. The ex tent of the interference to be given was carefully regu lated by the Treaty of London. The Four Powers under it renounced all separate advantages, and bound themselves to the sole object of aiding the Sultan to re duce the Pacha of Egypt, in order to secure the lode pendence and integrity of Turkey, France had pledged herself with the Four Powers to the independence and in- tegrity of Turkey, but refused to accede to a Treaty for giving effect to the pledge by coercive measures. France having thus agreed with the Four Powers on principle, though no doubt at liberty to give effect or nor to the principle, cannot oppose the Allies so long as they act honestly under the Treaty, and seek no sepa rate advantage to themselves. But pledging herself to the integrity and independence of Turkey, she has re nounced all title to claim concessions to any subject of the Sultan, for such a claim is incompatible with the independence of the Sultan, and, in fact, is only admissi ble on the ground that she posseses a right of protector ate over part of Turkey. The distinction, therefore, be tween concessions made to France by the Four Powers, and concessions directly made to Mehemet Ali, is as broad as the distinction between a joint sorereignty with the Suitan, and a mere title to see that no one of the Allies derives advantage from his interference. But, then, it is said Lord Palmerston " snaps his fingers at a war in Europe ; and that whatever may be his hostility to the Riche of Egypt, it falls short of his determined resistat-ree to M. 'riders, or rather to M. Thiers's successor, for whom the note of the 2d of November was written"—that the result in Europe of the soothing treatment in the East, " if it be adhered to, amounts to the strongest probability of war ;" that " M. Guizots accession to power, instead of being- the signal for a flag of truce, to be sent by the combined di plomatists in exchange for that which the French states man so gallantly held out to them, has been followed by a recrudescence of diplomatic insolence." To all these assertions th@ answer is brief. The note of the 2(.1 of November is insolent neither in substance nor in terms It was not uncalled for, as the memorandum of N Thiers, however gratifying in other respects, involved a claim on the part of France incompatible with the sove reignty of the Sultan, and which it became necessary at once to meet, to prevent advantage being afterwards taken by France of the silence of England on the subject. France, in claiming to prescribe the terms to be given by the Sultan to his own subject, claimed, in fact, the protectorate of the Pacha ; and the assent of England to that claim would have been inferred from Lord Pal merston''a silence. The whole of the assumptions of the writer that war has been rendered more probable by the note of Lord Palmerston are altogether gratui• tous. The memorandum of M. Thiers was conceived in terms which implied the abandonment of whatever was calculated to involve a❑ interruption of tranquil- lity. The note of Lord Palmerston interposed no practicle obstacle to the realization of the views of M. Thiers. But no one doubts the sincerity of the wishes expressed by M. Guizot for the preservation of peace. The note is calculated to strengthen the power of M. Guizot to give effect to his wishes, and not to weaken it, because it affords an assurance that there are no practical differences in the way of a good understanding between France and the Al lies. Indeed, we do not believe that M. Thiers himself ever sincerely meditated war. He was, however, by the system of agitation encouraged by him in the outset, placed under the necessity of making preparations and adopting measures which must have rendered war at last almost inevitable. It is impossible to suppose that the Powers of Europe would have looked on with folded arms while France was adding to her means of offence. The difference between the present Government and that of M. Thiers is, that the present Government is not only disposed to peace for the present, but anxious to avoid whatever has a tendency to lead to war. M. Guizot cannot possibly take objection to the % indica tion in the note of Lord Palmerston, of the right ef the Sultan to sovereignty within his dominions, with• out we are to suppose him to share the iews of M. Thiers, openly advocated by his col: egue Remusat, of the right to a protectoral , : of Egypt and Syria. The writer of the communication in the Times wishes evidently to have it believed thet he was present at the meetings of the councils which he has so minutely described. He lays claim to a know ledge, not only of the where and the when, but of the particular views entertained by the different members of the Cabinet. We are rather surprised that a writer who knows so much should not have known that his statements cannot possibly be true. If the Queen, as be insinuates, and a majority in the Cabinet, as he affirms, are adverse to the views of Lord Pal merston, the majority must of course prevail. We are utterly at a loss to comprehend how a minority in a Cabinet can give effect to their views in opposi tion to a majority. In every body of men, great or small, the opinion of the majority is necessarily the opinion of the whole, and a mi nority can only give effect to their views by sepa rating from the majority. We can be at no loss, then, to know what value to attach to the accounts of meet ings in South-street and elsewhere. Before the writer can expect the world to give bias credit for the accu racy of his knowledge of the proceedings at Cabinet Councils, and of the views of the different members, he must be prepared to show how it happens that all pro babilities are violated by him. It is to libel the Cabi net, to pretend that a majority adverse in views to Lord Palmerston suffer him, notwithstanding, to pro ceed in a course which they believe must end in a war, which they at the same time believed to be both unne cessary and easily to be avoided. The individuals com posing such a majority ought to lose their heads, though, on the supposition, they cannot lose what they never could have possessed. We are astonished how any writer can expect credit for statements which have not even the appearance of probability. (From the Times.) A good deal of blundering turbulence has been dis played by one or more of the Paris newspapers in their eagerness to vilify by every manoeuvre, however knav ish, the objects and character of the present quintuple alliance between the four great European Powers and the Grand Seignor. For want of more plausible topics of abuse, they have assimilated the above great league to the Holy Alliance of 1815. One line will be sufficient to expose the absurdity of such a parallel. Tie Holy Alliance was a league against the spread of democracy throughout Europe—a scheme for crushing all attempts at insubordination on the part of sub jects of any one Crown against their Sovereign, by bringing the whole power of all Governments to bear against the efforts of any individual people to resist the measures, whether good or evil, of their rulers. It was, in fact, a device, and a very hypocritical and odious one, for making despotic government perpetual and universal. It was a de claration of war by Cabinets against nations—a war against the first principles of all representative .go vernment. The revolutionary faction across the water must he sorely pressed for topics of excitement against Great Britain and her allies, when they have recourse to a misrepresentation so palpable as to identify a compact which treats of territory alone with one which looked exclusively to principles—a compact which aims at the restoration of plundered provinces to the State of which they had for centuries formed a recognised and essential part, with one which went directly to intermeddle in the domestic relations between sovereign and subject. It ought never to be forgotten, and indeed cannot fail to be borne in mind by the revolutionists of Paris themselves, that the principle of the existing alliance—viz., the main tenance of the integrity of Turkey—has been distinctly and formally subscribed to by three French Ministries in succession—namely, the