The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-29 00:00:00

litiE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29. lB-to.

thrive. Starving men, it is known, will corn- for the success of which he answered a year ago, and for
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mit murder, and feed on the dead body to ap-
chances t o success,
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pease the cravings of appetite. When there is in troops were beginning to be demora. li'sed. In one of his
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1 only
masses of the people an approximation to starva- despatches which has ben intercepted, he speaks in
elusiona termsgry t
_of the conduct of France, saying. in c?n-
Lion that must be the parent of much cruelty and
that the actual state of embarrassment is owing
many crimes. For the degradation of the people, to its perfidious counsels ; that when France prevailed
ocnntly him
of nboetr
steol f p; r ot cheaetd s beyondhe
then, those are answerable who, by noxious and un-
just legislation, deprive them of employment and food.
Russia in Asia Minor, becaues
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that
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led her to act ; and that he novlevnkno.ws what to
above immediate want, but the morality produced thi\n‘k, of a frlidendishdir which has always been fatal to him."
by the condition of the masses of the people
said to would
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speedily becomes a national habit, and, by a sort of think that the conduct of ourabintetithaiss beenpa such
fashion ands ympathy, influences those who are not that such statements e
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immediately subject to the pressure of starvation.
° P BOURSE,— PARIS, TUESDAY, OCT 27.
We anticipate, therefore, still more numerous of- HALF. PAs T TIIItEE. —The French Stocks* opened at
fences, and greater moral degradation of the people ac"cra:t!svafnocreth?: Aycecsot eurndt ay
f' so qu_ot 4f
ations. The Three ner
than any we have yet witnessed, if the laws to 90e., and after some fluctuations .80
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fell to "
7-If. 30c., and close at 74f. 35c., a fall of
starve them down to a level of the home supply of
10v. The Five per Cents., from 107 f. 60c., advanced
food be not rescinded. to 107 f. 70r., and close at 107 f., a fall of 30c For
___. Money the Three per Cents. are 40c. higher than ;ester,

It is useless to reason with the Morning Pos
on the rebuke administered by the Commander-
in-Chief to Lord CARDIGAN. In defending him

.... nigher i......_ yeb,
day, no business having been done therein. The Five
per Cents, are 20c, lower. The Bank of France Shares
have improved 15f., arid the Belgian Bank Shares also
15f. The Belgian Five per Cents. are i per cent, lower;
the Three per Cents. unaltered ; for the Account the lat-
ter 66f. 70c., 66f. 75c., 66f. 50c., and 66f. 75e. The Spa-
nish Active
.is -4- higher; from 22f. it advanced to 221 f.
The Passive is unaltered ; the Neapolitan 50c. higher,
and the Roman fl. Except the Strasburg to Bale the
Railway Shares have improved.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price
French 5 per Cents lO7 ... 107 SO ... 107 .„ 107
4% per Cents ......
4 per Cents 9l 50 .., 91 5J ... 91 50 ... 91 50
9 per Cents 74 90 ..., 74 90 ... 74 60 ... 74 80
Bank of France 2900 ...2925 ... 29e0 ~. 2915
Latlitte Bank I,ooof. Sh lOlO ...1010 ~, 1010 ...IMO
15,000 f. sli
Belgian Thank
5 per Cents 96% ~. D6X ... 9659 ... 9654
per Cents 6l 75 ... 66 75 ~. 66 75 ... 66 75
22 ... ;224 ... 22 ... ='2l!Spanish Active
Passive ss‘ ... 5% ... 555 ... *e
New Deferred
Neapolitan
Roman 1,0% ...... 110000 50_ ...... 19,0% ...... /10000 511
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain
Versailles, It. B 360 ... 360 ~, 360 ... 560
L.B.
Orleans .. 462 50 ... 465 .., 442 5C ... 465
Strasburg to Bale 375 ... 377 50 ... 375 ... 375

that paper accused another of deliberate false-
hood,—and, in order to make good the un-
founded charge, it quotes from the memorandum
published yesterday, " presdming that the printed
copy is a correct one." After expressing this doubt,
what will our readers think of the honesty of our
Contemporary when it gives extracts from the docu-
ment, and rests its defence on one paragraph, without
contrasting it with another that bears heavily on
his Lordship ? It states that Sir JOHN MAC•
DONALD used the words 66 this course of con-
duct," without explaining what that course was—
viz., moderation, temper, and discretion. The
writer is evidently resolved not to be convinced—
he wilfully shuts out the light of truth ; and we
must therefore leave him in this blessed state of
ignorance. What would Lord CARDIGAN give
to be as blind as the Post

DOVER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—His Grace' the
Duke of Cambridge and Suite arrived here from the

The French Journals of Tuesday have all been
receiver]. They bring no positive account of the
formation of the Cabinet ; but the impression that
a Ministry would be formed before the expiration
of twenty-four hours from that date was general
throughout Paris on Tuesday evening. A private
letter infor►ns us that M. GUIZOT and Marshal
SOULT came to terms at once. At their first in-
terview M. GUIzoT offered in the most frank and
cordial manner to accept the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs under the Presidency of the illustrious Mar-
shal, who is besides to fill the War Department.
This offer was as frankly and cordially accepted,
and thus the nucleus of a strong and influential
Cabinet was instantly formed.lThis harmony between
the pen and the sword is more important in France
now than at any period within the last ten years.
What we were at first apprehensive of was,
that SOULT would have insisted upon re-
serving to himself :he Foreign Department, in
consideration of his having filled it before;
and, with the profoundest respect for the chi-
valrous bravery of the illustrious Marshal, we
could not but be sensible that the foreign policy of
France requires to be directed by a statesman of a
more exalted order of mind. The other appoint-
ments, it was said, would include MM. DUCIIA-
TEL, VILLEMAIN, MARTIN (du Nord), Du-
FAURE, TESTE, PASSY, DUPERRE, and Du-
morn, but all was conjectural, beyond that SOULT
and GUIZOT had charged themselves with the for-
mation of a Cabinet, and that its appointment, in
the course of a few hours, was deemed absolutely

Continent this afternoon, at about three o'clock, by her
Majesty's steamer Charon. His Highness was re-
ceived with a Royal Salute of twenty-one guns from
the heights, and a guard of honour, accompanied by
Colonel Monroe, R.A., Commandant of the garrison.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

COLONIAL MARKET.

The public sales of produce went off without spirit,
but prices were nrm for nearly all articles. There was
little done privately in any article. The imports have
been small from all quarters.
TEA MARKET.

Prices were firm for all kinds of Free Trade Tea ; but
there was only a limited business doac. Company's
Congou fiat at Is. 3d. cash.
TALLOW MARKET.

•
Russian sells heavily, and prices look down. P. Y. C.
51s. 6d. on the spot, and 525. delivery next year. The
stock is on the increase.
HAY MARKET.

