The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-10 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION., RULES OF THE PROPOSED NEW CLEARING HOUSE. Z. Any joint-3tock bank, private bank, or the Bank of Falgland, may send a clerk to the new clearing-house. 2. The times of meeting shall, if possible, be different from the time of meeting at the old clearing-house, so that the same clerk may attend both ; say the morning meet ing at eleven, and ftie afternoon at half-past four, the money to be paid at a quarter past five. 3. Those banks that have branches may or may not pay through the new clearing-house the cheques drawn on h eir branches, as may be arranged. It seems most ad v s able that all branch cheques should be received at the morning clearing, butnot at the afternoon. 4. As soon as the clearing banks amount to ten, a Com mittee of tire ehall be chosen for the government of the new clearing-house, and the rules shall be the same as the rules of the old clearing-houses, or as near as circumstan ces will admit. The following are the advantages of theproposed plan : 1. The joint- stock banks will clear among themselves (as well as with such private banks as may be disposed to join them), and thus have all the advantages of the clear ing house so far as regards their transactions with each other. 2. Any private banker that wishes to clear with the joint-stock bank; may do so, without relinquishing his pre sent position in the old clearing-house. Although the committee of private bankers are against the admission of the joint-stock banks into the old elearing-house, it is be lieved that many of the bankers themselves are otherwise disposed. These bankers might thus avail themselves of all the advantages of both the old clearing-house and the new one. 3. It is said that the Bank of England has twice applied for admission into the old clearing-house, and been refused ; the private bankers fearing that the Bank would then lag able t'a take mercantile accounts. The Bank of England will be invited to join the new clearing-house. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FRONT THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The Times, like a man in an ague, is hot and cold on alternate days. On one day coldly praising the Treaty of July, and on the next furious against the Allies for carrying the terms of that treaty into execution. On one day admitting the duty of the Government to main tain the honour of England, on the next inveighing bitterly against the Government for the firmness, blend ed with dignified moderation, it has evinced—firmness, by mainwining the position to which France was origin ally a consenting party, but from which she receded for reasons which, though convincing to a portion of her people, are far from satisfying all—modera twn, in affording the fullest and most ample explana tions and expositions of our motives and intentions, which have satisfied all reasonable men in both coun tries that France has had no just cause of complaint ; that her grievances are imaginary, and her alleged af fronts supposed. The Times this morning, with an alarm which must be merely affected, calls upon the country to force the Government to take, without delay, measures to " protect Europe from the horrors of war ; and of retrieving our policy, ere it be too late, from the dangers which attend a breach with France." As far as we are informed of the proceedings of the Government of this country, and of the Powers who are its allies in carrying into execution the treats , of July, we are in clined to believe that they are taking the most effec tual means to preserve Europe from the evil the 7'intes so strongly deprecates, by organizing ar eingements for assembling, within a very short space of time, should it be necessary to do so, a force of 500,000 Germans on the Rhine, to resist any aggres sion from France, and to " defend the Father Land " from violation by foreign invasion. We have no doubt but this display of unanimity and determination by the German States will have its due effect in repressing warlike propensities, if such anywhere exist ; while the vigour and energy which have been silently at work to place the English navy on a footing of equipment which would enable it to maintain our maritime supe riority, will also strongly tend to produce the same pa cific result. It seems, therefore, that measures have been taken, and are in progress, " to protect Europe from the horrors of war." (From the Standard.) The result of this trial of strength must give confi dence to all who wish for the peace of Europe, and the real prosperity and happiness of France. The contest for the presidentship has given to the King a great victory—a victory great beyond the expectation of even his Majesty's most sanguine friends. The candidate of the Ministry was elected by a majority of 220 to 154, a clear majority of full one-sixth of the whole number of Deputies, and, therefore, equivalent to a majority of 110 in our House of Commons. The opposition had, too, a great advantage in the character of their se lected candidate, M. Odillon Barrot—among the public men of France he who for worth and talent ranks second only to M. Guizot. The Minis terial candidate, on the other hand, though an able and estimable gentleman, is comparatively a person of little mark ; but M. Sauzet was the King's candi date, and the candidate of a pacific Ministry ; and, therefore, he triumphed by the decisive majority which we have stated. This speaks well for the mind of France and for the prospects of Europe. We antici pate from it an easy task for the new Ministers in the Session that has commenced. With so encouraging a view before us we can look to the ravings of the Oppo sition press rather as matter of amusement than for se. rious reflection. Elsewhere we have copied a summary of comments upon the Royal Speech, from which it will be seen how hardly the Thiers journals are pressed to find in that document any topic of complaint. The National calls it, indeed, the discourse of the foreign Ministry—" Discours du illinistere etrangere"—but can discover no tangible subject for censure but the phrase, " I continue to hope that the general peace will not be disturbed," which it stigmatises as a " stereotyped barbarism"—"barbarisme stereotype." What ! the ex pression of the hope of peace on the part of the King of a great nation a barbarism ? What a barbarian must he be who thinks it such, and what a stupid bar barian to give utterance to the execrable sentiment. But, says the National, at the utterance of this " stereotyped barbarism," the Ministers of the Allies smiled. Questionless they did ; and all good men smiled with them as soon as they heard of it—among these good men :220 French deputies. But there were others who smiled too—others, whose existence the priestly education of the Editor of the National has taught him to disbelieve, though it has taught him to pray to them as gods : yes, angels, we may well believe it, smiled to witness the pledge of a wise and good man, that the most favoured of the human race, the nations appointed by the Creator to conduct his creatures to the greatest degree of happiness, and to the highest pcf fection of which their nature is capable, should not employ in destroying one another, and his image in themselves, those energies and oppertunities given to them for the kindest and the noblest purposes. (From the Courier.) The triumph of the Soult-Guizot Ministry on the question of the Presidency of the Chamber of 'Deputies has been more comolete even than we anticipated, and augurs favourably both for the stability of the Cabinet and the preservation of peace. And now more than ever is the time to improve the advantage thus gained in France for the cause of order, by a seasonable re inforcement of friendly propositions for the arrangement of subsisting differences front this side of the water. Whether such advances have been made already in the true spirit of conciliation by the British Cabinet there may be room to doubt, but that made they should have been on the very first opening there can be none. The Minister who shall so have aban doned the firs: duty of a Statesman and a. Christian will stand justly arraigned, not of the comparatively venial offence of oversight only, but of culpable crimi nality. No excuse can be admissible for one moment groundod on the strict observance, of mere ceremo nial forms of official decorum, according to which it might be urged the fi st advances should be made from Paris, for diplomatic etiquette has been too often and unnecessarily violated during the whole course of the discussions on the Egyptian ques tion foi such a plea to be held good now. It is not surely a time to quibble about empty points of honour when upon one conciliatory movement the peace of the word may be said to depend. The po sition of the Soult-Guizat Ministry is not, more over, so firmly fixed that it could withstand the shock, even were it so devoid of patriotism and energy, of fur ther offence against national pride or vanity by an appa rently tame overture for accommodation, however welt and sincerely disposed, as we are fully satisfied, the first veteran Marshal and ;lie ablest as most upright states man of France would be cordially to meet and to greet the first amiable approaches towards a renewal of former good understanding from the side of Downing street. And such approaches may now be the more becomingly proffered, inasmuch as the quintuple alli ance so tar is in the full tide of success, and it is lousily boas'...ed, if not believed, that all its objects have been thoroughly accomplished. The Countess of J ) e rse•• left Berkeley-square on Saturday last, for Middleton-park, accompanied Jerseyhad previously ar rived at the above scat, by L a d y Sarah Villiers. The Earl of a visit to the Duke of Graf tun, at Euston-hail, nearfr(Tmhetford. APPROACHING MA RRI AGE IN HIGH LIFE. ..