Soult Cabinet, the Thiers Cabi net, and the Guizot Cabinet—by no one of which has the slightest objection, even to an active participation in it, been suggested, save only that the means proposed were not adequate to their professed end, and might, with out the accomplishment of that end, involve Europe in risks i rre l evant to t h e i ntent i ons o f the c ontracting par ties. This is one fair exposition of the frauds by which the popular mind of France has been inflamed, and the peace of the world needlessly and flagitiously threatened with a general disturbance. The Paris illessager, which has lately announced itself as being an official a evening t paper,wo other n° tpai:t't:esl public with by h theme appearance revolutionists indig nation in spireg- oFf French 11Guizot skdiainisration. One is the cir stabilitthye distrust, t and to affect the cir culation of a rumour, that Ministers have not courage to face the great quest:on of the address to his Majesty and therefore , to esca p e the ne cessary discussion, have decided on proroguing or dissolvin g the Chambers. A moment's thought might assure any reasonable per son of the folly and extravagance of such a " notion, with a proved majority of sixty 'sises for the Minister ; but unhappily, at times when the passions are much excited, the majority out of doors usually consists of Tilt SUN, LO the most eager, impetuouS, and unreflecting spirits in the community —men prone to violence, and impatient of the 'restraint's 'of reason. The most improbable and a'bsurd reports find ready welcome with a multitude thus composed, and are often converted into formidable weapons against the law and order of iwirtit tY. Another ground of just an;oila ., biersion in the Message'', unac cotrpatie'd by any symptom of uneasiness on a subject which must certainly be considered one of grave impor tance, is the systematic industry with which the Na tional, and other organs of the democratic agitators, en deavour tb sow disaffection among the regular troops, and to persuade them that the Royal Goverment mal treats, neglects ) or views them with habitual jealousy. 11 e should nbt have noticed articles of this kind, had they appeared in any but a journal employed by the Government, and unlikely to bring before the public any question which the authorities deemed it expe dient to pasit over sub silentio. Everybody knows that whispers have been current, which implied the progress of a seditious spirit among the French soldiery, and that the inaugural address of Marshal Soult to the army had indicated more or less of apprehension upon that score. This recurrence, however, to the state of the troops by a journal which would have hesitated at any such step without authority, tends to show that the subject is not a sore one, and that the Government is not alarmed at any investigation of the truth. If an overpowering majority, therefore, of the national repre sentatives, and an army presumed to be faithful, amount ing to very nearly half a million of men, are not to be looked upon as satisfactory elements of strength and safety for the King's Government, it would imply such a total separation and estrangement between the bulk of the French people and the institutions, whether civil or military, of the land, as to us, at least, is extremely diffi cult to imagine. Meanwhile, the public expectation upon matters of most pressing interest abroad and at home would appear to be for the moment suspended. The intelligence from Syria brings military transactions down to the eve of a battle between Ibrahim Paella and the Allies, and in Europe no diplomatic result or pro ceeding has transpired for many days. (From the Morning Herald.) The Caledonian Me' eury wisely affirmeth that the Attorney-General, Sir John Campbell, is not going to Ireland. The reason is what we stated the other day, that there is no place in Ireland for him to go to. Lord Plunket is resolved to stay where he is as long as he can, and to make Sir John Campbell stay where Ire is longer than he likes. It is quite clear that the " Caledonian Mercury" is not the " Caledonian Argus," or it would have seen all points of the question at once, and have known that,' inasmuch as it is an axiom of physics that " two bodies cannot be in the same place at the same time," so it is no less an axiom of law that two persons cannot make one Lord Chan cellor, and that the Irishman in possession must go out before the Scotchman in reversion can come in. Lord Plunket will take no hint about re signing, not even from the gout, and therefore Sir John Campbell must, in Caledonian phrase, " bide his time." And when he does go to Ireland he will not find everything " tranquillity" there, even under the successor and admirer of Lord Normanby. At the very rumour of the " Campbells are coming" the O'Con nellites bristled up their quills like angry porcupines against their old friends, and demanded an immediate repeal of that " remnant of blind bigotry and degrad ing intolerance," the clause in the Romanist Rebel Bill which still preserves a relic of our Protestant Constitu tion in the office of a Lord: Chancellor, which " re peal" would enable the man of the death's head, cross bones, and begging-box, to sacrifice himself for his country on the altar of the Irish High Court of Chancery, and so relieve his Caledonian friend from the necessity of going to Ireland at all. We recommend to Mr. Frederick Shaw, and the Conservative demolishers of the Irish Protestant Corporations, to think seriously of the expediency of proposing such a repeal next Session. It may draw the great agitator's attention off the other repeal for a time, and please Mr. Shaw's O'Connellite ally, Lord Morpeth, exceedingly. To see Daniel Lord Darry nanc, kneeling to Dr. M'Hale, or confessing to Father Maguire, and keeping the " Queen's conscience" at the same time, will truly make it "a great day for old Ire land." Even the Dublin Evening Post, and the Lon don Globe, must be convinced that the " blind bigotry" of Protestantism has got its quietus when t hey behold a Popish Lord Chancellor dispensing Church patronage. That O'Connell would consider the chi ef place i n equity a capital substitute for "justice to Ireland," nobody can have any doubt ; but whether Sir John Campbell would ike the arrangement as well, is a question which we eave the Caledonian Mercury to determine. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Standard.) The official despatches from Syria, which occupy to day so large a portion of our columns, are calculated to make us proud of our country, and to prove to demon stration that a quarter of a century of peace has de tracted nothing from the gallantry and science of British sailors and soldiers. Rarely or ever have operations of so important a character as those which we have been called upon to record during the last few weeks been carried into effect with greater bravery and skill, or with slighter sacrifices on the part of the conquerors. The sti mulus of British example, too, does not appear to have been lost upon the Turkish troops, which have be haved nobly throughout this campaign. The con duct of the Egyptians has completely verified the prediction hazarded in the admirable letter on the Eastern question, from the pen of Colonel Mitchel, which we published some weeks ago. They can evidently make no stand against well-disciplined Turkish troops, much less against British marines. In each successive contest they appear to have melted away from their leaders, after the first few shots. The prudent, energetic, and gallant conduct of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford throughout the whole of the recent operations, ought to satisfy Lord Minto of the folly of his belief that the heroes of the last war are too old for efficient service in great emergencies. We cannot understand in what manner the resources placed at an officer's command could possibly have been more energetically or advantageously employed, than have those under the direction •f this gallant veteran and his Commodore, the brave old Napier, who combining the prudence and sagacity of age with the hot valour of youth, has been almost übiquitous whenever danger was to