The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-03 00:00:00

MONE Y MARKET and CITY NEWS. (wEDNE3DAT EVENING). CHRONICLE.—The English Funds have been steady throughout the day, Consols for the Account having fluctuated at about 90 to 901, closing at the - latter price rather buyers. Exchequer Bills have de clined Is. since yesterday, being 17s. to 19s. prem. Money continues in demand at 41 to 5 per cent. in the Stock Exchange, and at about the same rate in LeMbard-street. Few transactions, however, have been done, and business is almost at a stand-still. Everybody thinks we shall have no war with France, but many are puzzled to observe, in the midst of pacific declarations, that warlike preparations are not aban &fled, and that on the part of France they proceed almost with increased activity ; for, besides the equip. went of fleets, and bustle in her dockyards, we are told that the French coasts are being placed in a state of effi cient defence. People therefore ask, what does all this tneen ? if France intends to remain quicecent, as a spec ' tator only of the operations of the Four Powers to compel -Alehemet Ali to cede possession of Syria, why has sheput bet-sett to so much trouble—why these ordonnances . eating men, money, and arms? For what does she incur all this expense, and make all these preparations, unless for eorne specific purpose ? And what can that purpose be, unless to support the Pacha, it he should prove recusant. to the ultimatum now un d erstood to have been sent to him, and to take an active part in the ulterior proceedings ? Is it all to end in brag and bluster, and 01111 done to flatter the national vanity of Frenchmen ? These questions force themselves upon Lira attention of commercial men and capitalists. They begin to put a drag on business in the funds, and to ef fect hearine insurances. We simply state the facts. eu: t , eheuld feel obliged to any cf the wise men—the it/eh/ha - Ili—not of the East but of the West, who would give us a satisfactory solution. The letters received by the Greet Western give the price of the United States Bank shares 67 at• New York on tt , e 18th, and 69 at Philadelphia on the 17th of Aele•ist ; Pennsylvauia - Fives, 9SI to 99. There teesacccrded improvement in the State Stocks gene-. rail J. Money being plenty, and not wanted 'for corn purposes, capitalists were lnoking to those secu rttiee far investment. Tne all absorbing cieeetion of in terest. woe too election's, Which toe State governors and l"cal l eg i e l etors g i ve a large en .j ority for General Har mon. "Even in Alabama, which has been in the Van Berets ititereet for several years, and in which it was &eagle. there was no beta, for Harrison, the returns of twenty-one 'counties give thirty Whigs and only eight Van Buren men. The elections for State legis lators are not direc vetes, but they must come much to the seu.e thing in the end, because it is not likely tiles distriets which chore a Whig representative in the lotet legh - htrure, would elect Van Bartel electors to vote or tlieln as regards the Presidential chair ; but the eleerious for local governors being all taken by the poll of tie whole of each State, affords direct evidence of the politic feei;tag, and these show a very marked pre pteeieranee iu favour of General Harrison. `seei ee of our Contemporaries are expressing fears beet:, abut the state of the boundary question, but the eliecipal cause of the new stir-in-;he-straw abeut the Maine boundary arises out of the, census for 1810, presently in course . of being token, and whiee regulates the right of the variohse States in their guo`a votes for members of Congress during the next ten years. Our readesrs are of eourec aware that each State, accordhog to its population, is pro portionally represent:red in the Senate and Congress of the Ueiteel States ; the basis of election being a piece amount of population, say 50 or 60,000. so that veery State of the Union having 50 or 60,01'0 of a population, Will have one vote ; 120.003 will have two votes ; and so on, agree abty to - heir numerical strength of population. Now tee State of Maine, which is strongly and admittedly ih favour of Van Buren, have made it a ques teon as to the manner in which the enumerators taking the census shall deal with the inhabitants re:hient within the disputed blunderer, in order to in crease its political iefluence, and the papers in the Van Buren interest have blown the coals ; but the affair will • ail come off quietly enough, because, if need be, the Bihish authorities can allow these inhabitants to be cote:tett for the nonce, as part of the State of Maine, vizier protest, so that all British rights and interests wonld be kept perfectly intact. As to the Report of the British Commissioners, Me. Featherstonehaugh and Colleagues, we believe it ig a mistake to suppose that it n ilinte'lis the British claim of boundary to be in exact c?Morinity with the treaty. It shows, however, very pehni e that the line claimed by the United States is at verameh with it ; and the truth, perhaps, is, that nei thi !. entirely corresponds with it. Should the forth- Seneing Report of the American Commissioners agree with that of the British, the question would be im methetely put. to rest, and it the State of Maine should give trouble, the convention agreed to under a mixed commission will be put in motion, clothed with ample authority finally to settle the line of boundary. It is peculiarly fortunate that the whole elections in the Stares, including_ those for the P res id ent i a l c h a i r, must ha• de c id e d i n November ; and that, as Congress does not meet till Dece,nber, the Report of the Ame seems C.hronissioners cannot be received until all these party questions are over for a time, so that the matter will come under consideration when the public mind will be comparatively at rest, and the question will thus have 'very chance of being decided impartially on its snetits. The notion that Van Buren would encourage a war tlith this country to please the State of Maine, nut entitled to weight. He has that State in his fa vour, at all events, and under any circumstances. He is no). so blind to his own interest as not to know that ; and that, by supporting a difference with England, he would inevitably lose the support of the southern cot ton-growing States, who are among his best friends, and woo are not at all likely to ailow the markets of this country to be closed against them, in order to prop up the preposterous pretensions of the State Maiac. FIERA LD.—According to the private letters from Peris to-day the settlement of account was proceeding niece more favourably than had been expected. In order to prevent any attempt to act violently upon the market, 't is stated that a deputation of the corporation of glens de change had an interview with a leading ca pitalist and operator, in which they represented that if prices were pushed forward beyond the then limits the inevitabl e consequence must be to cause two or three of the largest speculators to become defaulters, by the re sult of which the failure of a number of others must be determined, and a state of utter confusion in the market we sesue. In such a case it was shown that he himself tee H perhaps the most considerable' sufferer, by the les- , et the differences coming to him, with debtors unable to s eisfy. These representations had their due weight, and it was agreed that he would under the circumstances re frein from any action on the market either way. Prices therefore were nearly stationary during the day, which greatly facilitated the adjustment. A good deal om apprehension was entertained beforehand more over with respect to the options, and the influence they might exercise on the settlement, in case of any strong variation in prices. But as these con tinued very equable when half-past two o'clock ar rived, whial was " put and call" time, the quotation of the Three per Cents. being 80 francs 40 cents., there was little mischief done. Oee of the New York papers received yesterday meetions that the inquiry proposed, and as supposed agreed to, into the affairs of the Morris Canal Com pany, by a committee for account of the English stn-keolders pii ieipally, had come to nothing, the Directors of that concern, who before had appeared to court the investigation, having decisively refused cceseet at the last moment. It is stated mereover ihat to this course they were ad virsd snd urged by the United States Bank, which, as is known, is largely mixed up and compro mised is money and stock transactions with the insol vent eempauy. So much for the justice to be expected by the E stockholder from a set of people like the Deeeiers of this Morris affair, who not long ago had toe censemmate impudence and dishonesty to come here ter a new loan, at the very time when they were Pee dividends on the old. The conduct im putel,t tee Di rectors of the United States Bank in th' s . see ss, is not at all unintelligible. Such a pre ce'e ex imination of the accounts of an insol ven• ,:l'ispencleireonocre by a delegation for account of sesAleede rs and creditors abroad, was not a pleasant thie s te see established, for the effect would doubtless ver.) , i s have been to apply it to their own case, w s,„. o Ised its application might be much more rig ht fe•4- :::!Ird for, seein g th at two-thirds of the Bank stock s e repli its capi a l, exc l us i ve of large sums lent by e wiy of iOan, are in English hands. 