—Ws.. , understand that the Hon. avid Carl. Nlu ro fray, , mansfiAi, third son of the late and brother of the present will conduct to the Hymeneal altar to m or d r a o u w g , h 3teirissofGrant, daughter of Mr. John Grant and grand Gray. • - The Earl of Liverpool will ( - rive grand entertain ments menus two d ays t hi s wee k to t h e mem b e rs of theShrews bury Hunt, at Pitchford flail. Mr. John Dod and Sir Richard Jenkin s , G C. IL , M. P., also receive the mem bers tw o d ays at their respective seats. ODESSA, OCT. 15. The marches of troops in our neighbourhood continue. The entire 10th division of the Russian army, every regiment of which has four complete battalions, will shortly arrive here. It is destined to recruit the 15th division, which has suffered severely on the Circassian coast by disease, especially by the scurvy. DEATH OF THE PRINCESS BORGHESE.-In telligence was received in Paris on Friday of the death, at Rome, of the Princess Borghese, daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury. THE SCOTTISH AND AMERICAN LAW REGARDING ALIENS. (Extract of a letter, dated New Orleans, Sept. 12.) A case has recently been decided here by Judge Ber mudez, of the Probate Court, of this city, involving an important principle respecting the rights of aliens in this country. The paint of law arose in the settle ment of the estate of Alexander Milne, recently de ceased, who left an immense property to be distributed in accordance with the directions of his last will. Among other testamentary dispositions was a legacy of 100,000 dollars to the city of Fochabers, in Scotland, the birth-place of the testator. An app!ication to the Court of Probate for tho bequest was made in due form by the Duke of Richmond, to whom, it seems, the city of Fochabers belongs. His Grace, at least, is the feudal lord of the Corporation, and claims the legacy for his own. To this application the heirs and other legatees of Milne made strcnuous opposition. The chief objec tion to the right of the Duke and the city of Fochabers to receive the legacy was that they were aliens or strangers in the country, and, therefore, incapable of re ceiving a bequest of the kind left by the last will of the deceased. A law on which the opponents relied is con tained in the 1,477 th article of the Louisiana code. It declares that donations inter vivos and mortis causa may be made in favour of a stranger when the laws of his country do not prohibit similar dispositions from being made in favour of a citizen of this State. On the trial of the cause the laws of Scotland were introduced to show what rights a citize❑ of Louisiana would have, to whom a bequest, under similar circumstances might be left in Scotland. Under that system of jurispru dence also debts, secured upon land, are considered as heritable property, as well as rights to land, whether of property or lite rent, which cannot there fore be acquired by an alien, either by purchase or succession. The legacy left to the town of Fochabers was to all intents and purposes what the Scottish law describes as heritable property, being a bequest of sums of money secured upon real estate. The deceased had devised large legacies to charitable institutions within the State, to be paid by preference over those left to strangers. The payment of these, and the charges for settling the estate had exhausted the proceeds of all the moveable estate, the residue of assets consisting of netes secured on real property. Thus the character of the legacy, as a bequest of heritable property within the purview of the Scottish law, was at once fixed beyond question. It was clear,then,thata citizen of Louisiana could not have received a donation of the same kind left to him in Scotland. And as our law only allows such donations to a stranger, when the laws of this country do not pro hibit similar dispositions being made its favour of a citizen of this State, we think Judge Bermudez right in deciding that the Duke of Richmond is incapable of re ceiving the legacy left to the city of Fochabers by Alex ander Milne. There is sound policy as well as equity in the decision. If a citizen of the United States can not succeed to an inheritance in Scotland or Great Britain, it is but just that the citizens of those countries should be placed under the same disabilities here. Re ciprocity of benefits is the only rule by which rights of the kind should be governed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LIVERPOOL, Nov. B.—Wind S. W., moderate.—Ar. rived the Matilda, Scott, from Lima, sailed 26th July, with about 300,000 dollars on freight ; Adriana, Dodd, Monte Video, sailed 2d August; James Wright, Wright, Jamaica ; Rapido, Havannah ; St. Lawrence, Brown, New Orleans ; William Goddard, M bile ; Magnificent, Whitty, St. John's, New Brunswick; Frances, ditto; Constantia, Lisbon ; Nonantum, New Orleans ; Elizabeth Bruce, Apalachicola; and Aberdeen, Andrews, Quebec. Sailed the John Horrocks, Bleasdale, for Batavia ; Cceur de Lion, Kendall, Rio de Janeiro ; Pheenix, Shaw, New Or leans ; Martha Harrison, Halwoud, Newfoundland ; Ar gyle, Rattray, Port Phillip ; Columbus, Green, Pernam buco ; Randolph, Belton, Honduras ; Greenock, Mercer, Hayti ; Augusta, Shute, New Orleans; Bradshaw, Mil roy, Charleston; Columbus, Cropper, New York ; Trusty, Morris, Newfoundland; and Eveline, Robinson, Sierra Leone. Off port, the Dorothea, from Cuba ; John, Que bec ; Britannia, ditto; and Currency, Calcutta. FALMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind S. W., strong gales and squally.—Arrived the Linnet packet, from the West In dies, sailed from Barbadoes 15th Sept., Tobago 16. h, Trinidad 23d, Grenada 25th, St. Kitt's 28th, Tortola 29th, St. Thomas Ist ult , Porto Rico 28th, and Cape Hayti 17th ; Admiral Moorsom, Metcalfe, Honduras ; Christian, Ohesen, Monte Video; Iberia (steamer), Cooper, Gib raltar, left 29th ult., Cadiz 30th, Lisbon 2d inst., and Vigo 4th. Off port Emeline Ellen, Wydeman, Port au Prince, for Bremen. Sailed the Sea-gull packet, for Madeira and Brazil ; Swift packet, West Indies. OFF THE LIZARD, Nov. 7.—The Reliance, Honduras. POOLE, Nor. 7.—Arrivedohe Reaper, Badcock, from Quebec; Julia, Labrador. DARTMOUTH, Nor. 7.—Arrived, the Susan, Axford, from Labrador. GUERNSEY, Nov. 6.—lt has blown a gale at S.W. since yesterday.—Arrived, the Caledonia Henry, Havannah. SWANSEA, Nov. B.—Arrived, the Torn Cringle, Simp. son, from Cuba ; Catherine, Crsinger, ditto. 8 P.M.—lt has blown a strong gale at S. S. W. since noon. BRISTOL, Nov. B.—Arrived the Java, Young, from Quebec ; Home, Miller, ditto. Sailed the Great Western, Hoskin, New York. JERSEY, Nov. s.—Arrived the Apollo, Vincent, from Labrador. Sailed the Rawency, Pallot, River Gambia. LLANELLI', Nor. s.—Arrived the Goldfinch from Que bec, water logged. Goon 'ALAND, OCT. 14,—0W port the Columbus from Li►erpool. DOVER, Nov. B.—Off port the Wellington, Chadwick, from New York ; Despatch, Tomlinson, Patras. PLYMOUTH, Nov. B.—Wind W. by S., strong gales.— Arrived the Cosmopolite, Trevassen, from Quebec. VESSELS SPOKEN wire.—The Salamander, Rotterdam to Batavia, out seventy-seven days, lat. 31 S, lon 20 W, by the Hamilton, Bradbury, arrived off Margate. Sir Colin Campbell, from Liverpool, lat. 46, lon. 12, by the Georgetown, 011ard, arrived in the Downs. Sultana, London to New South Wales, Sept. 25, lat. 48, lon. 22 W; Vanguard, London to Singapore, 4th ult., lat. 8 N ; Pursuit, bound to Monte Video, 6th, lat. 12 N, lon. 23, by the Matilda, Scott, arrived at Liverpool. Lord Hungerford, bound to the Cape of Good Hope, Sept. 13, lat. 23 S, lon. 28 ; Martha, Sierra Leone to Cork, 21st ult., lat. 38, lon. 34; William Tell, of Whitehaven, 3d inst., lat. 38, lon. 11, by the Adriana, Dodd, arrived at Liverpool. Annandale, Jamaica to St. John's, N. 8., 16th ult., lat. 34, lon. 72 ; Echo, Laguna to Liverpool, 3d inst., lat. 49, lon. 20, by the Nonantum, arrived at Liverpool. Maria and Grace, .31st ult., lat. 42, lon. 14, by the Judi th Haman, arrived at Falmouth. Admiral Lake, Tron to Marseilles, 18th ult., off Cape St. Mary's ; Reindeer, Li verpool to Trieste, off Cape St. Vincent, by the Galata, Palmer, arrived at Liverpool. Oak, London to Boston, 13th ult., lat. 45, lon. 53, by the Cumberland, Blanchard, arrived at Portsmouth. William Inglis, of London for St.. Domingo, 2 , 1 inst., lat. 47, lon. 9 ; Kcrswell, of Ply. mouth, for Demerara, 4th, lat. 49, lon. 7, by the Ex mouth, Parker, arrived at Torbay. Crescent, Liverpool to Marseilles, 21st ult., off Cape de Gatt, by the George Canning, Byron, arrived at Gibraltar. E. R., C..pha lonia to London, 7th ult., off C Pastro, by the Min carto, Tregerthen, arrived at Gibraltar. Woodsto, ',. Li verpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, 19th ult., la. 42, len. 50, by the Betsey, Webber, arrived at Sligo. The house of H. and .1. Johnson and Co., % , lio have been long known as Irish bankers and merchants, have issued a circular to all their Correspondents, and have made known this morning that they have for the present felt it their duty to suspend their business and fur ther payments. A complicated scheme of swindling and robbery, almost without parallel, in which several parties are concerned, has just been detected by them, mad is the cause of their taking this step. The extent of their loss is at present not known, but as far as ascertained it falls not far short of a hundred thousand pounds. Their debts are considerable, but the house feels great confidence that there will be sufficient to pay everybody, and some of the property abstracted, although far short of the whole amount, is likely to be recovered. —Evening Paper. JAY.