The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-05 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION v. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—The Inland Bills falling due to day caused a demand for money, but the amount to be provided for was not large, as the period referred to the August trade, which is the dullest of the :eear. Complaints, it seems, have been made lately against the Branches of the Bank of England in Liver and Manchester, for having thrown out unexceptionable paper drawn within the late rule of limit. The parties were informed, we believe, of the agents' willingness to advance in the shape of lean, but that they could not discount the hills offered. This conduct is o bjectionable, perhaps, at first sight, but we must remember the posi tion of the Bank, and a llo w f or se lf-preservation, .seeing that the Directors have eleven or twelve branches to attend to. and not more, perhaps, than three millions of geld. If, then, they were not to keep a strict guard over their branch discounts, the Direc tors would subject themselves to serious risk in the face of the still unsatisfactory, though somewhat improved, state of the Foreign Exchanges. Every note issued on discount by the branches at Liverpool or Manchester is payable there in gold as well as in London, so that the Directors have to guard against their return at both places. The necessity for caution, therefore, is evident. T.nc. , branches in question would have readily, we pre sume, sent the paper f orwar d f or discount 'to any of the London agencies. In that way no additional liability would have been incurred by the Bank, as these houses would have negoti a t e d th e transact i on b y notes previ ouslyin circulation, and the object of those desirous of accommodation at the same time gratified, although et some additional expense. The very favourable change which has t ikon place in the Syrian question reduces the difference between this country and France to almost nothing, and the restoration of a good understanding between the two countries may new be anticipated. Confidence will then be again restored throughout the e9mmercial world, although the expense incurred in equiping cur fleet must be provided for. That outlay and other relative circumstances will no doubt operate to keep down prices, and money must be in rgque3t for some time on the Continent. France must appear in the Money Market as a borrower, and our Government will find themselves, in all probability, ()bilged to do something of the same kind, although our expenses have been very small compared with those of our Gallic neighbours. Under these circumstances we are not dispos e d t o fi n d f au l t w i t h t h e B an k at present for being close-fi s t e d, b u t t rus t th a t th e Di rec t ors ma y . not find necessary to have recourse to further mea sur''s of restriction.—[One would suppose that this ar tlo.:10 had been written in the Bank parlour.—ED. Sun.] TIMES.—It appears by a letter received from .Manchester, that the branch bank of England there is refusing to discount all paper, no matter how short the date, or how valid arc the names, without first send ing it to London for the approval of the Directors. The inconvenience arising from such a practice is ob vious. Parties are sometimes left a whole week with out knowing whether their bills will ultimately be discounted or not, and they are kept out of pos session of them, so that they have not the oppor tunity of applying to other quarters, as they would in the event of an immediate refusal. At this period of the year punctuality is most essential for the carrying on of the Manchester trade, and yet with the persons who are placed in the uncertain position above described punctuality is almost impossible. Such an arrangement as this seems indeed not only to be inconvenient, but absurd. The very use of a branch bank would be, that there should be parties on the spot qualified to judge of the local credits, and pos sessed of information as to the validity of parties which conld scarcely come to the knowledge of head-quarters. If the branch bank is not supposed to be a bettor judge of local circumstances than the remote board, there seems to be no occasion for a branch at all. Here the branch, it appears, is obliged to consult the London board as to the propriety of discounting a bill—that is, feels a necessity of asking for information which, from its pcsition, it should rather give than receive. If the London board is to decide alone on the fitness of every single bill to be discounted, the holder might as well send it up to London, and thus the useless machinery of a branch would be avoided. It is also said that the branch bank refuses to entertain the question of dis counting for any bank that looks for assistance else where. The aid afforded by private banks has been considerably restricted in their discounts of bills across the counter, at 7 per cent. Many bills, it is said, that could have been discounted on Saturday were refused yesterday. A deputation from a Committee formed for the pur pose of superintending a petition to Government pray ing its protection and interference in the management of railways to a greater extent than is contemplated, 'Cited upon the Lord Mayor this morning with a view to holding a public meeting at Guildhall. The Lord Mayor concurred in their views, and offered to give them every assistance, suggesting the propriety of a conference with his successor, who, he was assured, would lend his aid. It is expected that the public meeting will shortly take place at Guildhall, and no less than WO respectable names have been already enrolled. Private letters from Montevideo dated the 18th of August state that Pacheco has been defeated by Lavelle, and that Roses is making great preparations to act against the latter, and pushing matters with his accustomed vigour. According to report, Lavalle's army is composed of 6,000 men. The Minister of the Interior has addressed a cir cular to the Prefects of France with respect to extra ordinary imposts levied by the communes to meet local expenses. In a law passed on the 18th of July, 1837, certain commercial expenses were laid down as optional, to meet which a proposition may be made and ratified by a law or Royal ordinance to levy an additional per tentage, not exceeding 20 per cent., on the regular impost. But very frequently the communes, in addition to this special tax, levy further imposts to meet other necessities, generally to cover an insufficient revenue. By this means a heavy overcharge is imposed on the taxpayers, and the collection of public revenue becomes impeded. And although the presence of the great tax payers in the municipal council gives a sufficient gua rantee for the interests of the commune, the same end is not fulfilled with regard to the general interests of the nation. The circular in question therefore enjoins the prefects not to hesitate in rejecting any proposal for levying an extraordinary impost should the object which it is intended to meet admit of being postponed, without detriment to the material interest of the com mune. In this predicament are the greater part of the optional expenses, such as the acquisition of real pro perty, except with a view to the accommodation of the schoolhouses ; the building or rebuilding of edifices, the opening of new streets in the town, and generally all expenses of utility to the commune, but which should not be incurred without the assurance of sufficient re sources. These directions do not however include measures already carried, nor autlio.ise the suspension of ordinances already enacted. Should proposals be made for entering into extraordinary expenses which the pre fects deem of immediate neeessity,such are to be forwarded to the Minister, who will judge whether their urgency be sufficiently justified to admit of authorisation. With regard to expenses rendered imperative by the law, many are enumerated which, although obligatory in a legal sense, are not so urgent in their nature as to pre clude adjournment, more particularly those denominated 4 ‘ extensive repairs to the buildings of the commune." Should any di3pute arise on the prefect's refusal to ac cede to such expenses, he is recommended to refer the case to the Minister. The circular coneludes by ob serving, that the imperative measures of the law in this case are not with a view to bind the superior authorities, but the communes ; that the law was intended to fur nish the authorities with a wearon against the resist ance of municipal councils, which consequently can not be turned against themselves; that the authorities arc invested with the right of deterrniain g whether the pro 'point expenditure, tire of that obligatory character whichthe law has defined, and in that c a s e to judge of the expediency of an additional impost to meet them. SUN.—It was reported this afternoon that the over land mail had arrived. W e hav e bad a firm market again to-day for the public securiges, and with a good business doing., the reetilt of the adv ance i n pr i ces on the Paris Bourse, and theincreased confidence felt here, at the progress of our warlike operatio ns in Syria. As the account of the success of the Allies becomes known throughout the country, it may probably lead to orders for bone fide iaveetments on behalf of patties at a distance, especially e a the French speculato rs appear to agree with those on our own side of the water, that the readiest means of en di ng the ea stern questio n i s b y promptness and unani mity of action. Consols, for immediate transfer, brought St and for the Account 88i to -,1,-, the 89i to 8 , « 98 1 to 88 1 former closing a. 4 e , and the latter at 88 88!1. Although these wer e t h e latest offi c i a l prices, we h e ard of bargains after the Sitoeelr,k,Bli:ixis. pie , change hours at rather hi g her rates. Exchequer realized 2s. discount to p ar, and India Bonds 15 discount. Bank Stock was heavy r at 159 to 160 : to n East India Stock at d 43, the New fhree-and-IIalf)pe; Cents, at 07. 