1,1:t: fierce contest in the New York Stock Mar ket_eetereen the operators for the fall and the rise in tleitce: States Benk Stock, the party an d chief ope - rat - dr tlr:r tire fatter being the Bank itself, has given occa sidgitn certain diatribss in papers taking sides with the 12f4;W on the other side the water as well as h ere, a b out sh ' re us crime of " bearing" bank st oc k, an d so • _ :es def t Sieel its value. This is very like Sata n correct -e isHe jaelliij: Not a orct said about or against th e dis e.: operations, and mostly sham operations ton, .; - a been ae d are so common for puffing th e pew I, ethat • and other American stocks, more esee most largely on the few ci4ly" in this market, and laetelaes p-cceding the departure of a steam-ship for the States. Ja i st then a" vast increase" of business is effectixi, and dealers are all in a bustle ; with American Stbeks it i s th en , as i n coun ty dances, "change hands and back again, up the middle and down again, right and left ; the 'P" just as and the Stocks remaining at the close as they were before the rumpus began. All this be gins to be. very w e ll un d erstoo d h ere now , an d it seems .as dealers in New York, at some cost to them selves, had been let into the secret too, as in turn they base :e:en a ttempting to return t h e comp li ment b y bat tlin t wi!ti those by whom so long understood and pr liableooe set of specu l ators or gamblers is ite:t as b ltddaa the ot h er , an d t h e gnus! tie very peeuearly di storted which can find " A l'erican stocks as elt ieraltly Ma' ocent and proper EVENING EDITION. secupatien, Whilst "bearing" them is a mortal trans gression. It has been one and the chief bane of the United States Bank, and the great source of all its diffi culties, that by the terms of the charter paid for S 3 dearly to the State of Pennsylvania, it was allowed to deal in stocks at all., The result was, if it be not now, that it became more a at o pi. jobbing than a banking institution. It indeed be hoped now that it has. ..-hered down, an d is more oe .......essity about the arrang e m en t o f i ts cupied of a ff a i r , ,nan about the prices of its stock, although not 04 indifferent yet on that head as were to be wished. Let it leave stockjobbing to stock-gamblers ; the stock will adjust itself in price and opinion in the long run exactly in proporti on as a ff a i rs are manage d w i t h dis cretion and sub s ta n ti a l causes pa id out o f pro fi ts to the p oprietary in proof of its more prospering condition, a•though indeed a liquidation would seem its only re source. We are not disposed to undervalue certain classes of A mer i can secur i t i es , er to comm i t t h e injus tice of placing them nn the same depreciated footing with others. Few indeed are those with high and un disputed claims to credit, and it is precise!y for that reason it is the more necessary to expose and discredit the artifices by which it is endeavoured to cheat the public into all sorts of doubtful or worthies, stocks and shares, under cover, as being American, of the well-deserved repute of the stocks of Ncw York, and New Orleans. SUN.—The inhabitants of the western districts of Uprer Canada, it is stated in the Journals received by the Great Western, intend establishing offices at Sandwich and Chatham for registering all farm and village lots for sale by individuals, and also to rcqucst the Crown Lands Department and the Canada Company to fur nish a list of the lots they have to dispose of. At the mph offices entries are to be made of the servants waated, and 'a Committee is to be formed to provide accommodation for the emigrants. If Mr. Sheriff Jar; ‘ii's plan and recommendation were followed the tide oT emigration would flow still stronger, as he proposes that the influititial landowner 3 should give each settkr 50 acres gratis with the lot he m;ght purchase, by which means they would soon find their estates in increased 'cultivation. The public securities have been rathc,r better to-day, though, as regards speculative operations, there is still not much spirit among the dealers. The transactions - ' for r e t i actualtr ansfer r i n b v o e o s k t s ni c e l n o t se . are Reducedal being; Annuitiesn arr ow a e t d tr e a ff c; e a t; more attention than any other stock, and improved to 90 and 90f. Consols for imthediate transfer ranged from 89k to 89k, and for the October from 90 to 90 . showing a continuation still for the six weeks of about A percent. It appears that the settlement on the Paris Bourse ties the hands ofsome of our jobbers here who have had a finger in the French pie, and are of course affected by the embarrassments of the parties who have ope rated there thrcugh their agens de change. Consols for immediate transfer opened at 894, recTded subs. quently 1 to 89f, and dosed at 1394, not being the least affocted by the express with news of yesterday announcing the airtrlike preparations, Ike., in th e M e dit erranean an d t h e East. For the October account the quotation was 90 to i ; Exchequer Bills receded from 20 to 17 and 19 prem., money being less freely offcr , d on loan, owing- to the uncertain state of the foreign exchanges. Bank Steak was steady at 1691 to 4, and the New 31 per Cents. were depressed at 98i to 981. There was a great paucity of business in the fore!gn market, and prices w'-re generally extremely heavy, Spanish Active Stock brought 24k to i. The Passives 51-„ and Portuguese New 5 per Cents. 341, being for the first a decline of full ith per cent. ; Colombian Bands were 24k in the morning, but closed at 24 ; Russian Stock improved to 113 ex. dividend ; the Dutch 21 per Cents. were dull at 52. In the other securities not a single 13 , rgain was reported. The Dutch 2i per Cents. at Amsterdam, on Monday, im proved to 514, and the 3 per Cents. to 99i. The Railway Shares were quoted generally the same as yesterday with but few sales. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicit.) Notwithstanding the impression of the late lament. able occurrence, it is very plain to every careful ob server of the reports of accidents that, consid ;ring the qnaatity of traffic on railways, they are, beyond all com parison, a safer mode of travelling than any other which can be fairly brought into competition with them. Pas senger for passenger, and mile for mile, they have not a hslf, no, nor a fourth, or even a tenth, of the accidents that attend coach travelling. There exists no other mode of travelling with anything like the same degree of safety. And this has been attained under many disad vantages. Our Contemporary (the Times) suggests that no novice in engine-driving should be allowed to guide a train. He is only repeating a hint which had al ready been brought under consideration by some of the man iging bodies of these uneertakings. It could not well have been acted upon much sooner. The ex perience was not to be bad at the outset. That prac tically the highest comparative safety has never theless been attained, indicates the carefulness that must needs have been exercised. We notice this par ticular allusion, because it is subservient to the false impression that there has been a growing disregard of the public, instead of a progressive adoption of all the additional safeguards and improvements which expe rience furnishes. Another disadvantaxe has been the absurdly low fines inflicted for the offence of putting obstructions upon the rails. Such sums as from ten I pounds, down to a guinea or two, have been the puniAr ment for this most nefarious and perilous trick. The Times refers to the Magistracy as a protection for the public against the carelessness of monopoly in the companies. Were the crime referred to as hateful to the squirearchy as poaching, there might be some sense in the reference. But as matters stand, the carefulness of the several managements is, in reality, the public protection against the obvious tendency of Magisterial decisions. Two points seem to be driven at by our Contemporary : first, that the Legislature should be less scrupulous than it has been about the rights of private property in railways ; and secondly, that there should be a continual interference with their management. The first point may serve to enforce the warning to the holders of this species of property which we recently saw occasion to give them. Some united watchfulness over their common interests is be coming more and more requisite. Their investment is as sacred as if it bad been made in the funds, or in land ; but there is growing risk of its not being held so if they rest in supineness. No greater privilege has ever been dreamed of for them than for any other class of proprietors. There is no reason why they should be satisfied with less. The sixty millions they have vested are an outlay not less conducive to public advantage than that of any proprietary body in existence. Why should it be tam pered with ? " The concern of Parliament," says the Times, " for the public safety ought not to be fettered by nay provisions which may have been unguardedly introduced into any of the Railway Acts already passed." Any property, however distinctly secured by the Legis lature, may be tampered with, according to this doctrine. If the Legislature must interfere with its own solemn acts, let it do so with some regard to common honesty. If it be deemed worth the cost of remunerating the adventu rers, let the railways be mace public property. Until that be done, the rights of private property encompass and hedge them in with a defence that can only be violated by the sacrifice of all principle. In that case there would be but one management, that of th e Go vernment. Whether it would be a better manage• ment than that of the present agents of the several companies, may be questioned. At any rate, it would be an undivided management ; end, in opposition to the Times, we do hold that, in all matters of detail, to be of great moment to the public. The perpetual inter ferenee, the ceaseless checking and collision of author i• ties, which our Contemporary desickrates, is the very worst of all arrangements for the public convenience arvi safety. It generates only vexation to the agents, and peril to the traveller. (From the Morning !