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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1836.

Mr. JOHN LESLIE, one of the Governors and
Directors of the poor or the parish of St. George's,
Hanover-square, has just published a pamphlet illus-
trative of the principles upon which the metropolitan
poor rate is administered, to which the writer has ap-
pended observations intended to show the evils of esta-
blishing a system of Poor Laws in Ireland. Our re-
ference to this pamphlet shall be solely confined to the
part which relates to the sister country. Had not
Ireland engaged Mr. LESLIE'S attention in his
zeal to protect the poor frotn what he regards as the
source of all our social miseries, it is probable that we
should have allowed the parishioners of St. George's
to decide upon the merits— literary and statistical—of
this tract. But when—not content with the praises
bestowed upon him by his fellow-parishioners, for
really important services in the correction of acknow-
ledged parochial abuses—he steps forward to direct
the Legislature on the subject of Irish grievances, it be-
comes our duty to inform him that there is nothing at all
new, either in the remedy which he suggests, or in the
mode in which he communicates it to the world. On
the contrary, his assumptions of fact, as regards the
general operation of the Poor Law in this country, arc
quite erroneous—the result of such an examination of
a great moral question, as contents itself with occa-
sional references to the Statute-book.

Mr. LESLIE condemns the whole system of
Poor Laws. "It may be asked," he says—" can the
poor do better without any laws for their relief ? lam
of opinion that they would obtain more real advantages,
both pecuniary and moral, if no such laws were in exis-
tence." Wherefore, then, are the people of Ireland
not happier than their fellow-subjects in this country ?
How is it that we cannot discover among them evi-
dences of those pecuniary and moral advantages which
are destroyed by the working of a compulsory system
of Poor Laws ? Crime has not been generated by
Poor Laws in Ireland ; yet agrarian outrages are more
frequent there than here—drunkenness is twice as
common—pauperism has spread like a leprosy over the
face of the land ; and if bastardy, the desertion of
wives and children, and the neglect of parents, are of
more rare occurrence, the cause is to be sought for
solely in the religious principles of the people, and the
influence of the Catholic priesthood over the minds of
their flocks.

Mr. LESLIE argues by analogy, where no grounds for
such analogy exist. He assumes that because Poor Laws
have been found to operate in a certain way in a
country filled with manufactures, overflowing with
trade, and abounding in wealth ; therefore these laws
—no matter how modified—will produce precisely
the same effects in a country destitute of capital, of
machinery, of trade—of everything but oppression on
the one hand, and squalid destitution on the other.
Mr. LESLIE seems to overlook that to the operation
of the Poor Law system in England, we are, in a
great measure, indebted for the rise of manufacturing
industry in this country. We grant that during the
last quarter of a century, Poor Laws have been the oc-
casion of great moral evil ; but be it remembered that
the abuses of the system are not essential to its exis-
tence, as is proved by the passing of the Amendment
Act ; and, furthermore, that the laws of bastardy and
settlement—the real sources of the moral evil—would
not require to be included in any system of Poor Laws
at present about to be established in Ireland. In all
the countries where there is an equality of condition
among the mass of the population, and which offers
facilities for the profitable introduction of manufactures,
the establishment of a compulsory system of Poor
Laws must increase the'general prosperity, by develop-
ing new sources for multiplying the general wealth.
Its operation only becomes oppressive when the com-
mercial industry of the community is incapable of fur-
ther extension. This could not happen to Ireland in
a shorter period than a century, at the very least.
But enough on the subject of Mr. LESLIE'S general
reasoning. We will proceed at once to his remedy for
the grievances of Ireland—his panacea for Poor Laws :

" What is ONE GREAT CAUSE of the distress to millions of
the inhabitants of Ireland ? ' There is not in Ireland that
division of labour which exists in Great Britain ; the body of
the labouring class look to agricultural employment, and to it
only, for support; the supply is thus so considerable as greatly

to exceed the demand for it ; hence come small earnings and
wide-spread misery.'
" Here, then, is a state of circumstances involving, not the
happiness, not the comfort, but the very existence of nearly
six millions of our fellow creatures, and subjects of the same
monarchy.
" LET THE LEGISLATURE AT ONCE GRAPPLE WITH THIS
FACT.—/t had its origin in the Statute Book, and to annihi-
late it would be the greatest achievement of modern states-
men. The disorder is not confined to a particular locality in
that country, but extends itself through the whole length and
breadth of it.

