The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-18 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. LMS-HOUSES FOR AGED AND DELAYED WATERNIEN AND LIGHTER MEN OF TFIE RIVER THAMES. Prosperity to the Corporation of London, and the 111:Igistracy of London, and other toasts tellowed, and a most convivial evening was spent. Fitzwilliam, Hobbes, and other voodists, sung gees admirably during the evening. Toe hilarity, in fist, trod upon the heels of the forbidden hour. A large amount of contributions was announced by 1\14r,. Cooper, the Honorary Secret:;ry, amongst which vere 30 guineas from Alderman Lucie, besides a de nution of 200/. ; Mr. Drinkald 100 guineas, besides donation at 100 guineas ; Mr. John Addis 50 guin , cas, in addition to a donation 01,50 Afuineas ; Miss Brown 50 guineas, and Mr. J. D. Brown 200 guineas, besides tvto acres of land. It was also stated, amidst loud cheers, that Mr. J. D. Brown insured his life for the benefit of tbe Institution for the sum of 1,0001. the interest of which he would regularly pay to the day of his death. "Maw Institution; we rejoice to say, is likely to be extremely: prosperous. MURDER OF LORD W. RUSSELL Norfolk•str2et, Saturday, Three o'Clock, p. m. The workmen engaged at the residence of this ill fated nobleman resumed their researches at an early hour this. morning, anticipating that the whole of the missing articles would be found. In the course of the day Inspector Tedman, Ser geant Pollard, and fnur constables, made an inrportant discovery (which; it is stated, was a shirt spotted with blood belonging to Courvoisier), which was the 7esult of their labours yesterday. It is reported that they found, this morning a waistcoat, also spotted with blood, belonging to Courvoisier. We have since heard, but cannot voila for the authenticity of tho statement, that there is no truth in these reports, nothing of any im portance having been discovered since Thursday last, when a pair of gloves, spotted with blood, and supposed I to belong t o C ourvo i s i er, were found.] A coanini-cjtion has, since the murder, been made to the police by persons connected with the Thames Tuned, to the effect that the name of " Courvoisier" appears in their books as a visitor to the tunnel on the Ist instant. It has, however, been ascertained that it was nee- Feancois Benjamin Courvo:sier, the valet to the late Lard W'ffliaer Russell, and who is accused of being museleeee, bat his uncle, a highly -respectable man, liwgikeeeponsible situation in the establishment of a worthy Baronet, at present on a vi s it to t h e Archbishop of C an t er b ury, at Lalebeth Palace. Da Ftida}eel ground-plan of the house was taken, by order of 11.e.' Wing, th e D u k e of Bedford's agent, and it is under -steed it is intended to produce a model of the pre ices ISt the next examination. No weapon or instrument likely to have been used for the eomilsion of the foul deed has yet been found, and an opt Von prevails that, from the time which elapsed brtwecn the murder and its discovery, th e mer _ iferrer, whoever Le might be, had ample titne, in addi tive to secreting the articles which have been found, to aconite even one of his Lordship's own razors, of which there four in the room, and preventing its exhi titing any appearance of having bees usf.,d. It is understood that, on the day subsequent to the murder, Inspector Beresford, while obtaining from Courvoisier a list of the articles supposed to have been stoles], and removed from the promises, asked him for a description of the seals attached to his Lordship's 'vetch, when Courvoisier fetched a wax impression of a seal bearing the arms of the Bedford family, saying that the impression had been taken from one of them. That seal was the one found by Inspector Pearce be hind a leaden water-pipe, not far from the skirting board, behind which the articles first discovered were found. Behind the same pipe was also found a signet usua!iy worn by the deceased, which had ben been and nearly broken, apparently for the purposo of t,t‘:m4. destroyed. It is also stated, that on an exami ndtion inado, in the mornin g alter the molder, of toe bed in Cotirvoisic,r's room, it appeared to have been ran:pled and dtsturbetl, but had net the appearance of a person haying elopt in it. 11` __YDROPIIOI3IA. aentittna ll hasa ha n d e d us iitetal copy of a notice which be observed in a market twill 1:t [4:6 cour:t v (Devon). It is a curioity in its way • N , )tice.—To . the Pubiie.—lt has been represented to us.t.hat mid dog has bited other dozs in the town and its vie'Tnity ; we hereby caution all folks that all d.igs found in the town and neighbourhood without having on a muzzle, will, after this notice, mubjecl such dog to indictment at the Quarter sions." IticHAtto KE3IPTHORNE, Const;:ble."— Wisteria Times. On Saturday, eter the laying of the first stone of 41a Alms-houses for the service of distressed watermen and lightermeo, on Penge-common, Sydenham, by the Right Hen. the Lord Mayor, the occasion was cele brated by an entertainment at the large Commercial Thera, at the foot of London-bridge, in Southwark. The Lord Mayor, who presided, was supported by Sir Launcelot Shadwell, the Vice-Ohaacellor (who is an old Thames waterman himself), Aldermen Lucas, Thomas Wood, Humphery, and several mercantile men of the first respectability " along shore." The preseace of his Honour, who came from the west to sup po%t the sbildren of Neptune in the East, was hailed wit, peculiar enthusiasm, which was, if possible, in creased when he delivered his manly address in favour of the poor objects of the charity. 'rho usual loyal toasts were drunk with the usual banotre,lust that, of the " Queen Dowager," who, upon Ong &formed of the object of the charity, at once consented to beers= patroness of it, and marked her siactrity by inclosing a check to the Secretaries for 100 guineas, was received with reiterated cheers. The Lee; MAYoa, in proposing " Prosperity to the Institution," made some pertinent observations upon the .coadition of the watermen and lightermen. In former lays their 10ours were profitable, and they little itrought that an asylum would be necessary for those who should fall i4to years or decay, but the erection of •lai4ges and gigantic improvements in steam, and a va rErsi of other causes, combined to render it imperatively ineutultenespen those who had derived affluence from titeir*earreas to aid in the support of the old and dis ateinbele of the body. He knew that on such an coeersion 'heart and hand would show a close alliance, and that the powerful exertions of Alderman Lucas, the Prealdeat, to whom the success of the institution was maialy attribute*, would be backed by the Corpora tion, mad all time., commercial men who were aware of the vie of the old watormen.—(Load cheers.) Alfferman Lucas begged perinifsion to:reply to the toast, unusual as it was to ask sue!, a favour, but he fat that he outsold be excused, as a ll around him had assembled solely lor the purpose of accomplishing the great abject of erecting an asylum for those whose la bour, and industry had no mixture of sham or deception in thein.—(Ohects.) He knew that he woeid gain credit for the recommendation, for he was a freeman of the Wattrmen's Company sixty years.--(Cheers.) If -ferturae had deserted him in proportion as she had been kind to hire, he should at his advanced age be at that moment a petitioner, and a fit object for tine iu stitetion which he took such heartfelt pride in advanc ing. It laid r)ettsed Providence, however, to give him great prooperity, and to supply him with the means as' well as the inclination to promote, su admirable a charity. —(Cheers.) Hsi had had a great deal to do with the "'tong shore men," and he knew the public spirit by which, in former days, they bad been distinguished, wt. 7n they stepped forth in immense numbers to join the pos,T,. and in other ways to defend their country from th• invasion of lies enend.s.--(Loud cheering ) The fine rsld wl,o is in the S2A year of his ag-, then pro posed the heath of the Lord Mayor, who cad on that day lad the tnundnton stone of the A;y:urn, and ahem, be said, be consder. , nl to lie, toe.,ether with the Corpora tion of Loudon, bound up with the population of the rivcr Thames. The LonD MAron, after ha , ,ing refurncd thanks and reassured the meeting of his exertions in support of the \ !urn, proposed the health of his Honour the Vice- Cii,ineetior, the wel-Lown and highly eqeerned friend of the. vv.vertnan. Alderman Lucas seconded the motion, and stated enat he could bear the strongest testimony to the warm fccling4 entertal'bed by his floac;ur towar.ls the laborious s. Tne toast weir c,ive4l with deafening eheera. The VICE-CHANCELLor. thanked the large and r i espeetab!,l coalracy a;sembl e d f or so hi g h a porp ,, s , E., received krs birth in this great toetropoli.i, and 14e hid ruceived his education on the banks of the beau -1011 raver, vshich id)oundeil in sources of amusement the ,c.ooomical and salubrious that could be found its the %hole range of harmless and wholesome recrea tieg.-...(ilieere.) lie had FeCti a great deal of the in dustry an l toil of those whose service they assembled to promote, hot to his surprise he ltd never heard until the ntbur day of the int ent i on to procure a place of retuze for th e aged and infirm of the numerous liodr. He regretted that 10 was a stranger to the re at mmjerity of the gentlemen he had the honour to arliltress, but it the spacious room in which they sat ha.il pcnail tn.