The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-24 00:00:00

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On each 11 % from Half-put Eight to Ten, be there will a splendid iltijAltithan Costumes, Weapons, &c. , on living 1 411, - :77ag through the Rooms, with war -whoops, yells, t ' and fully explained in a Lecture delivered by • • VATErt AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-5101tROW 1 minutes alter 1 I Evening 8 minutes after 2 Publication of the Evening Editien of Tint SUN corn meneed at '2O minutes after Three. ---- _____ , .. :. , -; 5 ; -. : , -‘,J:et --•`-',,. ' at , '''') ,t'v .... ~ ' ~11, _4,., .yr+;e7,,li*; ' _is. - SI • .4 , 0 k. ‘;,, - - 7 - - ...',. • r 4 t.„a.--. ,-- 4',N4:— ,i , t , '• •\)4s .. e ~ '-`••-, - ' -'7 P - 45 . 4._ . .-- r t , ~..'”3 -'" zirb e LONDON: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1840. ay ' 44 1 : HILL and his advisers at the Horse _P!itt(t s seem absolutely bereft of reason. Every Step they take sinks them deeper and deeper . 41 )surdity, an d were th e ir incomprehensible :tt tit let not attended by such painful and such 4 results, they would become fit subjects .-t ' fl iversal ridicule. Yesterday the Adjutant `ttientrais Sir JOHN MACDONALD, arrived at the Nl l l l l4°ll barracks, and, having assembled the il ielt " el the officers of the regiment addressed 4 Y) ( w e quote from the Brighto n Herald of this 4 11 t° the following effect : 4„ 'le began by requesting their serious attention to tile,roniunioation of which he was the bearer from the e tein . "ennimanding-in-Chief, and trusted that a due a tit orn it T to the a d mon iti ons of that o ffi cer would tend to e e their we lf are an d h a ppiness. for , l ir John the n t o ld them that it was perfectly useless the tY of them to make any further complaints against t gitim 4rl of Cardigan ; for that Lord Hill had leter -544-4 to li s t en to not hi ng w hi c h h a d heretofo , e oc tlat e a Lthat on t hi s po i nt Lord Hill was peremptory : Lie t Z t anY complaint of any future conduct of the fed 4 -11 ,ftot-Colon e l of the regiment should be promptly inquired into and redressed. 1 111 41 : 4 ° Adjutant-General then pointed out to the 44 „ lye' the impossibility of any regiment, if called into I Llitt t .L e rvice, efficiently performing its duty, un less • I ) ,","usiated a cordial feeling and good i!nderstan - • C v een the Lieutenant-Colonel and his officer s ; Blip hoped most sincerely to see a perfectly fr i en dly . 1 14 0 ,. 6 , r e - established, and unanimity again prevai l float the corps . t , l , l e ( „ ft ," some further remarks, Sir John turned to ..I. ' of Cardigan, and stated that Lord Hill trusted .r,,, t i ‘ lo the command of the regiment, he (the Noble d kideri.ould exercise moderation and forbearance ; an ' 4 _oll ll ' o was Lord Hill's opinion, that the numerous mer.i n 4 , le ,ts which had been made to him as Com.man kiet-c-41 would never have occurred, if the .Lieute liroper olonel of the Eleventh Hussars had evinced . a 41 . L i _ degre e of temper and discretion in the exercise 4 COM Mand' The tio . substance of this extraordinary communica q 18 ) that Lord HILL admits that Lord CARDS 1141It h ad Caused a ll the mischief, and had, by his 11 -°f temper and want of discretion, destroyed the • t o 4 ' 4l feeling and good understang wich ought offi 1148 ist between a Lieutenant din •Colon h el and his leis' yet would he not at the proper time, nor he now, after this damning admission, listen to ‘ , 6 113 Charge s f or p as t con d uc t aga i ns t Lord Cait -414, whose insufferable temper led to a duel, to odelige, to the cashiering of an old and excellent % el ; and to a degree of discontent and insubordi ' i l °ll ill the regiment approaching to mutiny. li tat _) on the showing of the Commander-in-Chief, =a en the prime agent in all this mischief ? th C ARDIGAN. RDIGAN. Yet the inferior officers, and t, lef - "n°r offenders are to suffer, and the tu r d , rt e ullirit is to go free. Why has Fed ILL changed his tactics, too, within these rtl t l a Y B ? How did it happen that in the Gene- W ed rd er which issued from the Horse Guards on th ot . i nes daY, not the slightest hint was thrown out tt l d i - j s (4ll CARDIGAN was in any way to blame, vi er ." lt the punishment and all the reproof N.'s- I t for the accused and his wit ? - ' p i r What has caused this sudden change . opioin oini on, and to soothe down p ublic it 1 -11 has this s t e p b een taken. But will a " this e ff ect ? Will it not, on the % 11 lu t I , ti ra tY, rous e st ill hi g h er t h e storm of iudig- Dub li n ' w hen Captain REYNOLDS, the object of fin et i a cg YmPatily, has been ca s hiered, degraded, and is "'°°°/. ? And yet Lord HILL asserts that all P er ar ?uld not have occurre d b u t f or th e b a d tem w'ct Indis cret i on o f the Commanding Officer. NI : have re ce i ve d numerous l etters f rom t h e th e rn `rYs all breathing th e same s pi r it, an d mos t o f q y \ltinnouncing subscriptions in behalf of C a pt a in , ° r l3 s. It will be seen from an advertis e ment i tuhe Jlo urnal that a meet i ng was h e ld yester d ay o f ex Boron gh of Southwark, for the purpose Z Pressin g sympathy for the s u ff erer , an d rais r a sub scription, not so much to remunerate hi m • h is loss" as to mark the universal feeling of I"(li gnatio o ue , nat th e system w hi c h h as b roug h t on him whiftcunmerited p un i s h ment. T h i s i s an example h will be followed throughout the United and the p eremp t ory or d er o f L or d H ILL .. al g lu e. addition impulse to the general feeling. . bem orn i ng Post is the only organ that de. fends the system, and as that paper did us the honour of quoting an extract horn The Sun this morning, we willingly return the compliment, to prove that our opinion was just, and that the feel ing against Lord CARDIGAN and the Court-mar tial was universal. This is the lamentation of the Post : " The Sun and the Standard, the Morning Herald and the Morning Chronicle, the Adver tiser and the Courier, the daily Times and the Sunday Times (this last paper is not yet published, to be sure, but its placards are), the Globe and—if we wait till Sunday we dare say we shall be able to provide our gentle Contemporary with a partner in the Weekly Dispatch—all these Journals, " rare in their separate excellence, won derful in their combination," are united in the out cry against Lord CARDIGAN and the late Court martial." The Post is opposed to all these, and we, there fore, leave it alone in its glory. The stormy aspect of the political horizon for some time past has very naturally influenced the Moncy Market all over Europe, and even extended to America. But there is a singular contrast be tween the effects produced by the probability of an European war in which America has no direct con cern, and the results consequent from commercial distress in Europe, but more particularly in England. In the one case America hopes to profit, and most certainly would profit, by an European war, ministering, by virtue of her neutrality, to all nations alike ; but in a commercial crisis she would sympathise like the sensitive plant, and echo the note of lamentation through all her numerous states. Nor is this at all surprising ; for as com merce is the very soul of her prosperity, war would increase that commerce, in the same proportion that it would curtail the trade of nations at war with each other, but all at peace with her. And though their mutual antipathies would revolt at whatever benefited their enemies, yet their necessities would compel them to drink at the same fountain' from which their deadly foes had already partaken. It is thus with nations as with individuals : both are swayed by the same motive:), the difference being only in degree. Individuals endeavour to conceal their selfishness more from the apprehension of consequences than shame ; but with nations the shame and the consequence are disregarded in the glory of promoting the national interest, the community at large arc