The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-13 00:00:00

EVENING ED ITI ON. Aprlifily touched apon, and anticipations fcrmed of a successful issue of his endeavours to procure the abolition of the unjust Sound dues. He need not go further into de tail, but would say wherever oppression existed—wherrvcr good was to be gained to the particular interests of the port, or the general interests of the country at large, an appli cation to Mr. Hutt invariably found an advocate.—( Loud cheers.) He was sorry he could not sit down without al luding to the mixed feelings with which the toast was as sociated—that the days of Mr. Hutt's connection with Hull were numbered—he exceedingly regretted, on account of that large and influential town, that they were not to re tain him as their advocate—he was going to say their friend, latet that he was sure he would still remain to them—but as this able advocate of their interests, Mr. Hutt, would no logger be after this Parliament. It was, therefore, with mixed feelings of sorrow and of enthusiasm that he called upon them to drink—" The health of Mr. Hutt."— (Great cheering.) The toast was drunk with four times four, followed by tumultuous plaudits for some minutes, the company repeatedly rising to cheer, and the ladies sharing in the enthusiasm so justly due to the worthy Member. Mr. Herr rose, and a fresh burst of cheering wel comed him. Silence being restored he said—Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, although I cannot but attribute to the partiality of my kind and excellent friend most of the commendation with which he has lauded me in your pre sence, it is impossible that I can receive the unusual ex pression of kindness and regard with which you have re ceived his proposal without being deeply gratified and affected by it. Gentlemen, I am the mere affected by this demonstration of your kindness, because, a; he has in timated, I know that the time is hurrying on when, as your representative in Parliament, I can expect them no more. I say, Gentlemen, as your representative in Par liament, because I am sure that the ties which have long existed between us can never be entirely dissolved.— ( Cheers.) Other persons, far abler than I am—(No)—w ill occupy my place—( Shouts of " No, no," " Never") —but I am sure that the connection which has subsisted between you and me has been of too long duration ; it has Leen formed in too holy a cause—it has been cemented by too many a triumph, ever to be entirely forgotten in Hull.--( Loud cheers.) On my part I need not assure you I can only he forgetful of the great kindness and con fidence which I have received from vou at the moment when I shall cease to feel on earth. It has been my good fortune during a long period of eventful years to receive at your hands one of the most important trusts which free men can confide to a human creature. I wish that the manner in which I had conducted myself in the discharge of this duty had been more in consonance with your favour —had been more fitted to the high character which you must ever bear among the intelligent communities in this c iuntry. When I look back to a career which is now has tening towards its close, I must lament many imperfections, probably many errors, and opportunities which may recur no more ; but there is one thing which my past career does not present to me—one I have gratification in sten:lg . —you will not finri there any appearance of broken promises.— (Tremendous cheers.) The rancour of political ani mosity shall never say that my path has been strewed by compromise, by dissimulations, by epos lacy, or anything of that character. ( Loud cheers.) Let it not be supposed that I am willing to attribute any extraordinary or undue merit to political consistency. Wise and honest men no doubt will change their opinions ; but I do say to that man whose opinions of to-day are the d rect and point-blank opinions of yesterday—to that man who, as the candidate for the representation of Hull, out isd the mildest speculations of Radicalism, and as the Member for Pembroke shall startle Toryism from its pro priety by his admiration of abuses in Church and State— ( Immense cheers)—such a man may be honest, but he must feel very uneasy as a politician. The practical cen sure which one portion of his life casts upon another must cost him many moments of mortification and shame.— ( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I feel grateful that Ido not participate in any of those compunctious visitings. My o o in ors, su-h as they are, which first recommended me to your kindness and support,' which have been continued during a period of eight years I have been your represen tative, I have never seen occasion to be ashamed of. On the contrary, every succeeding year has convinced me of their soundness, their truth, and their propriety.— (Cheers.) I have perhaps said enough about myself-- but I shall ever consider it a subject of proud satisfaction, that under your favour, during a period of eight years that are past, I have been permitted to take my part with some of the best and wisest men of this age, in the great measures brought before the country.--(Cheers.) I need not enumerate them—they have been sufficiently, eloquently. and fully enumerated by my excellent and valued friend, Mr. Bowden. It is not my intention to repre sent every part of the proceedings of the Liberal Adminis tration, which has prevailed in this period, as subjects of unmitigated eulogy. I think, admitting as every candid man must admit, that they have greatly advanced the true and lasting interests of the country—that they have advanced such interests by the measure which has produced the meeting now assembled in connection with the Marquis of Normanby, I still remember that there is one matter which has been slurred over, and I shall never cease to regret that a measure upon which the permanence and well-working of every other suggested must depend —I mean the public education of the people—has been almost entirely passed over—( Immense cheering)—ij indeed it may be said that it has not been entirely ne glected. I would remark that the little which has been done is rather a censure and reflection upon the weakness of our views than living proofs of our zeal in the cause of public, national, and universal education.—( Cheers.) And yet, Gentlemen,this groat and crowning measure might at one time have been easily effected. Lord Grey might have done it. lam convinced that at the period when I first took my seat in the House of Commons, no exertion, comparatively, would have been required to have carried out perfectly and comprehensively this great and crowning re e asure. —( H e at, hear.) Unfortunatly the opportunity was suffered to pass away. And look at the results. We, the people of England, boast that we have led the van in advance of the nations in all that related to civiliza tion, but in the subject most essential to our species, we find Ourselves in the rear—France, Austria, Prussia, Ger many, anti America gazing with astonishment upon our inferiority —(Cheers.) But this is not all. I consider the more humiliat;ng spectacle is exhibited at home. We find that many of the institutions, which our exertions have reformed, are actually arrayed against us. Many men have acquired political power who seem totally inadequate to a wise use of it, and many of those who once were efficient leaders in the great battle of Reform, have under feelings of mortification and distrust quitted our ranks, and fallen into a state cf apathy, or have joined the ranks of the enemy against us.—(Cheers.) What is the meaning of all this ? Gentlemen, if there he one great lessen im pressed upont the page of universal history, it is this —that mere Act of Parliament Reform, reform by Royal ordinance, never yet regenerated a nation. Re form, to be good for anything, must begin with the na. tional mind. Do this, and you will cease to lament over disappointments which will follow your other exertions. This is the real means of securing the well-working of all your free institutions, and of banding society steadfastly and harmoniously together. We lament and we complain that the people are now ready to desert their best friends, an 1 to receive with open arms those woo would corrupt, and excite, and betray them. We complain that they give way to Chartism anti unionh;m, and other anti-social com binations. Gentlerneu, we wrong the people—wc, and not them, are to blame. If we deny them the means of nia uaging their own affairs—(Tremendous cheering)—we must not be surprised if self-interested intriguers under take the direction of them. If we will not allow the people the means cf choosing between right and wrong, let us not condemn them if they sometimes c ,0032 ill. The consequences of the folly committed in of providing education for the people is never deficient in some bitter fruits.--( hear, hear.) Oaly last year a formidable insurrection brake out in Wales. Of the thousands en gaged in it, how many were acquainted with t se rudiments of education? Not one man in 500. Is it astonishing that such a state of society is productive of such ignorance ? Is it at all matter of surprise that men so little acquainted with their rights or duties should become the instruments of every designing demagogue or intriguer? Gen:le:tau, it is a fact that the doctrines by which these people were urged into rebellion would not have been listened to for five minute's by men in a good state of education.— ( Cheers.) And what is our guarantee that the scenes which occurred last year in Wales may not recur in an other part of England to-morrow ? We have no security. We hang our hopes upen Botany Bay, the hangman, and the penalties of the law. The Tories would add, the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and the employ ment of spies. But both of us endeavour to meet et il in the wrong way—we make our war not upon the effect, but upon the result. I say then, educate the peapie.