The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-12 00:00:00

ETENING EDITION. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (SATURDAY EVENING.) CHRONIC LE.—The necessary proceedings have been adopted for placing the estate of the late Mr. Hamfnersley under the Ilirection of the Court of Chancery. We formerly took occasion to allude to the defective state of the law of banking, which subjected the public to such inconvenience, and suggested a simple and practicaVe remedy, which, we trust, will not be over looked in the proper quarter. In the mean time, a point has been mooted o.Lsnueb importance to the ge neral Jeody of Mr. Hammersley's creditors, but we hear that the various parties who from time to time have been members of the firm took care to exonerate themselves from liability by the usual course. Little or no doubt, however, can now subsist as to the insutfieney of the assets to meet the claims, and it is to be expected, therefore, that the creditors trill insist for a searching inquiry into all points necessary to make the means available. As suming, then, that the estate of the deceased is ieede quate to pay his debts, a question naturally arises, when the insolvency began. and if it should be found to have been of long standing, the proving of that fact might give rise to a change of circumstances involving matters of the greatest importance to the interests of the general body of creditors. The date of insolvency being once established, the responsibility of any partners who may have joined the house subsequently will have to be discussed ; and we bear that some of the principal creditors intend to take the proper steps for examining into the origin of the embarrassments of the deceased. TI Stilteman, the S:cretary of the East In dia and Chin Association, has prepared a comparative statement of the number of British ships with their ton nag., entered into and cienred outwards from and to p'aces within the limits of the E:ist India Company's charter, from the 1-st of January to the 30th of September, 1839 and IS4O. By this statement it appears that the ton nage inwards for the first three-quarters of last year was 132,582, while that for the came piJiod in the present. year is 185,594, giving an increase of 3,012 tons, and that the ships during similar period:3 arc 474 for last year, and 407 for the present, giving a decrease of 7 ships. In 1839 the ships entering the London port during this period were 348 ; this year they are only 3 - . A, which is a decrease of 21, while in Liverpool they have increased from 95 to 107, and in other ports acre has alisa been an increase. The tonnage outwards for ties sense period is 215,809 for 1830, and 273,853 for 1140, and the number of ships is 542 for the former and 702 for the latter, giving an increase of 58,044 tons end 160 ships. llow,.ver, with respect to the number of tons cleared for China and the Cape of Good Hope, it has decreased -5,020 for the former, and 1,870 for the latter. The increase is attributed to the troops to India and emigrants to Australia. U ERA LD.—An article which, it seems, appeared in some IT:per in this country relative to the fabrication of sulphurie acid from pyrites, which was treated as an original discovery here, has given occasion to certain cr xnd rculasnations of the French Press. TilC proc:..ss, it is stated, is, and hcs been, not only known out acted upon in France for 3011 C time and to a con sderuble extent, in proof of which reference is made, to the Dic;ionwthe Technologique, vol 20, so that in stead of boinq• of British origin, the invention i 3 claimed us exclusively French. Not only, it is asserted, is the pyrites of iron male use of for the extraction of sul phur, but the pyrites (now called sulphurs) of copper. Ir. 1831, M. Dabost, an ingenious inhabitant of Lyons, es:abLshed a maoufactory of sulphuric acid at Perrache t--:0 the su!phurs of copper produced in the mines of essy. M. Perre, his partner, but since separated from him, did not, however, succeed, it is understood, by his process in obtaining more than 14 per cenL re turn, although it was quite possible to obtain from 25 to 30 per cent. of sulphur. Toe results, in either case, were considered profitable, but allusion is made to the application ofa certain method for the extraction of sul phuric acid by means of natural products infinitely more abundant in the yield than those procured by M. Pcrre. POST.—The circumstance of the revenue having 1 decreased, although the quantity of corn cleared out of bond in the course of the quarter has been more than a million of quarters, has occasioned some conversation in the City, but the deficiency can be very easily ex plained. Al:hough a million of quarters of grain have pessed out of the banded warehouses, it is to be ob served that almost the entire quantity was cleared in the course of the week when the duty was only 2s. Bd. per quarter on foreign wheat. In this man ner a sum et about 100,000/. was received for the duty paid in those few days, but no wheat had been cleared for several preceding weeks, nor any in the foseceeding time of the present quarterly re turns. Tee entire receipts may therefore .be taken ut 100,0001., which is not one-half of the usual overage amount received in any quarter frena,:the duties on foreign corn, in which manner it if,that the fiactuatiug ucale of duties is so favourable to the speculative capitalists in the neighbourhood of Mark lane. A sum of nearly 200,0001. has thus been di verted from the Treasury ; and unfortunately not towards the farmers or landholders, or even to the re gular dealers in corn, but almost exclusively to a few wealthy capitalists who perceive the opportunity of in creasing their fortunes by the loss of the nation at large. When the earn duties have Alen to the lo:vest rate it is very seliees that the agricultural interest is possessed of the stocks, which have long since passed into wealthier hands. The reply of the speculators is, that their ope rationa arc perfectly just and consistent with the -law ; feigned salee not being made, as the public have sometimes supposed, and, as the Corn Acts contain penalties for such offences, it is certainly difficult tc be perceived how further enactments of such a description could meet the difneulties of the present system. To all who are engaged in the investigation of the question of the Corn laws a❑ apparently very strong instance of the disadvan tageous operation of the fluctuating scale of duties is thus furnished by the accounts of the revenue of the re cent quarter of the present year. The quarterly meeting of the Staffordshire iron mas ters took place on Thursday last, when the price of iron was advanced 18s. per ton for pigs, and 20s. per ton for b !rs, by which these gentlemen take from the public a sum of about 400,0001. a year ; the quantity of iron maaufactured in Staffordshire being about 600,000 tens, and the profits already enormous when compared to al ntost every other department of English trade. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Intelligencer.) LEEDS.—Tae markets since our last have undergone so Mild variation from those of the preceding two - or thr,:e weeks that they do not seem to call for special observation. If anything the demand has improved ; in consequence the stocks in the Cloth Halls ate kept ciceedingly low, notwithstandiag the recent sine weather has enabled the clothier to bring more fresh goods to market. There is a good business doing in the ware houses. BRABFORD.-Our market on Thursday was again a brisk one. The principal demand was for merinos and fanny goods, which were generally sold at previous rates. There was an improved demand for yarns, which fully realised former prices. The transactions in the wool market were rather limited. The staplers, acting upon their advices from London, regarding the recent wool sales there, asked hither prices for their stocks, but the top makers and spinners were not prepared to give any advance until they saw a fair prospect of being able' to realise it ; and some seemed to be of opinion that the advance cou;d not be maintained. HUDDEIZSFIELD,—A very fair trade was done in this market on Tuesday in heavy woollens, but by no means so much as last week. Prices remain firm. In conse quence of the advance of price at the great sales in Liverpool and London, woos are rather more difficult to buy at the late quotations. There is little or no change in business in the warehouses, where consider able ::etivity prevails. HECKNIONDWIKE BLANKET HALL.—There continues to he a fair business done in the market, and many of the buyers regularly attending.. There is little or no alteration in prices. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, OCT. 9.—Contrary to expectation, prices remain at the quotations of last week, notwithstandi ng the slight advance et the London sales on foreign wools. As to British wools, the stocks of which arc considerable and fi - mly held, the prices are stalionary. Purchasers are not ' wanting if the prices will recede. DONCASTER W OOL A , OCT. 3.—Our last wool market for the seaso n was this day, and there was a lair supply exhibitednf: mr:Wnaaulefa•cturing districts was s'apltirs and others from the The attecdance of llot brisk ;th e whole pretty nuincrous, yet the trad e were semething was disposed of, and the prices obstainett so little as September t.e quotations under those of tho. fair, thou not to warrant us in alteriam 1, Prices per stone :—Hog Wool, ' 14s, to 1 7 3. of that day. Ewe, loa. 6J. to 145.; Ewe, to ll3. 