The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-12 00:00:00

!:VENING EDITIOI-4.! •----- • MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—The Consol market has experienced an advance to-day, under the influence of the rise in the Paris market, and a continued scarcity of stock. It amounts to about per cent., and would have been greater, in the opinion of the leading jobbers, but for the news from India and China, which is thought dis couraging. There was a decline in Bank Stock in the course of the day, owing to a sale said to have been made under an order from the Court of Chancery, which is not an Unusual thing in that Court, with funds under its administration, which it is the practice to con vert always into English Three per Cents. The market being rather weak, the price obtained for it was 1.57 i ; the last quotation of that stock was 158 to 160. There was a disposition to sell India Stock, but no bargains of any consequence took place. Private letters from Manchester mention the con tinuation of the pressure for cash. The banks, who for the last two or three weeks have been discounting across the counter at 7 per cent., have almost declined their accommodations, and this has led to serious in conveniences. The Moniteur contains a circular addressed by the French Minister of Agriculture and Commerce to the members of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Deliberative Chambers of Arts and Manu factures, in order that they may specify such new questions of general interest as they consider re quire immediate discussion, as he promises to give the result of their deliberations to his Majesty, that he may form it into an ordinance for assembling the Councils General of Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce. He adopts this course because he is unwilling to take from their business the great num ber of persons who are required to form a Council Ge sieral, without first ascertaining from the Chambers spe cified above whether there be matters of sufficient im portance to warrant such a convocation. Two years have now elapsed since the last meeting of the Councils General, and at that of 1837 many important questions were brought forward, the whole ot which are not as let solved.' Among these the question of the admis lion a foreign cattle is one that is still under delibgeation, embracing a great number of points. The law of patents was considered by the Councils General, and is ready to be submit tad to the dis eustsion of, the Legislature, the 'Minister giving it as ;his opinion that that body will - act with confi• deuce, knowing the deliberations which the Councils have bestowed upon it. Last year the employment of ,children in factories was discussed in the Chamber of Veers, and will come before the Chamber of Deputies early in the present Session. Of the many questions ulna came before the meeting of 1837, those coucernin , gar, tlaxen and hempen thread amid webs, steam-en gites for internal navigation, the tariff of cotton threads of .he higLer numbers, the expenses of the customs on interior eutrepets, the prohibition of several exports, have been solved either completely or provisioeally. 'Sue greater number belong at present to the Minis te, inl department, and have no more to be submitted to time Cauncils. Of these, the principal concern tbt! public sale cf merchandise, the arbitration of en:Tic:need persons, file insur,:nces, and the responsibility ot ship owners. CHROMPLE.—Tue suspension of the blockade 1 0 1 .':.ickandri.t to the iiWant, and the latest ac co_ints trom P..ris, afford indications of a pacific settle most of the dispute about the possession of Syria; consinerahle fall in the price of cotton was locked for tit :14; and cext month at Bombay - , owing to an ex ported accumulatiou of stock, the stoppage of tire China 'laic, and the excess of export this year in com parison with the last to Great Britain. Opium was sell ing at 740 rupees per chest. United States 13atik Snares were quoted at 66 at York, and the Exchange no Loadon ltlSh to 109 ; "s;, , ilana 1 2 :‘, - ; per Cents. had been sold at 7:31. Jaudoa, the ageu: Itir the Bank of the United S : at. 4,is now on his passage to Lumina. It is iuby en pee'etu that he will bring with him a complete vijimus ui the ittfatrs of that beak to 4 very recent date, so that the sbarebblders will be able to ascertain its real lion. Tne.;;Vew York Herald, which for some time past been a bitter foe to the credit and stability of the traited States Bank, has cow become one of i!i we, rmest panegy.ists, Tae opinions of that plper are not of vAlue either way, but- Lacy tend to show hick way . the wind blows. . The .Learned Editor now foresees shat the friends of the back are in the ascend Ant, and I 1 has ntmordingly made up his mind to sail along with,' slit stream. liar not been thought necessa; v I ut .dee 'lns bead to advert to the distres9ing eircum- I gut , ceg connee:el with the temporary erub,rrassments of Johnston, th,o old well-known and respect- ithe firm ef Irish merchants and hankers, as those zenti, , yett tlimaiev,.s, with a praiseworthy solicitude, ; sere the first throw! it authorised agews to mAlte the Cit.e , atmittocas known through the pr,ss, and to aonottocw theta o•vo suspcuslon, until the extent the nefarious syscro of plunder pr:ictiscd upon theta tar TuirtteJ late y is their c onfidence could ha fully aseer taLwd, wi.,h the atiount likely to .he recovered. the !lest insonce they th e etnslves were disposed, as a reugh estiinate, to set down the anoint of lands sur reptitiously a'astracted; or obtained possession of by _fraud, at not tar short of 100,0001. According to the r e port of investigations yet in progress, it is believed however that the result will turn out much more favourably, and that some considerable portion of the prur,erty will be got back, although much of it not avatable. One of the cbij parties impl.- eated in tale abuse of their confidence is said to show every disposifpn to repair the consequences of ,tds evil conduct so far as in his power, by all such in formation and endeavours as may aid in regaining pos seseion of the property of which Messrs. Johnston have baen defrauded, wherever it may be found. Portions of it to some considerable extent are said to sound their way to S.:tith Australia, where existing ,now In the shape of houses in the town of Ade laide, and lots of " land sections," in the interior of the country. - - SUN.—The market for the English Sceurities has been firm with a business doing, and a scarcity of stock. \Vc are informed that the supply of stock has not been equal to the demand, and that a good deal of difficulty s experienced in making up the quantity required, so that at one period a baccadation of full i per cent. existed, or, in other words, Consols fur present transfer were worth S 9, when for the 26th instant they were on►y quoted 89k. Tub extreme value of the former was 89 to 894, and of the latter 89i to, the market leaving off at the highest of these quotations. Excbe• quer Bills remained at par to 2s. premium, Bank Stock declined to 1591 to 158, and East India Stock was marked 242. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. ranged from 98 to 98i, the Reduced Three-and-a- Half per Cents. from 97* to 97-a, and the Three per Cent. Annuities from 88 to 88k. Some parties regard the intelligence from China as aintavourable, but we believe this relers rather to those connected with the Tea than with the Stock Market. There was not much doing in the Foreign Market, but good prices were in general obtained. For the Active Spanish Bonds the quotation was advanced from 2l to 22 to h ; for the New Five per Cents. of -Portugal, from 34 to 344 and 35 ; and for the Three per Cents., 224 to Colombian Bonds of 1824 im proved from 25 to 251 ; Mexican of 1837, from 284 to 291 ; and Peruvian, from 141 to 151 ; Chilian were steady at 56 ; Austrian Bonds realized 1051 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were marked 31 kto ; and the Five per Cents. 99. The Railway Shares were all higher to-day. The private advices from India per post have not yet been delivered. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. sent inducements to their enginemen to be regular their conduct, to endeavour to acquire mechanic knowledge of the locomotive engine, and to increas their general fitness for the duty they have undertaken and prizes are given for punctuality in driving, and for keeping their engines in sound order. These are commendable and judicious systems ; but what the pub lic are entitled to expect is, that their safety is not in trusted to any but skilful drivers, and I see no other means of insuring this but by the drivers being li censed." He then proceeds to discuss the subject of breaks in a manner not less conclusive and satisfac tory. After showing the importance not only of using these appliances, but of their proper position, he concludes his suggestions on this point as follows : , " I have frequently observed that due attention is not given to the position in which the break carriage is placed, and it is not uncommon to see trains without 1 any break carriage whatever. Indeed, in my journies to investigate the causes of the accidents now under consideration, it happened that I travelled with two trains in which there was no break carriage. This I consider to be very unsafe, and the public should not be exposed to such risks. I would suggest, as a ge neral rule, that no train should be permitted to leave a station without being provided with one or more breaks ; and in passenger trains a fair proportion would be one to every third carriage. The principal guard should be upon the last carriage of the train, which should have a break, and the station of the under-guard should be upon one of the intermediate break carriages. This is the least that the pubiic have a right to expect on this important head, and I would recommend that the matter should be pressed upon the consideration of the Railway Companies in general, though I should observe that on some of the great lines the attention of the ma nagement is directed to this point. I have further to suggest that buffer•springs should be adopted for every carriage, waggon, truck, or horsebox used on railways." The report also contains extremely valuable suggestions upon the subject of the interposition of goods' waggons between the engine and the passengers' carriages—a practice which, with certain cautions and limitations, is recommended as conducive to safety— upon the appoletment of a proper officer to examine per sonally all the carriages and trucks laden with merchan dise, with a view to safety, before starting—upon the manner in which this officer's reports ought to be made, and upon other matters of detail which hefound conducted in a manner likely to make precautions, proper and laudable in themselves, degenerate into matters of form. Sir Frederick Smith has made another report upon the recent accidents on the North Midland Railway, which we hope shortly to be enabled to lay before our readers. Similar investigations have been made, or directed to be made, with reference to the accidents on the South-Western and Eastern Counties lines, and we shall be anxious to hear of their results. Too great praise cannot be given to the Board of Trade for originating these inquiries with so much promptness and decision ; and it eould not be easy to overrate the benefits which may be expected to accrue to the public in conseguence. Already one great vic tory has been gained, in a point of cardinal import ance ; for after the report of Sir Frederick Smith, no d 'At can be eutertained that an Act will be passed :n the next session of Parliament for regulating the qualifications of enginemen, and the test by which these qualifications are to be ascertained. And although we are not unwilling to give credit to the testimony of the same gallant officer, when he speaks of the " ear nest desire" of the railway directors with Whoiri his in quiries have broUght him in contact, "to leave no means untried for insuring the safety of travellers on their re .epeetive lines, and to deserve the confidence of the pub he,' still we cannot but tilink that in the matter of breaks- also, and on every point where the necessity of a given regulation, not already in general use, is placed beyend controversy, it will be infinitely the wisest, the saiest, and the most satisfactory course for Parliament to scale the question, and leave no latitude for indivi duai perversity or caprice.. There are persons whom wattling short of personal experience can ever convince of she neceseity o! the most obvious precautions. (From the Morning Herald.) Sir William Molesworth addressed a 'public meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds, on Saturday, in reference to the war with France, which to the Hon. Baronet seems tii he impending. Sir Williern deprecates War with re 'nee, in such a cause as that which divides France eee England, as the greatest of national calamities. , lie. arguments appear te us in some respects sound ; exia, in other respects, he would seem to have indulged a e y copiously in the exaggerated slang which is fend •iar to his political party. That Russia is the only Power iel.iell earl eventually derive advantage from the settle se ent of the " Eastern Question" on the principles 'of the Treaty of London, has long been obviouS to calm eisservers ; while no one may doubt that of all the possible results of such a " settlement," a war he ten France and England would most decidedly and , %I, u,-ilvely advance the interests of our northern ene my. In c-.msuring, however, the policy of our Whig , rulers in regard to ltusfila, we are by no means calk,i 'Oil to apple.mt -the spirit evinced by the war party in `h%-ance. That spirit has, on the contrary, manifcstca itself in certain most absurd and mischievous forms ; no; is it quite certain, that M. Tillers and some of his sunearters have not been animated by motives of an ( e xceedingly unworthy character. After heaping , how ever, on the tactics of the late French Minister, all the odium which may justly attach to the course of action which he adopted, still the policy of Lord Palmerston and of his colleagues will remain utterly irreconcileab!e ti itit those principles which ought at all times to regu ?ere the foreign policy of England. The " successes,'' as they are styled, in Syria, afford no vindication ot the principles in the assertion . of which those " see n:sB;2S" have occurred. The " successes" in ques tion may, indeed, be, in the first instance, at the cost of 'Mehemet Ad, but, eventually, Eng.' land will be the chief loser by them. The only gainer by the triumphs which have crowned the Sultan's arms, will be the great enemy of the Sultan, and of England. In these fears as to the dae• gers to be anticipated from Russia, Sir William Moles worth does not participate. No ; the Honourable Baronet is too " philosophical" to dread anything from the aggressive policy of Russia, so long as political eco namy shall be recognised as a science, and the princi ples of free trade shall be assumed to contain in their operation the corrective of all those ills to which the intercourse of nation with nation is liable. To the truth of Sir William Mclesworth's conclusions as to the absurdity of the policy which we are now pursuing in reference to the eastern question, we repeat, that we most cordially subscribe. England is, indeed, as he ob serves, smoothing the way to the occupation by Russia of the City of the Sultan. But we differ utterly from the Honourable Baronet, in the estimate which he has formed of the resources of Russia, and of her means to maintain and extend her con quests. It' Russia were, in truth, the feeble and disorganised power which the Member for Leeds assumes her to be, the policy of our Whig rulers would admit of a comparatively easy vindication. The occu pation of Constantinople by the armies of the Autocrat, would, if Sir William Molcsworth's estimate of the re sources of that great pritentate were correct, become. , a matter of secondary importance. But history, and :11 the events that are passing before our eyes, prove te ,t the Honourable Baronet is utterly in error. For 1- wards of a hundred years Russia has been become gradually more and more formidable. Her poll, y has been invariably crowned with success. Her ter ritories have been prodigiously increased in extent. Her armies have been rendered the best disciplined, perhaps, in the world. Hey fleets (which but five an d twenty years ago had scarcely any other than a nominal existence) a re now, in many respects , at least e q ual to those of England and France. The cultivation of the useful arts in Russia within the last twenty years has been extended in a manner, never witnessed during the same period, in any other country. Her diplomatists surpass in skill those of all the other European states. The energy of her executive can scarcely be surpassed. (From the Times.) Sir William Moiesworth commits, in short, the ludi- The Railway Times of Saturday last gives the sub- crous mistake of supposing that a nation which does not stance of a Report made by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir derive the rules of its fiscal and financial administration Frederick Smith, to the Board of Trade, upon the two from the " laws of political economy" cannot be a with Selby Railway in August and September last, and into the riches of that pure wisdom, which political econo sthe causes of which that able officer was appointed to mists diffuse. A pleasant illusion, truly,—and in admi inquire. Sir Frederick Smith confirms in every res ectl Table a ccordance with some of the most instructive facts the ludgment which we had formed and repeatedly ex- f in history. If, however, Sir William Molesworth under -pressed upon the s u bj ec t o f b o th th e se accidents. The values the power and r esources of Russia, be, by no first he attribute s t o " great an d unpar d ona bl e neg l ec t" means, errs, after the same feshion, in speculating on on the part of the Company's servants, whose business the means of defence and of aggression possessed by it was to attend to the securing of heavy goods for England —" Never was England better able to carry y ; and at the time c arriage at Sella same censures the on a war than at the present moment. Never were the onsafee* flimsy construction of the trucks used for resources of the people greater. Never was victory es ieh pultoses upon that line. The second accident he to be "evidently attributable to t wo causes ; m ore certain, Some persons indeed • have attempted to deny our strength, and have rep resented our naval forces states first, the want of experience, pruden ce , and judA'neot as weak and feeble. These representations I know are engine-man ; and secondly, to there bein g ro utterly false, and that . the persons who have made them break to any of the carriages of the train." are animated by the worst motives, I denounce them After going minutely into the particulars of these I to you as miserable and contemptible wretches, who two accidents, Sir Frederick Smith proceeds, in obedi- \ have forgotten they are Englishm en in their base eager emit; to the instructio ns of the Board of Trade, to re- tress to further patty objects.