— ( C eers.) Teach the people the use, the real, legitimate use of those faculties which Gad has given them.-- ( Cheers)—and then trust them fearlessly to t' emselves. —(Cheers.) With such a guard with them, it matters little who may be against them or who rosy be over them. Bad GOA e nments cannot exist in the face of good eine t tion—(Graat cheering)—no more can papular folly and confusion.--(Cheers.) Perhaps it may see m to you. Gentlemen, th at I h ave t ouhled you too to g coalitsg attention to t hi s subject. (Shouts cf " No.") I eave purposely selected it, because I d o i n my h eart an d con science i believe • t is the most important subject to which the mindsmindsof free Englishmen can at this moment be di rected. —( Loud cheers.) Ido believe that we c an no longer negl ect t h at su b ject with impunity,‘ and theref ore , and in a public addre ss to my b est f r i ends constituents, inte resting which may perhap s b e t h e l ast I h ave the o ortunity of giv teg—("No")—if the senti men t s nearest rnP most intimatelynately connected w ith m y own prinyclens , heart,r country, nte art, ea resting or important to the testi ng interest s o f p the can command your sympathy, then I call upon you to d " Success to the cause national and univers a l education." —(lmrcense cheering.) Perhaps you will p erm i t me 'to add to this toast the rime of Mr. Burrows, to whom so mart' in this town are deeply indebted for his efforts in this great cause.—( hear.) I trust the toast which I now propose, that the sentiment I pledge in all humility but all since rity—the cause of universal education, will be hereafter one of your rallying words. That when others succeed me upon the hustings they will not forget that the great interests of England—the great cause, fer which y ou and I are always struggling — are interestedin the question cf education. Gentlemen--" The cause of National and Universal Education, and the health of our respected friend, Mr. Burrows." The Honourable Member resumed his scat amidst the enthusiastic demonstration of the as sembly, and the toast was drunk with all the honours. The Rev. H. N. BURROWS, after some preliminary o.)- aervations, said he concurred with the general tenor if the sentiments expressed by Mr. Hutt, but there WaS (Inc point in his address to which he could not subscribe. lie could not join in imputing a great degree of blame to her Ms ieslele Ministers for .e unfortunate ti‘backw ard 11 s' 4i° 'll which the great cause of education now stood. lie teas not sullieientl y conversant with the political world to know with wisat degr ee o f in 1832 ; but hek;,thtag9 it might have been agitated . of men were absorbed , '" ethat at th a t p er i o d the feehnee ir, on e great enno bli ng ca u s e, whic't unless it vveresati sfactorily reform carried out, all hopes of to all u d e lest for ever.—(Mr. Burrower app it was passed earede here to the Reform Bill, forgettingthat when Mr. Hint entered Par lianient.) He gave Ministens credit for their endeaeee-s on this subject. Both last year and the:year before they, ' in the spirit of honest liberalism, came forward:to propose a system of naticnsl education, and all v ould remrmber what a senseless outcry was raised against it. Mr. B. at some length pursued this theme, and argued that the , xer tions of the Government on this question must re': .em them from the catalogue of all ordinary Statesmen. Ind plead against oblivion for their names.—(Loud clic en. ) Mr. Ilurr, amidst most enthusiastic cheering, 1 rol• , - , d the health of Sir W. Lowthrop, and in a strain of r.. ch eloquence justly depicted the claims which the wo 'iy Knight had to the affectionate respect of his fellow too:men. He had, he said, been in a position to know sel,,e \thing of the conduct of the Mayor—he had several ti:::es had occasion to see him in the metropolis, and he must say he never saw him except under circumstances in which he felt an honest pride in pointing him out to others as the chief municipal officer of one of the most important 1 t,wns in this country.---(Loud cheers.) The toest was I drank with great enthusiasm. The MAYOR, in appropriate terms, acknowledged the compliment, and took occasion to express a hope that Mr. Hutt might still remain the Representative of Hull. He urged the meeting to let slip no effect to effect so truly desirable an end, and that nothing should be wanting to show to their worthy Member that they were determined to continue him nolens volens.—(lmmense cheering and shouts of " Hutt for ever.") Mr. Heel' again rose, and detailed the reasons which had determined him not to offer himself again for Hull. It had been at a great cost of personal cur:fen and health he had endeavoured for eight years to disch:rge the duties of Representative of this ireportant town—duties whi c h h e could not neglect with satisfaction to himself, nor discharge without suffering from the consequences. An invitation nearly unanimously signed by the electors of Gateshead was offered him, and he frankly accepted it. He was, therefore, no longer a free agent in the matter. He need not tell them that he parted from them with deep regret. He assured them that when he rose to return thanks 'for his health being drunk, it was with the greatest difficulty he could restrain his feelings, but let them not suppose he should cease to represent them. So far as it was in his power he was bound by every obligation to promote their interests. Let it therefore suffice, that if he did leaee them, they parted upon terms honourable to both parties—their kindness, he believed, was undimi nished—their confidence was unshaken—he left them not because they had abandoned him, still less from any ap prehension that the utmost endeavours of a party, never very scrupulous in their means, would have been able to have forced him from the honourable position he held. So far as possible his energies should be devoted to them. He was not retiring from public life—he was not retiring for purposes of personal gratification. He had his ambi. tion. He was not willing to spend his life in matters which are nothing better than pursuits of egotism, cr in the enjoyment of selfish indulgence. •—( Immense cheering. ) ' Dr. CHALMERS proposed " The health of the Right Hon. C. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, M. P." Drank with the honours and rapturous cheers. Mr. D'EYNcOURT was received with repeated cheers on rising. It was most gratifying to have to be present upon an occasion in which his own private and public feelings were so deeply interested. He considered the Noble Lord whom they had selected to fill one of the highest offices in this great town to be a distinguished ornament of the British empire. They had formed an alliance with the Noble Marquis which, he trusted, would continue during his life, and by it they had conveyed to him a mark of their appro bation of his public conduct. Few are the opportunities left to the people in which they may administer to the high aristocracy of the land their approbation of their public principles and conduct ; but this was in their power to bestow, and the election was not less honorable to them than to the noble object of it. He (Mr. T. D'Eyn court) entered Parliament at the same period as the Noble Lord, and had, with pleasure, marked his consistent and useful career. With the selection they had made they had imposed duties on the Noble Marquis. He had iden tified himself with that distinguished community—he had placed his character and honour to a certain extent in their hands—their honour was his own—and he ( Mr. D'Eyncourt) was satisfied, from what he had observed that day, of the high tone of public feeling which pervaded that assembly, that he will be justly proud of his connection as they had reason to be proud of him.—(Cheers.) Their worthy Mayor had said, at the commencement of the pro ceedings, that never was there a period when co-operation in political feelings and actions was more needful than at present. Oh, Gentlemen, said the Right Hon. Member, I have been connected with many constituencies, actuated by various different conflicting sentiments—l was con nected also with the House of Commons, and if we do not act upon the principle of co-operation for common ob• jects, how, I ask you, could this Ministry whom you have trusted, be maintained in power during t1;13 past few years? —( Cheers.) Know you not that seven, eight, or ten of us meeting round the table might say to-morrow "we will displace this Ministry-" Amongst the whole phalanx of those who support this Administration it is difficult, per haps to find ten men together who are entirely agreed on every political feeling—we sink minor differences rather than incur that great national calamity of letting the Tories in. —(Great cheering.) Union is needful amongst you as well as amongst us. Disregard not those who come not up entirely to your opinions. Disregard the man who would ask you to flinch from a single principle—convinced of the truth, act steadily upon it, but be moderate in action and lan guage. The last man who would flinch from a principle is your Lord High Steward—he is always ready to act to the utmost to carry his principles into effect. " Normanby, the Pacificator of Ireland." Can a man have a higher title than that ?—it is his reward for perseverance in prin ciple. After further enforcing the necessity of union, the Right Hon. Gentleman alluded to the necessity for action on the part of the Liberals. They had much to do—they had to obtain an extended suffrage and the ballot.— (Cheers.) If they had patience all would be accom plished ; it was only to be achieved by co-operation and retaining to Parliament such men as his excellent and Honourable Friend Mr. Hutt. —( Loud cheers.) He feared his loss was irretrievable, but if they could only seduce him again.