be found. The simple but graphic dispatch of the latter officer from Djourni Bay—the anecdote which he relates in his postcript of the contest, " a complete race," between Mr. James Hunt, midshipman of the Stromboli steamer, and Signor Chinca, midshipman of the Austrian frigate Guerricre, who should first plant the British colours in the heart of the town at which they landed, is, indeed, a stirring incident. Long may our warfare with our neighbours be limited to the noble strife of emulation. (From the Courier.) The Ministry, Soult-Guizot, openly claiming on its advent to office, to be the " Ministry of reconciliation," and as such hoisting the flag of peace, has been left to struggle with fierce and adverse factions at home, and dangerous compromises from the policy of its predeces sors abroad, without one step in advance to meet its half-way invitation for the resumption of friendly rela tions, and the adjustment of subsisting differences. Th e fact does not assuredly augur too favourably o f t h e peace-loving disposition for which, by his notes or his journals, Lord Pahnerston so ostentatiously claims cre dit. Timely proposals in the true spirit of conciliation must have proved . a moral support of which the value may not be overrated in the very first days of the new French Administration, hastily seated and scarcely reins in hand as it was, with the popular and almost ungovernable war frezy at its i,c ghL. The voice of the party in the British Cabinet, lately so loud for peace a tout prix, far from rebuking the lethargic or wilful neglect of action in that sense of the Foreign office, appears of late to have been somewhat suspi ciously mute. The sop of the Duchy of Lancaster Chancellorship has not been without its soothing influ ence on the late irritable developments of Lord Claren don. The sudden !Teal of the French fleet from Salamis was hailed by most of our Contemporaries, both here and in Paris, as a measure natura ll y emanating from the pacific programme of M. Guizot's policy. But the extraordinary fact is now for the first time announced of its being one of the grandcs pewees of the Thiers Cabi net, preparatory to the concentration of an adequate force for a coup de guerre—" an energetic blow," as our Cor respondent terms it, in sonic quarter or other. The re markable and not too-early activity of the Admiralty, which we have noticed of late, and the indefatigable perseverance of " My Lords," still, has not, therefore, been without its urgent and irresistible motive. The discovery of the meditated treachery of M. Thiers may have been tardily made, but when made, we must do both Lord Palmerston and the Admiralty the justice to say, that the imminence of the occasion has been met with becoming energy. They have done their best to retrieve former errors and omissions of duty, which were almost unpardonable as the consequences might have been irretrievable. A dismantled or destructively re duced navy, with ungarnished shores and outposts, could hardly escape observation, or fail to invite unexpected aggression. (From the Globe.) Some of our Paris Contemp orar i es a ff ec t t o fi n d, i n the principles laid down in Lord Palmerston's note of the 2d instant, a threat against. the French possession of Algiers, and " our establishments in Africa." This is a very idle alarm, as those who propagate it very well know. When a great nation is bent upon keeping any such acquisition, it keeps it, an d i s no t to be dislodged by " principles." But it is rather too much to require that the principles of our whole E as t ern p o li c y s hould be adapted to the principle of the F renc h acqu isition of Al giers. That acquisition rests upon its own ground. It is not of a nature which can furnish any precedent for other transac tions. France to o k Al g i ers , b ecaus e she is chose to take i t ; Europe therefore to be deterred from maintaining Turkeyagainst aggression, because Me hemet Ali acts on the sa m e p rinci ple s on which France took Algiers ? Th e .Y.(!tiona/ boldly says yes—and we d e li g ht i n having c onsistent antagonists, who do not scruple to follow ou t their views to their logical conse quences. The iNrationatof Sunday says—"'There was only one policy to follow : and that was, to declare that we I) ON, 111.URSDAt, NOtEMBER 1, 1840 regarded Mehemet Ali as the founder of a new Empire of the Eat, which wsi.x destined to fill in the world the place of the fallen empire of Consiant:hoPle. 1 N re should have let him extend his power from the borders of the Red Sea to those of the Black Sea ; and we ought not to have suffered the Allies to meddle in the war kindled between the Viceroy and the Sultan, and thus violate the principle of non intervention:" It is eesy to see what trump-card this non-intervention principle is calddlated to become in the hands of players like these. It means non-intervention against whatever dominion a conquer ing rebel, under French protection, may assume over the great European roUte3 to the East. That England has an interest to refuse recognition to such a principle —which is nothing but the principle of unlimited con- , quest over regions which are becoming so important to the commerce of Europe, as well as to our communica tion with our Indian possessions —will hardly be denied in auy impartial quarter. That in this course we have every principle recognised in Europe on our side, we hold to be an element very essential to solid success. If any reason can be given for concluding that we have acted on wrong principles, let them by all means be abandoned ; it i s never too late to do right. But if we do not think ourselves in the wrong, we ought not to make ourselves so, by concessions inconsistent with the grounds of our past proceedings. We would make every practicable concession for the sake of peace and friendship with France ; but we wou ld ma k e no con cession in a form involving a surrender of principle— unless the Pacha's friends can exert more force in argu ment than he has in action. MILLIGEN V. WEDGE. This was an action to recover damages for an injury done to the plaintiff's property by a bullock, the property of the diknelatit, Ipt . t v..hch at the moment of the injury committed was being driver !ii±otgb the streets by a boy in the ser vice of a drover named Ings. Thtt ttue.tion at issue was whether Wedge, the butcher, or Ings, the dfotei rras lia ble to the plaintiff for the damage done. The Learned Judge reserved leave to move the Court on this point, but took the opinion of the jury on the damages which ought to be given should the Court be of opinion that the action was maintainable. The jury returned a verdict of 25/. damages.. A rule had since been obtained to enter the ver dict absolutely for the plaintiff for the amount of damages found by the jury, cause against and for the rule having been shown. Lord DENMAN said that where a party employed a per son to do something for him in a business which was lode pendent of his own, and of which business he himself had no knowledge, the person so employed could not be con• sidered as the agent and servant of the employer, nor was the latter answerable for his acts. Such was the case here. The defendant was a butcher, and in all probability knew nothing of driving bullocks, but employed legs, who might be considered as carrying on an independent busi ness, to drive this bullock from the market to the slaugh ter-house. Ings was therefore a person acting in his own business, independent of the orders of the defendant, and liable for his own acts and the servants he employed under him. His Lordship was therefore of opinion that the rule for entering a verdict for the plaintiff could not be supported. The other Judges concurred, and the rule was discharged. ARCHES' CO UR T, Nor. 18. LOCKWOOD V. LOCKWOOD. This is a suit for divorce on the ground of cruelty brough by Lady Julia Lockwood against Mr. R. M. Lockwood, her husband. The cause Was originally brought in the Consistorial Court of London, and the Learned Judge of that Court (Dr. Lushington) pronounced the sentence of divorce as prayed for by the wife. From that decision an appeal has been entered in this Court. The arguments were heard during the course