-be filled u ith old watermen, gathered to , „ ze tho r from ifiercnt porta of the Thames, he dared to say tff,z there mould Lot be a roan amongst theta who could not repreFulte in his face that of an 0141 acquaintance.— (Load clieers.) That he came ainotrgt the visitors to .Pen,rti-eercrococi most Nillin;ly wai from the fact th-aticise Itiouset:t he received a letter iiiviiin ;r him to the ce.rvenny from Mr. Cooper. the secretary„ he accepted tttr 4iyitation, and expresse,t Irts aetermuiation to old Oita threw to the best of his ability. —k (Cheers.) 11 e Arusted that all t:irrse who resided on the banks of the Thatritss, at had derived profit in some tray, in property 4,1` ih p ' ,.6 - Asure, Irons the labours of the watermen, would ront:Fust their apploval of their industrious habits, which turocrd,ont to be less scrrieeab,e to the po:ises3ors than to thorn kir vacm they tone?.?, and he hoped that, as tte Lord Mayor and Alderman Lucas had intimated, Corvora.sion of London would strenuously exert !;Jr the benefit of the " po)r 'roars shore teen.'—(Loud cheers.) The health of Alderman Lucas, the exceilent and Iveserable President of the Institution, was next r)ro pased, and was received in the most enthusiastic tnas'ner. TIVE FIRE. James Covington examined—l am Inspector of the C division. On the morning in question I received in formation while at the station-house in Vine-street, from the constable Green, about a quarter past one o'clock, that there was a tire in Mar3lebone-street. I ran directly to the hou e. The lower part appeared to me to be all in flames. I went into the next house, i No. 32, and up to the attic, and found there a constable of the A division, who was calling to a man at the win dow of the adjoining house. I endeavoured to draw the man's attention by throwing a blanket towards him. He, however, got out of the window, standing on a small piece of cornice, and holding on the window frames, and got along until he reached he window at which I was. I and a constable took hold of him as soon as we could reach him, and dragged him in at our window. He was dressed all but one shoe and his hat. Had we not assisted him, he must have fallen into the street. I then ran down stairs, and assisted in knock ing a hole through the wall which divides the front area of No. :32 from that of No. 33, and dragged a boy through who was in the area of No. 33. He was only slightly bruised. Constable Dranc,C,No.l4l,aslisted me. By the CORONER—The than who escaped by the window got out of the middle one, and managed to get past the other window, but there was then a bleak be tween the cornice of that house and the one I was in, at which moment we got hold of him, and saved him. Mr. Superintendent Baker here laid before the Coro ner and jury a plan of the outside of the houses, ex plaining the situation of the parties. By the CORONER—A considerable time elapsed be fore there was water. I should say it appeared longer on account of the vicinity of the engine -house. Had the engines had further to come it would not have seemed so long. The Coroner and jury said the conduct of the witness reflected credit on him, both as a man and an officer. William Dranc, C, 141, examined—l was in Lei cester-square when I heard of the fire, and on reaching the spot the first and second floor were on fire. [The remainder of the witness's evidence was in corroboration 1 of Inspector Covington.] By the jury —Saw no turncock. Some time elapsed before there was water. Edward Francis Lipscombe examined—l am a police constable, A 63. I was with Goodchild when we saw the smoke. The doors of the house were closed, but suddenly I found the shop-door open, and I went in with others. The flames were then running round the shop and parlour. By the Jury—l consider the fire must have originated on :lie shop floor. I assisted Covington in getting the trial iin at the window. When the fire burst out at the ; win lows it appeared to come out all at once. I heard pen wens screaming in the house. The turncock did not app ear to know where to find the plug, and he would not let us have the irons for us to try. Saw none of the inmates of No. -.2. Mr . Oxchell Duchanne examined :—(He was assisted int o t he room by two persons, being unable to walk, ha , 7ing injured his feet and arm in escaping.) On being acc onimodated with a chair, by means of an interpreter he said : It was about half-past 12 when I returned hog ne that night. I knocked very hard at the door, bu: ; no one answered. I then rang the bell, when are 'tiler French gentleman came down and let me in. W s both went up to the second floor, and went to bed. I v, vas soon afterwards awoke from my sleep by cries of fire , on which I instantly got out of bed and ran into the front room, opened the window, and tried to reach that : o f the next house. B y the Jury : My friend had been in bed before he let in .e in. We both slept in the same room, a middle roo m .on the second floor. Did not know where the fire origiea tted. Th ere was no smell of fire when I came horn e. P ,v the CO RONER —After I got out of the window I belt l 'oy the sill, and kicked with my feet at the top of the first floor window of the next house, which I broke, and in doing so cut my feet, when I fell on the leads of the shop, from whence I was got down by means of a 14d ler. I end my friend rented the second floor. :ignor Robino exami ned — Corroborated the last wit -0 OS' i ' s evidence. I ly the Jury—l was awcke by the smoke and smell of fi re. Jumped out of bed and opened the door, when I srA v • flames on the stairs. _ .. • v; is jam Thompson examined —.I am 14 years of a g e, arr r ' i i , ve been errand-boy to M r . Clark far two Months ( -,:, Ty' ; in the front kitchen. Mr. Cl ar k s l ept in the . J :me! L rt )om behind the shop. The middle room %13 used „ o, f parlour. Mr. Clark and th e servant were a t hor 3e . on Wednesday night. The s ervant slept in the tai' 0., room on the first floor. MN. Clark, her c hil d, an 1 her sister, were at Gravesend, where they have been " ' ortnight. Mr. Clark is a cheesemonger and gro cer . 0 . 3 Wednesday night I went to bed at eleven o'clock, a'. d the servant fetched thy light away. Mr. parr, 0 ,, °F the deceased, was then sitting with Mr. Ciark, 7 3o kin g . D oes n ot kt:ox when Mr. Cowley, the other U 7 !ceased, came home. , By the Jury—There was in the shop a large Iles'nire cheese, weighing fifty-five pounds, s:x Dutch INQUEST ON THE BODIES. On Saturday afternoon, at four o'clock, a jury, con sisting of th e churchwarden andfourteen of the princi pal inhabitants of St. James, Westminster, was empan nelled before Mr. Higgs, deputy-coroner, in the loJard room of the workhouse of that parish, Poland-street, Oxford -street, to investigate the circumstances attendant on the deaths of Mr. John Marr, cashier to the United Kingdom Assurance Company, Waterloo-place, aged 46 years, and Mr. Joseph Cowley, clerk to Messrs. Stultz and Co., the well-known tailors in Clifford-street, Bond -street, aged 35 years, who were burned in the destructive fire which occurred on the night of Wednes day last, at the house of Mr. Adam Clark, cheese monger, 33, Marylebone-street, Regent -street. The inquiry, from the variety of reports in circula tion respecting the origin of the fire, and the tim o which elapsed before water could be procured, excited the deepest interest. The jury having been sworn, and Mr. Russell ap pointed foreman, the following witnesses were called : William Green examined—l am a police-constable, C, No. 59. On the morning of Thursday last, about ten minutes before one o'clock, I was on my beat at the top of Air -street, a few doors from the house in ques tion, when I saw a cloud of' smoke issue from out of the front, about the windows of the first floor of No. 32, Marylebone-street, and go over the houses opposite. I ran to the spot, and, as I reached it, a flame, about two yards in height, issued from the drawing -room win dows. It was from the two windows next to the County Fire-office. I then sprang my rattle, and ran over and knocked against the shutters of the shop with one hand, while with the other I rang the house-bell. I then ran to the engine -house of the County Fire office, which was next door but one, and gave the alarm. Mr. Carter, the foreman, looked out of window, and answered immediately. The engines were directly brought out, and I ran to the station-house for further assistance. Inspector Covington came back with rue and other constables to the fire, and assisted in keeping the crowd back, until Superintendent Baker ordered me to my beat. Samuel Godchild examined—l am a police -consta ble, A, No. 36. On the morning in question I was returning from duty at the Hanover-square rooms with three other constables, and as we got to the bottom of the Quadrant I saw smoke ; and on running back, and getting round the corner of the County Fire-office, we saw a policeman of the C division springing his rattle, and as w passed the engine -house the double doors opened, and the engine was run out. At that time I saw no flame, but only smoke. The door of the house was fast, and I saw a man let himself down in his night 'dress from the second-floor window by means of a sheet. Before that I had ran to St. James's church, in Piccadilly, and got a short ladder, with which he was got off the leads over the shop. I then went with others to get the long ladders, and on my return the flames were coining out of the windows. I saw a man at one of the