The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-19 00:00:00

,P, V 14114 IN 0 P.M.TIOX!. xPlanations for possible contingencies. And, in act, generally speaking, in this directness of pur rse--this simpl e f ran k ness i n the explanation of ie WS -- -consists the charm of Lord PA LM ERS -1°N)8 hitherto published diplomatic correspondence with both Russia and France. We have received Madrid papers of the 10th : l f s t•• No f ewer t h an f our C o -R egen t s were spoken narnph• ESPARTERO, the Infante DON FRANCISCO DE PAULO, and Senors ARGUEI.LEs 444 FERRER. It was reported that Queen C TINA Would never consent to a division of the power of the R egency , an d t h a t, we re it proposed t 0 l ier, sh e wou ld qu i t S pa i n a l toget h er . Accounts 01, t he death of General LATRE and the Duke of .ttanq4t°ol•l had r eac h e d Madrid. The capital was I Five, per. Cents. '25 3-16ths for cash. f en it w as fi rst propose d t o bl o ckade the port Al exandria, as one of the most speedy and effi eines means of compelling the submission of ME eQmEr Au, it was announced indirectly, but not th l ess unquestionably, by the Government here, a t the blockade would be strictly confined to the munitions o f t h e ex p or t an d import of the I ' 6 °ns of war, and in no way whatever in tellr- ' e re with t h e or di nar y r i g ht s and privileges ,f w.e°nmerce. The blockade, we were informed, it c , u hl be carr i e d on p r ecisely after the ex rillePie of the blockade of the Calab rian coast, w e ic e k Was wholly directed against the conveyance o f e i illilit arY stores to Don CARLOS and his rebel t s • °wet's. Our Even i ng Edi t i on o f Th e S un o f e ri aturd av contained a correspondence from Alexan xiat,' dated th e 24 t h an d 25th ult., which painfully hi ti : hl ted the littl e regar d that the Government has 14 "to had t o the pledges thus made to the British M e r chant s resident in Egypt. A blockade which e l a " au ld have been much wiser never to have de tie e d at all, even i n t h e wa y o f e xpediting the set ri:rilect of the Eastern question, is enforced with a I ° : ur which threatens the ruin of our commercial w res ts on the banks of the Nile. Merchant ves with cargoes of British manufactures on board, were forbidd en to enter t h e h ar b our o f Al exan d r i a bv Britis h blockadi n g squadron, by which means the v iti sli residents in that city were prevented from t tttin i i :, g the country with the merchandise already eir warehouses. °''‘' what object do the Four Powers propose to kith ltl selves by the blockade of Alexandria ? Surely ttn 1 % 1 more than to prevent the VICEROY from 11 , 1 ,, k Ying his fleet in the transport of reinforcements pli 4 store s to the army in Syria. And to accom sh t his most effectually it was not necessary Co Bice th e r; , s••p e etest restriction on the entrance of any ot itis n vessel into the port of Alexandria. An ger p consideration here suggests itself. The Four r e 'rs never contemplated the absolute ruin of t et : l "El' ALI. It was never their intention to t ° deprive him of the Pachalic of Egypt, or to ricur in the sentence of his deposition pronounced th Y th e Porte. Why then have recourse to empty to r e , _ ag ainst suc h a man? Why proceed to the pul- ~1 5 ,( 1° ‘Nn of th e C onsu l ar fl ags , an d thus seemin g ly I, h ° '°e the f ate o f E gypt w i t h t h at o f S yr i a ? tiz e Obse rver o f yester d ay i nt i mates t h at if ME -10 ALI offer more than a passive resistance 4 th e Four P owers i n S yr i a , t h e execution of the b ll o ten ce of depositi on w ill be enforced. We attri lt.'e no such resolution to the English Cabinet. „ w ould, in fact, be to leave the question of mtm, rean peace or war to be disposed of accord hg to th e p l easure o f IBRArrim, and his renegade ircther.in-arms, SOLIMAN PACHA. To indulge 4 : °l l 3 tY threats against such a man as INIEHE III ALI, is at once dangerous and ridiculous. f el ! Pacha of EGYPT is not a person to be e htened by mere menaces into concessions which p all not b e wrung f rom hi m ; an d t h oug h t h e F our : we ls could crush hi m by a si ng l e bl ow , we q u i t : t he temper of France too well not to fee Eur cer tain that such a blow would convulse all diffi °P l e ' France will probably consent without P ett " Y to the restoration of Syria to the te etit e ; but while she has a ship afloat, or a regi \vitt- t° invade t h e f ron ti e rs of her neighbours, she tire not Suer:IIEHEMET ALI to be deprived of li ad ministr at i on o f the government of Egeyt• ot ur wc uld the deposition of the VICEROY be less 1`, 4 " °43 to the i n t eres ts of England than those of th e tlce * MEHEmET ALI, with all his fault s, is tit ic ' rea test and best ruler that Egypt has h ad 1 : t. th e downfal of the Saracen power in the tio, 4 . To destroy him would be, in fact, to ex- N'ile o ‘ i sh the nascent spirit of European civilization h en, ,Egypt begins to exhibit in many of her i cstitutions. Moreover, on all occasions he b e sh own a regard for thie country, and a wish to 1 1 % 0 4 t he hest terms with its Government and to ' w hich has proved exceedingly advantageous 'n our relations with the East. We t c ur business is at present with the injury the blockade of Alexandria must inflict on i n e er ee, unless our Government take measures, it 'l4c ert with the other Great Powers, to confine I. °t(i tri i , tt lY to the terms originally set forth. tllle A LMERsToer must be sensible by this time ti sh e a great error was comm i tte d i n l e aving the Bri to mr :Pstil-Ge nera l at Alexandria no discretion as u ' i ng his fl ag , and thus all at once depriving th e r esidents in Egypt of that protection which te e i tl aw of nations secured to them so long as it re- I lkv e t i ( i, l e fl Ying• it was the interest of England to Pe l e e pt the considerations of Egypt and Syria tilt e t t h l distinct—a matter everyvvay compatible 1 )4 C e executi on o f the Treaty of London. It th at en stated, we know not on what authority, L ei . (i t the . block a d e o f Al exan d r i a wa s suggested by illd u ° NsoNne - , to whom rumour attributes the A Ll T ' ec ce of a personal hatred of MEHEMET of 4 11 ' 1 ' 11. 10 - i is often incompatible with the exercise is th : ° und discretion. If such be the case, there Illtrt more occasion for extreme vigilance on the def of Lord PALMERSTON and the other mem tt:f the British Cabinet, as the best statesmen at ° Prone to gratify their individual resentments \ , , N; expens e o f mo d erat i on an d justice. vve have a right then to ex p ect is, that her ' E STY's Government will send orders to the o e i tadil theeya hi 'g squadron before Alexandria, to confine . ° eicka de simply to the prevention of the con- Porr, nee any reinforcements of troo of p arti ly in s, or the ex n:f any munitions of war to the Egyptian resistyria• If MEHEMET ALI offer no forcible :ii ri n declaringietwigeetosuch blockade, the great end had in it will have been accompli shed aye h ut viole "ee. The Allies, properly speaki n g , ho „ Ned uothe le e at all t o d o w ith Egypt. They en to r estore the S ove rei g nty of Syria to the th e rte, a nd it is in Syria oniv they have to look for ee ete; Lie u. winch at present retard such restora a i t h ei is Only in Syria that MEHEMET ALI is ti a; a i n the ev es o f E ng l an d , Austria, and Preis. ej eeted n d , in our opinion, if he cannot he forcibly ‘ v e w e ,: ii tl :;r th S e yria without an a t ti\e k upon Egypt, of r etai „. "t give a rush for tile SULTAN'S chance Syrian sceptr e. Ti le alar. • MOW e xcit e . gro g incr ease o f ra il ro a d acc id ents now witt e „,: t g e eral attention. Scarce l y a d ay passes or °° °ther s ome mela nc h o l y account from one quarter whi ch not on new li nes only, but on those dir ge tor. g ave be en esta b l i shed for yoars, and if the some de cot . the diff erent C ompan i es d o not take evilisiv_ tLe e effective measures ; for abating the f, rtuil ' . sha re h olders will soon firm that the un- The aft; passengers are not the tenly sufferers. for Publi c will look to their own intere.st, and pre. 4ny m ode of conveyance to a raik 'ay, when ' they find that there is no security on lines that are conducted even with more than ordinary caution and regularity. The Southampton line was consi dered one of that class, and we believe justly, yet from all accounts that we have yet received, the fatal accident, which occurred at the Nine Elms station, on Saturday evening, must be attributed to great negligence on the part of the directors or their servants. The state of the atmosphere can be no excuse. Fogs in London at this season are proverbially frequent, and, therefore, ought to have been taken into account in any regu lations made for the safety of the public, and the security of the vast capital embarked in the under taking. We despair, however, of any great bene ficial result from the voluntary regulations of di rectors, or even those forced upon them by a Government inspector, till the proprietors are con vinced by actions for damages that their first object is the safety of the public. Self-interest is no security, as the history of stage-coach travelling sufficiently proves. Till within these twenty years fatal accidents from the negligence or incapacity of drivers were constantly occurring, but since Judges and Juries found it necessary to levy heavy damages and punish the proprietors for the misconduct of their servants, a vast change has taken place. A new class of men have been en gaged, either having a share in the concern, or so well paid that it becomes for them an object of the first importance to look to the safety of the passen gers. The same system must be applied to railroads, and then the shareholders will admit that it was good for them to be punished. As we have re peatedly stated, the salaries must be raised and a new class of men appointed. Can anything be more preposterous than to place two or three hundred passengers at the mercy of a conductor whose ser vices are considered only worth 30s. a week ? PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.