—(Hear, hear.) I hold port , his opinion on th e p recautions proper to lie talee n I them up to public execration and scorn as the vilest de- against the recurrence of similar di ' t - • •of b^"country.-{Cheers.) I repeat that in order to guard - ,actors tor re gratified to f ind his sag_ ;bath by sea and land we are p averful enough to bid de ters ; and he re a g ain we a Aft -- \ a i r tions in entire accordance with our own. er so me fiance to any one, and to maintain our pnsition as one of -es - forc ibl e observations upon the danger ar i s e 1 the greatest of the European nations." These are very just and of unskilful persons as eno a. ; " brave words." Yet it is natural,sthat the same mind ing from the employment that ractice—a point to I which can discern danger to England in the charac• neer* and the frequency of p .no . , , t a e I tern' . Russian which we were the first to invite attention —lie u u rge, , I appliances policy, shoult., see ' in the extant of the necessity of 'legislative interference for the fut 7 pre- . .. , e. O war, and of self-defence, now at the dis says Im'" of Luniand, ouly matter for exultation ! vention of so serious an evil :—" In nay opinion, •. ecomotive (From tiM orning•Post.) he," no person should be allowed to drive a I I In the , . n. ie .. engine for passenger trains who has not undergoneheat ' think it rilaltt of quiet - perseverance with which we ;Strict examination, and proved his competency for t • it in relation cominue the advocacy of Church prin . Oetty, before some properly constituted Board. This cep caplet, our effo-otns to the conduct of public affairs, we appears to too to b e as important a measure as the ex'- ' rocti, .. n'inati° o of pilots, and it will be eas to devise a method state, with moderation . ar.el disinterestedness, what our .of examining and licensing persons tar engine men. S::eh al g" mu; • •), real! • is. In reference y ,• _ to en article published . no arrangement, while it would tend materially to in this J o urnal on Saturday last, it has been asserted increase the safety of railway travelling,ell by another-Journel (the wou t also., Globe) that " the • l • cone usion 'raise the standard of these • lit to establiah by the principles men, and in all probability we soup advanced is, lead to a better class of persons turning their ' that the S!ate ehouhl la: suliordinate to the Church in a ttentiou to this employment, the ' 0 wages of which already' hold all its procce • e . .a n t let we out considerable temptations. Several Companies p re - 'did not seek to establish any such conclusion, and we cannot conceive how our adversary should have sup posed we did, for in another place he quietly states what we had set forth as the substance of our argu ment, namely, that the State should be regulated by Church principles. Surely we may contend for this without being at all bound to the conclusion that the State must be subordinate to the Church in all its pro ceedings. There is a distinction, obvious enough, be tween the Church and Church principles. Our adver. saries do not seem to be able to get rid of the vulgar notion that we are contending for additional political power being thrown into the hands of certain ecclesias tical personages. Nothing can be more wide of our purpose. We desire the establishment of an authority, not of individuals, but of principles—an authority which shall be a guide to the people, and a sure reliance in time of trouble and anxiety—which shall give them peace and liberty such as they cannot enjoy so long as they are subjected in mind and body to the tyranny of chance circumstances, and the various wilfulness of the mixed mass. The Globe, after quoting some nine lines from our article of Saturday, proceeds to say that the passage " contains an epitome of the claims and argu ments which a daily increasing party in the Church is putting forth for the purpose of repeating in the nine teenth century attempts which have in former times been urged with alternate success and defeat until the Reformation gave what was hoped to be a death-blow to the unconstitutional doctrines here advanced:' They who are accustomed to legitimately conduct ed discussion will see at once that this mode of controversy which our adversaries adopt is both un just and shallow. They are continually imputing to us a purpose, and exclaiming against that. What right have they to impute a purpose? If the purpose be in their opinion self-evident from what we say, let them state that it is, and place in juxta-position the words we have used, and their inference from them. Then it will be seen whether their imputation is a fair one. As people generally prefer a fair mode of proceeding in ar gument, except when they think it would not serve their purpose, we believe that men accustomed to argument will conclude, from the adoption by our adversaries of . the mode of controversy we have described, that they . are afraid of the legitimate mode. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) We will not yield to the Times, or to Sir 'William Mojesworth (the latter of whom we are sure is sincerely the friend of peace, which we may doubt of the former), in our desire for peace with France, and for alliance with her on sound principles—that is to say, on mu tual well-understood interests—which we are fully convinced would furnish. a sufficient basis for lasting alliance—an alliance, however, which will be impossi ble, if a lurking jealousy of every object and interest of the one Power i 3 the prime motive of the other. This sort of feeling is too apt to arise between Powers of equal pretensions. We shall not at present say on which side we consider it to have been must operative, but we do not scruple to say that we regret deeply thy state of affairs which we consider to have resulted from its suppressed workings. While we are not prepared to admit that France has any right to dictate to Europe. we certainly deeply regret to see France and England divided, as they.are at present, upon supposed differences of interest (for it is idle to talk of verbal punctilios). which we cannot but think are susceptible of easy adjustment ; •provided each Power clearly under stood where its - ()um interi'st ' lies. It would he hunentible but it would be true=if altimatelil—that it would Merely arise. because inapous (and some statesmen) dO not clearly define to them selves the positive ends and objects at which they really are aiming. This was remarkably true of the late French Government, of which the Journal des Debuts says with some. justicc—" It must be confessed, the Ministry of the Ist of March was not a government. It was a journal; that is to say, it yielded to the impulse of circumstances, and the emotions of the day,--a thing suitable enough to a journal, but not altogether becom ing in statesmen." We trust no such reproach will ever ihr applicable nearer home. There is one government at least in Europe which is certainly no journal ; and to which, however we wish to speak of it with all proper consideration, we certainly desire no triumph over the discords of western Europe. . (From the Courier.) It will not be forgotten by our readers that on the first announcement of the rashly projected expedition to Cabal, we protested against it AS impolitic, unwise, nod prolific of perillous compromise and disgraces for the future. With the exception of the Morning Herald with which at the time we had the:_misfortune to disa- ... ...._ .... ...... ... grce or. the Chinese question, the Courier stood alone, we believe, in the condemnation of that war and the anti cipations, now so soon in part realised, of its inevitably. consequences. We may add, indeed, the support of a higher authority still, for the Duke of Wellington himself was understood to view with disapproval the sickly ambition grasping at for distant conquests, whose retention - was impracticable, even if desirable,: and whcse addition must cankerously prey upon tlic; vitals, instead of fortifying the power, -of an empire, be, , fore too uusvcildy, almost , f - or the. purposes of- good i ' n• o v e roment and compact organization. We-no more , doubted the triumph of British arms, and the indomi table energies of British troops, in that wanton incursion into Affgbanistan, than the great Duke him! self; but the false glare of Gbiznee could not blind reasoning men to the fatal sin of the short•sighteci policy in which it originated. Of the final results of that policy we have now a foretaste in the defeat of Major Clibborne by the Belcoches,which may be regarded as the beginning of the end, and the first.. immediate eact of which must probably be to efface the prestige of invincibility 'so dearly purchased by the storm and slaughter of the Affghan fortress. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The depression which we noticed last week has since continued without abatement. Owing to the close of the season for shipping to Germany, the non-arrival of the expected India mail, and the uncertainty in which the Levant trade is at present involved, the demand for yarn was extremely limited ; and those who were com pelled to sell could do so only by submitting to a reduc tion of prices. Some descriptions of yarn, especially water twist of the usual shipping counts, were sold yes terday at lower prices than were ever before known. For goods, the demand was rather better than for yarn ; but still the market was flit, and in some cases lower prices were accepted. Some alarm was created on the Exchange by the announcement of the failure, in Lon don, of Messrs. Johnston and Co., Irish merchants and banking agents. As it was known that between twenty and thirty Irish banks drew upon them, some fears were entertained lest, in the present state of the money mar ket, and with the peculiar constitution of the Irish cur rency, a panic of a very dangerous character might be created in that country by the announcement of the failure. We regret to add, that another failure (of a Yorkshire cotton spinner and manufacturer) was mare known ; but we have not learned the amount of its en gagements. ROCHDALE FLANNEL : MARKET, Nov. 9.—We have had a more limited demand for flannels to-day, and con siderably less business has been transacted, at rather declining prices. In the wool market there has been but little change for some weeks past, either in prices or demand. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET , NOV, 10.—This w as a fair average November market day, a time of the year when there is not much business done ; but there is little to complain of generally. In some sorts of goods, i prices have declined ; but heavy woollens and winter goods of all sorts are firm. Wools are not much in re quest ; prices, however, have not altered. In the ware , houses business is dull. It is intended to build at Cheltenham a new the atre, on an extensive scale, with a moveable pit, so as to make it suitable for an equestrian arena. ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE -FIELDS.—On Tues day forenoon a numerous and respectable vestry meeting of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to adopt mea sures for the total repeal of the window duty, was held in the vestry-room. Mr. Hutchins, Senior Churchwarden, in the chair; the former Committee for attaining this object was, after some discussion, re-appointed. The tax was reprobated strongly by all the speakers, and the new assessment was still more strongly condemned. The weather during the last ten days has been generally mild, with o ccasional heav y rains. 'Small patches of crop are still out on the skirts of the moors, but gene rally speaking, the grain crop has been extremely well got in, and the potatoes are now completely lifted over a wide -- district of country, but are still very high in price. There is not a great breadth of wheat sown in this district, but where It is grown the sowing process is far advanced, and in some cases the plant already exhibits a healthy braird. —Scottish Guardian. An inquest was held on Tuesday at Brompton, on the body of William Callow, aged twelve, son of Mr. Callow, of the firm of Meux and Co., brewers, who died suddenly while at play in the grounds of an academy in the neighbourhood, of which he was a day-boarder. Mr. Robert Blemell Pollard deposed that he was proprietor of Bleutell House establishment. Deceased was one of day-boirders, and had been so for several years. Ou Mon. day afternoon he was called to the deceased, whom he was informed had fainted. Found him sitting in a ehair in the school-room, supported by some of the boys, .nd apparently insensible. Deceased was immediately bled in the jugular vein and in the arm, hut without elllct. A gentleman who was present said the deceased was a most extraordi nary boy. He would easily walk forty miles in a day, and has frequently gene out alt day shouting with his father. Mr. Robert Grey, surgeon, of Brompton-row, deposed that he had that morning examined the body of the de ceased, sva , no marks except where deceased had been bled. opening the head he found about half a pint of blood effused on the surface of the brain, and on examining the liver found in it a large cavity, which contained about a pint of watery flail The extravasation of blood on the brain was the immediate cause of death. The Coroner said such a tumour in the liver of so young a person, and without exhibiting any indication of disease, was an ex traordinary circumstance. He had no doubt the deceased was heatcd and excited by the game he was playing, which occasioned the extr avas:xtion on th e brain. T he Jur y . ex pressed themselves s atisfied, a nd returned a verdict of Natural Death. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1840. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Nor. 11. HALES V. DARRELL. His Lordship, after disposing of a few matters that stood in the paper to be spoke to, proceeded with the Cause Paper. • WEEKS V. PITT. This case came on upon demurrer for multifarious ness. The bill was filed by the plaintiff, Henry Weeks, against the defendant, Mr. Pitt, a solicitor in Glouces tershire, praying that an account might be taken under the decree of the Court, of all sums received by the defendant on account of the rents of the real estate of Martha Trotman, as well as of her personal estate. since her death, that the amount of the payments made by the defendant on account of the testatrix's estate might be ascertained, and that the defendant be or dered to pay to the plaintiff the balance. The testa trix, Martha Trotman, in her lifetime employed the de fendant, Mr. Pitt, an attorney in Gloucestershire, to receive the rents of her estates in that county. She died in 1808, and there being a dispute as to the admi nistration, Mr. Pitt, although not apparently employed by any one, took upon himself to go on receiving the rents of the real estate, and also to receive the per. sonal estate. The bill alleged that the defendant paid the testatrix's debts, and did that which amounted to an administration of her estate. The dispute in respect of the administration ceased in the year 1812, and then Mr. Weeks, who was the devisee and legatee, obtained the administration, and was now considered as being the owner of both the real and personal estate. Mr. Weeks subsequently employed Mr. Pitt as his banker and agent. The MASTER of the 'RoLLs said it was perfectly clear the account to be taken against Mr. Pitt in respect of his receipts and payments on account of the real and personal estate of the testatrix, those payments being. for debts and expenses of administration, was an ac count entirely distinct from the account between Mr. Weeks as the devisee and legatee, and Mr. Pitt as his banker. The bill was therefore multifarious, and on that account the demurrer must be allowed. MORGAN v. DAVIES. This case also came before the Court upon demurrer which was overruled. The Court rose at four o'clock. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 11. (Sittings in Banco.) The Middlesex Sittings at Nisi Prius were adjourned to Wednesday next. DAVY V. THE BLACKIVALL RAILWAY. Mr. Sergean:; BOMPAS, with consent of Mr. Butt, who was on the other side, was heard against the de murrer, the judgment given against him in his absence et an earlier part of the day not having been actually entered. The objections to the demurrer, being purely technical, were overruled.—Judgment for the plaintiff. HYDE V. REYNOLDS. Mr. Sergeant STEPHEN applied to the Court for the postponement of the case, which stood in the paper for this day, to Wednesday next. Application acceded to. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 11. Mr. Baron Parke was absent from the Bench to day, having gone to Cambridge to exercise his franchise. The Court was occupied the whole of the day with cases in the Special Paper. The arguments were v holly technical. POLICE PiTLLLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Oa Tuesday Alderinan Pirie appeared as one of the S;,uth Australian Lazid Association to bring a charge against Mr. Frederic Boucher, the Manager of the con cern called the British and Australasian Bink, of whose :ondoet, i4Tr. Ashurst, the solicitor, bad complained on Saturday last. Micl3,3ddome, solicitor to certain claimants ❑pon a Bank, attended to state the substance of the ziccusa. tioa as regarded them, and Mr. Frederic Boucher the Manager of the Bank, and Mr. Thomas, of the ,wise of Kersey, Hughes, and Thom.is, presented them. ;elves, upon being sent for by the late Lord Mayor, cvll4 . . sat upon the occasion.. Aldermen Copeland and Gibbs were also present to hear Mr. Ashurst, who attended to watch the proceedings. Mr. Beddorne said that he appeared before the Lon Mayor in consequence of the report in the newspap2r, respecting the traniaetions of the Briti.h and Australasia: aznk, No. 55, Mnotgate-street. IL represented the holder of a bill of ex-chango - for 9551., and twelve other parties, wbose money' had been ulten by the B.tnk in Moorg,ate-strut, in September and October of last year, and who had received in return a bill and money order::, payable at Atklaide. They were as follows :--- No. 2. The British and Australasian Bank._ Exchange for 9851. sterling. London, Oct. 14,1839. At thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second - and third of the saute tenor and date being tin, paid), pay to the order of Francis Grote, Esq., the sotn of nine htindred and .eighty-five pounds sterling, i:alue. }received. i-. ~ , _ FRED. BOUCHER, ', W. H, BUR,NAND, Directors. GEO. WIIITCONII3, To the Local Directors of the British and Australasian Bank, Adelaide, South Aus tralia. Entered, Samuel Hill, Accountant. Apply to Charlis Boucher, Adelaide. The British and Australasian Bank. ' No. 12. 