—In January next, it will be half a century since the Rev. William Jay was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church now assembling in Argyle Chapel, Bath ; and, in the hope that he will live to sec the fiftieth anniverary of his connexion with them, the members of that Christian Society intend to observe the day as one of holy jubilee. It is further proposed to evince the high esteem in which this venerable minister is held, by presenting to him some testimonial, the nature of which is to be determined by his own choice. For this pur pose, a Committee has been formed in Bath, and another in London, whose joint Resolutions on the subject will be found in our advertising columns. The etrxaordinary duration of the connexion between Mr. Jay and his church, implies all that could be said in testimony of his talents, his temper, and his devotedness, and in illustration of the mutual affection between the pastor and the flock. The popularity he has so long en joyed is of the most enviable kind ; it did not spoil him when he was young, and has not deserted him now that he is old, and having its foundation in distinguished useful ness more than in the display of brilliant abilities, it is compatible with the glory due to the author of all good. Mr. Jay's career affords a striking illustration of that es sential unity, and that Catholic spirit, in the existence of which, in some degree, in all evangelical denomi nations, we have an earnest of the universal acknowledg ment of this mission of Christ. But we confess that the most impres-,ive aspect in which the extraordinary duration of Mr. Jay's ministry in Bath presents itself to our mind, is as an exemplification of the moral power of the voluntary principle. Hero we have a pastor and a people bound together by no tics but those of love ; and yet these have sufficed to keep together for the space of half a century, parties who might at any moment have se parated from each other. Regarded in the light of this remarkable becomes f om es act, h one ttoe celebrateporpo sal the do f honour o ndam e to t a (1) law w n o findivi dualthe wChristiandependenceesaytsitme estimates te;a thearb, d etw w e e feel persuaded that every one m Divine onth p e rin te c a ip ch le er w a h n i d c ht the ordains taught,a will be anxious to seize so gratifyin g an opportunity of testifying his havehis adherence authoiity t t o o i s t iate P that a tri°l ;ll ere is no truth , a t r h r e iag E e ar o l f of L i‘ o i r i d Jahn nto. in the report o f the a pproaching marriage Russell to ene of the daughters Kelso Chronicle. VIENNA , OCT, 30.—The Emperor and Em press left Schonbrunn this afternoon, and returned to the Palace at Vienna, for the winter. Count Mercy d'Ar genteau, Grand Cross, Commander and Knight of several Orders, Privy Councillor, &c., died here last night, after a long illness, in the ii9th year of his age. The news of the resignation of the French Ministry, which was re ceived here yesterday, had little effect on 'Change. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nor. 9. ILLIAMSON V. BLAIR. The suit in this case was instituted for the specific performance of an agreement on the part of the prcde cossor of the defendant, to sell to the plaintiff a farm, situated at Daiston, in Cumberland, for the sum of 3,000/. The defendant, who was the heir-at-law of the property in question by his ancestor, asserted that the party, under whom he took the property, was in toxicated at the time of executing the agreement, and therefore that it was invalid. Mr. RICHARDS and Mr. DIXON, on behalf of the plaintiff, contended that it was clear, from tha evidence, that the party was not intoxicated at the time the agree ment was signed, and that that defence had been set up by the defendant, because he was now heir-at-law to the property, and did not wish to part with it. Mr. 'FINNEY and Mr. Puny's, on the part of the defendant, read evidence to show that Blair, who had executed the agreement, was addicted to drinking, and that on the night of its execution, which took place at the Mason's Ar:ns, Dalston, Blair was there from four to eleven o'clock, and drank deeply both of gin and ale. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would read the evidence on both sides, and give judgment to-morrow morning (this day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, No•. 9. TIIE QUEEN V. O'DOHERTY.-CRIMINAL INFORMATION. In this case a rule had been obtained, calling upon the defendant to show cause why a criminal informa tion should not be filed against him for writing a letter to Sir John Milley Doyle, tending to provoke him to a breach of the peace. Mr. THESIGEIt now appeared to show cause against the rule. When the Court was in possession of all the facts, he was satisfied they would be of opinion that it would be no disparagement to the character or pru dence of Sir J. Doyle, it he had abstained from making, the application. The matter originated in a very con temptible squabble between two rival Committees ap pointed for obtaining satisfaction for the British claim ants on the Portuguese Government. When the se cond Committee was appointed, a resolution was pro posed by Sir John Doyle, which the defendant, Major O'Doherty said he would consider a personal insult to himself. The resolution was passed, and Major O'Do herty sent Colonel Hardy to demand an explanation from Sir J. Doyle, who thereupon wrote to say that in bringing forward the resolution, he had no intention to give personal offence to Major O'Doherty. In reply to that, the defendant wrote the letter which formed the ground-work of the present application, and in which he stated that no man of honour could hold any communication with him (Sir John Doyle). The Learned Counsel then went on to state that after the application of Sir John Doyle for a criminal information had been granted by the Court, he had taken the mat ter into his own hands, by throwing aspersions on Major O'Doherty'a character at a public meeting ; and he had also, in his affidavit, most gratuitously insulted Ma jor O'Doherty, by stating that he had been dismissed the Portuguese service by Court-martial, and that his conduct was such that he (Sir John Doyle) could not give him the satisfaction of a gentleman. All that was perfectly irrelevant to the matter before the Court, and he submitted that, under these circumstances, Sir John Doyle had no claim on the protection of the Court, and that the rule ought to be discharged. Sir W. FOLLETT was heard at some length in support of the rule. The COURT was of opinion that Sir John Doyle hav ing taken his vindication into his own hands, had dis entitled himself to the protection of the Court, and therefore the rule must be discharged. At two o'clock the Court was cleared for the ususl ceremony of swearing in the new Lord Mayor. The procession arrived shortly after, and his Lordship, along with the Sheriffs, the late Lord Mayor, and Mr. Alder man J. Johnson having taken their places in the seat set apart for Queen's Counsel, The REconDER presented Mr. Alderman Thomas Johnson as the gentleman upon whom the choice of the Livery had fallen to fill the high office of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. All the laws and customs of the City had been duly observed in his election, and the gracious approval of her M a j es ty h a d ra tifi e d the c h o i ce . He bad arrived at a period of life which many would think a sufficient excuse for declining the cares and anxieties of a public station ; but the stability and consistency of his character demanded the sacri fice, and in the evening of life, with an unsullied cha racter and a firm determination to perform its duties, he had accepted the office of Chief Magistrates of the Metropolitan City of the em pire. Some years ago, he had been elected an Al t derman by the Liverymen of the Ward of Portsoken ; he had with honour served the office of Sheriff ; he had been an eminent and successful merchant in the city of London for a period o f f or t y -fi ve years , an d t h e character he had obtained during that period had caused tim to he earnestly solicited to become a candi date for civic honours. his He sto o d a con t est w i t h a p electi o n was success i ve ly eo e i r i s t e'e es . te r d in , g an o d pp re o c n e e i n v t est the approbation of the Queen's Bench, the Exchequer Chamber, and the House of Lords, and he had the satisfaction o f es t a bli s hi ng one of iv of Lond on , th e power o f re jecting y o the M ag i s t racy , an d th ere b y g again s t popu l ar contro l w h en improperly exercised. He had b een edu c ated at one of the noble institutions with which, thank to Bri tish sovereigns and well-disposed individuals, the City abounded. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, and in 17S0, when riots unfortunately disgraced the metropo lis, being then fifteen years of age, he, with some of' his companions, succeeded in shutting the gates against a lawless and infuriated mob. As such had been his character through life, and from it he had no doubt but that, at the expiration of his year of office, he would hare the pleasure of presenting him to the Court, en titled to the thanks of the public for the due perform ance of the functions of the high office to which his fellow-citizens had elected him. He also presented the late Lord Mayor, whose conduct in his year of office had realised all that was expected from him. The LORD CHIEF' BARON congratulated both gentle men, and expressed a hope that the conduct of the Lord Mayor would be such as to serve as an example to all, in loyalty and obedience to the laws. The usual officers were then named, and the Recorder having invited the Judges to dine at the Guildhall, the procession retired to repeat the ceremony in the other Courts. MERRY Y. GREEN AND ANOTHER. THE QUEEN V. THE OVERSEERS OF THE PARISH OF ST. GEOIGE, HANOVER-SQUARE. Mr. BODEIN, in this case, appeared to show cause against a rule which had been obtained for a mandamus directed to the overseers of the poor of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, and commanding them to cause to be interred the body of a pauper, named Mary Kersha w , w h o h a d di e d i n t h e h os pital of th e parish. For the objects of the rule it was to be considered that the body still remained uninterred. The rule was ad dressed to the overseers, but the management of the parochial affairs rested in a body called the Select Vestry, but no advantage would be taken of that mis take. As to the present case, notice was given that it was the intention of the applicants to have the rule made absolute in the first instance. He had been en abled to hear the arguments on which it was founded. By the statute 43d Elizabeth and the subsequent sta tute passed far its amendment, provision was made for the relief of living paupers, but it was contended that these statutes applied to the dead as well as living paupers. How that could be, seemed to him totally inexplicable. The pauper, whose case had been selected for the opinion of their Lordships was one who had obtained a settlement in the parish ; but if the decision of the Court was that the overseers of the parish were liable in that case, they would be equally liable for all persons brought into the hospital from other parishes, and who had died there. In his opinion the statute of the 43d Elizabeth, which had been relied on by the other side would be found to be an authority the other way. What would be the case in extra-parochial places where there were no overseers to bury the dead ? Besides the statute made no provision for defraying the expenses of burying the dead cast up, and therefore the overseers had no authority for so ap plying the public funds. He denied that there was any legal liability cast upon the overseers to perform any such duty, but even if the Court was of opinion that it was an obligation upon the overseers, there must be some discretion allowed to them. The facts of the case were that the hospital in question was erected in the pa rish of St. George's in 1773, with the consent, and aided by the contributions of many of the opulent inhabitants. In 1746 the number of patients who died in the hospital was so great that they were obliged to discontinue bury in: them in the parochial burying-ground, and to take a piece of ground in the parish of Kensington, where, down to the year 1825 the Hospital continued to bury its patients at its own expense. In that year the Go vernors of the Hospital sold their ground at Kensington for 3,000/., and attempted to throw upon the parish the onus of burying these patients. If these parties were allowed to sell their ground for a large sum of money, and then come upon the parish to defray the expense of the burial of these patients, a great in justice would be perpetrated. The Court would bear in mind also that these hospitals were now large schools of anatomy and surgery, and the persons connected with the establishments deri7ed large emoluments therefrom. That was the case all over London, and the other hos pitals recognized the principle of being obliged to bury their patients. He trusted that they would not now be allowed to depart from the principle on which the In stitution had been orginally founded, and which had been acted upon for a great number of years, and which, if sanctioned by that Court, would throw an immense burden upon the parish. Mr. DOANE followed on the same side. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was heard in support of the rule. The poor woman whose case was before them, had a settlement in the parish, and so had her husband, who swore that he had not the means to bury her, and the parish had been applied to, and bad refused. In such circumstances he contended, that by the law of the I,ind, the onus was cast upon the parish authorities. Unless the Court granted the present application, there was no means by which the poor who died under such circumstances could receive decent interment, until the Legislature thought proper to interfere. After going through the facts of the case as the. were stated, when the rule was moved for, the Learnat Counsel contended that the rule must be made absolute. Mr. PLATT followed on the same side. The COURT took time to consider its decision. Mr. WHITHURST moved for a rule nisi to set aside the verdict for 501. in this case, which was tried at the late Nottingham Assizes before Chief Justice Tindal. A person named Boroughcliffe having died very sud denly, his son sold off the property by public sale. Amongst other effects there was an old chest of drawers sold to the plaintiff for 235. He took them home, and in the presence of a boy found a secret drawer, in which were a number of articles ofjewellery,goldcoins, and notes. He gave the boy a sovereign, and told him that it was all right, but he was not to tell any one of what he had seen. The boy began to spend his money, and his parents being alarmed at it, instituted an inquiry, and the boy informed them of all that he had seen. Boroughcliffe had, in the meantime, left Ashby-de-la- Zouch ; the information was communicated to a friend of his, who then called upon the plaintiff, and de manded the property. He at first denied all know ledge of anything, but when he found that the boy had told, he refused to give up anything but what was named. In this way he gave up the trinkets, 81. in gold, and three notes for 51. As this was not a third of what was described by the boy, the plaintiff was given into custody. Next day he was take❑ before a Magistrate, who thought it was a felony, but having given up other ten notes, and his house having been searched, when eight more were recovered, intercession was made with the Magistrate, and the plaintiff was allowed to go at large. He immediately brought this action, although, before that, he expressed great con trition, and promised to work in order to make up that portion of the money which he had spent. The COURT were inclined to think that there was no trespass ; as the plaintiff bad bought the drawers, there could be no felony. It was very fit, however, that the point should be further considered. Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nor. 9. H•T V. BUSK. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS obtained a rule for a nonsuit on the ground that the plaintiff was the person intended in the warrant, although be was wrongly named therein. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD showed cause against the rule, insisting that the Learned Judge (Coltman) had rightly directed the verdict, as the plaintiff would have been justified in resisting the warrant, not having rea son to know that he was the person intended. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS, in reply, contended, that if the constable, acting upon a Magistrate's warrant, took into custody the person intended, the warrant was suffi cient to cover his responsibility, whether the name was correct or not. Further, the constable in this case was justified in taking the plaintiff into custody without any warrant at all, being in his jurisdiction, and suspected of felony. Hundreds of persons every week were taken into custody, and committed to prison, whose names could not be ascertained. A Magistrate had a right to direct process against an alleged criminal by the best description he could make. An action certainly could not be brought against a person by description or under a supposed name ; but criminal proceedings could so be brought, if the true name of the party proceeded against could not be ascertained. The COURT considered the question to be of great importance, and took time to look into the cases re ferred to. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Bulteel have arrived at their scat near Devonport, from a tour. RAILWAY BUNGLING.—I n the course of Sa turday morning Mr. Alderman John Johnson came into the Guildhall Police Court, and mentioned that he had just arrived from Plymouth, and had been delayed on the Southampton Railway nearly two hours. The passengers from Ply mouth got on the railway at Basingstoke, and had proceeded only a quarter of a mile when the engine was found to be out of order. Ten men were then collected to help the engine, by shoving behind, And they went on at a miserable pace till they reached Kingston, when a tender despatched from the terminus, upo❑ the surmise of some accident, came to their aid. Of course the mails were delayed. Such annoyances would be avoided, if the Post office employed as guards only men acquainted with machinery, who should see that all was right before start ing.— Times. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, 'Ver. 9. WINSPEAR V. FRENCH. This action was tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe, at the late Durham Assizes, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 20/. Mr. ALEXANDER now moved for a rule nisi, for a new trial, on the ground of the verdict being against the evidence. The defendant had sold goods to the plaintiff to the amount of 20/. 