second-floor windows, who was assisted out by a brother constable, into the next house, by means of a sheet, but how he etas it I cannot tell. At that moment I saw several persons at the windows of the attics of the burning house, to whom the persons below were " Throw yourselves out," " Jump out." I told them not to do so, as we would try to save them, and at that time the doors were broken open. By the CouoNra—Sae: no one come out of the house, and should say they could not for the fire and smoke. I remained on duty there until I was discharged by Mr. Baker. By the Jury—l was there full five minutes before I saw any flames. The engines were full twenty minutes waiting for water. I saw a turncoek come, but he was quite drunk. I think his nurrber was 6. I saw other turneocks come, and then water was got immediately. The engines were all prepared long before there was water. Had I not had to 'no at the Old Bailey the .next day I should hate locked the turncock up. Thu hour , was half burnt down before there was water. Did not notice the firemen throw buckets of water on the fronts of the opposite houses. Should know the turn cock if I saw him. William Xemble examined--I am a police-constable, A. No. 168 ; I was in the company of the last witness. When I got to the house I knocked at the door vio lently, but no one answered. I think it would have awakened any one if they had been sleeping or. the ground-floor. I then knocked at the next house, to wards Air-street, nod on the door being opened I ran up stairs into the dining-room, and on opening the win dow saw a person on the leads of the burning house, who had got down by means of a sheet, wham I assisted into the house I was in. 1 then saw another person standing on the top of the house, near the parapet, and I ran up to the top of the house, and through a trap-door on to the roof, and as sisted him throng'n. I asked him if there any other persons in the house. He said yes ; and I then ran down to the window again, and held out a bed-quilt, but saw nothing of any usher person. By the Jury—Did not see any turneoek that was drunk. The Jury said his conduct reEected great credit on 6int. THE LATE DESTRUC THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1840 XPIRIT of the PUBLIC: JOURNALS. THE NEW CHARTERS. FLANDERS AND DUTCH. MALI'S BRUSSLLS, MAY 13.—1 n the Chamber of Represen tatives in its sitting to-day, the debate on M. de Focre's motion was the order of the day. The Central Section presented the following project of law : 1. To inquire into the actual state of the foreign com merce as connected with the manufactures and the agriculture of the country. 2. To examine whether the laws now in force are sufficient. cheeses, a side of bacon, half a tub of butter, a double Gloucester cheese, and three parts of another one, and seventeen Westphalia hams. There were no chests of tea, but a large canister containing about half a hundred weight of tea, and another with about ten pounds in. There was also several dozens of ketchup, sauoe, capers, and other bottles ; two dozen pounds of penny chocolate, ten pounds of lump sugar, and about six or seven pounds of moist sugar ; likewise about twenty pounds of gunpowder tea. Was awoke by a noise, which I thought was rain, and saw a light through some cracks in the door, which I took for light ning. I lay quiet about a quarter of an hour, when I saw the kitchen door was on fire. I then jumped out of bed, and as I was putting my trousers on, the lower part of the kitchen door burnt through, and I saw the kitchen staircase was on fire. I .then ran into the area, screaming out " Fire," and while there saw Mr. Clark run out of the shop-door, also calling out " Fire." I first ran into the cellar until I saw the people trying to get up the iron railings, when I got on some boards put to keep the coals in the cellar, but the fire in the shop drove the people away, and I was giving myself up for lost, when a hole was broken in the wall from the next area, through which I got. By the CORONER—Mr. Clark ran out before the policeman sprang his rattle. Mr. Marr slept in one of the front attics, and Mr. Cowley in a back attic. Mr. Cowley was clerk at Messrs. Stultz's, the tailors ; Mr. Marr was also a clerk at an insurance-office. By a Juror—Nothing had been removed from the house before the fire. The hams had been in the house about six weeks. Mr. Clark had been drinking punch in the evening. The gas was turned off in the shop, but not from the main. Eliza Hudson examined—l am sixteen years of age, and was servant to Mr. Clark at the time of the fire. Had been there a month. She then corroborated the evidence of the boy Thompson as to what took place on the evening before the fire, and further said, " I was awoke by a noise, and on opening the door I saw the staircase enveloped in flames. I shut the door, and in a minute or two Mr. Clark came into the room and caught hold of me, and dragged me out of the back window on to the water-closet, when we got over a wall, and into the window of one of the houses in the Quadrant." By the Jury—Mr. Clark must have got upon a ladder which was in the yard, and by that means reached the window of the back room of the first floor. I heard him calling me as I wa s scream i ng, an d I must have fallen i n t o the flames if he had not caught hold of me. Can form no idea how the fire originated. Tie fires in the house were all out. I put out the kitchen fire that night, and poured some water over the cinders. Mr. C.ark was not dressed when he got me out. There was a great deal of furniture in the first floor. Henry Carter examined—l am foreman to the County Fire Office. I was called by Mr. Clark, and I initne• diately ran out two engines, both of which I got ready for work. There was, however, no water for twenty minutes. Behre that, however, I had set one of the engines going from a cock in the engime-house, which played on (he opposite houses. The water is supplied in that neighbourhood by the Grand Junction Com pany. The first turncock I saw was fetched from Carnahy-street by Mr. Barber, a pubiican, and directly afterwards I saw another turncock belonging to the New River Company. A Juror—Was either or them intoxicated ? Wit ness—Not as I saw. Thu latter had run from Dean street, Soho, behind an engine. It is the duty of the t police to call the turneock. Superintendent Baker said he had three men in at tendance, e ho would prove that they went for the turn cocks. If the service pipes were kept charged at night, there would be no delay. A Juror said the firemen and police ought to have keys of the cocks, which was the case in the district of the Chelsea waterworks. Mr. Allen, who resides opposite the fire, said, had it not been for the water procured from the tap in the County Ea,;:ne-house, his house must have been de stro) Jaines Mile, 102 C, examined—l saw the fire when I was in Soho, a n d I ca ll ed the New River turnoock. He went to the fire, but could not get water, his com pany not extending further than Rupert -street. Mr. Thomas W. S2ppinwell examined.—l slept in the front attic. Hearing Mr. Clark calline. out, I opened my d oor , b ut was almost suffocated. by hot smoke. I shut the door and opened the window, and sat on the sill until I was nearly suffocated. I then went in and shut down my window, and gave myself up for lost. I, however, rallied myself; and dressed in my trousers, waistcoat, and coat, and, taking my watch from under my pillow, rushed to the window again, when I got out, and was assisted along the cornice into the next house, as has been described. By the Jury.—l saw Mr. Marr leaning out of the next window to me, and spoke to him. I could sec three engines in the street ready to work, but there was no water for twenty minutes. Had there been water, 1 am of opinion the property and the lives of both the deceased might have, been saved. In my opinion, the fire broke out on the shop-floor. Mr. Clark was then called in, and entered into a lengthened statement, which in no way accounted for the origin of the fire. He said he was awoke by a crackling noise, and on looking up saw the wainscot ing looked red hot. He instantly jumped out of bed, and catching up whatever was near him, ran out of the shop d oor i n hi s sh i rt, and gave the alarm at tit' engine-hou se . He then returned into the house, and ran into his bed-room to get his clothes ; but then he found he could not return through the middle par lour for the flames, and he got out of the window into the yard. He then went up tho ladder to the first-floor window and got out the girl, as she had described. Two or three persons were in the street when he ran out. By the Jury—ls insured for 6001., which will no cover his loss. Mr. Samuel Barber examined--I am a licensed vic tualler, in Lower John-street, Golden-square ; went to the fire and asked West, the County fireman, where the turncock lived ; he said in Carnaby-street. I went there and to four or five houses before I could find him ; lie said he would come immediately. I then ran back to the fire and asked where the turncock lived, and was told by Sl. James's church. I went there, and by the church met him coming, in company with a policeman. I then called the parish engineer, who had not heard of the fire, and on my return the engines were in operation. The jury said that evidence accounted in some mea sure for the delay in procuring water. Thomas Smith, a turncock, stated he was at the fire, and had got a supply of water within five minutes after