—We have given both parties in this parish a fair hearing-, and are desirous for the sake of general readers, that the correspondence should come to a termination. Would it not be better to appoint a grand field-day and fight the battle in the Vestry? A plain statement of the proceedings on such an occasion would do more to enlighten the parishioners on the subject than fifty letters. A Tory Contemporary, the Britannia, stated a week ago, that Lord Arden died worth 800,0001. of personal property, and that he received an appointment when he was in his cradle worth from '20,000/. to 30,000/. a year. This paper will be the death of its friends. In the last number it has given an account of the property amassed by another Tory, the late Bishop of St. Davids, a relative of Lord Liverpool. " The personal property," it states, " of the deceased within the jurisdiction of the Court of Canterbury, has been sworn to under the:value of 70,000/., independent of property out of the jurisdic tion." What he left elsewhere is not stated. Could there be a more severe satire than this on the hypocrisy of those public iaen who, while they lament the spiritual destitution of the people, are amassing princely fortunes, either out of funds raised by the people, or set apart for their religious and moral instruction ? MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The transactions in Cotton are only to a limited extent. The sales 3,500 bags at Friday's quotations. The Lisbon Mail has arrived by the Braganza steamer, sailed Oct. 12. The news she brings is of little im portance. It appears that the James Mattison, from Bombay, was destroyed by fire, about 160 miles west of the Azores. The crew took to their boats, and were picked up by a barque from Newfoundland, and car ried into Lisbon. The captain and 14 of the crew came passengers in the Braganza steamer. The pro ceedings in the Senate have not been without interest. Count Villareal inquired of the Minister of Foreign Af fairs whether there was a chance of a commercial treaty being adjusted with Great Britain, and his Excellency gave the House to understand that the negotiations were in very forward state. The packet ships from New York of the 13th and 19th Sept. have arrived. We have received Sydney Papers to the 15th of June, but they contain no news of importance. Wheat was selling at 14s. to 15s. per bushel, and the price of all other sorts of Grain was declining. We have received the Journal of Antulap of yes terday's date BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM. OCT. 16.—The National Funds have acquired more firmness by the rise at Paris of Wednesday last, but some realizing has been the cause that they could not maintain the opening prices, which were 49 for the Integrales, and 159 for the Actions of the Society of Commerce. Ardoin's re mained at 18. Extract of a letter from Frankfort, October 9 : The news from Paris brings us hopes that peace will be maintained in Europe. The funds at our Bourse, ac cording to the French prices we receive, augment or diminish. There prevails a great scarcity of money at our Bourse, which causes discounts to get up to 51 per cent , to remedy this inconvenience, and to prevent a further scarcity, the banks have concluded yester day a convention, by which the pieces of five francs will be taken in payment for commercial purposes, at two florins twenty-six krewtzers. The lists handed about the Bourse to this effect was signed by all the bankers and merchants. THE FUNDS. Consols left off on Saturday at 87? i for Account, ! opened this morning at the same pr i c e ; for Money, 86-1,- to 87* ; Exchequer Bills, 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock, 163 165 ; India Stock, 243 245. Scarce anything doing- in the Foreign Market. Spanish Actives, 214 22 ; Deferred, 104 11 ; Passive, 5/ ; Portuguese, 32/ Three per Cents., ; Colombian, 22/ -;/ ; Mexican, 261 27 ; Brazilian, 73 74 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 49/ a ; Five per Cents., 944. SIIARES.—Great Western Railway, 1 11 12} prem. ; London and Brighton, 12 11 s dii.; Blackwall, 4 3:1 die. ; Birmingham, 64 66 prem. ; Southampton, 50 51 per share ; Croydon, 10f 11 per share ; Greenwich, 6 7 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 14 dis. Extract of a private letter received this morning from Jersey, Oct. 16 :—" The threatened appearance of war has caused great alarm to many of the English resi dents here, and preparations are being made to repel any invasion the French might make. Last week a general muster was made by the authorities of the French living in Jersey, and their names taken down, to the number of 500, in this town only. 'The different forts and batteries in the island have be-.'n inspected. Guns and carriages have been sent from England in a very quiet way, so as not to cause any alarm." PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Birmingham Ditto New Shares London and South Western 38,1 soi to North Midland 79 Ditto New 4O PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 17. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 9si ' Grand Canal Stock ...... ... Ditto Reduced ...... ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New, 1630 ...... 95,1 Ditto 4 per cent — 36 per Cent. Debs. lIALF-PAST ONE. Although the affairs of the ' East are of a more pacific tendency, still the British Funds, since the early part of the morning, have become heavy. Consols, which were 87i for the 26th November, have receded to 878, owing to some money stock having come to mar ket, at present may be quoted 874 ; and Money, 864. Money in the House at the rate of from 3 to V., per cent. A good deal of stock was purchased on Satur day for Tuesday next, which, it is expected, will cause a scarcity of Consols to-morrow in the market. Little business has been ',done in the course of the morning. Exchequer Bills, 4 2 prem. ; Bank Stock, 164 162 ; India Stock, 243. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 214 De ferred, 104 ; Portuguese, 32 ; Colombian, 228 ; Dutch Two-and-a -Half per Cents., 49i ; Five per Cents, 94. ' In the Share Market scarce anything doing. Great Western, 76 ; South Western, 5O ; North Midland, 79. __- M. Mr. John Beach, son of John Beach, Esq., 0 Blackford, Warwickshire, was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons on Friday last. LITERARY NOVELTIES FoRTIICOMING.— Ni l .. Bentley promises us immediataly two works of extra ordinary interest. A new volume of Sayings and Doings by the inimitable Sam Slick I What a treat for all lovers ' of wit and hurnour 1 What greater treat, indeed, can be imagined than a volume by our friend Slick, whether as a travelling companion, or by the fire-side. The other work to which we draw attention is, a new Romance of the days of Columbus, by the celebrated author of " The Pilot." 1 This IiCW story is to be entitled " Mercedes of Castile." The deservedly high reputation of Cooper , as, perhaps, the grea t es t livieg master of fiction in kis peculiar walk— stories of wild adventure on the ocean, and in the vast prairies and inland seas of his \ na tive land—will always cau se any new prod uction from his pen to be regarded with a similar interest to that with which we were accus tomed to look forward to a new romance from the gifted Scott. ~.. TFIO 5T.7140 , 0N1)0N. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19. lA4O. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY)• CASE OF THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. The October Session of this Court commenced this morning. The Court was opened at the usual hour before the Right lion, the Lord %yor, the Recorder, Mr. Alderman Kelly, Mr. Alderman Lainson, Mr. Ser ge•uit Arabin, the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and City officers. The Grand Jury having been sworn, the RECORDER proceeded to address them. After briefly alluding to the state of the calendar, in which, however, there was no case on which any difficulty would be likely to arise on any point of law, he proceeded to draw the attention of the Jury to one, or rather to two cases, in which the p a rties had been bailed. In these cases an alleged hos tile meeting, or duel, had taken place, and shots had been exchanged, one of which had taken effect. lie was not aware that a similar case had ever before been brought before a Jury. The charge was made under the Act Ist Victoria cap. 25. Up to this time it had never happened that in cases of this description, in which fatal consequences had not ensued, the parties concerned had been charged with felony. The matter had never previously, under such circumstances, been made the subject of a criminal prosecution. It would be, however, their duty, after certain facts should have been laid before them, to decide whether the present case came within the meaning of the Act to which he had referred. He would refer to the 2d, 3d, 4th, and sth sections of that Act, as explaining the law on that subject. By the 2d section it was enacted that, whoever should administer poison, or stab, cut, or wound, or by any means soever cause any bodily injury to any person with intent to commit murder should be guilty of felony, and suffer death. Nos', by the word wound in this section, any injury produced by a shot or bullet was meant as well as any cut, stab, orinjury of any other description. The term was a very comprehensive one, and the question was whether this particular case came within the letter, spirit, and intention of the statute. The next section compre hended the case in which although no wound had been inflicted, yet still an attempt had been made to com mit murder, by drawing the trigger of a pistol, or en deavouring to strangle, or suffocate any person, and it, such cases it was enacted, that such parties should be considered as guilty of felony, and should he subjected to be transported for life, or tor fifteen years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three years. The fourth section related to cases in which the intent was to maim or disable, or do grievous bodily harm, and in such case the party, on conviction, was liable to the same penalty as for offences under the third section. The penalties were all of the most severe de scription, and they should consider well whether the present case came within the meaning of the Act. 11 ) the seventh section, accessories before the fact were liable to the same punishment as principals, and acces sories after the fact were liable to imprisonment. ID cases of a hostile meeting, Lord Hale seemed to doubt whether the second of the party injured was liable to pu nishment in the sante manner as the second of hisopponent. His remarks on that subject were very valuah:e. The matter was one requiring serious consideration, but i the facts brought the case clearly within the meaning of the statute, they had nothing whatever to do with tit consequences. It was their duty to give effect to the law. On referring to the Act called the Statute of Stabbing, it would be perceived that although the words of the Act were sufficiently comprehensive to include a particular case, yet the spirit of the Act must be con sidered likewise, and Sir Michael Foster had said that although in cases of this nature the parties were charged with murder, yet where any justification could be shown, a conviction rarely followed. That statute had been passed to meet the case of persons carrying short daggers, and when it could be shown that the offearee had been committed on the spur of the moment, the party was held to be guilty oi manslaughter. His Lordship then quoted several other text writers as to the law on this subject. It was somewhat remarkable that up to the present time in no case of duel unattended with fatal consequences, had the parties ever been indicted, and therefore there was no case exactly similar to the present to which he could refer. It was, however, laid down, that if one party should in a private quarrel deliberately seek and com pass the death of another, the offence would be murder ; but that if parties met casually, quarrelled, .and went into a field to fight, and the d eath of one of them en sued, then the offence would b e manslaughter. In many cases of this description, in which the hostile meeting had been attended with fatal results, the .Tury had found the party guilty of the minor offence only, or had en tirely acquitted him. He must, at the same time, remark that the new Act puts the seconds in the same position as the parties whose hands had actually com mitted the violence. He had, however, some doubt on the point, whether the second of the party killed stood in the same position as the party killing. This was another reason for in creased caution in considering a charge of this de scription. He bad already remarked that he was not aware of any instance upon record of an attempt to indict upon a charge in which no fatal consequences had ensued. But while they acted with the greatest caution on the one hand, they must on the other give effect to the statute, if they,were satisfied that the ease was clear in point of law. After pointing out the distinction between the de liberation of the act which, in the eye of the law, con stituted murder, and the acting under the influence of momentary excitement and angry feelings, before the blood had had time to cool, his Lordship cited several authorities to show that the spirit rather than the letter of the law had generally been acted upon. In the case to which Le was alluding, the duel appeared to have been a deliberate act, and had death ensued, he had no hesitation in saying that the party inflicting the fatal woun d, would have been guilty of murder. But parties who had been charged with murder under such circu mstances, had generally been found guilty of' the lesser offence. One of the persons indicted was a Peer of the realm ; but that fact would not interfere with the presentment of the grand jury. When they had performed their duty in finding a bill, if' so it should be, it would then become the duty of the Lord High Steward to summon him to trial by his peers. After some further general observations on the case his Lordship left it to the Grand Jury to deal with it according to the best of their judg ment, and the state of the law as they found . it. Captain Tuckett, Captain Wainwright las second, and several of their friends , were present in Court during his Lordship's charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Jain Boivkell, a housekeeper and master bootmaker, residing at No. 32, Green street, Leicester-square, was brought up in the custody of Sergeant Gray, No. 14 of the C division, and placed at the bar before Mr. Gre gorie, the presiding Magistrate, charged on suspicion of being concerned in stealing a plate-chest, containing one silver tea-pot, twelve massive silver salt-cellars, one flat chased scallop tea-pot, two silver plates, a silver challis, three silver tumblers, one chased silver basin, one silver inkstand and cover, and other articles of the value of upwards of 150/., the property of Mr. Samuel Cress pell, of No. 3, James -street, New -cut, Lambeth, work ing silversmith. After some eviden ce was h ear d , t h e pr i soner begged that the examination m i g h t stan d over, to a ll ow him time t o procure professional assistance. Mr. GREGORI E acquiesced, and the prisoner was re moved to the lock-up cell. LLOYD'S SHIPPING -(THIS DAY)• LONDON, OCT. 19.—Wind this day at noon fresh north westerly breeze, and passing clouds. FaLmorrir, Ocr. ‘A ind N. to N. N. W, strong breezes.—Arrived the Delight packet, front the Br...ziis; Braganza steamer, Lewis, Gibraltar—left Bth inst., Cadiz 9th, Lisbon 13th, Oporto 13th, and Vigo lath ; Haber dine, Here, Labrado r . S a il ed the Spey - pac k et, f or Havannah, Belize, and Mexico ; Tyrian packet, West Indies. Off port, the Munro, Munro, from Girgenti. SCILLY. OCT 1 3.—Otr port, the Mary Ann, from the Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, OCT.. I6.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed the Kit. mauro, Smith, for Port Philip; Jane, Bowes, Bermuda; Pieta, Fl o ckhart,llalifax ; G o ld en S pr i ng, I rv i ng, Fer nando Po; William Brown, Gilboa, with the rest of the outward-bound. Arrived the Eliza, from Havannah Montreal, Grilling, New York. DARTMOUTH, OCT. 17 . —Arrived the Saucy Lass, Love, and Patriot, Nichols, front Cephalonia. Blosror,, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Cundy, from Jamaica ; Waterldy, Mutcherrnore, Newfoundland ; Clifton, Shaxon, and Greyhound, Hobbs, Denia. KINGSTOWN, OCT. W.