The supply was very large both of Hay and Straw.
Trade very dull, and lower prices were taken. Clover,
31. to 51. 105. ; Meadow, 2.1. 10s. to V. 63. ; Straw, 1/.
10s. to 11. 12s.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

- _
LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.--The sales
to-day are about 3,500 bags, ssithout material change in
prices.

A Jamaica mail has arrived, brought by the Pandora,
which sailed on the l'ith Sept. ; from St. Thomas, 18th
Sept. ; and Cape Henry, 22d Sept.
By the above conveyance we have received the papers
to the 18th Sept.
ST. GEORGE'S AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
To the Right Honourable J. R. Grossett, President.
Sir,—Your Committee of the St. George's Agricul-
tural Society beg to report as follows upon the state of the
parish :
That, in consequence of the careless and wilful bad
working of the labourers during the year 1839, the im-
mense destruction of cases by rats, the want of sufficient

labour, the drought of last year, and the trespass by
cattle, the crop of this parish, which usually terminates on
the 28th March, was nut expected to exceed 1,000 hhds.
The average of the five years, ending 23th March, 1838,
being about 4,000.
That the increased supply of labour throughout the
parish, and the improved quality thereof, since the end of
April last, have enabled-the planters of this parish to
make fair preparations for the crop of 1641, and that con-
sequently sanguine expectations were entertained, and
which of late have been diminished by the excessive
drought ; but wo congratulate ourselves upon the small
injury which our prospects have sustained as cool.
pared with the destruction in the neighbouring pa-
rishes. We attribute the increased supply of labour to

certain.

By a Royal Ordinance, dated the 26th instant,
the KING has appointed Rear-Admiral LALANDE
to the command of a naval division at Toulon.
The Gallant Admiral is the NAPIER of France,
and therefore his appointment will be very popular
among the war party. LALANDE and BAUDIN
are the fighting Admirals of France ; the first, be-
cause, like NAPIER, lie loves fighting for its own
sake, and the second, from a sort of necessity im -
posed upon him by a prediction of NA por.nox's
after his first naval victory, that he would one day
become one of the first naval commanders in
France. This was somewhere, if we remember
rightly, about 1807, when BAUDIN signalized
himself by the capture of an English vessel, and
since that period be has seen plenty of active ser-
vice. But there is really nothing in LALANDE'S
appointment to justify the exultation of any faction.
He is a brave man and a good officer, and could not
have been passed over without manifest injustice.
The KING has conferred the decoration of an
officer of the Legion of Honour on M. REGNAUD,
Captain of the Brillante corvette, for his spirited
conduct at Beyrout. This decoration was exceed-
ingly safely earned; and among a people with so
quick a sense of the ridiculous as the French, we
fancy it would be no pleasant matter for the Gal.
lant Captain to exhibit upon his person this mark
of Royal regard for his prowess.
There is a curious paragraph in one of the
French papers. It is to the effect that M. THIERS,
on entering the Cabinet, obtained from the KING
a loan of 500,000 f., to be repaid upon receiving
the price of his History of the Consulate and
the Empire, which it is understood lie has been
writing for the last year. What credit is due to
his paragraph we cannot pretend to determine.
The impression has hitherto been that M. TIMERS,
if not opulent, was in easy circumstances. His
collections of pictures, statues, books, and other
rare productions of genius and art certainly indicate
everything but the penury of the pocket.
Tut Fittrecit NAM—The Toulunnais of the '23d
inst. announces that Admiral Rosamel had not yet left
Toulon for Paris, and that his flag was still hoisted on
the Ocean. It was reported there that the French '
Levant squadron had been ordered to return to Toulon,
and that the Meteore steamer had conveyed instructions
to that effect to Admiral Hugon, who was on the 7th
at Salamis. The corvette Isere, wl.ich was laden with
provisions for that fleet, had re-entered Toulon, and was
to leave for La Plate. This circumstance was regarded
as a sort of confirmation of the rumour of the return to
France of the Levant squadron.
Letters from Vienna state that Prince Paul Ester-
hazy, the Austrian Ambassador at the Court of Lon-
don, suddenly left, on the 14th, for his post. We
have also been assured that Baron de Sturmer, the
Austrian Internuncio, had been recalled from Con-
stantinople.
The Moniteur announces that Lord Granville, the
British Ambassador, and Count Lehon, the Plenipo-
tentiary Minister of Belgium, presented to the
.King
on Monday, letters from their respective Sovereigns,
congratulating him on his fortunate escape on the 15th
instant.
The Echo de Vesone (Perigeux), of the 24th, an-
nounces that General Bugeaud has been summoned to
Paris, and that a very elevated post is intended for
him, that in case of war he would have a command on
. the Rhine, and, if we preserve peace, the title of Com-
mander of the Military Forces and the Fortifications
Pari
of
iss. affirmed," says the Pilote du Calvades, " that
the General commanding the Department has forbidden
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Abe lbetytenre fromulean means
snow which has fallen this season has covered for some
days past the mountains in the neighbourhood of Pon-
tarlier.
The Savings Bank of Paris received on Sunday the
25th, and Monday the 26th of October, from 2,748
contributions, of whom 294 were new ones, the sum of
367,600 francs. The sum withrawn amounted to
1,017,000 francs.
Letters from Constantinople'of the Bth October con-
firms the news brought from the coast of Syria of the
demoralisation of the Egyptian troops produced by the
attacks of the Allies along the coast. One of those let-
ters contains the following passage :
" It appears by what we learn from Alexandria that
Mehemet Ali, irritated by the:proceedings of the Allies
in Syria, had sent orders to Ibrahim to pass Mount
Taurus, but that Ibrahim answered that the operation

the scarcity of ground provisions at present experienced
amongst the labouring population, which has been oeua-
siuned by thelong-continued drought, as well as to the great
decrease of the excitement and discontent which prevailed
in the early period of the free system.
The accounts from a number of other districts are of a
favourable character, though from some there are com-
plaints of injury done by the drought.
Nisw GRANADA.—We are informed by Captain Chap-
man, of the brig Morca, arrived yesterday from Cartha-
gena, that intelligence had reached that place of a new in-
surrection at Pasto, headed by the leaders of the former one;
their object being to annex the province to the republic of
the Equator, the President of which had ordered troops to
the frontiers which adjoin Pasto, for the purpose of giving
support to the movement against the Government of Gre-
nada. A war between the two republics may grow out
of it. General Orando was in prison, and under trial.
We have received Trinidad papers to the 9th of Sep-
tember :—The quantity of Cocoa exported in 1840 is more
than that of any of the preceding seven years.
The immigrants arrived during the month of August
to have amounted to 181.
appear, by the return given,

The Dutch Mail has arrived, of the date of the 27th of
October, bringing the Amsterdam prices of the 26th of
per Cents. 48 15.16 to 49;
Five per
r Cents.rrwo-"94(i17,-- " f
;a oin 'I Spanish 17 3-16.
BOURSE OF MISTERDAM, OCT. 26,—Prices were better
towards the close of the market. Ardoin's 17 3-16.