-lerald.) The effects of a long series of blunders in the ad ministration of the national affairs between 1815 and 1830 rai.ed the " Liberals" to office. The ruinous Currency Bill of 1819 spread misery and discontent throughout all the industrious classes of th© community. The desire to recover from the effects of that fatal measure led to the desperate commorcial speculations of 1824-s—speculations which led to results so dis iistrous. The still increa,ing discontent of the indus trious classes led to tamperin;;s with the political constitution of the country—led to the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts—to the Romanist Re:ief Bili—and to the elevation of the Whigs to office. As public distress introduced the " Liberals" to power, the" Liberals" in power lost little time in adding to the public distress. So little have the changes to which the Whigs lent themselves acted as " healing measures," that now the appetite for extensive change is stronger in large sections of the community than before the scheme of th e R e f orm Bill was first submitt e d t o the public. The men who carried the Reform Bill - and who boldly prophesied from that measure benefits so remarkable, have almost unanimously pronounced the Reform Bill " a failure." In like manner, the Ro manist Relief Bill has proved " a failure," inasmuch as the clamour for further change is stronger now in Ireland than it was twelve years ago. The reason of these thin gs may not, perhaps, he hard to find. The spirit of change rased the Whigs to place. The Whigs have maintained themselves in place by pandering to the spirit of change. Amongst the modes by which Lord Melbourne and his asso ciates have contrived to remain in Downing street, may be noted such a disregard of pro fessed principles as no Ministry ever before ven tured to exhibit. The history of the appropriation clause embodies the character of the present Govern men'and that history' i s a hi story of unblushing fraud ; and meanness. The influence on the national iii „ nl lity of such an exhibition" ws the Queen's cont . :- u muchencourag ement , , nt i%l adr,'sers have trt:tde ti!.. the f er t etturo of all their most solemn pledges, is of a in letul kind ; nor is there to reverence th e laws to en tilE SUN, LONDON, tHURSDA Y, SEPTIMBER 3, 1840. be derived from the spectacle which meets the public eye in the alliance between the highest class of the administrators of public affairs, and the sworn enemy of all our Protestant institutions. The close con nection which exists between public and private profli gacy is one of the most interesting and most painful studies within the range of political ethics. ( From the Morning Post.) That Father Mathew has contributed something towards the improvement of the social condition of Ire land cannot be denied. If only a small proportion of his converts should be permanently reclaimed, to this extent at least be will have effected a lasting and unequivocal improvement in the habits and disposi tion of the people. But when we bear of Ministers having diffused among the Irish people a disposition to respect the law, and maintain order and peace, it is not improper or unnatural to examine the means by which so desirable a result is said to have been at tained. Is it by systematically withdrawing the coun tenance and support of the Executive Government from the local magistracy in every part of the country where the magistracy has not been O'Connellised ? Is it by showering the patronage of Government upon the authors and promoters of an agitation precisely similar in its nature, action, and objects with that which the Reform Government of Earl Grey passed the Irish Co ercion Bill purposely to suppress ? And if these are not the foundation of rho Ministerial claim to partici pate with Father Mathew in the glory of reforming the social condition of Ireland, upon what other foundation does it rest? The merit of Ministers consists, not in effecting any improvement in the social condition of Ireland, or in contributing in the slightest degree to any improvement, but in the ingenuity of its devices to get up fallacious and fraudulent evidence of an improve ment which has not taken place. We need not stop to re mark that all such devices, in proportion as they are successful, must of necessity obstruct and retard any permanent and effective improvement in the moral con dition of a country. (From the Illorninq Advertiser.) More particulars will be found in our columns re specting the recent atr reious attempt at assassination at Ludlow. These audacious and repeated crimes are a disgrace to the country, and justify the Irish papers in app.-aling triumphantly to the contrasted crimin a l statistics of England and Ireland. There is a fearfully dramatic interest in this last atrocity which speaks volumes as to the state of society where it could occur ; the assassin pursuing his victim (and at last mistaking another for him) from place to place for the sake of his presumed property e ith the pertinacity of a shark pursuing a chip for the sake of his living prey. The discovery arid death of the murderer of Lord W. Russell (Courvoisier) has not diminished the excite ment which the event caused, nor mitigated the alarm and suspici , m in families which its first promulgation WAS calculated to produce. It appears that iii the Ludlow case, as in Courvoisier's, :t was profligate thirst for money which prompted and guided the knife of the wretched. assassin. It was the same motive which impelled Greenacre to saw into fragments the yet breathing body of his intended bride. It has been a consolinc , proverb that " murder never escves detec tion ;" but ' how many murders of recent occurrence re main still undetected, and without any chance of detec tion ? There have been several undiscovered within he short space of four years. Are the murderers of Mr. Richardson, who was shot near Epsom, detected ? The murderer of Eliza Grianwood, in the Waterloo road, where is he ?—of Eliza Davis, the barmaid, near the Regent's Pdrk—where ? What, too, has become of the murderer of Mr. Westwood, in Princes -street.? We believe it is generally understood that the neigh bouring, petty tradesman (thirsting for his neighbour's superior property) who robbed and murdered him, is no.v in a portion of Spanish America—where there is no law for giving him up to our police—where assassination is thought no very great crime—where a man for five pounds English, can readily hire a bravo to remove a rival—and where he is probably living en grand Seigneur, on the three thousand pounds worth of pro perty, which he carried from the shop of his murdered victim. The murderer of Eliza Grimwood, who moved in a high rank in life, is supposed to be somewhere in Italy, or which he is a native. These horrible events have induced a portion of the press to censure our sys tem of police, which is charged with inability to prevent and detect the highest des' , of crimes. They recom mend a detective police, formed out of the old Bow street constabulary force, and whose merits are stated to be, that " they detected crime, because they mixed familiarl f with the haunts anti habits of the criminals." The recommendation is highly objectionable, as it would tend to re-establish the "Jonath in IVild" system of par. tial connivance and temporary participation with criminals —the abus..s of which (calling loudly for reform) contri buted to the present pnl,ce establishment. It is clearly im possible that city system of police can prevent murder, viewing this crime as one generally conceived individually and perpetrated secretly ; and we are convinced that the reform recommended (viz., the Bow street detective police) would subject us to much greater evils, by the treacherous and immoral system of « blood money." or by the intolerable tyranny of domestic surveillance. We see no radical remedy but in an educational im provement of the moral feelings and habits of the people, by a desecration of that pernicious idol of English society—MoNEY,--and by the incessant labours of the Ministers of that religion which was " preached evecially to the poor," to counteract that assassinating axiom (for its tendency is such) announced 1:1) the Rev. Sydney Smith—that " poverty in English society is the only crime, and money the only virtue." What is the result ? The greedy or starving desperadoes, filled with zeal to shun crime (poverty), and to possess that permanent virtue (money), which gives impunity to I guilt—considers, like the Spartan, not the act of rob• bery but the detection of it as the offence. It is some consolation, amid the angry strife of party warfare, that sound principles of political economy are swiftly making