1 ,- to 07, and the Reduced Three per Ce. As. at 87i to 87k. The Foreign Stocks were very dull, but remained at about yesterday's prices, %h.—Spanish ...en Activeswere 21 to, ; Portuguese New Five per U .. 13 3; 3 to , if e Mexic a n B on d s 27 1 to ; Colombian 2.31; Belgian to 97 ; Russian 113, and Dutch Five per Cen ts. 978. The Shares experienced a trifling reaction this after nc,''''n• Gre a t Western were quoted 151 to 16 ; Fil c h hares 3 ;, and New Manchester and Leeds 7 premium. l;rieliton were 13? and North Midland 26 diecouilt. The "Inwinc , is an extract of a communication f roan Paris " There is a general cry of the want of confidence among the mercantile interests at Paris ; indeed, the are itnumber of failures as publi c ly announce d t w i ce a month, IS a sufficient pr oo f of the state of things. There are besides private compositions, which do a great deal o f mischief, so that the wi nter is cot likely to pass over without a severe trial to those who at the present mo rucot pos,=ess ample means to m eet their engagements," SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TYIE DAILY PAPERS Of 1 (From the Globe.) The course pursued by Lord Lyndhurst's friends, 1 rota the beginning of the Cambridge election co .1• est to the present moment, is one continuous proof of their very slight chance of success. They began with bully ing and big vaunting. Lord Lyndhurst was certain, not only of a majority, but of an immense majority ; and if Lord Lyttelton wished to avoid disgrace, how ever indifferent he might feel as to simple defeat, he was Advised to retire. This tone was afterwards changed for a quieter one, in which, as we said yesterday, defeat was clearly foreshadowed. The possibility of defeat, which only the day befo:e had been an utter impossi bility, was considered ; and there was no longer brow beating, but calm expostulation, for the conscientious Conservatives who have deserted Lord Lyndhurst for Lord Lyttelton. Some of the artifices practised by Lord Lyndhurst's friends are already known to the public. But it is not yet generally known that a num ber of the names paraded in the long list of their Lon. don Committee are, morally speaking, deceptions ; and that by way of elevating the quality of Lord Lynd hurst's supporters, they have announced as their Chair. man Sir J. Beckett, who is not a Member of the Senate, and pressed into their service the brilliant name of Lord Dclawarr, not a Cambridge, but an Oxford, man. We may take a future opportunity of more completely dissecting this list ; but in the meantime proceed to speak of a grosser artifice which has been practised—viz., the report raised by Lord Lyndhurst's friends, and contradicted in a part of our impression of yesterday, that Lord Lyt telton had determined not to proceed to the poll. Proceed to the poll his Lordship undoubtedly will, un- I less, by the way, Lord Lyndhurst saves him th© trouble. The attempt to throw ridicule on Lord Lyt telton, on account of his youth, is another sign of Lord Lyndhurst's weakness. We think, under all circum stances, that Lord Lyndhurst's friends would have done well to avoid this topic. Lord Lyttelton's cha racter and conduct effectually disarm the objection, derived from his youthfulness, of its force. By the way, has the Times considered how this topic of youthfulness may shortly be turned against Lord Lyndhurst and itself? Lord Lyndhurst, the candi date for the Cambridge High Stewardship, is, it is also announced, a candidate for the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow which is to be given away, even this month, by the Glasgow boys. Is the Times prudent in thus cutting away the consolation which the juvenile voice of Glasgow may try to administer for a defeat at Cambridge ? The opinions of boys may soon have a 1 high value for the Times. To be sure, we forgot. that the Times of a week before is never any longe • re garded by the Times, and that with the Times there is not only a time for everything, but also for every eew phase of the same thing. There is a time for talLng of morality, and a time for saying nothing about t ; and as it is now the time for holding up to ridicu•.• a boy of twenty-three, the time will come for holding r , p to commendation the matured wisdom of men of for.,-- teen. But if the Times forgets, we hope the manikies of Glasgow will remember the Times of yesterday and the day before.. (From the Standard.) We are as willing as any of our Contemporaries to admit that the contest which is now going .on for the High Stewardship of the University of Cambridge ought not to have been invested with a political character; but the unanimity which has been displayed by the Whigs, whether of the University or the press, in sup porting the claims of Lord Lyttelton, has been such as to render it evident that it is so regarded by a majo rity of his Lordship's advocates. The spirit in which the controversy has been carried on, indeed, so far as our Whig Contemporaries are concerned, has been that of envenomed hostility to Lord Lyndhurst, on the ground of the services which he has rendered to the Conser vative cause. They ought, therefore, to be thelast to complain of the complexion with which they have invested the struggle. Had they felt that the eligibility of the candidate they seem disposed to favour would have borne the ordeal of a comparison with that of his distinguished rival, they would have studiously avoided the indiscretion which they now charge upon their op ponents. Whatever, therefore, may have been the in tentions of the leading friends of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Lyttelton, it is clear that many of the latter Nobleman's supporters have been influenced by poli tical motives, and political motives alone. Their unanimity, indeed, and the tone adopted by the Ministerial press i❑ discussing the comparative merits of the candidates, sufficiently attest that indefatigable means have been taken to render the contest political. It is no fault of ours, therefore, if it should have assumed that character. We have already placed the claims of the two candidates (so far as we have been enabled to ascertain them) in juxta-position. It would be useless to repeat them. Those of the former , no bleman are easily remembered. The brilliant pas sages of Lord Lyndhurst's distinguished career are too numerous to be held in recollection with the same faci lity, although several of them are of a kind which might be expected to have made a deep and lasting impression on the recollections of all true lovers of their country. If a single speech of the young Nobleman in whose praise our Whig Contemporaries are so fervent, can be allowed to weigh against such considerations, wo are altogether deceived as to the qualifications which are looked for in a High Chancel lor of the University of Cambridge. We rejoice, how ever, to learn, that there is no doubt of the success of Lord Lyndhurst, and that the attempts which have been made by the Whig press to give a political cha racter to the controversy have alienated many voters from their protege. We have uniformly spoken of Lord Lyttelton with respect, and shall continue so to do, in the full belief that he has taken no part in the indecent artifices by which it has been attempted to forward his election. (From the Courier.) After the noble letter in which Mr. (late Captain) Rey nolds, in the true spirit of a soldier and a gentleman, acknowledges a breach of strict discipline, and expresses his belief that public interference in his behalf may rather injure than serve his interests, we should have thought that all persons really feeling either commise ration for him, which, however, he does not require, or indignation at the conduct of his judges or mili tary superiors, of which he himself does not com plain, would maintain a profound silence on the subject. No doubt Captain Reynolds best understands his own position. To manifest a public sympathy is one thing ; to come forth with officious oilers of aid, which he does not want, is another; but there arc persons who are always eager to seize upon the slight est occasion to revile constituted authorities, civil or military, and who delivers opinions upon matters with which at most they can be but imperfectly acquaint ed. Of this description of people, very evidently, the meeting held yesterday at the British Coffee-house Cockspur-street, consisted. A tissue of greater absur dities than the resolutions proposed for adoption never before was offered to public notice. In the first, for instance, it is said that Captain Reynolds has been un justly deprived of his commission by the sentence of a Court-martial, whereupon " great cheering" ensued from these novel supervisors of courts military. If the par ties, who have left their shop-boards to meddle with a profession kept entirely aloof from trade, really in tended to injure Captain Reynolds, they could not have adopted a step better calcdlated to effect their purpose. The Court-martial has already been considered by the proper authorities, and it has received the highest sane zion. Its judgment, therefore, cannot now he reversed. As no accusation has been lodged against the Earl be fore competent jurisdiction, her Majesty cimnot, with out a tyrannical exercise of power, deprive him of his commission. In fact, he has merely discharged his duty, and to have done otherwise would have rendered him Amenable to the law which he has been the means of bringing into operation. Only one sensible observa tion was made at this precious specimen of the folly of people who officiously interfere in matters which they do not comprehend. On a motion to enter into sub scriptions to defray expenses, a speaker thought that subscriptions ought to be withheld until bankers were appointed to receive them. We may take the charac ter of the meeting from this prudential caution to keep their pockets buttoned until there be some trustworthy person to receive the cash. EAGLES.