" The evil to be overcome is a great one, and therefore re-
quires a corresponding greatness of effort. To be effective,
the remedy must be prompt, large, and liberal ; and must not
be doled out with a niggard hand. Give the population of
Ireland an alternative, besides looking to agricultural employ-
ment, and to it only, for support.'
" In doing this, the greatest care must be to avoid (what I
am of opinion poor laws would insure) permanent evils to the
country. I will suppose a great present pecuniary sacrifice on
the part of the common revenue, for the purpose of forming
some great national work in Ireland,—not to be carried into
effect by local jobbers, but through the instrumentality of re-
sponsible parties,—the executive government. For example,
a great railway, intersecting the most populous parts of the
country, with a terminus at each end in some well adapted sea
ports. A work of this, or any other similarly great character,
begun and carried on with the vigour which a parliamentary
grant alone could give it, would not only absorb the redundant
labour, but prove (as the Caledonian Canal has proved to
Scotland), of incalculable moral and social advantage to the
whole country ; it would be, as that great work was, the means
of making the peasantry familiar with the most improved ma-
chinery and tools, and it would advance civilization most
rapidly, because of the impetus it would give to industry.
" A work of such a character would instantly compel the
landlords of Ireland to unite in this process of civilisation, un-
less they were anxious that their lands should go out of culti-
vation. The return Great Britain might expect, from a judi-
cious application of two or three millions of the revenue,
would be in the great moral improvement, and the advance in
civilization, of two-thirds of the whole population of Ireland;
and (what is of far less consequence in a question involving
the existence of six millions of our common nature,) a pecu-
niary return, by a toll on the produce and merchandize to be
conveyed by the rail-road.."

The people of Ireland demand a ratification
of their right to the means of existence, and Mr.
LESLIE advises Parliament to employ them in making
a railroad at the expense of England and Scotland.
Neither Mr. LESLIE, nor any other person, who is
in the habit of seeing this Journal, can for a moment
suspect us of under-rating the national importance of
railroads. We were certainly the first London Paper
to suggest to the Government the advantages of esta-
blishing such modes of inter-communication between
the different districts of Ireland, and we are happy to
state that our efforts have not proved unavailing.
But a railroad is not all that is wanted. It must
be the dect, rather than the cause of Ireland's
amelioration, to produce the results which Mr.
LESLIE anticipates from it. Suppose, for example,
the railroad finished, what are the poor employed
in making it to do then ? A railroad cannot
of itself build comfortable cottages—erect linen,
cotton, muslin, and silk manufactures. It cannot sink
mines, drain bogs, raise foundries, and cultivate
wastes—and all these things must be done before Ire-
land can be made contented or happy. But observes
Mr. LESLIE—" A work of such a character would
instantly compel the landlords of Ireland to unite in
this process of civilization, unless they were anxious
that their lands should go out of cultivation." This
is rather an ominous saving clause. Suppose the
landlords of Ireland indifferent as to the cultivation of
their lands—as the majority of them are at present,
and ever have been—what remedy does the railroad
provide for their starving tenantry ? The assumption
is one which every person who knows the state of
Ireland intimately, will admit to be perfectly allowable.
What answer then will Mr. LESLIE make to this plain
question ? He may contend that we are putting an
extreme case. We assert the contrary to be the fact.
Pecuniary interests are all-powerful in England ;\ in
Ireland a landlord thinks nothing of sacrificing half his
rental to rid his estates of papistry.
The population of Ireland want employment, and
the country has vast resources of wealth which, only
require development to afford 'profitable labour in
abundance. The remedy is therefore obvious enough :
—Throw the onus of maintaining the starving poor on
the landlords, and not only will the railroad be soon
made, but machinery will be imported ; factories will
be built, canals will be opened, mines will be ex-
plored, bogs will be drained, agriculture will be en-
couraged, and in less than twenty years Ireland will
become in reality the right arm of the British empire.
There is too much talk about the vices of the poor—
too little reference to the irresponsibility of the rich in
all Mr. LESLIE'S pamphlets.