their way in every direction. The Times has devoted much of its eloquence, and more of its space lately to the enforcement of a Liberal policy, and a generous legislation for British India. We had three mortal columns and a half of small type in Tuesday's Times, dedicated to the evidence before the Lords' Com mittee as to the expediency and certain success of cul tivating cotton and sugar in India, and yesterday a leading article of great ability appeared on the same subject. When journals like the Times reverse the satire of Goldsmith, and do not " Give up to party what was meant for mankind," They become public benefactors, and no sense of rivalry or opposition of interests ought to deter us or others from so considering them. The first—the greatest duty of a Journalist is to consider the happiness of the masses, and such is also his greatest gain. The Time: has atoned for many party sins by its powerful though rare attacks upon the Corn-laws ; and it is increasing its services to the mercantile, manufacturing, and work ing classes by pointing out the vast continent of India as being ready to supply raw materials for our manu factures ; sugar for a I the world by free labour ; and a market, which, in proportion to our encouragement, will be greater for our own produce in return, than any of those other colonies which have been more cherished precisely as they have less deserved it. There is much sagacity in this. The Times knows that whoever may be Minister—whatever party upper most—England cannot hold back in enterprise or ma nufacturing while other Stites are hastening onwards. We are pushed out of old markets—we must seek new. The Bankers' Circular, a eery safe authority, stated a short time age that several species of cotton goods made in America cad be sold for a profit in Manchester, at ten per cent..under the present prices of similar Eng lish fabrics, and that axes made in the United States fetch even a greater profit in Birmingham than those made in that very town. Here, therefore, are customers not only lost, but positively converted from buyers into sellers "to push us from our stools." Again—let any one look at the rapidly increasing manufactures of Swit land—ot Germany---of France—of Russia—let him be hold those States, formerly of leaden and lethargic idle ness and superstitiun, Spain and Portugal, now trans porting cotton from America to their colonies for the purpose of manufacture ; nay, let him even turn his at tention to the proceedings of the Turks and Egyp tians, and read in the New York papers of the ar rival of Arab vessels for the purposes of commerce, and ask himself what will be the end of these thing s, if British enterprise b e not " up an d doing." Wh en the world is on the move it is not for England, with her enormous debt and her vast population, to stand still. The " masses" would hurl any Go vernment, however supported, into utter destruction which should act upon any such principle. It is with muen pleasure, therefore, we perceive companies, with most respectable mei at their head, well acquainted with India, prepari'ig to cultivate and manufacture, by free labour, sugar, rum, cotton, &c., by the Hill Coolies, and other aboriginal tribes of the East, and that pleasure is not lessened by ob.erving the powerful aid which the Times is lending these gentlemen, day by day. We concur in every word of the following leader:-- " In the remark a we have made on the commercial rela tions which India bears to England and her colonies, it will have beoo se, n that the questions which arise do not aff..ct East and West India interests, but the in terests of the empire at large, whose property will be ad.. vanced in proportion as the resources of all its depen&n cics are equally and harmoniously developed. In so far, however, as one national interest can be deemed to come into partial or temporary collision with anather national in terest, we shall be found prepared to look at the subject in all its rings, and to deal even-handed justice to both. " Keeping this principle in view, we shall now advert to the recommendation of the Lords' Committee on East India Produce Duties ; and here, at the very threshold, we meet with sentiments which we record for the sake both of the doctrines which they embody, and the source from which they emanate. The report distinctly recog. nizes the perfect identity of interest between India and England, the Committee declaring that they see in all the facts they have detailed the most urgent reasons for export toradeoefit fln ve dia ln t d h z e .a a u n tm d o E st n p y o la ss n i d b .,, le freedom,givi n g t ohe the our This (t i nnier] is expressed with special reference to the large annual amount wlsich England draws from and it is presented in a morn detailed form, which in few, but just and strung terms, exhibits the very peculiarpusi- Con in which India is placed amongst all the other dependencies of the British Crown, and the peculiar elaims arising out of the position which it has upon the justice and the generosity, *3 WOI as upon tha policy of Par i a men t." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIvERpooL, SEPT. 1. BLUNDELL V. LORD CAMOYS. This morri,..,;, at nine o'clock, the Attorney-General th e case of . the plaintiff, r_sumcd his address in open,,, ; . h . :•en sent and read a great number of letters which tutu .. to Mr. Blundell by various persons of note in this coun try and elsewhere, which it was intended to give in evi dence. The Attorney-General concluded his address about twelve o'clock. The will of Mr. Henry Blundell, the father, and the previous wills of the present testator were then proved and read, together with the record of the recovery suffered by Mr. Blundell. After which witnesses were The will of 1837 was taken as read. Various letters referred to by the Learned Attorney- General as having passed between Mr. Edeu and Mr. Blundell on the subject of the last will were then proved and read. Their perusal occupied the remainder of the day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. PICKING POCKETS IN TUE CITY.—TWO young men named Thomas Jackson and George Jones were placed at the bar before the presiding Alderman, charged by Constable 253, with having attempted to pick a gentle man's pocket in Farringdon-street. The policeman stated that he saw the two prisoners, whom he knew to he reputed thieves. follow the gentleman, and in the usual manner, while one was trying the pockets, the other stood so as to hide him from observation. The person whom they attempted to rob not appear ing they were senten ce d t o a mo n th' s i m p r i sonment . Two other lads Darnel Williams and Dawson, were also charged with picking pockets, the one in Fleet street at two o'clock in the afternoon, and the other at Holborn-bridge, about seven o'clock in the evening. Through the unwillingness of' many to sacrifice time in appearing as prosecutors, they also escaped with a summary conviction, as the persons robbed would not appear. • It was stated that the number of young thieves now haunting the City is almost incredible, and it requires the utmost vigilance of the police to protec the public ; particularly in the neighbourhood of Holborn-hill and Fleet-street. PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON. The following letter from the Count de Saint Leu, the father of Prince Louis Napoleon, and ex-King of H o ll an d, appears in several of the Paris journals. It is dated Florence, Aug. 24 " Permit me to make, through you, the following de claration :—I know that publicity is a singular and scarcely proper mode of proceeding ; but when a sick, a fflicted, and legally -expatriated father can in no other way come to the relief of as unfortunate son, such a means cannot fail to be approved of by all who know what the feelings of a father are. Convinced that my son, the only one remaining to me, is the victim of an infamous intrigue, and has been seduced by vile flatterers and false friends, and perhaps insidious counsels, I can not remain silent without failing in my duty, and ex posing myself to bitter regrets. I declare then that my son, Napoleon Louis, has fallen for the third time into a frightful snare—a dreadful gubt-a-pens—for it is otherwise impossible fora man who is not without talent and common sense to have plunged readily (de gaite de cceur) over such a precipice. If he be guilty, those who are the more guilty and more really so are tl.e persons by whom he has been seduced and misled. I declare above all, and with a sacred horror, that the insult inflicted upon my so n , b y s h utting him up in the room of an infamous assassin, is a monstrous, an anti- French cruelty, an outrag e as insidious as it is vile. As a deeply-afflicted father —as a good Frenchman, tried by thirty years of exile —as the brother, and if I may sly so, the pupil of him to whom statues arc being again set up, I recommend my seduced and misled son to the judges, and to all who have the hearts of French• men and fathers. " LOUIS DE SAINT LEU." BOROUGH COURT of REQUESTS. " TAKING IT EASY."--Trllere is a race of philoso phical mortals in existence who seem determined to take everythirg " easy." Nothing can disturb that even equanimity of temper, which forms their leading charac teristic. If they are assailed by those troubles and mis fortunes which are apt to depress and render uncom fortable ordinary people, they cOnsole themselves with the axiom of " What's (lone can't be undone," or " But ter luck next time." A diminutive red-nosed cobbler of the " Takc-it-casy" school was surnmonedbefbre the Court to show cause why he objected to pay a debt of 6.;. to a publican, the amount of a score he had run up at his house. " Please yer vorship," said the cobbler, obliging the Court with a Toole} - -street bow, " this here's a wil lanous consarn, and if I ever pays a farden I'm.