—(Laughter.) Let (said Mr. D'Eyncourt) him be returned for Newcastle, Gateshead, and the county of Durham if he will—he deserves it all—( Great cheerin,: , )— but you have the best right to him, so secure him to yourselves.—( Continued cheering.) I know not bow you can part with him. He is most unwilling to do so, and, from what I have observed of his public conduct, of his unremitting attention to his Parliamentary duties, to the excellent intelligence be displays upon all mercantile matters, all matters connected with such in terests as yours, if I were an elector of Hull, I would take care never to let him slip.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) I trust you will still find means to keep him, as I think you'may, as your Representative.—(Loud cheers.) The Right Hon. Member assured the company of the interest he took in the prosperity of the port. He lived on the other side of the Humber, and thought he could put in his claim as being really interested in that prosperity. Both as a Member of Parliament and in his private capacity, be would ever feel pleasure in promoting its welfare. The 111P.10R, after a warm and just eulogy upon his character, proposed the health of Colonel York, the pri vate secretary to the Marquis of Normanby. Drank with three times three, and loud applause. Colonel Yonx briefly returned thanks, stating that being generally unknown to that assembly, he could only attribute his reception to his connection with the distinguished ' statesman in whose honour they had aasembled—( Cheers.) B. M. JALLAND, Esq., one of the Borough Magistrates, after regretting the absence of the Noble Lord, who was the subject of his toast, and touching upon the claims his Lordship has to the respect and gratitude of the Reformers of Hull, gave the health of Lori Worsley and the Liberal Electors of North Lincolnshire ; this toast was very warmly received and duly honoured. P. SKIPWORTH, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Lacehys acknowledged this toast. He adverted to the good effected by Ministers, amidst great cheering; especially lauded the services of Lord Palmerston in preserving peace, so desirable to be maintained with honour. Minis ters would be able to do more, were it not for the House of Lords. Ha wished they would lay the axe to the root of the tree, and relieve the Bishops from their attendance in the House of Lords, and make them confine themselves more exclusively to the Lord's House. He was delighted with the feeling he had seen exhibited in Hull on t hat oc casion, and would always, when it was in his power, attend their public meetings.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. HUTT, atter an appropriate eulogy, called u; •n the company to drink " Long lite and health to John ;rim ston, Esq., and success to the Reformers of th East Riding." Drank with three times three, and one eheer more. ...„. Jon GR7.313T0N, E3q., the Honourable Cliairm n of the East Riding Reformers, was greeted, on rising, with enthusiastic plaudits. He said it gave him sincere plea sure on all occasions to meet li:s brother Reformers of Hull. They had done him the honour to couple his name with the cause of Reform. Of that cause he could truly say he had always from his earliest days had the most san guine expectations, and he believed it could never be overcome. He would not refer to the past, their business was with the tuture.—(Cheurs.) They had a Queen, who was the first of the Meuse of Brunswick who had the good sense to unite herself with the wishes cf her people.— ( Loud cheers.) They (the Reformers) were called upon by every thing that belonged to Englishmen to support her, and to save her from being thrown into the hands of the Tories.—( Great cheering.) They had from Sir Ro bert Peel a full expression a what would be her situation if such a calamity should befall this country ; but he be lieved the people would never suffer such an event to take place. lie was certain when he looked at that meeting., that they would support her, and it could best be done by supporting those Ministers she had chosen.—(Loud cheers.) The worthy gentleman concluded by giving the health of the Hon. C Langdale, g.l. P., for Knaresborough. Drank with full honours. T.TIIC;ONEsq., merchant, gave " The Town and IS , Trade o f H u ll," an d enlarged on the necessity of further dock accommodation, and the impor:anee of the town speedily taking the decks into their own hands, and thus relieving its trade from the present withering monopoly. D. POOL, Esq., barrister, proposed " The health of Lord Wenlock, the Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding, to which the company gave a most enthusiastic response. Mr. Hurr, amid,t great cheers, rose to propose " The health of the ladies who had graced the aFseriOdy with their presence." Without the Errilica of the fair, the brightest honours of this world would he but like the fruit of the Dead Sea—pleasant to the rye, hut bitter to the taste. They had cheered them on in their course ; let them there fore drink to the ladies of 'lull, fri:•rds of the good cause of Reform. (The Hon. Member passed a deserved Qii cemiurn upon the sisters of Ladv Lowthrop, and con eluded by giving " The health of ha- Ladyship and the ladies of Hull.") This toast was drank with unbounded enthusiasm. Sir W. Lowrnaor made a fitting reply on behalf of the ladies, and then glutted the chair, Icing accompaniki 1 b y the principal guests—the co m p any flocki ng round Mr. Hutt, and leading him with good wishes. JCSEPII JONES, Esq., was called to the vacant Chair, and under his auspices the conviviality of the company was Among the other toasts were—" James and -ueeess to him as Our cant' ~ odate •• Clay, Esq. , k •.? p el t up.. and the Reformers of Y01k,",.... ~ John E 3"" I rZeiormers of NLnehester." , and t :e . . Lees, EA. hid' must materially advance Thus closed a meeting w Lhil:::::: THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1810. the cause at Hull, and the spirit and splendour of which the Tories, though they may attempt to sneer at, can not deny. The Reformers are cheered with the hope of shortly seeing their respected Lord High Steward among them, and then we hope plans of co-operation may be formed which shall lead to the introduction of a second Reform Member, and then the Tories may bid good-bye to all their greatness. Their reign ends with the defeat of their present Member. The LORD MAYOR said that appearances very much favoured the latter supposition, and asked the prisoner how he obtained the little support which it was evident he received? The prisoner said that he was a weaver, able to work, but withput employment, that he had a wife and seven children living, or rather starving, in the neighbourhood of Spitalfields, but that he expected to get something to do in a day or two. The LORD MAvon—W . hy do you not apply to the parish officers? The prisoner—My Lord, I might as well apply to the parish stones. No body knows how ' a poor family are treated the moment they apply for help. It's all rightif a man starves quietly, but he's the greatest rascal in the world if he makes a noise about it. The LORD MAYOR said he supposed there was no wish to prosecute the unfortunate man. The complainant said that there Was not the least disposition to do so, if the story told about the seven children proved to be true. The prisoner—lf you will send your officers with me, your Lordship will soon learn whether I have told the truth. If they find me out in a falsehood, send me to prison. The LORD MAYOR—You say you have seven chil dren ? The prisoner—l have seven, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—AII dependent upon yon for bread? The prisoner —All, my Lord, and all withou': bread. The Lora) MAYOR—I shall send an officer with you-, and if he find your children, he shall leave you with them. Th e o ffi cer then accompanied the prisoner, with di rections to report as to the statement of the weaver, and - also to make inquiry of the returning officer of the parish, in which the prisoner resided, on the subject. A strapping -woman, who said that she got her liveli hood by her needle, was charged with having violently assaulted and bitten two policemen. • The defendant was seen staggering into a gin-shop by a policeman, and the moment she entered she began to blow up the man of the house far having refused to make her more drunk. As she was determined to have ?in or revenge, the policeman prestimed to interfere, whereupon she struck him most violently. He then quietly put her down, and immediately received a dread ful bite on the back of the hand, a piece of which she actually took out with her teeth. Another policeman having come to his assistance, also received assurance of the strength of her jaws by a bite as severe, and it was with extreme difficulty they succeeded in taking her to the station-house. They both described her as more like a demon than a woman. The LORD MAYOR (to the woman) —Why, these poor men mily actually be seized with madness from being bitten by such a fury. What have you to say for yourself? Defendant—l'm not used to drink, and I suppose it was the gin that done it. I. can't think that I went into the gin-shop, however, for I don't know such places, as I stay at home quietly, and work at my needle. Several policemen said that the woman was one of the most constant votaries of gin on the streets of the City, where she plied every night. Inspector Brake said that he had known her for some time,and that she was able to (trick and fight like a man. The defendant—Discharge me this once, my Lord, and you shall never see my face again as long as you live ; at any rate, as long as you are Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR—No ; you must find bail. The bite of such a desperate animal, must be worse than an ordinary bite. You must be locked up till you procure good bail. Overseers' Liberals. 