The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-01 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. MON 7:.; MARKET and CITY NEWS. (MONDAY EVENING.) TIATES.—upon reference to the transactions of the under, yriters at Lloyd's, which may be received as a test a mor.gst others of the state of public opinion on the sub ject, of war, it appears that in the case of French risks, Ar.d risks likely to be involved in the consequences of a - War, there has been a considerable alters' ion, though not at present of a very definite character, each insurer being disposed to act on his own views of the impending danger. With regard to distant voyages, what are termed " capture risks" are doily coming forward. Some rpolicies have been entered into, inclusive of capture zisks, but accompanied with a condition to return that portion of the premium should no declaration of war take place previous to the termination of the voyage. In ordinary business the effect is chirly shown in the general unwillingness to underwrite at all, rather than in any actual increase of premium Thus it is seen, ;that among a very large and sagacious class of men the motion of a war is very prevalent, though some allow ance must be made fOr their natural anxiety to protect their own interests in the matter. CHRONICLE.—An important decision has been given by Judge Betts in the case of the schooner Catha rine, an American vessel, captured under American co lours near the coast of Africa, by a British cruiser, for 'being engaged in the transportation of slaves, and car ried into New York. The cargo and equipments of the vessel, when captured, left no doubt that she was to be employed in the transportation of slaves; but Judge Betts nevertheless decided that she was illegally care lured, chiefly because " there is noth!ng in the statutes of the United States to reach the case of an American , vesel built and fitted out for the slave trade, but ac guaily sold Ito a foreigner and employed by him." Tile facts upon whieh this decision was pronoutaied are, that after the vessel was chartered to a man clamed 'Thrasher, for a voyag e from Havannah to Principe, the agent contracted to sell her to :t man named Teran for 10,000 dollars, and to deliver her at B ona , on th e co a s t of Africa, of, or before the Ist day of Oetoner following., 7 ,00 1 '1 dollars having been paid to account of the price b!f ,re the ss caeture. Oa the seine day th re was a mo elatication of the charter-party, whereby the charterer eengaged to the vessel " atter the cygol have n ow on b oar d i s l an d e d at the I s l e o f Principe, in accordance with the bill of lading," to enable the claimaiet, to deliver the vessel to Teran at Bona ac cording to contract. It seems there is nothing in the law of the United States inhibiting an American yes me from earning any description of cargo to the coast rot Africa. For such a voyage this vessel, therefore, was legitimately let on freight or chartered. The sta tute could only reach her if the evidence showed that her outward voyage was only in part fulfilment of her employment as an American vessel to be continued and consummated by transporting slaves into some other fo reign country. Tile words of the Act are, " That it shall be unlawful for any citizen of the United States, or other ;person residing within the United States, directly or indi rectly, to hold or have any right or property in any vessel employed, or made use 01, in the transportation or carrying slaves from one foreign country or place to another, and any right or property belonging as afore said shall be forfeited," &c. Judge Betts held that this section did not reach the case of the Catharine, built and fitted out for the slave trade, but ac• ually sold tto a foreigner and employed by him. He was satisfied abet she was fitted out and laden at the Havannah iatent to be employed in the slave-trade, and that if the. s;...itere hail been made under that condition of facts, the condemnation of the vessel must have been proa.ouneed ; .but the proof was satisfactory that the voatg a was changed, and the vessel put under contract to carry out a cargo. HERALD.—The private letters received in the City this morning express much anxiety about the set tlement of the account to lie operated this day at the Faris Bourse. It the Three per Cents., which is more wanicularly the speculative stock. should by any favour able intelligence of a political kind be carried above the price then rulin; or 80 franks '2O cents, there would necessarily be large quantities of stock to buy, that is the " hears " at lower prices must purchase in their atccoty,ts. If, on the contrary, by any casualty prices should recede to about 79, considerable quantities of stock. w ou ld h ave to b e b roug h t to mar k et b y the " that is the weaker portion of them, who wen! una6le to hold. Arrangements had been made illy o ne or two leading capitali-ts with the B Ilk of Trance for large advances by way of loan against the depo,it of stock. It is as;erted, however. that the corn rob tee of be( kers, or agens de charge, had coma to the determination that the liquidation should be (41 cted - at one uniform price, say between 80 and 81. Such a stretch of authority would seem scarcely justifi tole, iind %vas c: icuiatcd t 3 work injustice one way or the other to a la - ;:e proportion of the sp , culators, ,ind perhaps snore especially to these who in the course of the ae ecount might have been inthiecd to change the nature of their operations, or, as the technie,l term is, change their account, so that there was every chance of their being cut both ways at the limits stated. As the spe cuLtor, for the risi_!, or for supporting the market, had decidedly hail the evor,t of the operations hitherto, it avouki certainly appear harsh towards them to he obliged rte cleso a: from 80 to 81, should the tendency of priers be i;! rongly upwards at the time of settlement. Money was easy on 1:onle stocks and might be currently had at four per cent. per annum. but the case was materially different on shares and some foreign stocks, fir advances on troieb there were no fixed rates. It was expected they would run extremely high and crate a great deal i of rinbarrassment in the adjustment of the account, POST.—Mesars. Wright and Co. have written to us respecting the Illinois 6 per cant. State loan, upon which tice niai some observations in our City rorre spor dence of Tuesday last. We have great pleasure in giving insertion to their letter, as the explanations it contain:, serve effectually to dissipate all apprehension as to the good faith of the State of Illinois : 5, Birmingham at 78, and South Western at 151 pre mium. Brighton were 91, Blackwall to South E Istern and Eastern Counties 12i discount, Lon dun and Wi stminster Bank Shares were at 4i prem.um. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MOANING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Times.) We have patiently paused for a reply to the charge we preferred last week against Lord Melbourne, of ne glecting to secure to this country the benefit of dis coveries which involve its safety, but no answer from authority have we received. We certainly did not our selves much expect one, for it, truth none can be ren dered ; but, as a hardened offender will occasionally deny his guilt, though detected in the very act, we thought it just possible that Lord Melbourne's subor dinates might be commanded to flatly contradict our SI atk.'ment. This, however, they have not ventured to , do ; they have confined themselves to the easy task of imputing party motives and using abusive language. Fully furnished with incontrovertible facts, we shall now proceed to open out a few more of them, unmoved by the mockery of fools, or the sneers of the sceptical. We have stated that Sir itehard Kates reported favourably of them to William IV., and we inform Lord Melbourne that we have a copy of that report at his Lordship's service. And furthermore, we have now oefore us a copy of the report made in October last by the naval officer who was appointed by Lord Mel bourne to inspect some of these inventions, from which report we will now publish some extracts. "In my opinion," writes this experienced officer, " the merits of these inventions are so extraordinary as to vest the absolute sovereignty of the seas in the hands of the first power that shall adopt them ; for I am fully convinced that it is impossible fur anything that floats to resist them, either at close quarters or any given dis tance, oven to a range of five and six miles. The strongest fortifications in Europe could not rith stand these extraordinary powers for a single hour ; in riverways and against stockades, as in India, the larg est Armies would b e ann ihil a t e d without a chance o f escape, and the most difficult mountain p•qr;.es would be utterly untenable againtt their operation. 