TILE FUNDS.
Consols opened this morning at 87a for the Account,
Money, 87 1. Exchequer Bills 4 2 discount ; Bank
Stock 160 q 161,i ; India Stock 243 244.
In the Foreign Market, scarce a bargain doing, Spanish
Active 21 ; Deferred 101 1; Passive 5i ; Portu-
guese 32f 33 ; Three per Cents. 21k i; Colombian 22i ;
Brazilian 73 75 ; Mexican, 261 271 ; Dutch Two-and-
a. Half per Cents. WA-.
SIIARES.-Great Western 12 13 prem. ; London and
Brighton 131 13 dis. ; Blackwall dis. ; Birmingham
65 67 prem. ; Southampton 50 51 per share; Croydon
101 a per share.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
London and Brighton
London and Blackwall
London and Birmingham......lssl to 156
London and South Western 3SL ....• 50i to

......___
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of London
done.
5 ...... 4i to ___
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 29.
3 per Cent. Consols
Portuguese,
_ Bank Stock ...... .. . ........ li)
Cents.,
la.,
Three and Half Stock 96 Grand Canal Stock .
p. .... .
Ditto Reduced ......
Ditto New, 1830
3 per Cent. Debs.
....
GreatL
HALF-PAST ONE.
Consols have been 87i i during the morning, at pre
155 i 156 ; South Western,'so;n-
-sent may be quoted at 87i for the Account; Money 8-4 - -
Exchequer Bills, 2 4 dis.; Bank Stock 160 i. , r ;
A eltni the Foreignit; col 0
mMbairakne, t scarce22i;
abargain7s 0
Tolnir
FpievreCpeenrtcs 2011tis;.,Douit, Two-and. a. na;if`
Spanish
lii the Share Market also very little doing,
Western, 77.1- 76i ; Laudon and Brighton, 24 27 .
don and Birmingham,
_.......—.....,

COMMODORE NAPIER.

We copy the following spirited account of the
taking of Sidon from the Malta Times of the 15th
instant :

" Off Alexandria, Oct. 5.

" The smartest affair is yet to be told you,
Charles Napier, on Friday, the 25th, talking with
the Admiral, remarked that Sidon was not in our
possession, and said to him, 'lf you like I will go
clown and take it, and be back again in eight and
forty hours,' He started, and was as good as his
word. He had the Thanderer, Wasp, Cyclops,
Gorgon, and Hydra, with 800 Turks and 500 ma-
rines ; on their way he fell in with the Stromboli,
from England, with a detachment of 200 mat hies, ,
these he took with him, and after firing shot and
shell at the town for a couple of hours, he
made a breach, and landed at the head of
his men ; it was a sharp struggle, but after destroy-
ing a great number of the enemy, who neither gave
nor would receive, quarter, they at last killed the
Egyptian Commander, who died game; with two
marines' bayonets at his breast he refused quarter
and resisted, so they fired, and he, of course, died,
when his troops threw down their arms to the
amount of 500 ; 1,500 were afterwards taken, and
the whole 2,000 have been brought round to the
fleet at Juni. I believe they will be sent to
Cyprus. Napier was most daring, on the tops of
the houses he made his way, waving his hat on
the point of his sword, and cheering the men
on ; our loss amounted to fifteen marines killed
and wounded, two mates badly wounded, Mot-
ley and Shears of the Wasp ; and a mate of floe
Iteven,s.,re with five seamen, one since dead, and
one of the Thunderer's launchers killed. A marine
officer who had only that morning arrived in the
Stromboli was killed in the breach. His name is
Hockin, and he had been serving ton the coast of
Spain, and I hear another was wounded. The
Egyptians have returned from Tripoli, and we hold
every place from there to Acre except Beyrout, the
fortifications of which were destroyed by the fire
of the line-of battle ships. The Castor and Pique
took Tyre. The Beabow, Carysfort, and Zebra
are on the north coast. The Admiral, Powerful,

Revenge, Bellerophon, and Pique, arc near Juni ;
Thunderer, Castor, and Wasp, near Sidon. Steam-
ers here, there, and everywhere. Edinburgh and
Hastings at Beyrout."

PHYSICAL FORCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—Although you are strongly adverse to the Re-
peal Agitation in Ireland, you have not shown the same
want of candour and fairness that characterised the op-
position of the Morning Chronicle to that agitation.
This emboldens me to hope you will allow me, in your
columns, to meet and refute an insinuation thrown out
against me by the Morning Chronicle, and to which my
answer has been suppressed by that Paper. The in-
sinuation was in an article of the 21st instant, on the
Leinster Repeal Meetin,g, and ran as follows :
" Mr. John O'Connell, when he looked at the physi-
cal force before him, intimated that they could dispense
with other support."
In my answer to the Chronicle, I said—

" I have always thought, and do think, that it would
be better the miseries the Union has inflicted upon Ire-
land were a millionfold increased and perpetuated,
rather than one blow should be struck—one drop of
blood spilled to procure its repeal. In the Address
which it fell to my lot to draw up, from the Repeal
Association to the People of Ireland, on the subject of
Lord Ebrington's declaration, I embodied my senti-
ments as to the only proper mode of seeking the disso-
lution of the Union—namely, by legal and constitutional
means—and to that document I appeal from the calum
uious misreport of your informant."
I enclosed a slip cut from a Newspaper, which had
the most nearly accurate report of the remarks I did
make at the above meeting relative to the number's pre-
sent. It is not necessary to take up your space with
them further than to say that their purport was, that
with such orderly, peaceable, constitutional demonstra-
tions of the will of the Irish people, it was a matter of
little consequence to our success that the aristocracy,
for the greater part, held aloof.
The _Morning Chronicle, after thus insinuating that I
would advocate the abominable doctrine of physical
force, has refused to notice, in any way, my disclaimer.
1 trust you will give me, by the insertion of this, an op-
portunity of clearing myself of this grossly false charge,
and of salting myself right before the public, which I
cannot otherwise do.

Your compliance with this request will very much
oblige, Sir, your very faithful servant,

JOHN O'CONNELL

Marlon-square, „;t. 27.