of last term, and Sir H. Jen ner now gave his judgment. Having stated the proceed ings in the cause, the Court proceeded to consider the allegations brought against Mr. Lockwood, and the evidence by which they were supported. It considered that his con. duct on several occasions amounted to legal cruelty. Such was his behaviour to Lady Julia at Lady Aldborough's, in dragging her up stairs, which no levity on her part or sus picions on his could possibly justify. In 1834 was enother act of cruelty committed at Paris. It was alleged that, having agreed to have separate rooms, Mr. Lockwood had entered into Lady Julia's chamber, and had there kicked and ill-used her. There was no direct proof of the extent of violence, but the evidence was sufficient, under the cir cumstances, to establish legal cruelty. At Versailles, in the summer of the same year, he was charged with using abusive language to Lady Julia, and thrusting his fist into her face, but this fact was not established, and there was nothing in his conduct towards his wife on this occasion harsh or severe. At the same place it was alleged that once he ran after Lady Julia with a stick, and threatened to run it down her throat, which so frightened her that she jumped out of window, and that, being reproached for such conduct, he had replied that "he would drag her out of the room by the scuff of her neck." He sub sequently, however, confessed that " he had acted very wrong, and that he had been a brute to Lady Julia." The evidence of his conduct and his subsequent declarations re specting it, clearly entitled Lady Julia Lockwood to pro tection and redress. At this time, at any rate, there was no imputation on her character, nothing in her behaviour, to justify or even to extenuate such harshness and cruelty. Articles of separation were shortly after this drawn up between the parties, and a hope was entertained by their friends that their disputes and disagreements could have been settled without referring to a legal process. These negotiations, however, unfortunately failed, and Mr. Lockwood subsequently took forcible possession of Lady Julia's residence at Tunbridge Wells, and com pelled her to seek the protection of the law. This step proved that Mr. Lockwood had not then learned duly to discipline his temper and his passions. The letters found in the possession of Lady Julia, written by certain gentle men, though not leading to the necessary conclusion of an improper familiarity, ought to have received a fuller and more satisfactory explanation. They could not, however, have had any effect upon the conduct of Mr. Lockwood, as they were not discovered by him until after such con duct bad been adopted. On the whole, the Court thought the decision of the Court below was a sound one. Ac cording to the principle which regulated the decisions of these Courts, Mr. Lockwood had been guilty of legal cruelty—of such cruelty as would render the further coha bitation of Lady Julia with her husband unsafe. The Learned Judge accordingly affirmed the decision of the in ferior Court, and was bound, under the cicumstances, to condemn Mr. Lockwood in the costs. The facts of the case having been already published, we have merely given a brief summary of the judgment, which occupied two hours in its delivery. MAY V. MAY. This was a suit for divorce, on the ground of adultery, Promoted by Captain May against Mrs. May, his wife. Dr. PHILLIMORE said that he could not offer any oppo sition to the prayer of Captain May. He was bound also to state that they were usable to establish adultery on the Part of the husband. The Coen r—There is no doubt of the adultery of Mrs. May, and not the slightest proof of any such offence by the husband. I therefore sign the sentence of divot ce as prayed for, but I cannot make any order as to costs. COURT OF PECULIARS, Nov. 1 6. Sir H. JENNER Bat also in this Court. ELDRED V. ELDRED. This is' a suit of divo rce on the ground of adultery brought by the husband against the wife. The COURT, thinking the adultery clearly proved, signed the sentence of divorce. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, NOV. 18. IN THE MATTER OF JASPER WIGHTMAN. This was the day fixed for the last examination of the bankrupt, described as a silk and woollen printer, of Jewry-street. The inquiry was one of a complicated nature, and involved several points of legal nicety and importance. It appeared that the bankrupt traded in Bread street under the firm of " Wightman and C 0.," while he had a partner superintending the silk works at Mitcham, and the trading there being carried on under the title of " Wight man and Collins." Separate sets of books were kept at each establishment, the firm in London debiting the ad vances made for the payment of rent, wages, and other outlays at Mitcham, while the Mitcham firm debited that of London with the price of the work done for them and other persons in the trade. The plant, engines, &c. were stated to have cost nearly 17,0001., but in October, 1839, the firm of Wightman and Collins, finding themselves to be embarrassed, executed a deed by which it was agreed that the two estates should merge into one, there being large liabilities between them, and of course the deed being intended for the general benefit of the creditors. The bankrupt and his partner Collins covenanted to pay a composition of 10s. in the pound, of which 4s. 6d. bad been actually paid before the issue of the fiat ; and as the creditors were anxious to carry on the business, certain trustees were appointed to act as inspectors, to direct the outlay and receive the produce of the works ; and Wight man and Collins were each to be allowed 3501. a year for the management of the joint concern.: Mr. TILSON, as solicitor for certain creditors, appeared to prove for the difference between the 4s. 6d. they had been paid and the 10s. promised to be paid under the deed of composition, and was also of opinion that, as the terms of the deed were not complied with, he might legally prove for the full amount of his clients' respective claims, less of course the 4s. 6d. in the pound which they had re- ceived. Mr. READ, as solicitor for the assignees, objected to the claim, as the deed assigned away the whole of the pro perty of Wightman and Collins, which was of itself an act of bankruptcy. Mr. WALDRON, for several creditors, stated that at the moment when the creditors were anxious to do everything for the bankrupt's interest, Mr. Wightnaan bad procured his sister-in-law to put his name into the Gazette, and thus shift from himself a load of responsibility to the amount of from 11,0001. to 17,0001. The bankrupt said he had carried on the business until they had no Longer a shilling to work with. Mr. TILSON contended that so far from the deed being any act of bankruptcy, it expressly pro4d;Sd that its object was for " carrying on the business." A very lengthened discussion ensued, in the course of which it transpired that the creditors, since October, 1639, intended to sue the " inspectors" under the deed for the amount of their respective debts, and that the whole case was already the subject of a suit in Chancery. The Learned COMMISSIONER directed that a copy of the deed should be left with him, and also an abstract of the ac counts, and he would hear further arguments upon this very important case, and be then prepared to give his judgment. RAILWAY SAFETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Allow me, through the medium of your widely circulated paper, to suggest, for the consideration of Railway Directors and the public a very simple method by which the violence of collision on railroads would be much diminished, and which, if it did not entirely pre vent personal injury, would cause fatal accidents to be of far less frequent occurrence than at present. By attaching a large thick cushion, or even two or three common packs of wool , in front of the engine, and at the back of the last carriage in each train, or perhaps better still, between all the carriages, should trains come in contact either by meeting or overtaking the other, the shock would be very slightly felt, whilst the de struction of the carriages would be almost an impossi bility, consequently the safety of passengers considerably increased. A pack of wool will resist a common shot in full force ; and history informs us of their being successfully employed in protecting the walls of be. siege(' towns, &c. Surely, then, similar means would render railroad travelling a matter of less risk than it now is. R. H. B. Leeds, Royal Hotel, Nov. 17, 1840. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings at Nisi Prins appointed after Michaelmas Term. MCDDI,ESEX. Common Juries.—Thursday, Nov. 26, ( Causes with Judgment of the Term) ; Monday, Nov. 30 ; Tuesday, Dec. 1 ; Wednesday, 2 ; and Thursday 3. Special Juries.—Friday, Dec, 4 ; Saturday, 5 ; Mon day, 7; Tuesday, 8; Wednesday, 9; and Thursday, 10. LONDON. Adjournment Day.—Friday, Dec. 11. The Court may return to Middlesex for any cause spe cially appointed. EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prins, appointed after Michaelmas Tcrm. MIDDLESEX. Thursday, Nov. 26, Common Juries. Friday, Nov. 27, and Saturday, 28, Revenue Causes (Customs) and Common Juries. Monday, Nov. 30, Common Juries. Tuesday, Dec. 1, Revenue Causes (Excise), and Corn. mon Juries. Wednesday, Dec. 2; Thursday, 3; Friday, 4; and Saturday, 5, Special and Common Juries. Monday, Dec. 7, Common Juries. LONDON. Friday, November 27.—T0 adjourn only. Tuesciay, December 8 (adjournment day).—Common Juries. Wednesday, 9; Thursday, 10 ; and Friday 11.—Com mon Juries. Saturday, 12; Monday, 14; Tuesday, 15; Wednesday, 16 ; and Thursday, 17.—Special and Common Juries. Friday, IS ; Saturday, 19 ; Monday, 21; Tuesday, 22 ; and Wednesday, 23.—Common Juries. The Court will sit at half-past nine o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 18. CAMPBELL V. CAMPBELL. Mr. SPENCE applied, upon the petition of Colonel Campbell, the guardian of the infant plaintiff, Miss Camp bell, for an extension of the time for that young lady re maining with him in Scotland. His Lordship had allowed the time to be extended from May last until the last day of this Michaelmas term, upon an application by the Colonel stating that it was necessary for his interests that he should be present during the repairs of his farm, premises, and other buildings on his estate in Scotland which had been allowed to become dilapidated during the time he was detained in London upon the affairs of his ward. Those causes still continued, and the affidavit of Colonel Campbell stated, that if he now left his estate, he would suffer very seri ous loss. The young lady herself was strongly desirous of remaining in Scotland, and under these circumstances the petition asked that the time might be extended till next Michaelmas Term. The LORD CHANCELLOR granted the application. IN THE MATTER OF MAME. In August last, a petition of appeal was presented to the Court by a person of the name of Jones, who for a year and a half, or two years, has been a prisoner in the Fleet, for the purpose of obtaining the discharge of cer tain orders made in this matter, by which he would also have obtained his discharge. The Lord Chancellor, how ever, thought there was no ground for discharging those orders, and dismissed the petition of appeal with costs. This unfortunate individual afterwards presented another petition without asking the leave of the Court, which was, of course, dismissed. Mr. WAKEFIELD now applied for leave to present a pe tition to re-hear the original petition of appeal. The Learned Gentleman stated he had gone through the paper, and was of opinion that if the case had been accurately stated, his Lordship would have reversed the order.— Leave granted. The Loan CHANCELLOR then heard original causes. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 18. The MASTER of the ROLLS was engaged the whole o . the day with the case of FARROW V. REECE. The bill was filed by parties claiming to be the assignees of a mortgage, to the extent of 4,0001 , granted by the late Sir Watts Horton, upon one of his estates, together with others, descended to Captain Reece, the defendant, on his marriage with Miss Horton, in 1813, who was the only child of Sir W., but subject to the debts and incumbrances upon it. For many years the interest it pon the mortgage was paid by the agents of Capt. Reece, the validity of which, by innu merable letters, he had recognised. There was, however, no endorsement of the mortgage upon the title-deeds of the estate, and about twelve years ago Captain Reece commenced disputing the validity of the mortgage, and refused any longer to pay the interest upon it, on the ground that he did not receive notice of it at the period of his marriage. The bill was filed in 1832 for a redemption of the mortgage or a foreclosure. The MASTErt of the Roi,Ls, at the conclusion of the arguments of Counsel, delivered judgment, observing that there was nothing whatever in the case which could in any way call into serious question the right which the plaintiff claimed ; and, as he had no doubt whatever, both of the validity of the mortgage and of Captain Recce having had either direct or constr:.e;,:‘ e notice of the exis tence of the mortgage, there must be a decree according to the prayer of the bill ; and an account taken of what was due, and the defendant must pay the costs of the suit. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nor. 18. OELESSER V. TOWNE. This was an action for a malicious prosecution. The plaintiff had been a witness in a cause in which the present defendant was concerned, and had given evidence against him. The defendant alleged that some of that evidence was fal se , an d he ind i cte d t h e plaintiff for perjury. The plaintiff w as acqu i tte d , and he then brought the present action. A ve r di c t h a d b e en given for the plaintiff with 8001. dam a ges, and a rule had since been obtained to set as , cle that verdict and have a new trial, on the ground that the damag es were excessive, or to enter a nonsuit on the ground that as the declaration in the action was in ge neral terms as for a malicious prosecution on all the as.. signments of the alleged perjury, and as the proof had not gone to show a want of probable cause with respect to all such allegations, but only with respect to one, the ver dict must be consider e d as founded on one allegation alone, and then the declaration, being general, the verdict, which appeared to be a general verdict, could not be sup ported. The Attorney-General and Sir F. Pollock appeared to show cause against the rule, and Mr. Kelly, Mr. B. An drews, and Mr. Cobbett to support it. Lord DENMAN intimated a doubt whether he had pro perly left the question to the .fury, but threw out a sugges tion that it would be a sensible proceeding for the parties to come to some arrangement, a nd thus save further dis cussion. LYNCH V. NURPON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff,. a . little boy, by his next friend, to recover damages for an injury which had happened to him under the following ascircumtances:— The defendant was a tradesman, who used . horse and cart, soliciting orders in the way of his business, and on one occasion he left the horse and cart at a door, with no one to mind them, and went into a house in the usual way. While there, the plaintiff and some other little boys got playing about the horse and climbing up into the cart , ar,d, though repeatedly warned not to do so, continued their a musements till at last the horse got frightened and ran away, arid the plaintiff was thereby hurt. A verdict had been given for the plaintiff—damages 501. A rule had since been ob. tamed calling on the plaintiff to show cause why the ver dict should not be set aside and a nonsuit entered on th e ground that it was a rule of law that if a party was in any degree the cause of an accident, by which he himself be came a sufferer, he could not recover damages in respect of that accident. Mr. Sergtant SIIEE showed cause the rule, which was supported by Mr. KELLY. The Couar took time to consider the question; POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. A man named Benjamin Cdkebrcad, w ho is in the habit of dealing in Leadenhall Market, was brought before Alderman Wilson, who sat for the Lord Mayor, charged with having defrauded Mr. Cork, a salesman of the market, of 21/. 