'roe country might by their application be rendered im pregnable, for 100 sail of the line might be eas.ly des troyed by a single small ship constructed on the princi ples I have bad explained to me ; and wherever it might be necessary to call this power into action, its effects would be attained at a trifling expense, and upon the shin test no!ice." Iu anotner part of this irnrot tent re pert the gallant writer reinarks—" I consider the whole country der ply indcoted to --- for these ineentions, and deep gratitude is due to him tor the patients, for bea...anee, and self-denial be has shown, when with to mighty a secret in his bosom his own interests would lia.tc been ( stablished in any other land by its diselusure. I therefore earnestly intreat your Lo-dship not long , .:r to neglect a man upon whom the exist ence of the country may be truly said to de pend." But Lord Melbourne, knowing of Wiliam IV.'s promises, after himself undertaking to fulfil them, after keeping this ill-used man under the tortures of suspense year alter year, by every species of frivolous pretext, now that he has escaped from Parliament coolly refuses to perform one of his engagements. This is no party question ; we disdain to reply to the insinuations of those who impute our advocacy of this iedividuars case to party n:otives ; but, to remove the incredulity of the doubtful who may imagine that we are ourseites misled and over-estimate the importance of these disco veries, we pray our readers to remember how and by whom these inventions have been examined and ap proved. B" Sir Richard Keates, by Sir Thomas Hardy, by an officer of forty years' standing in the service, by two naval Lords, by a distinguished Admiral now liv ing, all of whom have concurred ie attesting their effi cacy and importance. We defy Lord Melbourne to contradict our statement ; we challenge the Lords of the Admiralty to contradict the testimony we have ad duc a. Tueir Lordships and the country may rely upon our assurance that we will not permit this matter to rest here. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The verdict against the Rev. H. Stowell, of Man chester, for personal libel on a Catholic priest, will pro baniy cast no cloud over his prospects in the rhumb, nor diminish his influence among.t the infuriated dese crators of the Protestant, name who recognised him as their leader. He will soon be "at his dirty work again." And while the Establi-hment is in a condition so unwholesome as to slow the reward, by preferment, of participators in calumny upon their Sovereign, the simple tact of having libelled a Popish priest will prove no prejudice. That such should be the state of a Church, intended to be and endow, l as a National Church, all good men must deeply deplore ; whil,. even the mere politician, if honest, most perceive with regret how heavy a blow is dealt against tho e moral iali;ences which conbtitute the worth of an E , tablisised Church, on the ground of temporal utility. 'the viruletiuts with which political Peute.tants and I.tettuus bigots assail the religion of a large portion of their fellow-subj,cta, and of the great majority of Christendom, wilt now perhaps become a little more careful, end keep on the windy side of human law, v.hatever liberties it may take :kith the tißine law of hive. There is still • ' ample scope and v , rge enough," Under the pretext of doing that which every on: has the right to do, cic:.rly, strongly, and ferverefy—viz. exposing the manifold errors of the Church of It tIIIC: --- F 41161111 attacks tm,y still be made on the feelings and characters of Its professors. No legal process can en force the exercise of a Christian spirit. Ti.i Church must, we apprehend, continue to sink in public regard, and to forfeit its power for good over the public mind, II unless a general demand he made for the restoration of its proper objects, and that decency enforced by corm mon opinion which is not maintained by ecclesiastical auttmrity. (From the Morning Post.) The addition of ten per cent. to the assessed taxes, combined with the vexation and the annoyance of the new survey ordered by Ministers, in order to extract the uttermost possible farthing from the pockets of the people uuder this most unpopular departmeat of fiscal exaction, is beginning, we understand, to produce in all parts of the country a very lively and accurate perception of the kind and value of the advantages which a nation derives from a Government which calls itself Liberal. Many persons who have hitherto shown themselves ready enough to be caught in the :mare concealed under the attractive words, "a Liberal Administration," now begin to find out thet although a Liberal Administration may be a very good thine when it can be had without paying for it :oo dearly. it is the very reverse when it can only be erjev ed on the condition of p tying twenty-two shillings instead of twenty for leave to receive the light of day into their dwellings, and of opening their doors to the fiscal agents of the Government, for the latter to "make some assurance doubly sure" that no window. skylight, or lattice escape the tax. The Ministerial party are elated beyond measure that Par liament has permitted them for a few months longer to retain office. But the people do not sympathise in the slightest degree with their exuberant joy. The nation, we have every reason to believe, is quite unanimous in the opinion that a Tory Government, with the assessed taxes as they were, would have been better, upon the whole, than a Whig Government, with the burden of the assessed taxes increased by ten per cent., ant aggravated by a grinding, vexatious, and oppressive system of rating The people very naturally ask what the Win e Government has done for them which a Tory Govern. meat would not have done as well or even better, with the exception of adding to the taxes ? Whenever a Ministerial measure was opposed by the Tories, the people have seen it quietly abandoned. Whenever a Mtni-terial measure was only partially approved b) the Tories the people have seen the amendments sug gested by the Tories implicitly adopted. In what con sists. then, the peculiar merit of the Liberal Administra tion ? The answer to this question is prompt and brief. Its peculiar and exclusive merit is that of having added five per cent. to the general taxation of the country, and ten per cent. to the assessed taxes. How blind, insensible, and ungrateful must a people be to uader value a service so important and meritorious! (From the Morning Advertiser.) In the Times of yesterday there is another attack upon the foreign policy of the present Adarinistreton, which is unworthy of notice, excepting as an exhibition of the inconsistency of that journal. When the Treats of July 15, between the four powers , was announced, SUN.—Consol s closed 891 I ' lauded it to the skies, and gave its best sup for Money. and 90 to i the Thies . .. . . for Tim , !.. Reduced Three-anda-Halt per Cents. fell to 98i. Tne other Stocks were the same as in the morn- port . to it, as being at once politic and just ; but j og , viz., all rattled at. There were within the last with v days, whether reprimanded by it s or two large supporters, or with its usual . vacdlation, it . has bean en sales to ;.2onsols, amounting to 100,0007 e deavouring to persuade the public to think very dif. 11, settlement of the half -monthly account in the ferently of the matter ; viz• Fcrsien Market was unattended by any circumstsapteisohf e e. partleuler novelly. Since the 15th instant, 1. That the Treaty was unskilfully framed. 2. That in consequence of the policy adopted by the Active Bends have alternated 11 per cent., Portuguese pre . T hat England is exposed to war in every quarter of the globe, and that the trade of the New Five per Cent=. 2i per cent. ; Colombian. iper countryk is crippled, because British merchants do nor cent., tied Dutch Ttvo-and-e-Half per Cents., 11 per ,is send:rig their goods to a foreign port, whether cent. Frcm the frequent alterations in the market, as they not be seized. was the c•lse is our own funds, the differences were In m a a n y se o . r er me t 3 O the first accusation we appeal, , as a bea.ly, and, according to the credit of the borrowing co mple tv te h : ( 7deffectul answer, to the diplomatic ,:ecu part:cs, per centeges varying' from 1.16 th to 3-16ths trent we published the other day, as a thorough were ex , :cted for the continuation to the 15th Sept. and undeni L :rbe h psrt that France. objecting:, as she did, Many of tire jobbers who have undergone the severe to co desce . te Four Powers in the settlement of oper;tien of blood-letting for the last six weeks hav e the affairs of the E st, no other course was left for Eng bee >me weak almost to exhaustion, but somehow or land. but either to ce umb to France—a course which other still h o bbl e f orwar d and keep themselves on their no Englishman would have l approved—or to asset her legs. T o -d ay t h e news f rom Li s bon of the 24th inst. own right to j u d ge for rsf The latter alternative was of a very unsatisfactory tenor, an d P or t ug uese Stock she adopted, most reluctantly,e and the treaty is the thing New .5 per Cents chomapnbstiwneerd of—thowsjeuesotnlyi,wethleeraeveiosuranreadegerusatooyjubdrgieef.. was in consequence very heavy, the reply. If a war should ensue that war will not be one at a declin e from 34i to 34i and 34, and the 3 per Cents. Everything has been done to at 221 to 21. d Spanish Active Sock is also affected by the ansett e state cf parties at Madrid, having been of England's seekine, prevent and to avoid it ; and if it must come, mercan depres,ete at 241 to 2.5 For the Account they were a i tile interests . cannot suffer . more than they have done trifle higher , Colombian Bonds receded to 24f to i;1 upon all similar occasions. No Government can g uard Danish Bonds tole to -79, Russian werefirm at 115, and i Dutch Two -and ' against the folly or madness of another ; all that it can perrents. varied from 51it052. Tne Share Market still depressed, and although 'dois to afford the broad shield of its protection to the in the afternoon several sales were made, they were all . lives a nd property of its subjects, and the merctultile at lower prices. Greate Western Railway Shares were community may depend that in case , of war, that pro at 23;-. to 22i, the New at 8 to 9, Gosport Junction it ' to:tion