benefited, and laughingly pocket the shame. Each member holds his fellow in countenance, and all justify their conduct (to themselves) by the beneficial results. It is upon such reasoning as this, we suppose, the American people have no objection to an Euro pean war, on the principle that " it is an ill wind that blows nobody good ;" and accordingly we learn from private letters that the stocks and pub lic securities of the United States are " looking up," while those of Europe go down. And no wonder. Here we are, in uncertainty, and uncertainty begets consternation. Timid people, like fools, get alarmed, and ask each other for ad vice in such extremity ; but being over apprehen sive, they will not wait for counsel, and so all rush alike to sell out—each trying to outstrip his neigh bour in the fervour of the panic ! It was thus the other day at Paris, in London, and other places. People are anxious to protect their savings by looking out for the best security, and they naturally suppose that the best security is to be found in a peaceable country. Hence war, or the rumour of war, influences the public stocks, as the coming storm affects the barometer. The troubled state of our Money Market for some time past has created much uneasiness in the public mind, and the recent conduct of the Bank of England has increased the apprehension. Fo reigners have prepared, or are preparing for the worst, by abstracting their monies from our Stocks, and investing them in other secu rities. This is natural: but instead of investing them in the securities of their own country we are pleased to learn that they are wise enough to place them in those of a country (the United States) from whose prosperity we must derive commercial advantages ; for as our kindred friends, the Americans, prosper, must we participate in their prosperity. So long as England remains the focus of commerce will her people continue to benefit by whatever enriches other nations; for com merce is ever enterprising and speculative, seeking for profit in the wilds of adventure. The proceedings in Parliament for the last five years have convinced every attentive observer that the Reform Bill is, to a great extent, a failure. I prevents, no doubt, any aristocratic innovation of the Tories, and it has hithei to kept that party in a minority in the House of Commons ; but that is the most that can be said of it. By the over- powering majority in the Lords, and the large mi nority in theCommons,the progress of reform has been rudely checked, and all real Reformers now look in vain for any relief from a measure that in 1832 promised so many beneficial results. If we were to point out any one cause more than another for this failure, it would be the vast number of small boroughs that are still allowed to return one or two Nlembers to Parliament, while boroughs with ten- fold population, and a hundred times the wealth, are allowed to return only the same number, The fifty-pound clause has been injurious, but not to half the extent of the unequal constituency o -boroughs. In an excellent address published by the Leeds Reform Association to the members of the Ulster Constitutional Association, the defects of the present system are pointed out with great minuteness, and details are given which prove that in England, and Ireland especially, the old rot ten borough system is still as vigorous and healthy as at any former period. By that system a wealthy Lord or Commoner can command a borough, and return Members as subservient to his will as any of the proprietors of Old Sarum and Gatton. At present twenty-five miserable boroughs, containing together a population of 100,000 inhabitants, re turn to Parliament fifty Members, while many other towns, with ten times the wealth, and double or treble the population, return only two each. This is an utter mockery o f representation. The thriving, populous, and rich city of Glasgow, the enterprising borough of Liverpool, now rivalling London in shipping and commerce, and the enfranchised town of Manches ter that forms the centre of our most important staple trade, with their vast population and resour ces, are placed on the same footing by the Reform Bill as the worn-out sea-port of Harwich, with 167 electors, and Thetford, the pocket-borough of the BARING 3, with only 155 electors l Is this a representative system ? No LOPEZ or ROTHS CHILD can buy Leeds or Manchester ; but can the same be said of Andover, or Chippenham, or fifty other places which are under the influence of aristocrats, who assert (and who carry their asser tion into effect) that they can do what they like with their own ? The principle of the Chartists is just, and we have all along admitted it. We only differ with them in the mode of carrying their principle into active operation. We want a fair representa tion of all classes as much as they do ; but we ar . , convinced that this i s not to be obtained z . : ro rJ u n g e b e t , and least of all by force. It m u st be about by degrees, by patient perseverance, by ur gent remonstrance, and incontrovertible truths) THE ; , ITN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1840. which, without alarming men of property, will convince them that the cause in which we arc engaged is just. Have we not good reason at present to urge some of these truths ? If we were fairly represented would 100,0001. a year have been given to a Queen Dowager who supports the party opposed to the people ? Would Lord CARDIGAN have been suf fered to return to the army to insult the brave officers whom this aristocratical system has placed at his mercy ? Would Lord HILL or Lord FITZ ROY SOMERSET be in the Horse-guards? Would the vast swarms of the off-shoots of the No bility and the breeches-pocket men be suf fered to fill every public department, where the labour is nothing, and the income everthing ? Or should we now be threatened with an European war, which the great body of the people look upon with horror and dismay ? Nothing will cure these evils but a thorough reform in the representative system, and that cannot be carried into effect without the assistance of the multitude. To all Reformers : therefore, we appeal in the words of the excellent address to which we have adverted:— We would strongly urge upon your consideration the necessity of instituting such measures as may unite in your support the industrious masses of these kingdoms. The union of the higher and middle classes is not enough to accomplish any great social or political reforms without the additional aid of the working classes. They have a deep interest in the improved government of the country ; and we believe them cordially disposed, at the present time, to unite with any party really in earnest in their efforts for the common good. Endea vour to work out tLe principle embodied in the resolu tion passed by your Volunteers of 1782—" That the) only are free who ate governed by the laws to which they have assented, c Vier by themselves in person, or by those whom they have freely chosen to represent them,"—and you canrcy fail ere long to unite in your support all the honett and earnest Reformers of the United Kingdom. The resignation of the THIERS Cabinet is, in the present agitated state of Europe, a most im portant event. In making the question of the augmentation of the army a pretext for his retire ment, M. TRIERS throws himself into the arms of the war party, whose leader he aspires to be in the ensuing Session of the Chambers. In the conespndence of our Morning Contemporaries an nouncing this event, which:we have quoted in another part of The Sun, it will be seen that the prevail ing impression in Paris on Thursday afternoon was exceedingly sombre, and that war was thought to be more than ever inevitable. We entertain quite a different opinion. The retirement of M. TIIIERS in a great measure satisfies us that there will be no war. The Oriental policy of the Four Powers was, in 1839, the identical policy of the Statesmen whose names appear as the successors of the 'fit IERS Ministry ; and, except