The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-14 00:00:00

MEHEMET ALI.

The following reply has been sent by Mehemet Ali to
the address of the East India and China Association,
published on the 19th ult.:—
" The address of the members of the London East
India and China Association having been submitted to
his Highness Mehemet Ali, the undersigned has been
instructed to inform them, that his Highness fully appre-
ciates the sentiments which they have been pleased to
evince towards himself and his future welfare ;. and that
what he has done in advancement of the interests of
humanity and of civilisation he is ready to continue, if God
grant him life and assistance.. His conduct during the
events which have taken place is, meanwhile, sufficient
to convince them that it is at times preferable to trust
in the known character of individuals than to solicit or
exact measures which are not in accordance with the
institutions and usages of a country. When it is possible
to arrive at an end, with the satisfaction of all parties, it
will always be advisable to intrust the executive power to
whomsoever is in the most favourable position for act-
ing. His Highness believes that the members of the
Association will participate in his sentiments, and is ex-
ceedingly grateful for their address.
" The undersigned avails himself of this favourable
opportunity to assure them of his highest esteem.

" BOG I-10S- JOUSSOUFF."

NEW ZEALAND.

The latest New Zealand papers received, which are
of the 24th of April, refer with some dissatisfaction to
the apathy exhibited by the representative of her Ma-
jesty with respect to Port Nicholson, and the settlements
already made are not so prosperous as interested parties
would make us believe. The emigrants who had ar-
rived out there were not located with any advantage, and
in some of the papers it is said that Governor Hobson
had taken the best of the mechanics for his own employ-
merit. Altogether the feeling between those who have
become proprietors of land out there, and who appear, in
some manner to have influence, and the local Govern-
ment, is not such as would instil confidence as to the cor-
dial co-operation of these parties. At one of the settle-
ments called Wanganui the settlers, in the absence of
better occupation, had relapsed into habits of idleness
and debauchery, and to such an extent was this carried
that the appointment of Magistrates was thought neces-
sary to repress it. It was a bactexample to the natives,
who had already commenced a system of depredation
upon the shopkeepers, and even extended it to the gar-
dens of the settlers. To overawe the natives it was
suggested that a short history of England should be
translated and published, to show the resistless power
of the English, and what they bad achieved in former
time. It was reported that good coal had been disco-
vered at Evans's Bay, which, if it proved true, would, it
is said, be of the utmost consequence to Port Nicholson;
for the discovery would, if the article were good and
abundant, make that place the head-quarters for steam
navigation between New Zealand and Sydney, and the
latter and the numerous islands to the west of New Zea-
land. Flour was 30/. to 35/. per ton ; beef, Is. to Is. 3d.
per lb. ; butter (Irish), Is. 9d. to 2s. per lb.; ditto, fresh,
ss. per lb. ; cheese, Is. 3d. to ls. 10d. per lb. ; candles,
10d. to 3s. per lb. ; fowls, 10s. to 18s. per pair ; eggs,
6s. per dozen and ducks, ss. per pair. Now compare
the high price of wages, as it is termed, with these
prices :—mechanics, 21. 14s. to 3/. 6s. per week ; la-
bourers, 11. 10s. to 21. 2s. This gives a fine answer to
the pretended advantages of emigration.

PUNISHMENT of CORN JOBBERS.
(From the Cambridge Advertiser.)
The following advertisement is copied from the Ge -
tleman's Magazine, for June, 1758 :