wiJ bu effur4.led i s Ulu sett ample manner, TO TIIE tiDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. Sir-- the Cty article of your paper .4 the 26th instant there appeared a statemet.t respec ing the loan negotiated by the State of Illinois with our house, which, as it is inac curate in its facts, and may lead to injurious misappreben. skm, we shall be obliged by your correcting. The articles cited as condemnatory of our contract were mot, as supposed by your City correspondent, resolutioLs of - the Legislative Assembly, but mere propositions suggested by a committee for adoption, and never, in fact, adopted or recognized by the house. The question mooted was as to the true intepretation of the word " par" occurring in the Acts in virtue of which the contrzet was made; that is to say, whether the par was to be taken with reference to the price paid by the purchaser of bonds in England, or to the value actually received in illinoia. Ott this point a difference of opinion either really 'exited, cr, as is more probable, was pretended for pur poses of party. Two several Committees reported upon it. By a small majority of the one it was held that the par must be construed with reference to the price in Eng land, a counter resolution being put forth by an influential minority ; whilst by the other Committee it was resolved and declared that the other interpretation was the correct' , one, and that the contract was buth valid in law and most fair in its terms. The contract bas been fully confirmed by the Governor, and, as it was entered int) under the authority of ex isting Acts, it was obvious that it did not require the fur ther sanction of the Legislature. Indeed, the diocussion 41 1 tuded to took place several months ago, and, as the ques tion has long been considered to be at rest, it is d fficult to understand why it should be now re , ived. Sir ce that time a further loan has been negotiated by the same State with an eminent firm in the city of L9ndon, at a rate below the limit fixed by our contract, nor is there the slightest ground for apprehension, so far as we are aware, that the State of Illinois, unquestionably one of the most :flourishing in the Union, will fail in the performance of this or any other rngagemcnt contracted with the capital ists of Great Britain. W e ackno4lcdge the courtesy with which we are spoken of in the article in question, and we remain, tour - very obedient servants, HT 11, .nrietta-street, Covent-garden,W Aug RIG . 28 and CO. It'we h a d at t h e moment o! writing had the letter of 111 ~srs . Wright and Co., impugning our accuracy, be fore us, we do not know that %ye could have said any thing more to the purpose. A c!intention arose as to the meaning, or application, of the term " par." We had taken flu granted that it was some puzzle of this sort which I,d to the difficulty experienced in giving an imme:liate sanction to the contracts entered into in England, and this letter shows that we were perfectly right. However, there wilt be no war, and it would be folly to waste another word upon the subject. (From the Morning Herald.) Our Foreign Secretary dreads the hereditary posses sion of Egypt or Syria by Mehemet Ali, but he does not dread the occupation of Constantinople by a Mus covite army, under pretence of preventing Ibrahim Pselia from encamping on the shores of the Bosphorus. Sapient Statesman! reflecting Foreign Minister! He would save a portion of the Turkish dependencies to the Sultan, that the Sultan himself, and all his people, might be given over as vassals to the Autocrat—the Autocrat, whose name is identified with the great work of massacre and desolation which his barbarian hordes perpetrated in Poland, whose independence England had solemnly pledged herself by treaty to protect. The Whigs wia protect the integrity of the Ottoman empire against the profligate ambition of the Russian Autocrat, as they protected the integrity of Poland. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) We are very sensible of the imperfections of our sys tem of government in the East Indies. They arc such as necessarily resulted from the difficulties of our posi tion, and the anomalous and imperfectly recognised nature of ow power in that country. We have never had 'much leisure for internal improvements amidst the efforts which have been requisite to quell the native coalitions against us. It is not the least to be lamented consequence of those efforts, that they necessarily en cross the energies and absorb the attention of the British functionaries, and, during their continuance, divert their minds from the measures hest adapted to develope the resources of the country, and regenerate its miserable social system. It would, however, be a libel on our administration to say that, in the intervals of compelled warfare it has been inactive. It may be mentioned as one instanee, that the roads constructed under Lord W. Bentinck's administration alone in 1831 were 1,784 miles, and 10,000 persons were employed on them. If England were the mere tyrant anti oppressor of India, it would be impossible for the English name to stand where it does through the East. Sir Alexander Burns says, speaking of the traders and bankers of Bokhara—" We could not but feel gratified at the favourable opinion enter tained by them of the British in India. One of them, Sirwas Khan, a Lohanee merchant of great opulence, to whom we were never introduced, offered us any money we might require. and did it in a manner that left us no doubt of his sincerity." If we deserve no title but of mere misgovernors of the Indian peninsula, the maintenance and extension of our empire would amount to a moral miracle unparalleled in the annals of man kilt!, and exalting our powers above, or degrading those of the native races below, the common standard of hu maeity. Bat our conquest of India has not wholly been a conquest of force. Its native rulers have fallen beneath our moral superiority, which, however it may have been belied in more than one instance, has yet secured us the faithful adherence of those soldiers and those allies, without whom our handful of troops and Company's servants would have been utterly powerless. ( From the Standard.) The note of Lord Palmerston to the French Amb is sador, copied into the Standard from the Morning Post a the 28th, lied, at nearly the same date, reached the P iris Journals through the Augsburg Gazette of the 24 h. Its effect his been such as we anticipated. The Tiiiers Journals, the Coilstitutionnel and the Courrier Francais. affect to question the accuracy of the Augs burg version ; the charge of incorrectness is, however, very faintly advanced. We are no admirers of Lord Pal merston--we think the foreign affairs of the country will scarcely prosper until they are taken out of his hands, but in a question of veracity between him and such a person as Al. Thiers, we cannot hesitate to decide in his Lordship's favour. It is a great matter that in a Ca. binet, where we unfortunately have one or two Minis ters ready to lie upon any convenient and safe occasion, Lord Palmerston has maintained nnimpeached his cha racter as a man of truth and honour. But indepen dently of his Lordship's personal character ; although we have been nearly ten years suilect to Whig Go vernment, England has not yet been brought to that, that a Minister can safely lie in a solemn public docu ment aff_cting a question of peace or war. ( From the Courier.) We hazarded an opinion, some time ago, that no man in the country, who is alive to the value of civil and , eliginua liberty, can r•gard with indifference what is now going on in the Church of Scotland ; and the inure light is poured in upon us on these transactions, the more are we confirmed in this opinion. We know :here are good and excellent men on this as well as on the other side of the Tweed, who are staggered by the spectacle of ministers of the Gospel going forth to preach and dispense ordinances, being met in the exe cution of this holy work by interdicts and inhibitions from the civil powers. But the circumstances in which these interdicts have issued are too geeeraily overlooked. By the law of Scotland, both civii and ecclesiastical, the minister of any parish has a right to be protected' against any other minister of the Establishment entering his parish, without. Isis consent, to preach or dispend ordinances to his people ; and when he is thusinvaded lie has a right to apply to the civil Magistrate for pro tection, and it is the bounden duty of the Magistrate in afford it. The Commission, and afterwards the General Assembly, saw proper to suspend seven of the parochial clergy from their midsterial functions; and these ministers, holding that in so suspending then the Commission and Assembly had acted illegally. applied, as they were entitled to do, to the Civil Court to protect them in the rights which as parochial ministers they enjoy under the lave of the landand on the ground, that to punish them for having yielded obedience to this law was beyond the power of the Assembly, they craved that this sentence, so far as civil rights were in volved, might itself be suspended. This prayer was granten ; and one of the civil rights protected in the mean time, under this suspension, was the right of pre venting any minister of the Established Church from entering these parishes and preaching or dispensing or dinances to the people, legally and ecclesiastically, under their pastoral superintendence. They appli.A, there fore, for an interdict or inhibition against sundry minis ters and elders of the Church, who, in obedience to the authority of the Ecclesiastical Courts, might enter their pirishes to preach and dispense ordinances without their consent ; and they obtained it. This interdict obtained from, and under the law of the land, has bee ❑ disregarded and trampled upon by a large body o f ministers and elders of the Kirk, who have proceed 7, to the district of Strathbogie, and with the injunction of the Court of Session in their hand?, not to break the law, have notivi, bstanding been guilty of a gross dial open violation of it It is, therefore, a most mani fest perversion of the true state of the case, to allege that the Court of Session has interdicted the preaching of the Gospel over the seven parishes of the suspended ministers. THE SUN, LONDON, TURSDA Y, StPTVISIBER 41840. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Lirwoor,. Auc. 28. Henry Pennington was indicted for perjury, alleged to have been committed before the revising barrister for Wigan, Robert Wharton, Esq., at the Court held in October last. Mr. Brandt and Mr. Wilkins conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Wortley. The defendant, it appeared, was a surgeon, who had lately commenced business in Wigan, and at the Re eistriktion Court in question stated, it would app ear , that he was in possession or occupation (the words seemed to be used as synonymous by the witnesses) of a house in Wall-gate, Wigan, for trielve months pre vious to the 31st of July, 18:39, when, in fact, the pre. vinus tenant had been i❑ occupation up to the 2d 0 ! August, and the defendant had taken and paid rent from the lath of August only, his furniture not being moved into the house until several days after. It ap p ared, however, that he had been in treaty for the house for a considerable time previous, and that by con tract with the landlord he had a right to enter a con -iderable time before if the previous tenant could be got out. He had nut, it would appear, any memoranda with him at the Registration Court to refresh his memory as to the dates. Mr. WORTLEY (for the defendant), in a powerful appeal, contended that it was merely a mistake—the 'lliad of the defendant being confused between the words possession" and " occupation"—a mistake into which the Counsel even who drew the indictment appeared to have Linea, the latter expression being actually in part of that document substituted for the other. He was speaking, too, at a distance of fifteen months, without memoranda to assist him, of a matter of which a day or two only made the whole diff Tence. The Learned Counsel called upon the Jury to interfere and prevent the commencement of a system of intimidation, new in its nature, but which, if once established, might be used with terrible effect, especially against the poorer clasces of voters. A very large class who had a right to the franchise would be deterred from claiming it it they would be obliged to do so at the peril of a party prosecution for per j ury. The Learned Coun•cl called witnesses to chermeter, and the Jury, interrupting his Lordship in the summing up, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Ili:. John Joseph Stoekdale, the plaintiff in the case of Stockdale and Hansard, which occasioned so much discus ion in the House of Commons relative to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, waited upon the Lord Mayor in the Justice-room, for the purpose of request ing that his Lordship would do him the favour to pre sent a petition from him to the Court of Alderitietn upon a subject of considerable importance. He did not, he begged to be understood, wish to induce his ' Lordship to express any opinion upon the subject, but he c onsidered that it was most desirable, so long as the City Charter lasted, to elect to fill the chair of the Chief Magistrate persons properly qualified to uphold the dignity to the last, and to perform the duties of the Chief Magistrate, and to serve the citizens of Lon don in that capacity. He had, under that conviction, drawn up the petition, which he was anxious that his Lordship would do him the favour to present to the Court of Aldermen. The LORD MAYOR —Are von a Liveryman of London ? Mr. Stockdale—l have been thirty-eight years a Liveryman, my Lord. ' The LORD MAYoR_It is not usual to apply to the Lord Mayor to present petitions, except in the event of a difficulty in prevailin g upon some other Alderman to perform that office. Do you apprehend any diffi culty ? Mr. Stockdale—(as our reporter understood him—said he did not know that he should meet with any. The LORD MAYOR —If you should encounter any, you can apply to me, and I shall present your petition. I know nothing of its contents. Mr. Stockdale—l merely am anxious to have it pre sented, and as I dare say the form is to call upon the petitioner to support it, I shall be in attendance at the bar to address the Court, if your Lordship will let m , know on what day your Court will sit. Ido not ask your Lordship to express an opinion at all upon the subject. The LORD MAYOR—The first Court stands in the calendar for the 221 of September, and if you attend at one o'clock, and find any difficulty in procuring an Alderman to present your petition, I shall consider it to be my duty to present it to the Court. I shall do it as an ulterior measure, but I am sure you will find plenty of Aldermen to present it. Mr. Stockdale—l dare say I shall, my Lord. I have given notice to Alderman Harmer, to whom it refers, of my intention, so that he cannot say that I take him by surprise. The LORD MAYOR—I 10107/ nothing of the matter. If the petition relate to the election of Lord Mayor, I had rather that you would get one of the Aldermen to present it. Mr. Stockdale—My petition is to the effect that Al derman Harmer is disqualified to act as Lord Mayor, and I shall be ready to state my reasons to the Court of Aldermen. The LORD MAYOR —Then procure same Alderman to present your petition, and I shall call unon you it, the Court for any thing you oily have to aid!, as is cus tomary towards persons who appear as petitioners. Stockdale said, that he should do as his Lord ..h• I advised, and retired. The following is a copy of Mr. Stockdale's petition— " The Worshipful the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen, &c., &c., " My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen—ln right of usage and succession, Mr. Alderman Harmer would. in due course, be proposed to the Livery in Common Hall assembled as Chief Magistrate of the City for the ensuing year. I therefore feel it my duty to apprise you that unless blasphemy of the worst character be esteemed a paramount claim to the highe4 dignity the collective sense of the metropolitan city can bestow, I protest against the fitness of Mr. Alderman Harmer to fill the Civic Chair of your Protestant Christian Corporation ; because, as a wholesale manufacturer of and retail dealer in the most fearful blasphemy against the Almighty Founder and Rock of Christianity, Mr. Alderman Harmer has realized that property, and obtained that influence whereby he holds his station in your Worshipful Court, which I pray will investigate this cha•ge 'ere you decide that Alderman's claim to the Lord Mayoralty of London. " I have the honour to be, &c., "JOHN JOSEPH STOCKDALE, " Thirty-eight years in the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Stationers. " 31st August, 1840.4 The contests for passengers amongst the small voyage steamers which ply at Dyer's Wharf, and the places adja cent have been so numerous and violent, that not only the respectable people of the neighbourhood, but the pro- prietors of the rival vessels themselves have found it necessary to make pressing remonstrances and petitions to the Lord Mayor to abate the nuisance arising from the immense prosperity of the trade of steaming. His Lordship, who is distinguished for his efforts to put an end to squabbles by a k'.nd, good.tempered mediation, has frequently interfered between the two conflicting parties, but be-has hitherto been able . to accomplish only a temporary cessation of Yesterday six touters, who had been evidently ap pointed to the office of soliciting the custom of the public on account of their Ster.torian voices, were brought be lore the LORD MAYOR, charged with having conducted themselves in such a manner as to lead to breaches of the peace. The voices of some of them were said to hav e hen heard in the Churches during D.vine Service on Sunday. The LORD MAYOR 8,11(1 that as he frequntly took the benefit of a little steam voyage hitr self he recollected the faces of most of the young men who were brought before him on the charge. They might, indeed, be called peace-breakers, for their shouting had broken the tran quillity of the day that ought to be the day of peace. He had too frequently forgiven the off ace, but he was determined now, as his remonstrances and cautions were disregarded, to fine every offending person in the fu,l pe nalty of 5 . Some of the gentlemen connected with the several Companies whose steam-bolts ply about the river sug gested the propriety of removing the touters altogether, and The LORD MAYOR advised the adoption of that course as best calculated to do away with the nuisance, and gave peremptory orders to Hackett, an experienced 'dicer of the district, to take into custody any person whom he should find touting or soliciting for custom for any of the Companies. His Lordship also advised that the Directors of the Companies should meet and make arrangements for the purpose. Some of the gentlemen interested said that a meeting had taken place some time ago, at which the Managers came to a resolution to dispense with the services of these bavrling auxiliaries ; kit the regulation was soon violated by one Company, and all the rest were obliged to follow the example, because it was the business of the touters not only to praise the vessels they touted for, but to calumniate all the rest. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, whoever breaks my ar rangement, shall certainly be fined 5/. Mr. Nobler said that proprietors would soon get tired of paying 5/. a-piece for offenders under the Act. He then read the clause of cap. 114 of the 4th of George IV., which inflicts a penalty not exceedinz 5/. tor each offence of the kind, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months. BENEVOLENT INSTITV CION,Y,OR THE RELIEF OF AGED AND INE4'lk:ii JOURNEYMEN TAILORS. IYesterday the Half•yearly General Meetin:T of this lustitti:lon *as held at the Vreernasons' Lawn. At eleven o'clock, Mr. Harrison, of the firm of Harrison and Burn, Sackvillc-street, was called to the Cnair. There were then about 400 members present. The CHAIRMAN said he had great pleasure in being called on to preside at the titestntmeeting, in which he witnessed the consummation of all that he bed desired in the formation of this institution. He was sure that all who heard him felt happiness in finding the result which this (lay attended their exertions.---( Hear, hear.) Besides the usual business of the half-yearly meeting, which was cot of any great importance, they had also to elect ten pensioners. —(Applause.) He thought that if any man three years ago ventured to assert, that in the short space which had since elapsed this institution would be in a situation, with perfect propriety, to plac, ten pensioners upon its funds, he would have been ridi culed. He was happy to say they were in a situation to do so with perfect propriety. And it was to be recollected that what those pensioners would receive was not a mere pittance sufficient to enable them to eke out an existence with what else they could earn by their own exertions, but it was sufficient for a comfortable com petency for the rest of their lives, for he meant to say that 311. 4s. a-year secured to any journeyman tailor for life was a comfortable competency.—(Hear, 'near.) Thie, toe. was in addition to any trifling sum which he could earn for himself. It was not the object of those who founded the Institution to repress industry, or to prevent an old man from doing wh ,t he could for him self, instead of passing his time in idleness, and sitting all day in a beer shop.—(Hear, hear.) The more he can do for himself', the better pleased will thase be who established this Society.—(Hear, hear.) He knew of no institution which gave so liberal a provision as this. —(Heir.) But it had been deemed from the begin ning to be better to make those who were trlopted comfortable than to give the u a pittance of or ss. a-week.--(Hear, hear.) The Board had made every inquiry into the characters of the candidates before they were allowed to offer themselves, and he was sure that those who should be so fortunate as to be el,eted would be a credit to the Institution and to the trade ; and ho could oniy regret, that where all were deserving, any should be disappointed.—(Hear, hear.) As a Member of the Board, he thought it right to say upon that oc casion, for himself and his colleagues, that there had been amongst them but one object, which was, the permanence of the Institution.—( Hear, hear.) lie regretted with every Member of that Board that th en , was any number of masters who had not joined the In stitution—( Hear, hear)—but he trusted that the day was not distant when they should have on the books all the masters who were worthy to be called reep ct able throughout London.—( Hear, hear.) He thought tt woul I go far to bring about that consummations, it every journeyman tailor who put his name on the books would keep himself in a condition to vote.— (Hear, hear.) It. was lamentable to see that there were not less than 1,400 or 1,500 journeymen, whose names were enrolled as members, and that out of these not more than 300 or 400 had had proxies delivered to them.—( Hear.) He wished they would adopt soul , plan in the part of the year when they had lull employ ment—which ho was marry to say was very short—to pay up the whole 7s. for their years' subscriptions ; or that they would put by one week 2d. and Another week IP., which would amount to the same thing.—(Hear, hear ) He wished on this occasion to allude to wli it he had long desired to see established—he meant, an annuity fund, which should have Government security, and he necessarily managed by disinterested parties. By the plan to which he adverted, a young man, who should pay Is. a week, from the age of 24 or 25 would be emitted to an annuity of 201. on attaining his 60 h year, secured upon the Government funds ; and there might be 51 added to that from a tund formed fir the purpose by the friends of the institution. •A journey man subscribing to the annuity fund would have the advantage of being able to withdraw, at any time, all the money he had paid in, if any necessity should arise for his doing so, or if his circumstances were so altered that he would not have occasion to look forward to the annuity.—(Hear, hear, hear) If he died, his widow or heir would be in the same situation as be himself hal stood in. He wished also to suggest the formation of a sick club in connexion with 6nel:ran institution. It was we:l known that sick clubs, as at present constituted, were frequently broken up, and that men who had paid their money into them for years, were deprived of the assistance upon wWch they had calculated. At present he only threw out these hints for consideration, until a fitter time came for discussing them. He hoped th it from the result of this days' proceedings, the institution would grow, ntil every da”erving man in the trade would be secured a competence to the end of his days.--(Hear.) The SECRETARY then read the Report of the Boar;l, which expressed the gratification of • the Directors at -the great progress. of their institution... and their ability this thy to an Ake a permanent allowanee of 311. 44. per annum each to tea. rnsioners. The state li of the fun is were most satisfactory. The amount in vested with the Commissioners of the National Debt being 9,546/. 183. l ld., with as balance of 178/. ;n the hands of the hanker. The Directors laid aiso to in- form the members and t h . tvorld (fir the. hoped koowleAge of the fact would not h conneed to this se , ciety), that Mr. Stultz, the Pre,idont, l c purchased a piece of ground on Haverstock-hill ( Ilainpst ead road), having a double front age of 400 leet in one road, and upwards of 400 feet in another, consis! ing in the whole of nearly three mires of freehold land, which he hail presented to the institution as the site of an itylcitn. —( Applause.) lid the envirms of Landon been searched fir a spot, one more aitracti ye for the beau tt of its situation, or the salubrity of the air, could scare€ly have been h,und,—( Great arplause.) Mr. ANI`REW M.KELLAN, in moving that, the it - port be receked and adopted, observed that it was ver ) gratifying to find on the day of their first electi,o, the munificent present of thi piece of ground announced.— (Applause.) After the admirable example set by Mr. Stultz, and the success which hal already attended the exertions of the founders, there could be little doubt that the institution would go on progressing in pros perity, and would become one of the most resp , Tctahle in the metrodolis. Mr. SPRAGUE was unexpectedly called on to second the motion fo • the reception of the report, but hi. would have preferrei that the duty had devolved upon abler hands. All present must he gratified as much as he was. It must be gratifyink to every feeling heart that they were now able to place ten deserting men of their trade in a condition above want for the remainder of their lives.—(Hear.) The information that Mr. Stultz had presented the Insetution with the piece of freehold ground must gladden all hearts ; but, according to their rules, they could not begin to build upon it until the present building fund amounted to 5,000/. That fund now wanted only 500/. of the necessary sum, and it only required a little exertion on their parts speedily to raise it to the required amount. He related several instances of persons who had before hung back, having lately come farvvard to assist the Association when they saw that it W3S established upon a permanent basis, and he had no doubt that the proceedings of this day would awaken a lively interest in the breasts of many others who had not yet joined them.--(Hear, hear.) The irregularity of a large number of the journeymen in the payment of their subscriptions was greatly to be lamented. He was sure that if these had kept them ! selves in a condition to record their votes, it would be the greatest. inducement to others to give the Institu tion their support, and he hoped that tne recommenda tion of the Chairman would be attended to in future by the journeyman who were members.—( Hear.) The motion for the reception of the report was then carried amidst applause. Mr. WEAVER then said that as a journeyman mem ber of the Institution, be could not allow the other business of the meeting to be proceeded with, without proposing a vote of thanks a , ith three times three, to Mr. S;ultz, for his munificent present of the freehold ground for the Asylum.—( Applause.) Mr. HOLLOWAY seconded the motion, which was un animously agreed to; and three times three cheers were given with great cordiality. Mr. STULTZ thanked the meting for the honour which had been done him, and hoped to live long enough to see the Asylum well built and well filled.