—The prince of birds is now rarely seen in the Highlands, for the march of improvement is driving, them, like the RA Indians of America, to the very remotest mountain solitudes. A pair have long built (above fifty years, it is said,) near the entrance of the Pass of Inverfarigaig, on the banks of Loch Ness ; and eagles are still seen in the western parts of Inverness-shire. In Sutherland we heard of one (a majestic looking bird) that had been caught in a large trap, which it had strength to carry to a consid: rable di3tance, till both fell into a lake. A correspondent informs us that Mr. James Richmond, gamekeeper to Mr. Gladstone, of Liverpool, has, from September, 1839, to June of this year, trapped si , x eagles on a high hill, on the farm of Auchnasheen, in Rosa -shire. One of the eagles measured, from tip to tip from the of the wing, eight feet two inches, and the span of his claws were six and a half inches. The noble bird dis. play,,d " the terror- of his beak and lightning of his eye" gamekeeper has top pursuing f rr a cairn i or monument erected ivy the gen. tlemen pu r trigonometrical survey. The same t also taken a number of wild cats—one I eight ineries.— , measurin. fret ..ntei tan inches, and another three feet Cottrier. DR. LA ItDiNEl.tnels'S AMER ICA.-At the Park Theatre last night, a second tier towards thepactetnyt occupied a front scat in the i of two ladies, plainly but J i c ,o of the house, and consisted r.nd very beautiful, the other what is dressed ; one young termed a fine woman i 1 of a certain age, somewhat pasels. 1 cavalier who attended on these dairrin appearance. The i dimes was a tall elderly man, dressed in a bob wig, and wearinc, spectacles, particularly gallante to the eldest of ' an:l the ladies. NI - were the whisperings tnat ran round the circle, • a ' "7 after glass was levelled at the trio; and it will not be I. las dere(' at when we say who " the observed of all ebser: 'I : - were. In the gallant old gentleman we recognised L• )- nysius Lardner, LL. D., and the fair ladies were A: Heaviside and Miss Lardner, the accomplished daugl : r of the love-sick smack — New York Herald, Oct, 3, LAW INTELLIGENCE. lie further submitted that the declaration of the plaintiff was defective, and that the custom, if there existed no other objection, was in itself unreasonable, giving the mo nopoly to this body over so great an extent as from Yant ley Crock to Staines Bridge, on both sides of the rivci. Coder-Take a rule to show cause. BRANKER V. MOLY:NE.IA. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 4. His Lordship, the Master of the Rolls, proceeded with the hearing of petitions to-day. PLATT V. ROUTH. The arguments in this part-heard petition, which were commenced yesterday, were resumed and con cluded to-day. The principal question in the case was whether probate duty was due and payable on the will of Mrs. Platt, and whether also legacy duty was due from a Mr. Drake as legatee under Mrs. Platt's will. From the statements of the Learned Counsel it appeared that Mrs. Platt had under the will of a gentleman named Ramsden, a power of appointment given to her by will, but not by deed, over the testator's personal estate. In pursuance of this provision the lady made her will, in which she appointed in favour of Mr. Drake. Upon the question being brought before the Court of Exchequer, the Learned Judges of tha.t Court were of opinion that the probate duty was not payable, but that the legacy duty was. The result of this decision was that two petitions were presented to the Court, one on behalf of the Attorney-General, and the other on the part of Mr. Drake, praying that the judgment of the Court of Exchequer might be set aside. Mr. ROMILLY appeared to support the petition on the part of the Crown, and Mr. Tinney, Mr. Pemberton, and Mr. Teid, for Mr. Drake, contending on ►:ehalf of that gentleman that the legacy duty attached only to the property given by the will of a person who had the absolute power and disposition over it, which was not the case with the pro perty appointed by the will of Mrs. Platt. The MASTER of the ROLLS, at the conclusion of the arguments, stated, that as he considered the question one of great importance to all parties, he should take time to consider his judgment ; and upon its being inti• mated to his Lordship that whatever his decision might be, one or other of the parties would appeal to the House of Lords, he stated that he would endeavour frame his judgment in such a shape as to prevent the necessity of further proceeding in the Court below, and facilitate the hearing of the appeal. The plaintiff, as assignee of a bankrupt, brought this action of truver to recover a cargo of cotton which the defendant " converted" improperly to his own use, having found it on board a sbip belonging to the bankrupt, which he seized under a mortgage. Defendant had perfect right to seize the ship, but he had no right whatever to the cotton. In the declaration it was sat forth that the goods improperly converted to the defendant's use were, et the time of " conversion," in possession of the bankrupt. Evi dence having shown that they were, of course, in the actual possession of the defendant, the Judge directed a verdict for the latter. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL applied for a now trial on the ground of misdirection. lie said that the cotton, although it had been seized by the defendant, and was in his actual word possession at the time of the alleged conversion—as of course it must be before he could turn it to his own use— yet in a legal sense the possession (that is, the property) was in the bankrupt. The fact was that the Learned Judge not being accustomed to nisi prius was taken by u , and directed wrongly th " possession."—Rule nisi granted. surprise ch b a y m the s tako defendant's of thecounsel, RV3sF,LL V BLAKE. II this case, which was an action upon a promissory note, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL Obtained a rule for a new trial, on the ground that inadmissible evidence had been received on the trial. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, ZYov. 4. ACEY 9. FURNEY. This was an action upon a policy of insurance of 4001 upon the life of Charles Harman Simpson, which was tried before Lord Abinger at the London Sittings after last Term, when a verdict was found for the defendant. Sir F. POLLOCK moved for a new trial, and from his statement it appeared that the policy was effected in Hull, between Mr. Simpson and Mr. Greenwood, the agent in that town for the British Commercial Assurance Com pany, on the 15th March, 1831. The course of dealing was, that when the receipts for the premiums are sent down to the agent, unless in fifteen days he returned them, the Company took it for granted that the premium was paid, and debited him with the amount. In 1833 the premium upon Mr. Simpson's life became due on the 15111 March, and the receipt was sent down to Mr. Greenwood; the money was not paid until the 1211 of April, but ,in the mean time Mr. Greenwood had been debited with the amount, and allowed it, Mr. Simpson being well known to him, and he having dealings with him. On the 12th April the money was paid, and Mr. Simpson died; the office then refused payment of the policy, and upon the trial they pleaded that the new contract set up by the receipt of the money on the 12th April had been obtained by fraud and covin, Mr. Simpson having in the meantime contracted a disease which would tend to shorten his life, was liable to fits, and of drunken and intemperate habits. They of fered no evidence upon that plea, and the Jury were dis charged upon it. The Learned Gentleman contended that the Court having debited Mr. Greenwood with the amount of the premium, which he consented to, and it being afterwards adopted by Mr. Simpson, must be con sidered as a payment cf the premium upon the day. The Court were of opinion that Greenwood was not in any way the agent of Simpson for the payment of the premium, and that therefore there was no evidence of any new con tract, and therefore the verdict ought not t• be disturbed. —Rule refused. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nor. 4. (Sittings in Banco). BOSANQUET V. BOLTON• In this case which was tried at the last Warwick AsL•izes, before Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and in which a verdict had been retuned for the plaintiff, Mr. Sergeant GouLBURN• moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a verdict entered for the defendant. The action was brought against the defendant with a view of fixing him as one of the copartners of a banking concern. It appeared that the defendant hal held 100 shares in the concern, and had disposed of them some years since, but by the rules of the copartnership no shares could be transferred without leave of the Directors, signified lay the signature of the Chairman to the transfer. Now, at the time the transfer in question took place, the defendant him self was Chairman, and although the Directors had sig nified their consent to such transfer, yet the plaintiff contended that the defendant ought to have signed the transfer twice, once as the transferrer and second as the Chairman, in order to make such transfer valid. It was now contended that the transfer was valid without such double signature, and further, that even if such double signature were requisite, the defendant had ceased to be a partner by forfeiture of his shares, he having neglected to pay up the calls upon them for more than three months after they became due, and the Directors not having within that time waived such for feiture.—Rule granted upon both grounds. MOYENS AND ANOTHER V. HEYWORTH AND ANOTHER The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for a rula nisi to set aside the verdict for the plaintiff in this case, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron, at the London sittings after last term. The plaintiffs were large and respectable merchants in London ; and the defendants bore the same character in Liverpool, having a branch house in Rio Janeiro. They had imported a cargo of coffee, which they sold to the plaintiffs as of the first shipping quality. The coffee was sent to Rotterdam, and the Dutch brokers reported it to be of an inferior quality. There was much conflicting evidence at the trial, and the Jury were out between two and three hours, so that it was a case of much doubt, and also of very considerable im portance to the commercial world ; and he trusted he would obtain a rule, so that it should receive the grave consideration of the Court.—Rule granted. THE SUN, I.otsinON, THLTRSDAY, NOVEMBER & 1840. IN THE CASE OF MR. RICHARD DUNN. After the Court had gone through the Bar, Lorfl DENMAN signified to Mr. Dunn that the Court wouln now hear his application. After a short discussion as to whether it would be ad visable to proceed at so late an hour, The return to the habeas corpus was read, which set forth the committal by Mr. Combe, the Magistrate of Hatton-garden, haring neglected to enter into sureties to keep the peace to all her Majesty's subjects, but more particularly to Miss Angela Burdett Coutts. Mr. Dunn submitted that he must be discharged from custody. The articles exhibited against him stated that he had already been discharged from custody by habeas corpus, and since that discharge only two acts were specified, namely, his waving a handkerchief at Norwood, and his having knocked at the door of a house in which Miss Angela Burdett Coutts was. The facts set forth in the articles were not true. _ . . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL wished to have the opinion of the Court as to whether Mr. Dunn had any right to controvert the statements set forth in the articles now, as they had been returned into that Court, as an answer to the writ ? _ Mr. Dunn contended he had under the Act of 56 George 111. He then entered into alengthened argument in support of his view of the law in this question, con tending that ho had a right to file affidavits denying the truth of the statements contained in the articles as re turned to the Court. Lord DENMAN, after consulting with the other Judges, decided that he had no right to file affidavits, or to enter into statements controverting the facts set forth in the articles. Mr. Dunn said his next objection to the return was on the score of an informality in the jurat to the articles. There were three affidavits, and but one jurat, and therefore they were totally insufficient. The affidavit was severed into three parts, and was in fact a total nullity in law. It had besides been interlined and altered since it had been exhibited at the Quarter Ses, sions, with a view of suiting the purposes of the occasion. Lord DErsataei said it came into the Court regularly sworn to, and returned by a Court of competent juris diction, as having been done in their presence. It would be better perhaps that the articles should be read. The articles having been read, Mr. Dunn contended that he had by his former dis charge under a writ of habeas, been released from ever being again called in question for any of the acts which he had committed in reference to Miss Coutts, prior to his committal by Sir F. Roc, and from which committal he had on a former occasion been discharged by Lord Denman, and not only so, but all parties commit ting and assisting in his committal for those acts had rendered themselves liable to penalties of 3001. for the recovery of which he was determined to sue ; and that as these statements were mixed up with statements relating to his subsequent con duct in the same articles, it was impossible to say for which he had been committed, and, therefore, the whole document was an invalid one altogether. He then proceeded to controvert the statements in the ar ticles, with a view, as he said, of vindicating his cha racter from the aspersions which had been cast upon it ; for this purpose he was giving a detailed account of his conduct, when he was interrupted by Lord DENMAN, who desired he would confine him self to the matter before the Court. Mr. Dunn then proceeded to contend that the ar ticks did not set forth with sufficient clearness the cause of Miss Coutts' apprehension. It was stated letters had been received from him containing threats, but those letters ought to have been set forth to enable the Court to judge. There was nothing to show that he had any intention to murder or beat her, and a fear of such was necessary to justify a Magis trate in binding over a party to keep the p eace . nay, the reason why such fear was entertained must also be set forth, or the liberty of the subject would be at the mercy of any timorous ind'vidual who, like the man mentioned by Locke, might fancy himself made of glass, and exhibit articles of the peace against any person jostling against him in the street. Now, what was the main fact relied on ? Why, that at Nor wood he had waved a white handkerchief. Surely a handkerchief was not an instrument to put a lady in fear of her life. The utmost that they went to prove was, that the lady was annoyed, not that she had any real ground for apprehension. There was no one cir cumstance on which they could rely to say that was the occasion of her apprehension, and crime could not 1.0 made up of little and little, and there was no thing to prove that he had been guilty of any, moral or legal. The Quarter Sessions had ordered him to enter into recognizances to ap pear before them at the Quarter Sessions, to be met and holden next after the lapse of two years. That order was illegal, unconstitutional, and void ; they had no power to make it. No Court in England had any poser to make such an order ; besides, it was an order so vague, that he could not comply with it, even had he been willing. It did not state when the two years were to commence, nor when he was to appear. There was a Sessions-house in Cierkenwell, and another in Westminster ; at which was he to appear, and for what purpose was he to appear ? The order was illegal and void altogether. Lord DENMAN said the Court had considerable doubts as to whether the articles set forth with sufficient clear ness the cause of the apprehension, and they would hear the Attorney-General on that point to-morrow. After a short discussion, it was arranged that the Attorney-General be heard, in support of the validity of the committal, the first thing to-morrow morning (this day). COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nor. 4. RIGHTS OF TIIE CITY PORTEItS. COLYN V. STENNET• This was an action brought On behalf of what are called the Tackle House Porters of the City of London, to en force the payment to them of fees for the landing, carry ing, and housing of goods which had been landed, &c., by alien porters, contrary, as the plaintiff averred, to the rights of the Tackle House. The verdict was for the plaint Mr. Sergeant CitANNEt.r. moved to set aside the ver dict, on the grounds, first, that th e b ye- l aw wh i c h gave to the ; p-rovide l d thatkiei'ust porters their exc l us i ve pr i v il ege, espe ciallyi ! the goods of a li ens cons i gned to a li ens , T might be landed, carried, and housed by alien porters ; u 9 a f y t , he ha C d ity n , ot been in accordance from the time of the secondly, o%,.ridthilzitain)ec ep r t ti l o i v a it t l eh t ge h e e p:_ c iea u si s en t ni o et m d ; and fu r th er , t h at there h a d nut been sufficient evidence on the of of the present exist ence of a " Tackle House," or of " Tackle House porters." The argument of the Learned Sergeant was of very great length, and was supported by numerous refe rences to the bye-laws of the City, and to decisions thereon. BEET V. DEAN. The defendant in the present case had contracted to purchase a stock of linen drapery from the plaintiff', who was to have it all measured and entered in a stock book by the 30th October, so that valuers for each party might see the stock on that clay. Mr. Dean and a Mr. Bennett arrived at Newport on the day, but they did not find all ready, and therefore broke off the contract. The plaintiff sold the