—Arrived the Ann Grant, Mur. dock, from Quebec. Ponrsmourn, OCT. W. N. \V.—Arrived the Prince George transport, Atkins, from Jamaica—sailed the 25t11 July, and Bcrmuda 6th ult. Sailed the Zenobia, Owen, for Calcutta. A brig, waterlogged, with I Son `ler stern, and painted ports, was passed the 9th inst., iu lat. 48. long. 41 , by the British Queen steamer, arrived in the river. YARMOUTH, Isis ou VICHT, OCT. lB. —The Mary Ann, Murray, from Cork to Soutliumptom, struck on the Shingles this evening, and remains. LISBON. —The James Pattison, Cromarty, from Bombay to London, was totally destroyed by tire on the, 29th ul'. —crew saved. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 17.—Wind, N. W. Is. W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Stephenson, from Syd ney, New Brunswi c k, sa il e d on the 28th of June ; Eliza. bah, Sinclair, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Grace Browne, Duff, Virginia; Augusta, Street, Mobile ; Co lumbus, Cropper, New lock; Stephen Whitney, Thomp son, ditto ; Portia, Joss, Alexandria ; Charles Humbert son, Quebec. Sailed the St. Cloud, Emersor, for Phila delphia ; Helen Mar, Mitchell, Savannah ; American, lio!den, New York ; Virginia, Hussey, Havannah. OFF HOLYHEAD, OCT. IS —The Barbara, Bombay. THE LUDLOW CASF. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slit,—The wide circulation of your valuable paper in commercial rooms induces me to trouble you with a few lines, suggested by the publication of a hand-bill, during this week, in the commercial rooms of the north of England. [Our Correspondent here Gives a copy of the hand-bid, the substance of which has already ap peared in Vie Sun ], The above appeal seems to be op en t o var i o u s ob i( ctions, a few of which I will state. To make a public (flail to compensate Mr. Macreeth, without first obtaining his consent, does him in justice, by i mp i 3 i ng that he is so low in eh , eumstances as to need the help of others, when an unforeseen occurrence has deprived him of the power to follow his usual employment, during a short period. although poverty is no reproach when not occasioned by impropriety, it seems to me un fair to lead the public to suppose that Mr. M. has .xperieneed so heavy pecuniary loss as to suffer de privations. It is also unjust towards the employers of Mr. M., who, contrary to the practice of respectable houses, may by the appeal be supposed to have s h own b ut li tt l e liberality, or even to have withheld his sulazy, when he was injured in their service. If taken for granted that the circumstances of Mr. Macrceth render it desirable to raise him a pulse, the means proposed are not fully adequate to the object ; it would have been more wise to have left the sum discre tional, as many of the commercial body are liberally inclined, and in good circumstances, so that one, two, or four crowns would have been as readily obtained as one shilling, and Mr. M. might then have been enabled to invest the sum raised with permanent advantage to himself. If really in distress, it would only have been needful for a friend to state the case, and lam sure it would have received handsome treatment. The indiscretion manifested by the Ipswich party, is much talked of, and is calculated to make their know travellers think the proposals were made after they had partaken of a sumptuous Sunday dinner, and were much excittrl by their spiritual exercises. Under such cir cumstances, probably, subscriptions fOr silver snuff:. boxes, &c., &c., have often originated. Many whom I have met with express their intention,. of discountenancing . the Ludlow Subscription, unless a. further explanation appear, and your Paper is sus gestcd as a suitable medium through which to convey the same to the body generally. by A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Huddersfield, Oct. 16. REGISTRATION-(THIS DAY.) MIDDLESEX. The Learned Revising Barristers (Messrs. Coventry and Shadwell) met this day at the Sessions House, Westminster, and revised the lists of electors for the parishes of St. Mary-le-Strand ; St. Margaret, West roinster ; St. John the Evangelist, Westminster ; St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; St. Clement Danes ; St. Paul, Covent-Garden ; and the Savoy. William Haseldcn, whose name appeared on the list of St. John, Westminster, was objected to by the Re formers, on the ground of change of residence. The Tories produced a letter from Mr. Haselden, stating that he still resided at 17, Little Drummond street, the place of abode described on the list. Mr. Coppock, upon inspecting the letter, discovered that the words " 17, Little Drummond-street," had evi dently been written with different ink, and at a different time from the other parts of the letter. Jones, one of the notice servers of the Tories, on being cross•examined by Mr; Coppock, reluctantly ad mitted that he had been sent by his employers with the letter to Haselden, and had requested h►m to insert " 17, Little Drummond-street." It was clearly proved by the Reformers that the man had not lived in Drum mond-street for some time past, and that he was now occupying a public-house in Bowling-street, West minster. Mr. Coppock said it was perfectly clear this was a barefaced attempt to practise another fraud upon the Court, and he for one would in future protest against any letters being received that were not clearly in the hand-writing of the party himself. Mr. Adey (for the Tories) observed that all Mr. Coppock had stated with reference to fraud, existed only in his own imagination. A letter had been sent Mr Haselden, through the post, addressed 17, Little Drummond-street, which had been duly returned by him to Mr. Payne. The letter bore the post mark, and t hat was sufficient evidence to show that he lived there. Mr. COVENTRY said it was clear the additions had been made in different ink. _ _ A message was then sent by Mr. Coppock to Mr. Haselden, for the purpose, if possible, of arriving at the truth. Oa his return, he stated that Mr. Hase!den had told him that he had not lived in Little Drummond street for two years, but had, during that time, kept the Adam and Eve public-house, in Bowling-street ; that he had been bothered quite enough ahout his claim, and that at last a person called upon him and commanded him to insert in the letter " 17, Little Drummond street." This statement being doubted by Mr. Adey, a gen tleman from each side, Mr. Barnard and Mr. Evans, were deputed to wait upon Mr. Hese!den. On their return, Mr. Evans (on behalf of the Tories) admitted that what had been stated by the Reformers was cor rect, and the name must be expunged, which was done accordingly. The Overseer of Greenford attended to support his objections, this parish having been adjourned to West minster. Amongst them was the name of John Wood man. Mr. COVENTRY asked him what the objection was? The Overseer stated that the claimant had not the qua lification, which he could prove if required. Mr. Adcy submitted that Mr. Coventry had already decided upen this case. A letter had been received from Mr. Woodman, stating that he had the property as described. The Overseer answered, with some warmth—" Yes; that's very likely ; anybody may write a letter, that's very easily done. I am certain he has not the quali fication." Mr. COVENTRY thought as he had passed muster this year, he must remain until next. (Before Mr. SIIADWELL.) Mr. James, the Secretary to the Middlesex Regis tration Society, appeared in support of the Liberal party. The Tories were represented by Mr. Turner and Mr. Payne. The lists for the Savoy, St. Martin's in-the-Fields, and St. Clement's Danes, were revised. No point of public interest was raised. Result of the day's proceedings : St. Mary-le-Strand—Overseers, taken 7 ; sustained 7. Liberal, taken 3 ; sustained 2. Tory, taken 2. St. Margaret, Westminster—Overseers, taken 9; sustained 9. Liberal, taken 5 ; sustained 4. Tory, taken 14 ; sustained 4. St. John the Evangelist—Overseers, taken 10 ; sus tained 10. Liberal, taken 10 ; sustained 5. Tory, taken 26 ; sustained 7. St. Martin in-the-fields—Liberal , taken 13 ; sus tained 6. Tory, taken 19 ; sustained 9. St. Clement Danes—Overseers, taken 8 ; sustained 8. Liberal, taken 26 ; sustained 24. Tory, taken 14; sustained 11. St. Paul, Covent Garden—Tory, taken 5 ; sus tained 4. The Precinct of Savoy—Liberal, taken 1 ; sus tained 1. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE, Last week's arrivals of Grain were moderate, but the fresh supplies were inconsiderable, except of New Barley and Irish Oats, of which there was a fair quantity. Old Wheat, both English and Foreign, maintained its value ; New sold slowly, but not lower. Barley declined Is. to 2s. per qr. Beans unvaried. Boiling and Grey Peps Is. per qr. cheaper. Old Oats supported their terms, bu. New were is per qr. lower than this day se'nnight. Flour meets a moderate demand at the late reduction in prices. PRICES ON BOARD OF SFII' Wheat, Red (old) 564. 68s.' Beans, Small new) -- White (old) Os. 755. ----- (old) ...... —Red (184.'1 .561. 60s. Tick (new) Fine 625. 645. -------- (old) 665. Harrow (new) , 43. 45t. 45 4's. 33 40 42.. 44. ..40i. 42, --Superfine White (I84‘) 58s. 635. ••••••••••••• Fine 64s. (173. —Superfine 6Ss. 72a. ---Foreign free 566. ;Os. Rye 388. Os. Barley 'los. 38s (01d).,... ,, 445. 4f a. Brank Oats, Feed Cs. New . ............ 2 I s. 245. Poland 3os. New 2Bs. 28 ~ 30s. Grinding Potatoe Malting Malt sfis COs. Scotch S °B 7B ' . 3 411' 1 20,.325. -- Fine New .. ........f:9,.. 04s. Irish 21s. ...23 , .fg , 5. Pease, Grey, New ISs.: 406. Flour Town (per sack).— 555. Os. -- Maple New 42s. 435. -- Seconds 525. 5-Is. -- White 40s. 425, ---- North Country.... 5Cs 51, —. Boilers 4Ss. 475. Bran II , . 12, ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour English Irish . Fi.reign SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of beef was large, and the finest quality o, Scots was 2d per stone lower than last Monday ; the more middling and inferior qualities met a much greater decline. The bestquslities of South Down Mutton not lower; coarse descriptions were lowe r, with a ver y heav y trade ; Veal sold freely at last week'il prices ; Pork was 4d per stone lower. Beef 2 s 10d to 4s 6d, Mutton 3s 6cl to ss, Veal 3s to ss, Pork 3s to 4s Bd. Beasts 3,814, Sheep 22,380, Pigs 535, Calves 1 01. TEA MARKET. There was a fair amount of business transacted in free trade, and former rates were fully supported. For Com pany's Congou, 2s. 4d. cash was asked, but there were not many buyers at present. TALLOW MARKET. The demand dull, and prices somewhat lower than last week ; still they are too high to admit of the Trade laying in stock, and, in consequence, the deliveries arc yet very small, and much less than on former years. HOP MARKET. Prices steady for fine sorts, but the Trade bought with caution, Common kinds on the decline, with a dul market. -141 s. RICE MARKET This article has continued in very dull sale for a long period, owing to the favourable harsest, and prices have rated very low. It is, however, now beginning to attract attention, and we shall probably have some larger trans actions, accompanied, no doubt, by an improvement in prices. CANTERBURY Hops.—Considerable business was done at Canterbury on Saturday, and some large sales effected. The Bourn Hops, the grand produce of East Kent, realised over 201. per cwt., as did those of Mr. \Vacher, of Ford, whose growth was between ten and eleven tons. Several other lots of inferior quality were disposed of at 171. and 18/. per cwt. The duty is rising slightly, a nd some business has been done in favour of 33,0001 . THE LATE MURDER AT BARNSLEY.—In ad. dition to the two men, Mitchell and Robinson, who were in custody last week, another who had absconded has since been taken into custody by Carnelley. His name is Fox. The inquest was adjourned to yesterday, when it was con. fideutly expected that the evidence would be sufficient to wa rrant the committal of at least two of the p risoners. The remains of the unfortunate victim were interred at Barnsley o rningin the presence of a large circle of friends and an immense concourse relatives Friday and n morning, of spectaters.—Doncaster Gazette. ItE - 6-ISTRATION. COUNTY OF HERTS. HERTFORD, SATURDAY, OCT. 17. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT AS TO THE RIGHT OF IRISI PEERS TO BE ON THE REGISTER OF 'OTEItS IN ENGLAND. An objection was taken by the Reformers to the claim of the Earl of Mexborough, who was on the list for the parish of Buckland, as follows :—" Mexborough, Lord Savile John, Dover-street, London, freehold houses." The case was argued at Buntingford before Mr. Waflinger, who reserved his judgment till this day-, and from which the various points will be gathered. Mr. WALLINGER—In the case of the Earl of Alex. •. borough which was argued before me at Buntingford on Tuesday last, a preliminary point was raised by Mr. Wortham, that the notice of objection was insufficient ' because wrongly addressed. There is no doubt that this Peer's title is strictly John Earl of Alexhorough, but he is described in the printed list before me, Mex borough Lord Savile John, and the notice of objection is addressed Lord Savile John Mexborough, and I am of opinion that the objector was safe in follow ing the description given by the claimant in the lists, and that he was not bound to know it was the Earl of Mexborough. The notice was served at his Lordship's place of abode on the list, and even if it could be construed a misnomer, it was not, in my judgment, calculated to mislead, and that, under sec. 79, it would not prevent the operation of the Act. I then was and still am of opinion that the notice of ob jection is sufficient. It was admitted that the Earl had a sufficient qualification. In answer to which, the ob jector set up that the Earl was incapacitated from voting. '['his the objector was bound to prove. Whether he has done so satisfactorily or not is the ques tion that was reserved, and for determining which I journed the Court to this place. It was suf e;ently proved on the one side, and not de uied on the other, that the Earl of Mexborough is an Irish Peer, and on the 10th of June, 1830, was so reported by a Committee of Privileges of the House of Peers, and by law has a right (as such temporal Peer of Ireland) to vote in the election of Lords Tem poral to represent the Peerage of Ireland in the Parlia ment of the United Kingdom, though by the 4th article of the Act of Union, 39 and 40 Geo. 111. c. 67, a Peer of Ireland, who is not elected to sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, shall be capable of sitting in the House of Commons, for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, and it was admitted that the Earl of Mexborough has not been so elected. By the express words of sec. 42 of the Reform Act, any person who is incapacitated by any law or statute from voting in the election, shall be expunged from the list ; no distinction is made between incapacity to vote, and incapacity to be on the list. On the part of the objector, there was shown by Mr. Harris, the resolution of the House of Commons, j of 14th Dec. 1699, repeated 13th Feb. 1700, and °4th j Oct. 1702, which was renewe d and added to after the Union with Ireland, viz.—" T'aat no Peer of this realm, except such Peers of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, as shall for the time being be actually elected, and shall not have declined to serve for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, Rath any right to give his vote in the election of any Member to serve in Parliament."—Vide Rogers, p. 94, and the cases there cited. In Hey wood's County Elections, p. 318, the Banbury case, the vote of an Irish Peer was decided to be bad. In the Bedford Committee, Cockburn and Rowe, p. 95, and in the Winchester case, 10 Journals, the votes of two Peers were given up by the Counsel as bad. In the Droitwich case, Knapp and Ombler, p. 69, Lord Southwell's vote was struck off by the Committee. In answer to these it was contended that it is only a reso lution of the House of Commons, and Lord Southwell's case was relied on, where the Committee said there was no statute by which a Peer was incapacitated. But it is to be remembered that, besides statute law, there is common law and the law of Parliament ; that a person is to be expunged who is incapacitated by any law or statute ; and that the resolution, if not binding qua resolution, may at least, when of so long date, so often repeated, so acquiesced in, so uncon tradicted, and so confirmed by the decision of Election Committees (competent legal tribunals established for these inquiries under Acts of the Legis lature), without entering into the question when, and how, that law first arose, be considered as evidence, and strong evidence, of what the common law, or law of Parliament, is, especially when the wording of a resolu tion is considered not resolving as if it was a new rule, that for the future Peers should not vote, but declara tory, as of an old law, that, at that time they had not the right. There are many instances of persons who are incapacitated from voting, though not by statute ; for example, aliens, who are excluded by the common law, 2 Peckvrell 118, Elliott 239. So also, certain criminals, upon the same principle that they . are ex cluded from giving evidence in Courts of Justice, from i n famy of character, and that