the signing of the Treaty of the 15th of July, nothing has since taken place out of France to either change or mo dify their views. Besides, as we urged from the commencement, it was in some sort imperative that 11. TIMERS should leave the final settlement of the Eastern Question, as he did that of the Spanish Question, to men who had the moderation not to commit themselves by pledges made beforehand. He had left nothing. to coming events, and, there fore, had no power to modify his policy. This first upset him in Spain ; it has now vanquished him in Egypt. He chalked out on both occasions fixed lines for himself—he pledged himself religiously to pursue them; and, when circumstances arose which rendered it not only desirable but necessary that he should swerve a little from his proposed course, he fell, the victim of his own arrogant self confidence. Even now he has left the legacy of upholding unconditionally MEHEMET ALI in Egypt to his successors in office ; and though this,in the present frame of the public mind in England can not be very difficult, it might have proved a NES SUS' shirt to France. That M. THIERS will take a prominent part in heading an attack upon the pacific policy of the KING, we , regard as certain—but that he will do all in his-power to pro ! okewar: : between England and France is what we refuse to credit for a single instant. On the contrary, we are persuaded that M. THrEits will secretly support the pacific policy of the KING, and thus hold himself in readiness to return to power whenever the final adjustment of the Eastern Question takes place. Violent speeches we expect him to make, because by such violence only, can he presume to justify the enor mous expense to which his Oriental policy has put France; but if the war party trust to him as a leader, they will find themselves grievously disap pointed. " I am nut for war," said M. THIERS in 1831, " for it would consume a million of men and an hundred millions of money. A stronger reason against war is, that it would necessitate a revolutionary Government." The mischiefs a war in 1831 would have inflicted on France, are not likely to be lessened, even in the opinion of the late President of the Council, in 1841. Then England stood by the side of France, and Portu gal and Spain, however weak and distracted, were heart and soul with her ; now her only ally is the rebellious Viceroy of EGIPT. Nor is it to be sup posed that M. TRIERS' horror of necessitating another revolution has at all lessened within the last ten years. So far, then, as we can pretend to see our way through the perplexing entanglements of the imperfectly developed policy of France and of Europe, we venture to say that for the present ere will be no war between England and France We copy from the Madrid Gazette of the 15th inst. an official account of Queen CHRISTINA'S abdication of the Regency, which we recommend as worthy the perusal of our readers. As Queen ClutisTlNA's political clnucction with Spain i, now terminated, we feel no inclination to enumerate the evils whiCh her mai-administration has inflicted on that distracted country. CATLIN'S INDIAN MUSEUM, EGYPTIAN HALL—It will be seen, by his advertisement, that Mr. Catlin has brilliantly illumined his rooms with gas, to be kept open hereafter during the evenings ; and for Monday evening, the 26th, at eight o'clock, he has invited a nu merous and fashionable attendance to witness a most novel and picturesque display of splendid Indian costumes, wea pons, &c., on a great number of living figures, who n ill form a promenade lndienni thro u g h his rooms, giving the war-cry, yells, songs, &c. Mr. Catlin will be present during the evening, explaining everything that transpires, and will deliver his lecture in the room, himself in full dress a /a Indienne. Yesterday, at Hatton-garden, James Littleton, alias Shammus, a ruffianly-looking fellow, aged about twenty-five years, who has been repeatedly brought to this Court and convicted for violent assaults upon the police, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combs, charged with the wilful murder of Mary Nichols, aged twenty-one years, with whom he cohabited, at No. 2, Ham ard Hcg yard, St. Giles's. Thomas Saunders, having been sworn, stated as follows ;—I live at No. 2, Ham and Hog-yard, St. Giles's. The prisoner occupits a room above me in the same house, with a woman Lamed Mary Nichols, de ceased. She died on last Wednesday morning in thi: Middlesex Hospital. On Sunday night last, between nine and ten o'clock, I was in bed, when I was awoke by a man running up stairs, and, to the best of my belief, it was the prisoner. On his arrival at his own door he de manded that it should be opened. Silo knew it was the prisoner's voice. He exclaimed, "If you don't open the door I will break it open." I did not hear anybody answer him. He then exclaimed, " You b—y w--, get up." I did not then hear any answer, but after that I heard the round of blows, which continued for between five and ten minutes, and were like the sound of a strap being used upon some person's body. The prisoner then went do n stairs again five minutes after. I heard the prisoner ri n up stairs and enter the room, when he said, " You b--y tell me the truth, and I will forgive you.' I heard no answer, but I heard blows, which were given re peats,elly, I then heard the woman say, For Jesus C' ds i s c a sa k e , Jim, leave off; for God Almighty's sake leave off, Shammus, or you will murder me." Inspector Bell, of the E division, here stated that the prisoner was universally known by the cognomen of Shammus, which was the Irish for " James." Other evidence corroborative of Saunders's statement having been adduced, the prisoner all the time behaving with brutal effrontery, Mr. Combo remanded him till Tuesday next, and bound over the wit ussz.>4 to give evidence. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A very large supply and dull trade. Veal, no alteration; Small Pork, a iirisk sale at 4s. 10d. to Eis. per stone of 81b• and other kinds of Pork about 23. dearer ; Mutton, very dull ; Bcef, 2s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 33. to 4s. ; Veal, 33. 61. to 4s. 8d ; and Pork 3s. 4d. to 53. per stone if Sib. Of Poultry and Game the supplies were to a fair extent, and prices th e same as l a st quoted. Eggs in flood demand at 6 to 7s. per 120. WIIITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. There was no spirit in the buyers, and prices were the same as last week. Beef 2s. 10d. to 3s. ; Mutton 2s. Bd. to 35. 101 ; Veal 3s. Bd. to 4s. 81. ; Pork 3s. 4d. to ss. TEA MARKET. Prices were not so firm fOrFrceiC;de Tea, and the de mand was dull. The public sales declared for Tuesday caused the trade to operate with caution. Company's Congou flat at 2 , 4. 30. TALLOW MARKET. A fair demand fcr RnEsian on the spot, and prices were firm at 523. 3d. to 625. 6d, for delivery. Town Tallow sold freely at 575. 6d. SPIRIT MARKET. _ . Rum sold readily at former rates. Brandy dull, but nor cheaper. British Corn Spirits in request, at 10s. 2d. cash. METAL MARKET. Iron d ill of sale, and iniCesiath;iiower. Lead less In request, but prices aro sjeady. Tin held firmly, ut there was little done, HAY MARKET. _ _ The supply having been large during thq week, and the demand less active, pric:'s ha. c been depressed. Clover, 3/. 103. to 51. 18s.; Meadow Hay, 31. to 4/. 145.; Straw, 325. to 425. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LoNnoN, OCT. 21.—Wind, this day at noon, light Weand passing clouds. NG 0cT. 1 % 23.—Arrived the Philyria, s s r t A North ATE N c V e R i t g al! ai s Lovering. from Palermo. DEAL, OCT. 23.--Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Ingles, Head, from Bombay; Claremont, Maxwell, Demerara; Nestor, New o.leanst Highbury, Grenada; Volusia, Finlayson, Quebec; George Canning, ditto; Pekin, Pye, ditto; St. Laurence, ditto; Liverpool, Spence, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Freeland, &miters, Buenos Ayres. Sailed, the Nesbit, Marlow, for Jamaica; Black River Packet, Wright, ditto; Ocmulgee, Lcanit, New Orleans; Ranavals Manjaka, Brillan, Cape Comoran ; Dart, Anti', Madeira ; Brat t anza_steamer,-Vigo, LIVERPOOL, Oc r. 23.