PRIZE FIGIIT.—On Tuesday morning last there
was a numerous meeting of persons at a place called
" The Six-mile-bottom," within about seven or eight
miles of Cambridge, and six of Newmarket, to witness
a prize fight which took place between the celebrated
Cornish giant Caunt and another powerful-looking pugil-
ist, a native of Norwich, who goes by the nomme de
guerre Brassy." As it was understood by the people
in the neighbourhood that the combat was either for the
championship, or that the conqueror was open afterwards
to try for it, the affair assumed a superior interest.
The giant stands about six feet three inches, and is nearly
fifteen stone weight. The Norwich man is about six feet
high, and weighs about twelve and a half stone. Both the
men showed extraordinary courage, and wonderful power of

endurance. The punishment was terrific on both sides,
but especially that which the Cornishman received about his
head and face. The great majority of the rounds went off
in the slipping down of the Norwichman, who was by far the
better fighter of the two, and be managed to hit his adver-
sary almost on every occasion as he went down, putting up
his knees to prevent him from falling on him. First blood
is as drawn from Caunt in the third round, and he in a few

rounds afterwards gave the Norwichman the first knock
down. On one occasion, towards tlie middle of the
tight, when the hopes of the Norwichers were in the
ascendant, their champion absolutely sent his gigantic
.opponent clear out of the ring by a well planted left-
bander under his right ear. Shortly after this, however,
fortune deserted him, and until the end he fought a cou.

rageous but unavailing battle. The superior weight
and condition of Caunt told in the long run, and Brassy's
seconds gave in for him, after a contest which lasted
nearly two hours, and about a hundred rounds. Although
the morning was wet, there could not have been less than
between one and two thousand persons on the ground.
The majority were in carriages, postchaises, and gigs, and
many were mounted. There were some fashionable drags
from London, via Newmarket, this being the race week,
and some half.dozen Cantab four-in-hands. Spring,
O:iver, Ward, and most of the leaders of the P.R. were
present, as well as some of their noble patrons iizeog. A
Russian Count seemed delighted with the exhibition, and
it is said has won several thousands on the conqueror. The
combatants themselves had some hundreds at stake.
ST. BRIDE'S CHURCII.—The timbers in the

tower of this church, possessing one of the most beautiful
steeples in the metropolis, were recently surveyed, and
found to be so much decayed as to require immediate re-
pair. On further inspection, the roof was discovered to
be in a similar state. They have, however, undergone a
thorough renovation. The finely-painted window, " The
Descent from the Cross," in the eastern section of the
church, which had suffered much, is now completely re-
stored, and casts a " dim religious light" over the whole
of the interior, which will shortly be ready for divine ser-
vice. A robing-room has been erected at the eastern ex.

tremity.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF BLUES. Las
night the half-yearly meeting of the members of the Bene.
volent Society of Blues, for the relief of persons educated
at Christ's Hospital, was held at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street,T.Weston, Esq., Vice-president, in the
chair. The report stated that during the course of thelast
six months the Directors had afforded relief to thirty cases
of distress, some of which were cases of urgent destitution,
nll to Blues, their wives, widows, or children. During the
last year, 100/. of additional stock had been purchased and
added to the funded property of the Institution. The
amount of income for the present year was 376/. 6s. 6d.,
which, after the disbursements in payment to the secre-
tary, collectors, pensions, temporary relief, &c., left
701. 15s. applicable to the purposes of the Society. The
amount of stock standing in the treasurer's name was
4.8001., the interest of which is appropriated to the relief
of pensioners, &c. The report concluded by a recommen-
dation that the Rev. Dr. Rice be admitted a vice-presi-
dent. The report was adopted, and the recommendation
unanimously carried.
ALLEGED MURDER AT STOCKPORT.—The
late alleged murder of two children at Stockport for the
purpose of obtaining the burial fees, has a singular parallel
in a case of poisoning in Switzerland in 1776. On the
12th of September a general communion was held at the
cathedral church of Zurich. Many thousands were ex-
pected to partake of the sacrament, and the wine was pre-
pared: and brought into the church on the evening before.
In the morning, when the ordinance was administered,
there was a horrid confusion, several fainting away, while
others were taken with a violent cholic, and the whole city
was thrown into confusion. Eight persons had died of the
peison, and had not the bad taste of the wine given early
notice of the intended mischief many mere might have pe-
rished ; but hundreds were, however, taken dangerously
ill. The wine being analysed was found to be poisoned,
and, after a strict investigation, it was discovered that one
Wirtz, a gravedigger, was the perpetrator of this diabolical
deed, with a view to promote his business, which had been
slack for some time.
THE LATE FATAL COLLISION OFF WOOL-
wicit.-01) Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock, an inquiry
which had been adjourned from Thursday last, was resumed
before Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Kent, at the Castle
Inn, Woolwich,- on the body of Michael Shea, aged 40, a
lighterman in the service of the Trinity House, who un-
fortunately lost his life on the evening of the 6th instant,
through the London, Hull steam-ship, running into a
Trinity House lighter off the Royal dockyard at Wool-
wich. The particulars of this case have already appeared.
After hearing a great deal of evidence, the Jury returned
a verdict of 0' Manslaughter" against William Taylor, the
captain of the London, and George West, the pilot.

iavesdubosicermi:
the Britanannida, on Sunday
stokers,. firemen of the vessel
except the clothes
T -------------------
PHE
—ln consequence of the sinking of. this vessel by the unfor-
tunate
Dungeness, collision
tho
nwithrew ,
lost everything have al
they had on at the time,
and
suffer'
ployment. To alleviate their
b sufferings
as far as possible, it
was suggested yesterd the2Yof Generalsßrockelbank, Esq ,
they possessed on board,,
the Managing Director
.. Steam Navigation
, • h .be Britannia belongs,
Company, to wow •
anon the
tion should be opened rs and crews of the
Company's
General Steam Islavig
ediatl vessels on behalf of
the sufferers, and it was mu!
i indeed, talliede acceded to by the par-
ties, may of whom had, . of relieving the crew
and
one.
it
dry dock for the purpose
of the Phenix before the subject was mentioned by Mr.
Brockelbank. A handsome
Managing Director
already been col-
lected, to which th e
rreefi Iltn.sdelo X
ub ue eeSna has
udrthehEpas Aprt
01 fli contributed
s-uSull a lbPu.ut
slsaete his intention of giving
went itnhte
amed herself
and hasoefxtphe
down to Deptford
aesimbliipbele.oryamlerdehonent aßttoiroi
itahregeßrGitaonvnerianmweanstsetehearii
appears that the Phenix
d and o
as it obscures the vision, and
had a light at her mast
which
ang,,heutad'ca'l mein are of e
yesterday,
e repairing
een tre mof
theott.
the
ei
cted a very brilliant light
on board, and manY ,Ithe
eyespinion that those
tsnbtai gr
enbedtionfge
aaft or at the wheel from per-
lights might have dazzled
course of the man at the wheel,
ing. Seamen generally . have an objection to lights in the
and deceived hilmitaa's"ainsiaatill°lYtte
per-
ceiving objects distinctly a-h d It is intended, it is said,
mouldm i
send
ed 1 l 1
de p
rod
efov awe vesseltin t
t av
, ,
lon oaa
rot
lighters to Dungeness for
_ the purpose
dngvaera'ssel,
of attempting to
raise some of the valuables from the wreck of the Phenix,
which lies buried in 20 fathoms water. If tho decks of
the Phenix could be removed the 250 casks of tallow in
the hold would Eoon float up, and property to a consider-
able amount would be recovered. The Phenix was in-
sured in France, and the loss to the underwriters will be a
very heavy onc.