6d. • Hog and 12 8 . 6 , 1.; Locks, 6s. 6d. to 83. --......,en••2111..."."M11M16M•M0MP SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) We are enabled to state that a communication has been received from the French Government which may possibly lead the way to a better understanding between France and the Four Powers. It is obvious that the same terms cannot now be obtained for Mehemet Ali which might have been obtained when her Majesty's Government, in order to prove its anxious desire to come to an understanding with France, stated that it would join with the French Government in recommend ing the Sultan to give to him, in addition to the Paella lie of Eeypt, the administration of the lower part of Syria, from Cape Carmel to the Gulf of Akaba. The whole of Sy tie, including the Pachalic of Acre, has already been virtually recovered for the Sultan. It is one thing to abate something of a just claim, rather than have recourse to hostilities, and another to give back territories right fully held, when hostilities have been necessary to en force the right. The best terms, in short, which can now possibly he obtained for Mehemet Ali would be, that his deposal should be reversed, and that he should be left in possession of the Pachalic of En pt. It should - be borne in mind that, the moment the Ulemas had excommunicated Mehemet Ali, it was impossible for the Sultan to leave his own delegated temporal au thority in the bands of a man against whom the spi ritual thunders of the Church had been launched. We have observed that events have decided against the same terms being obtained now for Mehemet Ati which would have been recommended before the Treaty of Leaden was concluded. Bat we are called on to make another observation. The terms which may be obtained now may not be so easily obtained after a very brief in interval. The progress of operations in execution of the coercive measures has hitherta been so rapid, that unless Mehemet should now make a timely sub mission, the irresistible force of events would render hie reinstatement in Egypt impossible. But these obser vations must present themselves to French statesmen as well as to persons in this country. The precarious nature of Mehernet's tenure of Syria has been forcibly impressed en our neighbours by the operations on the coast of that. country. It may turn out that his means in Egypt have also been greatly over-rated. Should this be no longer problematical, it would perplex even the most ingenious of French statesmen to draw up a state paper which should obtain the suffrages of the notion, justificatory of a war to be entered into with the Four Powers, in order to dispossess the Sultan of his Pachalic of Feypt, that it might he . hestweed CM Mehemet Aii. With such powerful motives, then, for despitch, it is to be hoped that no time will he lost in putting an cod to a stete of things which lids all re 112cting persons with uneasiness, and tends to peralyze commercial and industrial undertakings. (From the Times.) The return of the quarter's revenue is a melancholy illustration of Swift's remark, that " in the arithmetic of the Customs two and two do not always make four ; they sometimes mike only one." The great financial measure of the last Session, which was to cover the ad ditional charge for Canada, and the deficit of the Post ofilee, was a further duty of 5 per cent. upon all articles before plying duty is the departments of the Customs and Excise. The result is now before the country, and it is material to shew, in figures, what it should hate - been, had that measure been based in a sound calculation of consequences, and what it is. In the quarter ending October 1839, the total clear teceip was in round numbers : -••• Customs • Excise £5780,000 _ _ - 4 120,0G0 Making a total of - - 9,900,000 5 per cent on this would be - 495,000 Requiring., in order to equal the Revenue of October, 1839, a total of - - - £10,395,000 Taking now the actual produce of the revenue for these two departments in the quarter ending October, 1840, the account stands thus : Customs - • - £5,660,000 Lxcise - - - 3,916,000 Total - £9,676,000 and the deficiency therefore, keeping up the comparison between the two October quarters, and giving the benefit of the additional five per cent. to the last, is aheet 820,000/. on the quarter ; and there occurs an actual deficiency, leaving that additional five per cent. entirely out of the question, of 324,0001. in the two liepartments of the Customs and Excise. The other items in the present account are comparatively of little importance. What the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to obtain from the new survey, and addition to the :assessed taxes, aid not appear until the returns for the January quarter are made. la the Stamps there has been a trifling improvement, quite unimportant either way. The Post-office does not look well, but some pro gress at least seems to be making, and we are not dis posed to deal rigidly with a measure which was only faulty in being commenced too early, and which is eonferrin. , and will confer au immense benefit on all classes of the community. At the present rate of production, the Post-office will still yield :-.. revenue to the country of about half a million annually. With this deficiency, however, added to the others already described, and taking the Ministerial estimates of the year as the basis of the account, the quarterly return, compared with the corresponding period of 1839, may fairly be said to pre sent a fahing oft of not less than one rriiiion one hun dred thousand pounds! Lis is a serious state of ihings `'or it couetry threatened with war ; and the more so, .03 the Treasury journals, in fearful anticipation of what the nation may say of them and of their masters, have evinced a disposition to misrepresent and to conceal which is peculiarly reprehensible in the present situa tion of public affairs. We arc treated, for example, with some unintelligible nonsense about " bills" received in payment for revenue and not yet carried to ac count ; and disadvantages arisitrg from the last quarter having ended on a Sunday, which prevented the excise collectors from commencing their " rounds" till a week later, and causing a loss, therefore, of " seven days to the quarter's collections ;'' as if these things had never happened before, and as if they did not always find their level, taking one quarter with another The fact, too, is carefully kept out of sight, that Par liament did in July last make an addition of five per cent. to the old Customs and Excise Duties. We rea dily agree, and have often expressed the opinion as well as observed the practice, that party feeling should never enter into a discussion on the state of the national re sources ; but what respect can be entertained for men who cannot present a fair and honest account, and who do all in their power to garble and distort it when presented to the public view ? They shut out the sympathy and regard of all true patriots, who must feel the inutility of any attempt to help those deilars in false pretences and deceit out of their difficulties. We purposely abstain from any analysis of the yearly account now presented. A new state of things with respect to taxation has arisen since this period of last year, and until it has spread itself over - the whole four quarters, the com parison can serve no purpose but that of misleading. It may be left as an additional aid in that line to the misleading Treasury Journals. A further considera tion, of the very highest general importance, arises out of the result thus communicated, of the experiment of an increase in the duties of Customs and Excise. It is a truth admitted in all sound reasonings on the subject, that, there is a point in taxation on articles of consump tion which cannot be passed without lessening instead of adding to the total product, and if this shall prove to be the case with the meesnre of last Session, then will the Treasury be placed in the predicament of having thrown impediments in the way of commerce, without adding a abating, and even with actual loss, to the revenue of the country. Undoubtediy this is a conclusion not to be adopted on the trial of one quarter only ; but if it should be found, on the assembling of Parliament, that there is no change for the better, then must some other form of taxation without delay he resorted to. Does any one doubt, notwithstanding all these circumstances, if the misfortune of a war should befal this country, that her resources to meet it aee ample, abundant ? Let him reflect on what England has done since this century be gan, and that she is now far richer and more powerful then then. We only want better and wiser heads to de velope aed to guide those resources. ( From the Morning Herald.) While one class of persons consider the ordinance for the early convocation of the French Chambers as affording an assurance that peace will be preserved, an other behold in it the ominous prelude to war. We think it is easier to understand with what intention the Government have convened the Chambers than to predict what the result of their deliberations will be. The " crisis" which the sudden and violent acts of the " pacificators of the east" hove brought about in France is too momentous and difficult