—Wind N. W., flesh breezes.— Arrived the Lentin, Gillman, from. Bombay, sailed from St. Helena the 2 -ult..; British Queen, Dudncy, St. John's, New Brunswick : Maria, Mellor. Madeira; and Malcolm, Malco.m, Odessa. Sailed the Bencoolen, Cal beck, for Singapore; Margaret, Blyth, Sydney, New South Wales ; and Henry, Dick, Africa. Off port the Orestes, from Bombay ; Columbus, Pernambuco; Ruby, St. John's,'New Brunswick; and Cornelia, Quebec. DOVER, OCT. 23.—Arrived off port the Admiral Zaut man, Heycock, from Batavia ; Aurora, Bunsten, Bahia ; Confidence, Christensen, Rio Janeiro; Maria Whitfield, Nix, Quebec; and Mercy, Trcadwcll, Laguayra. BEACHY HEAD. —Arrived off, the Resource, Scarbo rough, from Odessa. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 22.—Wind N. N. W.—Sailed the Kate, Barrett, for Denia. FALMOUTH, OCT. 22.—Wind N. to W., strong breezes. —Off port, the Cuba, Kissock, from Porto Rico, sailed 28th August. SALCOMBE, OCT. 22.—Arrived the Primrose, Quick, from Denia. SWANSEA, OCT. 22.—Arrived the Circassian, Matthews, from Cuba. MILFORD, OCT. 22. Arrived the Red Rover, Roar, from Tobasco ; Diligence, Jones, Miramichi. KINGSTOWN, OCT. 22.—Arrivcd the Martha, Cowman, om Quebec; Montreal packet, Stewart, St. John's, New Brunswick. Y SntELns, OCT. 22,—Arrtved the Frederick oung, Stewart, from Quebec. MARGATE, OCT. 23 —Part of the cargo of the Mem• rius, from Amsterdam to Surinam, wrecked on the Kentish Knock, has been picked up and landed here. RAMSGATE, OCT. 23.—Part of the cargo of the Mercu rius has been picked up and landed here. HULL, OCT 23, THREE P M inchcater steamer, from London to Berwick, has put into the Roads, with engines damaged. MONEY andCOMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, 0CT.23.--Our Mar ket still continues fl t and unsettled, at the same time that' there is little alteiation in prices. It is difficult to obtain the extreme' point' of lait week, but we cannot reduce our quotations. The ordinary qualities of Ame rican are offered more free!y. No change in Surat or Brazil. Egyptian and Sea lsladd continue very firm. Speculators have taken I,aoo baits of American ; ex porters nothing. The sales to-day are about 4,000 bales of all kinds. The Market is more steady than in the early part of the week. LivEuroor, SHARE LIST.---;-E2stern Counties, 9i ; Grand Junction, 207 ; Half Shares, SBl ; Quarter Sham, 501 ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 441; B ighton United Company, 27 ; South Western, 50 ; North Midland, 72 ; Half Shares, 37i ; North I Union, 74 ; Paris and Havre, 21. The resignation of Thiers' Ministry has not had much effect on the British Funds as yet, owing to the various opinions. formed on the subject, such as, that in •all probability it_rnox_ cause a revolution, or disturbances'in Paris by the Reptiblican `party';': - The circumstance of Marshal Soult being' sent for by the King argues well for the maintenance of peace, which is the prevailing opinion in the City. The intelligence from Syria is of a more favourable nature than was anticipated. Both the British and Foreign Markets are in a stagnant state at present ; the speculators are anxiously waiting for further intelligence from Paris, which is expected in the course of the day. The gene ral topic of conversation in the City entirely relates to the resignation of the French Ministry. Consols, which left off yesterday at 87/, and opened at 87/ for the Account, at present may be quoted at 87i i ; Money 878 .i. Exchequer Bills, par, 2 prem. ; Bank Stock. 160 1 I GI ; India Stock, 2-13 244 . ; Deferred, 10/ / ; Passive, 5-ti 1 ; Market, Spanish Active same as 2e 2 i1 7; Three per Cents., 21i ; Brazilian, Colombian, 21' . 1 221 ; Mexican Five per Cents., t_iltl,e l ry7 n t 4 : gl t : l u r tes ,O F , ff o 3 r New, 261 i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 491. ; Fi r e per Cents., 94' 951, SIIARES.—Great Western Railway, 11 12 prem. ; 12i dii.; Blackwall, 51 4; dis. ; Birmingham, 6 5 prcm. ; Southampton , 50 5 t London and Brighton, 131 per share ; Croydon, 104 i per share ; Greenwich, 6 7 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 17 15 dia. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 41 2 I Gibraltar 4S Ditts, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Genoa 25 70 Antwerp ....... ....... 12 4 Milan Hamburg... ...... 11. B. 13 lob Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 L'o Palermo, per oz 1221 Ditto, 3 months 25 55 Lisbon s3i Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine ...148i Bahia ......... 27b 27 Petersburg, 3Us 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin ooei Silver 4 vet - eujYrrgwusiniasret, Portugal Gold, d i k 2 o:o.:l l r.,dsi. d ln.c..N a ..oo. : . • :t.i s a.n. ' r. OCT. hs.x s . ..e i g ..(a03.) 1 .r 1 . 1 .0 44 - 0.751.0. i l zla(o7;n:y Vienna, effec. fl. 3 X lO 3 1 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto lO 4 I PRICE OF BULLION, PER Madrid Cadiz 36 Bilboa ... 0 0 0 0 Barcelona .. 36 New Dollars Seville ... . 36 OL 29 . 3 per Cent. OF IRIS)! S e T 6i oC l3 l ( an l , ThLeitetaonndeldivalcfeSdtoc. ...... ... _9si i , Gr u sn it d to C i a ) n e a bi l ,o. S o6 t k o p e ee k. c . ef . on . ot . r . N. ... E.fr.o — m Ditto New, 1830 ...... 95b Ditto 4 per cent....... 3b per Cent. Debs. ...... 88b Royal Canal Stock ...... :.. : ---__ HALF-pAss r pc, F ri zti b ie u r t itnotetlhliegepnrceesenist taizio the speculators being afraid inbeceonmveeciruyeinncaecteir the critical stat e of affairs in British Mark et during the course of t he morn aitnor g r r i ra v hhc a ate l s. orti w in e g re B France. 878 for lower. for the may be Account, at present quoted e n s te during rd ay afterno on the u as above, 87i to 871. Console have beye The Exchanges Exchequer I3ills par, 2 prem. ; India Bonds, 10 disc. Bank Stock, 160} Market lot Account, 162. ; the Foreign ;larket very little doing, Sanish Ac- In tive 21i ; Portuguese, 3 . '4 , 1 . Brazilian, 74 p ; Belgian, 95i ; Chilian, 49 ; Du t „ ch , , L'Vf ° - and - a- Half per Cents., 49-a. ; Five per Gents., 'fi'll. In Shares scarce es, doing.—London and Btighton, 27i to 27i o i - 6 4 i ; North Midland, 64 ; Union, Nor, Sligo , 9 t• CLOSING PRICES, BRITISH FUNDS. 1601- India Stock ...... - Bank Stock ........... ..• 3 per Cent. Red ......... 8 6 i Di tto . Bonds •••• •• 10 di i 87i Ditto O ld 3 per Cent Co: • ...... •• 958 Dit Annuities — 31 per Cent Red•••••• '• i.)6 i Ext 73, N ew Annuities... New 31 ler Cent ••• 4 • . "Is, 1,000/....2 1 d 2pm News per Cent .•• •" ir e . , Ditto 500/ 4 2pm L ing Annuities to expi,r)? Ditto Small 2pm Jan. 1860 .... ... 1-4 Bank Stock fo • Acct ...162 12e, India Stock ' Oct. 1859 .- ...... 13 1-16 Con for Acct ... Jan, 1860... ..... Consols for Acct B7l REIGN FOFUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent... 7 . Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent ...... 9 . 6 7,4 D it to, New Ditto 3.) Brazilian Bonds ..• " Prussian,llu s per cent.... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cen t - 49 ssian, 5 per cent. ... Chilian, 6 per o nt ..... D itto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per c ent ..• Spanish,b per cent 2l Ditto, 1824 ......... . ..... .D r itto, Deferred lO . Danish, 3 per ccot. ... t • ..._ I. ench,s per cent-105f. —c Greek, 1825, spercen • Exchange .. Mexican, 5 per cent...,..... _ reneh,3 per cent — f. —e Ditto, 6 per cent , 16- D u tch, . 21 per cent 49 ° t . 14 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per c • Ditto, 5 per cent..... , 94 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway: Great WeAern Railway Ditto New Shares London and Brighton Railway 261 London and Blackwall Railway ,. 15n London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) lOl South h and and Dover... .... 