I 'NOS.
SUFFERINGS OF A SHETLAND
BOAT'S CREW.

.IiVENING E

DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS.

THE HAGUE, OCT. 25.—The Java Journals from
the tith to the I.7th of June give sOlll2 further details of
the eruption of the Volcano GoLtser of which we have
already spoken.

Urn Phomix steamer, which had arrived at Batavia
from Sumatra, brought the news of the capture of Senkel
by our troops. This great success was obtained with the
loss of only three killed and twelve wounded.
His Majesty the King of Hanover has sent General
Croequenhurg his Highness the Duke of Nassau, and
General Baron de Preen, as Ambassadors Extraordinary
to compliment his Majesty William 11. on his accession
to the throne.
The Second Chamber, in its Sitting yesterday, re-
ceived the Report of the Committee appointed to draw
up the Address, which was inunrdid tely sent to the Sec-
tions. The Central Section will meet on Monday to
deliberate on the remarks made in the Sections. Its re-
port will be brought uls on Monday or Tuesday, after
wliich the debates on the proposed Address will imme-
diately commence.

We hear that the baptism of the young Hereditary
Prince of Orange is fixed for the 4th of November.
It is affirmed that the laws relative to the finances
will be presented to the Chambers at the latter end of
next week, and that his Excellency the Minister of Fi-
nance will deliver on that occasion a very important
speech.
We arc informed that the 21st of November is fixed
for the ceremony of doing homage to his Majesty.
FROM THE DANUBE, OCT. 16.—We learn from
good authority that Lord Palmerston f.'ly agrees with
the Austrian and Prussian Cabinets in blaming the pre-
cipitate
and extreme step of the Porte against Mehemet
Ali. The English Cabinet denies any participation in
the deposition, and lays all the blame on the Porte,
which acted without regard to its Allies, whom, accord-
ing to Art. 7 of the Treaty, it ought to have consulted.
" The Ambassadors at Constantinople," says Lord Pal-
merston, " are not the Allied 'Powers, and they
certainly were so far in the wrong, as they
had given their opinions on so important a step without
applying to their Courts for special instructions. Since,
therefore, the deposition of Alebemet An cannot be
considered as a resolution of the Allied Powers, it fol-
lows, of course, that this act of the Porte alone is by no
means to be looked upon as irrevocable."
The Porte will therefore revoke its resolution, at
which it is said Mehemet Ali only laughed, and thus the
chief ground of apprehension for the peace of Europe be
removed.

VIENNA, OCT. 19.—1 t is considered as another favour-
able omen of the preservation of peace, that Prince Paul
Esterhazy returns to London. More favourable accounts
arc said to have been received from Paris ; it is affirmed
in particular that the last Memorandum of the Govern•
ment has fully satisfied the English Cabinet.

DUTCH FUNDS.—ANISTLIDAII, Ocr. 27
Money. Mlle.
tettial Debt, 24 per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Alum t Synctic,4;, per cent St 84K
Ditto, ditto, 3 per cent
.7o u,

,
COMMercial Company, 4 .., per cent 157 157:!;,
Ditto (1835 and 1537) 5 per cent.
Loan 1537, 5 per cent. 9ON 91
Exchange on London, One nionth ll 95
Two months ......
Dutch Papers, Oct. 28.
BELGIAN I' UNDS—Bauserts, OCT. 27.
Actual Debt, 2 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Csiit 95%
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.
.----- 3 per Cent. —
Thirty•seven----- f 5 1,1
Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent 59
Society of Commerce, 4ly per Cent llO
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent .........
National Society.
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 27.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VICNNA, OCT. 19
five per Cents. Metalli9ues • lO2
Foer per Cents.
Three p.:r Cents
Bank Shares
....111renzeine Zeitusg, Oct. 24
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, OCT. 24.
Bill!. Money.
Austrian S per Cents.
Bank Shares 1575 1570
AnKlo-Ittissian Loan ION 104
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cs rtificate
Inscription, Ist Se:ios lOl
Russian 5 per Cent. Hopc and Co. 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2y4 per Cent 4734
Ditto 5 per Cent —
Polish Bonds
New ticket
A nglo.Danisli Loan, 3 per Cent 72 71N
Norwegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Coat.... lul
Spanish, New 3 per Cents. —
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bmicin, OCT. 24.
Bills. 6loney.
St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. IOI2S 16214,
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent !Aik ,-4
lizetiange on London, three months G 153,4
—Prussian Slate Gazette, Oct. H.

BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS.—COMMIT-
TAL OF FOUR HIGIIWAYMEN.—Yesterday, four men,
named James Thomas, Edward Gurney, John Newman,
and James Frewin, the two former well-known despera-
does, were charged before Colonel J. Clithoroc, the sitting
Magistrate, with the perpretration of a highway robbery,
on the previous morning at Hounslow. Smith, the man
robbed, said that the four prisoners came up, and Thomas
and Gurney coming in front, struck him tremendousblows

in the mouth with their fists, and knocked him down,

All the four then fell upon him, andThumas and Gurney

put their hands into his breeches pocket, and took out 3s.
6d. in silver. Gurney then got up and snatched the bun-
dle out of his hand. He called loudly for assistance,
when Bowler came up and pulled him from the ground

when he snatched his bundle out of Gurney's hand, and
they all made off. When a little recovered, he followed
the prisoners to the Coach and Horses public house, and
accused them of having robbed him, when the prisoner
Gurney again attacked him, and knocked him down twice.
On jumping up he called for the police; on which the
whole of the prisoners ran away. He soon sa.v Police-
constable Hanrahan, who succeeded in taking the prisoner
Thomas to the station-house. Two policemen and another
person in part confirming Smith's smernent, the prisoners
(who all denied the charge) were fully committed to New-
gate
for trial.
NAMUR, OCT. 24.—The new measures rela-
tive to the closing of the gates of the city, arc no longer
enforced. Henceforth the gates will be open bynight as
well as by day. The public are very glad of this change.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 2G.—His Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, coming from Frat.cfort, accom-
panied by Baron Knesebeck, his Aid.de-Camp and suite,
arrived yesterday at the Hotel de Bellevue. His Majesty
sent General d'Hane de Steenhuyze to compliment his
Royal Highness.