'Jones PAILISIfES. made' sust. made suet. made sust. Hillingdon Harzfield 3 3 5 3 0 0 Northolt Mayes Great Greenford Uxbridge lO 10 3 2 2 1 0 Ruislip .......... 6 6 3 1 2 i 1 Periwale ...... ..• 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ickenham 1 1 0 2 1 1 ' 1 1 West Drayton Cowey nc, revls:on of th e li s t s f o r the Total 33 I 31 30 16 13 I' 5 rural districts is now - I IC re house, The Revising. BArristers;vill hold revision of the li s ts f o r the rural districts is now d L e u d dgate-hill. , upon which the Retorny.;rtsbehiravceoguaritnseidbias majority of 52 over their onnonent3. day and follov,ing days, at . the London 'Coffee , Southall, was delayed about a side of that place. On inquirin,T, of On coming up by the Great Western Railway from West Drayton yesterday, the train, after stopping at qua rter of a mile this one of the guards the cause of the delay, we were treated by him with great incivility. We deemed it our duty to the public to make a representation of the circumstances to the superior officer at Paddington, who gate Cie guard a severe admonition. We merely noti ce this occurrence to show our readers that insolence and incivility of pas s,T-ng-ers is not tolerated by the Directors of the Groat Western Railway Company. ._............ MOVE I MARKET and CITY NEWS. (MONDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—The English Funds opened this morning with considerable firmness, Consols for the Account being quoted at 871 buyers, at which quota tion they remained for some time, alternately buyers and sellers. Some sales, however, having been effected by the Bank broker in New Three and a Half per Cents., combined with an appearance that the forthcoming settlement would turn out a Bull account, produced a gradual decline in prices to 84 to 871, at which they closed. By the Hamburg mail which arrived this morning, the Exchange is quoted the same, but gold has again declined one mark, which circumstance mtly be looked upon as somewhat favourable to the state of the Ex changes. By advices from Lisbon of the sth instant, we learn that the proposals of the Finance Minister of Portugal ro:ative to the foreign debt have been referred to a Committee in the Senate, whose report was to be pre sented to the Chamber almost immediately after the sailing of the packet. The report would contain the unanimous approval of the proposals of the Government, and after it was disposed of the Cortes would be . pro rogued. We are gratified to learn by the most recent advices that the Queen of Portugal was considered out of danger. The report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the several duties levied on imports into the United Kingdom, as just been published. The Committee state that the evidence adduced before them was of the most valuable character ; and that, as they could not do justice to it without entering upon a complete analysis, they would confine themselves to a report of the general impressions which it had pro duced upon their minds, being persuaded that it must create a strong conviction that important changes are required in the legislation of our Custom-house. The Committee most justly say that the tariff often aims at incompatible ends, the duties being sometimes meant to be productive - of revenue, and also to operate for protective objects ; hence they sometimes act to the entire exclusion of foreign produce, and in so far pre vent the receipt of revenue by allowing that primary object of fiscal regulation to be thwarted by an attempt to protect a variety of particular interests at the ex pense of the revenue, and of our commercial intercourse with other countries. The Report states that " the schedule to the Act 3 and 4 William IV., c. 56, for consolidating the Custom duties enumerates no fewer than 1,150 different rates of duty chargeable on im ported ai tidies, all other commodities paying duty as enumerated." The evidence of Mr. Porter, of the Board of Trade, gives the whole Custom revenues re eeived in the United Kingdom, for the year ending Ja- nuary 1840, at 22,962,6104, of which seventeen arti cles, producing above 100,0001. each, gave 941 per cent, or - • - - - - - £21,700,630 Twenty-nine articles produced 3 9-10ths, - 898,661 These forty-six producing 98 `2-sths pc r cent., or - - - - - 22,399,291 All other articles, amounting to 144, produced 1 3-sths per cent., or - 363,319 Showing that 190 articles, exclusive of about 80,000/, collected upon 531 other articles, and excluding 147 articles upon which an excess of drawback of 5,3981. was allowed, produced the total revenue of - X 22,962,610 The whole is contained in 8 schedules of 862 articles. The Committee observe that the effect of prohibi tory duties, while they are wholly unproductive to the revenue, is to impose an indirect tax on the consumer. On articles of food alone it is averred, according to the testimony laid before the Committee, that the amount taken from the consumer exceeds the amount of all the other taxes which are levied by the Government. It is gratifying that the Committee found a conviction grow ing up among those connected with some of the most important branches of our manufactures that the effect of the protective system was not on the whole beneficial to the protected ; while the real amount levied on the plea of protection does not exceed half a million sterling ; and several- of the witnesses expressed the utmost readiness that -the tariff should be abolished, to make room for a mote liberal sys tem of commercial policy. The Committee add, that while on the one hand there is reason to believe that the liberalizing of the tariffs of Great Britain would lead to similar favourable changes in the tariffs of other nations, so it is seriously to be apprehended that a persistance in our illiberal and exolusive policy will bring with it increased imposts on, if not prohibitions against, the products of British labour being admitted to other countries. The Committee observe that the interests of the public revenue have not been the pri mary consideration in levying the import duties. Sometimes competing foreign produce is excluded, and in -others . checked by high differential duties levied for the protection of British Colonial interests ; and •in conclusion, they'recommend that the whole system of differential duties and restrictions should be recon sidered, and a change effected to a more liberal and equitable state of things, saving existing interests as much as possible in the transaction. POST.—The stock markets were firmer to-day, owing principally to the more favourable quotations re ceived from Paris, the late rise at the Bourse, which is reported to be about 2 per cent., furnishing grounds for the hope this the Eastern question is beginning to be viewed in the French capital with more sobriety and good sense thin it has been, and that war may after all be averted. T he bargains concluded in the after part of the day were at rates a fraction lower than those current at the commencement of business. It seems to be generally considered, that should the French nation push matters to extremes, the Bank of England must of necessity have recourse to decisive measures in order to prevent the drain of gold from their cellars, which would be the natural and inevitable consequence of such a proceeding. Hence the continued instability of prices. The affairs of the Commercial Bank of England are, we hear, in a gradual state of settlement. The loud complaints made by parties intimately connected with it, as to others who were alleged to have exercised a wrong discretion in refusing them further advances, would have been more just had a prompter liquidation of the bank's accounts proved the steps then taken to have proceeded from an error in judgment. As it is, the inferior class of traders who, in the small towns where their branches were located, had opened ac counts, and had been tempted to do so by advances, are now severely suffering. In some cases the advances have been made upon security of the shares, which are become an almost unmarketable commodity, or, if at all saleable, must be parted with at an enormous loss. This species of advance will be the last to be called in for the most part, and no just estimate of the Company's affairs can be formed until such ac• counts are adjusted. It is to be feared that money has thus been lent to parties who have no securities to offer besides, and in all such cases, the loss will have to be borne by the solvent shareholders. A practical illustration is thus afforded of the bdd policy of any joint-stock bank makit:g advances upon its own shares, Inr, when such facilities are afforded, many persons of inferior means are induced to embark far beyond their powers in speculations which experience proves are but too, hazardous. A rumour has reached us of the intention of two of the former managers of this concern uniting for the purpose of carrying on a sort of bill-broking business in Manchester, and of rendering assistance to what are supposed to be eligible hoUies who had accounts at the joint-stock bank; and it is further given out that a London banking-house has proffered its aid. The pro ject is, in the abstract, feasible enough, and promises tuccecs, but it may be doubted, after what has taken place, whether the connection in question is worth pre servation. SUN.