81 York and North Midland Railway • ...... • . - •64 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. '(Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE.) CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER —Henry Presdee was indicted for the manslaughter of Thomas Parkes, alias Toy, on the 18th September last, at Hornsey. On the day in question, the prisoner and the deceased having quarrelled, mutually resolved to settle their dispute by a pugilistic encounter. They accordingly proceeded to a neighbouring field, where they fought 22 rounds. During the 17th round the deceased staggered, and fell back, striking his head against some hard substance. The deceased frequently fell during the five subsequent rounds, although no heavy blows were struck. He was taken home in a state of insensibility, and died shortly afterwards. The immediate cause of death was the rupture of a blood-vessel at the back of the head, and that rupture was supposed to have been caused by the fall in the 17th round, and not by the blows inflicted by the prisoner. Mr. Justice ERSKINE stopped the case. He had read over the depositions of all the other witnesses, and their evidence was rather favourable than other wise to the prisoner. The evidence was not, in his opinion, sufficient to warrant a conviction. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Gailty. Richard Smith, aged fifteen, was indicted for stealing 126 yards of flannel, value 61., from the dwelling-house of Mr. John Taylor, of Sr. John's-street-road. The prosecutor is a linendraper, and on the day of the robbery he was informed that a roll of flannel had been taken from his door. He immediately went into the street, and, after proceeding a short distance, he per ceived the prisoner carrying the flannel on his shoulder. lie gave the prisoner into custody. Tire prisoner, in his defence, repeated the old story of a gentleman who had given him the flannel to carry, and then left him. The Jury immediately found him Guilty. Mr. Justice ERSKINE said that by the commission of this offence he had subjected himself to the liability of being transported for fifteen years. As, however, he had not been convicted before, the Court would give him a chance of retrieving his character ; and would only sentence him to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, the first and last week of the term to be in solitary confinemont. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Serjeant Aaaativ.) Michael Moriarty and David lienslead were indicted for stealing a sack of corn, the property of Michael Duggan. Moriarty pleaded Guilty, and said that Benstead knew nothing of the transaction. Benstead pleaded Not Guilty. George Bennett lives in Tower-street, Seven Dials, oppo , ite the premises of the prosecutor. Oa the 30th of September last, between five and six oclock in the evening, he saw Benstead loitering about, and watched him ; he saw Moriarty come out of Duggan's premises, with a sack on his shoulder ; Benstead joined him, and they walked off to gether. Witness immediately gave information to the police of what he had seen. The policeman who re ceived the information took Moriarty into custody with the sack in his possession ; there were two men with him, but the prisoner Benstead was not one of them. Did not see him with Moriarty throughout the transac tion. It appesred that Moriarty was occasionally in the habit of working for the prosecutor. The Jury found Benstead Not Guilty. Mr. Sergeant A RABIN—I think the evidence against him is too slight to warrant a conviction. Moriarty was then brought up for judgment, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. LITERATURE. MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS, VOL 1. Longman, London, 1840. _ _ _ . In his preface to this first complete edition of his poems, Mr. Moore, referring to the odes of .ilnacreon, hints pretty plainly his opinion that these " light and beautiful lyrics are merely modern fa brications ;" and adds, as one of the reasons which incline him to adopt this theory, that he does not see how it is possible, " if Anacreon had chiefly written in lambic dimeter verse, that Ho race should have wholly neglected that metre." He observes further, " that of those fragments of Anacreon, of whose genuineness, from internal evidence, there can be no doubt, almost all are written in one or other of the lighter Horatian metres, and scarcely one in lambic dimeter verse." This is a curious fact, but we will not allow it to shake our faith in the genuineness of the odes at tributed to Anacreon. As to their being " mere modern fabrications," this we conceive to be as untenable an hypothesis, as that the Iliad and the Odyssey were the works of a dozen or more different individuals, which was the favourite German theory some forty or fifty years since. What modern could have written Greek verse with that perfect ease, and grace, and purity which we find in the Anacreontic ivtics ? We have seen, in our time, many imita- tions of them ; but though correct enough, so far as mere prosody is concerned, they have all wanted that incomparable simplicity, and airy, dancing buoyancy of manner that constitute the magic of the origi nals. None but a Greek, we are convinced—and a Greek, too, of the best days—could have penned these matchless productions, which reflect in every line the voluptuous spirit, the mercurial vivacity, and strong social tendencies of the national cha racter. Dismissing this subject, we proceed now to say a few words on Mr. Moore's translation of Anacreon, which we find in the volume before us. It is executed in a careful, pains-taking manner— too much so, indeed, for in his anxiety to be cor rect, the translator has missed much of the spirit and simple witchery of the original. In particular, he is diffuse, when he should be pithy, and abounds in extatic epithets—a pet habit with Moore—when the utmost unaffectedness was requisite. Anacreon never throws away a word ; indeed he is quite penurious in this respect ; whereas his translator is lavish to excess of his verbal coin, which, though it glitters, is, ales not all gold. Not unfrequently we find a single phrase frittered away in a couplet ; and a sort of elaborate vivacity, in which the heart seems to have no share, substituted for the unstudied arch- ness of the original. If the reader desires to have a tolerably fair idea of Anacreon's manner, we would recommend him to consult some of Moore's own lively poems, in preference to his translation. In particular, we would direct his attention to those airy, brilliant little gems entitled " Dreams," " The Sale of Loves," and " The Snake," which are terse, familiar, and exhibit much of the Teian bard's laughing grace and case. Indeed, it is here, we think, that Moore's genius shows to the greatest advantage. We have no 'great faith in his more serious effusions—his sentiment, especially, is almost always superficial—but the sprightly sallies of his muse are incomparable. Like Mrs. Jor dan's cordial smile, we feel persuaded that the heart is their prompter. It may appear paradoxical :o say so, but Moore is never so much in earnest, as when he is laughing. On such occa sions he abandons all the trickery of his art, and trusts to nature to carry him handsomely through. His political jeux-d'esprit, which appeared a few years since in the Times, and more particularly his " 'Twopenny Post-bag," are the most perfect things of the sort in the language. As for his famous " Lalla Rookh," and his still more famous " Irish Melodies," our principal objection to them is, that they want force—earnestness—intensity of purpose ; and that we are unable to see the ideas for the thick coating of varnish that is laid on them. Their colouring has all the brilliant effect of the rainbow, but it is just as evanescent. They abound in prettinesses, and arc constantly throw►ng up a sparkling shower of conceits. We allude, more especially, to the Oriental poem—the last in " Lalla Rookh"—entitled " The Light of the Harem," which reminds us of nothing so much as a dnzling discharge of Vauxhall fire-works on a gala night. It