for the states manship of the Tuileries. Though the King is no longer, as he was for some years,- the " Cabinet in himself," he still exercises a control over the deci sions of his Ministers. He has no taste for a war with England, and he dreads still more a war with Itu.ssia, PREUX CHEVALIER. Ito whose Emperor he has long paid assiduous court. A CIRCASSIAN His Prime Minister fears a war too, but he fears the Teho-ook Oelti TODgotl3e, or' the Wolf," was a good model of the Circassian P re" . chevalier' altogether . suns d w o i s d s h oe f t % P , li ci ,oe P rs u ist l ea a et r em i Ye dadistant a ands much i m improbable, a l b ie l e dreadsAi. i w ie a r r s . e r h e e d m o pear, if not sans reproche. Whatever enterprise was in ss h_a ( nd to invoke it. While the iiiffieulties of e c t e dAtloi e p x r i a s e tzl e on a ly nd in in pr t o re to a c ti o e l s s , that tilat might never were it foray, onslaught, or ambuscade, he for one mieht , be depended epon ; if wrongs were to be redressed— the nation resound with threats individual, Previnci'l' or national—Tongouse in- be executed • e e at F s r o e f ac a h rm Ministry made Theirie press, as a trumpet, to call variably the champion. When certain of the Cauca- - , th e c h ief of B iari provinces had made separate terms with n.us the people to battle. and inspired ails, he was the first, by his successful inroads, to make Four Pow ese them repent of their apostacy. His name answered these martial even as far had spread as the Ingouches, whose children Wolf" la, and directing their vas- Suchsal, the Sultan, to issue cellt more than once carried off from them. Au. a decree of deposition against plodu e litY in a man yet scarcely in his prime bad Mehemet i. These acts, which have uu c. a c t t natural effects on the ladies •of the French people wild, have made the French driven the the e Mateo had more claims on his heart than even rithor tame. They are deficient inrho Ministers disPensar • courlge or him to do j ust i ce te ion, indulgent as it is, could allow I e -Tacky, or both, to grapple manfully with the a : - disposition to please led him was, that his decided ; fis .a j f i ce which they confronted b o ny (L he had drawn on hi Ina into many serapeseand the f mo . e. .9 when t They see that the blow has here fines had all been duly paid, self and la's tribe would, if they theyif en struck, which were to act up to the spirit of their Natukvitch with horn eettele.stocked half the estates In . they must treat as a cases ie,r former de edbeta, but the Circassians. cattl e. -Lonyteorties Year among ciarations, they - I are alarmed at the danger, and recoil _from the resport. si: ~ THE SUN, LONDON, INIONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1840. sibility. In this perplexing situation the King and the ' Cabinet have to look to, and, perhaps, to choose be tween, the risk of a revolution at home and the perils of a foreign war. This is a fearful choice of difficulties, but a crisis that would call forth the splendid resources of true genius, enfeebles, distracts, and alarms the minds of meaner statesmen. Unable to escape from difficulties of their own creating, the King and his Ministeas have resolved to call upon the Chambers to extricate them. They know that whatever may be the decision of the Chambers, the responsibility will have been shifted from their own shoulders to those of the representatives of the nation. (From the Morning Advertiser.) Whatever solution the chance of events, or the ca price of Governments may give to the grand question Peace or War?" now engtossing, public attention, there can no doubt exist as to the policy which the in terests of universal man indicate as the goal of popu lar aspiration. 'War may no doubt promote individual ambition, but, in its most fortunate contingenci?s, it cannot prove other than injurious to the general wel fare and prosperity of nations. Mehemet Ali, while professing himself a vassal cf the Sultan, may endea vonr to wrest Syria from the authority of his acknow ledged master, and M. Thiers, while professing an anxiety to preserve Turkey intact, and to protect her from ail aggression, may abet. the rebel Viceroy in his encroachments, and threaten Europe with the resent ment of France if the terms of a treaty of which she approves the provisions, be carried into effect. These and numberless other anomalies may be resorted to in vindication of the outrages designed by personal ambi tion, but the feelings and the interests of the people whose government forms the ground of contention, have an aim altogether distinct from that of their rulers. Apart from other irifleenzes, Syria might perhaps he regarded as the ass in the fable, who tens quite indiffe rent into what hands he fell, as he should, in any case, have to bear the burden. But there are influences in operation, altogether without the control of M. Tillers, Mehemet Ale or the Sultan, which make the fate cf Syria, at the present moment, a crisis in the destiny of nations. Eren in the present incipient stage of the contest, the bombardment of Beyrout, made necessary only by the aggressive obstinacy of the Paella, encou raged by M. 'fliers, has caused a greater amount of human ill and suff_eing, than if these two (Ins semblirig reformers, but reckless disturbers of the public peace, were placed dangling on the same gibbet To the ill-directed and accursed ambition of these two men is the prose it darner of a general war to be attri buted. And what are the grounds which they allege in their justification ? Aldiemet Ali professes allegi ance to the Sultan, and yet will expose the Syrians to the horrors of war, rather than nllow them to acknow ledge the authority through which alone he himself could possess the slighteet claim to their government ; and M. Thiers, while epnroving of the treaty of Lon don, threatens Europe with the hostility of France, if that treaty be carried into effect by forcible agencies— a treaty which, with such a temperament es that of Alcd - ,emet Ali, would for ever remain a dead letter, if there were not sub,tantive appliances ready to give it operation. Under the auspices of M. Thiers, France is invoking the very evil she professes to deprecate. (From the Morning Post.) We availed ourselves of the earliest opportunity after the publication of Lord Paimerston's letter to Mr. Bal wer, containing an official statement. of the whole course of the negotiations on the Turco-Egyptian question, to record our comineed.tion of that document. We felt that so lucid and so frank a statement was highly srVis factory in a national point of view, and therefore we did not allow any sentiment of party opposition to the Mi nister whose name was affixed to it to interfere with the public praise to which we considered it entitled. Perhaps we were the more struck with this State paper, and the more pleased with it, on account of the rarity of such satisfactory and straightforward state ments oe the part of the - members of the present Govern meat. Assuredly the Whigs de not shine, for the most part, in respect of frankness and fair dealing ; but the document to which we refer seems to show that, in the negotiations res k iecting Turkey, and the usurpations of Mehemet Ali, there was the utmost sincerity as well as patience, and the most unequivereal desire for unani mity, combined with a determination not to be tricked out of the accomplishment of the purpose for which the representatives of the Five Great Powers had met toge ther. Until Lord Palmerston's letter was published the clamours of the French press, combined with the general character of the Whig Government, had led the more"' respectable and influential part of the people of England,that is to say the Conservative part, into the suspicion, if not the belief; that the negotiations had been so managed , especially towards their- conclusion, as to give the French Government just cause of offence. The wisest, be- ceuse the honr.stest, wry of dealing with this impres sion was to publish in an authoritative forra a candid account of what had really been done. his was the course which Lord Palmerston took, and the result has been what always may be expected from the Conservative party when they are met by candid and well-principled statements. They have abandoned their ' doubts and suspicions, and -have - feanlay and earnestly avowed their satisfaction with the course taken in this matter by the Government to which they are generally opposed. We attach so great a value to the plain and intelligible account which the Government has given of its motives and its objects in the negotiations upon the Eastern question, that we cannot see without much regret and some disgust the attempts which are wade by certain Journals in the interest of the present Go vernment to shuffl! and to propagate lies upon the very points regarding which the official document is most distinct. SECOND E.1)1TION • ta , THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICFS) BRITISH - FUNDS. Bank stock 3 per Cent. Red titii Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ..... ... 87A Ditto Old Annuities 3i per Cent Red........ 953 Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Ditto 5001 3pm Long Annuities to expire • Ditto Small lpm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 lndia Stock for Acet ... Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acet Z37% FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bon's ... .. .. Prussian, 5 per cent.... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. ... -- Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent... - Spanish, b per cent 2l li Ditto, P 324 2l& Ditto, Deferred . DR:is!), 3 per cent..... 73 . 1 Freneh,s per eent...losf. —c, Greek, 1825, 5 yer cenl. Exchange .. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, - 3 per cent— 701. 50c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. -- Dutch, 2% per cent -Itq Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 944 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway Great Western Railway London and Birmingham Railway ... 162 London and South Western Railway ... 52 Northern and Eastern Railway North SLdland Railway Ditto New Shares 39 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) The nature of the documents transmitted by the French Government to our own bas been misun derstood and exaggerated by s:rne amongst nur contem poraries. A note, dated the 3d, and a memorandum, dated the Bth, have been received ; the former of which declares, in an unreserved manner, though in general terms, the views espoused by France in favour of Mehemet 4!i. The latter is an answer to Lord Palmerston's memorandum, and is expected to be made public within a few days. We hope that pacific results may be aided by these documents ; as we hope that such results may be aided by the fullest possible knowledge, on bo:li sides, of all that can seriously be advanced and avowed " from authority." The fact that France now declares, with less diplomatic reserve than forrherly, the nature of the position which she thinks tfit to assume on this question, may tend to facilitate whatever adjust ny-nt is practicable of' the opposite interests. The Erawiner and- Spectator, of yesterday, have each cxceeding.y able articles on the Eastern question, which we may praise with the less appearance of par tiality, as they do not favour the policy of the Four Powers, any more than of France. But we should ha - e little fear of aggravated misunderstanding with our sensitive neighbours, if they appeared to have any " public instructors," equally capable of dispassionate judgment. This is a testimony which no difference of opinion on the facts of the question could justify us in withholding from the reasonings of our Wcekly Con temporaries, which we are sorry the state of our columns does not permit us to lay before our readers. (From the Courier.) However little we may be inclined to undervalue the indisputable resources of this great empire, it must he conceded that under any, and how much more under present, circumstances, a decrease of revenue at the 'ate of four or five millions sterling in the year, as estimated by the one quarter, affords matter for serious reflection, if not misgivings. Further reference to the comparative receipts under the head of Excise, far pre_ ceding quarters of the present and last year, do not serve to reassure us that the actual defalcation is temporary only and likely to be compensated hereafter, and in no wise progressive. The Excise returns are ever appealed to as the unerring tes t o f the prosperous or adve rse financially an d econom i cally. of Excise revenue for the year, c y o e n t d i i o t i onthe o of grossthe a oi n a o t o i o n n t , not only is there a deficit of 166,7041., notwithstending an inc :ease of tax it (a blaring en the half of one and tie whole of ai other qaarter's returns, but a general tcndeacy to deere: e. Thus stand the returns for corre sponding quarters of t'H two years in round numbers:— January rettirn... ..... 1839 ......... ;.£3,6',7,000 id.................. 1840. ......... 3,427,000 April ..... ......... 1839 ......... 1 841.000 id .......... 1840.......,. 1,929,000 July id. October id. The increase in July 1840 over July 1839 must be taken as apparent only, for were the amount of the supplementary five per cent, t ax d e d uc t e d f rom th e half quarter, the difference between the two would be about balanced ; whilst the extraordinary falling off in the October quarter this year, with the whole addition of the tax, as compared with that of last year without the tax, can not fail t o a tt rac t a tt e ntion. pitiable plight, endeavour to account ace Tsu ou re n a ti r n y cjuoonfrunsaels, in confused style for this disadvantageous state of financial affairs by the " rounds" of the col lectors being delayed for some three days, and by their bille paid into the Exchequer not being yet due, and therefore not taken into the quart er ' s account . All thi s is absurd trifling with a matter of grave import. The collections for the quarter may be all as well and amply performed in one and the last " round" as in two ; and we presume that the amounts of their collections are not remitted to the Exchequer in bins, at 'six, or three, or even one m. oath after s i g h t . Th e d ep l ora bl e result of this financial exhibition, after all, can only be attributed to the wretched system upon which financial affairs have been conducted and tampered with for some years past. (From the Standard.) The revenue accounts for the year and quarter respectively, ending on Saturday, present a decrease on the year of 676 856/., on the quarter 531,067/. This, it is to be remembered, is a decrease from a term which was inadequate to the publi c expen di ture , an d a decrease, notwith;tatnaddidertioannboaiodgdiitoionforoofe for five more per ctheannLatoqtnhaerttearx.es, that could be a di s h earten i ng view cif our financial condition, if there was th e l eas t re ason to suppose that the decrease is the result of diminished ability among the people, or of anyt hi ng b ut an inju dicious and unjust distributio n of the public burthen. That the financial ability of the people generally is not impaired, however, End that the distribution of the public burthens is most injudicious, we have the clearest wolf. We need not rest upon the pro blematical statement that the millowners of Manchester have, in a few years, accumulate?. more wealth than the whole aristocracy of the United Kingdom ; we have better evidence in the indisputable fact that sixty million§ of capital have, es it were since yesterday, been sunk in railroads; while achernes of colonisation arid of commerce have, within the same time, ham undertaken upon a scale of magnitude without example in the history of any country. All this is doubly good—good as proof of the resources of the country, and good as laying the foundation of a vast accession to these resources. But satisfactory as it may. ba to contemplate this prodigious outlay, as the seed of wealth to come, it is demonstrative testimony that the public burdens are not judiciously and fairly dis tributed, when we fi i i, concurrently with this outlay, the mass of the people unable to n'upport the taxes that they have been accustomed to pay. Redundant riches on one side, and growing poverty on the other surely must remove all doubt that capital is augmenting at. least as rapidly es is wholesome for the country ; why, then, o.ueht not capital to hear its due share of taxation A BUTTON FOR REPEAL At a meeting of the Dublin Repeal Association this important document was read : " Baliyknock Cottage, near Tanderagee, " Sept. 27, 1640. " Count Face D; Salis requests Mr. Arkins will make. him a coat, waistcoat, and trousers, of the grey cloth, and mixed ditto for trousers, recommended by Mr. O'Connell ; coat with velvet collar and repeal buttons. His height is six feet, and very slender." If this will not carry repeal it is hard to say what will. But what can be the mearing of " repeal buttons." Repeal has nothing to do with buttons. Buttons unite. Buttons belong to union. R:.peal disjoins, buttons conjoin. Repeal is the very anti thesis to buttons. Repealers should abjure buttons, ay, and hooks and eyes too. Why should the right side of the coat be connected with the left? Why should the coat be united with the breeches? W::y should there be any more united garments than united kingdoms ? Why should the breeches be dis gracefully suspended, like a malefactor, by the braces ? Justice to breeches! Justice to breeches ! should be the cry. The dress representative of repeal principles should be the ancient blanquecn of Ireland, the blanket worn in the manner of a toga, but without the skewer,brooch fashion, connecting the two ends in the centre, which smacks too much of an union. After all, repeal does not go half far enough in Ire land ; it is but child's play. In due time we shall corn tnenue au agitation for repeal in England, restoring things to their happy state in the Heptarchy. We must have restored to independence kingdoms of Kent, E53eX, Sussex, Northumberland, Wessex, Mercia, and East Anglia. •' Hereditary bondsmen, know you not," &c. &c. —Examiner. HORRID MURDER NEAR NORTH AMPTON. FURTHER PARTICULARS. NORTHAMPTON, SATURDAY, 9 o'CLocfc A.3l.