93. Mr. Cork stated that on Friday week the prisoner came to him, and told him that he wanted to buy a bargain of eleven sheep at 39 shillings per sheep, and asked him to advance the money, and the sheep should be brought to him for sail by retail as a matter of course. Witness wrote a check for the money and gave it to the prisoner, who purchased the sheep, but turned them into cash elsewhere and absconded. The conduct of the prisoner was particularly ungrateful, for witness had on a previous occasion entrusted him with 271. which was never accounted for. Alderman WlLsor4 said that one would suppose that experiment would have been a sufficient test of the man's want of honesty. Mr. Cork said he really thought the prisoner had re formed, and be did not wish to see him lose an advan tage for a temporary accommodation. Alderman WILSON—WeII, prisoner, what have you to say? Prisoner—Why, I borroWed the check from Mr. Cork, and I'll pay him as soon as I can. I owe him 481. now, for I had the 271. of him he speaks of before. It's only a debt. Alderman WILSON—I am assured that a criminal conviction cannot be obtained in this case. This way of doing business is very loose, and subjects you to plunder very much. Mr. Cork said it was the customary way of doing business in the market, and a case of fraud very seldom occurred indeed. Prisoner—l confess I owe the money to Mr. Cork. Alderman WILSON—When will you pay him any of it ? Prisoner—That I can't tell. But he has had a good deal of my money in the course of business. l'il pay him as soon as I can. Mr. Cork—lie never will pay lam convinced, It was merely to serve him I entrusted him with the money ; and I am desirous to prevent him from injuring abed. Alderman WitzoN—He is a most dishonest and un grateful fellow, and I shot) hold him to bail to answer any charge you may think !AVM , to bring against him. Committed for want of bail. BOW-STREET. John Black, keeper of a coffee-shop in Pococks'-khisf Islington, was yesterday brought before Mr. JARDINE, by Sergeant Lawrence, F division, charged on suspi cion with having stolen from the Pine Apple public house, Hungerford-street, a cash-box, containing about 8/. in ca3b, and other articles, the property of Mr. William Humphries, the landlord. Janet Clapperton, the barmaid, stated that about the Ist of March, 1839,a man resembling the prisoner came into the shop, and called for bread, cheese, and beer, with which he was served. Another man passed through the shop at the moment, and hav ing gone into the tap-room he called to her to know if the landlord was at home, which caused her to go round to give him an answer, but she had not been absent more than three minutes from the bar, when on her return she found that the man who stood in the shop had gone away, leaving the greater part of his refreshment behind him, and in an in stant she discovered that the cash-box had been taken away. The box was safe when witness left the shop, and the drawer in which it lay was near enough for a person standing outside the counter to reach it. Having gone to the door, she saw a man, who was minding a horse and chaise close by, who informed her that he had within a few minutes previous seen a man come out of the house with the cash-box under his arm, and run up the street with it. Thos. Kinsman, a deaf man, proved that he saw the prisoner run away with the pox, but he could not exactly speak to the time, only he thought it was about two years ago, and in the afternoon of thh day it occurred. The prisoner kept walking about outside the house un til some men came out, and, before he entered, he fre quently peeped through the shutters, and remained in side about five minutes. Witness knew the prisoner for about five years, and meeting him about six months after the robbery was committed, he made his escape before he could be given into custody. The pot-boy, on going to the door when the alarm was given, saw the last witness, who instantly said that he saw a man come out of the house, and run away with a small box under his arm. Sergeant Lawrence said that he had been looking out for the prisoner since the robbery was committed, in consequence of the information given to him by Kins man, and he could not succeed in apprehending him until the sth November last, at his residence in Pocock's. field, but he could find nothing connected with the robbery. The prisoner declined making any defence, and he was fully committed for trial. POLICE CORRECTIONELLE.: DUEL BETWEEN TWO CABMEN. In consequence of a quarrel which arose between two men named Chauvet and Biancourt, both drivers of hackney cabriolets, a duel with small swords took place some time since between them on the Place d'Europe. The weapons (unbuttoned foils) were se lected apparently in consequence of both heroes hav ing been formei ly militaires, like the greater number of the existing knights of the whip in Paris. The duel was fought in broad daylight. Chauvet was wounded by his adversary, and the latter appeared on the sth inst. before the Correctional Tribunal to answer the charge of having dangerously wounded his antagonist. Beside him was seated another cocker named Boiteux, who, having acted as Biancoures tenzoin, or second, was ar raigned as an accomplice. Chauvet was examined as a witness, and narrated the details of this singular combat. • The cause of quarrel was neither more nor less than the question of precedency upon the stand for their cabs, to which precedency each contended that he had indefeasible rights. Hence arose threats, insults, and a challenge. "Biancourt (said Chauvet) proposed to go into a taproom with me to pound my head with fistycuffs. But only just look at the colossus. He is stronger than an ox. I had not the smallest relish for wrestling with him corps a corps. I told him that I should have no objection to settle my dispute with him like a gentleman with small sword—like a Frenchman and a brave. We got the foils ; we fought ; and he gave me two inches of his blade between the ribs. I was laid up for six weeks." President—Did not your comrade Boiteux act as your second ?—No, Monsieur ; it was a man in a blouse. More than that, I know nothing about him. Boiteux—Pardi, oui. It was a man in a blouse. It was not me at all. They have been taking liberties with my character. President—Nevertheless, Chauvet, when Boiteux ac companied you, he knew full well that you were going to fight a duel ? Chauvet—Possible. I rather imagine he doubted it. Boiteux—Oh, yes. I doubted it—' joliment— beaucoup.' Another jarvey was then interrogated ; but he de clared that he had merely assisted as an interested spectator, having taken no especial part in the denoue ment of ti►e affair of honour. President—Biancourt, you are at liberty to explain yourself. Biancourt rose. He was a man of some fire-and thirty years, of colossal stature, and prodigious mus cular strength, judging from the breadth and brawni ness of his shoulders, and the immense circumference and perfect roundness of his arm. He had a handsome face (for a Frenchman), set, as it were, in a frame of thick black beard, and notwithstanding this garniture en Turc, the habitual expression of his countenance was ra ther of a sweetness and amenity than quarrelsome bru tality. " Gentlemen (said he), here is exactly what passed. 