155., 2/. of which had been paid, leaving a balance of 18/. 15s. due ; having some doubt of the solvency of the plaintiff, he sued oat a writ, but i❑ adding up the account had made a mistake, and the writ was endorsed for 281. 15s. The plaintiff's goods were seized under the writ, but the mistake being found out, the defendant immediately ordered their restitution. The parties met, and the defendant expressed his re gret, and paid 91. is., the costs which had been incurred by the plaintiff, and all then seemed to be settled. However, the plaintiff was further advised, and he next day, voluntarily surrendered himself to the Governor of Durham Castle, as a prisoner ❑nder the writ, and re mained there thirteen days, although the defendant had given the Governor notice that the plaintiff was at liberty whenever he pleased, and then he brought his action. All these things were proved at the trial, yet the Jury found that the arrest was malicious, and gave the plaintiff a verdict. Mr. Baron rzo,,E—l have made a note that the verdict was unsatisfactory,—Rule granted. CHURCH-RATE SEIZURES AND SALES.— On Friday the 30th ult., the Churchwardens of Great Bowden executed a distress for Church-rates upon Messrs. John, Thomas, and George Clarke. A piece of carpet, upwards of seventy yards in length, was seized. On the same day the Harborough Churchwardens entered the house of Mr. T. Hind, and took therefrom portraits of the Queen and the late Rev. Robert Hall, framed and glazed. On Thursday last the sales took place at Har borough and at Great Bowden. No interruption took place at Harborough. The portraits were knocked down after several biddings to Mr. Packwood, of the George Inn, H ar b oroug h. At Great B ow den, Mr. White man , at book-k eeper o f t h e Messrs. Clarke, read a n o ti ce , ad dressed to the Ch urc h war d e ns, st a ti n g th e d e t erm i nat i on of hi s emp l oyers to commence an ac ti on if th e goo d s were sold, o n t h e ground of illegality of the rate. This did not stop the sale ; and the conditions had no sooner been stated by Mr. Holloway than Mr. R. Holman, a servant of the firm, bid 45. per yard for the carpet, a sum equal to near double its value. No other bidding being given, the lot was knocked down, and payment demanded. The buyer offered to pay if a receipt was given him for the money. An altercation ensued, which resulted in the carpet being left in th e possess i on o f t h e o fficers, and the m one y not paid._Northampton Mercury. WEYMOUTH, OCT. 7.—On Sunday morning last, about three o'clock, the Eagle revenue cutter, com manded by Lieut. Ray, whilst cruising in the bay, and w hen opposite Small-mouth Sands, got on shore , the wind blowing a gale from E. S. E., with a heavy sea, running dead on. Lieut. Ray immediately m ade ni g h t s i gnals , which wer e promptly observed by one of the Vulcan's (re venue steamer) guard boats on duty, who, on finding her distant, immediately pulled with all speed on board !heir steamer, and reported the circumstance to Lieut. Crispin, who lost no time in proceeding to her assistance. It was now the nautical skill of the seaman, combined with the tremendous power of steam, showe d itself most conspicu ously; for whe n we take into consideration the stupendou, difficulties and extreme danger to which both the ve, , s:ls, as well as tho se w h o were engage d in the different boats were exposed, we must here confe ss that the efforts made by all wh o ass i ste d a ff o rded one of the most gratifying scenes for an , Enelishman to witness ; and in saying thus muc h we we re fully borne out by the unanimous op i n i on o f e very nautical man pre sent. About half.past eight we had the p leas u re of witnessing their unwearied labou those on shore by the British ensign being hoisted on board the Vulcan, ac companied by a b urst o f c h eer i n g from the Vulcan arid Eagle's crews, a n d was most h ear tily responded to by the hundreds who lin e d t h e s h ore . And as she again floated, the scene at this mo ment was tru ly grand and heart-stirring; for as she was literally dragged through tremendous seas and surf, which m a d e a clear7breach over all, we were lost in amazement which to admire most, " that of the power of steam, the daring intrepidity of all those employed, or the skill by which it was conducted." The boats belong ing to the steam-packet station and Royal George revenue cutter, with those of the Vulcan and Eagle, were of much use, several of which were driven on shore, and much damaged—the crew of one were all but perishing. The Vulcan and Eagle shortly afterwards brought up at Port land Roads, and at eleven o'clock A. M. they came into Weymouth Harbour. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Lieutenant Crispin and his crew, w ithout whose timely aid the Eagle must hav e s h o rtly gone to pieces; and, in closing our observations, we must say that the conduct ex hibited by Lieutenant Ray, under the trying situation of his vessel, was highly praiseworthy, and that of an excel lent seaman, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1840.: SPORTING INTELLIGENCEI. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The timely outlay of a few tens and scores, and two or three sums of larger amount, has enabled ua to present a list of favourites, which, considering the dullness of the season, is very passable. In the odds scarcely any change will be found. We hare only to point out an improvement in Coronation, (whose party took 18 to 1, and would hare closed with a point less from " a man of substance,") and a marked decline in the Rosalie colt and Sir Hans ; the first of the two was backed for a hundred, and the latter for a pony. The others at Thursday's prices, Marshal Soult's friends being the most eager to " get on." ADAMSON V. MITCHELL. This was an action for demurrage for the detention of a vessel, which was tried at Liverpool before Mr. Baron Rolfe, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, with 811. 15s. damages. Mr. ALEXANDER :now moved for a rule nisi to set aside that verdict, on the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict was against the elidence. The ship was chartered for a voyage to St. Petelsburgh, and the defendant sail his orders were to deliver the return cargo at Kirkahly, unless he received contrary orders at E!sinore. The Captain, however, was called as a witness, and he distinctly proved that he re ceived no such orders at St. Petersburgh ; that he waited three days at Elsinore, and having received ❑o instructions, acted upon those he sailed with, and took the cargo to Hull, where lie waited 27 days before the cargo could be delivered, for want of instructions. The COURT held. that all the pleas put in by the de fendant were bad, and could not be supported. Rule refused. DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Eringo. 17 to 1 agst Coronation. 22 to 1 agst Cameleon—taken. 22 to 1 agst Marshal Soult—taken 25 to 1. 25 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—taken. 30 to 1 agst Sir Hans—taken. 30 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington. 33 to 1 agst Brother to Tom—taken. ,000 to 30 agst Prince Caradoc—taken. 36 to 1 agst Palemon—taken. 40 to I agst Van Amburgh—taken, and afterwards offered. 1,000 to 20 agst Satirist—taken. 2,000 to 25 agst Queen of Beauty—!aken. 1,000 to 10 agst Warlock—taken. 1,000 to 10 agst The Nob —taken. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday several representations were made to the (now late) Lord Mayor, which the unusual length and importance of that relative to the British and Australas'an Moorgate-street prevented us from referring to. The following, in allusion to the case of Pittie, the poor fisherman, whose boat was run down by the Mof fatt East Indiaman and two steam-tugs, was received by his Lordship : " Tholes Association Office, London, Nov. 7,1840. "My Lord,—l beg leave to hand you this certifi cate, as it is Mr. Duff's, the pilot's, wish, that as the Press published the statement made by the poor fellow James Pittie, they would, in justice to him (Duff), pub lish his statement, to show that he did all in his power to present the collision. It is really but common justice to the pilot to make the representation public ; and I have never known fair play, in such cases, to be refused by the Press, I must say.