—" Commissioner—Hold there, will you? We don't want any swelring here. Cobbler—Vorn't agoing to do nuffin o' the kind, yer vorship ; I his too great a weneration for this honour able Court to do that 'ere. This well-timed observation of the cobbler's soothed the offended dignity of the Commissioner, who desired the red-nosed professor of the lapstoue to pursue his story, and state upon what ground he refused to liqui date the score with the plaintiff. " Yer vorship," continued the cobbler, " I'm an iniii widual as likes to take verything easy, and never bothers myself about any body's consarns but my own, and it utl be a werry good thing if every body was like me, and then there wouldn't be so many quacks and hum. bugs in the world." Commissioner-- , -That's all very true, but I don't see what " taking it easy" has to do with paying your score. Cobbler—As I was saying, I likes to take evt.iry thing easy ; so arter I'd cut the shop at night I used to pay a wisit to this here good gen'leman's tap-room, to have a little conwersation about polyticks and hear my cousin Bob read the newspaper. Well, yer vorship, vun night, vurk being wery slack, I stuA up three pints and some backer. and another night I did the same, and for that 'ere he trys to gammon rue out of 6s. ; but he'll find it no go, for I hasn't a morsel o' doubt but wot these here honourable gentlemen will give a werdick agin him. But how many nights did you go to his house and omit to pay for what you had drunk ?--Only vuoce, yer vorship ; here's my cousin Bob viii take his davy o' that ere. Commissioner—Well, let us hear what " Cousin Bab" has to say about the matter. " Cousin Bob," a travelling renovator of tin utensils, in other words a tinker, was then introduced and inter rogated by the Commissioners as to what he knew about the debt. Cousin Bob—Please your Lordship, I've ventured here just to hexplain a pint or two about this here affair. Commissioner—Well, cut it short, will you. Cousin Bob—Short as a donkey's gallop, my lord. IVie and Bill wisits this here hidentical tap-room to take a pint arter ve'd done vurk. Vun night Bill was wery and up, and had to git tick for his lieker, and he duz that ere run night artervvards. Cousin Bob having spoken thus far in favour of his relative, was stopped by the Commissioner, who asked the publican how this was. The plaintiff produced an account of the score, which ratified the Commissioners that the debt was owing. The defendant was then ordered to pay the money in a week. The cobbler said that would be anything but "taking it easy," and left the Court with ‘. Cousin Bob." NAVAL IN TELLIGI6NCE. (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 1.--- Earl Minto and Sir William Parker, accompanied by the Secretary and Surgeon of the Navy, have been here since Friday, on their annual tour of inspection. Their Lordships will quit on Wednesday morning, in the Admiralty steam yacht Firebrand for Plymouth and Milford, Cork and Leith, at which two latter ports, it is said, frigate guard ships will in future be stationed. The Southampton, 52, Captain Hillyar ; Cygnet, 10, Lieut. Wilson ; and steamer Shearwater, Lieut. Steane, are hourly expected at Spithead. Rear-Ad miral Sir Edward King appointed to succeed Rear- Admiral Ross, in the Brazil command, goes out in the former ship. The Britannia, 120, late flag-ship here, will go out to Spithead to-morrow, and is being equipped with ex traordinary de3pateh for the Mediterranean, but it is not known whether as flag-ship or not, no captain being yet appointed. The Calcutta, 84, is commissioned at Plymouth by Captain Sir Samuel Roberts, destined for the Mediter ranean ; and very great despatch is manifested in her equipment. At present there are no ships ordered for service at this port except the Britannia, 120. The Queen; 110, is to bear the flag of Sir Edward Codrington, and is pre paring for the purpose. One hundred pensioners are ordered to be entered for harbour duty in the guard-ships at the several ports, to admit of the men, now in them, being drafted to sea going ships. - The Vanguard. 84, Captain Sir David Dunn, is ready, and hourly expected to sail. Their Lordships inspected her on Sunday, and directed that she should in the first instance go to Cork, and thence to the Mediterranean. She takes out for the fleet a large quantity of shells and shot and six-inch guns. The Rodney, 92, Capt. Maunsell, is also ready to leave Plymouth for the same destination, to reinforce Sir R. Stopford. ' t f a h ke e troopsAtho to Quebec,ll,troopship an is d refitting wiiib e in the i h a ar a b f o e u rr r to d Rya. -Mr. Frederick Sadler, Second Master Attendant of Portsmouth Dock-yard, is appointed to Chatham, as Chief Master Attendant. The Samarang, 26, Captain Scott, and Cockatrice packet, are shortly expected from the Brazils, the for mer with a l arge freight on board. At Spithead—Vanguard, 84. In H a rb our —Britannia, Georg e yac h t, Stromboli, Echo, Athol, Firebrand, an d flag te n d ers. V i ctory, Excellent, Royal SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MAN depar tures f or W arwi ck reduced both the ex tent and th e i mportance of the usua l morning meeti ng; and those p resent did not appear d i spose d to transact mu c h business. CHE STE R—TvEsDAv Several d carve e m t a h n e P to l p at(! ff, , ,r s . afterwards tola 4 y to ag l ai b n e s ; THE LEAMING TON S TAKES.- -We Saw 6 to 4 taken on any other. toAI desire Clarion,re w evinced THE DONCASTER ST. LEGF.R.-5 to 4 might be consi dered the outside price against Launcelot—certainly 60 to 40 was taken yesterday to a good sum. 51 to 1 was book e d freely on Gibraltar; 9 and then 10 to 1 has been laid, in the course of this day, against Crucifix—the latter figure is offered. '2O to I was laid against Broadwath ; the Farkc was offered against Maroon. 27 to I was offered gainst Dr. Caius , and 33 to 1 against the Young-un. THE DONCASTER Cup. _ 4 to I o,ffercd on the field in a very substantial quarter. Charles XII. was offered to be taken at 5 to 4 against any other. THE QUEEN'S TASTE IN Music. —Her Ma je.ty's love of music developed itself at a very early in instru Royal grandfather no inst ance more requisite than with respect to the Fe_ qon several _NTERESTING TO LADlES.—PreCatitloll Ist age; she pl ays w i th great taste an d ex pression mews, and h as i n h er i te d her George the Third's pr e dil e ction for the organ. She is male Complexion. There are no greater enemies of those said to evince a decid e d p re f ere nce for Italian music , but she II disting u i s h e d traits of Beauty than extreme heat and dust. takes g rea t d elight in the compositions of Handel, Haydn, sweet mezzo so p rano, and her s i ng i n g It is, th ere f ore, an imperative duty upon all Ladies who Beethov en , an d Mozart. Her vo i ce i s a remarkably va l ue their complexion, in all their rural walks, summer is not only s c i_ promenades, visiting close assemblies, in the ride, in the entitically goad, but very pleasing. H er Majesty inh er i ts drive, and especially when making aquatic excurs i ons, her gr eat mus i cal talents not only from t h e R oya l Family never to be without Rowland's Kalydor, which is the only Me• Edwiri Latitiseer, from whom her descent is paternally derived, but also guardian of the complexion the deepest research in science from her illustrious mother. [w:!, , is her'eif ,! c.impQser . eve- produe,d. ....., r2,:,:cer Victoria fr om leer L';: !.:• j..; ,:e:r B: ~.1,2! V . , iteuT LING.—A ttluli named Jame. Coili nwr , wa% ijured 1: f,til ill wrestiins k , and di. duf the in r ' Y a inju r y for the recovery of his heal;h. ii.A., £ 5 gone LO Ciertllcitiy 1 ho sustained on Thursday evening last, ill Kendal. THE UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER LEA.