1 will tell it to you telle quelk, without add ing or retrenching. I have got to be proprietor of two cabriolets de place, and the first day that I drove out in one of my vehicles, I took up my station in front of the Chinese Baths, on the Boulevard. There was no one on the station, and as I arrived first, I took up my station, quite natural, at the head of the first rank. No sooner had I drawn up my horse than up comes Cocher Chauvet, whipping his horse like anything.' I did not know him, nor he me ; good reason why —it was the first day I rolled in the streets of Paris. Well, Chauvet drives up to me and says, with a grin, What is this big new face wants here?' Offended by Lis gibing tone (though I have since discovered it to be habitual with the couchers), I told him rather smartishly' to let me alone. Get out of that,' said he,' you have no right to plant yourself at the head of all the line. It's not your turn.' Yes, but it is my turn,' said I ; first come first served." You think, because you are a fine man, to frighten me ; but great hulking fellows are seldom stocked with brains.' So he continued to worry and plague me. What I wanted was peace, so I drove my horse over to the other side of tue Bou levard. Egad I thought I had a chance of being left quiet for my complaisance, but, sure enough, there was no pleasing him. Over he comes to me, and continues his gibes. Who the deuce cares if you are big,' says he ; I have served in the 4th Hussars, and I could eat both you and your horse.' Leave me quietly,' I replied, and I thought to drive off a little distance further, for the street passengers were now beginning to collect round us. Then Chauvet called me a coward,' and the spectators applauded him. The blood mounted to my face. ' Very well,' said Ito Chauvet, since you are determined that it shall be so, I have no objectienf I then went to the Passage Choiseul, to M. Alike's, an old regimental com rade, and bought a pair of foils. Then said Ito Chauvet, 'Get into my cab and we shall arrange this matter.' But he preferred remaining in his own cab, and we drove off, each in his own vehicle, to the Place de l'Eu rope. We were followed by about 200 persons, who were anxious to see bow the affair would terminate. Chauvet had his friend Boiteux for his second. I knew no person, and addressed myself in vain to several of the bystanders. Not one of them would consent to become my temoin. At last I entreated a man wearing a blouse, who stood near me, to render me this service. If you refuse me this favour, which I implore of you with all my soul, the duel cannot take place ; they will say that it was my fault, and will repeat that I am a coward.' The brave blouse yielded to my entreaty. We entered an enclosure surrounded with planks, near the entrance to the railway ; we penetrated through the opening left by one of the planks which was deficient. There were but four of us inside, Chauvet, Boiteux, myself, and my second. The curious spectators re garded us through the chinks of the pallisade. We then took the buttons off the foils, and sharpened the points. After that I showed the arms to the witnesses, it order that they might see whether they were of the same length. One of the witnesses took the foils and threw them on one side, and the other on the other ; it is a regimental custom. Chauvet and I undressed ourselves, each picked up his blade, and then we crossed weapons. Mind what you are about,' said Chau vet ; I have taken down stronger men than you.' Good,' said I, 'we shall see that pre sently.' After playing our blades for a few se seconds, he made a pass or two at me. I held myself on the defensive merely, studying my man. His second pass sufficed to let me see the stuff he was made of. Good, lam on my guard again. We cross, encore, carte, tierce, thrust, parry, not a touch. Good, we cross again ; he thrusts, I parry, and quick as lightning put in a half-lunge—a simple half-lunge•—I touched him under the left arm ; they carried him off in his own cab. A few days afterwards all the cockers said to me, said they—' Biancourt,' you made an excellent "OP. Chauvet is done for ; he'll never recover.' Now this vex e d me sorely, and though I had grande envic n d ot h . A him— he last to I heard goand that him,athe poor was doing he appeared much pleased , an d I lent him a little ti n ' (comrade's duty), according. to my means. Good. llfellow, w ' better.yet I dared veisdite Now, there, Monsieur le President, is my whole recital ; and I ask whether every Frenchman would not h ave done as I did ?" Chauvet—l asked you for no money Biancourt—No ; but I offered it, and you took 1 I don't reproach you with it. I hate dicputes ; neve was of quarrelsome disposit i o n in m y life, either in th army or out of it, and this was my first singly' combat. President (to Chauvot) — W ho was it that propose the duel with foils ? Chauvet—lt was I. President—Did Biancourt at first refuse to fight ? Chauvet—C'est vrai. President —And then you called him " coward!" Chauvet—Very true ; but he first said tat he would break my head at the grog-shop. lircsident—Biancourt , did you u se that language Biancourt—When I saw that he was absol bent on t`ghting, I said to him, " Come tt . the grog shop over the way, and I'll pay yon for your insol chi full measure. You sh all have it in a brimming cho pine." M e ss;eurs, I throw myself on your indulge nce. The Tribuna. l, after hearing the Avoc at du Rol, let off Boiteux, and sentenced Biancourt to six days' im priscntnent. _ -----......-.. EVENT NG ED I I 'ION. CORN ii.VERAGEtI ---40.---. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORNrn 5 For the Week ended Nov. f, 1840, ntide up from Edgi the ge,an tu e 00 the Inspectors in the diflerent Cities and Downs Wales, per Imperial Quarter. g ., s . v d .. i iA . , . 3 g n : '' .... ............ 1% 4 4: °II' Wheat ' 6 , s 23. I Oats B,,rley 24s. Si. I Rye Week AVER AGES ending WHEAT. n BARLEY'. E T , 1 .. 1 E () l A . /t i t!' E . I aWEEe %S i : . . . __............ Ang P LI" ---------- * -----"--- ------- 5 ..-------. ..---.• op 7- 10 Oct 4 64 0305 z p E 44 i n - 4 3 16 63 3 36 5 :3 8 :i7 3 ', " ‘.i 4 3 S 23 62 5 3I 1 23 1 36 If 143 •,.; 43 30 6l '7 33 3 22 5 37 1 4, 1 1- 7 43 , i t Nov. 6 62 1 31 9 .2 S i 3 , ; 1 4,1 o 0 r 13 ..........62 2 34 6 "c 2 0I 35 8 "" ... y r ti (5 ,,, A IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE S.. 7.. ..44 , - wheat 62s. id. 1 Oats ..._.... 226. 11d. I BOW. ........ , el, • Barley 3ss. 7d , I Rye dd. Donis, OW FOREIGN CORN. . 3,. Wheat 2ls. Bd. I Oats ......... 13i. ed. I Beans.. ..... 5 ,, eit. Barley Ps. 4d. I Rye .......- THE MARKETS. [ARKET last markct-aay, COAL hips arrived since s. d. I.‘ 0I Walls 17 6 Walls 0 0 6 Walls En d Haswell. ....... Qg E n d Hetton ..... .•••••• End Latn ,erton tnn Li 9 Derwent Main Garestield Lfolywell Ma n-- Orig•nal Windsor's Pootcy IS 2 otywe.. .. .••• an Ord's liedhugh - a ... • 3 c. Pontop Windsor lB 31Walls End Caradoc ... : ..... 2 i , 3l Walls End remberw•- _ 6 Tan fied Msor Butes l3 6 Walls End Hartlepool ..... 0. 1 • Townley . ..... West Hartley... Walls E d liewm,e anc!C s 1.2 3 Wat;,, End Tees ............ ••• g 1 . 'Va Wallsll s End t d i I .4 n o l s d f a o: . t . h ...... .. 21 6 im , ..... 16 ar 22 3 Walls End West Tee s ' .... 9 & .. o . - Walls End Kilhngworth ...... *4 0 Walls End N. ,r hu 1 herlaild 0 1 () Hartley ' ................. !,0 .... •.. Walls End Belmont W. E. BraddylPsHettou . 23 6, Walls End D0 . ° 11. " . ythe .... ................... ...... I • ;OUNTRY CORN MARKET COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ,-ii,,,e., Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. 12 . e . t . ......"+ --- ; l7' S. 4 ' 4. Per Quarter. s. to s. 5. to a. I. to S. 3 , to !a 39 44 Beaton 6-aintiee 54 66 32 SA C 6 34 9 6 b p w 40 B ighton 53 67 30 39 24 29 40 41 .... 41 Cambridge , 60 35 —. 21 I -••• 4 , 2 ": ig Chichester„„ 61 32 2 3 ---.. 44 '' Dunmow 52 66 36 4 0 26 34 ao 44 Grantham Grimsby 5B 70 35 39 22 26 42 46 '''' „ Hailsham 7l 78 26 32 22 29 -3! ~,,,' 4:s Hitchin 56 64 32 42 24 32 2j 40 'f., 3! Ipswich 62 70 36 32 24 28 Ut l 46 7' 49 Lewes 59 64 36 28 28 34 4 4 ... Lynn 64 68 36 39 21 28 4 2 50 ; 4.,, 4 Maidstone 69 76 36 39 26 32 40 44 1 60 Norwich Petworth - t Romford l4 '7O 34 W 23 32 53 45 1, '.' Sandwich 56 77 34 43 27 34 '"2. 40 ' !, Tnetford Wishech Witham 56 66 32 ' 9 28 32 45 4CI 4 ' Yarmouth 62 70 33 35 26 32 38Nvo101. . 1 ' LIVERPOOL CORN M A RKET. . 3. 6,1,t 0 10' 4 WHEAT, English, White, per 7011)...... ................ ', 0 ; 0 Red -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx ... -- Irish, White 6 0 9 10 ------ Red 7 8 3 4 Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b.. . •••• • 2 10 0 0 Irish . 0 ° 4i 0 Foreign .. 39 (4 4 f?_ B AR LEY, English, Malting, per Imp. qu a r ter .......•' . „ 1 0 . 9 --- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. .................. f, • ;?. 0 --- Feeding .... . .......... . ....... ... ..................... ~.' 0 5! 0 BEANS, English, per imperial quarter .................. 17 4f , ,. 