The O'SULLIVAN humbug has had but ill luck in
Scotland. Our countrymen on tie other side of the
Tweed are a shrewd, sensible race, not easily imposed
upon by appearances, and, least of all, by religious
appearances. When pretensions are put forth to su-
perior purity and holiness, the Scotch are slow in
giving credit to the professions of those who proclaim
themselves the possessors of these Christian graces.
No people in the world see more clearly through the
mask—none better interpret the blustering fervour or
sanctimonious whine of the hypocrite than they do.
We are, therefore, not in the least surprised that they
have scouted the claims of such fellows as M‘GHEIt
and O'SULLIVAN - men who, under the pre-
tence of a zeal for true religion, ramble about the
country, making game of Godliness, by trafficking
in scandal, calumny, and forgery,—stirring up
strife between man and man—blowing the coals of
Sectarian rancour—setting brother against brother, the
son against the father, and the father against the son,
and labouring like true emissaries of Him whom they
serve, to convert men into demons, and earth into hell.

These holy men, taking unto themselves two
helps meet for them,—namely, a pious scaramouch of
the name of CooK, from Ireland, who has lately been
playing off some queer antics in the Synod of Ulster,
and an excommunicated Catholic Priest—one CROTTY,
a renegade, whose name stinks in the nostril—made
their appearance lately at Glasgow. They set to
work in their usual way, got together a few of the
faithful, who undertook to distribute tickets, so as to
secure such an audience as would listen to their abuse of
the Catholics, and their pious denunciations of all who
were not of the same way of thinking as themselves.
This trick they tried a second time with equal success.
The third time, however, fortune failed them. They
thought they would dispense with the formality of the
ticket, and throw open their doors to the public. And
what was the consequence ? Just what might have
been expected. The public feeling revolted at the
disgusting exhibition, and such an uproar ensued as
could be suppressed only by a numerous body of po-
lice called in to give effect to the arguments of the
intolerants by the argumentum baculinum ; though,
as the
party themselves confess, not the least attempt
at violence
was made by the audience, who merely
used the privilege generally conceded to a British
utoof expressing their disapprobation of the
sapedeichry,
delivered. es

It
excuse for
this necessary,
course, to find some plausible
funexpected ebullition of popular feel-
ing,Ya fo s
and the happy expedient suggested itself of lay-
ing the blame upon the Catholics, though there is not
the least evidence that a single Catholic was at the
meeting. But a " Popish plot"
-5 too good a thing to
be let slip, when the Catholics are to bepersecuted. The
fanatics—no ! fanaticism implies sincerity.. the hollow-
hearted hypocrites, who had been defeated in their attempt
to enlist the public sentiment of Glasgow in favour of their
diabolical designs, now give out that it was the inten-
tion of the Catholics to cut the gas-pipes, and when
the meeting should be in darkness to massacre the
Protestants ! I The one part of the meeting was to

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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1836.

put the other to death in the dark !1 ! The ci-devant
Father CROTTY must have had a drop too much when
this bright thought struck him.
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We see the enlightened advocates of Protestantism
—those consistent persons, who are constantly dinning
in our ears their belief that Protestantism is the only
true form of Christian faith, and boasting that it is
able, as the work of God, to defend itself against all
opposition, are not ashamed to have recourse to carnal
weapons in its defence. A merchant of Glasgow,
CAMPBELL by name, has offered a reward of 501.
per annum to such Catholic priests, not exceeding
thirty in number, as shall renounce their religion and
become Protestants. Here is a noble testimony to the
efficacy of the Protestant religion. Here is a happy
solution of that most difficult of all problems—how
to serve God and Mammon at the same time. Shall
the gates of hell ever prevail against a faith so sup-
ported ?

This plan of Mr. CAMPBELL'S for recruiting the
ranks of Protestantism, ingenious as it is, is not alto-
gether original. It seems to have been borrowed from
an ancient Chieftain of the Clan Gordon, who when
his clansmen had been much thinned by a famine,
offered a boll of oatmeal to every family who would
drop their own name, and take the name of Gordon.
The scheme succeeded to a certain extent—the claims
of hunger were too powerful for the clannish feelings
of some of the half-and-half caste of Highlanders—
but the true Gordons always distinguished the intru-
ders by the name of the " Bow-'o-meal Gordons."