is useless, however, to enlarge on this theme, for the public mixt' is fully made up on the subject of Moore's genius; enough therefore to state, that the present edition of his poems is intended to comprise all, or nearly all—for some of his earlier amatory pieces will scarcely hear republication—that lie has ever written ; that it is got up in a truly elegant draw ing-room style ; is embellished with a half-length portrait of the author—which is the most striking likeness we have yet seen of him ; and is so cheap in price as to be within the reach of all classes of readers. But the greatest recommendation of the edition is this—namely, that all the poems con ' tamed in it have been expressly revised by Moore himself—have received, in short, his last finishing touches, so that no future commentator will be able to cavil about the text. Moreover, it is introduced by a brief biographical memoir, in which the author relates the particulars of his earlier poetical career, with a charming modesty that must conciliate and make friends of all his readers. PORTRAITS OF PUBLIC CHARACTERS, 2 Vol.s. Saunders and Otley, London, 1840. To those who like a pleasant, gossipping book, full of sketches of public characters of the day, in which there is not a particle of ill-nature, this work will afford much amusement. They must be tole rant readers, however, otherwise they will be al t to be disappointed ; for the author's biographical no tices contain no striking or deeply-r.onsidered views of character, but are just so many light, rambling, superficial sketches, dashed off hastily, and rendered acceptable by a plentiful intermixture of apt anec dote. Among the cleverest of the author's por traits, we may mention those of Clarkson, the phi lanthropist ; Sir Peter Laurie ; Byng, the Member for Middlesex ; and those two unrivalled Georges, Cruickshank and Robins. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TWO VISITS 7'O NEW ZEALAND. Nisbet, London, 1840. The author of this work observes in his pre face, that he had two objects in view in wilting it— one, to bear direct personal testimony to the success that has hitherto attended the religious efforts of our Missionaries in New Zealand ; and the other, to point out the policy of our adopting a humane system of Government towards the inhabitants of these fine islands. These are praiseworthy objects, and we give Mr. Marshall credit for the temperate and skilful mariner in which he has accomplished them. This book is a very readable one, and con tains one or two pleasant bits of description. ILLUSTRATED COMMENTARY ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. Voi. I. C. Knight, London, 1840. As a work of reftrence, and of a most compre hensive order, this volume possesses strong claims on public attention. It explains in a minute and condensed manner, the customs and habits alluded to in the Sacred S cri p tures ; and also the history, geography, natural history, and antiquities, of Pa lestine and many of the adjacent countries. It possesses the still further recommendations of being of a size which will range with the authorized e ditions of th e Sacred Text, and of being embel lished with m an y hundred wood-cuts from the best and most aut hentic sources. The majority of these ar e distinguish ed b y much neatness and spirit o f touch, and are as ingenious specimens of wo o d. engraving as the present day can furnish. W e have been p articularly pleased with the spirited sketch of t he valle y of Sechem, with its foreground of plain d otted here and there with hits of rock, and patches of copsewood, and narrowing awa y i n a long, winding defile to the foot of a range of moun tains, whose grey summitsmingle with the of skies on the distant hori zon. The descriptions 1 e various tribes and t h e m anners and customs of ta na tions referred to in the Script ures s how an infi nite deal of careful research, g leaned from the writings and must have been of several hundreds of u thors both of ancient and modern times. The volume is a cheap rep u bli ca ti on , i n a more commo dious form, of the n most useful and intelligent the ‘v work , Pi its cumbr o u s ,Plivcitioorsieal only 1 e ic -- u 1 1 quarto size. 0 THE WEATHER.—We do not remember ever to have witnessed finer autumnal weather than we have had for the two or three last wroks. This morning was no exception to its pleasant prede cess o rs, but a b o u t ue t wo .ed by a heavy shower. o'clock we were visited by a s bsr p bad-storm, sucu d GUILD HALL.- ('r HIS DAY.) STABBING A F ATHER.---GC OI ge Baber, a youth about 18 years of age was placed at the bar charged with having stabbed his father. The prisoner had been remanded to this day in consequence of the father's previous inability to attend, from the injury which he had received. George Baber, senior, who seemed still to suffer much, and to stand and speak with difficulty, stated that he believed himself to have been as much to blame as the prisoner in the scuffle which had taken place, and he hoped the Magistrate would allow him to drop the pro secution. Mr. Alderman HumrtzEav asked the prisoner what he thought of his father's ferbearance, and whether he Would promise to lead a better life in future if he were now forgiven ? The prisoner, with some degree of feeling, said he was thankful to his father, and would promise to behave more becomingly all the rest of his life. Ho was, on this understanding, eventually discharged THE MURDER OF MR. G. BLACKBURN. — The adjourned inquest in this case, after a lengthened and laborious inquiry, has closed, finding John Mitchell, s'one-mason, and William Fox, cAlier, guilty of the murder of George Blackburn ; and George Robinson and John Cherry, both linen-bleachers, guilty of being ac cessories to the murder, all of whom have been committed to take their trial at the next York assizes. This event has produced a most powerful sensation, the deceased havin g been murdered at seven in the evening, within thirty, yards of.his own house, during which period the .aerirant,maid- was washing .barrels at dm door. It. is ex .pepte4l that two other persons also were accomplices. It is one of the most , desperate and daring murders that has ever been committed in this neighbourhood, being but a very short distance of the Bank top (Barnsley) barracks. and the screams of the servant who witnessed the murder were within the hearing of the sentinel on duty. The men committed are part of a desperate gang, whose de predations in highway robbery and house-breaking have often brought them before the magistrates.—York Paper. BUTTER versus BUTTAR.—The following but ter case, which was lately tried at the Justice Court, Blair- Gowrie, excited a good deal of mirth in this quarter. Buttar, a vintner in Blairgowrie, bought a quantity of butter from Buttar, a blacksmith in Stratbardie, which butter Buttar refused to pay, pleading that Buttar's butter was not gaol. The Justices found, however, that, as But tar had used the butter, he was liable for payment of the same, and decerned accordingly.—Perth Courier. JEWEL ROBBERY. —Yesterday information was forwarded to the different police-offices that on the pre vious evening, between seven and eight o'clock some thieves gained admittance into the house No. 28, Regent street, and took from the bed-room of a lady, named Wall, a jewel case, containing several gold watches, rings, brace lets set with diamonds, and other valuable property, to the amount of about 3001. The robbery remains involved in mystery. A reward has been offered for the apprehension L.f the thieves and recovery of the property. CHILDREN ACCIDENTALLY POISONED. CAUTION To PARENTS AND SERVANTS.