0 Irish, &c. ...... .. ...................................... ll „ 4 5i; „ Foreign ...... . .......... . ....... . ....................... ll `6 4 ,`,.' PEASE, English, per imperial quarter ................. 4 ,, 0 4, 0 ..--- Foreign ....... ... . . .................................. 4 . ,-.! 0 5 4 0 0 FLOUR, English, per 284113. ................................. 1 , 1 ; 0 2, 0 --- Irish - ............. -. fr . , 0 • ;i 0 OATMEAL, English and Irish, per . 24 . 01b5.... ....... .. - ` 4 i ii le it" INDIAN CORN, per 4801 h. - ........... • ... ....• „,. 0 0 RYE, per Imperial quarter . .. ............ .1 .... ..... ; 1 ,7 ; r. 51ma, per Imperial quarter .............................. HULL CORN MARKET. „ A , . 694. Wheat, White (per Quarter) ...... .. ........... 58t b.t . e gA. Red .......................... ........ ........ . 40 , 1 2‘,,/: 6 4,:. Foreign .................... .. .............. ... . 4 , 6_ . 1 2,1,',. 0 4, Barley, Malting ............................. .. ....... _9 . 4 . „,.;'. 3 0°, Grinding .............................. 2t,.. 4 , f,„ vs. ..... 20,...." - • - ,I Oats, British ~,,,, r . Foreign (in b0nd ). ............ . ............. • 2 24 . -''' .59 Beans .... ..... .... . 405.425. 4* Pease, Blue and White .............................. ._. , r „ OA Linseed ........ . ........................................ .....4 7 1 . ' 44 , 50 , , Flour (per sack) ......................... ~. . 66 304 ............... .. ............................................................ .... . :5%1. ,11.5. lip: Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) ........................ i -'• , CHELTENH AM MARKETS. . -so I Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. 6 7 Wheat 7 0 9 0 8eef..................... 6 $ Bar l ey 4 0 4 6 Mu tton ..."'' 1 th Oats 4 6 . ..... 1 5 0 Veal Beans tease 6 0 1 Lamb -.. ~• ...... ...... • Hay 4/. 8 105 to 41. . . Is. .... per ten. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white......-.- 114 s. to 765. ....... 01d........... —s.; to ..../. --- red 44a. to 638. ....... 01d.......—....... —s. to —ll. • Barley, Malting. , .... 30s. to 515...... Grinding.. —s. to -4. Oats Beans Ws to —a....... 01d........... 423, to 47 5 . Pease ..............-........ 425. to --5...« , .- Grey.... Sic. to --t u CHELMSFORD MARKET. 30 Wheat, White 65 to 68 Oats Red 1 Barley Chevalier Grinding 5 95 3 Beans, T W m i a c h i a t . g e . a . .n..................i ........... 4 0 7 0 ) 4,4 Barley Chevalier Grinding HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. tol e Wheat, Marks B A 7 i:l n la s l w t_, icr w ke h d i white 39 33566 : t tt o n o 3 4 38 3 80 3 1 330 to cl6o Barley, Mecklenburgh 11, to Ir Magdeburg 336 to 334 ---- Magdeburgh... P,,7_,' t o 1% luo JP ---- Brunswick Holstein ....... !!,-:, 40 ~ Mecklenburg 3lB to 36-i -- Mecklenburg ..• ' 4 to J..' 4: 56: li 2 va , n , : a r h ow ... n . .. roi.te ...,. - E i S d u e m r m ... e . .r................... 7; 4 ; tt 00 1 . 7 ; --- Polish -- Elbing and Ko -- Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg :gs n t t o o 3376051--_-_ HEaosltstte_.irnie.: ..... n..d....: ~ . i l o ,4 ; 1, 0 , a -- Dantzic 210 to 235 Malt ...................... Buck Wheat.. ....... .....: , s n 'e to :_o nigsburg 225 to. 246 Rapeseed, Hanover .. ; 5 0 ts 1 ,•i5 210 5 to 230 Tares . ....................... --- Upland 1/0 tO ' • Carolina a 3 n d d Riga and 4th corroN. .V* 5 Tennessee 7 1 4t0 9% Mnranhidh ................ 4. 4 Georgia, Ist sort 2d 673, ”S Madras ..••••••' . , _ 65i Surats .......................... . ; 7 Mocha tO 4 1 Bit ........ 4 Batavia COFFEE. FEDoEn.aingo .....• ...... 11 to 13% Domingo ......... .......•..... 5 Britt Sumatra 516 5% La (inayra ...... ' . ...... . • 00 White Portoßal 1 11:: ............................ 0 1. R it i i : ovbite ßrowt 6 AR.— B H a a h :a a n na h , 4% SL A . L ct 4 tO4/ (With 8% DISC°II" 1 ........... '.4,' iv* ‘ 1 5 4 6% Pernambuco' Brown ...6 .... . __ Brown . 4 Manilla. Bro, , n, 5 W 6 LoaNdvyT F. t w u i r a d t e r . n g week for Cott mo e Rutl and and Lady Ei d i evnh e tiitn A echic s: L E.— The Earl o, $ da ANOTHER The MYSTERIOUS ve‘ nhCy"tie the et; e Castle,s returned l c n v e li e° s r , li!eita, :f o : r si a ,r it ia l : proa a c Y hi from Dldo, of WRECK. ret eAdstthopetbel',:filodastiori y, the Ist September, Calcutta, on uor o .1 .,, when bearing to the . And u' - Sunkseylon, was startled by a yell of supplication .., 0 6 pelt. from several voices on the weather qu arto ._ dip people on board u nable 7, t hej tinguish the the Dido, however, were to whie_rutett persons on the raft or no r ' must have , clung, "although," says a private letter wobject on board, ou ' they were close to us, so close that seY ia ible. so high tof the water as a boat, must have beet:9odt Everything was done to save the sinking viretgu 'iuei, d the f diztre • ssing to relate, they were lost sight of, and , er , o, dent remains a mystery. A vessel called the Broto _„00.0 have picked them up, but it is wrong to hazard coon. uon so distressing a subject. East In Teller die -------------' ; ra SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to Silve for, Forks , b icltev o bility, equal in appearance. Table Spoons et Co dle,.ieli 8 essert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons, ss. per dozen; Table ~.1 o f ve to li inches high, 7s. per pair • the particular me ta beid. these d a in rt t i h cl i e s s m ar a e te m ria a l de by is so like ' silver, that it es° °" stO uv. from it by the stamp ; every article made in silver is f° a t, RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Gsfera:9_SOV° Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale e f it to the"--. Catalogues of prices gratis• of On the 15th list., at Beitrnleßrs- street, Mrs. J. ''' 'Verack.e°' ifs a daughter W er° On the 15th inst., in Great Cumberland -street, ~. , the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Bonner, of a aloe': of ‘,.. 60 j, Oa the 16th inst., at Ilfracombe, Mrs. ' R. Fre,e l , in irg• Ij. On the 16th inst., at Hertford, the wife og ' f S . ll ay Evoanes,thsuerlg7etohn,inosfta.,stohne lady of Louis Coh en, Esq., ° street, Finsbury, of son. ri , e ke ig°4 0 On the 17th inst., the lady of Mr. John ,-,-- ' blAi r l . Cannon-street and Dovr ga te-hill, of a son. e f flig On the 18th inst., the lady of R . Fisher, Esq ., - park, of a son. of i h° MARRIED. E 54" got , On the Ist of September, at Madras, T. Claker,„ os eno - civil service, to Frances, eldest daughter of I - 1. Diy, e ' e icletidifr, one of the Judges of the Sudder Adawlut at that x - r op' to On the 17th ult., at St. Antholin, Watling-streent, polo, E. N. Shevier, of her Majesty's Customs, I,°"°ork..terrscet Christiana Potter, daughter of Mr. C. Potter, of P Peckham. at Cli&I gr l inst. do 7 is t e h eioa,n C Ao u , ean a ht t asd S : t a . Lti J ea a nr r g oeLssc'ison,eCehlitu,r:hi I; I l i e s" ..,- t coo p i c o- iiipo of e O i i t . h n e L th S a e r a , , to on• o f th o 13 %1 a n r e y h , e r eldest h e daught er Middle Toefmßpliec.hard (11 1 .e P ale ie y d, ni -L °l: q t: , On the 24th of August lanst,laßtDßOmbay, "--• Pullen' 1(1 1.0 °I the Hon. East India Company's naval service. On the 26th ult., Mr. H. Burman°, Chelsea, aged 77. A PS 311)14 On the 13th inst., at Walsall, Staffordshire, E. - ' E' C I ; ri l su th rg e eo l n s . th inst., at St. Osyth, Esse l t m a ybe' hono O on n ra the 15th inst., at Bradley House, widow of the late Mr. R. Mayhew, aged Stl. .0 n 61°‘v cestershire, Mary, the wife of S. Hewlett, Esq., age' .. of . 1 ' on ly 50,.. W. F On the 15th ina., at Brighton, Bernard, the 1 z-Patrick, Esq.,aged P.P.' us, IA to t t r h y e ele6eteheienfstth.,eJcohhanpNeließhooylaasl, Vsoty.apu:ndes,rarr;inefrotiodet French Chapel and Embassy during the Restoratem- 9,,,ejoesi Forest o3firs.leii. to which he was attached upwards of 30 years. eldest daughter 0 and c h a pl a i n of the chapel of the Catholic Veteran at ,-.• 1 cif klernus. tette- , R O D n u t f l a i n e t llth ,n of Surrey,atLeamhiiinigton,filrecet-,2,- 1 sq, P ut ne y , - o f London: Printed atil Publishedbr No. 11'2,, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, '4ra:di the county of sliddlesex. —Thursday, November 19,110. I I 1