The Post of this morning, in an article on the sub-
ject of Peerage Reform, takes the opportunity of
sneering at the opinion in its favour which is daily
gaining ground in Scotland, observing, " perhaps it is
true that the preponderance of the popular feeling in
Scotland is in favour of revolution ; but what then ?
The Legislative Constitution of the British empire is
not to be revolutionized because a proverbially sour,
sullen people, with an enormous quantity of self-esteem,
are angry that they have not their own way in every
thing. The Scotch are an exceedingly shrewd, clever
people, none upon the face of the earth more so ; but
they happen to be so very conscious of this themselves,
that seven out of every ten of the Scotch people think
they could give much better advice how to rule the
empire than any man who sits in the House of Peers."
We say nothing of the good taste, and liberal, gentle-
manlike spirit of this passage, where a whole
people is accused of being " proverbially sour and
sullen," and cursed with inordinate vanity : our object
is with the admission which the writer—reluctantly
enough, it must be confessed—makes, that " the pre-
ponderance of the popular feeling in Scotland is in
favour" of Peerage Reform, or " revolution," as he
conveniently phrases it. This admission is every way
a just one. The Scotch are in favour of a Reform in
the Upper House, and for this reason, that they
clearly see there is no chance of bringing the Lords to
a sense of their duty without it. They have not
adopted this opinion hastily or passionately ; it is not
a mere matter of impulse with them—a headstrong
prejudice to be fostered one day, laid aside the next ;
far otherwise ; their advocacy of Peerage Reform is
the slowly formed result of long and diligent consi-
deration—of that consideration which characterizes all
they say or do. And is an opinion thus cautiously
adopted, after the experience of three Sessions, to be
treated with ridicule, as wholly unworthy of refuta-
tion ? Whatever our Contemporary may think
of it, sure we are that the more intelligent
and moderate Conservatives will not consider it
as so supremely absurd. They, at least, will give the
opinion of Scotland its due weight ; and greatly in-
deed shall we be mistaken, if we do not see its effects
in their votes throughout the next Session. But mark
the glaring inconsistency of this Tory journalist ! In
the feelings of a whole kingdom, he can see nothing
but absurdity ; while in those of a paltry faction, he
discovers the essence of all wisdom. He denies that
to unanimous Scotland, which he concedes without
stint or reservation to some hundred and seventy
Tory Lords--that is, the right of forming an opinion
for herself ! And so arguing, he conceives himself
to be advancing the cause of justice and common
sense ! Now we will venture to say that we will
pick out of any town in Scotland —say Edinburgh,
Glasgow, or Dundee—at least one hundred and seventy
individuals, moving in the middle walks of life, and
no way distinguished among their neighbours, who
shall possess quite as much as political intelligence,
and a far keener sense of political justice, than the
hundred and seventy Tories in the House of Lords.
It is not the coronet that makes the statesman—how-
ever it may perfect the Peer—else we should not find
a LONDONDERRY drivelling nightly such nonsense in
our highest court of judicature. Having, as he no
doubt imagines, made Scotland a bye-word and a
laughing-stock among nations, by the irresistible vi-
gour of his sarcasm and ridicule, our self-complacent
Contemporary goes onto say " nothing can be more
apparent than that Ministers are quaking for the
permanence of their ill-gotten and worse-maintain-
ed official power. In all quarters the terror oozes
out, and will not be restrained. It is apparent that
all England is disgusted by the mean subser-
viency of an incapable Government." All this is
very apparent, no doubt. The disgust of " all
England" with Ministers was unequivocally manifested
at the late Reform dinners at Leeds—at' Taunton—at
Halifax—at Coventry—and hundreds of other places
that we could enumerate—where the prevailing feel-
ings were those of confidence in Government, and dis-
gust towards its opponents ! When to this, we add
the facts that Scotland and Ireland are Ministerial
almost to a man, it must be still more " apparent" that
Government—to quote our Contemporary's own words
—is " quaking for the permanence" of its authority. •