—On Friday an quest was held before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Roya, Standard, Seymour-place, Bryapston-square, on the bay of Emma Green, a fine girl, aged five years, who was ac cidentally p - isoned under the following circumstances : It appeared from the evidence that the father of the ee teasod was a carpenter, living at No. 62, Seymour-place. On Monday morning the father sent home from his shop some oil cf vitriol, about three table spoonsful, in a tea cup, with which the servant was to clean the fenders, &c. About one o'clock the servant was so engaged in the par lour w hen deceased returned home from school, and, tak ing up unperceived the cup containing the vitriol, drank about a teaspoonful of it, when she was immediately seized: with most excruciating and burning pain at the chest. Mr. Edwards, surgeon, of Crawford-street, was s nt fur, who resorted to the usual means adopted in such cases, but without avail ; deceased lingered in the greatest agony till Tuesday morning, when she expired. Verdict, '' Accidental D ath."—On Thursday an inquest was held at the Golden Lion, Chatham, on the body of a child named Henry Johnson, aged seven weeks, which was killed by its mother administering spirits of vitriol to it in mis take for Godfrey's cordial. Verdict accordingly. Between the hours of nine and ten yesterday morning a fire, supposed to be the art of an incendiary, oacurred in Pocock's-fields, near the Liverpool-road, Is liegton, which consumed a large stack of straw belonging to Mr. Pocock. It was not insured. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM. — The inque' t on the bodies of the seven unfortunate suffer. era who lost their lives owing to the upsetting of a boat in the river Medway, just of Chatham, on Monday last, the particulars of which appeared in this journal on Tuesday, was held at Chatham on Wednesday evening ; and, aft( r an investigation which occupied nearly five hours, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." Several of the deceased have left wives and families. BANNERS.—Anciently, banners, either from being made of some relic, or from the representation on them of holy things, were held sacred, and much supersti tious fai h placed in them ; consequently, the pious and industrious finger was much occupied in working them. King Arthur, when he fought the eighth battle against the Saxons, carried the image of Christ, and of the blessed Msry (always a virgin), upon his shoulders. Over the tomb of Oswald, the great Christian hero, was laid a banner of purple, wrought with gold. When St. Augustine first came to preach to the Saxons, he had a cross borne before him, with a banner, on which was the image of our Saviour. The celebrated standard of the Danes bad the sacred raven worked on it ; and the ill-fated Harold bore to the field of Hastings a banner, with the figure of an armed man, worked in gold thread ; to the same field William boro a standard, a gift from the Pope, and blessed by his Holiness. —Mirror. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The Society for Providing an Asylum for Aged and Infirm Fishmongers and Poulterers, intend, we perceive, taking a benefit at the H a ymarket Theatre on Monday night. As their encob ject is a charitable one , it dese rves every possible ra gement ; and we have no doubt that the theatre will be well attended oa the occasion, for the perform a nces announced a re of a singularly attractive character; and among them in which we perceive Lord Byron's tragedy of Werner, Macready _plays his best part—that of the hero of the play. TIIE ANACIIARSIS CLOOTZ. Odilcn Barrot is very indignant at the use made by Mr. Charles Attwood of the private conversation which took place between ti cm, when a few of his friends were accidentally present. He complains of misrepresentations of what he said, and of an official character nothingh been g iven to a meeting which really h ad a ill not bout it of the kind. He has declared that he wbe present at the dinner which is to be given to Mr. Attwood ; but such efforts are bring made to induce him to retract his deter mination that I will not answer for his keeping it.—Paris Correspondent. EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—M. Guizot, the French Am bassador, Viscount Palmerston, Baron and Baroness Van Capellen, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, and Baron Munchhausen, took their departure from the Castle this morning. Her Majesty honoured Mr. Partridge with a sitting. The Queen also honoured Mr. Herbert Smith with a sitting for a full-length oil painting, intended for the Hall of the Fishmongers' Company. With the exception of the departure of the above named visitors, the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include the same company as last evening. The Duke of Sussex, we are happy to state, is reco vering from his recent indisposition. His Royal High ness, it is expected, will be able to leave his room shortly. The Duchess of Ki.nt took an airing yesterday in a carriage, and visited the Duke of Sussex at his residence in Kensington Palace. The Duchess of Gloucester took a carriage drive yes terday in the Park. Baron Munchausen, the Hanoverian Minister, re turned to town yesterday afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Chairman of the Excise had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Despatches from Sir George Gipps, Governor of Neel South \Vales were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Lord Francis Russell has arrived at Farrance's Hotel from Scotland. Viscount Palmerston returned to town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. ENGLISH LAWYIRS. Lords Eldon and Stowell—Sons of a barge-maker and small coal-dealer at Newcastle-under-Line. Lord Stowell borrowed forty pounds to go to the Circuit, and both supported themselves for a time by their talents ai private tutors. Lord Tenterden—Son of a barber at Canterbury ; he received an eleemosynary education, but obtained the means to go to college ; while there he enjoyed from a Company in the City of London an exhibition of three pounds per annum until he took his degree. Some years since, in dining with the Company, be very feel ingly alluded to the circumstance, and expressed his gratitude. • _ _ _ _ _ . Lord Gifford—Prior to his being called to the bar, articled to a solicitor near Exeter. His rise was chirfly owing to the interest of the Marchioness of Conyng ham to whom he was distantly related. Lord Langdale, the Master of the Rolls—Not very long since an accouchcur, and married a daughter of Lord Oxford, whose family he had attended. Sir John Williams, one of the Judges of the Queen's Beneb—Son of a horse-dealer in Yorkshire. - Solicitor-General W)lde—An attorney in the city, in co-partnership with Mr. Knight ; his brother is now an attorney on College-hill, Broad-street. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd—Son of a brewer at Read ing, in Berkshire ; received the rudiments of his educa tion at the Protestant Dissenters' Grammar-school at near Hendon, and at that time wrote for the public press. He completed his studies with Dr. Valpy of Reading. Sir Frederick Pollock, and his brother Mr. David Pollock— ['he sons of a saddler of that name, now Messrs. Cuff's establishment near Charing-cross. Mr. Baron Gurney—His mother kept a small book shop for pamphlets in a court in the city ; his brother is short-hand writer to the House of Lords and Corn mons. The Baron was originally of the denomination called Baptists. and for many years attended a Baptist Chapel in Meise Pond, in the Borough. Sir John Campbell, the Attorney-General, and son it:-law of Lord Abinger—Reporter to a daily paper, at a time when such labaur was worse paid than at present. Mr. Sergeant Spankie was one of his colleagues. James Stephen, Esq., the Master in Chancery -IVas also a reporter. Almost all the Judges sent out to the colonies were reporters—and of the present reporters for the daily papers, the greater part arc barristers. Mr. Wallace, M.P., was formerly a weaver. Sir Edward B. Sugden—Son of a barber, and was formerly a clerk to Mr. Groom the conveyancer. It is remarkable that the admission of Sir Edward was op posed on the ground that he had been a clerk ; and.but for the exertion of that most amiable maa and ornament to his profession, the late Mr. Hargrave, who contended for his admission, on the