is by the common law. It cannot be doubted for a moment that the House of Commons held a Peer to be incapacitated from voting, and if he were to vote, that his vote would be struck off from the poll , on the ground that he had no right to vote ; and it is worthy of observation that the same Committee, the Droitwich (cited by the claimant) who said that Lord Viscount Southwell was SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. Clarion's success for the valuable and imperial stakes of Wednesday seems to be a, great a wonder to the cognos centi both here and at Newmarket, as Little Wunder's victory over Epsom Downs. We are not aware that he was ever backed in this market for a shilling I indeed, his public running might well place him hors de combat in the list of favourites. No doubt 100 to 3or even 2 could have been had by asking for. There was a very slight as semblage this afternoon ; but still the betting on the Mos tyn Stakes was brisk and important. It opened with offers of 6 to 4 on the field, which increased to 7 to 4, when Gal lipot was backed with avidity in two or three quarters at 7 to 2, this price could not be long obtained; sto 2 was taken, and the same gentleman soon accepted 100 to 50, which placed him within an ace of premier ; 20 to 11 was offered on the field. Epirus's party rallied and laid 6to 4, and then 120 to 80 that he beats Gallipot ; then the back ers of the latter laid 20 to 10 against Epirus, and at the close it was quite a " toss-up" to say which bad the call ; s i n ce, however, we have seen 25 to 20 offered that Epirus beats the other. 2 to 1 agst Epirus—taken 2 to 1 agst Gallipot—taken 5 to 1 agst any other. 7 to 1 agst Spring-heeled Jack—offered 15 to 1 agst Prince Albert—taken TILE DERBY. o o t ffe i offers, but pr proposed p n o o s business;ed upon any other event.ll to 1 off ere d on T tl " le .o field. bNeh and being DESTRUCTIVE FIRESLAsT NIGHT INSOUTII WARK.—Between eleven and twelve o'clock last night a most destructive fire broke out in the manufactory , f Messrs. Smuda, brothers, en gineers, in Sumner -street, Backside, Southwark. In a few minutes after the disco very of the tire, the engine and men from the Southwark bridge-road destroyed, and bridge-road station of the London Fire establishment ar and about at anend. rived, followed by belonging NV e st o f te Englandthe brigade, engine, plentifully supplied with water, played with such effect a dozen other engin ti es e upon the burning mass as to confine the devouring element to the stack of buildings (occupying nearly half an acre of impossible to ground) in which the fire originated, but not before the bw3hotl:ooof,cAlloecsksrsa.llSfnelaurdsao'sf m fu a r n o u ie fa r c d to a r n y ger Were The loss of property must be very great indeed, but form any thing like a correct estimate. A strong posse from the confusion which prevailed, it was of constables of the M division, under Superintendent Murray and Inspector Mason, were in attendance, and rendered great service in keeping the crowd from imped ing the firemen in their operations. Just as the firemen belonging to the London Fire Establishment, and those of the West of El-wised , assisted by the p o li ce o f the M division, had succeeded in extinguishing this fire, another, and a far more destructive one was discovered to be raging ' in the centre of the of Messrs. Itoslings , extensive piles of pro prietors of the steam sawmills, hundred yards of the spot It presented of timber, about forty sheet of flame. timber in the yard extensive men chants, and of the ificet - ankside, and within a other scene of destruction. a m ost magn high bpeetaele, fi ve or s ix worked its way to the feet , being I the fire Wi" e etches b ar valuable timbers were kept, he. the g destroyed. Through t men, they succeeded judiciouspiles g enveloped in one was thus raging above it beneath, in which the more rester part of which were exertions of the fire insalvTg the premises facing the water side, otherwise the ex eoi:ssivand destruction of property would have been most t e.The loss of property exceeds 5,0001., butfortunately Messrs. Itoslings are in- a Sussex continues indisposed at his ap''art sured. Palace. His Roy a l We are concerned to state that his Royal MA- Highness caught cold during his visit to Frogmore Lodge, soon after the late princess Augusta, and has not left his decease of the i n quirie . s a . ter his health during the last nmeeses apart ments DKucknes in g to n apartment since that pe d rio D d. The Prince and Princess of Capua, the Dake anDuchess of Somerset, and other olland is in constant attendance on the i nt i ma t e personal friends o f f his . Royal Highness, have SELLING AGE ST POST A AlPS.—Attempts hay been made in various parts of the country to disfranchise madeweek.Roya f D r e l lu r .c e . n u t those who oblige the public by selling postage stamps, on the plea that having a license from the Commissioners same previous to selling them, they arc the servants of the Government; but it has been decided that where these individuals were purchasers of t h ey rote not su b-distributors having to account to the \ Commissioners of Stamps, and therefore not disqualified from being placed on the register.—Leed's Intelligencer. for . the stamps, and paid EVENTING EDITION. not incapacitated by statute, immediately disallowed his vote, because it was the vote of a Peer, he being, pur suant to the resolution in question, a Peer of Ireland ; and by the Reform Act, if a party is incapacitated by law, though not by statute law, from voting, his name is tb be expunged on the revision. The only question remaining is, is there any difference in the case of an Irish Peer, inasmuch as he may, before the election, be elected to the House of Commons, and choose to serve ? If he is actually elected, and does not decline to serve for a county, city, or borough, of Great Britain, he may no doubt vote in the election of Members of the House of Commons ; and it was said non con aka, but before the election, he may be so elected, and choose to serve. But the period for the Revising Barrister to look at is the 31st July, in the year of revision ; the words are very distinct on this point, if proved to be then incapacitated," and it would be impossible to know then whether, before the next election, facts would arise, on which the inca pacity to vote would cease ; and, to act on such a prin ciple, would be entirely to do away with those words of the 42d section, as to expunging persons incapacitated— for there is scarcely any case of acknowledged incapacity where the disqualification might not by possibility cease after the revision, before the election. An alien may become naturalized—an infant of age—a criminal par doned, or completely undergo his punishment—and so of others ; and thus this provision of the Act as to ex punging and incapacity, would be rendered perfectly in operative. In case of statutory incapacity the question, it is clear, may be gone into before the Revising Barris ter, and the committees of New Windsor and Roches- ;er have so held—Knapp and Orobler, p. 96 George Wilkinson's case ; and p. 178 Edward Williams' case. Upon the whole, therefore, I am of opinion that the Earl of Mexborough, whose name is on the list of voters in the parish of Buckland, and has been ob jected to as a Peer of Ireland, and not having been elected to serve in the Commons House of Parliament, had no right to vote, and is as incapacitated by law, on the 31st July last, from voting in the election of Members of the House of Commons ; and that it is therefore imperative on the Revising Barrister to ex punge his name from the list. The name of the Earl of IVlexborough is therefore expunged. (Before Mr. SUGDEN.) THE NEW RIVER SHAREHOLDERS. William Astell, and 28 others, claimed in respect •of a " New River share and redeemed land tax" in the parish of Great Amwell, and were objected to by the overseers. _ Mr. George Philips Foster Gregory, of St. Swi thiri's-lane, London, appeared for the Tories to defend these claims, and rigidly examined the assistant over seer n respect to the objections, who stated they were made by :Erection of the overseers, and the words " objected to " were written opposite each name previous to the list being stuck up on the church doors, which list had been delivered by him to the high constable to forward to the clerk of the peace, and that the list now in Court, and sent by the clerk of the peace to the Revising Barristers, had been mutilated by the margin being cut off, on which the words " objected to" had been written. The Tory Agent objected to the Revising Barrister going into the revision of the list upon the overseers' objections. Mr. SUGDEN, said that as the overseer had sworn that the words " objected to" were written on the list placed on the church door, he