2361.83. London, 10th September, 1939. Not transferable. SIR,—You will be pleased to hold at the disposal of Mr. Philip Butler the sum of two hundred and thirty six pounds eight shillings, and place the amount when paid to the debit of this office. Your obedient servants, FRED. BOUC HE R, W. H. BURNAND, Do ectors. GEO. WHITCOMB, To the Managers of the British and Aus tralasian Bank, Adelaide,South Australia. Entered, Samuel Hill, Accountant. Apply to Charles Boucher, Esq., Adelaide. All the other eleven money orders were in the form of that just quoted, and were for the following amounts, so that the money orders stood thus—Philip Butler, 236/. Ss. ; John Gifford, 160/. ; John Reynell, 1501. ; Esher Butler, 1471. 15s. ; Thos. Donaghue, 1281. Is. ; William Moore, 981. 10s. ; Richard Perkins, 1081. 7s. ; James Stokes, 128/. ls.; Patrick Hughes, 98/. 10s. ; John Davis, 95/. 10s. ; George Fitzgerald, 981. 10r. ; John Bond Phiper, 251. Now on the arrival of these individuals at the colony with their families, many of them possessed of no property in the world, except the paper for which they had given their money, they in vain looked about for the Agent of the British and Austrae lasian Bank ; there appeared nobody to honour the bills of the Company and back the bills for 985/., and all the money orders were sent to England for recovery, most of the unfortunate persons who had reliance upon the representation of the Company being in a state of desti tution 10,000 miles from England. At first, badly as he (Mr. Beddome) thought of the case as it affected the British and Australasian Bank, he considered that the only remedy was by civil action, and he proceeded accordingly on several of the bills and drders, but when be saw by Mr. Ashurst's statement in the newspapers of the day before that a counter-game was playing here of dishonouring bills drawn from the colony, and that while the Bank was taking money at both ends of the world they were not honouring their bills at either, he thought it indispensable to bring the case, which was much stronger than Mr. Ashurst's, before his Lordship. He should show that five weeks be fore Mr. Boucher's bank took these monies and granted these orders, letters were in London, stating that Mr. Charles Boucher had left the colony, and made no provision whatever for honouring the drafts sent out there, but even at the very date of the bill the Manager of the British and Australasian Bank was writing to his brother not to use the letter of credit of which Mr. Ashurst had made such an exhibition on Saturday, but only to " exhibit it in case of need ;" that earfy in De• cember 1839 he wrote to Mr. Wheeler, the Manager of the South Australian Bank, stating that his brother had left the colony without making any arrangement whatev er on behalf of the Bank, and after most dis graceful delays in the civil actions which had been brought, and refusal to abide by what his attorney agreed to, he pleaded to Mr. Grote's bill of exchange five false pleas, in order to drive the plaintiffs back ;loin to Australia, three of the pleas being such as he supposed could only be negatived in the colony. Ho (Mr. Beddome) had in his hand a document, too, which testified pretty evidently to the system. It was Mr. Frederic Boucher's letter, offering, only last week, bills on Sydney, in discharge of these poor people's bills, which had already twice traversed the Atlantic. His Lordship could not long be in doubt AS to the term that could be most properly applied to such transactions. Every hone s t m i n d must feel e xtreme indignation at it. Mr. Beddome here put in the dishonoured bill for 9851., and the twelve money-orders, and read Mr. Frederic Boucher's letters to Mr. Charles Boucher, already referred to by Mr. Ashurst, relative to drawing and merely exhibiting, which bore date nine and eleven days after Mr. Grote's bill. He also read the follow ing extract of a letter from Mr. Stephens, in this colony, to Mr. Wheeler, in Lohdon, which had been received in London on the 6th September, 1839, long before the dates of the bill and orders,showing that Mr.eharles Boucher lied left the colony, without making any pro vision whatever for the Bank : " e notice your obser vations on the Australasian Loan Company. Thu ma• nagement of that concern here (should ,they open branch at this place) cannot devolve on Mr. Charles Boucher, as that, gentleman has just returned to 'the Mauritius, per Caroline." The next document to which reference was made, was an extract from Mr. Frederic Boucher's own letter of the 12th of December, 1839, as follows :—" Mr. Charles Boucher, it appears, was shipwrecked on his voyage to Adelaide, and through such shipwreck his wile died, utter much suffering ; an d it further appears. that, in consequence of this event, he left the colony of South Australia shortly after his ar rival there, and without making any arrangements what ever on behalf of this 8.,nk." From those documents Mr. Beddome argued that it was quite impossible that t tors who attended the Board and transacted the bust the real state of the agency of Mr. Charles Boucher ; ness, and their professions, or trades— could have been misunderstood. He then showed that Mr. Boucher mentioned himself, Mr. George Whit- Mr. Frederic Boucher had admitted that the bill and comb, Mr. W. H. Burnand, and Mr. W. Scott. He money orders were not paid either in London or in stated that others of the Directors had withdrawn. the colonies and having stated the manner in Mr. Thomas wished to know what the object was in which the Directors of the British and Australasian asking these particulars? Bank had avoidea the service of legal process, he read Mr. Ashurst—l am desirous to know, because I may the following arrangement in the four actions, to which have occasion to apply to the Lord Mayor to hold sonic he and Mr. Thomas, Mr. Frederic Boucher's solicitor, parties to bail on a future day. had agreed, but which; Mr. Frederic Boucher would Alderman PlRlE—Every one knows the respecta not allow Mr. Thomas to sign : bility of Messrs. Walker, of Sydney, who you, Mr. In the Exchequer of Pleas, Boucher, say are your agents. If you prove t hat Wheeler v. Boucher and :others. they have property of your's to the amount you men- Butler v. same. tion, I shall take care that these poor men, whose bills Reynell v. same. have been sent there, shall be paid. Gifford v. same. Mr. Boucher-1 shall prove it most satisfactorily. Memorandum, 29th July, 1840.—1 t is agreed be- Here Mr. Richards, a ship-agent, stated that he had tween the undersigned attornies for the plaintiff and de- a short statement to make relative to the Adelaide Pendants respectively, that the plaintiff in the first ac- agency. He had chartered a vessel in October, 1839, tion shall declare in London, and the defendants pay to Australia with emigrants. One of them, named Pa into Court, within eight days of the delivery of the de- trick Hughes, had sold his pension, and had got an claration, the amount of the principal on the bill, and order for 981. 10s. upon the agent at Adelaide. To enter the rest at the rate of 41. per cent., and the action accommodate the poor man, he (Mr. Richards) had shall then be held in the cause to determine the sole advanced him 281. 10s., and instructed his agent to get remaining point between the parties—viz. whether the the amount of the order when the vessel should arrive plaintiff is entitled to any greater rate of interest or at that place, and pay over the difference to Hughes. exchange, or re-exchange, or other damages, in respect Yesterday, however, he had received a letter from of the dishonour of the said bill ; and it is further agreed Adelaide, stating that the draft was unpaid, for there that in the other three actions, the defendant shall par was no such bank there as that upon which it woos the amount of the principal, and Si. per cent. interest, drawn. The poor man would, no doubt, be about the as above, on each, and they shall, as to any further streets of Adelaide in a destitute condition. If the damager, abide the event of the first action, defendants Manager of the British and Australasian Bank had having liberty to try one of them also, if the plaintiff property in Adelaide, in whose hands was it, and why is not satisfied with the principal, and Si. per cent. as not at once apply it to the purposes for which it was damage. presumed to be intended ? BARTLETT and BEDDOME, Plaintiff's Attorney. Mr. Boucher said that a gentleman of the name of The five pleas in the action, the second of which Gouger had consented to act at Adelaide in behalf of stated that the plaintiff had not used due diligence to the bank in the emergency occasioned by the absence find the Local Directors in the Colony, although the of Mr. Charles Boucher. Manager admitted that no such persons ever had been Alderman COPELAND said that it did not appear there, and the third and fourth of which stated that the se to him that any thing at all had been done by the Ma cond and third parts of the 385/.bill had been paid in the nager of the British and Australasian Bank to have the Colony, although he owned that they had not been paid orders of these poor men paid at Adelaide. The whole there, were then read by Mr. Beddome, who designated of the business seemed to be delusion from beginning them as most disgraceful. They were as follows : to end. WHEELER V. BOUCHER AND OTHERS. Mr. Boucher read from his book what he said was Abstract of the Pleas of the British and Australasian the copy of a leiter which he had sent to Mr. Gouger, Bank in the action on Mr. Grote's Bill. in answer to a communication from that gentleman on Ist. As to first count—That Grote did not indorse to the subject.:lt was dated 25th January, 1840, and said, plaintiff. " Dear Sir,—l received on the 23d instant your very 2d. As to first count—That diligent search was not kind letter of the 6th of August. 