--(Cheers.) The ballot for the ten pensioners was then proceeded with. After the announcement of the n ones of the successful candidates. thanks were vote.l in a very cor dial manner to Mr. Harrison, for his conduct in the chair, and to the scrotators for their vat and expedi• tion in the discharge of their du,ies. BO IV-STREET. Frederick Mills, described as a chemist and drug gist, was brought up in the custody of 33 T division, charge,' with stealing a carpet-bag, containing a suit of livery, a pistol, and other property, value 3/. under the following circumstances : It appeared from the statement of a youth named Rolle(, serwant to ,the Hon. Mrs. Childers, 28, Lower Grosvenor -street, that on the 19th inst. he was passing over Lontloa-bridge, returni ng t o hi s m i stress ' s res id ence from on board the names steamer, and having delayed 1 less minutes expecting an omnibus to pass, he re quested the prisoner, who was in company with a pri vate soldier o f t h e F oot Guards , to direct him the shortest way to the west end. The prisoner said he w as going th e same road, an d ta ki ng up the bag off:'red to carry it, but they had not proceeded m tny yards ':l'h en he asked if witness would not stand a pot of beer for his trouble. They accordingly adjourned to a " B us ," and takin g the a Public-house., and in the course of conversation, th e priso ner said he was a driver of an omnibus, and if he saw one p ass i ng they would ride on i t, at the same time le av i ng the rochn under the pretence of looking out bag in his hand, he ab sconded w i t h it. Thehag for was subsequently found Pledged at a pawnshop in Wardour - street , Soho, and when the prisoner was apprehended, the duplicates of the greater part of the property were found u pon him. The soldier, , Pon information being g iven of the rob bery, was taken into cus tody, but as it did not appear u that he was concerned in it, he was discharged, upon promising to bring the prisoner before a Alagistrate should he meet with him. The Soldier proved that he had met the prisoner at Camber we ll fair, having known him as a private is the 7th Fusili ers, when that regiment was quartere d i n Dubli n , and after s p en di ng the day together, they came b p with t h e prosecutor, u who was waiting for an oaini ut.. d --e ; Tne p r i soner said he b in con sequence o f h i s b e i n g suspected as having a concer n i n the robbery, he took every me - ms i n hi s power t o discover where he lodged, but without eff ec t until ye s t er d ay, when, meeting with hi m i n L ung a cre, he Ca ve hi m in chare Id filled a situation in the shcp of a c h emist and druggist, on H o lb orn -hill , h ut had n ot been employed for the ;ast two months. Having no answ er to make to the charge, he was ordered to be fully committed for trial. P pfhbaceecafreo C r soro: l ff i ni c ahth: R uiaec c ,nil:iy t ,ol t ;vut E t:thiiti x a:e.., : ti:es E uiiln i c.i s ni: i tat o thiseef : ii.on . cf --: thl ihilugieo.rgkewochwirini:t exhib i tingtethr t ur l e i as es b l e h e ne n tin I I f i t trri i ii ti e. t t t h i , t . tg o s pi lit i ng a mount But this is not all. losioad of the numb , r of these Wet sit rings diminishing of late, with the pr r•gressive increase of population. it has born rapidly and steadily increasing ; BEULAH SPA.—The fete fur the benefit of imving been, as !in der, in the four fdlowine. years :-1837, b e St. Ann's Society School took place at the 3 592 ; 1838 , 3 929; 1839, 4 ; 261 ; 1840, 4,829. No doubt Beulah Spa yesterday. The weather was most favour- this rapid diminution his been caused in some degree by a bl e and the company numerous. The visitors were hi g ! i ly gratiLd by the collections or flowers and plants of new churches in the subu-bs ; but if the effect of building now churches is only to rob the old ones wwch were exhibited, and the musical performances, EACEPUL SIGNS.—T---h 6 pi:rticularly these by the celebrated Cornopeon Brass of their congr-ga!ions, the expenditure of the money fir uhica the zealots of the Scotch Church, and the dishon,st B.:rid gave very general satisfaction. The feats of politicians who join with them, are crying out su lustily, archery were hilhly creditable to our modern Robin Hoods, journals continues to be pacific. would not be attended with much benefit. One of the chu•ches in the suburbs (St. Ann's) has been given up for torte of -- the German and appcated to give great pleasure to the company. From the very n imerous attendance we have no doubt that the actual want of a congregation, and has been taken by the excellent Institution, for the benefit of which the fete was Most of them coincide Chartists, who hold meetings in it on Sundays for the dis held, will reap a plentiful harvest, semination of their opinions. We think that a few facts of in expecting that France will do nothing, notwithstanding HAY%%IARKET THEATRE.—The Wonder was her preparati6ns. ', this kind, with the manly declaration of the Duke of Wel. on Monday night at this theatre with very spirited says the Journal de rt .6 that the French Cha in . lington, will put an end to the foolish outcry which bag produced ranCjOr , . . . cast and appointments . After The Wonder Mrs. Stirling bet of D e • puties, compose- great • t of fl as it is in par th e been made the subject of national grants for building on made her fi rst appearance at thi s th eatre as A ng eli n e, in I elements of that Conservative party. among whom Louis " F We have good reason for bdi , ving, churches.—_.Manchester Guardian. the little drama of that name, which we noti c ed on its ' Philippe rrekor,s many men devo;ed to him, and which I NLAND C O ALS. —We understand th a t i n t h e first production at the St. James's Theatre. She played is, in f act , a b odyof men. of property and merchants, ail! course of this week a vatitity of coals from Clay-cross, with her usual earnestness and expression, and carried not declare war with Euroee- There may be florid Derb ys hire, will be , brought to the London mark e t. T hey away pl au di ts f rom g ri t to I s at, ,p ai d pry terminated t h e : harangues to favour of Mehemet Ali, but no warlike re. , are said to be equal, $o the best Viallsend,, snd an be salt licriorniaocekr. solutions." : at a cheaper rat"! EXTRAORDINARY AIURDER AND SUICIDE. We find in 66 81, Louis Bulletin of July 24 the following extraordinary tairitive " ST: LOUIS, JULY 24. "NORTHERN PASSAGE.—LANIENTABLE SUICIDE OF ONE or THE DISCOVERERS.—It will be seen by refer mice to the British papers, that the North passage, so long sotight after by advnturous navigators, hati at length been discovered by two young men belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company. It is not our intention to enter into a detailed report of the mf'inor.ible voy ages but merely to men t ion the melancholy fate of one of the dieotereti, " It appe,as that on their return to York factory, the principal depot of the Hudson's Bay Company, they ho:h set out. for Eagland, eager to grasp the rich re ward which th‘, British Government never fails to lavish upon all for eirz'os who contribute anything towards extending her wide-spread domains, or to perpetuate her well-earned fame. On the arrival of the two young men at Lake Winnepeck, they disagreed about the route which should be pursued, and there separated. Mr. Si•npsnn, accompanied by Mr. Bird, Mr. Legr mid LO of 3i of the colonists, strur•k across for St. Peter's, Intending to push on to New York, eta the Lakes, and thence sail for Liverpool. Mr. Dice, his compeer, witn unothi•r party, set out for the Canadas. " About the 20th of June Mr. Simpson and his party had reached Turtle River, where they encamped for the night. He had, from the beginning of the journey, exhibited occasional symptoms of mental hallucination, caused, ns the party supposed, by the dread of being outstripped by his competitor in their long race for don. On the evening above-mentioned he had eon tinu to push on until a late hour at night, and even then his feverish state of excitement deprived him of nourishment or rest. When they stopped. and while in the act of campinr, Mr. Simpson turned suddenly,round and shot Mr. Bird through the heart ; and befbre the astr,untied party cook' tly from the presence of the madman, he dis charged the other kirrel, and mortally wounded Mr. Legros. It appears the party had separated; awl when he committed the murder on his companions there v , ere only two more preent, one of them a son if Legros, who a short di s t ance . Th e dying father earnestly besought Simpson to permit his sou to return and embrace him before he should die, which he agro.ed to, and beckoned them back, saying there was nothing. tear. " 01 their return, S•mpson accused Legros of con spiring with Bird, and asked bin whether it was not their inteotion to osio-t.iunte him that night ? Toe !lying twin slid it was, hut on being interro g med a se cond tint', he d: melt having any intention or oosi4tt o a deed, mut shortly after he expired. Sitip4on then trdcred the two mr , :t to bridle their' horses, alio prepare to return with him to the settlement, but no s.‘.oner were they mounted than they dashed off in quest. of toe main body, and overtook them about eighteen auks alt,.