would revise such list ; at the same time ha considered there was very great blame in the mutilation of the list ; that he had had some others on the Circuit in a similar state, and he should write to the Clark of the peace on the subject. Mr. Inglis, Clerk to the New River Company, proved that the claimant had a whole share in the New River, which was freehold property, and pro duced upwards of 7001. per annum. Upon cross• examination he said that the Company were incorpo rated under charter, that Mr. Astell was a Director and Member of the Corporation ; that there was a Governor, Deputy-Governor, twenty-six Directors, and a Treasurer—in all, twenty-nine—who were severally sworn, or rather now made a declaration, that the Treasurer received all rents and profits, and paid all disbursements ; and the net balance of profits was paid by him to the Shareholders, who, individually, had no control whatever either over the landed property of the Company, their water-rents, or their officers. Mr. Harris, on behalf of the Reformers, opposed the claim. Under the statute of 3d James 1., c. 18, the Lord Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens of London had the power " to have and take the use and liberty of such and so much ground, as should contain ten foot in breadth, and not above, during and by all the length, as the new channel, cut, or river should pass for tha conveying of the water from the springs of Chadwell and Amwell, and other springs in the cuunty of Hertford, to the City of London, leaving the inheritance of the new cut in the owners thereof." He argued that the freehold of the land did not pass thereby, and that the use of the water was a mere easemmt, ar.d could not confer a qualifica tion to vote. He then showed, by the charter granted to Sir Hugh Myddleton and others, that they took thereby no greater interest than the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London derived under the statute. After which he cited fully every clause in such charter constituting the New River Company a Corporation, and insisted that; as the New River was vested in them as a corporate body, the law would not permit a Cor poratiun aggregate to vote, and therefore every member of the corporate body must be struck off the list ; and that, as to those Shareholders who were not member_of the body, they were in the position of a cestuique trust, not in possession, and therefore, under the 23d section of the Reform Act, were not qualified to be on the list. He cited the judgments given in several suc cessive years by Mr. Coventry, and ity Mr. Sbadwell last year, in Middlesex, and by other Barristers in Flerts, who had struck out the names of these Share holders from the several lists. Mr. SUGDEN said he would consider the case, and give his judgment on Tuesday next ; but be would wish the parties to arrange the claimants into cusses, so that the decision in one ease might govern the others. This was done by the evidence of Mr. Inglis, the clerk, and is as follows : IRECTORS.—W. Astell, King's share and Adsentur. er's share ; R. Appleyat d, Adventurer's share; 11. Bow part King's and Adventurer's share ; Henry Dennis Berners, Adventurer's share ; R. Benyon De Beauvoir. three Adventurers' shares ; Charles Edmund Keene, Adventurer's share ; Jeremiah Olive, Adventurer's share ; Thomas Alexander Raynsford, Adventurer's share. SHAREHOLDERS not DIRECTORS.—W. Rous El combc, Adventurer's ; Joseph Grout, King's Share ; Henry George Horton, part King's, and part Adven turer's ; Charles Hake, King's share ; John Jackson, do. ; Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise, Bart., part King's ; George Knight, do.; Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., King's ; Thomas Penrose, do. ; Charles Henry Pilgrim, do. ; James Craubourne Strode, do. ; Isaac Walker, do. The following being merely Trustees, without any beneficial interest, were expunged from the list : Henry Danton, George Philips Foster Gregory, John Edward Honeywood, Walter John Kernich, George Kinderly, Claude Edmund Scott, Edward Janion Tol ler, Arnold Wallinger. DEAD.—Robert Holford. IN BROXBOURNE PARISH. John Jackson. IN CHESHUNT PARISH, Thomas Penrose. IN lIODDESDON PARISII. Henry Bilke claimed in respect of an annuity granted to him by the New River Company for a term of years, as a shareholder in the late London Bridge Water Works, who had sold their works to the New River Company. An Act of 3d. Geo. IV., under which the arrangement was entered into by the two Companies wus produced. Mr. Harris agreed that this annuity was for a term of years, and payable out of the water rents in London. Mr. SUGDEN had no doubt whatever that this did not confer a qualification to vote, and expunged Mr. Bilke's name. Thomas Edgar, 71, Cornhill ; 'William Morgan, 3, Pope's Head, Alley ; and W. Mich°ll's, 79, Lombard street, who claimed for " Freehold Land," were all ex punged, being merely naked trustees for the parish of St. Mary Woolnoth, and held the land for the benefit of the poor of that parish. This closes the Revision Court in Herts. We hope to give the judgment of Mr. Sugden on Wednesday next, in the New River cases ; and with it the final result of the registration for this county. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—TIIC Paisley "laver tiser states that about four o'clock last Saturday morning one of the engines was coming westward on the joint rail way with a train of seven empty soil waggons that had been to the eastward with ballast and stones. The engine was last, and was driving the waggons before her at the time of the accident. At the moment when the engine was about to clear the west end of the tunnel, the foremost was driven off the rails by some means unaccounted for, and all the other six and the tender were thrown off and c rushed together in a hea p . There were about 27 men in the waggo ns, a considerable num ber of whom sittingwer e thrown among the wreck. There were about twelve or fourteen hurt. Of these four or five were able to come to town with some assistance, the other nine were laid care fully on straw , and were brou g ht to the depot in two of the wa ggons. There are only two cases considered very se rious, but the extent of the injuries was not known. The en gine itself wasnnotAtt,7Gn.o_ff tyheesrtaeirlsday morning an extraordinary S U NDAY T scene of confu s i on preva i led in the arish of St. Giles, in consequence of the parochial authorities inspector of en forcingparish. a Astrict eleven o'clockdiscontinuance the Fi- nuisances a d d iv in i s g io i n n , t i h ii a t 0 t pro ceeded, with some where ee constablesSoufndthaey Monmouth-street, posed outside of Jew's the y shops, minately into a cart, drawn np b s ceeded into other streets, all green grocery cart, to the goods, an d . sale, and conveyed them , cleared away all clothes ex , and threw them indiscri minately a horse ; they then pro ore they seized butchers' meat, other commodities, exposed for authorities have r Sabbath, and with the clothes, in the same Green_yard, l followed by a mob. The parish ut eso resolved to enforce the observance of the down Sunday trading during the hours of Divine Service. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR,SUNDAY. —. The(2-44.teen and Prince Albert and the Duchess of attended by the Royal Household, attended Diviae_Service this morn ing in the private Chapel of the's-rfistie. - The Rev. T. Vane officiated. __ In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Royal suite, walked on the Terrace of the Castle through the Slopes, returning to the Castle by the South Gateway. The Rev. T. Vane will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party this evening. Yesterday morning Viscount Ebrington, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady F. Cowper, and Lord John Russell took their departure. The service of plate recently manufactured, as a tes timonial to Sir Thomas Phillips, the late Mayor of Newport, was submitted to the Queen's inspection yes terday, at the Castle, by Mr. B. Smith, and her Ma jesty was graciously pleased to express her approbation. The Hon. Col. Molyneux had the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner last evening. Sir John Scott Lillie and Mr. French had interviews with the Alarquis of Normanby on Saturday, at the Home-office. _ The Marquis of Lansdowne left his residence, Lans downe House, Berkeley-square, on Saturday morning, for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. Lord John Russell arrived in town on Saturday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Despatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office. Viscount Palmerston returned to town on Saturday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Dr. Phillimore has returned to L)ndon after aasi - dence of some weeks at the baths of