1839, advising me of made for the drawer and refusee. your having opened my letters to my brother Charles, 3d. As to first count—That plaintiff sues as Trustee and acted upon them in my behalf on account of this for the South Australian► Bank, having become a holder bank. I fully and entirely approve of your said pro without the value, after the note became due, for the ceedings, and beg to thank you very cordially for your benefit of the South Australian Bank, and that the friendly offices. second of exchange was paid at Adelaide to the South ."Fouching the affairs of this bank, you will doubtless Australian Bank before the commencement of suit. have done all in your power to protect its drafts on my 4th. As to the first count.—A similar plea, stating brother in his absence, to collect for account of this third of exchange to have been so paid. bank, the bills, &c. which have from time to time, been sth. As to residue of declaration—Non assumpsit. remitted to him, and to dispose, by the aid of Captain Upon the whole of the transactions, it was impossible Walker, of the several consignments that have been to entertain a second opinion. He (Mr. Beddome) addressed to him. looked only fhr public justice. That must be attain- " Uncertain in every way as to the arrangements of able. He felt greatly for the many unfortunate indivi- my brother, for myself, or for this bank, I commenced duals who lied disposed of all they had in this country, a negotiation with the South Australian Bank here, for and obtained all the assistance they could from their their protection of the drafts, but whilst they professed friends to enable them to emigrate with advantage. As every willingness to do the needful, they exacted con a recompense to these poor people, Mr. Boucher, the ditions which, if not impracticable, were exceedingly Manager of the British and Australasian Bank, had only onerous and needless, and your letter came to the rescue last- week offered to give- bills on Sydney in- payment of just in the nick of time. I refer to other letters ad their claims, which were thus a third time to travel dressed to you officially from this bank, which is pros -10,000 miles to be no doubt again dishonoured. No-- poring exceedingly, and as soon as I can I will write you thing could exceed the delinquency of such conduct, and inure particularly, but lam now obliged to conclude. to add to all this, Mr. Boucher consummated the re- " I am, dear Sir, your's very truly, spectability of the concern by the acknowledgment that " FREDERIC BOUCHER. there was not money in it at the present- moment to " Robert Gouger, Esq., Adelaide." discharge even their liabilities. Alderman COPELAND said the letter just read had Mr. Thomas stated that the course he bad taken all nothing to do with the business. Mr. Boucher might through the transaction was perfectly justifiable. He write letters of any kind to anybody. He wanted to believed when his firm became solicitors to the bank, know whether Mr. Boucher had given directions, and that the establishment was one of unquestionable re- to see proof of the fact, to Mr. Gouger to pay the or spectability, from his knowledge of a barrister and ders of the poor men, or the order of that particular other gentlemen connected with it, but he candidly ad- person to whom reference had been made. mitted that what had taken place on Saturday showed A great many questions were here asked, to which that an investigation into its circumstances was neces- Mr. Boucher replied by general statements as to the nary. With respect to the agreement in regard to the moral correctness of the transactions of the concern, bills to which Mr. 13erido.ne had alluded, he could and much conversation took place with reference to prove that an enormous interest was demanded from his dates of a variety of transactions. The books of the clients. He (Mr. Thomas) had always advised that e s t a blishment, on being referred to, increased the con the principal and five per cent. interest should be paid fusion in which the affairs of the bank appeared to be into Court, and that upon the decision in the one case involved. the rate of interest should be regulated on the whole. The late LORD MAYOR suggested the propriety of That such a course was not adopted was no fault of his, appointing an accountant to investigate. and if he found that the statement made on Saturday Alderman PIRIE said that the investigation would was borne out by facts, he should certainly give up all turn out to be wholly useless, It was quite evident connexion with the bank. that the matter must be determined elsewhere. Mr. Boucher—l shall most willingly give every fa- Mr. Boucher declared that the bank had between cility for the investigation, and I shall prove beyond 28,000/. and 30,0001. in the hands of Messrs. Walker, the shadow of a doubt that everything has been done o f Sydney. .with the strictest regard to honour. Alderman PIRIE—If they have, that will pay all the Mr. Aslitirst—Pray, who are the Directors of the expenses of the investigation. British 'and Australasian Bank? _That is a question Mr. Boucher—And if they have not, I shall pay the which I have frequently asked, without being able to expenses. Let us say 28,0001. obtain - a satisfactory answer. Alderman PIIRIE-Very well, 28,0001. Mr. Thomas said that the prospectus would show The late Lord Mayor then, with the approbation of who the proprietors were. Since that had been issued all present, appointed the following gentlemen to loves other names had been a dd e d. H o h a d i n hi s posses- tigate the accounts :—Mr. Beddome,Mr.Thomas, Mr. sion a letter from a gentleman who had taken alarm at Wheeler, and Mr. Richards, an eminent, accountant. the statements which had been made, and directed that In the course of the investigation the brother of his name should be withdrawn. Messrs. Walker, of Sydney, attended at the request of The late LORD MAYOR—Then he is what is called the late Lord Mayor, but could not speak as to any re nun eat inventus, cent transactions between these gentlemen and the Bri- Mr. Thomas said that with all deference to the Lord tish and Australasian Bank. Mayor, that observation did not apply. The gentleman The whole of the circumstances excited, as may be was certainly out of the direction. supposed, a great deal of interest. The above is a The LORD MAYOR—It appeared that his name was mere sketch of the proceedings. not to the deed at any rate, which you showed to Mr. Asburst on Saturday, for it was a deed without a name. Mr. Thomas said that all he had stated on that occa sion was, that the deed was prepared, and that it was ready for the signatures, which would be soon affixed. 'The gentleman he alluded to was a barrister, but he did not consider himself justified in giving the name. Mr. Beddorne handed in a copy of the names in the prospectus of the British and Australtsian Bank, of which the following is a copy : PROSPECTUS. " The British and Australasian Bank (incorporated with the Australasian Loan Company). Capital, one million sterling, i,a two series of shares of 201. each, a portion of which will be reserved for allotment in the colonies ; first instalment Si. per share. " Directors—Frederic Boucher, Esq., Managing Director ; W, H. Burnand, Esq., George Cox, Esq., Daniel Fryett, jun., Esq., James Brodie Gordon, Esq., George S. Ogilvie, Esq., William Henry Scarnctt, Esq., Walter Scott, Esq., George Whitcomb, Esq. (with power to add to their number). " Trustees—Frederic Boucher, Esq., George Cox, Esq., James B. Gordon, Esq., William H. Scaruett, Esq., Walter Scott, Esq." Mr. Boucher, after making the most solemn declara tions of strictly honourable intentions as to every trans action in which the Bank was concerned, said that all the confusion and interruption arose from the shipwreck of his brother Charles, for whose conduct he of course could not be answerable. The Bank had remitted money and goods to his brother to Adelaide, much more than adequate to meet the demand upon that agency ; and the return of the bills enumerated was attributable to Mr. Charles Boucher, painful as it was to him to acknowledge the fact. Mr. Beddome—l ask you whether you did not know that your brother had left the colony when you granted Mr. Grote's bill ? Mr. Boucher—Certainly not. Mr. Beddome—Why, I have shown that the fact was known to others. Mr. Boucher—That may be, but it was not known to me. BOW-STREET. John Dumphey, keeper of a milk-shop, 5, Monmouth court, was brought up on a warrant, which charged him with having, on the Ist instant, unlawfully opened his house for the sale of gin, without being duly licensed. Constable 7 F division stated