b. itants of the Spanish Cerdagna seek refuge in peat numbers
in our territory.
" ' SEPT. 30.—Marotto evacuated Alp on the morning of
the 29th, with 3,000 men, on the approach of 2,000 Christinos
and two pieces of artillery, under Gurrea.
" ' 600 Christinos and Milicians of Puycerda, having too
hastily attacked the Carlists at the pass of Rosas, were re-
pulsed by therm, and relieved only by the arrival of Gurrea,
who pursued Marotto as far as Molina, and then returned in
the evening to Puycerda with his troops. The loss on both
sides was insignificant.
" ' The last mail from Valencia has not reached Barce-

lona.' "
In all this there is nothing of importance, though
made the subject of telegraphic communications. The
following official dispatch from Bayonne, dated the Ist
inst., is, however, worthy of attention :

" Gomez has retired into the Sierra d'Alcarrez, between
Murcia and La Mancha. The new expedition, commanded
by Sanz, and at first destined for Castile, has entered the As-
turias. Villareal made a demonstration in the valley of Mena
to protect its entry. Two battalions embarked on the 28th
ult. at St. Sebastian for Gijon, in order to oppose this
invasion."

We learn from private but authentic sources, that
at an early hour on the 28th, the Salamander steamer
arrived at San Sebastian from Santander, bringing
advices that the Carlist Chief SANZ, at the head of
4,000 men, had been escorted as far as Carandia by
VILLAREAL, and that the former Chief was about to
make another excursion into the Asturias. A Council
of War was immediately held, at which General
EVANS, Commodore Lord JOHN HAY, and Colonel
WYLDE were present, and in which it was resolved
that 2,300 picked soldiers, a few pieces of artillery,
and a proper supply of ammunition, should be sent
on board three of the steamers in the harbour, to
be landed at Gijon, in the Asturias. This
port is only a few leagues distant from Oviedo,
the capital ; so that the QUEEN'S troops can easily be
in possession of it some days before the arrival of the
insurgents. On the night of the 28th, the men em-
barked on board the Phcenix, the Salamander, and the
James Watts. They were in the highest spirits, and
everything had been provided for their accommodation.
The command of this expedition was given to Don
TIBURCIO TORABOZO, Colonel of the Saragossa
Regiment—a brave officer, esteemed by the authorities
for his excellent conduct, and beloved by his men for
his cordial appreciation of strict military discipline.
It is not to be expected that the Carlists will remain
passive spectators of this decrease in the number of
their enemies. The absence of so large a portion of
the regular garrison, will doubtless lead to a violent
attack upon the British lines, with a view to storm and
re-take the town. No doubt some such plan was con-
templated by the Carlist leaders, when they resolved to
entrust the command of the Asturian expedition
to SANZ. If an attack be made upon San Sebastian,
it will be by the whole Carlist force under the
personal inspection of VILLA REAL. But all this must
have been foreseen, and provided against by General
EvANs, before he consented to the decimation of
the force under his command. The other accounts in
these Journals relate principally to the KING'S popu-
larity ; the policy of Ministers ; and the state of
affairs in Spain. The Gazette de France asserts
positively that the KING was encompassed at
Compeigne by a secret body guard of 2,000 men,
whose duty it was to protect his person ; and that so
strict were they in obeying their instructions, that several
officers were prevented from approaching the CITIZEN-
KING so nearly as to expose him to the danger of
contact with a pistol bullet. The same Journal states
that a well-known public writer has been sent to Lon-
don, for the purpose of endeavouring to render the
British Press favourable to the MOLE Administration.

Madrid Journals, received to the 26th ult., contain
a Royal decree, which declares that the property of all
ecclesiastics residing in foreign countries, and whose
permission to leave Spain does not date since Decem-
ber, 1835, is sequestered to the wants of the State.
Those ecclesiastics whose permission to leave Spain
dates since December, 1835, will receive restitution
for losses incurred by the sale of their benefices ; but
as their absence proves that they are negligent of their
sacred duties, or that such duties can be dispensed
with, the benefices themselves will be sold, without any
reservation whatever. This decree is prospective, as
well as retrospective. All ecclesiastics who shall quit
Spain, under any pretext whatsoever, will forfeit what-
ever Church property they possess in the kingdom.
The capital was tranquil. Since the defeat of
GomEz, the QUEEN'S troops had made 300 more of
the enemy prisoners. The QUEEN was in excellent
health.