-ADJOURNED IN QUEST. The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the unfortu nate accident, which deprived eleven human beings of life on Sunday last, on the River Lea, was resumed yes ',v. at three o'clock, at the Jolly Anglers, Lea-bridge. ''— Jury having been called over, 1 he names or _ The Foreman said ho w;.:. happy that the Jury had had an opportunity since yesterday :jewing the boats in which the accident took place, as from that v;Cw he thought they must be satisfied that one of them, at least the smaller one, was not a fit vessel to be used by inex perienced persons. Mr. Burnell, a county Magistrate, observed that it was highly desirable that some regulation should be come to with respect to the use of boats in the river, for, if he had been informed correctly, another accident occurred on Tuesday, shortly after the inquest had adjourned, by which five persons were immersed in the river, but hap pily with no other inconvenience than a good ducking., The CORONER concurred with the worthy Magis trate, that it was desirable that some regulation should Le come to, and it would be for the Jury to express any opinion on that subject they might think proper. It was now necessary that the ownership of the boats should be proved, and for that purpose the following evidence was given. Robert Dearth, of Lea-bridge, a labourer, proved that Mr. Wicks was the owner of the boats in which the accident happened, and also the iandload of the Jolly Anglers. He considered the larger boat was fit for the River Thames, either above or below bridge. It was a arcing good beat. In the River Thames such a boat was limited to carry eight persons besides the vraterman. By Mr. Burnell—On Sunday during the hours of divine service, Mr. Wicks did not let out boats. The principal time at which the boats were let out on a Sunday was in the evening. Witness did not know of any instructions not to overload the boats, on the part of Mr. Wicks. Persons were kept to at tend parties who went out in the boats, if they wished it. Parties were not allowed to take liquor in the boats, and if any party appeared intoxicated, they would not be allowed to have a boat. The police perambu lated the sides of the river all day. By the CORONER—That was chiefly to prevent acci , dents in bathing. By Mr. Burnell—Saw the three persons who were immersed in the water last night ; he believed that took place from the shore, and not the boat. By the CORONER—The large boat was sound till she was run against. There were only four persons in the boat when it left Mr. Wicks's. If there hld been ten in it, Mr. Wicks would not have let it go out, although it was quite capable of carrying ten persons. Jr. the small boat there were six persons. That boat was more than twice as large as the prize wherries used in tho Thames, nod twice as heavy. That boat also belonged to Mr. Wicks. There could be no doubt the boat could carry five per. sons safely, if they were steady. He did net consider such a boat overloaded with five persons. He thought if the boats were made less shelving, they would be less liable to cause accidents when they came in contact with each other. The boats were worth about 101. each. The CORONER said he thought they had never re ceived sufficient evidence in the first case. It was clear from that evidence that the boats were overloaded, and there could be little doubt that the death of all the parties was occasioned by their clinging together when in the water. It was most desirable that persons who were engaged the whole week in confined places, should have an opportunity of recreation ; and it was equally desirable that these means of recrea tion should be as safe as possible. If the Jury thought the boats that had been employed were unsafe in the hands of inexperienced persons, they might mark their sense of .the impropriety of letting such individuals have them by placing a deodand upon them. He thought from the evidence that had been given, there could be no doubt that the smaller boat was unfit to be entrusted in such hands. There was little for the consideration of the Jury but the question of deodand, as no person could doubt that the case was clearly one of accidental death, unattended with any criminality. The Jury retired to another room at half-past four o'clock, and after being' in consultation upwards of an hour, the officer of the Court informed the Coroner that the Jury had not come to an unanimous:decision, and were not likely to do so. The CORONER said he could not help that. The officer said eleven were agreed as to their ver di .t, but the other five dissented. The CORONER could not understand what they were disputing about, ualess it was the deodand. If twelve were agreed the verdict would be legal, and un less that was the case the Jury must be locked up. The Officer was then sworn in the usual form_ to keep tl-e Jury in close custody until they agreed. The Jury, after au absence of three hours, returned a verdict of Accidental Death, with a deodand of twenty shillings on the small boat. The Jury also strongly urged upon Mr. Wicks, and the other proprie tors of boats on the River Lea, the discontinuance of letting such small boats to inexperienced persons. Mr. Wicks, the landlord of the house was called in, when, The CORONER intimated to him the suggestions :brown out by the Jury, and strongly urged his attention ;co them. Mr. Wicks said he had kept boats thirty years, and never had an accident happened with one of them before. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Some additional particulars connected with the late melancholy accident upon this railway were yesterday obtained by one of our correspondents. It was very currently reported that Mr. Pearson, one of the unfor tunate sufferers by the accident, and rho, it will be remembered, was conveyed to the Fleece Inn, Brook street, where the inquest was held, bad died of the in juries he received. This, however, is not the case. Although severely injured, very great hopes are enter tained that he will ultimately recover, and no immediate danger is apprehended. The Messrs. Corbauld, who were also conveyed to the Fleece after the accident, have had every attention paid to them, and the elder Mr. Corbauld was sufficiently recovered to leave Brook street on Tuesday evening by the Star Coach, and proceeded to town. His son still remains at the Fleece, but there is very little doubt of his recovery. Ihe body of the engine driver, Foster, was buried at Brent wood immediately after the first meeting of the Coro ner's jury, and that of Mr. Ebsworth was conveyed to London. The others were also placed in the custody of their friends. The occurrence still continues to be the topic of ge neral conversation, and a number of persons from the neighbouring villages daily visit the spot where the fatal accident happened, to view the engine and the car riages, which still lie in the position in which they fell, and present a most melancholy appearance. Labour ers have been constaatly employed upon the line since the accident, and the rails are now considered, by the parties connected with the Company, to be perfectly secure, and the trains run as usual. The accident, however, has created so much alarm in the public mind, that one of the coaches of the three that used to be con veyed by the rails from Brentwood to town, has finally abandoned this mode of conveyance, and now runs upon the road as usual. It is due to the Company to state that they have paid the most unremitting attention to the unfortunate suf ferers by the fatal accident, and they have come forward in the most liberal manner to defray every expense in curred, and provided the first medical advice for the in jured parties. Dr. Butler and Dr. Richardson, of Brentwood, are in almost constant attendance at the Fleece, and the Directors send messengers constantly to inquire after the condition of the patients, and likewise send them from London fish, and every other delicacy that their situation requires. ATROCITY OF A FRENCH CONVICT. ---Upon he 10th of July last, a convict named Waille, confined in he prison of Riom (Pay-de-Dome), received two wounds of a knife in the abdomen, and expired within three days in consequence. His assassin was a youth of l 8 years, named Bride, born in the department of Jura. The facts disclosed on the trial were these :—.-Bride and Waille were conducted together from the place of their condemnation to the prison of Riom. The latter, having lost a franc on the way ; accused Bride of the robbery, and threatened to denounce him to the Directors. Though the charge was true Bride affected to be very indignant, and was heard to exclaim, " If Waille denounces me I'll kill him." Though Waille did not carry his threat into effect, he re. ained, nevertheless, the object of Bride's deep hatred stud resentment. On the 10th of July, Bride, who had tidten the precaution to change his knife, which had a bad blade, for the knife of another convict, passed a consider able tim s in sharpening it, reduced it to a fine point, and tied the blade strongly at its juncture with the handle to pre vent it from closing. In the evening be accosted Waille with apparent kindness, had him to one aide, promised to restore to him the sum of which he had robbed him, gave him 15 centimes (I{d . ) on account, and offsred him the half of ha loaf, requesting him to cut it himself, " because he," Bride, had no knife." White Waille, without the slight est suspicion, was engaged in dividing the loaf, Bride, like a treacherous villain, plunged his knife twice successively with frightful violence in Waille's abdomen. The assas sin was immediately secured. He showed not the least sign of remorse, but cried cut with hardened effrontery, " Let him come now and ask me for his 20 sous." These facts were proved on the trial. Bride's previous conduct was no recommendation to mercy. Though but 18 years of age, he had already been four times imprisoned for as many robberies, Ever since the age of II years be had been almost constantly domiciled in prisons. His charac ter wes mast dangerous and indomitable. A few days before the commission of the crime with which he now stood charged, he offered to wager a morsel of bread that he would kill the overseer, from whom he never had expe. rieneed anything but kind and considerate treatment. The prisoner' waa condemned to death. His countenance never wont the Tightest cii,:7ige. The triutuvut the sett trv. c was p eised, hit cried cut nitli bold effrontery,“ tip , 1;" sad he has eine() appealed to the King accord. Il NOS BO W-STREET. James Ringwood, a carter in the service of Mr. Hopkins, cog-merchant, Windmill-street, Haymarket, was yesterday summoned before Mr. Henry, at the in stance of the Society for the Pravention