ground that, whatever he had been, he was a man of talent, and had written a book which displayed qualifications of a superior order, he would now have been anything but Sir Edward Burten shaw Sugden, Ex-Chancellor of Ireland. Mr. Platt, Queen's Counsel—Son of a gentleman who was clerk to Lord Ellenborough. Mr. Pctersdorff's father kept a furrier's shop. Mr. Clarkson of the Old Bailey—His father was an attorney in the Insolvent Debtor's Court on its first formation. Mr. Charlton, Queen's Counsel—His father is an at torney, and now in practice in Chancery-lane. These are only a few of the examples of modern times. The greater number, perhaps, of the departed members of the profession who became distinguished in their times, arose in the same manner. Chief Justice Saunders, whose precepts to this day form the best text book to pleader; was a beggar boy, first taken notice of by an attorney, who employed him in his office. Lord Kenyon—An attorney's clerk. Lord Hardwicke—A peasant, and afterwards an attorney's writer and office-boy. When Erskine and Curran once dined with the Prince of Wales, afterwards George the Fourth, the Prince gave as a toast, " The Bar !" Erskine said he owed everything to the bar ; and Curran added," Then what must I say, since it has raised me from the con. dition of a peasant to the table of my Prince." Erskine, when first at the bar, was afraid to go to his chambers, lest he should encounter the ire of his washerwoman ; he finally took courage, and entering the same, found to his infinite joy, a brief with twenty guineas by its side.—The attorney who sent the brief, did so from a conviction of his great powers of eloquence, which he displayed while conversing with a knot of persons in Lincoln's-inn Hall, and near to the spot where his statue now stands.— Dundcc Courier. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Sir Frederick Johnstone, Bart., to the Lady Louisa Craven, will be solemnized by special licence, at the Earl of Craven's mansion, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, on Saturday next. The noble families of Craven, Sefton, Euston, Fitzroy, Berkeley, Escourt, Buckley, Grenfell, Gordon, &c., &c., will be present at the ceremony. The Honourable Baronet possesses very large estates in England and Scotland, as also in America, end has considerable Parliamentary influence. He is grandson to the bite Lord John Johnstone and Lady Pult.eney. His Majesty the King of Hanover was his trustee and guardian. The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Henry Buckley, Rector of Hartshorne, Derbyshire, and Rural Dean of that district. ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—On Thursday evening an accident took place o the line of the Eastern Counties Railway, near Brent wood, which n,ight have been attended with the mos serious results. It appear, that the last down train from London to Brentwood started from the Shoreditch termi nus about seven o'clock. On arriving within about one mile of Brentwood, nearly opposite Brook-street, and not far from the spat where the late lamentable occurrence took place, the engineer discovered by the light of the lamp in front of his engine that some oxen, which had been grazing in an adjoining field, bad got upon the line. lie turned off his steam, and used every other effort to slacken his speed, but had scarcely done so before the front of the engine came in contact with two of the oxen, and dashed them literally to pieces. The effect was to throw the en gine and tender off the line. W ith the exception of some s light damage to the guard, no injury was sustained. STATE OF THE RIVER.—In consequence of the large arrivals and departures of shipping during the last three days the river and docks have presented an un usually busy appearance, and business along shore has be come somewhat brisk. Owing to the overcrowded state of the Pool, the Greenwich, Woolwich, and Gravesend steamers have been delayed, and numerous accidents and collisions have occurred, but none of them attended with serious consequences. On Thursday, from nine o'clock until an hour past high water, the Pool was excessively crowded, and the confusion was greater than has been known for many years. Steamers with large ships in taw coming up, steamers going down, and ships beat in g i up in all directions, were entangled and constant ly coming into collision or getting aground. The Com modor e N York large towing-vessel, in endeavouring to go a h ead Melville steamer, lashed to the . Montre u a to the St. racket-ship, for the purpose of towing er_ I h 'lle knocked her Katharine dock, ran foul of the M e vi to 'herself. The figure -head away, and did some damagc compsete _ y 1 block. e w (3' the lower part of the Pool was . for some time as _ milar i appearance. aded. Yesterday the river presented i The ships in the middle Pool were reatest difficulty in other, and the steamers had the a gainst each threading their way through thdeeraafl A s the Argyle, a ta E l a n st s ln m d i i t a h . , ' n n dow n . in tow of two steam large East Indianian, ea; goi g projecting boards tugs, the Vesper, Gravesend on board, was driven close mer, colliers, light vessels, coming up with 150 passengers it was some time before in shore near Globe Stairrs, which came up soon of a wharf. The P ined for some time by the crowded afterwards, was deta m noon a schooner ran foul of a tier state of the r°,l°Lcarried away her bowsprit. Great com of, collier,, al :de of the manner in wh her paddle-box could , sttheesteuemle!srliipifp,the ich the tiers of col- Waits are vessels are moored in the river, and the liers and other , to ' obstructions that are suffered exist. The channel left btween the tiers and the is shore. complained of as being note s uf fi ciently wide for the navigatio n . The estates of Glengarry and Inverlochy Castle were on Tuesday exposed to sale in the Old Signet Hall. The estate of Glengarry was put up for 88.0001., and after m any offers, was sold to Mr. Ward at 91,0001. The es tate of luverlochy Castle was exposed to sale at 68,000 L, and, after a keen competition, was knocked down to an English gentleman at 75,150/, —Edinburgh Paper. a d steamer, b gdrirni t hi ncgif p ,'"-,--. Admission One Shilling. tIIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of LtAkt ~41 J STRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA- I'II I II --r -, D several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY Wist,„,:_ADs, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) — `°Y possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES. .iro tio !MINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, em it : BELLING BONDS for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. I li , e, pges,,,irous to purchase for the next Distribution, may re 'td 13"4VIclus to giving any order, the PROS -3 ECTUS y "It VICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DE - ' 4 line to Tim ~,.. lIEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBUR GH. m th e ItAT DISTRIBUTION, managed and guaranteed ~ ilviustrian Government, contains • N TY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, Amounting to £954,888, Rl5 nn „ The Dividends being 7 : 500 £6OO £7O 0 £37 10 300 50 0 37 0 . 3 ,800 200 42 0 36 0 • • 1 ,800 150 .0 10 35 0 • IibINE 1.200 ti .. 100 39 0 A e, 1 , , 13 ROTHEI1S, having remitted, during a short 'it • "W. 9 000/ 5 000/ 3 600/ & & & to Lon w,_ 3,Rn.s . , , .. , ~ ~ ~ c. e. c., . ""1., 8001 ., 700/ to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; to ii-• to '' It tietlea Beverley; 3,600/. to Halifax ( Yorkshire); 1,200/. ,eve t . b ., ten Harbour; 900/, 600/ to Liverpool; 900/. to ;it,•t,, : 4 e - upon -Tyne ; 900/. to Hul l; 9001., 600/., to Man . 4(1 ill ), 00/. to Bideford; 600/. to Cork ; 600/. to Bradford; klu t • a d feel glad to remit many Dividends of the said Die !th°n_The to England, Ireland, and Scotland. ei i " I 's (which are no Lottery 'rickets) can be cashed at k, . sacr's connected with Germany in every mercantile iii :i !lie world.