— The circumstance of the price of Stock com log over 2 per cent. higher from Paris had a favourable effect upon our own Funds, but we apprehend that, in dependent of the purchases of the Bears, to make up their accounts by Wednesday next, prices would not have been so well maintained. There is very little doubt but that the additional per centage levied upon all taxes in the last Session of Parliament will, when in full operation, be sufficient to - bring up the revenue of the country to a par with the ordinary expenditure ; but whether it will also .cover the extraordinary outlay, occasioned by the vi.xations Eastern question, is not quite so certain. The. prospect of a new loan, or the funding of Exchequer Bills, in the present state of the country, is certainly not a very pleasant one ; but we are satisfied that honest and impartial men will have the justice to allow that these are oircumstancesover•which no Go vernment could exercise a control. Cons o l s opene d at Kr a to 4, for Money, and at 871 to for Wednesday, but as the Bears became gradually supplied the Market nave way a little, and the closing value for both was 87 1 1 to I. - Exchequer Bills were marked 2 premium to par, and India Bonds 12s. discount, being each a trifle Netter. India Stock was steady at 2441, and Bank Stock at 166 to 1661. The New Three-and-tpliall per Cents, rose to 97, but closed at 96g. When the divi dends are paid there will perhaps be an increased de mand for stock. Two afternoons since a woman, in an advanced state of pregnancy, entered an omnibus in the Rue St. Denis. ' By the. motion of the carriage her accouchernent was ,brought on. The conducteur, with much presence of mind, stopped the vehicle, desired all the other passengers to alight, and sending for a midwife, the vehicle was con verted into a lying-in room, where afine baby was b:ou,glit into the world, and was afterwards conv eyed, with its mother, to her own home, where they are both as well as can be expected. After ten years' silence the swan of Italy, Ros sini, has at length - roused from his Blushers, and is at present occupied- in a r. lig/lutist c omposition , a s olemn ., march, which is to b e playedat the funera l p rocession of Napoleon's remains. Two PILOTS DROWNED.---Tw° Pilots, named Hanlon and Edye, natives of Cawsand, were drowned on LARGE SA LMON .—On Saturday last John returning from a Russian ship, which they had p iloted out Morgan, wh en an lino in the river Wye, near Bredwar of the S ;end. After leaving the ship, they became intoxi. dine bridge. hooked a very fine salmon, which, although cated, and in attempti ng to land at bast is Morgan advanced in years, ~nd has but one hand, he men immediately swamped, and both Cawsand, the sunk. They were j succeeded in drawing to terra firma with all safety. The married, .and have left wives and thirteen children,— fish was in very fair condition for the time of }ear, ar.d Devonport Independent. ' weighed 261 pounds.—Hereford 7'intes. Spanish Bonds left off heavily at 21:-4, Portuguese New at 31i, Colombian Six per Cents, at 21-1, and French Five per Cents. at 105. Shares were rather lower than on Saturday, but scarcely a bargain was effected. The Great Western Railway Shares were at 16, the Birmingham at 70 to 72, and the South Western at 13* premium. The New North Midland Shares obtained 1, and the 4.istern Counties declined to 131 discount. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAFERS OF YESTERDAY. (From tha Globe.) The nature of the documents transmitted by the French Government to our own has been misun derstood and exaggerated by some amongst 0117 contem poraries. A note, dated the 3d, and a memorandum, dated the Bth, have been received ; the former of which declares, in an unreserved manner, though in general terms, the views espoused by France in favour of Mehemet Ali. The latter is an answer to Lord Palmerston's memorandum, and is expected to be made public within a few days. We hope that pacific results may be aided by these documents ; as we hope that such results may be aided by the fullest possible knowledge, on both sides, of all that can seriously be advanced and ,avowed " from authority." The fact that France now declares, with less diplomatic reserve than formerly, the nature of the position which she thinks fit to assume on this question, may tend to facilitate whatever adjust ment is practicable of the opposite interests. The Examiner and Spectator, of yesterday, have each exceedingly able articles on the Eastern question, which we may praise with the less appearance of par tiality, as they do not favour the policy of the Four Powers, any more than of France. But we should have little fear of aggravated misunderstanding with our sensitive neighbours, if they appeared to have any public instructors," equally capable of dispassionate judgment. This is a testimony which no difference of opinion on the facts of the question could justify 113 in withholding from the reasonings of our Weekly Con temporaries, which we are sorry the state of our columns does not permit us to lay before our readers. (From the Courier.) _ _ _ _ However little we may be inclined - to undervalue the indisputable resources of this great empire, it must be conceded that under any, and how much more under present, circumstances, a decrease of revenue at the rate of four or five millions sterling in the year, as estimated by the one quarter, affords matter for serious reflection, if not misgivings. Further reference to the comparative receipts under the head of Excise, for pre ceding quarters of the present and last year, do not serve to reassure us that the actual defalcation is temporary only and likely to be compensated hereafter, and in no wise progressive. The Excise returns are ever appealed to as the unerring test of the prosperous or adverse condition of the nation, financially and economically. Yet in the gross amount of Excise revenue for the year, not only is there a deficit of 166,7041., notwithstanding an increase of taxation bearing en the half of one and the whole of another uarter's returns, but a general tendency to decrease. Thus stand the returns for corre sponding quarters of the two years in round numbers : January return 1839 £3,627,000 id.... April id July id. October id. The increase in July 1840 over July 1839 must be taken as apparent only, for were the amount of the supplementary five per cent. tax deducted from the half quarter, the difference between the two would be about balanced ; whilst the extraordinary falling off in the October quarter this year, with the whole addition of the tax, as compared with that of last year without the tax, cannot fail to attract attention. The Treasury Journals, in pitiable plight, endeavour to account in confused style for this disadvantageous state of financial affairs by the " rounds" of the col lectors being delayed for some three days, and by their bills paid into the Exchequer not being yet due, and therefore not taken into the quarter's account. All this is absurd trifling with a matter of grave import. The collections for the quarter may be all as well and amply performed in one and the last " round" as in two ; and we presume that the amounts of their collections are not remitted to the Exchequer in bills, at .six, or three, or even one month after sight. The deplorable result of this financial exhibition, after all, can only be attributed to the wretched system upon which financial affairs have been conducted and tampered with for some years past. (From the Standard.) The revenue accounts for the year and quarter respectively, ending on Saturday, present a decrease on the year of 676,856!., on the quarter 531,0671. This, it is to he remembered, is a decrease from a term which was inadequate to the public expenditure, and a decrease, notwithstanding an addition of five per cent. to the taxes, that addition being in force for more than a quarter. This would be a disheartening view of our financial condition, if there was the least reason to suppose that the decrease is the result of diminished ability among the people, or of anything but an inju dicious and unjust distribution of the public burthen. That the financial ability of the people generally is not impaired, however, and that the distribution of the public burthens is most injudicious, we have the clearest proof. tVe need not rest upon the pro blematical statement that the millotvners of Manchester have, in a few years, accumulated 1 more wealth than the whole aristocracy of the United Kingdom ; we . have better evidence in the indisputable fact that sixty millions of capital have, as it were since yesterday, been sunk in railroads; while schemes of colonisation and of commerce have, within the same time, been undertaken upon a scale of magnitude without example in the history of any country. All this is doubly good—good as proof of the resources of the country, and good as laying the foundation of a vast accession to these resourecs. But satisfactory as it may ba to contemplate this prodigious outlay, as the seed of wealth to come, — it is demonstrative testimony that the public burdens are not judiciously and fairly dis tributed, when we fiad, concurrently with this outlay, the mass of the people unable to support the taxes that they have been accustomed to pay. Redundant riches on one side, and growing poverty on the other surely must remove all doubt that capital is augmenting at least as rapidly es is wholesome for the country ; why, then, ought not. capital to bear its due share of taxation CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS. (Before J. W. SUTHERLAND, Esq., and JOHN CURRIE, Esq.) A young man named Kosiusko Si»tmons, the son of a gentleman of fortune living on Croydon-common, was Charged upon the police-sheet by Collier, the Inspector of the P division, with stealing two horse-collars, two pair of Names, and two bridles, the property of Nathaniel Simmons, his father ; and a man named Thomas Arid was also charged with feloniously receiving the prop er ty, knowing it to have been stolen. The charge appeared to excite some interest. The defendant Stmmons is a young lad, appar en tl y a b out 17 or 18 years of age, and his father is a gentleman of great respectability and property at Croydon, end the defend ant will, it is said, upon his coming