—SinCC I despatched my packet of yesterday, I have learnt some additional particu!ars with reference to this melancholy affair, the authenticity of which may be fully depended upon, as they were kindly communicated by Mr. Abbey, the coroner, who presided at the investigation of yes terday. - Deceased was a married man and 35 years of age ; it did not arise in the course of the evidence whether he had children or not, nor have I been • able to ascertain the fact with accuracy. It appears that for some time past, the wood in which the deceased officiated as keeper has been infested to a great extent by poachers, and that several men, and one in particular, had vowed vengeance against dee( ascd for laying an information which termi nated in their conviction and imprisonment. On the afternoon that decenred left his house for the last time, his wife informed him that a man named Underwood had just been-there to see if he were in or not, on which Dunkley immediately went in th e di rect i on of the f ata l riding, having previnus!y stat e d t h at " there were fine doings in the wood," referring no d oubt to poaching. He was seen with his gun in that precise spot shortly atter he left the house. As I have before stated, he Icf[ - . his house on Tuesday, and his body was not discovered until the Thursday morning, when, in consequence of the represen tations of dcceascd's ife, Long s t a ff, , the head keeper, as sisted by several members of th e M arquis of Northampton's household, went in search of bina. , c - appears that from the beginning the wife apprehended that dangtr had be falien him, for she had heard her husband state that Underwood had declared, upon his late conviction, that he would " dash his brains out." The unfortunate vic tim was found by the keeper as I have already stated, and it would apptar from the surgeon's evidence that the immediate cause of death was a blow with the butt -end of the gun at the lower part of the occiput, which detached the lock from the stock, and which penetrated the skull, and lodged there. Shots were also found in the neck, and from the circumstance of their having descended horizontally, it is conjectured that he must have been fired upon from a tree or some rising ground. The inquest finally terminated at a late hour last night, when a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned. LATEST PARTICULARS. A PPREHENSION OF THE MURDERERS.—lmmedi ately that the Marquis heard of this horrid transac tion he commenced a diligent investigation into all the circumstances connected with the distressinc , and fear ful occurrence ; and the consequenCe has been the ap prehension of two men, named Underwood and Bedford, who have been remanded for further investigation. The late hour at which our express arrived prevents us fur ther availing ourselves of the evidence, than to state that Underwood was the man who called at the cottage with the undoubted object of ascertaining whether lc ceased was in or not ; and that he and Bedford had been several times convicted of poaching through his instrumentality. MARYLEBONE V p e ar e ordinaryd that weekly there t u s::: i 1 i b g e E t os w fT e t e ßh n lYs chair, the.clerk read the balance-' 3l ' ect ' Saturday, at the by which it ap_ B.l7—oeta_°rd,n.Mr. Daniell in the nOOl and 90,000/. un collected, and the amount of rate due for this year and uncollectedcommittee bad theta_ fore was 25,0001 the finance fore requested that they ; mi ht be authoris'id to borrow t B,o_ool. It was stated that might Pearsel and Wigram, h barristers had stated ' 4. t y was authorised in that the ves r borrowing the current year, and money upon the rates of to be paid out of the rates of the same year. The motion for the adoption of the request of the committee was ear. tied by a large majority, and orders were given to contract the Scott and loan from Si t C. Co., t he bankers to the p yish. A proposition from the Metropolitan Wood Paving ave the w h o le Company was made to ho le of Oxford=street „ with wood, up on a tounda p tion of concrete, and the ends of the blocks saturated with itch, f o r t welve shillings a foot. It was moved that th • „--e matter be referred to the paving mcndmer,t that the committee. Mr. hensett moved an 3 On a division the proposal be adopted by the h. J ard. amendment was lost, and the original motion carried. c(insiqing of the le- A committee was then app o inted, 'gal members of the vestry - , for the purpose of gatch ing the actions of the pa:eel:ie.', as3o,:iation, wlio had to Parilament given notice of their intention to aI , P I Y whole of the Local in the ensuing sesiku to rep a l the en t of the parish, and Acts of Parliament for the ge:crnm tfter softie routine business the board broke up One of the eng i ne d r i ver s of the Hull and Selby Railway Company,who has conducted engines for is said to have many years, both in England and Brussels, h• le • travelled faster than any other man besides imse • in making the experiment w i t h t h e engines* and he now vo luntcers to travel 100 m il es w i t hi n the hou r, when ever one of the Railway C ompan i es t hi n k proper to ridt their engine for that purpse.—Cailisle Journal. We have had m uc h pl e asure in learning that her Majesty has bee n graciously pleased to direct that Mr. Dibdin, the anther of some well-known dramatic rice vs ii,,d many rv.ll:-,,i,g.„ i,l l . i ii ~",:,,, a Bali ,Al Poutitie ~i 4t of the Royal Bounty Fuud. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hanjshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 10.—The Melville, 72, Blonde. 42, and Pylades, 18, left Singapore for China on the 18th June ; the Modeste, 18, followed on the 28th of the same month, and the Blenheim, 72, on the Bth July. The Champion, 18, left Madras for Swan River on the 14th July. The Trineulo, 18, arrived at Cadiz on the 221 ult.. Tbe Southampton, frigate, sailed from Plymouth on Saturday, with Rear-Admiral Sir E. King, for South America. he Inconstant, 36, Captain Pring, has arrived at Plymouth, from Lisbon, which she left on the 26th ult. The Howe, 120, Capt. Sir W. 0. Pell, aecoml panied by the Salaaiander steam-frigate, Commander Henry, arrived here yesterday from Sheerness, for the purpose of completing her crew and stores, previous to her sailing to the Mediterranean. The Britannia, 120, Captain Drake, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John A. Ommannev, K.C.8., will be towed out of har bour by the Salamander on Monday, and shortly pro ceed with the Howe to the Mediterranean. The Sala-" mender is also destined for the same quarter. The Vesuvius, steam-frigate, Commander Hender son, sailed on Monday, for Gibraltar and Malta, to join the squadron in the Mediterranean. The Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Tryon, sailed to-day, for Brighton and Hastings, for volunteer seamen. The Emerald cutter, arrived yesterday with 31 men, (seamen, ordinary, and artificers) from Guernsey. The Fearless steamer arrived on Tuesday from Cork, and sailed the same day for Woolwich. The Prospero steamer called in here for fuel on Wednesday, on her way from Woolwich to Pembroke. Mr. J. Lilley, Boatswain, late of the Excellent, has been superannuated upon 551. per annum. The Sparrowhawk, Commander Shepherd, was put out of commission to-day ; her crew, who have ten day's leave, will return for general service. The Vengeance, 84, was taken into the basin on Thursday, when the Warspite went out. The British Queen steamer, Captain Roberts, with mails and papers from New York, of the Ist October, may be expected on Wednesday next. The Albatross yacht, J. Blaclett, Esq., owner, sailed to-day, for Rio JAceiro and Hobart Town. In Harbour—Queen, B tinnia, Victory, Donegal, Excellent, Royal George, Sparrowhawk, Salamander, Echo steamers. At Spithu:d—Howe. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS PROMOTlONS.—Commander—Lord Middleton, to be a C iptain on the retired list. Lieutenant—Era:inius Ommanney, to the rank of Commandei. Mate—John H.iy Crang, of the Britannia, to the rank of Lieutenant. ArrouxTmEsTs.—Mates—W. W. F. Parkinson, to the Savage ; F. B. P. Seymour, and G. G. Napier, to the Britannia ; G. Herbert, and G. H. Hodgson, to the Excellent. Assistant Surgeons— R. T. C. Scott and C. F. Mil ler, to the Britannia. Master's Assistant—J. D. Louttid to the Victory. Midshipman—James Hawkins, to the Howe. Vol. Ist Class—J. Montgomerie an 4 T. P. C. Owen, to the Howe ; David Spain, to the.: Britannia ; George StrAtton, son of R. Stratton, al., of llibdon Lotlg, S , Juthsitipten, to the Howe ; Mr. Loch, nephew of Captain Loch, of her Majesty's ship the Victory, to the Britannia. Clerks—Bnj. W. Tribe (additional), and.J. D. Par miniter, to tile Howe. Boatswain—George Chapman, late Boatswain's Mate of the North Star, to be acting Boatswain of the Victory. Gunner—J. Woodman, Gunner's Mate of the North Star, to be acting Gunner of the Ordinary at Sheerness. (From tlics Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 10.