stock at a loss, and brought his action to recover the amount. It was tried at the late Winchester Assizes, before Mr. Justice Manic, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. Ears now moved for a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence in the cause. The Court were of opinion that, according to the agreement between the parties, the plaintiff had done all that was required on his part ; they therefore thought the verdict ought not to be disturbed. Rulo refused. ROBY V. MOSS AND ILUMPHY. This was an action for false imprisonment upon a malicious charge of forgery, which was tried before Lord Abinger at the sittings in London after last term, when the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, with 400/. damages. Mr. KELLY now moved for a new trial, upon the ground of excessive damages, and that the evidence was false, and the verdict against the weight of evi dence. It appeared that a person named Callow, re presenting himself as a clerk to the defendants, gave the plaintiff into custody on a charge of forgery. Ho was taken before the Lord Mayor, who sent for either of the defendants, but the moment they heard of the charge they at once told the Lord Mayor's mes senger that they had nothing to do with the charge, and that so far as they were concerned the man was entitled to his discharge, and he was discharged accordingly, but as soon as he left the Justice-room he was taken into custody by a sheriff's officer, upon a writ of execu tion, issued from the office of the defendants. At the trial one man swore that he called upon Moss, who told him that they had a charge of forgery against the plaintiff, and would give a reward for his apprehension. Both defendants now swore that they were taken by surprise by that evidence, and that it was false—no such conversation took place —nor had they either in one way or another sanctioned the charge or gave or ders for it. They called CAHow at the trial, and he proved that he had received no orders for making such a charge. The damages were clearly excessive, but his clients were more anxious to have another trial in order to clear their character from the suspicion that they were able to trump up such a charge for the mere pur pose of serving a writ on any party ; and in the event of such trill being granted they would be in a position to show that the evidence of the only witness who con nected them at all with the transaction was entirely false._llule ;ranted. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nor. 4. IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE BONNER. This day was appointed for receiving proofs of the liabilities on the estate of the bankrupt, who was an ex tensive broker in Bermondsey, and claims to a large amount were established. The assets were stated to be very small. Mr. Moseley, of Liverpool, a banker and proprietor of extensive iron works there, appeared to establish a claim for 6001. against the estate. In reply to Mr. Commissioner Evans, he stated that he did not know the bankrupt previous to the transaction, which formed the subject of the present claim, but had advanced the money on the security of a person who kept a regular cash account with his bank.—The claim was allowed. Mr. Lawrence applied to prove for the sum of 100/., which he alleged he lent to the bankrupt on his pro. missory note, dated December, 1838. Mr. Commissioner EVANS examined the claimant very ' 6 '4, who answered that he gave the bankrupt a 100/. n °t°, as a loan, but he did not know the number of the note, neithe r did he the person from whom he received it, but believed it was from a person named Smith, somewhere down in the country. The he bankruptecou could was i v then swiorn: and very stri c tly questioned as to hi s disposal of this note, but he re p ed that information as he kept no books. Mr. Commissioner Ev ANs said he should adjourn the further consideration of this proof, as he was by no means satisfied. ac counts receiv e d at the Hom c-officc, from Mul g rav e C ast l e , state that th e M arquis THE M ARQ.uis OF NORMANBY.—The vourably. of Normanby is go in g on very fa- KENSING TON .A.ENS INGTON n here arc about forty-six ac res to b e let,-, o A n ß building —l leases ; one street is already projected to run through the m elon -grounds. The old high wall at Bayswater, west from the entrance gates into the mall, wilt b 2 ' immediately p u lled down. Alf. Lou don, in a publi s h e d letter on the subject, says, " I do not object to building on Kensin Tton-gardens , so much for the sake of the i n h a bi tants of 6 0 E3 ne i g hbourhood, as I do for the inhabitants of London generally, because, I con tend, that from the dry so il an d elevated situation of Kensington -gardens and its neighbourhood, these grounds afford by far the most ell ible place in the imam ditto neighb our h oo d of Lo don for walks for pedes trians. Let any one compare the surface of the ground in the present li.nsington gar_d ens with the surface of the ground in the Regent's_ ark, after a shower in summer, or during the whole of th e autumn, w i n t e r, and spring months, and he will soon be convinced of the gre at superiority of a gravelly s o il over a clayey one for w alking on. Let not, therefore, the numerous women and children, nod in valids of this met ro p o li s, be depr i ve d o f such a source of recreation, enjoyment, and health, for the sake of a few hundred pounds a year to be obtained by Government for detached villas, for persons keeping carriages, to whom it would be little more trouble to remove twice the distance from town to situations equally good at Acton and Ealing. Let us hope that the letting this ground for building on, will, et all events, be put off till Parliament meets, when the subject, doubtless, will occupy the attention of some of those enlightened and benevolent men, of both parties, who fell an interest in providing gardens for the health and recreation of she mass of the inhabitants of large towns," KINGSTON PETTY SESSIONS. (Before Mr. SHRUBSOLE and Mr. NIGHTINGALE.) IMPUDENT ROBBERIES BY A SOLDIER.—George Robinson, a fine-looking young man, a private in the 9:lk Lancers, was brought up in custody of the police, charged with two distinct acts of felony, committed under very aggravated circumstances. Henry Lamb, apprentice to Mr. Sealcy, a bookseller and news agent, at Kingston, deposed that on Saturday night the prisoner came into his employer's shop, and asked for a newspaper, and witness told him be had not got one. He then asked to see some Bibles, and several were shown to him, and he looked at them, but complained of the price, and said he wanted one at about three shillings. He at length said that he had a comrade waiting outside, and he asked witness's permis sion to show two to him, and he then took two Bibles worth nine shillings and sixpence out of the shop, and witness believing he merely intended to show them to a comrade as he represented, had no suspicion, but after waiting for some time, he went out to look after him, and he then discovered that the prisoner and the Bibles had both disappeared, and he saw no more of him until he found him in custody upon another charge of felony. Mr. Fortune, another bookseller, residinc , at King ston, proved that shortly after the time spoken to by the last witness, the prisoner came to his shop and produced two Bibles, and asked him if he would pur chase them, and he asked eight shillings for them, and witness ultimately bought them of him for five shillings. A short time after the prisoner had left the shop a circumstance, came to his knowledge which induced him to believe that the prisoner had come by the books dis honestly, and he took them to Mr. Seeley's, and he im mediately identified them as those that had been stolen by the prisoner. Mr. Fortune then proceeded to state that he shortly afterwards found the prisoner in custody upon the charge of stealing an inkstand from his shop, and he must have effected the robbery while he was bargaining with him nbout the bibles. James Fortune, the son of the last witness, corrobo rated the evidence given by him relative to the purchase of the Bibles, atid he said that when the prisoner came into the shop there were three inkstands upon the counter, close to where he stood, and immediately after he was gone one of them was missed. Witness was afterwards sent in search of the prisoner, and he found him at a public-house, and asked him to go back to his father's, as he suspected there was something wrong about the books ; but the prisoner refused to do so. Witness waited till the prisoner came out of the house, and he then followed him and saw him go into the house of Mr. Brown, a tobacconist, where he purchased some tobacco, and then pulled from the breast of his coat an inkstand, and offered to sell it to Miss Brown, but she refused to pur chase it. When the prisoner came out of the shop, witness gave him into custody, and the inkstand was found concealed in his breast. Mr. Fortune identified the inkstand, and he also stated that soldiers frequently had such things as Bibles given to them by their friends, and when he purchased them of the prisoner, he told him that he should have them back at any time, if he returned the money he gave him for them. He should not have had the least suspicion that the prisoner had come by them impro perly, if he bad not found Mr. Seeley's shop-bill in one of them ; and upon doing so, he immediately gave him information of the circumstance. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, except that the inkstand had been given to him by a girl ; and he was fully committed upon both charges. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A respectable looking mechanic. named James White, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Hum phery, charged with robbing his master of various sums of money. Mr. Francis Staining said that the prisoner had been for some time in his employment, during which he misted a quantity of money from a till in his shop. From some private information, he was induced to watch the prisoner, and yesterday morning he saw him leaving the counter very hurriedly, when a policeman, who was in waiting, searched him, and found a skeleton key ca pable of picking the best patent lock. Upon going to the prisoner's lodgings, a sum of 3/. 7s. 9d. was found, which the prosecutor entertained no doubt belonged to him.—The prisoner was fully committed. BOW-STREET. Stephen Conti, an Italian, residing in Short's-gar dens, Drury-lane, appeared before Mr. Hall, upon a summons, charging him with having unlawfully assault ing a youth named Antonio Pettinotti, an organ grinder. Mr. Warren, a solicitor, who appeared for the com plainant, said that he was one of the unfortunate boys who were brought over to this country by such persons as the defendant, who contracted with them, on leaving their home, to pay them at the rate of nine francs per month, a part of which was to remain in their hands until they returned home, and then to be handed over to their friends for their benefit. The treatment they met with in this country was not generally known, but it was very severe, for, on going out on their rambles in the morning, they received from their employers only a few potatoes and a portion of rice, which they were obliged to subsist upon, unless they could ob tain anything through charity from persons who happened to be attracted by their wretched appearance. The masters usually took care to keep their passports, to prevent them leaving the country ; and such was the understanding among them, that one master never afforded redress to such persons as the complainant, should they lay the state of their grievances before them. On the morning of the 26th of October the complainant happened to ask a portion of his wages from the defendant, when, instead of paying him in cash, he knocked him down, and kicked him several times, as would appear by the evidence. The complainant, who gave his evidence through the medium of an interpreter, said that on the morning in question, about eight o'clock, he was accused by the complainant with not agreeing with another young man in his service, and that was the reason why a boy be longing to another master had left his employer. With out waiting for any explanation, he knocked him down by striking him a blow in the eye, and kicked him several times, which caused him to be very ill for a length of time. He had given no provocation for the assault, nor did he do any thing to the young man alluded to ; witness was 18. months with the defendant, and was contracted to be with him for two years and a half. He had been severely beaten several times on former occasions. The defendant said that he had only pushed the complainant when he was approaching the other young man to quarrel with him. Mr. Warren applied to have the complainant dis charged from his service, and to have his passport de livered up to him. Mr. HALL said, although he was aware such poor boys were exposed to very great hardships, he could not, in the present instance, interfere with whatever contract might exist between them, as the defendant had only to answer for a charge of as sault which,in his opinion,had been clearly proved, and the defendant should therefore pay a fine of 403. or be im prisoned for one month ; and, further, to enter into re cognizances, himself in 201., and two sureties in 101. each to keep the peace for the next three months. The fine being instantly paid, and sureties entered into, the defendant was discharged. Mr. HALL then said, that if the defendant should be brought before him on any future occasion for ill-treat ing such poor boys as the complainant, the full penalty of the law would be inflicted, and he should also ex pect that he should receive good food and a proper bed for the future, as such complaints had frequently been before him, and he had no doubt on very just grottnds. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the 24th October, 1840." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly T.tal. Average CAUSES OF IiZATIE. 18311. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l6B 265 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l3l 156 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidnoys, &c. Childbed, Diseases of tile Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, he Diseases of Uncertain Seat lO9 102 Old Age, or Natural Decay 7O 79 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 27 26 Causes not specified •• 2 13 Deaths from all causes 835 Average Weekly Deaths Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, 1838. Western Districts ... 120 156 North Districts Central Di5trict5..........., 138 • 2 01 East Districts South Districts ... •••• • 210 238 T0ta1......... 835 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com prised the 82 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of London within and without the walls, th• City and Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the bills of mortality —and tho parishes •f St. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary, Stoke Newington . St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary-le bow ; Camberwell% Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu merated in 1831 was 1,494,890. The weekly average for 183 S was obtained by dividing the deaths registered in that year by 52. In comparing it with the weekly deaths in 1840, it must be borne in mind that the metropolis in creases nearly two per cent. annually ; and that, if the population had been the same in 183$ as in 1840, the deaths would have been 1-27th part more numerous. General Register-office, Oct. 29, 1840. 'E HOURS' IjUNiELD - A THltl.-. RAMBLE, (From the Scols;;ian) Eight or ten years ago I visited Dunkeld, tut it was then shrouded in mist. So thick indeed was the fog, that you almost lost sight of your own hand in stretch ing it out to ascertain whether the object which loomed before you was a horse or a house, a tree or a mountain. Occasionally, the atmosphere cleared a little, and then thickened again, but a dim, vague outline was all I re membered of its romantic scenery. This time I was more fortunate. It was a beautiful day when I left Perth, not hot or hazy, but with the clear, bracing air of October upon the mountains. After proceeding a dozen miles through a fine undulat ing country, the road begins to descend, and sweeps round the Birnam Hill to the vale or nook in which Dunkeld is situated. As you cross the Tay, which "flows to the right between the Birnam and Newtyle Hills, the village, with its old cathedral, lies immediately before you, and away to the left the magnificent policies of the Duke of Atholl, embracing both sides of the river. The whole scene is closed in by hills, beauti fully wooded. Dashing up the main street, you are surprised to observe on each side, not country-looking inns, but large and formidable hotels, a circumstance sufficiently indicative of the number of tourists by whom it is annually visited. As soon as I alighted I was fur nished with a guide, and set out to examine, in detail, the principal lions in the neighbourhood. There are three different points to which you may be conducted. The first is to Ossian's Hall—the second to a height called Craig-Vinian, commanding a charm ing prospect—and the third to the Rumbling Bridge, which crosses the River Breen. I preferred the longest route, in order to embrace the whole three ob jects, but many tourists, I was told, were content with seeing Oisian's Hall, probably from not allowing them selves sufficient time. Here I was, then, about one o'clock on a Friday af ternoon, and under a bright October sun, entering the ducal grounds, with the descriptions I had read of the scenery rising in my memory, and filling my mind with lively expectations. My guide was a little prompt man in blue, and profoundly conversant with the place. Every question I asked seemed to gratify him, and he answered with the air of a man who felt himself possessed of superior knowledge The various objects he described he scarcely seemed to look at himself; but rather to watch their effect upon me, as the only thing that was new to him. Nothing was suffered to escape observation. Here was a magnificent spruce, there a fine silver fir, and yonder to the left two of the first larches introduced into this country from Switzer land. The latter, moreover, were ninety-six feet high, they were twenty feet round the base, and fifteen feet in girth a yard from the ground. We have now passed the new Palace commenced by the late Duke, and which rises only a few feet—the por tions of wall, with here and there an arched window or doorway, being covered in till some future Duke choose to proceed with the building. We have heard the dimensions of the various apart ments, and acquired a deep insight into its plan and sta tistics, and are now winding along a lovely green walk on the north bank of the Tay—now descending into a close bosky dell—and anon emerging on the open sward—at one time curving