he had been called by Mr. Barber. The fire mains aro always charged during the night. Other witnesses were also examined, but their evi dence was quite at variance and completely irreconcile able with the previous evidence. At a quart er past ten o ' clock, the Coroner being in • formed that there were no more witnesses in attend ance, said it was clear that the deceased had been burned at the fire at Mr. Clark's, but how the fire originated it did not appear from the evidence.. The Jury then, after consulting together, returned a verdict that the deceased had been burned at a fire which occurred at the house of Mr. Clark, in Maryle bone-street, but how that fire originated there was no evidence to show. The Jury further said that their best thanks were eminently due to the police force employed at the late fire in Marylebone-street, for their meritorious exer tions in the preservation of three human lives, who would most probably have perished in the flames ; and to both them and the firemen, for their prompt aervices and efficient attention. THE PROPOSED ROYAL EX. CHANGE. After a struggle of interests, which, if it were not disgraceful, would be laughable to those who are behind the curtain, the Gresham Committee have decided be tween Mr. Cockerell's design, and Mr. Tite's design, in favour of the latter,—in other words, the Chairman has succeeded, after much hard work, in obtaining the job for his protege, and a pretty job the whole affair is like ly to be. We mean no disparagement to Mr. Tite, who is doubtless a very able and very proper person ; but we ask, in the name of common sense, by what plea can the committee jnstifythemselves for having thrown over board men of equal, nay, superior standing, who had engaged in the competition at an expense of some hun dreds of pounds, and deputed Mr. Tite to the task who was a perfect stranger to the affair, and h a d ta k en no trouble about it ? We could perhaps give a reason for the selection—we could, perhaps, show a connex ion with some of the ruling powers which should make all clear to the most obtuse ; but, as our aim is on every occasion to avoid unkind personalities where no good is likely to follow them, we refrain from so doing. We assert, nevertheless, what every architect in England has already said, and what every unprejudiced man who examined the circum stances will hereafter say ; that the competitors for the honour of rebuilding the Royal Exchange have been most scurvily treated throughout the whole affair, and that Mr. Donaldson, in particular, has substantial rea sons for loud and serious complaint. It appears that the new building -will be commenced immediately, and that the church of St.. Bartholomew, Ly the Bank, will be speedily pulled down, in order to improve the ap proaches. The removal of this church (wherein, too, lie the remains of Miles Coverdale, one of the earliest Reformers), may be expected to open to view some ves tiges of Roman London, so that it behoves our anti quarian readers to watch;the progress of its destruetien. In an ensuiree number we shall enter into an examination cl the selecteel design for the Exchange, and shall not fail to keep a. watchful eye on the future proceedings.— SIR W. BRABAZON.—We regret to hear t6t Sir William Braliazon's illness is nkely t o be of considerable duration. The ‘vortliv Baronet is still confined to his bed at Kinnegad, and attended by two physicians, who are of opinion that wlptn cotr.aleseent he should return home to enjoy his nativ e air, and not encounter the fatigues of Parliament.— Dablin Evt-ning Packet. KENSINGTON PETTY SESSIONS A NATIONAL BENEFACTOR.—LateIy Mr. John Pullin, the proprietor of the George Inn, Kensington, was brought before Messrs. BAItLoW and PILKINGToN, the sitting Magistrates, under the following circum stances : Sergeant Matthews, T 12, "stated, that on the pre vious afternoon, about four o'clock, his attention was at tracted by a crowd of persons in front of the Crown Inn, near the church, in the midst of which was the defendant, sitting in his gig. On going up he found that he was intoxicated, and that Mr. M‘Nair, the landlord, refused to let him have anything more, advising him to go home. The defendant then left, and soon afterwards learning from a shopkeeper in the High-street, that four ladies had been compelled to take refuge in his shop, owing to the defendant's violent driving, and that a female and child had been nearly run over by him, and seeing him again driving furiously along, he stopped the horse, and led the chaise to the station-house, when the defendant was detained, it having been evident for some time that his mind was affected. Mr. Bestow—What h ave you to say to the charge ? Why do you act so ? the fore-fi ngers o f b ot h h an d s) —I was r. was Pu on llin iny(cfarousiseig business. r n ,s But such conduct must not be allowed.— I was serv ing the nation, and had been for some time. A little time will prove it, and you will all rejoice, and be thank c..l Have you any friends here 9—Oh, yes, I have plenty of friends. Inspector Smith—The defendant's wife is in Scotland, having separated from him, since which time he has beet:, i n a very bad state, not having been sober for the last three months. He has been detained at the station that something may be done to prevent his property and business going to de s t ruct i on. Mr. BRLOW.—Hi s friends had better get some re spectable person to manage his business. Mr. Pullin—Oh, I have got a respectable woman, and four other servants. You see it cannot be said whether I was tipsy or not ; for that 1 have the madness about me—a madness to serve the nation, so that I have only done my duty as a citizen of the Queen's, and the police have done theirs. How long has your head been so ?—My head been so ! It is as clear as yours, any how. I don't want to be confined, for I have only done my duty, and the iniraculum being over, I sh a ll now b e stea d y. You must find two housekeepers who will be answer able that you will be steady.—Oh, I dare say there are two here who will answer. Mr. Cornell and Mr. Gray, two respectable licensed victuallers in Kensington, said the alteration in the de fendant since his separation from his wife had been as tonishing. They only wished to protect his property, and if he was, in default of bail, committed, they would in a day or two visit him, when the effects of so long continued intoxication would probably be gone off, and ho might be restored to reason and society ; otherwise they felt certain ho would do some serious injury to himself or others. He was then ordered to find sureties for his good conduct ; and his friends declining to become bail until he was more collected, he was thereforecommitted. PERSIA. The Journ a l d es D e b a t s publishes a letter from I s p a h an , written in January last, by M. Charles Texier, who it will be remembered was sent last year by the French Govern ment to explore the antiquities of Persia. The learned traveller doe s no t ant i c i pate any favourable result from the accrediting of a French Ambassador at the Court of the It is impossible, Schah. he says, to imagine the state of debasement into which the Persian empire has fallen; there is, properly speaking, no government in the country. Any individual able to assemble a dozen men becomes a chief of partisans. Murders are daily committed in the streets, and, although the governor takes measures calculated to pre vent their recurrence, the disorders continue. The Schah is left without any power, and whatever authority it retained by the G overnm ent of Ispahan is vested in the hands of his Grand Musteid. M. Texicr mentions that the engrossing topic of conversation in that capital was the disappointment of the Imaum of Muscat, whose immoderate taste for a species of sourkrout called turchi had bcen the cause of his losing the hand of the niece of the Schah. The brother of this sovereign, after receiving the dowry which it is customary in Persia for the son-in law t o p ay t h e f at h er o f hi s b r id e , wa s in no hurry to send off his d aug h ter to t h e I maum , whom he kept in good humour for a time by supplying him occasionally with some excellent turchi. The latter, however, on hearing that the Princess h a d g i ven a preference to one of her cousins, swore that he would obtain her by force, and was actually preparing an expedition to that effect. M. Texier intended shortly to leave Ispahan for Bagdad, and to visit on his way the ruins of ancient Suza, which, according to Mr. Rawlinson, are situate in the neighbourhood of Shouster. A HINT TO FARMERS ON HEAVY LANDS. —A Scotchrnan hired a f arm in Norfolk, where his two pre decessors h a d f a i led. Ile began by dra i n i ng , an d f o rk e d some of the. land tw e l ve i nc h es deep las i ng the subsoil in ridges to receive sun a n d f rost. Ile was ' laughed at by his neighbours; but they now see he can grow man , plough wi th two horses, when thre e' lewarzel and carrots, and and four were before necessary ; a n d i n reducing the num b er o f cattle, feed his cows anooxen,with bette r and abundant food• The rrebisond steamer, which reached Constan tinople on the 20th ult., brought intelligence of a pacific nature from Persia. It would appear that a reconciliation had taken place between our Government and the Court of Teheran, and that the Schah had given up fur the present all idea of an ex pedition against Herat, O n finding that. Russia could not sup- piitrt him against Engla n d, after the defeats