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your very obedient servant, " THOS. LORD, " Secretary to the Thames Association." " Thames Association Office, London, Nov. 7, 1840. " In the matter of James Pittie, the fisherman, run down by the Moffet, I, the undersigned, to whom the above case was referred, by Mr. Alderman Pirie and John Goldham, Esq., to investigate, do hereby certify that it appears by the evidence, that Mr. Duff, the pilot of the Moffat (previously to the accident in Erith Creek, on Thursday, the 29th October, ordered the wheels of the two steamers, by which the Moffet was towed, to be backed, in order to soften the collision ; that notwithstanding Jame Pittie cut his cable and did every thing in his power, he could not prevent this dreadful accident, whereby his boat was sunk, and he lost all his gear, his and the mate's clothes ; all his cargo and his nets, and was himself, mate, and son nearly drowned. (Signed) " THOS. LORD, Secretary to the Thames Association." Mr. GOLDHAM, whom the Lord Mayor addressed on the subject, said, that from all that he could collect on the subject, the pilot was altogether blameless. It was one of those cases which might most justly be termed inevitable. It seemed to him that the poor fisherman must have been asleep when the Moffat bore down upon his boat, and did not start up soon enough to cut his cable in time, for the men had called out from the Moffat with out doubt. The pilot had certainly acted with prompt humanity and liberality to Pittie and his poor child, and mate, all of whom were near perishing ; and Mr. Ward, the owner of the Moffat, had directed the boat to be thoroughly repaired. He (Mr. Goldham), how ever, found that Pittie bad suffered a serious loss in his nets and fish, and that the poor man felt it the more as he was only just recovering from an illness which had reduced him very much. The LORD MAYoa said that the fisherman and his boy both looked, upon coming before him, as if they had very narrowly escaped drowning. His Lordship hoped that Mr. Goldham would, in representing the circumstances, be enabled, by the benevolent people of the water-side, to obtain for Pittie as much as would set him afloat once more with advantage: . His Lordship was handed by Mr. Lott, who has taken a very active part io recommending improve ments in the metropolis, as well as modes of escape from fire, the following communication, which that gentleman had received from a fellow-citizen, and which he considered gave very decisive reasons for the sugges tions to which it referred : " Sir,--I pray you receive the heartfelt thanks of a humble fellow•citizen for the benevolent and manly conduct you have shown in endeavouring to procure a public place of recreation on the beaks of our noble Thames. lam told there is no city or town of any size out of England that , has not its public walks for the recreation of the poor and decent citizen. True, we have the Parks, but they are much too far off for our children to avail themselves of the pure air there to be obtained, and the small expense of taking them there cannot be borne either by the poor man or small tradesman. They are the class of persons for whom your praiseworthy exertions must be used. You, Sir, well know that all our more fortunate neighbours take their families to a considerable distance from the city, clearly proving that they are quite aware of the advan tages to be gained by children especially breathing the open air. It is too often the case, that when mon are not personally inconvenienced, they cease to trouble them selves about any improvement. Those gentlemen on the Common Council, who take a different course, deserve the prayers and thanks of all men, who, like myself, have a large family of young children, and who are compelled from their circumstances to keep them shut up in the city. Much, very much, has been done by widening and improving streets for the health of the city. Some years ago we had often to send our chil dren into the streets—the north side of St. Paul's Church-yard, for instance—but now, from the rapidly increasing population, and the great influx of strangers, every street appears filled with carriages of various de scriptions and pedestrians, thus rendering it dangerous to let them out at all. Had we a public walk, such as you named in the Court of Common Council the other day, it would be one of the greatest boons ever bestowed on the pent-up citizens of London. " When we think of the noble charities of London, can we doubt, that, if brought forward by a few public spirited gentlemen, we shall, before many years, rival some of our foreign neighbours in the comfort afforded to our poor and industrious fallow-citizens of London ? The conduct of Mr. Strutt, of Derby, is a bright example. We hear of railroads and steam-boats ; but many religious and well-conducted poor men are quite averse to their families mixing with the company often found on board steam-boats, especially on their only day of recreation, the Sabbath. " Trusting you will excuse the great liberty I have taken, but from your previous conduct, fearing nothing, I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, ~ A POOR FIELLOW-CITIZEN." The Loan MAYOR said that the letter contained a very powerful argument indeed, and did high honour to the heart and understanding of this poor fellow-citizen, whose views he certainly felt the highest satisfaction in seeing realized. His Lordship thought that Mr. Lott might with great advantage refer to the communication at the next meeting that would assemble, to consider the means of accomplishing so admirable an improve ment as he contemplated. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Mr. Busscy, Governor of St. Giles's Workhouse, waited on Mr. HALL, to ascertain if any contributions had been received at this Court for the relief of the poor woman who had given birth to a child in a cab (an account of which appeared on the 30th of October), as he had understood that several humane persons had sent small sums to remunerate the cab driver for the manner in which he had acted. Mr. HALL said that several sums had been received, a portion of which had, in accordance with the request of the contributors, been handed over to the cabman, and as he was given to understand that the woman had dis charged herself from the Workhouse, he was at a loss how to render her any assistance, her present residence not being known. Mr. Bussey said that he had occasion to call on her in Belton-street, to give her parish relief, on which she is at present depending, and it appearing that she had been unfriended in her weak condition, some trifle had been left with the Magistrates for her use. Mr. HALL said the driver had been remunerated from various quarters ; and out of the money in hand his employer had received what he demanded for the use of his vehicle, which in the first instance his man had become responsible for, but as the woman's place of abode had been found, she might receive 20s. to relieve her present distress, and if it was considered requisite she could get a further sum, as it was left to his discre tion to apply it. Within a few days a person, signed " B." had sent 1/. Is. ; and that with other sums re mained, after giving the cabman ample remuneration for his trouble. Mr. Bussey said she was denied a character from her last place, and he thought her a fit object for relief. Mr. HALL desired be might be applied to again, if necessary. THE VACANT BisnorßlG.—Every friend' to the cause of conciliattox and of the education and moral improvement of the country must look with anxiety to the appointment which the Government will now make of a 1:17,h0p to the See of Meath. Wo trust the Government will bear in mind the importance of this appointment. The Bishop of Meath is, ex officio, a Privy Councillor of Ire land, and takes precedence next to the Primate and Arch bishop of Dublin : he presides over an extensive see, and it is manifest that his influence, if properly directed, could produce most important results,—•Dublin Evening Post, ALLEGED MYSTERIOUS ROB BERY OF TWO BAGS OF GOLD VALUED AT FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS. TO THE EDITOR OE THE SUN. Sut,—l have to request your correction of a most exaggerated statement which appeared in a Sunday Paper of yesterday's date, and is copied into this Morning's Journals, headed " Mysterious Robbery of Two Bags of Gold, valued at 4,0001." The facts are these :--A blank bill of lading having been found amongst the ship's papers, purporting to be for a ship ment at Lisbon of two small parcels specie (not bags), freight 1/. for the two, by the Company's chartered steamer, the " Wilberforce," which were not forth coming on her arrival, the usual prudential mea sures were taken by the Company to trace the robbery, supposing one to have been committed, but the alleged consignees not being in possession of a bill of lading, and other circumstaeces, induced the belief that the packages had never been received on board, and that the blank bill was left on board in Lis bon by mistake. The researches of the officers in whose hands the matter was placed, have not tended to alter this origi nal impression, and the advices received by this day's packet arc such, as to leave no doubt that the appa rently missing specie was never shipped at all. The utmost value of the two parcels taken together; as would appear by the amount of freight, would not have exceeded 200/. The specie was not consigned to Mr. Hartley, nor was that gentleman in any way con cerned in the affair ; and the introduction of Mr. Hart ley's respectable name was at least uncalled for. The low rates of freight on specie by the Company's vessels, of half per cent., is the best answer in respect of smug gling. The specie is received at Lisbon, and delivered at the Bank of England, under the shipper's seal, and the.bills of lading signed " Contents unknown," in pre cisely the same way as adopted by her Majesty's packets. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JAMES ALLAN. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe, 9th November, 1840. THE BUBBLE BANK AGAIN ! (From the South Australian Record.) We lately noticed, at some length, the disgraceful conduct of the concern calling itself the British and Australasian Bank, established in No. 55, Moorgate street, London. Since that time some important facts have come to our knowledge, with which it is our duty to make the public acquainted. It was known to Mr. Frederick Boucher, who is de signated as the Manager of the Bank in London, that his brother, Charles Boucher, on whom the bills on Adelaide were drawn, had left Adelaide for the Mauri tius ; and with the knowledge of that fact—with the knowledge of the previous proceedings of his brother and Milne in the Colony—acquainted with all the parti culars of the South Australian Agricultural hoax—did Mr. Frederick Boucher draw bills and give credits on Mr. Charles Boucher to an amount, as far as we have ascertained, exceeded 60,0001. sterling. No arrange ment was made to provide for the due honour of these bills in the event of the death, or absence, or otherwise, of Air. C. Boucher ; and the result has been not merely distressing, but absolutely ruinous to many poor persons who brought out here these bubble bills for every sixpence of cash they possessad in the world, and who cannot, of course, obtain an advance of even a shilling in the pound upon their credit or security ! Our readers naturally suppose, from these facts that a nefarious swindle has been practised upon these unfortunate persons by the Moorgate-street Bank ; and we admit that either that conclusion must be arrived at, or another which, consistent with honest intentions, is so opposed to the admitted cleverness of the parties concerned, and displays such total ignorance of all banking and mercantile matters, that there cannot but be some hesitation in adopting it. Letters have been received addressed by Mr. F. Boucher to Mr. C. Boucher, advising the shipment of 300 dozen bottled ale—draft would have been more appropriate—the realised proceeds of which were to be applied to meet the bills drawn upon him from Engiand. Nay, with a liberality characteristic of the concern, Mr. Charles Boucher was obliged with authority to draw bills to the extent of 10,0001. on Mr. Frederick Boucher to pay drafts drawn by Mr. Frederick Boucher on Mr. Charles Boucher ! The only unfortunate obsta'le to this original scheme for establishing banks in the Co lonies would have been, that neither of the established banks in Adelaide would have cashed, and none of the merchants that we know of would have taken, the bills of the one brother on the other, or, in fact, ad vanced five shillings on the security of either ; so that if Mr. Charles Boucher had been present in Adelaide, the same fate would have attended the bills, and they would have been all sent back to England dishonoured and protested. We earnestly trust that means will be taken in Eng land to advertise intending emigrants of these circum stances, and that they will in consequence be enabled to avoid the ruin and distress that has recently been suffered from the gross negligence or misconduct of the parties whom we have named. ADELPHI THEATRE. The harrowing pathos of Mrs. Yates's perform ance in the deeply interesting drama of Laffizrge, still continues to attract crowded audiences to this theatre. After Lafarge a new piece was pro duced here last evening, entitled The Old Curiosity Shop, or One Hour from Humphrey's Clock. The piece is, as its name imports, a dramatic ver• sion of Boz's celebrated papers, but the dramatizer has exhibited considerable tact in the management of his materials, and the drama tells its story in a manner much more understandable than is usually the case with productions of this sort. Master Hum phrey and his friends act as a sort of prologue to the piece. The curtain rises upon a tableau vivant of Master Humphrey's club-room. The clock strikes ten, and as he is producing the papers to read the tale for the evening, the scene closes on Master Humphrey and his friends, and the audience are introduced into the interior of the old curiosity shop, where the grandfather is waiting the return of Nelly from Quilp. From this period the story is accurately followed until we arrive at the denoue ment, which is brought about as follows :—Nelly and the grandfather take refuge from the pursuit of Quilp in the cottage of Mr. Garland, to whom they are introduced by Kit. While there, Quilp, Trent, and Swiveller break into their room, for the purpose of taking off Nelly and the old man ; an alarm is given, and Mr. Garland and Kit eject the intruders, threatening to prosecute Quilp for entering the house, unless he desists from further tormenting his victims. Nelly, that wondrous mixture of child-like simplicity with deep thought, of wisdom with innocence and artlessness, who, by her very honesty of heart, is more than a match for the deep cunning of the de signing worldlings, who would fain betray, but cannot overreach her, was represented to the life by Mrs. Keeley. She was most effectively supported by Lyon as the grandfather : this is rather a new line of character for that gentleman, but one which suits him admirably. His sudden bursts of energy were terrific, and served to set off by contrast still more strongly the general feebleness of the mind-broken old man, who, in all emergencies, is glad to lean on the poor child for support. Yates's Quilp was an incarnation of envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness in dress, look, and attitude ; he seemed as though he had stepped out of the illustrations. Wright's Dick Swiveller was excellent. His scene with the jolly old grand father and the wild young grandson, elicited shouts of laughter. His manner of giving " fork," the concluding word of the scene, was exceedingly rich ; he seemed the beau ideal of dirty smartness, a man formed by nature for the president of an Anti-Tee total Society. Paul Bedford as Tom Codling, and Wieland as Short Trott ers,:were exceedingly amusing. They sing a duet, " Punch and his Dramatis Per sonm," which has a very ludicrous effect, and in which Wieland introduces sundry imitations of dogs and cats, which tell amazingly. In the race scene Mr. Nightingale introduces his imitations, which are certainly the very best we ever heard. All other imitators must hide their diminished heads wherever this gentleman appears. Wilkin son had little to do as Kit, but that little was done exceedingly well. The piece has been got up with the greatest care ; the scenery is beautiful, and the tableaux, from the illustrations of Cattermole and Browne, surpass everything in that way that we ever saw. Yates gave out the piece for repetitio n every evening, amidst the unanimous applause of a house so crowded, that even standing places, from which a glimpse of the stage could be caught, were at a premium ; and we have no doubt but that Loffarge and the Old Curiosity Shop will cram the Adelphi every night until Christmas. BRUSSELS, NOV. 7. —Many senators and re presentatives have already arrived at Brussels for the meet ing of the Chambers, which ,is to take p lace on Tuesday. Baron Stassart is not expected to return to Brussels be fore the 22d or 23d, from his diplomatic mission to Turin. Duke Prosper of Aremberg arrived yestFrday afternoon at his country-seat, Beverle, near Louvain, on his return from Berlin, whither he has been to take the oath of alle. giance and to do homage to the King of Prussia. We learn from Warsaw that the Emperor of Russia has con ferred the order of St. Stanislaus of the First Class on the Bishops of Augustowe and Warsaw. It is not known for what reason they have received this mark of distinction. EVENING EDITj2N._. TH TS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest. , ri , e of tAt e al i . the MA oolis is 034 d; for the Loaf. Got d Breit, may be had at 716 1. PRICES OF SEEDS N, w E gl sh P l e t i la C :rlo . ver...sos ees l St. Fein ......... ...... U...a.1.t.e..r...—S e.:5"0: Old 1 .it , “ Dit 0 —s 3 s Rye G ass ................. ....: '-, ....,, New Foreign Di.to s 50s 'lss Pacey Grass ................ :75,4 01 iDi to lii to —s —s —s I,' i,seed, for MAR g ~. (3 " 0 " 0 , New White Clover 45s 5Cs lOs Dit 0, fo. sowing .......—: 42s stlo Old Dia , Ditto —s —s —s• Ditto, for crushi,.g ...,—.4 303 .iys s-, w Ire 0i1... —s .Ss 42s 1 - I,.mp .............. ... ...... .- _ crk 3 0 5 , Old 1 itto s 20s :It's Canary . .................... - 5 ."" Jr' foliurn - s .6's 70s Per B..shel, .° its 6 , E glish Carraway —s 503 Vs White Must:rd....AS U. ' J o i d Foreign Mao Coriander —s 1:s 16s 'Pares .................. 7s 6d ty —' 46s 48s Brown Ditto ......... lc§ U. t( 10 0,9 ti Rape Oil, brown, 1 1 :e ' r ( to C i E i. .. J .. .......... I . ...... ........ .......--°3:); 10 ) ' . 1.. .., Ditto, re fi ned „...0 i _, , r. Linseed 0i1....... ..... .. .. ......................................... '1 ,0 Lins ed Oil Cake at tn.: Mill (tier Woo) ............ ... I' o Ita, e ake, per to , ..................................... ''' PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b, ~0 0 . Town Tallies .. ......... ....Z0 IS 6 Melting Stuff ... . ........... z.:. Yellow Itussi 4 Whit e Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs .................. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of SRA ...._,.''' 1144. Price - of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Mel ters) ............ :ARKET. 1 sc market..day, 3. S t h ia ip r s tl a u rriyedi l sinee s Neat COAL L Adair's It d d. Budd -" Carr's Hartley Orig . nal Windsor's Pootop 1: 1 Is) li Walls End Hetton ............ i g Hcbburn Main 2l 6 Walls End Lambton ..... .... "i" 4 g LTolywerl Ma n •' il 3 Walls End S'ewart's ........ v (1 Ord's ltedhugh pErnidmNros• r e . h..u...1..b..e.r..1...an..11. , l i i i Pontop Windsor hussell's High Mainde •!_f" oi 11 11l 0 W..13s End Ager l-- .. Tees 2 l Smith's Pontop I I 7 8 ( 5 i ' 3,, ‘ 3. ' ,atllllss 'Pennant'st.E lil i i d 111;:arrhrtti ti1eewppd:011..................... t;i " 9 9 5 1 5 1' Walls End . arrington .0 9 Town', Y•• ..... ... • ........ ‘Villington Wylam Walls End •~nslb'th .. : 1 t . ) ) C l' % A V ' a al l I t ; End I:nd rtSoicubtahrdllsu°r"l'lM::: . 2 9:3 1. 1 6 Walls End Killingworth MARKETS. AIN. 198 Barley, Mecklenburg.' i5 O to l i e ton; -- H015t ein........ ff it3 to I st .. gp - 5 um m er......... . ;'26 nburg 1.:8 ) I —a , (Pease, ats::s li d o 1;E . . :°l . ts . a c k . tg k . l.l : : l! t o tti t • t o°°°9 :% 11 '4:9 1 9 Buck Wheat .........