that on Sunday morn ing he went to the defendants house about four o'clock, and saw two men and a woman of the town enter. He peeped through a crevice in the door, and beard one of the men ca►l for a half-pint of gin, which the defendant supplied them with, and for which he was paid 10d. Mr. HALL—What sort of a house does he keep ? Witness—A private house. About four o'clock he saw another man and woman go into the house;and the man having called for a quartern of gin, it was handed to him by the defendant, but witness did not see it paid for. Defendant—How far distant were you ? Witness— about three yards from the door to where the gin was served. Defendant—Did you see me pour it out.? Witness Yes, I did from the counter, as the parlour was not closed. The defendant denied the charge, and said that. it was impossible for the officer to see into the parlour, the door of which is constantly kept shut. Mr. HALL—What business do you carry on ? De fendant—l sell milk in different parts of town. Mr. HALL—Your milk appears to be stronger than others in the same business. Inspector Mullins said the defendant had been carry ing on such business ever since the alteration in the law took place. Mr. HALL—Then you have been looking after - him for some time? Inspector Mullins—Yes, and we suc ceeded in apprehending him to day in the city. The excise officers have been also after him for some time, but they never could get him. The defendant said there was no case against him. Mr. HALL—The case is sufficiently made out against you. The constable said that he found in the house a can containing upwards of three quarts of gin. rhe deendant said there were only three pints in it. Mr. Beddome here referred to the extraordinary let ters written by the Manager to his brother, one of which told Mr. Charles Boucher that the other would do to exhibit in case of need. What did the writer mean by exhibiting in case of need ? Mr. Boucher—Why, that he might exhibit it if he pleased. Mr. Beddome--Exhibit it for what purpose ? Mr. Boucher—For what purpose? Why for no pur pose. I don't know for what purpose he was to exhibit it. He was at liberty to exhibit it it he chose. Mr. Beddome—Oh! For no purpose, or for any purpose, I suppose ? Mr. Boucher—l don't know for what purpose. Alderman PIRIE asked what money the Bank had sent out to Adelaide? Mr. Boucher (as our Reporter understood him) said that bills and goods to the amount of 6,0001. had been sent there, and the bills drawn upon his brother at that place did not amount to near that sum—not to more than 4,000/. Mr. Beddome—Did you not offer in payment of my clients bills, other bills drawn upon Sydney? Mr. Boucher—Yes ; wo have 30,0001. in the hands of our agents, Messrs. Walker, in Sydney, and the bills would, of course, be taken up there. Alderman PlltlE—Thirty thousand pounds I Mr. Boucher—l'll swear that we have in cash and goods in Messrs. Walkers' hands, at Sydney, at any rate, between 29,000/. and 80,000/. Alderman PIRIE—I don't believe any thing of the kind. This matter assumes a most serious appearance. It is evidently nothing but a system of gross fraud, and I have no hesitation in saying that it trust go before another tribunal. One of the hooks of the Bank, containing, as Mr. Boucher said, the Adelaide accounts, was here handed in, and— Alderman COPELtND and Alderman Pfau looked over it, and vowed, after asking several questions, that it was wholly unintelligible to them. Mr. Boucher observed that the matter at which they had looked was merely explanatory, but Alderman Pirie was a party intereaed; as he was a Director of the South Australian Company. Alderman PIRIE said that he was certainly interested greatly about the poor men who had paid their money arid been so scandalously treated. He felt an interest for all who might be subjected to such treatment, but his interest went no further, and he was determined to do ail lie could to prevent the farther spread of theevil. Mr. Beddome having asked the names of the Direc- Inspector Mullins said that the defendant's mother had been convicted twice for the same offence, and was at present undergoing her sentence in prison. Mr. HALL said that it was a very bad offence, and had been going on for upwards of twelve months. A warrant had been issued three different times during that period, and in such cases his usual custom was to inflict a moderate and reasonable fine, but as the law gave him the power either to inflict a fine or imprison ment, hc would in the present instance adopt the latter course, and order the defendant to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month. Eliza Tathanz was brought up on a warrant, at the instance of the parish authorities of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, charged with being the keeper of a house of ill-fame in Leg-alley, Long-acre. The defendant was ordered to find bail, herself in SOL, and two sureties in 401. each, to answer the charge at the sessions. It is but an act of justice to mention, that the inha tants of Long-acre have for some time been taking means for prosecuting the keepers of such houses in the neighbourhood ; and this is the fourth instance in which they have come forward to put down, as far as the law will enable them, a nuisance which has long been felt by the inhabitants and the public as a great annoyance. ----- - The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal have left Ormeau, their seat in Ireland, for Leamington Spa, where they intend passing the winter. The Earl of Bel fast is expected in town from Ramsgate, and after the termination of his duties at the Palace will go with the Countess and family to join his father at the above water in; place. DEATH OF WILLIAM WALLACE CURRIE; ESQ., OF LIVERPOOL.—Mr, William Wallace Currie, a gentleman of great local influence in Liverpool, died at an early hour on Wednesday morning, at his house, abcut two miles from that town. Mr. Currie was the first Reform Mayor of Liverpool, and his elevation to the civic chair, when the Municipal Act came into operation, was thec buld est compliment which the Reform party conceived they pay to the liberality of his principles and the extent of his acquirements. The father of Mr. Currie is well known to tic literary public as the first biographer of Burnans, an re d his son was a gentleman of great taste, learning, d finement. The deceased gentleman's death was awfully sudden. Be retired to bed on the night of Tuesday in his uittal state of health, having attended the meetings of the Town Council on that and the preceding day, and at five o'clock in the morning his wife found he ass in the ago nies of death. Medical aid was immediately procured, but too late to be of service. EV ENING _F_:D ITI CORN AVER AGE . GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN F , or the Week ended Nov. 6, 1840, made up from the Returns os the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England rani Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 6s Id. 1 O ats 6,r ey '4s 01. 1 Ry e AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. i PEASIS 61 7' 36 0 ,5 1 35 ~1 45 71 43 5 Ifi ------------ Oct. ' 3l 3 5 ..:3 8 :17 844 10 4.1 ! )1 -- -64 0 —36--3777, ..:—.------42 10 '23 30 6l 7Si 3 2- , 5371'44 10 43 Nov. 6 .621319.2838 7 ' 43 7 i 3 4 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEI'S..., Wheat Ms. Od. 1 Oats ......... 234. sd. 1 Beans ........ 14 , ! d d Barley, 3ss. 10(1. I Rye ......... Ms. bi, 1 Pease .......... 43t . . DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN• Wheat.... 1 Nye I P B e e a a s 7 3... 64 . Pease.. ...:••• 5 Barley 9 l. 4d. THE MARKETS. COAL M hips arrived since s. d. Adair's dell, Robson & Co. Hartley 18 Buddle's West Hartley l4 6 Carr's Hartley Hebburn Main 2l 6 Ord's Hedhugh Wylam l9 6 Walls E d Bewic.:e andC Walls End .4osfo , th Walls End Hilda. ...... Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walis End Newmarch 2l 0 Walls End Nor humberland 21 0 Walls End Perkins 26 6 Walls End[RiddelPs.... ( A RKE'I 1 s market-aay , 9 5. a. W. E. Braddyll'sgettolf P . , n 6 W a lls End Lanibton ......... %,! 5 Walls End Stewart's ......... Walls E d Whitwel ......... malls End Hart1ep001....... n ti Walt; End Kelloe ............. "Pennant Hartlepool ..... , , Wails End Batret ........ Walls End !4arriaton Tees 21 W a lls End Clarencge Hetton?! Walls End Evenwood ...... 0 Wall, Endflichardson's lota 5 %Nll:, End Seymour Tees... !, 9 Wa a lls End South Durhain...• 2318 W a lls End Tees ............. ••• 1 5 0 W. E. Riehazdsost's ,Y 0 MAR ETS. Barley. _1 Oats. Per Quarter. Beston Bratntyce 11 , ighton Cambridge Chichester DUTIITIOW GranthAnn 8. to .. 33 38 02 34 30 39 in, SS $3 37 40 - 2 26 40 28 35 33 39 26 32 32 42 36 32 s. to s. 19 %; vs 34 24 29 21 03 26 3 4 20 30 22 26 22 '2 9 24 32 24 2 8 28 28 21 28 26 s 2 08 30 28 33 23 32 27 34 26 34 2 , 4 no 29 32 128 32 M iRKET. X O 4O . 36 . 46 so bg 39 4 4 42 4 1 SS tg Grimsby; Hailsham Hitchin ~., 46 28 3) a s 40 3 4 46 42 1, 0 4 40 42 44 46 48 as 49 33 40 45 36 44 43 45 z. 11.4 40 ~,v, 10.. 00 9!: 6 9 . 86. I ° 0 9 , it ~ ............ 619 9 9 ................« 76 / 6 3 , 10 0 79 3 4 -- Forei, OATS, English, :d Scotch, per 451 b, • ,JO 60 Irish ............ ~ • 0 9 4 9 0 Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per linp. quarter. .... -- Scotch and Irish, pc) 60114. ........... .. Feeding. ..................... .... BEANS, English, per imperial quarter ' Irish, &c. • 4 4 : 0 0 0 45 Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter ,„ 0 ,„ 0 ---- Foreign FLOUR, English, per `28016.... Irish ▪ • 58 01 ..' c,t 0 ,5 0 OATMEAL, English and Iris)), per 24011)3 .