of age, receive a con siderable fortune. The defendants were taken into custody by Inspector Collier upon the above charge, but Mr. Simmons subsequently entered into sureties for his son's appearance before the Magistrates, to answer the charge that had been preferred against him. When the other cases had been disposed of, Mi. Simmons was sent for, and he had a conversation pri vately with the Magistrates, and it was understood that he consented to abandon the charge he had made against his son. Collins was then directed to bring in the prisoners ; and he was about to place Simmons at the bar, when the Magistrates told him not to do so, but to allow him to come upon the Bench, es they had a communication to make to him. The young gentlemen was accordingly taken round to the Magistrates, and Mr. Currie addressed him, appa , rently very eart.estly for some ininiltee, but in so l ow a tone, that it was impossible to catch what he said. It was evident, however, that the Magistrate was endea vouring to bring him to a proper sense of the di6race ful position in which he had been placed, and expressing a hope that it would be a warning to . him in future. The prisoners were then discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAN SION-HOUSE. A wretched looking man, named Joseph Puinntell, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged w:th having stolen two rabbits, the property of a butcher in L ndenhall-market. The foreman of the complainant said that the priso ner took up in his handkerchief the rabbits, which were f or sa l e , and walked off with them, but was soon stopped. Every day, and indeed every hour, there were robberies of this kind committed in the market, and witness had allowed two persons who pilfered on Friday last to go away, and was afterwards abused by the very wretches who had been compassionated. The Loup MAYOR asked the hungry-looking crea ture what he had to say ? The prisoner said that as he was going along, he just put his handkerchief over the rabbits, and it w::s supposed that be meant to do h arm ; but he declared that he had no notion of hurt ing the hair of any body's head. The Lout .M4Yon—What right had you to take the rabbits ? They were not your's. The prisoner— No, my Lord—it's true they were not, but I didn't wish to hurt anybody. The LORD MAYOR—Is this man known in the l i market as a thief.? The comnlainant said that he had never seen the man before, and the officers who attend ed the market knew nothing about him, but they be• lieved, from the manner in which he had taken the rab bits, that he was a very fresh hand at that sort of work, and th e y thought too, that he was extremely distressed. BOW-STREE7'. THE FORGERY ON THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ST. PETEassuann.—Yesterday Paul Itlazeau and George Ramuz, who were examined on Saturday on a charge of causing to be engraved certain plates :intended to resemble a note for twenty4.ve roubles of the Commer cial Bank of St. Petersburgh, were again brought be fore Mr. Hall, for the purpose of having the following evidence added to the depositions. M. Louis Roussel) stated that the notes, with the exception of the genuine one produced by the witness Salt, were imperfect, and not negotiable ; and that the Commercial Bank was a State Bank, the Emperor being liable, in his opinion, for any deficiency that might arise. The entire of the evidence being read. over.to the prisoners, they were. told that they were not bound to make any statement, as whatever they did say might be used against them. The prisoner Ramuz then expressed a wish to give an• explanation of the transac tion, and said that he would be satisfied.with 'a state ment which he understend-Mazeati':iVould make. Mr. HALL obseriTed•that . he'WaS'akaid the, prisoners expected on' making' a ? staieinent that they would be liberated on bail, which eould npt.bc-doue: o The prisoner Mazeau then said that if such was the case, it would be no ,use_ to enter into any explanation. The prisoner Ramuz declared that the aufhor.of the whole transaction was in Court, (meaning the prisoner Rault.) - They were then remanded until the 28th November , The prisoner Itault was then brought up, and_ the evidence being read over to him, he was remanded until the same day. REGISTRATION. MIDDLESEX. Messrs. Coventry and Shadvvell, the Revising Barris• ters, held their Court yesterday, at the White Horse ; Uxbridge. _ _ (Before Mr. COVENTRY.) The list of electors for the parishes of Grcenford, Hillingdon, Perivale, Hareficld, Northolt, and Hayes, were revised by Mr Coventry. MrY-.Ady Objected to the list of objections furnished by the overseers of the parish of Northolt being re ceived—.it not having been made out in the form re quiredly Act of Parliament. The names of the par ties objected to, had been written on a piece of paper, without any descriptions or places of abode attached to them, and pinned to the original list posted on the church doors. Mr. COVENTRY was afraid he must consider the ob jection list invalid. Mr. Coppock then submitted that if the objection list was bad, , the original list was equally so, for it was only signed by one overseer ; whereas the Act of Par liament stated the list should be revised by a majority or the major part of the overseers of the parish. Mr. Gurney, one of the overseers stated that although there were two overseers for the parish of Northolt, lie himself was the only acting ►nsn. Mr. COVENTRY observed that the effect of Mr. Cop pock's argument would be to disfranchise the whole pa rish. It was clear that Mr. Gurney was the only acting overseer, and therefore must be considered, for the pur poses of the Act (there being only two), as the " major part." Mr. Coppock then submitted that the original list was invalid, on the ground that it was dated the 1201 of August, the Act of Parliament stating that it was to be made out on or before the 25th of August. Tile Overseer stated that no claim had been scut in since the date of the original list, ar.d Mr. COVENTRY overruled Mr. Coppock's objection. In consequence of this blunder of the overseers the objections made by the Reformers could not be gone into. Sir Lancelot Shadwell, the Vice-Chancellor, was one of the parties objected to. (Before Mr. SHADWELL.) Mr. Shadwell revised the lists for the parish of Ux bridge, Ruislip, Ickenbam, West Drayton, and Cowley, without any point of public interest occurring. It?sult of the day's proceedings : UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. At the Matriculation Examination of 1840, the num her of candidates that presented thcmselves was seventy six ; of these the following have passed : First Division Bewglass, Blackett, Carpenter, Charlton, Clarkson, Conder, Cos , r,reave, Cowie, Creak, Cullen, Davison, F. Field, H. Field, Foster, T. Hall, C. N. Hall, Heap, Huston, Ili:H . ord, Hutton, Iliff, Jarman, Jesse), Kingston, Lupton, Madge, Marsland, Munster, Osler, Robson, Roscoe, Smith, Stratten, Vaughan, Watts, C. Wills, W. R. Wills, W. Wood, G. Wood, W. Rayner, WOodward. Second Division—Baines, Beaumont, Blount, Bowie, Cooper, Curran, Danell, De!f, B. A. Ilarling, R. D. Liarling, Haynes, Hoggins, Lambert, Langdale, Marum, Mott. Ogg, Rymer, Sanford, Sherlock, Thorn son, Walker, Walnasley, Wigley, Williams, Woolrycb, Wright, Wy Ide. Examiners—J. H. J:!rrard, T. B. Burcham, It. Mu rphy, G. B. Jerrard. The examination in chemistry, botany, and zoology, was voluntary this year, for the last time. We notice with satisfaction that several of the candi dates were from Stonyhurst, Highbury, and other Catholic and Dissenting Colleges. At the Wandsworth Petty Sessions on Saturday, three men named Thomas Homan, John Homan, and George Long, were charged with a violent assault upon Waland, the sexton and grave digger of Mort lake, in the churchyard of that place, under the following circumstances —lt appeared from the evidence of the complainant- who is a very aged man, that on Tuesday afternoon he had assisted to prepare a grave in Mortlake churchyard for the reception of a body, of which the defen dants and three other men were the bearers,. After the body had been placed in the grave, the mourners and three of the bearers retired, and the defendants then began throw ing bricks and pieces of wood upon the coffin, at the same time making use of very bad language. The complainant told them to go away and not interfere with " as lie was master there ;" but they said they would do as they liked, and jumped into the grave, and said they would take care, that although he had had hundreds of bodies out of the churchyard, he should not have this one. He at length laid bold of Thomas Homan, and attempted to get him away, when he seized him most violently, knocked him down, and beat his head against a tombstone, until he was covered with blood. The other defendants, it ap peared, did not take any share in the assault, but merely made use of bad langu , ge, and encouraged Thomas Homan in his violent conduct. The complainant's state ment was confirmed by other evidence, and the Bench ordered Thomas Homan to Fay a fine of fifty shillings and costs, and discharged the others. HAAIMERsLEY'S BA NK.—We understand that the affairs of Harnmersley's Bank will be so far wound up by Christmas as to allow a dividend of 10s. in the pound, which will be followed by a second and ultimate dividend of ss. more, making together 15s. in the pound. It is understood that the expedition with which the suit at pre sent pending in Chancery, in relation to the affairs of the bank, will be brought, will be unexampled in the history of Chancery proceedings. The m,rnent the necessity of filing a bill was found unavoidable, the Vice-Chancellor came to town expressly to put matters in such a train that no time should be lost, and the afftirs of the banking-house are already before the Master. The creditors of the estate amount to nearly 12,000, and the stoppage of the beak has been severely felt by many of the west-end trade amen, of whom a large portion of that number consists. DIVINITY CHAIR, GLASGOW.