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.)

DEAL, OCT. 4.—Arrived from the River and remain—the
Jane, Ford, for Ceylon ; and Branch, Currie, for Teneriffe.
Sailed the whole of the outward-bound, but have since put
back, and remain.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 4.—Wind S. E. to N. E., strong.—
No arrivals.—Sailed the Flora, Leveque, for Jamaica ; Yselmo,
Caprarico, for Teneriffe ; and Nautilus, Luckie, for Demerara.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 3.—Wind N. to W.—Arrived his Ma-
jesty's brig Partridge, from Cork.—No sailings.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 3.—Wind N. N. W. to N. W.—Arrived
the Camden packet, from the West Indies—sailed from St.
Thomas's on the 2d ult. ; and Lord Melville, —, from Lis-
bon—sailed 25th ult. Sailed his Majesty's ship Spitfire, for
Cadiz and the Mediterranean ; and Nightingale packet,
--, for the West Indies.
STANGATE CREEK, OCT. 4.—Arrived the President, Ar-
thur, from Venice.
DOVER, OCT. 4.—Arrived off port the Blunkett, Valerais,
from the River Gambia; and Tarn O'Sbanter, Norman, from
Gibraltar.

MILFORD, OCT. 4.—Arrived the Abeona, Duke, from St.
John's, New Brunswick.
DUBLIN, OCT. 4.--Arrived the Attica, Brick, from Lisbon

The Samuel and Sarah, O'Hara, from New Castile, has
arrived at the Humber, leaky, with loss of masts, &c. ; bound
to Alexandria.

The Sophia, Brutyer, from Middleburg, foundered at sea,
3d inst. ; crew saved.
The Diligent, from Maracaibo, has arrived at Jamaica, with
damage, having struck the bar of the former place ; bound to
Liverpool.
The Thetis, Haugh, from Gibraltar, has arrived at St. Tho.
mar's, very leaky ; cargo discharging.

In a letter addressed by Mr. O'CoNNELL to Mr.
SHARMAN CRAWFORD, the Honourable and Learned
Member for Kilkenny again expresses himself favour-
able to the introduction of a poor law into Ireland.
The following are his observations on the subject
" With respect to a poor law, I intend shortly to
address a letter to the Trades' Political Union,
that most excellent, and indeed admirable body.
In that letter I will touch upon many matters which
have lately engrossed public attention, and parti-
cularly on a Poor Law, a subjec t which has in
this country, excited no small share of mistaken but
sincere benevolence, and has elicited a good deal of
cant, hypocrisy, and gross ignorance. We are come to
the time when we must make the experiment in Ire-
land of a Poor Law. Lord MORPETH distinctly
gave a pledge to bring forward the measure next Ses-
sion. I have told my constituents that I would sup-
port the principle of that Bill."

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The whole of the Paris journals of Sunday and
Monday have been received. They contain a note
addressed by the Duke de MONTOBELLO to the Fe-
deral Directory of Switzerland, announcing the sus-
pension of all diplomatic relations between the two
countries. For a copy of this remarkable document
we refer to another part of The Sun. The Moniteur
of Sunday contains the following intelligence from
Spain :
" Government has received by telegraph the following de-
spatches :

Our arrivals this morning are the French and Flanders
mails, and ship-letters from St. Vincent's and Gambia. A
Lisbon mail, by the Lord Melville, left Sept. 25 ; and a Ja-
maica mail by the Camden, sailed Aug. 24, and from St.
Thomas's Sept. 2.
Our readers will find the intelligence brought by the Ja-
maica papers under its proper head.
Consols opened this morning at the prices they left off yes-
terday, 89i ; Money, 89 ; Exchequer Bills, 13 ; In-
dia Bonds, 9 11 ; Bank Stock, 208 209 ; India Stock,
255 256.