(From the Alin o'Groat Journal.)
On the terrific night of the 9th ultimo, among the
many crews exposed to the fury of the storm, was that
of a boat belongirg to Moss Bank, Shetland, the skip-
per of which, Magnus Murray, favoured our ;nformant
with the following account of the miraculous escape
made by him and his companions :
This boat, whose crew consisted of the sk;:eper(Murrey),
his son, a lad of 14 years of age, and three men, had
been out at the fishing on the night in question, and it
having come on to blow strongly from the N.W. about
nine o'clock, followed soon thereafter by a dreadful
storm of wind and rain, it was deemed ad s is-
able, after having in vain attempted to gain the
land, to allow her to run before the gale. About
ten o'clock it became a dreadful hurricane. The
little sail the boat had carried until then was now
taken in, and e'. or) thing bell; made as se cure
as the circumstances would admit of, she was allowed
to drift before it under bare poles, her unfortunate
crew every moment expecting to be but ied in the
ocean, which, now agitated by the wind, presented a
spectacle fearful to contemplate, It was with the
greatest difficulty that the boat could be kept " end on,'
as seamen call it, struck, as she was, in all directions
by the waves, and hurried on at a speed impossible
to describe. The position of the crew became each
moment more and more appalling, and as no abate-
mentopointe
main ofr e s ig,
of the storm seemed likely to take place, they
resigning r
3t hgeendi s ebl; easp
pt
eo
atrial eniere fsa t,e);
when were
n the
er
they were
daybreak. The light, however, only served to make
the frightful position in which they were placed more
visible, arid at the mercy of the wind, surrounded by
the roaring waters, drenched to the skin, and exhausted
by incessant labour, death in the most appalling form
stared them in the face. The very slender stock of
provisions which happened to be in the boat was com-
pletely destroyed by the sea beating over it, and the
cravings of hunger were thus added to the other suffer-
ings to which the hapless crew were exposed. About six
o'clock on the morning of the second day, land was seen.
' Scarcely had they descried it, however, when the wind,
' which had continued to blow tremendously from NAV.,
suddenly veered round to a contrary direction, and con-
tinuing to blow us fiercely as before, drove them again
rapidly out to sea. Despair was now depicted in every
countenance, when a heavy shower of rain began to de-
scend, and, to the delight of the poor fishermen, as sud-
denly brought round the wind to the old quarter. They
were now driven rapidly towards the coast, along which
' fearful breakers were seen in all directions—thus not
leaving them a vestige of hope of being enabled to gain
the land without their boat being swamped. No alterna
tive was left them, however, and in went the boat into the
boiling waters. Death seemed now inevitable, when, by
the gracious interposition of that Almighty Being at
whose commands the winds are hushed, and the tempest
made still, the boat drove into a small creek, the entrance
to which was sufficiently large to receive her. A strong
current prevailed here, and the boat, after being
dragged up this creek for a considerable distance, was
disgorged, as it were, at the other end of it, into a
small bay, which, to all appearance, was landlocked,
and which the poor men, to their infinite delight,
found to be comparatively small. Several persons
were now seen hastening to their relief, and the boat
having grounded on a beach, they were told they had
made Fairglass, in Norway, and that they had actually
landed immediately under the house of the factor to
the British Consul (thirty-six hours having elapsed
since they parted from their nets on the coast). Tile
poor fishermen were so completely exhausted as to
necessitate their being carried out of the boat and
up to the factor's house, where every attention and
hospitality was lavished on them, and their wants
amply provided for. On their complete recovery
from the fatigues of- their perilous voyage, the Con-
sul had them shipped to Hull, from which port,
through the kindness of the agent for the Ship-
wrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society, who ge-
nerously supplied their wants, they were conveyed
to Leith, and from thence, per steamer Sovereign,
Captain to Lerwick, were they safely arrived
on the 4th inst. The greatest kindness was shown
them at Hull and Leith ; and Captain Phillips, with his
usual liberality, allowed them their provisions gratis
while on board the steamer. Our informant, who hap-
pened to be on board this vessel with the men, says
that the skipper of the boat, Murray, was much affected
on again seeing the Shetland Islands, and gave utterance
to the feelings of delight with which he expected to
meet his wife and family by tears of joy. The poor man
was at tale time unconscious of the sad events which had
occurred in his family during his absence. Murray's
wife, our informant was told, had sunk under the mis-
fortune of having lost her husband, as she supposed, and
had died about a week before his arrival, after having
given birth to a still-born child—while his eldest daugh-
ter, a girl of about eighteen years of age, had been
so affected by the sad event—the certainty of her
father and brother being drowned, and she left to pro-
vide for a young and helpless family of eight children,
that she had lost her reason, and was at the time in .a
truly pitiable state. The poor man, Murray, Las in-
deed been sorely tried ; and, to add to his misfortunes,
his crop of this year, in consequence of his absence, has
been neglected, and is now completely destroyed. His
case, under all these circumstances, is a truly afflicting
one, and well worthy the attention of the Shipwrecked
Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Society.
[ln a letter which we have received from the proprie-
tor of the boat, giving a somewhat similar though less
minute account of the sufferings of the crew, he states
that " this is the first and only .instance, so tar as is
known, of an open boat crossing front Shetland to the
Norwegian coast ; and when it is taken into considera-
tion, that it was not done in fine or in ordinary weather,
but during a tremendous gale of wind, which tore ves-
sels and boats from their anchorage in gocd harbours,
unroofed houses, &c., their escape must be considered
truly wonderful."—En. Scotsman]

BRUSSELS, OCT. 27.--On Saturday there was
a grand dinner at the Palace, the number of the company
was forty, among whom were the English Ambassador
and many other members of the diplomatic body. Yes-
terday one of the royal carriages went to take the Duke
of Cambridge to the King. Ilia Royal Highness dined
at the Palace of Laeken. He left Brussels to-day to
embark at Calais for London.

PIIILADELPIIIA, OCT. S.--A gentleman of
Boston paid 21 dollars as a premium for the cheice of a
box one evening last week, to witness the dancing of
Fanny Elsslcr. Dr. Lardner and Mrs. Heaviside were in
New York a few days since, and.are said to pass by the
names of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. They went to the Park
Theatre one evening, and were consequently denounced
by one of the New York papers, and recommended not to
outrage decency by appearing again in public. They are
new in this city, entirely quiet, and incog.
Last evening the annual dinner of the Licensed
Victuallers' Protection Society took place at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern. Upwards of three hundred gentle-
men sat down to the dinner, which was an excellent one.