-id. Tiv.l all returned in the morning, and when they had reached within 200 yards of th , i camp they got a of Simpron at the door of h,s tent, and imme diately afterwards hard a report of a gun. Supposing that he was determined to carry out the work of de struction which he had begun, they attempted to intimi date him by firing three volleys in the direction of the camp, and then approache3 cautiously. When they came up, they found their commander weltering in his blood, and on closer examination loan(' that he had literally blown his head to pieces. •‘ party arriied at St. Pet' is about the Ist of in possession of the important papers and other property belonging to the ill-fated Simpson. " These particul irs we learn from Mr. W. A. Air kin, a trader from Lake Superior. Mr. Aitkin further states that the matt,r is involved in mystery, which time roily can clear up. " The unfortunate Simpson was a native of Seotl'ind, and a nephew of the present Governor of the Hudson's 13 ay Company. He was about 28 years of age, pos sessed of file talents, an Amiable disposition, and the universal esteem of those who knew him." cOS V-OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES. In the American papers the revenues of the Post offiee are particularly considered, as affording an :teen rate view of the :vaunt ircial condition of the country, since tie greater part of the postage is paid on business letters, while even other correspondence is aff,:cted in a . greater or less degree by the state of commerce. The ordinary increase of business and population in the United S:ates wound, it is calculated, produce an in crease of revenue of a: least six per cent. per annum. - Now, during the year ending July, 1836, the increase was 13 per cent., while for the year ending July, 1837, it exceeded 20 per cent. In 1838 it was reduced to three per cent., and rose to five per cent. in 1839. A decrease was expected in the year just expired of about two per cent., which would make a dif ference of seven per cent. between 1839 and 1840. Thus the results exhibit a faithful view of the commer cial ch angel in the country, and mark how the great overaction of business in 18:36 and 1837 was followed by a reaction, the last. result of which will probably be a redaction of the Post-ullice revenues about 7 per coot. below their OatUril amount, As the returns are not yet flt de for the year ending July, 1840, the relative ereaso of tne receipts hir postage iu infKoamt stitioris is cabal meal for the first three (patters of the two years wii;ch end in July, 18:30, aad July, 1810. From a comparative view of the different towns, it appears ti -. .t in the eastern and middle Salts there are very few towns where the postage has tic &M N], a bile miost of them have increased, though nailer the averagt.. Tie large,it increase is exhi bited by B PvivtieNce Town, which depends maeli on Ina manufaituring interest, likewise ex hibits a n faereasa. Philade:phia has declined 3 p r cent., New York less than 2, the former dif fering from Boston by about 9 per cent. Front these observations it is gathered, that where the banks did not suspend, and the currency has been m tiutained in a comparative state of soundness, business had surf:red but little, and only to the extent that might be accounted for by the embarrassments fa other quar ters. Referring now to the States where overtrading was universal, it is found that the decline is most mate rial, and although the third quarter from New Orleans is not returned, it may be assumed, it the decline should equal that of the two preceding quarters, that the de cline for the whole thr , a; will be 40 per cent. The Western States generally exhibit deciina. Tile ,iiinmary et all tile r , :asollin on the subject is, that where the paper ini - tlitnn was most expanded and speculation Intadt. active tie• comaiwrcial depression has been the greatest, so that where the delusive prosperity was greatest in 1833 and 1836 the reaction was most a!estructive in 1839. 'rite United States Bank hating been brought. to bear more directly on Mississippi and the South-Western States than anywhere else, it was there the pros(ratihn of business was most severely Idt. Times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, Aoo. 3l.—Wind this day at noon, pleasant breeze from the northward arid eastward. DEAL, Auu. 29.—Wind N. E. 30th—E.N, the Napoleon, Routledge, for Swan River; Bengal, Tur pi!, Launceston ; British Isles, Muirhead, Demerara; St. Georr 4 e, S ewart, St.. Jago dc Cuba. LIVERPOOL, Avo. 29.—Wind SE. 30.1a—Variable.— Arrived the Hlndoo, Morson, from Calcutta, sailed from Sandyhead April 14, and St. Helena 14th ult. i • Hero of Malown . late Grundy, Bombay; City of Poonah, Wilson, sailed 2•41 h April, rind St. Helena 14th ult. ; Mary Ma c4uley, Bombay ; Wiodermerc, Brown, Calcutta ; Inde penderice, Nye, New York. sailed 7th inst. ; Belfast, Jimaica; °prey, Cork; Quebec, George, ditto; Jean Hartil, Pau Piniel ; Messenger, Miramichi ; Capri corn, Mobile. Sailed the Tapley, Mallory, Cal cutta; Glorat. Metcalf, Ceara; Archer, Matthewson, flarbadoes Jubilee, Anderaon, Rio Janiero ; ghatty, Miclesebt, Philadelphia; Miry Alice, Barker, Bathurst ; Mersey, Hamilton, Montreal ; Par ker, Sewell, ditto ; Tttkrn, Chambers, Cape of Good Hope ; James Dean, Wilson, Montreal ; and Mediter mican, Cabrow, SHEERNEis, Am). 29.—Put hick the Pr;nee George, transport, from London for Sydney, New Sluth Wales, with howsilit sprung, and other damege, having been in contact with a vessel, Sailed the Cefyro Nicola, Laude, for llavannah. Mr. MACKRETH'S is tr u ly with the most gratifying feelings we can state, that Mr. Mack reth is now enabled to taste solid food, and that the heal ing progress of his wounds is far more rapid than his me dical attendants could ever have anticipated. Every one who has visited this unfortunate but excellent a d amiable man, speaks in the highest terms of his adnii . rabl , tone of maid: and extraordinary fii airless. One trait of him we cannot forbear recording:—When Mr, Henry Hodges, the surgoon. who has so ab y tr , reed his case, had sewn up the wound on the right side of his otwit. and had put but one or two stitches in the left, the adjust ment restoring to Mr. Mulcted) the power of utterance, he clasped his hands, and wi , h an expression of counten ance, turned upwards, that deeply affected every one pre sent, his words were "My God, my blessed God." These were the first words h uttered on recovering the power of speech.— Ludlow Standard. of Saint day. LUDLOW. Auo. 30 1840.—( From a Correspondent.)— Mackreth is doing uneummonly well, and would biter if he Was not to exert himself by talking. M;sterA's behaviour in prison is marked by an uncommon degree of levity. EXECUTIONER OF Louts XVI.—M. Sanson, the paslic executioner, who died the other day was re markable for the horrible task he had to perform in 1793, when, in virtue of his office, he had to bird the hands of "41 XVI.. and afterwards place the Monarch's head und, , r the guillotine. He was the third of his name who [ad filled the same functions, and he has left a son and a grandson.. Ho bad acquired some property, and become an elector, was a well-informed man, was fond of the arts, and pas , ed most of his evenings in playing on the pian o . Of the two men . who astiited him on the memorable 214 of January, 1793. one died on the 21st of January, 1795; precisely two years afterwards; and the other wag killed in the streets of Paris on the 21st of March. 1784, EVENING EDiTION.:_ HAMBURG MAIL. STOCKHOLM, AUG UST 21.—The „ h e khes the Treaty of eutnrrce concluded with t Porte on the 31+t of January, and now ratified.. In the first meeting of th e S ecret Comudt tee , OR the I7 ,! I instant, besides Cie Bing' and the Inentrers choso y the Estates, there were present the Crown PiloCo4o the tour Presidents or Speakers of the Estates. I Kin 7 OP:.'1W(1 t ,itting with speech, wide!) the CO r, Prince I ransiated into *Swedish, and which , as WC 13ca h, related chi-:'fly to the events ..f the last teo yeanii• great number of documents was then preseuted, ppir o were to be discussed yesterday, without the proe ric i:s the King, as the members d es i re t o d e liver their oPul l " only among themselves. • for' POSEN, AUGUST I7.—The erection of the ye° la tress, cnaimenced in 1822, pr ocee d s sa tisfactoriir o ., - 1 the direction of the able eneineer Von Hitherto 300,000 dollars per annum , lions and a half of rix-doliars, have been expended u lf re it, and it is supposed that it will require ten year s m d and an equal sum, to finish it. l'he ground Wei. for it lies been liberally paid for with 100,00 0 The whole north-west'side may be considered at CO 1 , 1 " . pieced. The erection of the other sides is ee ee ' "' pr except of the south side, which is not yet begun. to HANOVER, AUG. 26.—The King is gone o 'l' to in all three rw'r; Fuhrburg to hunt, and to-morrow wid go to Ceb e i ; be present at the races. The Duke of Bruno/ t o likewise expected there. The Q ueen , w ho intelldedvo visit Celle, has resolved not to leave Hanover' Do Crown Prince will not quit H anover , becaull,o. Jaeger is expected from Vienna th e d a y a fter teettl er— of BERLIN, AUG. 20.—The letters received Yes t i e . r did from Warsaw fully confirm the news that, °t il l everything that might excite attention, an extraorwiier force awaits in Southern Russia a sign from the . !br ror to perform his promise, to terminate the eoli tej n irei tween the Sultan and the principal rebel of his 't o t, With resvcr, to the manner in which it shall he, se rf the . decision awai!s the result of the conference eminent men with the Aches and their represents —Hamburgh Przpers. THE MARhLTS. 1 17 ' PRICE , _•F 11•:EAD. - °el Hie h'gh-r , s ri e (.1 ~c .-,t i • i.he 31_t -1:-fis is 1;, dO r I- of 6 ~.d Bre,' iv ay he had a: S,. PRI. Ei OF SEi.DS , ICE P-- C . i• P er Quarler...., yo .m y NwE :g ,Cl sh R.10ve....Y1s SI s St. Fr , . .., in ..., - ....... 