—Some of our London Contemporaries are stating that " the venerable Mr. Lee, of Carnpsie," is a candidate for this chair. They are in a mistake. The only candidates who have yet offi cially conic forward arc—Dr. Chalmers, Dr. Hill, and Dr. Patterson, of St. Andrew's, Glasgow. Assuming that the contest will rest wholly between the two former, viz. Dr. Chalmers and Dr. Hill, we understand that the following is likely to be the state of the votes :—For Dr. Chalmers— Mr. Ramsay, Humanity; Dr. Lushing:on, Greek; Dr. James Thomson, Mathematics ; Dr. Nichol, Astronomy ; Mr. Davidson, Law ; and Dr. Jeffery, Anatomy. For Dr. Hill—Mr. Buchanan, Logic ; Dr. Fleming, Moral Philosophy ; Dr. Meikleham, Natural Philosophy ; Dr. M'Turk, Ecclesiastical History; Dr. Gray, Oriental Lan guages ; and Dr. Badham, Physic. Thus the Professors are equally divided. Great efforts are making by the respective friends of the candidates to secure the votes of the Lord Rector, Sir James Graham, and the Dean, Mr. Kirkman Finlay. If the matter rests with the Very Rev. Principal NV Farlan, who can only vote in case of parity, it is understood that he will decide in favour of Dr. Hill, who at present has the best chance of carrying the elee• tion. But Dr. Chalmers's friends are working for him like tigers.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette. SUMMARY VENGEANCE.—At the late fair held in Wincanton, a wax figure of Courvoisier, the mur derer of Lord William Russell, was exhibited for the gra tification of the curious in such matters. Among the vi sitors to the show was a person named T. S—, of North Cadbury, who, on observing the figure of Courvoisier, asked who it was, and on being told the murderer of Lord William Russell, he solemnly declared " that he would knock his head off, for that such a person should not be kept at Wincanton." The man made no more ado but absolutely inflicted the threatened thump, and, sure enough, off tumbled the bead of the Swiss murderer. This zealous guardian of the good natne"of Wineantoo, however, had to pay the sum of. 10r, s& for the assault committed on the unconscious body ot)Courvoisier.—Sherbourne Journal. By the 41st section of the Police Courts Act Magistrates are - empowered. upon the application of any Union or the Guardians of the Poor of any Parish, to or der any house shown by the evidence of a medical officer to be in such a filthy state as to endanger the health either of the inmates or persons being in the neighbourhood to be cleansed within seven days, or, in the event of the order not being complied with, a warrant may be issued authorising the parties making the application to get the house cleansed, and the goods on the premises may be distrained to defray the expenses. In consequence of the state of many of the houses in the parish of St. Martin in-the-Fields and in the Strand Union, it has been found necessary to put this law in force, and it is now the deter mination of the officers in these districts to proceed in all cases which come within the meaning of the Act. If every Union in London were to follow this example the health of the inhabitants would be considerably improved, and the poorer classes in particular would be greatly benefited. FRANCE.—HA VRE, OCT. 9.- . --The Amsterdam steamer, from St. Petersburgh, which city she left on the evening of the Ist inst., arrived this morning. Amongst the passengers are Mons. Mauguin, the French Deputy, and Madame Berskendorff, Abe wife of the Russian Minis ter of Police at St. Petersburgh. Mons. Berskendorff, in confiding his lady to the care of the French Deputy so far us Paris, en route to Italy, took him aside, just as the steamer was wider way, and said, " You will be naturally anxious to hear the latest news, and I must tell you. We have this day received the account of the bombardment and capture of Beyrout, and the decheance of Mehemet Ali b! the Porte. His Majesty the Emperor regrets the latter step as too precipitate against • the Paella. Our Ambas sador at Constantinople, knowing his master's wishes, re fused to attend the Divan on the day the measure was taken into con, , ideration, and protested against its preci pitancy to the English Ambassador." You may depend on the authenticity of this anecdote. THE RUSSIAN FLEET.—The Journal du Havre contradicts, in the most positive manner, the ru mour of the Russian fleet having sailed down the Channel. The captain of the Amsterdam steamer, which arrived at Havre yesterday from St. Petersburgh, reports that at Copenhagen everybody was certain that no Russian fleet had passed through the Sound, and that only a transport had come through, bound for Karpschatka. " The Rus sian Baltic fleet is composed of three divisions," it adds, " two of which are stationed at Cronstadt, and the third at Revel. At the time of the Amsterdam sailing, one of the divisions from Cronstadt had sailed to ,relieve that of Revel, which was to return to Cronstadt to refit. The other division was ready to sail, and only waited for orders." THE SALMON FRY.—The following conversa tion concerning the theory that the parr is the young of the salmon, which took place at the recent meeting of the British Association, is of great importance, as showing that that theory was' tacitly admitted by the whole of the eminent naturalists assembled, and expressly assented to by some who bad previously committed themselves to darent opinions :--Mr. James Wilson exhibited a series of speci niens illustrating Mr. Sbcw's (of Drumlanrig) views on the development and growth of salmon fry. Mr. Wilson read a portion of an article on •his subject by Mr. Shaw, which appeared in the 14th volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. .The series of experi ments last performed by Mr. Shaw seetn , ,to have satis factorily settled the question, that the fish called the parr is but one form of the fry of the salmon, and that the differences of opinion on this point have resulted, first, from the varying time which the young fish remain in the rivers—from fifteen months to two years; and, secondly, the different dress or colour which they assume during their growth.—Sir 'W. Jardine thought the question o, the nature of parr was set at rest by Mr. Shaw for ever. He had witnessed the places in which the experiments had been performed, and, from the care which had been taken to make the ponds so much like their natural haunts as possible, he had no doubt of the correctness of his con clusions. Mr. Shaw was now trying a series of expert. ments on the sea-trout, which he made no doubt would be interesting to naturalists—the fry were batched in January, and in May last were one inch and a quarter long. —Mr. Lingwood had seen parr longer than six inches, which was about the size that they appeared to migrate.— Sir W. Jardine : Parrs frequently attain the size of eight or nine inches, but they do not exist in any great numbers, and appear to be those that remain longer than usuallia the rivers. Dr. Lankester wilted to know if any struc tural difference existed between• the salmon at various pe riods of growth, or w h e th er an y diff ere nce existed in dif ferent individuals of the same species, re gard to the number of rays in their fins.—Sir W. Jardine was not aware that any difference existed in the number he especially with e of the rays of the fin at various stages of growth, f b of the had obaervcd a very decided difference in the . g o h nn t be seen pectoral fin at various stages of growth, by the specimens on the table. The . nu.masnbrnerl-nodt was not in the fin he thought a bad specific distinction, _ to be depended on among the Salmonidaa. —Bet Ad vertiser. THE AMP/lITHEATRE MEETING.—YVehaN'e only spa c e t hi s wee k to sa y, that•the oi l,a hack d Fisher street c:o -orators, Messrs'. • Forgery M ' Ghee. Hearne StowAcu, P v enth bi ceasede on street M‘Neil.-, had a field-day at the Thursday. Th e r av ings of these person s h e y:re formidable only do injury to a n y b u t the ories• L to ive S r i p r o ßobert o pi P ic e i e e. l and the rational l Conservatives , — T aca ;.It Is understood that in the e of Northumberland succeeding to d the v Chancellorship of the sate University f()rt ofe o ffi Cambridge, Steward, which would in ; event of the Duke c consequence become vacant.— ?' a ntes. EVENING EDITION. 'f TIE MARKETS. PRICE GI , i;!:E The h . ghest rl. (4' M,..txr)!is is ltd for the 41b Leaf Good Brel..lll.ay be had al. 61. PitL:E OF' SEEDS. Per QUM' cr. Ni..w Egl sh r (Li C o ' C v l ove-...50:3 SCs ' St. Fein ...... s sr ' s -1-°' ON i ' O s Old1e l ei: .I .l l ) )7ii i ot Whit e t l '.(ei"'ll D ..)T; ( ii . :‘ „ ' f t .t , : n'o , : , , - , t ':- '''''''''''''''' 1: 5 1 0 : : s 7 7 ' 5 o ss : Ll l "' ;' 3 i :i t (e: es OeGY , e G( I : : : " z sil i l r : w1:.: " .. g 1.1: . 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',; :3 , A ;ills End Ilartlepool ....... zi - 0 '24 0 ,A a ll; End Katie ............. ennant's Hartlepool ....... ! 4 0 Walls Ead Barret ..•• %I %I 0 Wall, End Evenwood ....... "? .. I 0 Wall:. End Seymour Toes .. -- 0 INaas End South Durivuo... 'ili 0 W:ill , End Tees. ................ :: 5 0 INnthracite ...................... ' 2 , 6 , 6 I Howard's Nethert,in Nam." ' ~,' 0 IWalls End Elgin .............. In .1 MARKETS. MN. Barley, : 11 \ I; e a 51,iileebro.ogri F . 1 . 1. 2 2 1 1 0 , t t : 6 '4 71 2 ii Holstein. ....... 191° Summer .......•• 165 to fi -- MccLielibtirg , Holstein ........... .13! t ( , ) , ; 5 , ~Pcal c, r s tka ' c : 1 .. r 1 : 1 4 4 3 5g bd0. 5 a 2 c ° o. ' 4: 31 46 .4 4 7 85 ; ticans ........................ to tiO Bu tta faros ..................... ......................... 4 t. 10N.71A toS% laranham ................ Arad ras .................... 