—The Stromboli steamer, Copt. Wilham;, from this port, arrived at Malta on the 18th ult., and sailed again, for Beyrout, the 20th. Sheurwater steamer, having been found unsea worthy, has been ordered to be laid up in ordinary, and her officers and crew are turned over to the Blazer. OPERATIONS AT SPITHEAD- A few days since one brass and fourteen iron guns, lately recovered by Messrs. Dean and Edwards, from the wreck of the Mary Rese, which sunk 295 years ago, at Spithead, were landed at the Ordnance Wharf, Portsmouth. The brass piece is very beautiful, and was found to contain an iron shot, two wads, and about two qu .rte of gunpowder, in a wet state. The shot which originally had been a 24. pounder, on being disturbed, broke into five pieces, and when taken out it weighed only five pounds. The iron guns are of the most antiiiee and rude construction, being formed of wrought iron bars, secured throughout with strong iron hoops. They vary from two to eight feet in length— two of them rest on thick beds of elm, which form their carriages, some bf these contain powder and steno shot as large as our present 42-pounders. They are placed on the Quay, and have altogether a very antique - and interesting appearance. The operations of Messrs. Dean 'and Edwards have been continued, and, during the present week, they have succeeded in recovering ore of the anchors, one pump, the stump of her main mast, two more beman scuts and other hones, and several bows, which formerly were used by the small armed or bow men on the top of the castles, built at the fore part of the ships of those days. The piece of the mast is 1.5 feet long, and, at the partners, is nearly as large as that of a 74-gun ship. The centre is a fine piece of solid oak, and the whole is in the highest state of preservation. This rare and ancient relic of part of one of Henry the Eighth's ships, is, perhaps, in its kind, no where to be equalled, and therefore it should not be suffered to be cut up for toys and destroyed, but should be preserved in one of our great national reposi tories, as a specimen of great antiquity. It may be in teresting to the naval architect of the present day, to learn that sl large a ship as the Mary Rose wss clic ch built, as this mode of building is now entirely confined to boats and small craft. Messrs. Dean and Edwards' submarine researches, which are under the sanction and approbation cf the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, will be continued ; we, therefore, hope many more curious implements of war and interesting relics will yet be brought to light, from their long submer sion in the hmom of the deep.—llampshire Independent. REMOVAL OF THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEOLGE.—Since our last notice of these operations, the work has been steadily progressing. Mr. Fullagar, one of the three divers constantly employed at every slack tide, slung a 12-pounder brass gun, which was got up on the 24th of September ; and the others have been no less active and successful as to quantity, though not so fortunate in respect to value. A consi derable number of planks, and pieces of large beams and floor timbers have been got up, several of which being buried one or two feet below the sur face of the mud, gave a good deal of trouble to the divers, who were obliged sometimes to use the shovel to dig round them. It has been ascertained, by comparing the soundings taken by Lieutenant Symonds, on the Bth of August, with those of the Bth of Oc tober instant, that the shoal, or mud bank, in which the remains of the wreck and guns are buried, has been diminished by at least one third within this period, es pecially at the east end, where the first large charge of this year was fired, partly by the gradual but efficient action of the tides, and partly by the use of the rake, and also of a sort of creeper adopted more recently.— Amongst the curiosities recovered have been some of the surgeon's implements, the brass pans of his scales being perfect, though very thin, as well as the brass chains by which they were hung, but with all the iron work gone Next to brass, the most durable article found has been silk, for besides pieces of cloaks and lace, a pair of black satin breeches, and a large satin waistcoat with flaps, were got up, of which the silk was perfect, but the lining entirely gone, as well as the buttons, from the thread giving way. No articles of dress of woollen cloth have yet been found, and therefore we. may presume that they have all decayed. Some pieces of leather have been recovered from time to time, but none in a perfect state.—This morning one of the divers employed on this wreck, descended for the purpose of recovering the chain cable which slipped from the Howe, 120, yester day, and having secured it, it has been hove up.— Hampshire Telegraph. POLICE. INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A bootmaker in Gracechurch-street, named IVilford, was summoned before the Lord Mayor, to show cause why he did not return to Mr. Kneller 283., obtained of him under pretence of selling to him a pair of water proof boots. Mr. Kneller said that he bought a pair of boots - of the defendant, which were warranted " waterproof," for the purpose of wearing when he went out fishing, and on putting them into a pail of water he found the wet penetrate through the seams. He took them back and demanded his money, which the defendant refused to re turn to him. The defendant said they Were excellent boots, but were never intended to be put into a pail of water ; be sides, the complainant called him a thief and other ' offensive epithets. Mr. fabler said that if the boots were waterproof, they would resist the water of a pail as well as that of a pool. Tile LORD MAYoa regretted that Mr. Kneller had used th e l anguage ascribed to him, but said that the circumstance accounted for his anger on the occasion. The defendant offered to let the complainant have goods to the amount but he would not return the money after being abused. , On th e LORD MAYotes recommendation, Mr. .nnel ler consented to this arrangement, and the summons was dismisEed. A Jew, named &finpson, Was brought up charged with havilii; committed an assault upon his father. The father dal not appear.. The officer who tcok the defendant into cuitudy said that the complait.aant not appear to make any aocii::,atiJn. The LORD ISUIFOR—.How is this defeadaat ? It ie very seldom that we hear of a charge against a Jew for misconduct to his parent. Defendant—My father won't come against me, me Lord. • The LORD iNIA - Yott—l know it. But how did it happen that you raised your hand against him ? De fendant—l really cannot make out how it was, my Lord, except it was that when the drink was in the wit was out. Mr. nobler—No, no, Mr. Sampson, that won't do. Drunk or sober, a Jew is proverbial for filial tenderness —he will starve with his father. I have been here a great number of years, and have seen a great deal of the conduct of the Jews, and I have heard of but very few instances in which Jewish parents complained of being treated roughly by their children. Defendant—l am ashamed of it, my Lord, I assure you. The LORD MaYoa—Well, as your father is not here, I shall di,charge you ; but do not strike him again, or as sure as you were born they'll call you a Christian.— (A laugh.) BOIV-STREET. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES ON THE IMPERIAL BANK OF Russin.—Gcorge Ramuz and Paul Iliazeaux, two Frenchmen, were brought up for examination, charged under the Ist Wm. IV., sec..l9, c. 66, with having, in their possession certain forged notes of a foreign bank, with intent to circulate the same. Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Association of Bankers, attended on the part of the prosecution ; and Mr. Chad wick Jones as counsel for the prisoners. The Russian and French Consuls were also in attendance, and ap peared to take great interest in the proceedings. The examination of the prisoners lasted several hours. Mr. Henry Salt, an engraver residing in Leicester street, Leicester-square, stated that in the early part of last August the prisoner Mazeaux (of whom he had some previous knowledge) called upon him, and, after showing him two papers, inquired if he could engrave copies of them ? Witness, after exin►ining them, said he could, but that he could not get paper with a water-mark like that produced. Upon which Mazeaux said that the person by whom he was em ployed would furnish the paper. The writing on the paper which the prisoner showed witness, was in a foreign language, and he did not understand what it was. The witness, after sonic conversation, agreed to copy one of the notes, which had the figures 25 in the corner. The other had a figure of 5. He had no idea at that time that they were the notes of a foreign bank. The prisoner Mazeaux asked what witness would charge. at the same time telling him that money was no abject. Witness agreed to engrave one of the plates required for 111., and on the following day the prisoners came to his shop together, and paid 3/. Si. us a deposit. There was something in their manner that excited his suspicion, and he at length, having found out that the note was a Russian bank note, waited upon the Russian Consul, and informed him of what had happened. During the time the plate was in progress, the prisoners repeatedly culled t t p know when it would be finished. When the plate was finished witness took it and some impressions he had taken from it to the prisoner Mazeaux, at his house in Church street, Soho. The other prisoner was there at the time. While witness was there the officers entered and took the prisoners into custody. Witness had seen a third for&gner with the prisoners when ho went to the house in Church-rareet. Tortillas Gould stated that he was in the service of the last witness. After confirming a part of his evi dence he added, that on one occasion when he was at work on the plate in question, the prisoner Mazeaux called at his master's -hop, and on seeing what he was about, told him that if any person came into the shop while he was at work upon that plate he was to put it aside, Witness informed his master of that circum stance. His master then . got somebody to translate what was on the note, and ha consequence went to the Russian Consul. Daniel Forrester, at .active City officer, stated• that in