Wiesbaden. MEHEMET ALI EXTERMINATED BY THE TIMES' INFERNAL MACHINE. On the 12th the Chronicle informed us that Syria was virtually restored to its rightful owner, and the next day, the 13th, the Times announced that Syria was in possession of the Sultan, and that the rights de facto and de jure at that moment coincided. Great advances had thus between the 12th and the 13th:— --;; Syria is now in possession of the Sultan, its lawful Sovereign, as is Acre. Mehemet Ali never had any right in either but the de facto right of a tortuous and lawless possession. Since that was wrested from him, he has no right at all. The rights de facto and de jure at this moment coincide. They are both in the same hand. By what an atrocious and monstrous act of in justice must they now be separated." The Times has always been famous for its early in telligence, but this beats all its former successes in that way. That the thing has been done, that the stolen terri tory has been recovered, is quite certain from the au thorities quoted ; but how i t has been effected we are unable to explain to " Modestus." The Latin proverb says that he who begins has half finished ; and, carrying this maxim a step further, it may be, that when the Allies make a beginning they make an end too. The first blow used to be half a battle, it is now the whole battle. _ . On the 9th ult. operations commenced at &Trout, and on the 13th instant they were crowned with coin plete success both in the Chronicle and Times in Lon don, not a foot of ground remaining to Ibrahim is Syria in the columns of the latter Journal. Ibrahim, in all human probability, was quite unaware at that date he was no longer in Syria, and that the Allies had swept him out of the Sultan's territory. Where ignorance is I:liss, 't:s folly to be wise, and Ibra him is fool enough to fancy himself in Sylie. The dolt! he would know better if he read the Chronicle and Times ; the one would teach him that he was vir tually vanquished ; the other, that he was actually ex terminated. Oh ! that the allied forces could beat him half so ra pidly as the allied journals. But now a secret is out. For months past the Times has been writing about a certain invention slighted by Lord Melbourne, which is of such mighty potency that it can destroy fleets and armies at the distance of miles. As no nation, no power could resist it, the Times has upbraided the Ministry for not buying the secret of this invention for the preservation of the balance of Europe. It is now clear that the Times has turned this instrument against Mebe met All's forces in Syria with annihilating effect, and the great secret is now revealed. The simplicity of it is as beautiful as the power is irresistible. It is a :.%.ertain combination of the letters of long primer, the technical term for the letter in which leading articles are set. At the distance from Printing House Square to Syria the limes brought down Ibrahim and his whole army ! At one shot, a long shot certainly, the Times annihilated the Pacha, and restored Syria to the Sultan. And this wonderful exploit was accomplished by the simple means of one compositor's fingers. Lord Mel bourne may now feel that the secret of this invention was worth 100,0001. A galley of the Times so worked will do in a minute more than the United fleets of the Allied Powers can do in a month. For an Infernal Machine there is nothing like the types of the Times newspaper. —Examiner. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN MAN- CHESTER. About half-past six o'clock on Thursday evening, an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Hobson, in Peter-street, Manchester, which in the short space of half an hour were burned to the ground. The contiguous buildings of Messrs. Mu fin, Lee, and Glover all sustained more or less damage. Two horses and a pony in Mr. Hobson's stables could not be got to move a single step, and were, of course, burnt to death. Three other horses were saved. As to the occasion of this lamentable catastrophe, it is at present utterly unknown, and will probably remain so. Although, from the inflammable nature of the ma terials, it was at first generally supposed to have origi nated in the oil-cloth manufactory, we understand there are reasons to b,2li2ve that it commenced in the place used for dressing and purifying feathers. Mr. Hobson, we arc told, was insured in the County Fire Office to an amount which it is thought will cover his loss, viz.-3,000/. on the building, 5001. the stock, and 300/. the furniture of the house. Mr. Hobson was at Leeds at the time of the occurrence. Mr. Lee, it is stated, was not insured, and it is supposed his loss in feathers, and the furniture of the place, will be from 100/. to 1501. The executors of Mr. George Glover, were insured in the County Office to the amount of 1,000/. which is supposed to cover the loss there. We arc glad to havo it in our power to add that no accident to We or limb, as far as we have heard, took place on this serious occasion. The police were on the spot, and acted very effectually in keeping order. A de tachment of the 10th Foot also arrived soon after the fire broke out, but their services were not required. MANCHESTER,_ SATURDAY EVENING, 10 . O'CLOCK. —This evening, about five o'clock, one of the most alarming fires took place here that has occurred for many years past. It commenced in the cotton and twist warehouse of Mr. John Shawcross, Half-moon street, and which raged with undiminished fury for about three hours, tin eatening destruction to an im mense property in the vicinity, arising from the very confined situation in which Mr. Shawcross's premises were situate. The alarm was excessive when it became generally known where the fire had com menced, arising from the general conviction that it would be impossible to stop its progress by any ex ertions that the most efficient fire-engine establish ment could afford, and of such an establishment we can boast. Besides Mr. Shawcross's warehouse and shop, those of Mr. Matchctt, cotton-merchant, and Messrs. Hilton, paper-makers, were completely destroyed, with their respective stocks. The supposed loss is estimated at 30,0001., but whether the parties are fully insured, or insured at all, is matter of doubt, time not allowing to make the inquiries in the proper quarter. Tho narrow street in which the property was placed, as well as the narrowness of the avenues leading to it, rendered it impossible for the fire-engine force to be of the least service. The contiguity of the principal ha berdashers' shops in St. Ann's-square, was cause of great alarm to the respective owners and tenants, and considerable damage has been done to the stocks of many parties in the attempt to save them, the parties fancying that the flames could not be arrested within any moderate limits. At nine o'clock all further danger \vas over. INSULT TO THE ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN CONSULS AT MARSEILLES...m.IIC Sud has the following : An act worthy of the South Sea savages was committed on Sunday night. A rabble of men, strangers to the town, went to insult the Russian and English Consuls in their houses. This violation of the rights of nations has been re probated by all honourable citizens. It is incredible that such scenes which arc condemned when enacted against us can be re-produced in France, where the well-known miniayseim the force est unc chose sacree—is admitted to have whichia force of law. This conduct shows the mannerhisoceasion, in some men comprehend patriotism. 0 addition to the law of principle, persons. These two Consuls e njoy peo ple of Marseilles, and are regarded more men than foreigners. The English amongst us for twenty-six years, and havet the question of ore as fellow- countey. Consul has resided his family are natives . m . .p., Private s Se wethe esteem of the of our city." Melbourne, arrived in town on atur cretary of Viscount other Private Secretary, the Hon. day. His Lordship's the absence of Mr. Howard, Fortesene, who, during The Hon. Charles Howard, Hugh . his attendance at Downing-street, ia in a day or two. expected to leave town of The following curious calculation the average hadBs:9rse ,t Napoleonui nr n A: l w 6 c B l d o " l 3 i s a 2 a B n a n :9 t de l 6 s la : P' 4 og ai 7 oa nr :i i value of the French . Five per Cent. Rentes, during some modern ' omenteus periods of history, will probablw has been constant in of , n theestrn. In the year 1799 the average was 10:75, in 1 goo n572d32: in the d itnbilrad3 when o 9 1r 1 i , s , X in V i I s I 3 I i : 3 - 3 t 5 r 6 , in 1804 55:50, in 1806 64:92, in 1807 74:55, in retlhaled9ers know, they 1812 8 0:30, in 1813 70:20,in 1814 51:25, in 1815, when n s sal s o t . M ephue%egt A th l e i, the extremepresent no ri p t r i :: prices have been still lower. quarter of 1840, afterwereour „~ ~.