5 ... t: .................................................. 4434 . 6 t° 65 6 .4 : 31 4 Porto lavannah .................. t° Pernambuco, { mil. 5 to 654 HAMBURG Wheat. harks 166 to 940 ---- Magdeburg :!66 to 399 i Anhalt, white 341 to •.40' - red aid to 10, -- Bruns v -66 to 3.0 -- Mecklenburg 354 to 3ilfil --- Polish -- 1 - 101;tein 5lB to 3;1 Rye, Mecklenburg .... 2. 2 to ...i , s• -- Dantzie - Elbing ,:nil F.o nigsburg -- Upland • 2l t, to Vriri -- 11; ri. COT, Carolina and Tonnes:ice 71 4 to h% I;vorgia, rust " " A . /14 7 3d and 4th Mocha 1•' to 1:14 Bat kvia Sumatra Rio 4% 5!..; Bahia __ . , SUGAR. r. (Wit Havininah, White 6 to 9 Brown 5 iii Rio, White 5 1,4 6L Brown Manilla. Bro• ----...-----.....-,. p E ACIL LORD MELBOURNEAND THE PUBLI C ' . Din aer —ln a speech made at the Operative Conservative o the at Walsall, on Wednesday, Peter Potter, E s q . ' g o al doing following description of the Noble Premier's waY , - „ f CO' business, when the Liberals were intimidating t" were sc servative electors of that borough : --- quainted with the confusion that prevailed neighbourhood a few years ago, when the Radiesl phre_ti, was at its height—when the - multitude were damagingconsti assaulting people without the slightest restraint, i.Z boughs or branches' their property, and taking away not nothing but ca • rrying off whole trees—when, indeed , No ble seemed safe. At that time, in company with i be wet , Lord on his left (the Earl of Bradford), be bad an .. for view with Lord Melbourne, then Secretary of Stet, 1 L o rdship the Home Department. He informed his what had occurred, and of the state of the town. ro an , They teilye tovi_ann!), his Lordship was quite a free and easy sort of s atha nd ( Laughter)—one who treated most affairs in a verio' --"n it, 0 manner, and when told of these proceedi n g s, grs and said he, " why don't you take them by the shot' e' b y tbe have them before a magistrate ?" ‘,Take em me to shoulders I Why we dare not take them a t all, theY.entratoq gangs." " Oh, then take them before the it g is „ oh," try again and again." " It's no use trying' he w ould, said his Lordship, with another oath, whic h ":„„ 6 0.' not repeat, " Try again. Ruin them with ext' -- a re " Ruin them with expenses, my Lord I Why' they Y osir the Birminglaam mob, and have not got a shirt potter's) backs l"—(Loud laughter.) Now his (Mr. and se° object was to represent the state of the tovvn, „ oh, they could have the protection cf the milita r y. oh, n li ' can't let you have any military, can't let you have 8 . 0 the litary." His ( Mr. Potter's) son, who remained 1 _ 1 . 4 potter , town, communicated with him daily, and he Our' , is mentioned to Lord Melbourne that M r . John Fors.er'oe defence of his aged mother, to preserve her life , „ / ,., 11 Os front of his own house, had been comp elled to d:bip. mob. " It's no joke to fire on a mob , " said his Ler ds o " Why, my Lord, is a man to stand quietly by, 8 . 1 : 1 no his mother killed by a mob ?" " It's no )01 0- ' 4 ,, oitt joke to fire on a mob ; you can't have any militarpor was still his Lordship's answer. When the inter /i f i i o 0 f over, Lord Bradford asked him (Mr. Potter) his,orn,- gke Lord elbourne. " Why," he replied, him at all; I think I should make a better MinistOkif. self.—(Laughter and cheers. ) Ten Towns' ilielsWlo lytyl ooue auteb l ereostl It / ahyaegyt int Houses uo(wt u m lhi :re thinkses :oa fa rwnf . and o t t h aftiyr e hsal father i ..aa almlwi b eht a nhe je,ta).rtwebi time , fzez baptized,' were issuing Establishedii. iz,ssi m cdf:inh a An u y r c s h O r n t I: I n C IA• 0r fi t net more ) ando f t o ut oir e , t willdv ; e P v e P n c. ne ; A i g c i I i s i °6 t o 11 _1: town, and hamlet in Scotland. About the same p so u. my father, by the persuasion of his clergyman, ai ls her erica. ..p to be created an elder of the parish. Unfortunate l y' se/ ever, for his preferment in clerical honour, he toek c s l se tive and prominent part in the getting up of one n",,; l a id e petitions, and in consequence of this, he was quiel'lt t h e aside, as an unfit pillar of the Church (much a"a le c s i:raS• voice and clamour of its members), by the same' nr ea ,,,o an ing clergyman, who previously solicited him to bee . 1 " - „, his elder—by the same leaden-hearted priest, who 1 1 ° 1 %, - ; i iing hands each Sabbath morn in his pulpit, and, with s ' s e ach fervency in the face of his Maker, prayed, " Give Il d w ith day our daily bread 11" My father became diagniteenteril the Establishment—flew into the arms of those Dissioust called Baptists—and thus by these impoverishing, I.: of a And damning Corn-laws, and by the heartless aPat 17 •Y !„ fa greedy, avaricious, and flock-fleecing priest , I saw titer baptized. —Correspondent of Dutnfries SUCCESSFUL OPPOSITION EEI°I. 6 TO ell eg s/ ism —On Sunday ov • Maccoone pets eveninglast, Mr. lectured at Theobald's- d T i' ll ' in. e roe,. against eeto udic lic ' was a considerably increased and very numerous a int er , These d to t amongst whom were several teetotallers. oon ehn eke ot rupted the lecturer at one time, but he 9 re 0 'parties vie interruption by stating h , t-at any opposing a k whe" only allowed, but invited, • d and °P e re a 0 ,,•0 r the *.o come forwar .we we the lecture was finished. At the conclustotl, utt ered A a n gai d n invited, but none of them came forward' ilrgo ruirber 7'intes. ,4v The u jec le t c i t n ur h e i r s ngeaxvteleoeututret.hatlrlesh°l.°„ is expec._ d 2 cr APP e , ars to create greet interest, and a public discussion to arise out of . it. _ .-- 1- 7 ,. .mirm-rtlog,r_ _ _ THE NEW SCROLL SALV E °. hill, LI; SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, No. 14, Corp ci LVEx• don, opposite the Bank of England, have ready the 0: 1 - _, the WAITERS of every size from this elegant new cen tre l39slg" ." t f e o ; is alter the style of Louis XIV., border • fully and the . do or engraved by hand with space for an inscrip P r i c e, armorial bearings. 6 Size. Weight. A 0 I New Scroll Salver 8 inches diameter 12 10s. 6'4' j o 10 1 ditto ") ....... .. ..... .20 ........ .. 15 io I ditto 1 ditto 1 ditto 80 ..... draw -18 ...................... :Wing A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, contao, .6.oer logs, and every information relative to the purchas, of „at 1 1 5 2 ............ ..................................... 4 3 2 0 . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... 41 3 1 or Sheffield Plate, may be had on togaapplication or will into the country, free of postage, in answer with 1 ,, OS, SUPERIOR r LONDON TABLE is-'' I D. w' Ca handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. 8 . ; Handles, 145. per dozen ; DesSert ni'l h e .:' "Done Carver si. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with cv 1 r9 ,3'• Carr e shapo s per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 27 s. per' so t of 395.,; Papier Mache Tea-trays, gothic shape, full sizes. rni'h catalogues, containing the price of every article in furnish' 605; the ing ironmongery and cutlery , gratis. RH)PON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxforti-stil.t. Established 0 18 9 . ''''..".."....."..ja....."..-..N.vx".......'" ... A nw............ '' BIRTH S. , o f the Rev. the Bth inst., at Plumstead-common, the la d y A. I. Scott, of a daughter. the fife of On the 10th inst., at St rea tham-hill, Surr e y , W. Carpmael, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst., at Clapton, the lady of qieray, Esq., of a daughter. di of On_ the 11th inst., at Oliver's-terrace, Mile-end, the la ' th f e 1 ',, E. Boyle, a von. J • R OOP On.the 11th inst., at Brighton, the lady of F. —° .., Esq., of son, still-born. lady (41' On the_ 12th inst., at Tottenham, Middlesex; the Weeks;gentleman, of a d - -hter. T. Butts Tan' Emig ...JARRIED. soofs On the 26th ult., at the Chapel in the precinct o f the Idµ, t, George, eldest son of G. ' l '. White , Esq., birrister-aLticoo,,,, Anna Maria, eldest daughter of J. G reen, lisq, of ° inn-fields, anti of Brandenbtirgli House, Fulham• : Morti Mer On the Bth inst., at Ba ndirran House, Percy Drummond, of the Scots Fusilier Guar ds, nd t 1„,,,,1"irne, Drummond Nairne, eldest dau g hter of J. Drummo Esq., of Dunsinane. Captain 0 Jo e w Lang' On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Camberwell, " ro thy, jun., Esq., of her 'Majesty's Customs, London, to 9 ° , 2 . youngest daughter of the late W. Westall,el ea' the Bth inst., W. Wilkins, Esq , of Sarrelawer, ti %leo ganshire, to Caroline, eldest daughter . of L. H. DavYi f' sji. of the East India Company's service. Trinr On the 12th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Thomas Ber n ard ham Bernard, Esq., second son of the late Sir Serope u t a te Modand, Bart., to Martha Louisa, second daughter of t " ° W. Minshull, Esq., of Kentish-to;vn u --- . _____------ 11/ED , . wg leit On the sth inst., at Paris, Frances, the wife.. o f J. J-• °- - formerly of Arthurlie, Rcntrewshire, North Britain, Eli u der, On the. 10th inst., at Southampton, the Lady Mail ''‘, — 1 Or • d aug hter of the late, and' sister of the present, Marquls monde, aged 17. 10 g .fett, On the th inst., Sophia Elizabeth, wire of 0. I* Esq., of Regent-street, aged 71. ' On the 10th inst W Rev. John Hoskyns Abrahall, late of I3adgworth, Sorrier° ~ at estbourne-terrac e, shire, aged 68. j o hn On the 12th inst., M Ann IT 1 . h the wife of , ary ar. mg, am, Rut' . derfurd, of Streatham, Su Tey. WO On the I Ith inst , at Strea;harn. common, Arabella, the of Andrew Hamilton,. Esq. 'llr. On the 12th inst C ~ at ls rem on t- squar c, en I toacille, - W. 11. Lowe, aged 43. Burgess, On the 10th irist., in the London. Docks, W. ll' Esq., of the Pier-head, Landon Docks. Bays water, thte. indun Printed I, a a n t! ! 7 P i t , t c h 1 i ,5 5 , 1 7 :71 (, b : y rl y sat the county of DlidcUes?x. —Tuesday, Optober Iylol .;