consequence of information he received he went on Tnursday last to the house of the prisoner Mazeaux, in Church-street, Soho. On'entering the back parlour ha found both the prisoners and Mr. Salt there. He took from Mazeaux the copper-plate produced, and on searching the room he found another copper-plate (co pies of Russian bank notes). John Forrester, a brother of the last witness, stated that ho accompan:ed the last witness on the occasion in question, and took Ramuz into custody. On search ing him he found several notes of the Russian bank ; they were all forged, and l.ad been struck from the plate found in the possession of the other prisoner. Wm. Ballard, an old Bow-street officer, confirmed the evidence of the City officers. Louis Russell, a Russian merchant, residing in Broad street, City, stated that he had frequently seen the paper money of the empire of Russia. The papers pro duced (and which were taken from the plate found in the possession of the prisoners) were forgeries. The fol lowing is a translation of one of them : " The Commercial Bank of the Empire will pay on this note immediately on presentation the sum of twenty five roubles in silver money. (Signed) Director. • " Manager. " —, Cashier?' —lt is signed by three persons, who hold the above si tuations. Mr. Bush—What are their names? Witness—The first is, 80-ro-lan-no-ski The witness was about to finish the name, of which the above is only about half, when Mr. Bush interrupted him, and said, " That's enough."—(Roars of laughter.) _ . Witness continued—He had seen such notes in even lation at St. Pctersburgh. Mr. Bush said that was all the evidence he was pre pared with at present, and he therefore wished that the prisoners should be remanded until he could procure fur ther evidence from St. Peter-burgh. Mr. HALL said he should grant the application. Mr. C. Jones said that he hoped, under the circum stances, the prisoners would be admitted to bail. Mr. HALL said he did not consider the case was one in which bail ought to be taken. The prisoners were then remanded for seven weeks. Jules Rauh was next placed at the bar, charged with being concerned with the other prisoners in the above off-ore. The only evidence against him was to the effect tha,•. Johli Forrester apprehended him conse quence of some information he received, and that on searching him he found in his pocket-book three forged notes of the Russian Bank, which had evidently been struck from the plate found in the possession of the other prisoners, and that he had frequently been seen in their company, . . . • Phis prisoner, in defence, said the notes were given to him by a strange man, when► he accidentally met in L eicester-wquare._ He was remanded also for seven weeks. The greatest credit is due to the officers, for the tact they displayed in the case. Had it been left to the new police, the result would have been very different. The prisoners, with the exception of Ramuz, were of rather a shabby genteel appearance. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. The Secretary of the Amicable Society, held at No. 63, St. Martin's•lane, summoned Thomas Thrower before Mr. Long, for refusing to pay the sum of 3/. 45., being a portion of the sum of 91. 145., advanced to a member, for whom he l:ad become security. Among benefit and loan societies it is the custom to advance sums to applicants of questionable both as respects ability to repay the lo zn and honesty, provided they cam bring forward a person who will be come security, and that person be approved of by the society. In the present instance the sum of 9/. 14s. was advanced by the society to one of its committee, who produced the defendant as his security. The principal soon afterwards left the country, and the eommittee, after allowing five weeks to elapse, called upin the security to pay up the arrears. The defendant said the demand upon him was most unjust, for he had received no notice of the person for whom he had become security having gone off, until called upon for five weeks' arrears, although the rules of the society required that every security should have information of the fact of three weeks being in arrears. Mr. LONG, on referring to the rules, said the secu rity was not liable for any part of the sums for which he had become security, as the society had failed in doing what their rules required them to do. The summons was then dismissed. BATTON-GARDEN. Henry Hughes was charged with felony under very singular circumstances It appeared that between two and three o'clock in the morning Mr. Penny, an in spector of the G division of police, met the prisoner and a little girl, nine years of age, carrying two bun dles. He stopped them, and demanded them to give him some proof thet they were the rightful orners, but the only reply he could obtain from the prisoner was, "It belongs to me, and touch me if you dare." Wit ness soon convinced him that 11 - J dared to touch him, by removing him to the station-house, when, on examining the articles, the follotving words were found written on some of the property :—''Stop him ! it has been stolen from No. 13, Middlesex-street, Somers-town." This remarkable inscription induced witness to send to that house, and the lan,lladv, Mrs. Hill, identified the property, and proved that the prisoner had stolen it. It further appeared that the prisoner had debauched an othea's man's wife, wlio had been living with him at the proseeutris'i, and that he abandoned the wretched we man while she was asleep on the night in question, intending never to return to her, and he took with him all the a r ti c l es w i t hi n hi s reac h b e l o nging t o his land lady.—He was remanded. ------- The Lord Li eu t en ant of Ireland arrived in town on Friday evening. FISHING EXTRAORDINARY. --AS Thomas Boswell, the fisherman at Great Marlow. was angling with two gentlemen en Monday last in the T hames, one of the gentlemen, Mr. Peacock, caught a jack weighing 201 b. with a perch-hook No. .5 ; and shortly after another, weigh ing 101 h. and a half. The larger moll ter was cne yard '2l . :d fo ur inultca and c;t3bt e cn inches hi Oi.b. it is Lhe mor(; remarkable aa tho water was clear as crystal and no sport expected. EVI4N ING EDITION. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. 1 Barley. .1 Oats. 1 Bcans. Pe,oe _..... ----- g, W b• --- Per Quarter.) s. to s. s. to s_ 6. to S. S. to E. I:arli. , le Ilexham 150 62 :32 33 2L 3 1 Morpeth 43 ono 32 21 48 a) Pen rith I 54 3 .; nt slicfliAi O , -) 3; -- Winchest rj 51 70 `23 : - 5 23 •;,9 42 4:) Per 1311 , 11e1. s. d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s. d. s. d sd. E. d Cannart ll,o I u 7` 00 50 00 22 5 00 (owbriige „. •_ in 0 —0 50 st; 30 4 0 a 0 0 I , 13, °wan'e ,) I , 7 S 8 4 0 4 4 2 :2 S 5 6 1 - 1 J Per 8011. I Barnardeastl 11 (1 21 (;) 8 0 9 3 7 4 S 6; a 0 Durham l4 617C1 !, 0 00 7 9 3 9 , 1. 1 0 I: 2 J 11 (1 1 7 0 9 5 6 09 0 Stockton ß.chmond WAKEFIELD CORN MARKEL %I'deat, Red. Norfolk and Suilblk ....... . --S. tc Lin. and Cann —s --q. to 0 3 -- Yorkshire —s. —B. to 4•A White —s. —s. to 61y. - 34 42 43 35 ", 00 itv F 00 .o 1 6 10012 0 1 ^" D 0 11 0 0 ° 74 1161110 126 79 3 o'l. l 0 13 0 5 6 8 9 0 11 6 70 gf; 76 86 ;URN AIARKI -tc (ifs. fin e E3+ ''''''' • —s• •Q S t.. to Ail. fine 6fis . 8 . to 4•A• fine -- Yorkshi , .......... --s• - - ---. fine White . Foreign, tied White Barksy, Nertolk and SuflAf -- Lin cohish ire -- Yorkshire Wold - Foreign ................................... 6 . .. . . .. - . 1::: : :: ..:... t t tt i o °° ooo 6 4 3 ; 3 6. 1 ~ ::... 6 : : :: ::. :::: . , 3 : 43 : 1 : 0. .„: ::. •1. to 4.is- .'-' , 11. Beans, New „,.. ...... ~ ~ • toe •--i 4, to 414. . , _.,,. old .... 5 . to 30,, ?4's. Oats, Potato . ........ s• to Xi. fine' '‘). -- Poland - -S. • .„ ol.„ tins% vriezlarnl and SmAt . - --s• ---4 • `:" 1 pet Stoll'. -- h..zaling .„, .14 l• 10 , ' 7 „, r ncr 1,03 N Sh:liing .... 345. to 3 to -r- Wi t , ,r alalt - , Os. Pe Rapeseed —l. Os 261. Os. 301 * NEWCASTLE CORN EXCH A NUk l white. Red. ...... 66'. Wheat, Northiirrd aer l an d 5O, —c. .... . R R,. 72.4. Norfolk and Suffolk 6ss. 695. ... , • -_-_, 685. -- Berwick and Scotch ills. 655.....•` . u. 67 , F ore i gn 62s. 651. - •••• 6 ••_, ...s. aye, NorfolknoelStidalk •tis &is ....... ..... 7. ...4. , I -- Foreign 2os 331..... ..---s4• ' „ ..„ • ---* il Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk S. - 4 . ...... mss. -.41, • t Grinding mid Feeding ....... ..... 30s. 335. .•••• .... 5. „„..t, .- Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk s4s 6y'...... ....„...... 11 Beans, Small - Tick Pease, White .--.---•••• Gra y - .... . Oats, Northumberland, l'otatoe -- Feed Foreign Flour (par sack) 4 ; 4 , 4 . 1. : 3 ( 3 4 1523:;:............................. : 4- : :.• -- 0 - -,.: --4„.„6,...........,--......--_ O2 SCOTCH 48 to 0 AIARKEIIS:----ro,j. n ,. 2f . t .... ,..4 Wheat. Barley. Oats. IkW ___.... 4/ ._—_ - -------- kbcrdeen ... 76 to PO 32 to 35 Si) to 35 — 0 56 40 .... ..., Berwick 35 45 20 25 17 25 :4 3 . 30 ... , Zolds.trearn Cupar (Fife) 48 65 1 '26 31 IS 22 22 - 40 Dunbar lB 68 26 49 2:3 27 40 4 ,1 /. ~'.. Elgin Inverness Kelso .. Kirkaldy 44 ... Perth 6O '4 :30 40 25 35 41 C ossa r i v r.... The size of the measure varies througho ut the . HA DDINGTON CORN MAP.KET.• 1 03 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease' 1 4,1, a First 7Bs Od 39, 0.1 23, 04 "'" 4l nd ,N; 04 Second 6is Od :Is 6d 24s I'd - --s o d — I " Third s3s Od 32s 01 22s Od "'" s Avaage 3 l. 3?. 