The new comedy, entitled Fashionable Arrivals,
to be produced at Covent-garden Theatre for the first time
this evening, is from the prolific pen of Mr. Mark Lemo n
author of the Ladies' Club, and several other pieces.
It is reported that a new comedy, by Sir
Edward Lytton Bulwer, is in rehearsal at the Haymarket
Theatre, the east combining the entire strength of the
company. . _

Earl Cornwallis arrived at Linton-place, his seat
near Maidstone, on Monday last, from Hastings, where the
Noble Earl has chiefly resided since the death of his
amiable Countess.
The Earl and Countess of Shelburne do not in-

A PROMISING YOUTH.—A boy named Gos.
ling was yesterday committed by the Kensington Magis-
trates to New gate for trial, on a charge of having, hi eon.
neetion with another boy, rifled a tradesman's till. Gos.
ling has been innumerable times in custody on various
charges of theft, and, about a twelvemonth since, on his
being committed as a suspected character by Mr. Peking-
ton, his case occupied much of public attention, it causing
considerable discussion at the Middlesex Sessions, as an
unnecessary commitment, when, through the interference
of Lord F. Gordon and Mr. Halcomb, a county Magis-
trate, he was liLerated by the Secretary of State. Since
then he has been repeatedly in custody, and has been con.
victed of stealing. Previous to his removal to Newgate he
chanted forth in his cell the whole of the low song " Nix
my dolly pals," from Jack Sheppard.
THE RECENT ACCIDENT ON TIIE GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY.—Our readers will rejoice to hear
that the injured persons are doing well, and likely to re-
cover rapidly. With one exception, they were removed to
their homes in the course of Tuesday. Thomas Kitchen,
of Cheltenham, who was severely bruised and cut, attri.
butes his escape with life to the circumstance that he was
lying on his back in the truck.
The Carlsruhe Gazette, in its Vienna intelli-
gence, says that Prince Paul Esterhazy is to come through
Paris, to have an interview with King Louis Philippe, on
his way to London. The Aulic Council had ordered a
levy of sailors to be made on the coasts of the Adriatic.
PRINCE ALBERT'S HUSSARS —We hear that
Lord Alfred Paget is said to have the troop in Prince
Albert's Hussars, lately commanded by Captain R. A.
Reynolds.—Brighton Gazette.
On Thursday evening last, at Rucking, as a ser-
vant girl was returning from a distance with a load of
water, she met her sweetheart (to whom she was to have
been married on the following day), and complained of
feeling very cold, placing her hand on his face to convince
him of the fact. In the next moment she fell down and
expired —Kentish Gazette.
The Baron de Bourqueney has been accredited
as Charge d'Affaires of France at this Court, in the ab.
settee of M. Guizot, the Ambassador.

The vacant troop of the 11th Hussars will not
go in the regiment, as tho next officer for purchase, Lieu-
tenant Forrest, is known to be obnoxious to his command-
ing officer, Lord Cardigan.—Limerick Chronicle.
There are now 2,270 miles of railroads com-
pleted, or nearly completed, in the United States, besides
2,346 miles of railroads in progress of construction,
making a total (when finished) of 4,616 miles.
The Earl of Yarborough arrived at Appulder-
combo, from Cowes, having given up yachting for the
season. His Lordship goes next month to Brocklesby,
Lincolnshire.

tend to take a mansion for the approaching season, having
engaged for some time a magnificent suite of apartments
at Mivart's lintel.
ALNWICK CASTLE, SATIIRDAY.—The Duke
of Northumberland leaves on Tuesday next (yesterday),
for Northumberland House, where his Grace will arrive
on Thursday, the following day being appointed for the
Noble Duke to take the oaths as Chancellor of Cambridge
University. On Thursday last his Grace and the Duchess
of Northumberland gave an elegant entertainment at the
Castle to Viscount and Viscountess Boyle, Lord and Lady
Ravensworth, Hon. Miss and Hon. T. Liddell, Vis-
count Ossulston, M. P., Hon. T. H. Liddell, M. P., and
Mrs. Liddell, Mr. Bell, M. P., and Miss Bell, Sir C. and
Hon. Lady Monck, Sir IL W. Ridley, Bart., and a dis-
tinguished party. After dinner the Duke and Duchess,
with their guests, and Misses Percy and W. Wynn, went
to the Sessions Hall, where Lord and Lady Byron, Vis-
count and Viscountess Howick, Lady Georgiana Grey,
Sir Hedworth and Lady Williamson, Hon. Captain Grey,
and a brilliant assemblage were present in addition. There
was a bazaar in the morning at the New Rooms to defray
the expense of repairing and enlarging \Vhittingham
Church. The Duchess and a party went from the Castle,
and were purchasers to a liberal amount. The results of
the sale were very gratifying.
FASHION IN EGYPT.—TiIe dress of the Eff JP-
threads,he i
richest pa
was much
t era nnd
morernno d s t sometimes
elegant usually
s,
a
tian ladies of rank was rich and somewhat gay ; its
general appearance not very dissimilar from the gay chintzes
of the present day, but of more value, as the material was
usually linen;
aoinrnkdt
ce tdrhwowouvigtehhn t withhe
n sometimeseed gold
le. stamped
T
‘vf
these were, of course, selected to adorn
in thea bride,ho sbuopo
pkcsthede
tahoeypael ris,osanlmofistthies
dqeusecernib;inagrilh %a% hnderes
dress of f
to have been Pharaoh's daughter, and that she be brought
to the king " in raiment of needlework,", he says, as proof
of the gorgeousness of her attire, her clothing is of
wrought gold." This is supposed to mean a garment richly
embroidered with the needle in figures in gold thread, after
the manner of Egyptian stitch
A grand musical fest'
work, by the Countess
Opera for the 2d of November,iva
of /toeirtY.—The Art of Needle.
bt
he
e works composed
of
Handel
musicians,Hal. is announced at the
at which the orchestra will
and at which selections from
of the theatre will
successful
' form the staple of the
peyrdn, Beethoven, and Berlioz, will
e programme. The principal vocal-
istsform on this o-casion • and if as
as is expected, it will doubtless be m' any times

TIIE NEW MAYORAL,TiliAßTainilsel
.en
la
quarry
yev liveries
of the new Lord Mayor are of a very splendid description,
and are regarded by his fellow-citizens as a good indica-
tion of the Mayoralty. The order is entrusted to the
same firm (Messrs. Carr and Son, of Liverpool•street),
who produced so beautiful a specimen of elaborate work-
manship in the state liveries for the Mayoralty of Aldo,•
ma,► Copeland. The design is exceedingly chaste, as n
expense has been spared in the execution.
bearings of his Lordship arc adhered to with
aad
pre-
cision. The colours arc light blue with whitehfaaen!,
i ugalso of
and silver laces, intersected with a costly
chain,
are of the
silver, worked on Genoa velvet. The epaulettesroidery
of his
richest bullion, surmounted with ar.l
the softness
' to the eye
chaste and magnificent, imparting
Lordship's crest. The whole are
1 ces when composed
lh.hereealdrmicai
aonfdsilbvreilrl.ialicy peculiar to the best
FORTIFICATIONS 01 .
Observatory and
la'rftid.
contracts, for the trenching
and the Bois de
Ville,7oo , 0
oTo
flit!
being the day fixed for dndecidin on the tenders for
masonryg vt—oPsrlYsllco'feastttleier:licae)
.
Boulogne, the
tonne,tle tendedO dbaena:dnt si ticlnreodAa Boisvdr Avenue
nindutPechn :dB
es
OPVubalicorntk:wr icoenefennNc and'e' tutl
l'hietleYh e Seine, and be.
abeet e d Hotel
fo r wda
es
2,
hour the whole of the business wag coa-
-1 less than an
tween the mill at irau irard and the Orlebans. road, a great
.
eluded,
I 0 andperthceent. contractsbelow
twerethe
taken
Government at reductions p
prices,—pare
ofes._ pfraormis
3 to
Paper.oo
ff
tchoenotruatelatoyrstgombeet
contracted
Last evening the adjourned inquest on the body
numberr o amount li t
of nary Nichols, alleged to have been beaten to death on
Sunday week last, by James Littleton, was resumed before
Mr. Wakley, M. P., at Cie 'Middlesex Hospital, when th•
Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Juno
Littleton.