she had sustained in Circassia and iihiva. TROY TPIE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. (From the Globe.) To tax and please, any more than love and be wise, is not given to mortals. It may, therefore, be regarded as no insignificant triumph for the Chancellor of the Exchequer's financial statement last night, that his lucid and complete exposition of our situation in that depart ment was received with tokens of satisfaction which its merits must have extorted from opponents who cannot be suspected of having lightly accorded them —the less so, as the Right Honourable Gentleman branded with just severity the previous conduct of those opponents in forcing forward premature estimates. Of all the discreditable " obstructions" an Opposition could cause to public business, that motion of Mr. Her ries, if not the most mischievous, was the most offensive. Offensive—not as showing want of confidence in the present Government, but as acting towards it as no Opposition had ever acted towards any Government. It would have been difficult to feel less confidence than the Whig party felt and expressed towards the succes sive Tory Cabinets throughout the war. It would be difficult to deserve less than some of these Cabinets, especially as regards the state into which they bad brought our finances. Against which of those Cabinets did the Opposition of those days employ the maaceuvre —the paltry, factious mancauvre of calling prematurely for the year's estimates? The d eman d was as unpre cedented, as it was unjustifiable ; and—as the Chan cellor of the Exchequer show e d l as t n i g h t —i nconduc i ve to correct information. (From the Standard.) Nothing can be more simple, not to say rude, than Mr. Baring's financial scheme. It is only to increase rateably the taxes upon the community 5 per cent. and upon householders 10 per cent. We have our doubts, however, of the efficacy of the ope ration for its immediate purpose, and of its clumsy injustice there can be no doubt at all. Two and two, it is well known, d o not always make four in financial affairs. Stijl less is it certain that added to the 100 of already heavy taxation will make 105 ; we should not be much astonished to find it make but 90. As regards the justice of the case, why are they who have had the advantage of the many taxes reduced by " profl4ate Tory governments" to retain these advantages, while their fellow-subjects are to be taxed still more heavily. Why are the mul titudes, taxed to the last farthing they are able to pay, to be amerced in new taxes at the same rate as the most affluent ?—the poor householder, for example, no less than 2s. in the pound. What will they say to this in Fins bury, Mr. Wakley ?—what in Lambeth, Mr. Hawe_? what in the Hamlets, Sir Stephen Lushington? You all of you lately promised a repeal of the assessed taxes ; for this repeal, the Government which you have fastened on the country, by your black-is-white votes, present us with an additional burthen of two shillings in the pound, and they tell us that they are at peace with all the world. So much this day for the Reform taxes— the retrenchment tribute—the fruits of economy--and all else that was promised. (From the Courier.) The 10 per cent. additional on the assessed taxes is itself bad in principle, but its oppression is immeasur ably enhanced by the accompanying " re-assessment." Here we have the tribe of keust tax-gatherers let loose again among our hearths and dwellings. The privacy and Indepetadence of our households are to be again invaded, as if in mockery of the antiquated and now it seems obsolete boast of our forefathers, that an lin t , lishman's house was his castle. The amount of the im post is as a feather compared with the inquisitorial pro cess by which it is to he screwed up. In the article of windows, which by the re mission of half the tax honest Lord Althorp congratulated the nation would re-introduce air and daylight once more into their habitations, how largely will priv.:te interests he affected. Capital has been much more extensively invested in building specula tions, and the consequence, favourable to health and comfort, has been, that our population are no longer crammed and piled one Lundy upon another from the ec liar to the attic of the house in our large cities, as for merly. The rural suburbs have been invaded and co vered until they rival or exceed the old towns, their sires, in magnitude. The glass industry has propor tionately been benefited, and the manufactories ex tended, by the remission upon the old impost. Here, therefore, not only are the interests of classes pressed upon and damaged, but public convenience and economy preyed upon, for, after all, it is from the pockets of the people that the proceeds of this additional taxation must be drawn in the long run. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE CORONER OF BOLTON. It appears that a rule quo warranto had been ob• tained by Mr. Rutter, the county Coroner, calling upon Mr. John Taylor, the Coroner appointed by the corpo ration of Bolton, to show by what right he held that office. This rule came on for argument before the Court of Queen's Bench on Tuesday last, when, after hearing Mr. Crompton against, and Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Peel in support of the application of Mr. Rutter, the Court discharged the rule, on grounds which, as our readers will see, apply with great force to the action now pending against the Coroner for this borough. We shall repeat the judgment entire, calling attention to the passages which we have marked with italics : Lord Denman, C. J.—When we find a public officer in possession of a very important public office, it is said that it is a reason why he should not possess it, unless he has been well appointed to it ; but I think it is a reason why we should not allow it to be questioned upon any light grounds. It seems to me it is quite novel to attack a charter of the Crown through the medium of a pet son appointed under it : and when we find him in possession of an office which has been deliberately granted to him by an act of the Crown, and when there are direct means of questioning that, it is a novelty which ought not to be encouraged. I cannot think that we ought to grant a quo warranto to call upon the Coroner to defend an act of the Crown in granting that charter which puts him in the situation he now fills. Mr. Justice Littledale—l am entirely of the same opinion. The object of this proceeding is to call in question the validity of a charter. That charter has been granted by the Crown, and the person against whom this application is made has acted under it ; and I think we cannot suffer that charter to be ques tioned in this way. There are means of trying the validity of the charter in other ways ; but this has never been done before. Mr. Justice Patteson—This is not like the case of a corporation which is admitted to exist, and where a person comes before us to desire a quo warranto infor mation to be filed against some person who is an officer of that corporation, or part of that corporate body, to show by what authority he exercises any right in a body admitted to exist ; but this is an application to us, setting before us a charter, which, it states, has been recently granted by the Crown, and desiring us, in the name of the Crown, to grant an information at the suit of a private person, to set aside a charter of the Crown itself now recently granted. This seems to me to be so novel a proceeding, that we should not be justified in so doing, whatever other methods there may be of question ingit. Our readers will, no doubt, recollect that we have always maintained that the legal proceedings instituted by the Manchester Anti-Corporators, and the whole course of their opposition to the charter, were founded on an improper basis ; that they would involve both sides in a most serious amount of expense, would pro duce great inconvenience to the public, and would very probably end in leaving the main question in d:spute ex actly where it was at first. That the expense and in convenience have already been incurred, our readers are already pretty well aware ; and it :lox seems as if they had been incurred to no purpose, and that the pending litigation must altagether fail in determining the validity of the charter. It will be teen, that all the Judges, in discharging the rule obtained by Mr. Rutter against the Bolton. borough Coroner, proceed upon the ground that they cannot permit the validity of a charter of incorporation to be questioned by any proceedings instituted against an officer appointed by the Corpora tion ; and as the pending action of Rutt er v . Ch a p man is a proce e di ng instituted against an officer appointed by the Corporation, and instituted expressly and avow edly for the purpose of questioning the validity of the Manchester charter, it follows that, if the other Judges who will constitute the Court of Error should agree in opinion with those of the Court of Queen's Bench, there must be a judgment for the defendant in that action : in which case, the•enorinous costs incurred in the trial will have been entirely thrown away, and the question as to the validity at the charter will remain wholly un touched. But this is not all that may be collected from the language used by th a Judges in giving their decision on the Bolton case. V ire think it will be apparent to those of our readers who arc in the habit of attending to legal proceedings, and carefully considering the import of judicial dicta, tha t there is an evident disinclination to allow charters to be questioned in any indirect man ner ; and that the on ly proceeding which the Court will countenance will be that which the law has expressly provided for the purpose, namely, a writ of quo war ranto against the tI syor or some member of the Cor poration. If the Ju( lges will not try the validity of a charter upon:the apr ointment of an officer by the Cor poration, it seems to follow, by a parity of reasoning, that they will not tr 3 it. upon any other act done by the Corporation, upon ti ,e imposition of a rate, for instance ; and if the obstructive policy pursued by the Manchester Anti-Corporators sl .ould be persisted in, we feel fully persuaded that they will, in the end, find themselves in a grievous error.