inland, and again descending close by the river, with the leaves, which a few weeks back were waving green overhead, now rustling brown and withered about our feet, Look there! Cast your eye across the river, and observe yonder old oak ! That was Neil Gow's favourite tree. Under it he used to sit for hours composing his original airs. What a sweet spot for such a task! There the din of the great world could not reach him. The intrigues of Courts and Cabinets, the clangour of war, and the conten tion of cities, all would be far off, and from the wood's feathered minstrels, or the gentle gurgle of the Tay as it flowed softly by, or perhaps the louder rush of the Breen over its rocky bed at a little distance, his soul might catch echoes till it became itself vocal ! My little guide, however, seems impatient. We have now advanced a considerable way up the side of the river. We have seen the Braan with its two artificial falls joining the Tay at the opposite side, and passed through the Duchess's American garden— filled chiefly with American plants—and now the bill of Craigiebarns rises on the right, and a little further on, the King's Seat. Between these two hills lies the grand entrance to the Highlands. It was called the mouth of the Highlands, but the metaphor was con sidered inaccurate, as it wanted a Highland tongue, al though the Gaelic language is spoken in the next vil lage northward. We are now about two miles and a half from the gate at which we entered, and a small fishing-boat conveys us to the other side. The view from the river is exquisite. On all sides it is closed in by beautifully wooded hills, and has, in fact, all the beauty and serenity of an inland lake. On landing, we push our way through the wood, leaving the river behind, and crossing the Kenmore road, climb, by a winding path, up the opposite bank. The thinning of the trees at this season suggests melancholy reflections. Every breath of wind sends down a shower of leaves, and in the intervals of the breeze an occasional leaf drops, and wavers, and falls with a soft rustle to the ground ; but, fortunately for the reader, we have no time to moralize. What is that ? A squirrel ! see there—yonder—up the stem—along the bough— now it has disappeared—another glimpse—a leap, and it is out of sight ! There are a good many squirrels in the woods, and the guide seemed delighted that I had got a sight of one. Turning round occasionally to ga ther breath, the prospect which opens up is highly pic turesque, but we must ascend yet higher. We now find ourselves surrounded with tall larch trees, with their graceful, drooping boughs—a little higher, and we are in the midst of dark pines—still ascending— climbing—panting—shut in by trees—courage--up still—huzza! We are now on the open brow of Craig- Vinian ! There is here a seat prepared for us, and we can rest and take breath. And now, what a beautiful world we live in ! We are looking down on it—on a favoured spot, it is true, but still a spot of that same old, illeused world, of which so many harsh things are said. To the right is Birnam Hill, with its historical or rather its glorious poetical associa tions, the hill of Craigiebarns opposite, and, far to the left, up the magnificent strath of the Tay, Benevrachie and the braes of Tullymet. Below are the splendid po licies of the Duke of Atholl, with their rich picturesque foliage—the various-tinted oak, the yellow sycamore, the ash with its pale fresh green, the birch with its brown or orange, and the red beech, with now and then the still redder leaf of the gean tree—forming a gay and beautiful assemblage of colours, and relieved on the dark mass of pine which crowns the pyramidal hill of Craigiebarns in front. The silver Tay, too, which we crossed a few minutes before, is seen stealing its way through the valley below—now half, now wholly hidden —anon spreading a broad mirror to the surrounding landscape, and indulging in many a wayward curve and winding, as if anxious to linger, and lengthen out its course through this beautiful region. Having sufficiently feasted his eyes with this scene, the tourist descends the hill at the other side, and at length emerges from the Atholl grounds. He now finds himself on a romantic country road leading to the Rum bling Bridge, which crosses the Braan. It is but a little way onward—take the road to the left—never mind that pretty girl with her two cows—but go right on—you cannot mistake your way ; for it has a voice calling you—a hissing, rattling, confused rumbling voice. If you close your eyes for an instant, and could forget the hissing sound, you might fancy yourself in the streets of London, with the roar of its mighty traffic in your ears. The water falls in a broken and confused mass, and forces its way beneath huge blocks of stone, which almost choke up the passage. It then passes through the narrow charm underneath the bridge, and, thus checked in its progress, issues in what seems almost a still pool on the other side. The finest view of the fall is from a promontory close to the cataract, and op posite the bridge. To gain this point you must leap over a fence, and force your way through hazel bushes, till you find yourself on the edge of the gulf. The effect bete is very striking. You see at your feet the mass of water partly broken in the centre, with another portion of it gushing crosswise behind—the whole rushing down impetuously into the abyss below, and sending up a white steam-like vapour. How magnificent the jost ling and earring, and churning of the waters, which make up he everlasting murmur ! Before the bridge itself was built, there were only two planks over the chasm. As a few steps would suf fice to take a person across, the passage would be safe enough for any sober individual by daylight, and horses might also be led from one side to the other without difficulty. A story, however, is current among the country people, that one day a decent farmer who had gone to Dunkeld to transact some business was detained rather late, and had been somewhat too kindly treated. On returning, it was dark, and, mounted on his horse, he had fallen into that happy state of mind in which danger.ceases to be perceptible. The horse, however, having, for the time, more sagacity than its master, con ducted him safely across. Next day, when the farmer recovered his senses, be reflected on the danger he had been in, and walked back to the spot, in order to in dulge his brain with imaginings of bow narrowly he had escaped being dashed on the rocks below. The circum stance took a strong hold of his mind, and, as the story goes, he died that night, From the Rumbling Bridge my guide and I retraced our steps a, short distance, and then struck into a thick plantation, leading back to the Tay alon g the banks of the Braan. O n th e ri g ht, the liraan, whose rough bed extends for about two miles below bridge, keeps up a perpetual murmur, and now and then peeps out, with its thousand little sputtering and gushing waterfalls. Having passed Ossian's Cave—a rude stone hut—you are led at length to a neat little edifice standing on a romanti c promontory, and looking down on the river at a point where it descends in a broad, broken cascade, This is Ossian's Hail, or t h e Hermitage. On entering, you find yourself in a little circular apartment lighted from the roof, when your attention is directed to a upon his harp. The guide— painting of. Ossian playing man the guide !—then oh, he is a cunning re quests you to step forward and examine it narrowly, when suddenly it slips aside—and 10, a little oblong EVENING' PIDiTION._ ___ . ___ . ~......... carpeted chamber is revealed, pith large w indows te far end loon upon the Braan--and with ti the sides, end, ki and out roof g litter;. l g wit h ' nil f .- Tors 1 YOU enter and find t he whole ,room, " ge and all, alive with reflected wa terfalls, and then ; forward and look out on as lo vel y a little scene a s eel; kindled po;try in the eye of a painter. Glorious Brass , — eve r dancing down and whiteni n g on these Nat; stones! scarcely ever restin g even to catch a glim Pee. roof of the foliage, climbing sky ward on either side! ever glassing thyself in these artfully - p laced mirrors! ever gushing and never weary. Come we at what hour 0 , 1 at what season we will, there thou art rejoicing! ‘-', Nature 1.- How this apostrophe might have endelot is doubtful, as at this moment my little g uide held u p! convex mirror and showed me the whole scene retleete,a in minature. He then held it fo rward so as to take is a rustic bridge further down the stream--turned it 111 various ways, selecting a variety of pleasing landseaPe!' and showing himself no mean hand a t artistical compost-. tion. All was beautiful ; but a greate r marvel was behind " Now, Sir," said he, addressing me with the air of a Ina: about to overwhelm you with amusement," I wi ll 5/w it' you what I dare say you never saw in your life before. —" Not"—" . Yes ! I will show you 1 will she: at a particular point between two mirrors," you, sir"—slowly and with emphasis--" your ow. back I!" " Is it posiible ?" I exclaimed with feigned wonder, and looking at the cut of my little friend'3 cost, I saw p;ainly that it had not been made at the Alio. When I afterwards told him that every respectable an: placing no tiller had a couple of mirrors, in which it was no unusual' thing for their customers to witness the same phenomet" non, the little man looked disappointed and sceptiw 111 cal. 0. And now, adieu to the Hermitage ! In fe4 ments we were on the Kenm th-lace road. We then pass the village of Inver, the bir of Neil Goat , r t returned to Dunkeld across the bridge by which I r o f entered—our whole ramble having exten ded upWartidsik eight miles. Just as we approached the village A ;ill and rainy evening set in—the dropping of the cli . - over the pleasing exhibition I had witnessed. CORN AVERA GE* 110-- - GENF.R AL AVERAG PRICE 4 ES OF BRITIS H C i/ O et it ia nri 1 1 For the Week ended Oct. 30, 1840, made up from ." ' sa nd 2° the Impectors in the different Cities and Towns in ."' ill Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 4l ter. ... 