E YEN LING .E DITI ON.

PORTUGAL.

(From the Morning Chronicle.)

We insert below a correspondence which has taken
place between our Vice-Consul in Lisbon and the Pre-
sident of the Senate, which throws some light on ono
of the subjects which the Portuguese Legislators—to
whose protest or declaration against the British claims,
allusion was made by our Lisbon correspondent—made,
we understand, one of their chief grievances—viz., the
indemnity lately enforced by Lord Palmerston for the
illegal capture and condemnation of the British schooner
Echo, and respecting which, in some recent debates in
the Senate, several very gross misstatements were put
forth by Senhor Lopes Rocha—misstatements which
were the more culpable, as well as dangerous, from the
circumstance that Senhor Lopes Rocha was the judicial
authority before whom the case was tried, having been
appointed by Dom Pedro to preside over the Special
Tribunal of Marine, formed in 1834 for the trial of
similar cases, and which, by the way, passed many sen-
tences of a most unjust and iniquitous character. The
assertions of Senhor Rocha, therefore, came forth in-
vested, not merely with the authority of a Senator, but
that of a judge, and were announced as such. His erro-
neous statements compromised our Vice-Consul, Mr.
Meagher, who was also officially acquainted with the
circumstances, and who, in default of the ordinary
means of contradiction afforded in other countries by
the press, addressed a respectful letter to the Duke of
Palmella, as President of the Senate, with a view of
his making it known in the Senate, and, perhaps, of
leading to proper explanations. The Duke, however,
it will be seen, refuses to comply with M. Meagher's
request, and refers him to M. Lopes Rocha himself, the
effect of which recommendation, if followed, would
have been to involve him in a very unsuitable contro-
versy with that veracious personage, while the rest of
the senators would remain under the impressions pro-
duced by the erroneous version of M. Rocha ; and the
public, which such statements naturally inflame against
us, would never by any chance be disabused. The
Duke, however, notwithstanding the usual channels are
closed against explanation by the eatire suppression of
the press, refused on a point of form to do anything in
the matter. The merits of the case are shown by the
following correspondence :

_
(Copy.)
" To his Grace the Duke of Palmella.
" Lisbon, Oct. 12, 1840.

" My Lord Duke,—Having read in the Diaro cis
Governo a report of the debates which took place in
the Chamber of Senators, of the 3d instant, on the
claims of the British Government recently brought to a
settlement by Marshal Saldanha, in which allusion
was made to me by M. Lopes Rocha, I feel myself
called upon to declare that several of his Excellency's
assertions are totally at variance with facts.

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M. L. Rocha,. as it appears, proceeded to state as
follows :

" 1. That the Echo had been captured, navigating
without legal papers, and had therefore been condemned.

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2. That the nature of the cargo was sufficient to
condemn her, it having consisted of warlike stores for
Dom Miguel.
" That there had been no irregularity in the pro-
ceedings, as the captain, fearful that he would be hung,
had jumped overboard from his own vessel.
" 4. That the captain's trunks had been deposited at
Viana, whence they were sent to Lisbon, and de-
livered to the English Consul, and that it was only
then that he (the Consul) produced the papers in
question.

" Such a declaration made by M. Lopes Rocha, not
only in his senatorial capacity, but accompanied with
the declaration of speaking from that knowledge of the
subject which he possessed from having been the judge
in the case treated of, unless refuted, must naturally be
deemed worthy of credit. It is therefore my duty to
declare, that the assertions of M. Lopes Rocha on the
points in question are not borne nut by facts.
" 1. The Echo was seized at Viana on the entrance
of the Queen's troops into that place, and was not cap-
tured navigating at sea. Her papers at the time of
seizure were not even demanded by the officer who took
possession of her.
"2. The Echo's cargo did not consist of warlike
stores for Dom Miguel, but entirely of bar-iron, as ap-
peared from one of the original bills of lading subse-
quently found in the captain's trunk ; most convincing
proofs of this are the facts, that before the Echo sailed
from Viana, duties were actually paid to the Queen's
authorities upon the quantity which had been landed, to
enable the vessel to effect repairs ; as may be seen o■
reference to the custom-house books of that port ; and
that the said iron was eventually restored t' its owner.
"3. The captain did not. unip overboard from his
own vessel. After the Echo had sailed from Viana
for this port, the captain was forcibly taken out of her,
and conveyed to the Dom Pedro frigate. He was sub-
sequently, and while the vessel was yet on her voyage,
removed to the Eliza corvette, and it was from the last
named ship that be jumped overboard ; not from the
motive of tear, which M. Lopes Rocha chose to declare,
but it was occasioned by the ill-treatment he received,
and being compelled to quit his own ship in direct con-
travention of maritime laws.
" 4. The captain's trunks were not deposited at Vi-
ana ; there was only one trunk, and that was left in
the possession of the captain when he was taken from
Isis own vessel, and conveyed o❑ board the Dom Pedro,
as well as when ho was removed to the Eliza, and he
kept it until the moment when he jumped overboard.
:lie trunk remained on board the Eliza until that ves-
sel entered the Tagus, and it was then that it first
reached my bands. having on that occasion been called
upon, in my official capacity as her Britannic Majesty's
acting consul, to open the trunk and make an inventory.
I did so, and it was then I found one of the original
bills of lading for the cargo of the iron of the Echo,
which, although I certified its identity, M. Lopes Rocha
refused to admit as evidence of the nature of the cargo,
on the plea that it was produced too late.
" Lastly--There was irregularity in the proceedings
agat,•st the Echo, and a gross violation of the law. It
will be sufficient to point to the fact that they were
conducted with closed doors.
I beg leave to request that your Grace, as Presi-
dent of the Chamber of Senators, will be pleased to call
on his Excellency M. Lopes Rocha to rectify his state-
ment, which I am bound to suppose must have been un-
intentional on the part of his Excellency.
" I have the honour to be,with the greatest respect, &c.,
(Signed) " JEREMIAH MEAGHER.
Vicc-Consul."