of Cruelty to Animals, for having, on the 19th in*t., wantonly and cruelly ill-treated a mare he had in charge by striking her s iolently on the eye with a whip which was heavily loaded, to which he pleaded Not guilty. Mr. Thomas, the Secretary, conducted the case. Mr. Thomas Lee, the comedian, being sworn, said that about mid-day on Wednesday fortnight., he was passing through Castle -street, Long-acre, and on getting into Hanover street, he saw a horse and cart turn the corner. The horse was walking slowly, and the &fen dant ran to take the reins, which having laid hold of, ho took up a large whip in both his hands, with the heavy end of which he struck the animal on the eye. Toe blow was quite uncalled for, as the horse was per fectly quiet at the time, Witness told him he was act ing in a most cruel and wanton manner, and he de served to be taken before a Magistrate for such con duct, upon which he walked round, and having lifted the horse's foot, pulled off a shoe that was loose, and attached to the hoof only by a nail. Mr. HENRY asked if the blow was of such a nature as to cause much torture to the horse ? Witness said he was surprised the poor animal had not fallen, for it appeared completely stunned, and it even trembled from the efrlcts of the blow. On going up to the defendant to remonstrate with him for such conduct, he said, in a very sulky manner, " You be damned, what have you to do with it ?" Mr. Thomas said that he had Mr. Dermot, the well knoA n anatomist, as a voluntary witness, but in conse quence of his professional engagements, he was com pelled to go away before the case was called on. In answer to the complaint the defendant said, that he had struck the mare to prevent accidents occurring, as she was at times unmanageable. Mr. Hopkins said the defendant had been in his ser vice between two and three years, during which time he had never t.► find fault with him for ill-treating any horse, although he was in the habit of horsing stage coaches and waggons. He knew the mare was inclined to be vicious at this season of the year, and he bad often occasion to guide her himself, as he feared some accident might happen. Mr. HENRY observed that it would show more con cern under such a circumstance to guide her quietly than to act in such a barbarous manner. Mr. Hopkins said she was a very valuable animal, and although he wanted to dispose of her, the defendant prevailed upon him to keep her, as she did the work so well. Mr. Lee added. that when he caked the defendant why he acted in such a cruel manner, he said, " Why does'nt she do what I desire her." Mr. HENRY considered, that even taking into ac count what the owner said about the mare, nothing could justify such inhuman conduct, and he was sur prised to see the employers of such persons as the de fendant, constantly corning forward whenever such com plaints were preferred, let the evidence be ever so con. elusive, to screen their servants, when they ought to feel obliged to the Society for discharging a duty so important to the public, and to them in particular:; but as the defendant had received such a character he would mitigate the penalty to thirty shillings and costs, or imprisonment for fourteen days. The owner of the mare on being applied to said, No, I never pay any such lines," and the defendant was ordered to be locked up. ASSIZE COURT of LA NIEVRE DREADFUL MURDER OF A MAN BY HIS WIFE. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) A woman named Guyonnet was charged with the murder of her husband and stepson by administer ing to them arsenic in their food. Tire prisoner's age was thirty-eight. She had been left a widow with two children about five years, when sire met with and mar ried Pierre Guyonnet, with whose murder she now stood charged, as also with that of his son. Guyonnet was himself a widower, and also had two children. It was agreed between them that each should bring but one of their children into their household, and the others should be put out. The first few months passed off happily, and nothing interfered with their domestic harmony. At length, however, the wife was heard to complain that she had married a man who was in debt, and to express a wish that she was rid aif him. In the month of November last the husband was attacked with violent pains in the stomach, followed by vomiting. During eight days he was in great danger, and he owed his recovery solely to the natural vigour of his constitu tion. He had scarcely recovered when his son, aged about six years, became affected in the same way, and died in less than twenty-four hours. If the authorities had now inquired into the cause of the child's death, a second would have been prevented. But the unhappy man was fated to become the victim of the confidence he reposed in his wife—a confidence which, strange to say, was not shaken by the death of his boy. In the course of the January following he was again attacked with violent internal pains. He was obliged to retire to his bed, and in four days he was a corpse. The Mayor of the commune now refused to allow the burial of the deceased without an investigation of the circumstances attending his death. The body of the child was also exhumed, and both bodies were subjected to surgical and chemical examinations, the result of which was the discovery of arsenic in considerable quan tities in the stomachs of both father and child. In the face of this conclusive evidence of her guilt the wretched woman thought it useless to deny it ; and she accordingly made a partial confession, taking care to give the matter the best colouring she could put upon it. Hcr story was, that in consequence of the threats of her husband she had prepared a plate of po tatoes, with which she mixed some arsenic, and , left them where he might eat them if he pleased ; trusting to Providence, as she said (se reposant a la grace de Dieu) for the issue ; that during her absence at the house of a neighbour he had eaten them ; an d th at therefore she had not given them to him. With re• Bard to the child, she said that he had come by his death through the carelessness of his father, who had placed some portion upon a plate to kill mice, and that the child bad accidentally eaten some soup out of the same plate. The Counsel for the prisoner told the Jury that after her confession, he could only urge upon them that there were palliating circumstances regarding the teath of the husband ; and that in the case of the child there was no proof at all of her having caused his death. The Jury found the prisoner guilty of the murder of her husband, denying by the terms of their verdict the presence of any palliating cireitra,tances in the case, and the Judge immediately sentenced her to death. No sentence of death has been passed in this Court for ten years befor e , and it excited the most painful in terest. I.le prisoner was the only person in Court who appeared unmoved. The miserable woman is near her confinement, and a considerable time will consequently elapse before her execution can take place. EVENING ErilTlON._ CORN AVERAGES• GENERAL AVERAGE PR O., ICES OF 810T.,-t-h-e T eas COlt l4. . For the Week ended A g. q 3, Jr,'lo, made up front the In:Tutors 'n the different Cities and Towns in Pg ial , Po tv:iles, per ftnperial Qitar;.er. 4ill, Wheat 72g. 4d. i Oats B:-.r1 , y ?As. Ild. I nye .... ..... 3.1.. 51. 1 Pea5e......... 5 , 4 1 e IMPERIAL AGGELEGATZ AVERAGES OF TUE m; tql.teemnsic. 6 , v" - • Wheat - • 726. .1.1. I Oats ... 304 0,1 I 8ean5......... 1 .. s a, Barley, ':3s. 4d I Ilye DUTIES OW FoRgiGN CORN. l*. i id. Wheat. 2s. Sd. Oats Barley Es. 4d.' Rye Itetuirdnso-1 THE ILIARK:,I4;TS. COAL N Ships arrived since 1 s. d. A dales /3ell, Robson A: Co. Hartley le t Chester Leaze's Main l5 St Orig‘nal Windsor's Ponto? 18 Pontop Windsor I/ t West Hartley 2O fi eV slam ........ ..... . Walls End Hilda 2O Walls End Hotspur W:klis End Nowmarch lO Walls End Riddell's Walls Eutl Belmont UARKET. hist markct.day, I a. 11. 91 Walls rand Haswell ......y^ 0 Walls End Hetton ........ Ix Walls End Hedley ......... „,t Walls End Larnbton ......... f;',. Walls End Russell's Hetto Walls End Stewart's ......... f:. Wads E d Whitwel .......... I Walls End Hartlepool...... yrj Pennant's Hartlepool ..... "• V .its End Adel , ide. ......... gO Wails End Barret. ............. 19 Walla End .11.! vonsh i r e ..... • Barley. 1 Oats. 1...___Eea.n........5. J....77.-7i C I ° l‘.7 ; ieat r i rß 2 3 a (ET'S. Per Quarter. s, to 1. s. to ... I c. to a. 1 3 . 1 ' o .". 59 46 Byston Eraintice O6 70 32 40 Co 34 4 0 - ;ii 411 40 II ighton 67 74 30 40 21 02 47 v a 2 .... 41 Cambridge — 50 33 —. .Q9' ff l i 40 44 Chicha > ter ,65 72 34 36 :6 2 FI 4 .f . ' " A; 44, ." Dutimow Grantham Grimsby 53 70 35 09 22 26 42 X 4 l •• r.. HaP 2 sham 7l 76 26 32 22 29 4 ' • ,.!, ~ 4O Hitch in 36 78 30 31 23 34 28 ; 4 4 Ipswich O2 70 36 32 24 28 38 40 „., . 1 : 4 , Lewes OO 67 32 23 33 34 46 ''' ~, 45 ~.. Lynn 6B 72 33 38 80 24 45 4 , .... 4' Maidstone 6,1 76 36 39 26 3 4 40 :j., a 11 Norwich retworth Rom ford OO - .6 32 58 24 34 '3B 50 4 ' Sandwich 27 34 33 1,1 4 1 . , Tnet3ord Wisbech .., :84 72 36 42 24 30 44 ` 1 .... 46 re Witham -I 6 i 71. 32 35 32 34 40 4 6 40 Yarmouth 182 70 . :33 35 28 32 3M 4 0 44; Li V ERPOOL CORN DI tRKET.—Sep'. 1 , 101 ' . WITEAT, English, White, per - i:61.). .. . -- Red 9 '" 10IS ----. Scotch, Watch, and I.:.<anx Irish, White ~.. • Red --- Foreign 7 6 4 !!. 3 4 5 I 1 0 I - i vo 1 t -, and Scotch, GaTs., ...7ig.is.i, ..e. 5.., -- Irish • •. 