3d. 2.l2ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. . Se/ 6 4 Wheat. ' Barley. Oats. reli 80‘ Od First 764 tu 37. 01 26 01 5 0 5 o d 4 . 4 of Second 65: Od :61s ad 135 4d 4',0 a l ..../ 1 Third 426 01 24s Od 17s 41 •"'"' 4 ' GLASGOW CORN Mt RKET. — Oet' Lo : s. (I. OP Wheat, per •2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, pet : 264 19 o°l 0 British, old r6 0 to:18 0 lr , .h ............. . ........ 00 s --- new ••• Canada, free 0 0 Beans, per "'.. 24 0 „ A t Irish Barley, per 3201 b Scottish ................. r , 0 ; 6 E:iglish 2B 9 32 3) Pease, Scottish s••••• 1 7 6 b o• s:Attiet 2l 0 27 6 Oatmeal, per 14 0113. "' 411 0 Vali - 2A,0114-. ..... +Jo 0 46 t° 40 ..• 40. 45 o f, Itri• -- doer lefi LECTURES ON Mo n A Ls.--Dr. Lar no ok Par is a few days since, to embark with his fair en. ' fur the United States, where the Doctor will den y ' tures on morals, &c. reg tihr RAILWAYS.—An important Act for the co o tion of railways and the retortion of the P u r li r a . de gr• into operation on Saturday. The Board of a d no lin• entrusted with the regulation of all railways, B _ O A w ith# in future, or any portion of a line, can be onenW s oittee l a month's notice in writing being given to the Co e _ w as. of the Board, who are awboriscd to ma ke all by_ A bails An " inspector of railways" will be appointed, ci en t ." o , t he power to examine the works, trains, &C.' use r ' een ge d rei safety of the public. Penalties of VI, t ° be t' e. for an iaringement of any directions of th e Board ° of , ono Any person wilfully obstructing any of the ofriee rs _oout way can, under this Act, be taken into enstotlYol, amts warrant, and be fined any sum not exceeding mast default of payment committed to prison . T"blie is portant provision for the protection of the I ba l 3 n c k 13th section. By that section it is enacted ta b le do cer or agent of a Company, or any speci al cons. oes appointed, may seize and detain without prarraptloop gins-driver or other servant in the employ of a Li u or 0° 111 ;1 , found drunk while employed on the rail wa Y , any of the bye-laws, or wilfully, maliciously, doing,:noersos glccting, anything whereby the life or limb of 11° . 1 , 1 ,,t0 ma be endangered ; and in such cases a M wa aglti t bant y h or e , en do authorised to fine or commit the offender , hard labour, for a period not exceeding two boa months. This clause, it is expected, will pro ve ncficial ; engineers will be cautious of the re s l 3° se poisl they undertake, or it may induce Directors t° tbs: seicntific men to regulate the engines, and nr ,4 . c ss public from careless or ignorant persons. The , 1%. , 4 0/ I ",a passed on the 10th of August, and did not come in JP' r ration until the 10th inst. In the interval many a- e accidents have happened on railroads. a A THE NEW NOVEL, " THE HISTORY -1,011. FLIF.T.".., As flirtation is a weed of every soil, as ripc.,i - ar back parlour of the tradesman, as in the brilliant drs"alias, roomof the May Fair Marchioness, this history of ; sr narrated, too, by herself, her " confesaions " in (if i ti% peals to every class and condition of the novel-ri:los world. It is the whole art a n d mystery of ilirtatiOs g, forth by a life-long practitioner, f or th e re lief of he r bet conscience, and the benefit of her si nn i n no less t 6 11t 0 suffering fellow creatures, in posse as well as is alp o f is a smart, lively, and entertaining production, ! s o its movement and variety, wholesome in its satire, and ti f ooer its moral views and tendency ; and it will find large a , mitt among the circulating-library class of novel reader's, to particularly among the provincial portion of that.e lB . l „lats• whom its various pictures of village and of watel r p iar society, its pic-nics, and quadrille parties, and vi;l ptatch ins, and tea-drinkings, and manceuvcrings , an t ; boo& makings, and match-marrings, will come peculio.lwaters, From Henry Cowper, Esq., of reve n io tree t i Herts, to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albeit's:ED-ow' Piccadilly, and 76, King William-street, Barak of , . 11 ; —Gentlemen, having been deaf for many years induced from recommendation to try your Inv' s ' you t''" o l Conductors, and I have great pleasure in telling ; As o , they enable me to hear persons in company and at 11 4 .f. g at sv; worship most distinctly ; and consequence a th e d `,„; 0 331 4 vantage which I have derived, I have recornmen -e r persons to you, and lam happy to state that their I:, OP sight precisely, similar to mine, most favourable. The Spectacles anT so it esi glass which you have sent me are very excellent, n' s „. eft tried ; the transparaney of which is so brilliant, tha t t hey ef: I have passed my Bbth year, the 22d of May last, Ye. tes t es_S and surpass anything of the kind I t " s i t bonV able nee to read, &c., by candle-light with the grn*„,.,,, bv; and comfort to myself.—Gentlemen I return you 7 1 ,100 ii thanks, and remain your most obedient servant, s eat. !m oon tr y, Cowrra.-22d of June, 1839.—The Messrs. S° h e COO that there are numerous parsons in Landon and in,t los T o; as well as in Ireland, asoirning the name o f Selo atico 'B o : have endeavoured to imitate their Invisible OPe, t it t he o s n i Conductor and newly invented Spectacle Lens ea , vt 00( 1° " terials being a secret to themselves, and the their application to the eye and ear not being lolo w , n to De 1 - I 's their spurious imitations have therefore been fon° ers en s less. The Messrs. S. have no connection with P .so areia le/Y • the the same name : their valuable inventions are _ „ os it• o arien , to the ist to their Establishments. 39, Albemarle -street, (uPr York Hotel), and 76, King William-street, 118°1" Lad P y T PATENT size,h:l-1q hard enamel d Nw i cases, elent old dials, Fourteen Guineas cacti. ~..,, pees Gentlemen'ssize, ' withand small far ti , . .. . seconds. rapped: CO This airrihTshtLtrrotEneiVleGEDgultitnneea-tsGuera?. ;hid. Ddoublve:ba r -ci, e ll r: a watch can be made) is now with the latest t_l a r P ho llOo hcaenledbtroatmedarkcotnhsetrsuecet.inodnosfr,(erthede, most accurate en roo , merits, i. e., the detached escapement, jewellod is fe u _ s tivt. Ping while winding u at th bon4vacintaicini.ng V). cb i " P.' . t m , en wh l A printed warranty is given, with finedet , Watches T. COX SAVORY , re fr c. Watchmaker,(Seven d eeds Jeweller, &c , 47, Cornhill Gracechdrchlstreet), London. exchanAe• N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in excha % er to v. - ------ Sit PAPIER ISIACHE TEA TRAYS. 0 5 ' 1° 1,0( 14 inches, Is. M. cif_ FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior - p r iiii Table Knives, with ivory handles 14s. per dozen ; r f o ot ; Poles for Window Curtains, 1i inch 'diameter ls• 3 4 .• l'„.. 91.- 4 ! irc" Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of stover, fen4ethieogri irons, kitchen utensils, and every article in furnishing mongery. per foot ; bronzed fenders; ' 4 feet mow We t ' RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford -5 Established 1820. BIRTHS. Lady Fre 00116 On the Bth inst., at Sw , anbourne Bucks, . of a daughter. , s• - F ' •rd °f a INo On tl.e Bth inst., at Hcavitre , the Hon. ' daughter. the lad; ° On the Bth inst., at Lockers , Hemel Hempstead, t S , ,mttel Sandars, Esq., of a s on. Lockye r, Ottl'' On the Bth inst., the lady of Nic holas Princess-square, Plymouth , of a dau g hter. Ore. the a rk-sq On the oiii inst., in Sotners-street, Hyde-p ter. ° lady of A. Abraham , Es q ., barrister-at -law, of a ilauP f rios. On the 10th inst. , the la d y of Lotus Lucas, 5q. , bury-square, of a son. the of vir- 11. On the 11th inst., in Devonshire -place, lady Chicheley Plowden, Esq., of a son. ---- eh f ° On the 10th inst , M r. Cumner, MARRIED of High- stre et, 1301'-'Great Mary Ann, (laughter of the late M. W. J. Williams' ° , • Dover-street, 13(ytough. .., r. Alison+ On the 10th test, at St. Mary's, Lambeth, 0.„,' A lison , Esq., of London, only surviving son of the late "' ' — t h. Esq., to Arne, daughter of Charles Field, F,,q., of Lambier- ¶V. If. Peake, of Liverpool, to Julia, eldest (laughter On the 10th inet., at St. Marl's Church, Iblitlgton, I . 4 s;itels o f M of A &Iliac-terrace, Islington. ----------- On the 29th ult., at etve l ls'e llagibtroe oos• Esl., of St. Alban's, surgeon s'l , for many years ; Ahlert - •tri - • . ~ ~ ~tul twice Alayor, of that b 1 orougl. o f the' Oa the 3d inst ,at Tani; ,C. Ormerod, FA' , !at° , Board of Control. D e bortio , On the 9th inst , in Dorset place Dorset-square, Sir Horace David " relict, of the late R. T. Blunt F ft ' lon el On the Bth inst., is B i ' '''' Grosvenor" ^ Count Co of {Night' F. 1(;131,f5t°",; clahoir:veoil-ssttr.eept,aul, jaart Holy Roman Empire. aged tis. . ister' On the 9th inst., IL Haymes, E f G Esq., o ray's-inn, barr . Lea l at-law, eldest son of R. Haymes, Esq., of Great Glenn, tershire . , aged 42. al-riter On thet9th just , at River street Pertonville, I.lliss - ' ton, aged 72. . - . ' - W. Ott the 10th inst., Adah, the infant dati;litor of the 11 ° 1'. J. Hall, of Arren-court, S . t. Paul's. • t. On the 10th' inst., lir. J. Lorkin, of Basin6hall.btleC ....,,,, bilit ' .Cll: Printed and isr,l,cil inv 11.4131',110 V471-::,,,,e,i11 'ebuottn't a the f No. 112, Strand, at The Sass Office. IN - 13P• 11 2 , ~ i bi. ;: - the county of Middlione.-Igoriday, Ostolor 12, icri"