• ' - 34 49 ,/ INDIAN CORN, per 48011). -.. ................ ....• ~o 0 s s 0 Rye, per Imperial quarter .................................. ..X, 0 . MALT, per Imperial quarter ...... ....................... '"' HULL CORN MARKET. , A , 665..a u Wheat, White (per Quarter) ................... D.; . 60 . Os. Red 4 4 175• 98s ' ( 9 4 51. Foreign O. 34'' 951' Barley, Malting • etig. :3M " ats. . . Oats, British ... .. ................ . ~,,..„,s. Foreign On bond) ............... ..••"••• z. " ,„.1•. " 4,..1. 454 8ean5,....,.. ........... .. .................... . ... . ...... : Pease, B G l i n e e y and Whit V................................................::•• 4 ... ( 4..4 4 r5 . 4 48 : Linseed ................................. ,43.. ~ Flour (per sack) ......... -.. .......................... --',.. ;004 R.ipeseed (per 10 quartets) ..... . .................. g " cl.tc ch CHELTENHAM MARKETS. 7 Per Bushel. s, d. to s. d, per lb. . 6 Wheat Barley 4 0 461 Mutton .................... ..... ',, , 9 , Oats 4 6 5 0 Veal ................. ~ . .. ,f, 0 Buns l'e.w. Hay 5 , to --' 4 * Wheat, white---.... 625. to I'2.S. ...,...» Oitit"'" 4 "''' _..e. to -" 4 CANTF.4II'I3.IUI.IIWMSA'VjETitier ;oil'. red...--...-....... 6 0 s. to tit 5...... Old-A7-- , • - • ....9. to ....1P Barley, Malting -..... 'Mi. to 39 4 . ...... Grn ding ' • ....,. to -" I ' Oats - _ 265. to 308. ...-- 014.--........ 'lts. to se 4 ' Beans, pc. ......_..... . - , : i 3 .1. 7 : . to _44: : 35 CHELMSFORD M....ftKET . . 26 to 4 . .... 0 i 68 to 71 Oats ..................... ~ ..... 4 ~ 5 • 4 61 Pease, Gray ............ .9 41 Barley Che , talier Grinding -----------___ ea wit h TIGER DAVIES.—It is related that, arm s .ider :i ....,.....-- G°rlder.....,:. 39 - 5 to .--s• a brace of pistols, ho on one occasion crept lute le dg e lb of den, which ran to a considerable distance under s.ietifo rocks. The aperture was so small that be wasentioo to crawl along on his belly ; he had taken the pr en Asett have a rope fastened round his body, by Which ' 70:1 velv signal, he was to ho drawn out backwards bY t e ept tioned at the entrance of the den. • • • He e d r b the approached the crouching monster, and, guide des" so lustre of his eyes, fired a pistol close to his bead s itillo a tended him dead on the spot. This gallant feil o o siall ; short time afterwards, shot by a trooper of his Dl,llOOO, he having imprudently ordered , by way of Pe te cu t og that his man, who were all Musaulmans , should co 0 their beards, which so exasperated them as to give rise o the above tragical occurrence.- , -Napier's Seism's, dfre. - SCENES AND SPORTS IN FOREIGN LANDS , These two volumes are by Major E. Napier, of the, a Regiment. The Major has , been much in India ac'''. tot 1 , describes the sports of the East, in which he appears tt' s " id an enthusiast, with all the spirit of a real sportsmany,f, all the knowledge of an experienced and expert T e 1 ". .;,, A There ate also some descriptions of sporting in SP lun i ,r; 0 Gibraltar. Those who have not been p artakers in P ir sla of Indian Sports will, in the pages of this writer, 1 t or the necessary informat io n for commencing a co urse shooting, and threadi n g the j un g le for jaekall an d 1)/ 3 0 1 'Those who have retired front such perilous a dvente r _., of be able to refresh their memories by the rerniniscearoo the Major.—" Olin memenisse juvabit ;" stu d tb . o:' 4 0 is only wish to " beat the thicket, where the tig era il) 00 the pages of an amusing narrative, volumes for several hours without danger, but 0 1 7 . Or' edification. The book is full of perilous adventurej a. to. breadth 'scapes, moving accidents by flood led bestsel P. is written in an easy gossiping style such n g 0 to p the subj.'ct, and will afford some good' hints and unpractised Nimrods.— Times. OLD JOWilf P 36, OLD BOND -STREET, AND 1, ~ her S i a l : CHEarsinE.—Patronised by the Royal Fortelitn en ef Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Leeds, the jelly the Queen of Hanover, the Duchess et DtA e , may wander is Buckingham, the Marquis of Wellesley, S'el•st;es'icirpelere; Anderson, M.D., 11, New Burlington-street ; Ae tho min C. Brodie, Bart., F. R. S. , Saville -row ; t i e r :, V, Carlisle, F. R. S., Langham- p lace ;_,J. T . ~C V ( . D.,F ,14; r e Pe ' F. R.S ,13, Finsbury-square ; Jos. CoPlt e "„' - e by B. si l e d ifiar Bulstrode-street, Manchester-square; P ra ," - ig.,VI T. " r iot, Esq., F. R. S., Surgeon to Guy's HosPira' ; joss P b ; 11. M.D., Physician Extraordinary to th e M D., F. R. C. S., 14, Langham-ploo; lee ICilarl -15, Albe otty , e Keate, Sergeant Surgeon to the Queen'rgeon t° ,l A° street ; C. Aston Key, Esq., Senior Su et; j, ..... '' Hospital; Martin Ware, New Bridge-stredowital. , _ r e, drews, Senior Surgeon to the London l'itioprers 0 go, above and numerous other Nledical P rne fi t a ttering ee sel o ' eminent standing have given the m ost _,. O f D. or cater to the superior value and insporttone t heir i l . e ble mon and Co.'s Patent Spectacles, testifyill t o imitabl e liar power of aaftening the light to w ee re f that itil n erni,' eyes, and the immediate and continued re _ rpm l the r..,10 • tened transmis,ion affords—their freedom tto a e s , cious attributes of ordinary glasses ; i n s hor • eatio ly 0 enmatiinoennotfinprporpeesertriveisnawhthicehproewnedresr „i( t )f he v rn isio s a u P u e n i o .r ti o r e e . the i extreme old age. Their Voice most effectual relief in cases of D eafness' are finril satisfaction is derived from the fact that they , , s tirely unseen. O W O d Sca ld A Certain Cure for Ringworm an ~1 for Aid tionductoraande;Ditio 00, by the use of Holloway's Ointment and PI , t ile r ies r " Jo worm apply the ointment three times a dal od ' o cer. o d cases water o f scald tw i ce a day, u the worm with a strong solution of brine ointment in well with the palm of the hand J ul st h" to si w ng ash a r t o h u e g lls at e 0 A quarter of an hour ;in either case two pi The y 6 , 0 0- , nightly. These remedies are infallible. . 4 4, o te st P e obtained ai the proprietor's new establishment4r of near Temple-bar, or of any respectable se" medicines throughout the United Kingdom • head etaodw with e to dCrlyi.s_tii.t.l.e at el rl:vstbeso Ipswich Lewcs Lynn Maidstone Norwich Petworth Rumford Sandwich Tnetford Wishech Witham Yarmouth Wu EAT, Engl' Scotcl I rich, 36 39 36 39 25 43 33 36 34 38 34 43 34 37 36 49. 32 :79 33 35 , L CORN , per 701 b. and Manx ', 43 45 44 4 40 40 4 38 41 4: 44 46 43 44 Wheat, White Red °I Lon,lon : Printed Itud Published lay 1111;111/ 0 No. H. Straud, at The. Su,' Oifice, INo. 11% r .he county of Aliddleicx.—Thurstlag, Novembe , 01 COUNT s. to S. 58 63 53 CH 59 64 54 68 ;S 70 59 70 71 70 56 64 62 7 0 4 65 64 60 69 78 66 76 63 74 54 70 56 77 40 64 64 66 58 68 62 70 i V ERPOO ish, White, Red ... :11, Welch, , White..., Red . ..... Welsh, at near Temple-oar, or tm iiily ~ter _. medicines throughout the United Kingdom. s_._ SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to SI or ks. 1- ; ,1,,, rability, equal in appearance. Table Spoons or Alitfcocile':elt Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons, ss. per dozen; Tabl e „i f li 8 inches high, 7s. per pair the particular rne l ' o jy 10 or these articles are made is so like silver, that it caw .„ 00 from it by the stamp ; every article made in silve r I' tured in this material by tre et ' e i RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, 03rfelorall Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale of to . Catalogues of prices gratis.. ---- # o f BIRTHS. , the ''' On the 10th inst., at St. James's, Berm onnseY' va s , the Rev. H. Mackenzie, of an infant, still born- P - w, On the 1 1 th inst., irs. C. Caswell,Caswell, the 124 of Woburti Pistt, sell-square, of a son. of 5 • On the 11 th ins t., in Russell-s q uare, Esq., of a daughter. J MARRIED. , a r e r o a „ r lY On the 10th inst., at St. George's, Hanover -5g- wo ' e"' eP Somer, Esq., of Southampton, to Sarah Downton ilid dles ./, daughter of the late John 'Wood, Esq , of Idarniit°n'illr. Ciitllo On the 11th inst., at St. George's., Bloomsbury, hter ° Palmer, of Regent-square, to Catherine, eldest a 4 ,f Rev. C. Bradley, of Clapham , S urre y . il , fl',4 Or, , Clarks9 O the 11th inst., at Kensington , W. G. Doctors'-Commons, to Anne, widow of the late P.. l ' of Downton House, Radnorshire. eoi6 Wir t ' DIED. Augusta, On the 26th of September, at Calais, Sop h ia '' la te of Mr. J. 13roam, formerly of Stamford -hill. ~ On the 11th nit., in Madeira, Charles Ashmore, , t, f l" of Woburn-place, Russell-squat C. tree 0 On the 29th ult., M r. W P atch, of Fitisburrs , T. W . ftb kury-tquare, aged 65. (sr; the 30th ult., at Atdrossan, Mrs. Crawford, re lict v t 0 ' 11 Rid On J. Crawford, Esq., of Broad field, aged 80. On the 41k inst., at Shore ham, Kent, Pen t he elde,t son of Peter Pennell R icketts, Esq. John Castle' On the 9th inst., at Fore field- p lace, Bath, Jo tece., child of the Rev. J. C. B urnett. Neison- rrs On the 10th inst. , Mr. W. Blackbourn, of _..,i. City.roid, aged 53 . wife On the IRh inst., Harriette Howard, fe 0 f Willi° 2 ,, el 1 son, Esq., of the Wandsworth -road, age2 l !__* -----<-"of ' ....--......,......... .... .rOVPIL" 0 ad. , N ~'s i a '~ ;h