4 - •• n tl 45 ForLign 3 " 0 , e 5 iIAni.EY, English, Malting, per ln'p. quarter -. N. n i'li ---.---- Scotch and Irish, pet 6011 is. - --- FoMing fl 1 0 0 BEE s,i, English, per Imperial quarter 49 0 '4l 0 Irish, eve. ,-. Foreign Pe.: e, Englisn, per Impeript quarter 045 4,, 0 Foreign FLOUR, IL'AigliSh, per 280:11. --- Irishel i OAT MEAL, EtlgliSh and Irish, per •240 lb3 :3O 0 48 . INPIAN Cong, per •ifil)ib. - 46 t 40 g tojE, per Limpertal quarter MALT, per linnerial quarter HULL CORN MARKET. 7V. Wheat White ftrer Quarter) 'Rs. 66'• os. Bed ...... ...... • 465. 60s- „„, ,Os. 602• Sy, Forein Barley, Maltingg l2.s. ;I.'" 313, Grinding ""'" ..... mss,2ss• .....S. 30. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) -s. ''' 454 . Beans 405 4D1.,0, .... .... ,14s I'case, Grey ' .ns. 41s- ,4. Blue and White , A 6.4.. linseed... Flour (per sack) —s* u .SO RApeseed (per 10 quarters) ..../. V - t°l tl; CIiF.I.TENHAAI MARKETS. 4 fee Bushel. s. d. to s. d.' Per lb. 1 Wheat Bar.ey• Oat. 448 646 595 090 1513,1e:a0fit.0............................................... 7,f .1.• ....... ~i, gean.: Pease 6 0 8 0 Lamb ........... .. ..... ..... Flay '3/. 10s. to 5/. ss. 51 per ton. - CANTERBURY MARKET. IP Wheat, white 7Ls. to 755...,..,. 01d—...... 70s. : 0 ° 0, red—.-......... 70s. to 725...... 01d—in..... 6s• ‘0 ... 1 . • Barloy, Malting —,. 375, to 428. Grnding.- - s • t ,..a. (Pats .... . 335. to .=;6.<.._.M. 014--..... -- -l • to „... 5 . Enni .."....,...".. 44 a to 11; 4,./., 0 Itter•WOl. • 4:3 8 ,0 es• Pease ~......... 425. to —s. ....,- Grey...„.,.. 4• 5 CHELMSFORD MARKET- 46 t ° 1 4 ..... ~, Wheat, White '2 to 7d Oats ...... .....- .... '' ... al" 64 36 68 39 Pease, vv Gr h a;: te ,••::" . 5 . .....: .1 46 0 Red Barley Cheralier ...... Grinding .0 ff 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADIL- - r, # 76, KING WILLIAM-STREET, BANK Or R PIG „ I ' O A r of to DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—A greater value of the Messrs. S. and B. Solornon'i Invisible ur ge seff Voice Conductor and newly-invented Spectacle . 000 1 cannot be adduced, than the circumstance of the thousands of indivkluals who have obtained the V ie de: benefit and instant re!ief, and the constant inu n r av e s ad mind there is for them, znd the patronage they Sole; daily continue to receive. The Messrs. S. and the fa° n m a o m n e s d and i sl a the i n- allsa sale of o n n a e m c e o r n ; s v p i t t , h e a p c e i e r s t b o r c lo tt o% use of amber spectacles being now well kr a , t here to o r ";,. public, and the vendor being aware of it, h e r d Mo b d f or altered their name, by leaving out the vi r p. An os c and calling them " Patent Spectacles." ber ri/ d . Ure, Esq., M.D., F.R. S., &c., states 0 13 powerfully electrical by friction, very hot, tO tO O, tent as to explode into fragments. The w orkroe 9 :, then subject to a nervous tremor in their wrists, arms, °‘" i 'i d , encounter great dan g er by handling such dreadfu l ' sr cited clectrics. Amber is of such a soft and stiCkl i 11 1 tune, that it is apt to take fire ; and when exposeopir warmth, it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away O t t fl ime. This statement is further confirmed by Sir ;# Brewster and Pliny, and also by Parks and HearO chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of Ito' • material for spectacles to imperfect vision may be tamed at any respectable optician's in London. 011 OLIVER CROMWELL, THE NEW HisroA t ROMANCE. --Perhaps in the whole range of m odern .0 1 nals, there is no character or career mere nobly nd s rrfie l to the purposes of historical fiction, than are those Copp' great and self-raised Protector—the Napoleon of 6; w e i monwealth ; and nothing but the extraordinary di w i filled• surrounding the task could have hitherto kept it unit' bleb The wonderful subtlety of Cromwell's character (eclat has kept it a mystery to this day), and the unrivaliew°olo. of his career (not surpassed by that of Napoleon e h! ts 00 0 afEirds scope for one of the most striking work s °' l ease that our literature can boast, and the highest exP e d le twr that the subject can raise, will not be disappointe the new romance, entitled " Oliver Cromwell," vi h , t he 0 0. e author has chosen to usher into the world, unde r tber P torship of Mr. Horace Smith, the distinguished a u ' " 13rambletye House," &e. INGENUITY OF BIGOTRY.—What6/.13:1- Cal' of the following specimen of ingenious bigotry? -- E si vinistic l a dy, w h ose b rother had turned U n i ta rian, ;. icrr t minded that he notwithstanding was a good ma"• he if very cir c u mstance, " sa i d the s i ster, " proves that " poet n' doomed man . Th e dev i l i s so sure of hi m for big:Lj faith, th at h e d oes not ta k e the trou b le to cor roPt " te ptlev rats." I mean to introduce this anecdote into 109 6 extempore sermon. —James Smith's Memoirs, e le" Mr. Itab e tt an d L a dy L ou i sa R a bat ha d , for Ea ton Lodge, Essex, the seat of Viscount M a ye s Shiliingiee Park, Sussex, the seat of her Ladyship ther, the Earl of Winterton. GOLD WATCHES.—A variety of exeel le ? be to,T carefully fini s h e d S econ d-h an d G o ld W atc h es , marl di et ellc; accordance w ith th e l atest taste, with Gold Dials, acct, &c., are offered for selection, price Eight Gui Leas e printed warra n t y w ill b e g i ven . At T. ai,%. SAVORY'S, (W ell Watchmaker, Gold and Silversmith, 47," Comb° doors from Grac.,burch-street), 'London - e. N.B. Se con d-h an d W atches purchased i n excbang A 1 -----I(G ar4 ' SILVER PLATE of LONDON M." ing G isp . °l - . TURE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, 11 °' . irk ~.0 ~,, smiths, 14, Cornhill, London, .pposite the Bank ° Vs:l 44 f; The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FOR" 4 ( 1. 50 Pattern, is. 2d. per ounce ; ti.e King's Pattern, 79 but ',, ounce. The following are the weights recommend ed '„ r eti°% artcles may be had lighter er heavier at the same price, P" k i s ; 0 es. , El .,' 1° 5 0 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons '5O at i --** 7 , 12 ditto Dessert ditLo 7 2 ''' 10 P 20 „, . ~, 0 12 d tio 'table Forss ...... 3O i ''''.. ,11 v 2 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2 " . B il 8 2 ditto G rav y Sr ...ms lO 7 . 2... 6 l a 0 1 ditto Soup Ladle 10 7 ."' 5- 0 4 ditto S auce di tto,. .. .• .A- A 4 ditto Salt S , ieons( gilt strong) ............. -j6 " 1 ditto Fish Suee ...... ••• ........ S 0 12 ditto Tea Spoons lf 7 .•" I .g i I pair ditto 12 King's Pattern Silver Table Sugar 4O at 7 l• 9: 5 i 26 7 .": 14 ; 0 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 12 ditto Table Forks 40 7 !... 9 ' 0 12 ditto 7 ..... 4 80 sp To s n o g n s , (strong) ............ .: ..... 1 4 !, Dessert ditto 26 2 ditto Gravy 5p0 4... 4r, on s l2 7 4 '4. A 8 0 C 1 ditto Soup Ladle 12 7 1 4 ditto Sauce ditto l2 7 0... 2 0 0 4 ditto Salt Spoons (strong gilt) ................ S • 0 1 ditto Fist , Slice ............................... ... . # 5 O 12 ditto Te; Stoons I pair ditto N.B. A Price Current, kTta on m gs p . ............ .... . .N .- e w t s . p .. a :i. p " e 7. r : i : e c h •j os 'ilsi : Di inn drawings, and every information relative to the pur 4 01 b e silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on application , or ...J.• sent into thecountry, p ostage free, in answer t• a _:d letw pi. BIRTHS A l° On the 25th ult., a t Aldb ury, the lady of the Re °. f , Galloway, of a son. he Se o f t On the 30th ult., a t D unc h urc h L odge, the la dy de r W . M. Blencowe, of a son. O tis° On the 2d inst., at Hanover-park, Peckham, Mrs' _,., Kellie, of a daughter MRRRIED. On the 6th ult., at the Palace Valetta, Lieutenant (I S lr4 rf Ward Stopford, R.N., son of the Hon. Richard lit u fari,t ford, Canon of Windsor, and grandson of James, sear , c otsP" CourtoAn, to Julia Maria, eldest daughter of the lat e At ' ," Wilbraham, R.N., niece of George Wilbraham , Pq''F. 13°" and step-daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Henri of vcrie, Governor of Malta. 1 . 3 0 1' to On the Ist inst., at Cheltenham, Samuel Wilker,,ire, Lincotn's-inn-fields, and of th e G ran g e , Leicesterslot Elizabeth, second daughter o f th e l ate lion. Sir Rothe Ist' Po , r "French. K. C. B. K. T. S., and granddaughter to Right Hon. William Earl of Cla ti carty. pyrfir; On the Ist inst., at Ashwell, Herts, the Hevt i° Visco u vicar of Langford, Bedford, and gran d ten of Joh n, o e '' Torrington, to Williamina Hebe, fifth daughter of the Henry Mcrice. DIrW. 1 , On the 29th ult., a t th e Rectory, Stokesley, Irc"s- iklo. r 1 C. Cator, the wife o f th e R ev. C. Cator, aged 55. 36 y es - On the 30th ult., at Oxford, W. Bragge, Es " steward of New College in that University. of On the 30th u lt., Ann, wife of Mr. James Hewer, eherhall-lane, Newgate-street, aged 26. f 10 011)1bitcr On the 31st ult., Hugh M.lntosb, Esq. , °- 13 square. arr. On the 31st ult., at Walthamstow, Mr. Thomas otd 79, tka On the 31st ult., at Paris, William Lees, Esq.,' I "hter of On the 31st ult., at Leamington, Justina, Ga v g este rsbir!' late Robert Milligan, Esq., of Cotswold House, Glc . m e , sav ior* On the Ist inst., at Bushey-grove, Herts, Carar: banks, E q.. one of the Directors of the Fast lneh Liu"' oi London : Pr;w - fft PublLLed i c ILUTRI) O I9, sto ol No. 112. '4.;t:anctKr h e 1.5715 t ottce, NI". 1 8, ISO the county of Mi ddlesex. —Thursday , 66144147 Is I. !le; fo b fret? ter, it. 1 I T ko, the 1 14 1 Irk 4 ikh