1i 1 ,,f . .. ....5 OH, it, Di o —s —s —s Rye U ass ............... ....„ „..i., New Fore.' 1/ t o -s 51 - is ,5s P.,rey Grass ............... ;44 ; t4 01 •Di 'ii in to • , ew Wii-te thvcr ids i.,:s ti:.s Dit 0, to sowing.... -- .... ,10,0 Old Di t . Di.;,., —s —s --s Ditto, fur crush' g ........„0 1; 5• _w' fre oil ... —s til, Sts II to i lid i ,ii -s .. a Canary 4,1 t 1r to!iiiin - a , Os .t. - s Per B ,sheLm to 1 ,Il I',,gUsh , Traway — a Cis 511 s White Must, rd .... , - l‘ vi 10 1 ! id Vireign ~ ii to - c.l 3i SAO t ' , Li:quint r ... —s I ,ii 16s Tares Pt, tCE JI , OIL. „ 44 t 7 R.lpe Oil, brown, per t on IC 0:co, rt fined . ...... •..19 I.onseett Oil l4 I t, Luis td Uil Cake at th. Mill per 10 , 9 I It t e ake, per to. PR I i:F, OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c per i I ll2M . kt „° .. ....... Town Talt.w Yell•iw Itus.i_,t Ditto Rough .................. 0 11 NVhite - o t Oraves ..................... "() , Soap Ditto • 0 0 0 Good Dregs .................. PRICE OF RAW FA r, per stone of 6 1111 . 4, 2s. lir Price of Tall,v (as stated by the Tanis* :getters) ........ .... COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last marker.day, 173. s. d.I 0 Walls 1 - nd Lambton Walls i nd i'e,berton ..... g a i • Walls I , nd S , ewart's ..... . 21 9 Wails Whawel. ........ !) g Nails Ind Hartlepool •••"*: p ennaot's Mrtlepool ........ ‘, l l 0 Walls End Kelloe ......... 1' Wallb Eral E ve nwood • ............. p Endßichardsole!: ... AN all: End Seymour :9 0 Wall, End Tees. ............. 19 • Cowpen .................. Hartley ............................ . • Howard's'Ne,oerton Ma .16 Liangennech Coal ...... 19 Walls End Devoniture.... Ad;or's Buddl.-'s West Hartley 1 ‘ 0 Cl' , s , er C,rr's Hartley '2o 0 LI lywed Ma n ()rig nal Windsor's Po to,, li 3 Ord', lietilitigh Ponrop Windsor Tantied Aloor Butes lB 0 Walls E d - ewe eand C ,m 0 Walls E,d Brown' Walls End Clennell W. Ils .nd Heaton .. YO 3 Walls End Hotspur W. E. Braddyll's Hettolt Walls End Haswell ...... Walls End Hetton l2 t; HAMBUR G Wheat. Marks 456 t 525 ----- Magdeburg 44 to 5 - Anhalt, white 450 to 516' red - Brunsisick 4,6 to 52. Aleeklenburg 43 to 5 7 5 - Polish 4 5 to 5.L -- I lolstein Rye, Mecklenburg - Dantzic - Elbing and Ko MARKETS. 21 2/ 192 ° ill Bar N ley, Nlecklentiorg h 0 0 . 0 '." M ag deburgh... 19 2 to 4 4 0 --•.-- Holstein ........ 03 to ni i Summer .......•• 1,5 to !! 4 0 Uats, Eider ..... S.••" Wig --Mecklenburg .. N g to gt , -- Holstein .......... .. Ti- 3 . 2 to!„0 'l E,st F r ie land... • 36 0 it% , Pease, Mecklenburg ... s o° 0 5 ' Beans ....................... , go Buck Wheat... ............ 4 7 . t o 53 4 Rapeseed, ttanover ••• g yp t• 9 Malt ........... .. .......... _,„ t o s Tares ....... ............... .. Lb" , roN. F siA)ul Madras a rm r a a ti s nh g. ..0 a .... m ...... ...................................................... 1 7 ~ i ! t i o ° bill ! , FEE. „II mg ... .. Domingo .....••• ............ 7„1 t g [ La Guayra. ........... .6. " (i Porto !tic° ............... 454 Havannah ..... .. ........ ~. 8% Discount.) . .5% /0 1# Bahia, White ........ v , ..... ~ ~, Brown. ....... i. ... I L , in Pernamb u co, White ... 2 2 1 00 Brown ....0' vn. sto a% nigsburg2o to 252 - Upland ---Riga COll Carolina and Tennessee 7tto Georgia. Ist sort 7% 2d 6% 7 3d and 4th 5% By COE] Mocha 11 to 13% 1 Batavia 5%• 5% Sumatra Rio 4% iii 1 Bahia 4% 5 , 4, SUGAR.—(Wit Havannah, White Brown 5 o 5 itio, brown Wlii ,4 5% 6 4% 5% 1 Alanilla, Brov FATAL OCCURRENCE IN So uT uwA Yesterday an inquest aaa held before Mr. Carter, slot Brunswick Arms, Brunswick...treet, Blackfriara, on t o, body of Thomas Vincent, a labourer in the employ et . r ed Pollan, the glass-manufacture.r. of Hoiland-street',„ 0 0 hO, it wai alle ge d, nodmet %kith his death in e001;00 of a blow i 41.efect by a ferow-Ilrutrer, timed m- r dsi Slum, who wa , . t - ilten to Union Hall 14te on Sa t f u t he atferzioon, and rema n ded on the evidence of one ° boo . ' wifrites. The testimony of the medical witneel' ot icli s ever, as to the efiri..ct that on a Post modem vO u ' ar kf of the deceased's body he übserv,d no external 1 . 1 : 1 Oat° violence, but that the stomach and intestines were Id oF kfl.ininottion, which ap,'eared to be of L 4 4 1 6 0 0 1 16 nd s,fficient to account 1(2 his death. The w l Imard the evidence. and w. a of opinion that the! r s Which took place between the pr over and t3fe,be last was wore likely to have accelerated the death e oarae than the injury itllicted by the stone. The ill 10 P ; a verdict acquitting the priso n , r of murdA . , e ti may ta ll the case lcr tiny future invesfigwion Oat place before the Magistrates b7, r SECOND HAND SILVER WA- a i ce 1 1 A variety of some dozens, may be selected from, Guineas each ; some rather more modern, Tyro an dct oi „ j Guineas ea c h ; an d an assortment quite equal t o neip etli ...- Guineas each. Ihe viho'e have been carefully ex am a printed warrant) will be given. T. COX SAN ORY'S, ' if° Seve Watchmaker, 47 , C oro hill (n doors from urile street ), London. N.B Second-hand Watches purchased in exe" P SUPERIOR LONDON-:MADE 1/ g,vv - e —A. B. SAVORY an d SONS, W a t c makers, or s-de hill, Lond on ( oppos it e th e :link of England), a ub rdotr ° det loction a v er y l arge STOCK o f Hi g hl y -fi n i s hed Le l .A o, to s+ W ATCH E , the whole of which being manufactn;ooe their own i ns p ec ti on , on th e i r own prem i ses , they ca for so oil sell at least 251. per cent. below tiie .isual trade price wit it title of the same quality. A printed warranty n' g each Wi;teh. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CA- SE S , 0 Fine Vertical Watches, j ewe ll e d, w ith dohb l e - y4 backed engine -t urne d cases , warran t e d ............. " Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in lou r 0 holes, maintaining power, with seconds hands , . 6 and double-backed cases, vr:2--nted . ...... otrai't Either of the above in silver hunting cases, 105. 6 h ich hoi A large variety of second-hand Silver Watches, 0 been carefully examined, anti ma be warranted at GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIEs, Fine Vertical Wat c h es , j ewe ll e d, i n eng i ne - turned • 6 is gold case., and gold dials, warranted ............. • 0 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed 12 V engine-turned gold eases and gold dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in fou r 0 holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials , 14 14 warranted ... .................... GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR GENTLEM Patent detached Lever Warcues . jewelled in fo ur , 0 holes, seconds, and double-back:d gold cases, War - I 4 1 ranted ...................... .......................... Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled 10 „ 0 six holes, seconds, douh't-backed gold cases and enamel dials. warrantee Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in 0 six holes, seconds, double-hacked gold cases an d l l°ip% geld dials, warranted .................................. • id hen Either o• the Gentlemen's NI atche. may be had in g ° cases, for 3/. 3s. each extra N.B. Second-hand V. 7t,n.:s - , itrchased in el` d"'"!'"'" J. . BIRTHS 11 WI On the 29th ult., at Glouce s t er - p l ace, C an abervre ' Sidebotham, 25th nit.,f at . t tlel 7 : the lady of D'Oyl e y W. t'a. ::: on the 25: 64th Regiment, of a son. f Dlr. On the 26th ult., at the Cha t t er h ouse , th e lad,' e i i dl deacon Hale, of a son. min the On the 29th ult., in Upper Rutla n d. s t re et, Pau .— ' /it' of Hubert Johnston, E;(1., solicitor, of a daughter. zo.s. On the 29th ult., at the Rectory, Whitechap el, l g Lan ce don (:harnpneys, of a so. e I." On the 29th ult., .Alr n ls. Edward Willoughby , •$ f. place, of a son. leaf ° f ' the l oos On the .29th ult., in Upper Bedford-place, WI Fennell. Esq., of a daughter. frs• On the 30 , h ult., at Woodford Hall, Essex, 1 Morris, of a son. C l ° ' MiIRRIEI7. Tr %, Ils This day, at St. Pancras, by the Rev. Robert zsn ° t • t hels o cellor of A rdfert, the Rtv Thomas Knox. eldest On: to Honourable and Venerable the Archdeacon of Arn ie n g ,: i t. P',;r: Winekw .rth, eldest dau g hter of the late Ellis . 1 , - ,: 'PO.," • Judge Advocate'of New south Wales, and niece toe '''' l e t l % At t h 9a : i‘ e° ; able the Chief Justice of l3ritish Guiana. Ge orf ibe la te and p:ace, by the Rev. Robert Kdox, Charles of Lincoln's-um. Esq., Barrister-at-law, third sl'it 4 e ro cgt,o. Honourable and Venerable the Archdeacon of vilis t he Laoella Hannah, youngest (laughter of the late ' ece of " Esq.. Judge Advocate of few South Wales, an d "I c , 4 4 Chief Justice of Ilr.tisli Cuianr,. ~ niv le, ;" i ; On the 29th ult ,at Woolstone, Gloucester. It ' e l , - ;111 °' -11 of the Nash. Worce s tershire, to 1)(111.101,e, only c " . I g ir l Rev. A Ludes, Rector of Woolvone ~., Kell , t° _hi' On the 29th ult ,at St. Jatnes ‘ 's, ilajor J. B . 7. gerigu Atilt, widow of the late W. 11. add; Escl" °. Ala iey. - - N orth D TR P. 0 . , On the 23d of ay, at Calcutta, Francis .C 4 illia:s' : Ml 9 se, son of General and the Hon.. Mrs. Mundy, age d c-nitorit ' On the 22d ult., at Lit , leton-cktage, near l' g o lk daughter of Captain Renwick, K. N., aged 1 , 3 ' .Ahroice , ' ll , On the 28th ultVicarage-huse, at r "'" - f ol l' Elizabeth - , wife tithe Rev. W. White. , 'Pao rs ' this • rl On the 29th ult., at Belmont Castle, - ' daughter of Mr. E. Stodart, of Golden-square. d i 6 • 011 f'i ti in London: ' Printed and . Publlshria by tiutin , st ro • „ *dh , Mei No. 112, Strand. at 'The Sun Office, I‘ • the county of Middlesex . —TuouluY, Seg telnber " A