In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, which closed yes-
terday at 27 28, owing to their coming about 2 per Cent.
lower from Paris, have receded to 261 27; Passive, 7 8 ;
Deferred, 111 ; Portuguese closed at 52 ; opened at 511 i ;
Three per Cents. closed, 34i I, now 33 , 34k.
.HAL -PAST ONE.
t
Consols continue steady at 89H for the Account ; and
for next Account, 89 i; Exchequer Bills, 5 7 ; India Bonds,
9 11 ; Bank Stock, 2081 2091 ; India Stock, 255 2.56.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, which was
heavy in the early part of the morning, at 26 i, has sinceim-
proved to 27 i i ; Passive, 81 ; Deferred, Ili i ; Portuguese,
521 .1; Three per Cents., 340 ; Colombian, 35 i ; Dutch,
54 i.

PERPIGNAN, SEM 29.
" Yesterday evening, at seven'o'clock, the Carlist Chief,
Marotto, with 3,000 infantry and.2oo cavalry, occupied Alp,
near Puycerda, where the alarm•bell was rung. The baba-

THREE O' CL O CK.
Consols fir the Aceotust, 89*..

" HANGING IN JOKE."—An inquest was held,
on Monday, on the body of James Mitchell, son of Mrs. Mit-
chell, who keeps a public-house in Broadmead, Bristol. De-
ceased said to his sister that people told him he was too
great a coward to hang himself, and in a joke he took a piece
of string and fastened it round his neck as he stood on a
chair; and, falling from the chair, he was actually hung.
Verdict ---" Accidental death, caused by hanging himself in a
joke."—Bristol Paper.
We see that in Hertfordshire, in Devonshire, in
Essex, and in some other counties, the landowners have con-
vened several meetings to carry into effect the voluntary prin-
ciple of the Commutation of Tithes Act. As yet we have
seen no advertisement for any part of Sussex ; but the land-
owners here, we presume, will not be long behind theirneiph•
bours,....,Brighton Guardian.

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY),

Jabez Thomas Fisher and George Arnold, copper. plate
printers, applied upon their petitions to be discharged. Their
debts amounted to upwards of 8001. They were supported by
Mr. COOKE.

It appeared from the statement of the insolvent, Fisher,
that they had carried on the business of copper-plate printers,
in partnership, for about two years and a-half, in Milton-street,
Somers-town. His partner, Arnold, had been assisted by oc-
casional advances from his father, Mr. Arnold, the landscape
painter, and member of the
.Royal Academy, amounting to
265/., for which he had obtained a warrant of attorney, in
March last, and had put an execution into the house.
Mr. Arnold, sen., was examined, and deposed to the amount
of the loans, and his having obtained a warrant of Attorney.
The sale of the property took place on the 3d of August, and
realized 165/., after paying rent, taxes, and the Sheriff's ex-
penses.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—The insolvents were arrested
on the 21st July, and the sale took place on the 3d of August,
and of course cannot be supported, as it is contrary to the pro-
visions of the Act of Parliament. These insolvents cannot
be discharged until the proceeds of the sale are paid into
Court, arid then let Mr. Arnold come in pari passu with the
other creditors. If Mr. Arnold will not do that, he will be
liable to an action at the suit of the other creditors.
Mr. COOKE having explained the clause in the Act of Par-
liament to Mr. Arnold, be at once consented to pay the money
into Court, and the case was postponed for that purpose.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

BO W-STREET.

James Dupere was charged upon suspicion of stealing a hat.
A policeman saw him running through Bream's-buildings, in
Chancery-lane, last night, about twelve o'clock, with a silk
hat in his hand, besides one on his head. He stopped him,
and was told he had picked it up. He took him into custody.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he was an appren-
tice to his father, a waterman, plying at Temple-stairs. He
was at a concert last night, and was running home because he
was so late. In Leather-lane he kicked the hat before him, and
seeing no one near, he picked it up and took it with hint. He
offered to take the policeman to the spot, and give up the hat.
Mr. HALLS—WeII, policeman, why did you not accept that
offer, and investigate the affair? Policeman—l was afraid of
getting a good beating. I thought he might have led me
among a parcel of his comrades.
Mr. HALLS—You are a very courageous fellow, and well
fitted for your duty. It is a case of suspicion. The hat must
be detained, and the prisoner must be discharged.