4 • pd. I I Wheat 6ls. 7d. Oats .44. B. rey 33. 3d. Rye ... ...... 375. 1,1, tease ....... AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEVIC S. LN Week eliding WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. KY • ! S g— '. / E .1 42 A , 3 ~, 5 Sept. "'5 Oct. . 5l 7 31 0 :,5 1 35 1 ' ri 2 1; I' 9 10 23 3o 6l 7 31 3 2:2 5 37 1 , ~T war-P — fg. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE ''''-- .. 440. e Wheat 63s. 43. I Oats ......... 5:34. 101. I B eans ............ 1 ' Rarity I s t DUTIES OW FOREIGN C0RN..............--, v .• Wheat 2.3s Sc!. I Oats - .."' . .... .. • Parley 75. led. I Rye - .. 1 i` • THE MARKETS• COAL Al Ships arrived since Char'e)te Main ... 20 0 Carr's Hartley l9 0 Hebburn Main Orig;nal Windsor's Pantod IS Smith's Pontop l3 0 South Hartley IS 0 0 -6 ' Walls End Haswell. ...... .. 2 0 6 , Walls End Lambtod ••••'top • g 6_ Walls End Hetton .......... .. 50 6 Walls End Russell's Hew" 54 U Walls End Stcwart's ••••••••• 93 Wall: End Kelloe ...... ...••• 0 6 Cowpen ............ •••, ' W..11s End Adel,de ...... ....: 2 1 0 ! Walls End Barrington Teo' gl 5 Walls End Gordon ..... ••••"' 0 ; V. ally End Seymour Te, ..• ,23 . Walls End Tees. ................ i s • .. .......... Stone 0 James and Aubley s .9/ Coal ........ , ... ................ is 0 Walls End Wellwood ......... [ARKET. 4. last market - day, Tantield ➢loot. 22 0 Townley .. , l3 0 Wylam l9 ( Walls end Heaton 2l it Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth 1 Walls End Percy Bensham 21 0 Walls End Perkins 2l 6 Walls End Riddell's 22 0 W. E. BraddylPsHaton.., 23 6 COUNTRY CORN MARKET S '...--- i cr - ss. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. ................... oean ' . HO. --.--'---- '' tc' 4 3 Per Quarter. S. to s. s. to s. s. to S. a , to 4 s l i 3 9 44 Boston Braintree 53 68 32 33 26 34 3 : ' 5 0 3 3 45 B. ighton 59 67 30 39 24 99 4 0 5 9 ---• Al Cambridge — 61 36 r 24 -"' 4 9 •••• g Chichester — 61 32 23 ---.. 54 68 36 40 26 3 4 4 4 : 4 '''' ' ' ... Dunmow Grantham - 44 •••• 4 0 Grimsby 5B '7O 35 39 22 26 42 46 -... ,„ Hailsham 7l 78 26 32 22 2 0 Q -- 3! '" „ a * , 56 64 32 42 24 32 .. 7 . 0 Hitchin 4O ,g Ipswich 62 70 36 32 24 26 ..).. 46 91 49 Lewes 63 69 36 120 28 34 44 Lynn 64 68 36 39 2t 28 4 , . 5 0 •••• 4. Maidstone '69 76 36 39 126 32 40 4 4 42 4 Norwich Petworth Rom ford 54 70 34 3E 23 32 38 4 5 3 6 4.1 Sandwich 56 77 34 43 '27 34 33 40 41 ' Tnetford 4O 64 34 37 2ti 34 3 6 4 5 .-- 46 Wisbech ,64 66 36 42 28 30 4 4 46 43 44 Witham 5B ' 63 32 :20 20 32 45 40 40 Yarmouth 62 70 33 35 2 8 32 38 . 1 , v I 3 LIVERPOOL CORN 1%1 4.RKET.--.-° • • .. a i to O 9 p 6 IS WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b..... B g 0 g ------ Red -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx 7 6 0 6 -- Irish, White Red . 6 3 1 - Foreign 7 9 5 1177 7a OATS, English, Welsh, anti Scotch, per 451 b 3 0 0 02 10 0 0 ;. Irish Fo •••• reign . 42 ~ BARLEY, English, Malting, per imp. quarter ...... Scotch and Irish, pet 6 0 Ihs. ...... —.. Famine 3 6 ~,g 0 .__ . . i 35 4 , 8 •••.• ;A . , Nov. 2 10 8 1i6.3 1 t° . 9 s 1 9 _ ... 0 _ ,t; i; 0 ; Forel, ••••• 5 11 * OATS, English, 3 0 --,--- 210 0 ° Irish..., ••• Foreign 0 0 . 40 'i' n ISARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ...... ••• 36 w - 4 " Scotch and Irish, per 601hs. ....... Feedmg 3 6 0 Brass, English, per Imperial quarter 4B 0 0 Irish, &c. F ore i gn Pease, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 0 --- Foreign FLouR, English, per 2801 b. 49 0 0 0 lrish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs ., ` 24 0 0 INDIAN Coax, per 4801 b. ..... 3O 0 40 0 RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET. Tes. White (per Quarter) sBs. 6 6 ".• , ;44 , Red 46 5• 54 3 4 .015. Foreign 465.. • op. Malting sta. 3 05 ..2, • „, Grinding 2Bs 3t,. /r ^ ' OS. Oats, British . geos Foreign (in bond) 404 425." Wheat, Barley, Beans Pease, Grey Blue and White Linseed Flour (per sack) Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) 960. 445. , 408.4 2 5. 425. 4es 4 .0, 445. 21 34 "" .11 6- 1- 1 6 6 1 6 1 1 iO - MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. Per lb. Wheat 7 8 9 0 barley Oats Beans 6 4 5 5 0 0 ..... ........ .... 5 3 6 6 Pork ........ ..... .. Pease 6 0 8 • Lamb, .... ...... ... Hay 41 . 108. to 51. 54,.. .. per NO. CANTERBU 11.1 MARKET. o'l Os. to '73s. to 695. to 645. CO 325. to 398. Grnding.• toe, . 235. to 265. 7 5. to 9 , , . 66s to 468. f_ igs . to 426. to --s. «» Grey•••• t° CHELMSFORD MARKET.• 'GSto 71 Oats ... . .............. 40 ,4 54 64 Pease, ..... ............. White ..... . ....... 4s 3 :3 4 6 9 8 1 Beans Tick .................. og 30 3 I Mangan ..... Wheat, white- Barley, Ma!tin Oats Beans Pease Wheat, White Red Barley Chevalier GYinding of NMapAieJroilts alreadyE E. NA bearers of it PIER'S NEW WORK. that any_ new work c and stirring cite marked attenti g o adventures have of naval and military life, -abilitfr in s ov o . emn r i v nTs i widely ein l y froma c o n nec ted yspuvcoio.i fas of i ft 1 iirrihitiectitrrbsTator 11011 nse.o:ollfsdastilefeleeat i.• appearance, under the title of o " ne Se vi e h n i e e s h anda . s " °r" 1° z3g reign Lands," is from the pen of a new 1 ~ been .. " Wild Sports of the of that gifted family'. East," it had received v a be . 1' r t er , i trY hi r y „ Pi" e t: f Nimrod of more aptly intimated matio"ritsEc.hNaraapcitg riseuell.lentslytille; his • family, and he d c ' which h; theyand the describeha hair-breadth r enaidt with h so iv j i s ,poring -el c..cribes th i em. His soltir;i lures with as much gusto as he e • the result of a whole life of enjoys Eastern sporting, c),,jeet6., escapes an _ n d sptf" Ar t, in the °r ec ta give them immediate and universal aemsoaslecoluerroetngether II: ing vil world—while their varie • l commend them to all classes of desultory resd;:i s of much fod GRAVE PEOPLE OF PARIS.---150V5 4 ceeleted t, 30,000 persons are said to have visited the , ~1 9 Pk Pere la Chaise yesterday, it having been All 0" ; t ale' Great crowds visited the • f the OP' other cemeteries o Galignan• f t o M onday, a ir _ SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to Silvor l'op; rability,Dessert, equal l in appearance. Table Spoons or F,°_ r _lotin it t resatirariog .:.. viio Os. ; Tea Spoons, ss. per dozen; Table Can dl bi°,l 8 inches high, is. per•the particular metal ° f ..., tom pair , _ D v P , _ these articles are made 'is so like silver, that si lver co 4 , Lopy from it by the stamp • every article made in is I. i tured in this ' material by Ott RIPPON and BURTON, Wells street, Oxford•str wee Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale of it to then ° of prices Catalogues gratis. BIRTH S,_ On Wednesday, the 4th inst., the Lad of Thomas son, Esq., barrister-at-law, of assn. Y 0 Sles lir On the 2d inst., the wife of F. W;Willisford, Estl-f street, surgeon, of a son. fi 131 00' On the 3d inst., in Mecklenburgh-square, Mrs. v• of a son. F res'''' On the 3d inst., at Dover-street, Piccadilly, 3l"' ' e of a daughter. i A.o' On the 3d inst., Finsbury-place South, the lady ° et, Brandram, Esq., of a son. „, s ..stl'e On the 4th inst., Mrs. R. Aylwin, of Lower Thau'e " of a son. alli iter On the 4th inst. , the lad y of T. Tomlinson, A b at-law, of a son__ . —_ -- ___ _____------" M. 4 ItRIED. o f the C Y! On the 3d inst ,at Lewisham, B. Moodie, EN ., - l a te ••'-' of Good Hope, to Susanna, youngest daughter Of t he At• 0 John Barnett, Esq., of Dalton Hall, near Richmond, u u s ` re , t On the 4th inst., H.Guedallo, Esq., Of Fin s/I°l l g s+ 1 Jernima, only daughter of the late Solomon Sebaf• e J . -. On the 4th inst., at St. James'a, Clerkenwell, th , Atest G. Uwins, Curate of Richmond, 'Surrey, to Elizabetnt ` daughter of J. Blower, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn -fields. nicharci On the 4th inst., at St. Mary's, Stoke Newington, ',7 0 01 l Harrison, Esq., of Wolve,ton,lucks, to Grace a" daughter ef the late G. Niblis, Esq., of Tortola. DIED. p ß o r oo i l s , t n o l s tiv e h.e E 3l : s thi:ne On the 30th ult., at Croydon, Charles, second son of ../* -C* ag ed e, v. , „ti ,of Ensemere-hill, Westmoreland, On the 31st ult., in Ridley-place, Newcastle -on-1J R. Greenwell, Esq., aged G 2. Life" On the Ist inst., at Holly-back, West Derby, 'ear We d ' Oxford, • lust., house, Esq., tats o f To : taget.thila-park`, e i v e e r 1 ° )o l loelg,e;g°ecll22.. - ' , eta On the Ist ' inst., at Reading, Georgina, J. R. Brunker, of her Majesty's 15th Regiment. „farriet, On the 2d lust., at Portway House, Warminster, P eldest daughter oR. Robertson, _Esq., aged 17. 1 the On the 2(1 inst., at Ditton House, G e nera Hon. Edward Bligh, aged 71. f Cht 4rch' On the 2d inst., at Greenock, W. Fairrie, ESS`I" 0 lane, Whitechapel. of Christ' Samuel, eldest son of the late Rey. S. 11 " c__ , the wife of ‘-, r church, Newgate-street, London aged 3 1 0. 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