—al fanchester Guardian. MORTALITY OF NEW YORK. INTERMENTS IN THIS CITY FOR 1839. From the annual' report of the city inspector we have gathered some facts! .of interest in relation to the health of New York, for Cho year 1839. The whole number of interments for the' twelvemonth ending on the 31st of December last was 7,953, being 100 less than those of the preceding year. Of this number 4,389 were of males, and 3,564 of females ; showing an excess of mor tality among the z tale population, much greater than the proportion of mdo over female residents. Of the whole number of' des as of persons over ten years of age, 1,419 were natives, and 1,853 were Europeans. More than half the deaths that have occured are those ofchil dren, who have not completed their fifth year. The three months most !alai to human life in the city are those of July, Augest., and September. The mortality for pulmonary consumption is rated at one•sixth of all .the deaths ; more than one-half o those above ten years of age, who die from this disease being natives of Europe. Of 5,564 deaths among our native white citizens, 'only 610 were from consumption ; and of the 1,853 deaths among our European popu lation, 563 occurred fi om the same disease. The table shows but 68 death sfrom the small pox, 38 of which were among children, under five years of age. No fatal epidemic ha 3 visited the city, and with the exception of the meat les, the various contagious diseases have been less prevali an than in previous years. This statement of deaths is founded on the number of interments tlr at have taken place in the city ; but the report suggests that in order to furnish exact returns, our bills of morta lity should be -drawn, not from the number of interments, but: from the actual deaths which occur here. To secure this accuracy, and enable us to form a correct estit sate of deaths in proportion to our population, nothing further can be done until we are furnished first with. a register of births, and secondly with the new sensual of the county and city now in the course of preparatio:a. Of the interments, 2,543 were in the Catholic bu rial-grounds ; 1,495. in the Potters' Field ; 1,451 in the Methodist ; 961 im the Presbyterian ; 370 in the Protestant Episcopal. The number of births in Philadelphia during the past year, was 7,262, of whom 3,769 were males, and 3,493 females. Tie number of deaths during the same period was 5,113, of whom 2,711 were males, and 2,402 females. Excess of births over deaths, 2,143. The greatest number of deaths in any one week, was from the 13th to the 20t . h of July, when they amounted to 153 ; the smallest Lumber, from the 16th to the 23d of November, 64.-- New York Paper. TURN-OUT OF POWER-LOOM WEAVERS AT RocitnaLE.--At the l,attar end of last week, Messrs. Kelsall and Partlemore, loch Sale, gave their power-loom weavers no tice that they should reduce their wages ; on which the weavers immediately struck work. An arrangement was, however, soon entered into by the pa rties, and the men returned to their work at their former mi,ges.—Manchester Guardian. ' THE AFFRAY WITH THE CONSTABULAY AT MIDDLETON.—Since our last, all has remained peaceable and quiet ; and it is said that the men who attacked the police, and rescued the prisoner, have left the neighbourhood. Still there appears to exist in the minds of the colliers, and amongst the factory hands, a notion that the introduction of the county po lice is only a preliminar y step to that of the Poor-law Amend ment Act • and they co aaequently look on the f orce w i t h no very friendly feeling. It is stated that the police now at Mid dleton are shortly to b a considerably reinforced, in order to prevent anv recurrence of the lawless opposition so recently offered to them, in the , execution of their duty. —Manchester Guardian. Shrewsbury fair, this week, was remarkable for the quantity of fat stock. offered, and the number of purchasers who attended. O n T ues d ay, fat s h eep, shorn, were worth 6d. per lb. ; very few were offered in the wool, and these were readily purchased at 'lid. per lb. Good couples of ewes and lambs were scarce:, and obtained high prices, as did the few yearlings offered for sale. Pigs were 2s. a head better than at last fair. The supply of cattle was great for a May fair, but the desire to purchase was so eager, that the market was very early cleared at 6(1. to 61 t d. per lb. Good cows and calves sold readily and well, as did useful store bullocks and barrens. Bacon was plentiful, and brought W. to qd. per lb. Large hams, of which a considerable quantity was offered, were unsaleable ; but those from 15 to 201bs. each brought 6d. to 7d. per lb. No butter was offered. Not above 60 tons of cheese were in the fair; low qualities brought 45s to 505., the best from 565. to 71.5. per cwt. At Church Stretton fair, scarcely any fat sheep or prime cattle were offered, and a great malty ors were disappointed. At Leominster fair there was a good show of cattle, and a brisk sale. Mr. Wheeler of Ivington Park, was offered upwards of 3001. for one two- year old bull, which he refused to take.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. COLD IN THE STEPPES OF KnlvA.—At the last meeting of the Geographical Society, an extract of a letter front Professor Baer, at St. Petersburg, was read, communi cating the degree of cold experienced in the Steppes by the Russian expodition, whence it appears that in latitude 46, the mean temperature for December, January, and February, was 16 degrees of Reausnur, or 4 degrees below Zero of Fahrenheit. The climate , there fore, was far more rigorous than in th e 1 - or of L a pl an d ; yet , notw itstanding the excessive cold, th e Cossacks of Oreriberg suffered no inconvenience, and amused themselves with singing in the midst of the most dr ea d ful storms of the St eppe . The spot wl.ere the Russians suffered most, was in'the -neighbourhood of Khiva, which is in the lati tude of Naples an .d Constantinople. 3. In case this should be answered in the affirmative, to present the basis of a system of maritime commerce, which it might be advisable to establish for the interest of the nation. The Committee of Inquiry to be named by the Chamber, by ballot, out of its own members, and by a majority of votes. It shall consist of seven members. It shall appoint a Secretary, who shall be one of the members. The expense of the Committee shall be defrayed out of the budget of the Chamber. The President asked M. de Foere whether he agreed to the project of the Central Section ? M. de Foere said it was essentially the same with his own, and therefore he assented to it. The Minister of the Interior opposed the motion. He said " according to the calculation of those who complain of the state of our foreign commerce, the imports exceed the exports annually by forty millions, a difference, say they, which must be made up by the exportation of ready money. If it were true that such a sum was exported annually on our own frontiers, not only would there be no coin in Belgium, but more would have been exported than there is in the whole world. I do not think it necessary, he continued, to inquire whether a country has more interest in preserving its coin than its other articles of merchandise, Out I can certify that the quantity of coin in Belgium sensibly in creases. It is true we do not examine the pockets of tra vellers leaving the kingdom to see how much money they have with them, but we know that above 100,000 more travellers come to Belgium than leave it, and if we sup pose that they leave only 10 francs each in the country, we shall have a million which does not appear in any statistical table." The Minister then entered into various details proving the exports of Belgium have much increased. In the five short prosperous years of the kingdom of the Ne therlands, from 1825 to 1830, the exports to France were 81 millions annually. Belgium alone has exported to France, from 1835 to 1838, to the value of 78 mil lions annually. " Considering the whole of our foreign commerce, I find that it has successively increased in eight years from 93 millions to 166 millions ; the increase of exportation last year was 37 millions. " We are continually told of Java. In the most pros perous year of the kingdom of the Netherlands the ex ports to Java were only 51 millions of francs ; and with these facts before you you would change at once the whole system of commerce which we have hitherto fol lowed." The Minister declared that he saw no practical use in the proposed inquiry. Some members would rote for the inquiry, but on condition that the Government would name halt' the members of the Committee. Some thought an inquiry useful. M. de Laugho said the old Government ep pointed Commissioners for every thing. One was ap pointed to inquire what retrenchments could he made in the several departments of the Administration. At first the members were very diligent in their attendance. Every one had something to propose ; but as the other members did not approve it they became discouraged and ceased to attend. This continued three years and the expenses of' the Commissioners always appeared in the budget. At length it was discovered that the most economical thing would be to dissolve the " Commis sion of Economy."