• .. oto Rapeseed, Hanover 15 t. to Malt ....................... Tares ................... EON. .. 11 / 4 ( 1 ‘ Nlaranliam ................ Madras ..................... Surats..„ ...................... 6 ..••••• Domingo ........ FEE. Domingo ...................... La Guavra .......... 0 5 6 Porto 4 i 8 2 7 , Discount.) ...,„6" '6l Bahia, Brown ..... ........ ,„61t Pernambuco " " 1. , Brow n ge 'own, 5 to 6% HAMBURG Gil Wheat, Marks 3 -4 tog:8 ----- Magdeburg Anhalt, white 390 to aBl red 366 to 381 Bruns.ich -- Mecklenburg 342 to 3641 ----- P01l 311 -- Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg -- Dantzie -- Elbing :,nd Ko nig,burg - Upland - Riga 2lO to '-'3ll COT] Carolina and Tennessee 7t4to Georgia, Ist suit 2d . 6 3 4 3d and 4th 5% 6 COF. Meeha 11 to 1:1;t, Batavia 5% 5% Sumatra Rio 4% 54 Bahia SUGAR.—(Wit Havannah, White ..„ 6 to 9 Brown. 5 64 Rio, White 5 14 (I}4 Brown Manilla. Br c 0/ 1 Trig CONSPIRATORS.—The allege" A ?fool. / that has been entered into by a body of political ;aiell asts to assassinate Louis Philippe, calls tom ied , l od ae ci. of a similar nature, but of infinitely reater extent' of,° °- ing forth its ramifications into the highest g r ! me of 011 .; ciety, which is known to have existed in th e , ti ; " p societyol eon, ranked under the amongstt le host' members m T b h e e r a P a h il largo s d n h o l e l :'; e r of t i "; o od t it - e most distinguished officers in the French se rf 'e of plans are distinctly alluded to in more thentfupokee,f, " private" letters and " secret" despatches of the droirslt h." Wellington, comprised in Colonel Gurwood's 11. publication. We understand further that Captal e ic ' o f th Qui e man, a British officer, who served through the wb ooeld • Peninsular war, is on the point of giving t° the e d of tb e work entirely founded on the knowledge h e °btal f the i f a p i l n a g n u s l a a n r d n p a r tu oj r e n c , ts a o n f d tli w is er s n oc a ie e t v y e , ra w l which w ere t o t o bj ea Ira: e el( bwenirnkg is carriedenti entitled eidn Theeffec t C h o y n t a h p e i r at most nr a ; r t o i n in al r a:nt rel the Re na " Military Life." *1 : 11° 6 INDISTINCT VISION.—It behoves aoll value the importance of that wonderful piece el mechanism," the eye, to adopt every and preserve it, particularly when those means sate de' reach, and the results from their application are r d ' C O ., lightful and immediately felt. E. Solonions 11 ,7, J o e' Opticians, &c. (36, Old Bond-street, and 1, 01 ' 00 10 SP: 10 10 Cheapside), have effected an improvement in means to stre . " , obitt for which they have secured a " patent," examination of scientific observers, haveell . % l ch; powerful test of personal experience, stablistrese superior excellence. On their application tc po oa: vision their effects are both delightful and instan;: e , oa f conveying at once a refreshing coolness to the t ' , d e rendering the most minute objects perfectly distioc 0 _ e o, by day or candle-light ;in short, their superiosr; vorei, and freedom from the injurious properties of gl e a l r eeel lr narily sold, have secured for them the power° s i r M l ' mendation of Sir B. Brodie, Bart., F. R. S. 0,1). I thony Carlisle, F. R. S. ; Sir J. E. Anderson, oscp Dr. J. Johnson, Suffolk-place ; Bransby Cel f .'Ast es a F. R. S., Spring-gardens ; Martin Ware. Esq. ; o s an Key, Esq., F. R. S., &c. &c. Soiolli° not Co.'sVoice C be seen, and enable Deaf persons to distinguis h t ".; e i ecn . ana l th lie inflections of a distant Epeaker. Being 10 o °,g nected with any other houses in London, a nd na /.in `" casion to guard the public against mistake' ° I ', whieb 1 , laxity of names (aided by various schemes that are reS°l: 41 0 to by empirics) have in several instances occasioned lle;es. disappointment to the incautious, they call particular st") tion to the following addross-36, Old Bond - street , se d Old Jewry, City. THE SIEGE OF FLORENCE.—We 10 / P ro , wonder at the rapid progress which this new historirrity, mance has already made in public favour and palOor It is of the right sort ; both as to the mater ials and tbtarsc. ner which they are employed. The historical 7.ter• ters which figure in it, would alone giv e a strong tad e itb ling interest to the work, even if they were not all'eAnweg some of the most stirring events in Italian history. All them will be found the Crichton of that day, Mic h ,' r dies` gelo Buonaratti, Guicciardini, the celebrated ve.ess Cortona ; Machiavelli, of whose character a et I:fedi cl presented to us ; the most noticeable among tu",,, eel!: family, Hippolito the Magnificent at their head a n d t '' o f brated military leaders, both of the League, ifediel; black bands of the Emperor Charles, and John d,e wag e ; the Constable Bourbon; Philibert, Prince o f olll e f . Malatesta, Baglioni, and (not to mention he st "Oats celebrated names) the great Stefano Colo nes ho c PI The subject of the " Siege of Florence," i the O P" has been chosen for such a purpose since S `Lytton' wer's " Rienzi," rab le i° The following anecdote, so highly ho,„n °ll d diot t : the lately appointed Dean of Durham, Dr. " 00°0 is worthy of being recorded : A number of lealligoat u ir , ing, we believe, to not less than 180, awaited h' o g f tb on his arrival in Durham. He was informed 3 woe :hp cumstance on the 28th of September. whe n , i the e5 7,001.# mated to him tbat if he signed on that 5 6 ; merits, to the amount, it is said, of 2, 00 Z 1 ° 5 0 , - ) es hei would go to Mrs. Jenkinson, the widow 01,$}, 29 all they tt b whi uineetumlli ]cases na h tsoi e newsh;i mmight()delayedrwsn. to the following daY I s b -11 h . jaevne H k bieneanenonnb signed gn r gn e eh p dt l e tbo d, y b : ol, ‘ xepTtat:ll; re s o s n o e r ,. the Durham Advertiser. have resig n " on Mr. Easthope is understood to ! ia ; Con 3 P i all ' of chairmanship of the Southampton gall e' disagreements ,rneimitnofNitTaßenons a e s Eer, t n o c t N_ he oayk.be3.N t he sro: the ground, according to the Hampshire v f n utuee:: .. si : principles of Al4 l. nutt y-- Aces 0 MISTAKE —Yesterday forenoon, while a en - po llce IN - el walking the street, he was laid hold of by a aig ef k and taken before the P rocura tor Fiscal, au'rrrollc ori being Peter Cameron, th e murderer of Ale c i p ' 9'oo e at Crofthead of Ballintomb, for whose aPP reb r, i t 'l t° ward has been offered. On examination, 11° c - o %lloi be found he was on his way from the north , e d th eS oe o Arbroath to get married and he thehavingaterost-e t he expected his marriage line ; s to be lying In d to " 4 11/ till called for, this upon inquiry was f° llll ori . elf fact. He gave his name as John Stewar.e...edilit from Argyleshire. Stewart was of course ;ell" liberated. ~7 1 05 : SUPERIOII. LONtiONTXBLE .„. 14 ', 1 eif 1 1 , 1 0 0 ° ‘ ; with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert l'eLbite 3 5 . Carvers, 51. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, wit h c r e u rg a t pes , handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. 8 11 - ; oe iv e" a t of per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 2 73 .„; n4; tbe - 395. ; Papier Machu Tea-trays, gothic shape, "'''' • Ir• full sizes. is f °rISS Catalogues, containing the price of every article ing ironmongery and cutlery, - gratis. fo oo t. HILTON and BURTON, Wells-street , Os r _....000 Established 1820. -- _— -- . ge l ' BIRTHS. A f f th e On the 31st ult., at Tregony, Cornwall, the la•- , ° of John Mickleburgh, B. A., of son tile ladi On the 4th inst., in ueen-squ'are, Bloomsburio John Robert Thomson, Esq.. of a son. ~, °f uses' On the 7th inst., the lady of T. Martin, VA" 6 0 , 0 d i si s- f• street, Strand, of a son. ( 0 ) n n the the 7th B th i inst., t , . at, atL e N y v t i o l n te s n t o - n p e l a , ee, Mrs. i3 ( lE i ) g . r : v f e l q a t ir:r e r J f bo , o Irvine, of a son. f On the Bth inst. , th e lad y of Baron Lionel de Othse Pi cc adilly, of a son. f so' Yates,Yates, lady f sra On the Bth inst., at Tottenham, Mrs. J. On the 9th inst. , in Nottingharn-place, the ° o i °I Purrier, Esq., of a daughter. lx Dir , lts' On the 9th inst., at Clapton.terrace, Mrs. - r • root° daughter. ' Nir•t' On the 9th inst., at Ludgate.hill , the lady of • of a daughter. ------- -..-------------- MARRIE.D. to Caroline On the Embassy, . n 2 e B s tl o i i ll t i a . ~ a y t oi F in r g a e n s k t fo d r a t u , g h ß t a e r r o n of E. J. Arne odeer. !r oi l 1 : 1/ : e t i Dusseldorf.the Rev. C. R. Muston,_l‘l.'" ftrifi sb On the 4th inst. , at the Hague, at the residence of the johil op o f St. „adios'. Chelmsford, to Katharine, daughter of G. Gibson, of RO" On the 21st of July last, oDnlbEoaDrcl. the I%lary and Jan e' on l isr is voyage from Calcutta, Captain 'Thomas Winter. Esq" Is W On the 6zh inst., at Dartford, Ic.ent, . Cracroft, ' of the Exchequer, aged 84. Illeb trtig' On the 6th inst., at Longford, Middlesex, Mr. G. _. lat, of the Royal Academy of Alusic,aged 26. wife of cbolr, Ma O y n o, t i h ,,,s e q 3 ., d l% i i n a s y t o ., r a at Winchester, Jane, the title ° On the sth inst., at Shere, near Guildford, Marl, daughter of the late W. Bray, Esq., aged 78. 0,1 the 6th inst., at Watford, Herta, Jane W a lker ne nbli daughter of W. T. Beeby, Esq., aged seven m onths . __, jr. rt• On the 6th inst., in Park-street, Grosvenor-s 4 , Ramsay, Esq., of Tusmore, Oxfordshire, aged 51. f , o f 1" , the w' On the 7th inst., in Woburn-square, Rachel, T. Skipper, Esq. --- - f Lon,ion : Printed and Publish ed b y MIIRDO I2 114 ,irss ids No. I 1•2. Stravd, at 'lnc Sur' Office, No. 1, °, 11"' "a, . the county of 31iddleses.--Tuesday, November -------------0.