—(Great laughter.) The same will happen now, and I am so convinced of this that I will take the liberty of giving the Chamber a few words of edvice Would you get rid of an affair appoint a Commission of Enquiry to examine it ?" BRUSSELS, MAY 15.—The Chamber has agreed to day to the motion of M. de Foere by a majority of 35 to 22. THE HAGUE, MAY 13.—This day, at ten, the discus sion of the Budget for 1840 was to commence in the Second Chamber. It was observed, however, before the commencement of the sitting, that the Members were engaged in convers a ti on w i t h eac h ot h er—t h at t h e Central Section were assembled, &c. At length, after eleven o'clock, the sitting was opened, and the Presi pent proposed to commence the debate. M. Van Rappard requested leave to speak, and moved that the Chamber should adjourn the debate on the Budget, because his Excellency the Minister of Finance had that morning been in the Central Section of the Second Chamber, and had informed it that the King, always animated by the wish to secure harmony between all the branches of the Legislature, had resolved to comply with the wish manifested by the majority of the Mem bers of the Chamber, and to introduce the responsibility o,t Ministers into the alterations of the fundamental law, and that a project of law on that subject would be submitted to the Chamber. M. Dam van Isselt saw no reason to adjourn the debate, and should vote against M. Rappard's mo tion. He was glad of the concession made by Govern ment, though yet unacquainted with the measures to be proposed. - M. Van Alphen was in favour of adjournment. M. Van Sytzame was grateful for the concession made by the king to the wishes of the States-General ; he should vote for the adjournment. The Minister of Finance thought that the discussion of the Budget, fixed for to-day, was quite independent of the Constitutional question, at the same time he expressed his respect for the opinions expressed by some of the members, and sincerely wished that the new step to comply with the wishes expressed in the Chamber taken by his Majesty, who loved peace, and would do everything possible for the sake of mutual harmony, might have the effect of preventing all disagreeable dis cussions. Some of the members having spoken for and against the motion, the question for adjournment was then put, and carried by a majority of 41 to 11. The Chamber then separated. THE HAGUE, MAY 14.—1 t is affirmed that the Second Chamber will meet on Monday, and receive the project of law on the responsibility of Ministers, which will be immediately examined ; after which the discus sions on the Budget will be proceeded with. ST. PETERSBURGII, MAY 3.—The Gulf before Cron stitch is still covered with thick ice, and the access of foreign ships to the harbour is still impracticable. On the 14th of the last month, the ice on the Duna, at Riga, broke up without doing any damage. In the Road of Revel the ice was still immoveable, as far as the island of Norge°, on the 25th of April ; but be yon' it the water was open. Seven ships, with fruit from the south of Europe, had however arrived by the 20th at Baltisch Port, an outer harbour of Reval. His Majesty has ordered the establishment, at War stw, of a school for the clergy of the Greek Church, consisting of three classes, under the jurisdiction of the Synod of St. Petersburg, PESTS!, MAY 4,—We have just received the la mentable news that the populous, industrious, and rich market town of Baja, on the Danube, with above 16,000 :nhabitants, was almost totally destroyed by fire, on the Ist instant. It is said that above 2,000 houses were burnt, with the palace, several churches, and all the great corn magazines. The loss of property is said to amount to half a million of florins (42,0001.) The continued drought makes us apprehensive for the harvest. Prices are rising. However we hear that in Bannat, the granary of Hungary, the corn promises well, and does not yet want rain. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmemaDAu, MAY 15. Money. Bills. 59 :. .5.11,‘ Actual Dtbt, 4)4 per Cent Ditto, ditto L pF . r :cent. !-100 Amok Symiic, 41i per cent 9116 1111% Ditto, ditto, 314 percent...... '75% 76;i Commercial Company, 4t..;, per cent 18 1 ,4 182 Intto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month ll 924,1 Two months --Dutch Papers, May 16. BELGIAN I. UNDS—BaussELs, MAY 15. Actual Debt, 2! i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, .5 per Cent IPN Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 95% --- 3 e Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent Cent. 74% —. Society of Commerce, 4i per Cent llO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent fiN National Society. Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Pap ers , M ay 15. AUSTRIAN FUNDS....VIENNA MAY 7. Five per Cents. 111, :talliques •, ~... .. ....................... 108,% Emir per Cents. ...................... . ......................... 101% Three per Cents. ........................................... .. 82n, Bank Shares ... ................................................. 1356 —Allgoneine Zeitung, May 12 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MAY 12. Bills. M one y.ill St, Schuld, S c h ., 4t B per cent, . 104 1 4 N Prii,nan E 10: % nglish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 103 lixelialige oil London, three m on th s ... 6 193. -- Prussian Stale Gaszetie,:May 12. T - _______ _____ - S , MALL Pot.—W e understand that this disease has been lately prevailing in the neighbourhood of Redruth, to a distressing extent, and with fatal virulence. It appears to have attacked persons who had been vaccinated, as well as those who had not obtained that hoped for protection. West Briton. SERIOUS ROBBERY.—On Saturday Mr. John Hempstead, of Southminster, Essex, an old Man of 70, gave information at the station-house of the M division of police, of being robbed of five £lOO notes, in the following manner:— He had just arrived in town, and, meeting a man in the borough, who stated that he was out of employment, and was just up from the country, he took him into a public-house in Park-street, Borough-market, where he agreed to engage him as his servant (luring his stay in town ; whilst drinking with the man two others came in, and a hot of £lO was made that no one could show as much money as one of them salt; he hail about him ; the countryman pulled out his money and showed it, when his newly engaged servant left the room, and after wards the other men, who, not returning, excited his suspicion, and on searching his pockets, he found his mone y bone. Oa Thu rs d a y afternoon some t hi e f cu t the pocket of Miss Tilbury, of George-street, Portrnan-t ) sq ( uam r,i as she was r idi ng f rom the hank to Newman-street, dO/. in gold. There is n o t a gra i n o f I r i s h wheat using tre ; . ny h Oxford street, in an omnib us , an d s t o l e 2401. in notes, al millers in and a b ou t an d Drogheda, so unsound was the last the year's crop. The consumption of the millers is entirely foreign. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—It appears that the recent interpretation of the Canada Reserves by the whole bench of Judges has caused the Bishop of Exeter to give a new meaning to the words " Church of Scotland." Unable to deny any longer the appellation and character of CHURCH to the religion of Scotland, he now endeavours to lim it that Church to Scotland only. Was ever, Mr. Edito r a greater absurdity p ut f ort h f rom t h e mout h o f man? With as much reason m i g h t we h o ld t h at a Scotch marriage is v a lid i n S cot l an d on l y ; so t h at, on coming to live in En g l an d, a S cotc h man may di scar d hi s Scotch wife, and tak e a new one , without bei ng g uilty of bigot* Even admitti ng th at t h e re li g i on o f Scotlan d oug ht not to be considered " a Ch urc h" i n t h ose f ore i gn posses sions which b e l onge d t o E ng l an d exclus i ve l y b e f o re the union of the t wo ki ng d oms, i n a ll the su b seque nt ac quisitions of th e U n i te d Ki ng d om, S cot l an d bas an equal share with E ng l an d. N ow, Si r , those subsequent acquisitions form so large a portion of our colonial possessions, as to make it not worth while to contend with the Bishop as to the rest. Scotland, the n ' can have a Ch urc h i n n i neteen parts out o f twe nty . 0 ' our colonies, which will include Malta and the loni an Islands in Europe, all our possessions in India, Bac a ' bay alone excepted, every thing in Africa, a nd the whole of what we hold on the continent of America. Such being the truth, even according to the Bishop's own line of argument, I conceive that his Lordship must have been either asleep or —, when he Pe t forth his absurd position as above-mentioned. If t .l l religion of Sc o tl an d h e not a true Church i n England' how can it be shown that the religion of England i 5 true Church in Scotland. For the same reasoning o ' l ' apply to the one as well as to the other ! and so the Bishop's logic will prove ton much for his own case ; a Mr. n singular ov ers i g ht f or hi s L or d s hi p to have corn —I remain, Editor, y our most o b e di en t servan t old Corre s p on d en t, rnitte NO HUMBUG. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WO a' `/}heat.`/}heat.Fet eat. , Barley. Oats. Beans. .... __,.... —_____ —,...._... —,........—. s. Per Quarter.l s. to s. I,to a a. to s. s. 5. 1 . .... Car1i51e..,....,..,. 62 —I 39 31 41 43 Eiexham---.., 36 69 132 22 34 n.-- 42 Morpeth --, 30 fi2 133 36 38 o 24 26 48 40 •Y ..... Penrith 1 63 1 30 30 33 -- 45 Sheffield =I 64 ! 3i 28 50 --; 35 Winchester —64 76 30 39 23 27 42 45 3 ° el. Per Bushel. ' s.d. s.d . s.d. S . s.d. s.d. ii.d. a. d- s' -, L ' 0 Cardiff ---1 0 0 9 0 0 0 40. 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carmarthen— , 00 84 0 0 50; 0 0 29 5(1 00 00 u ~ Cowbridge— 10 0 11 0 50 56 30 36 50 53 0 0 9 5wan5ea..,.,,,..,,; 8 4 9 6 5 4 60 3 9 4 6 5 6 6 G 0 0 Per 8011. 1 Barnardcastle 113 0 '2O J 8 0 9 A 7 4 8611 0 II 0 7 n '' 1 9 2 0 Durham --;l2 6 16 0 00 90j 6 6 8:110 0 ' ' qil° n v .9 Richmond -- 12 0 19 0 7 0 90: 5 0 8 0 t) 0 11 U t 9 w 0 Stockton.—...;l4 6 17 6 9 0 9 9 6 0 8 0 7 6 BGI 0 ° WAKEFIELD CORN MARKEL Norfolk and Suffolk —s. G6s. to 71i. fine 756 -- Lin. and Cam. Yorkshire bite Foreign, Red White Barley, Norfolk and Sufilk Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Wold Foreign - 6 6 74 ttt :f t .000 0 0 00 —.7 .63 ! . 8 t2 4 58 S si s . l ..••• ifi fi fifl ii ie e e e —s to 3es. fine T„: Beans, New filfit l eee t: 3sl:'.'"': '31 : 1 ; 1 1 - Old Oats, Potato Poland vriezland,,,and Small hoaling Shelling Malt Rapeseed "3 1: Wheat, Red, NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Red. NVIIIte. Wheat, Northtinilserland 52.1 Os 39, °'.l A .1 M. - Norfolk and Suffolk ...... ......... 70s. 7.'s 7.• - Berwick and Scotch tilt. 65s - (584. -- Foreign 633.715....... Os. 733 • Rye, Nerft•ilk and Suffolk T. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... 3 4 4. 43s - 4. ---: 1 2 _- Grinding and Feeding :Ms. :4 , 2,...... -s• --,- rg. !alt, Norfolk and Sutlbll- 644 7:3s --5..- v Bt•aiis, Small 4oe __L ....4. et 4 0 4 -'• u .-- - Tick 42s. 48 -- 4. ?ease, White Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ..... .... As. 305 ....... -e. " s - --. Feed - Foreign EVENING ]EDITION. THE SCOTCH CHURCH CHURCH. SCOTCH MARKETS, - ------ Oat Wheat .... Barley. Oats. Beans. ... L- kbcrdeen... 70 to 30 29 to 34 25 to 27 —to 37 t 0 4,2 Berwick :-%° 40 :=0 20 17 20 24 30 40 ... Zoldstream CLINT (Fife) 49 65 126 31 18 22 22 26 '-''' 42 Dunbar 4B CS 26 49 23 27 40 42 40 ..... Elgin Inverness CO 72 3,5 1.18 24 21 32 33 ''" ..0 Kelso ..,.._ 31 51 25 29 19 29 32 3 4 43 ... Kirkaldy Perth ry• Tho size of the measure varies throughout the coun tr y' HADDINGTON CORN MARKET. Beans Wheat. Rsrley. Oats. I Pease. 446 Od First 79, 00 37s 3d r,oi 94 43s Od 4 ,-, od Second (Os 3d 36s Od 27 s Ed 4i): Od '' Od Third s4s 00 34s Od 24 s 69 1 36 , 09 3611 (,••• Average V. 3s. 1 Id. 3 12th,. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Pease. Belti l ! First 7Bs Oil 37s 69 31s 4d 49s Od 42. Oa Second 34s Od 34s tid 24s Od 4311 Od 4' h 0 3 Third 47s 01 2is lid 22s Cd 37s 61 i 371 0 CORNWALL MARKF (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bi ETS. mshel.) I Whea t. ;____ .Barley I Oats. 1 ...—_____ .—....... ______'---- Is.d.to r. d. s. d. to s. d. i. d. t" Truro ficlgone - g nocimin - Launceston .... Camel ford 8 4 2 3 4 5 c'9 81 • f Penzance —.''' 18 0 8 4 0 5 4 2 MINING INT' Quantity of Copper ures sold at 1 Average Produce Quantity of tine Copper Amount of 5a1e,:20,6,4 65.0 . ELLiGEN:cE. Tons. Cwt Qrs Ilcdruth last week 3,754 0 0 287 Id 11 Av n'age Standard 1071, 14s. Cd. Thirteen individuals (students and workman) w e ; re brought b e f ore t h e C ourt of Correctional Po li ce o f Par's. on Wednesday, un d er a charge of manufacturing and having in th e i r possession gunpowder and infernal lo : chines, s i m il ar to t h at which exploded in the Rue 1 3 1 ° nt pensier on th e 28 t h o f November last. Three others, jai' plicated in the same affair, had absconded. SINGULAR AUCTION.—The vestry of Ma r r lebone, in the spirit of economy which is said to characterise the age, have sold by public auction, and for the en ormous 0 33 of ten pound s , the transparent picture" of the Annunciation, painted by the late Benjamin West, for which a former vestry paid the sum of SW/. There was but one bidder—a Mr. . I °, Wilson, to whom it was "k nocked down •" but w i t hin a fe e minutes after he was o ff ere d f or i t, and refused, ten tim es the f amount. It form er l y occup i ed a large space in t h e ce ntre ‘, ) t the organ of Marylebone New Church; but in the year / 82 , 6 1 , was removed, and h as s i nce, f or fourteen years, been lYi' v j ' to lumber- room a t the Marylebone Cou r t-hn use , unt il directed be sold. Th e t en pounds thus supplied ti the parish excheq uer may be a m a tt er o f v i ta l moment to the wealthiest distri ct : , the met ro p o li s ; if i t b e not so the business is disgrace f u l to the parties concerned in it. ' lf the vestrymen were unable it; appreciate this work of art, and would have attached g reat % value to a s l arge a p i ece of canvass to convert into cheese b,lr or coal-sack s , they might h ave b een to l d that t h ere w ere °" 1 • vestries who would give it room i n some sacred e difice. It :: to be lame n t e d t h at no public-spirited individual was by der in rescue it from th e c l utc h es of these parish Vandals, t or - to have it pl ace d w h ere it might be seen and valued. --a- Union. a n Mr. ex-Sheriff Parkins was a native and freem.,d ofithis city, and i n ear l y l i fe went out to India, where he auras he a very large fortune. Soon after his return to this cowl* f o r visited his native place, and offered hi mse lf as a ca ndidate de . its represent a ti on at the general election of 1818, but was es pointed feated by a very large majority. While in this city he yr ," es pointed one of the Sheriffs of London—.we believe in t" g ; , te r pectation that he would pay the fine rather than serve. AL a of the late Mr. Parkins lives in this neighbourhood, an d " 1 ,1 -s eo large family; and a number of nephews and nieces, the eh" -r • ft of his brother Daniel, who died a few years ago, are residenthii, Manchester. The New York Herald says that he has l el : to property to his nephews and nieces ; and that it amounts in 300,000 francs (12,0001.) in the French funds, and 20,vw lie hands of Stone and Sons, London.— Carlisle Journal. GOLD SPECTACLES, Twenty-five Shilling' p er ote d Pair. Ele gan t Li g h t B est Gold Speetacles may be l ei from to suit any Sight at the above price, at T. COX SAVORY'S, 0 8 ' Goldsmith, & e ., 47, Cornhill (S even d oors f ro m church-street), nr London. A Pamphl e t conta i n i ng a List of the Pricey •• f qilYet4 Spoons an d F or k s, T ea and Coffee Servi ces , and other , F-0-r,lferlt b Plate, Pl a t e d W ares, Plated on White Metal Sp G ons Watches, Clocks, &c., with D raw i ngs of the-articles, Will forwarded gratis and post free, in answer to a p ou t laid a? ' b. cation. i n io A t .rt: the erdr lathKi Cottage,ninnsati.rd, 81127-,i3. t h e ISi ll andil e . g - eh:iDr.u W rh e a d m n , esda Ll Y dty 00104 ' near a o t f t a h e ls Vo College, n o d l of a son. t e MO On the 13th inst., in Piccadilly, Mrs. F. Lablache (la — F. Wyndham) of a daughter. vo ile the 11th inst., at Barnsbury.sq uare , I s li ng ton, the of the Rev. J. Jackson, of a daughter. lady On the 14th i nst., at t h e Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, the of Major Hardinge, of twins. On the 14th i nst ., at G reenham Lodge, Perko, the W ye of A. i J. Croft, Esq., of a son. I. fl' On the 14th i ns t. , at B ruce-grove, Tottenham, Mrs. , 1 Shutt leworth, of a daughter. E. R. On the 14th i nst ., i n St. John ' s, Southwark, M rs. Slee, of a daughter, still born. r g tai l On the 14th i ns t., M rs. J . Mi les, Finsbury-square, ° Ca i n On the 14th i ns t., at Th row l ey, Kent, the wife o f Pta Bridges, Royal Artillery, of a daughter. On the 15th i nst ., t h e l a d y o f J. T . Fletcher, ESq• , o f Vni° ll- dock, Limeh ouse , o f a d aug h ter . ____... MARRIED. 011 the 13th inst., at Neath, Glamorganshire, the Rev. S. Davies, M.A., of Ohl Basin, Hants, to Maria Somerville, eldest daughter of the late J. Y. Fownes, Esq., of Plymouth• On the 14th inst., at All Souls, Lan g h arn - p l ace , R. Cohde n i. Esq., of Manchester, to Catherine Anne, youngest daughter o H. \l'llEarns. Esq., of Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. On the I.4th inst., at Shaw, near Newbury, Ilerks, C. O. Hayes, Esq , Commander, R.N., eldest son of the late Rear" e l m i i k r . a Hayes, c°k, to fD C O n o 1. , : i d n i ; A ,, n c n o e t . t ly ter of the D/E.D. On the 10th inst.., Margaret, relict of E. Deare, Esq't s°li eitor, formerly of Liverpool, aged 73. of On the 12th i nst., at Goring. heath, O xon , • Philip, son the Rev. 11. T. Powys, aged 11 months. lat e () Cn the 14th ' l t t . o : b l e t , V . i) C n 1 .71 i c , h of l t i l r i e s. o H be o;se A S. sisterr 11 the On the 14th i nst., at Bathampton - Villa, near Bath, G. 4n.. dcrsc,n, Esq., aged 44. Lon(lon : Printed and Published by Al JI'DO t YOU •G N , ;? No. 112, Strand, a t Th e Sun Office, No. 112, Strand t he county of I;iddle2ex.-111onday, May IS, ci. 3 :3 IR :3 I , 3 0 :3 0 :3 0 3 I I