" Cambridge.
" Whereas I, William Margetts, the younger, was,
at the last assizes for the county of Cambridge, con-
victed upon an indictment for an attempt to raise the
price of corn in Ely market, upon the 24th day of Sep-
tember, 1757, by offering the sum of 6s. a bushel for
wheat for which no more than ss. 9d. ',rug demanded :
And whereas on the earnest solicitation and request of
myself and my friends,-the prosecutor has been prevailed
upon to forbear any further prosecution against me, on
my submitting to make the following satisfaction, viz.,
on my paying the sum of 50/. to be distributed by the
ministers and churchwardens of the several parishes in
the said town of Ely, and the further sum of 501. to the
poor inhabitants of the town of Cambridge, to be distri-
buted by the ministers and churchwardens of the several
parishes in the said town, and the full costs of the prose-
cution; and upon me reading this acknowledgment of my
offence publicly, and with a loud voice, in the presence of
a magistrate, constable, or other peace-officer of the said
town of Ely, at the market-place there, between the
hours of twelve and one o'clock on a_public market-day,
and likewise' subscribing and publishing the same in
three of the evening papers printed in London, • and in
the Cambridge Journal on four different days, and I have
accordingly paid the said two sums of 50/. and costs, and
do hereby confess myself to have been guilty of the said
offence, and testify my sincere and hearty sorrow in
having committed a crime which, in its consequences,
tended so much to increase the distress of the poor in
the late calamitous scarcity. And I do hereby most
humbly acknowledge the lenity of the prosecutor, and
beg pardon of the public in general, and of the town of
Ely in particular.

This paper was read by me at the public market-
place at Ely, in the presence of Thomas Aungier, gen-
tleman, chief constable, on the 2d day of June, 1758,
being a public market-day there, and is now, as a further
proof of the just sense I have of the heinousness of my
crime, subscribed and published by me,
" WILLIAM. MARGETTS.
" Witness--limEs DAT,
" Under-Sheriff of Cambridgeshire."

XTRAORDINARY FELONY AND ATTEmpT-
ED ARsoN.—Monday, a respectably clad female, appa-
rently from 25 to 27 years of age, named Isabella Madge,
was placed at the bar of the Police Court, Liverpool,nuen;
der the following extraordinary charge, the circrs ta_elt
of which were briefly
prisoner
introduced by Mr. Dow
Tog :is re-
appeared from the evidence that the
spectably connected, was on her way tothetini who
States,
and had taken up her lodgings, ingerthe stay of the
paßage, at a
packet-ship by which she hadgs, taken her
e arawhother, females also
Mr. Sumner's, in Stewart. street,
bed, but in the
lodged there, who slept in as
ago,they were in bed,
same room. A few nightssmike, and on rising saw the
they smelt a suffocating
sparkling as if from the
prisoner with her n
ignited materials ifl4'ldlieh Lucifer-matches are dipped.
and, as she made some plausible
They put out theu fire,itive again gone to rest, but the
excuse, they
°c_•f burning being still strong, they roused
smoke and smell
the landlady, and informed her they apprehended fire.
•
S ex-
eased he came intoi the room, threw up the window, and ex-
.aeistaken opinion that the smoke came from
the outside.
The smoke soon dispersed, and the Matter
subsided. 'Next day one of the females in the house
missed a handkerchief, and complained of the circum-
stance to Mrs. Conolly, who had some connexion with
the house. She (Mrs. C.) expressed surprise that it
could not be found, and at last, on searching a chest of
drawers in the room, missed a cloak, a dress, a remnant
of cloth, and some other articles of her own. She also
found two other handkerchiefs of her own partly burnt,
and so placed as to form a sort of train to two packets of
gunpowder, together of about four ounces weight, each in
a separate drawer, which had happily not ignited, other-
wise the drawers would have been blown to p;cees, and
'-some of those 'present much injured or killed. The pro-
perty missed, including the handkerehiefs and some f.Ather
articles, were afterwards found, partly at a pawnbroker's
and partly amongst the luggage which the prisoner had
sent to the packet-ship. The articles were identified, as
also the prisoner, as having pawned some of them. The
prisoner also admitted to one of the witnesses that she'
had taken them, and that she had bought the powder
and ignited the handkerchiefs extending to it. it wouid.
appear that she was not aware of the probable immedia,to
danger or effects of the gunpowder, and that her oittees
was to cover her delinquencies by setting fire to the
house. She was committed for trial on th felony only.
The prisoner is from Wakefield.

BRUSSELS, AUG. 11.--The average price of
Wheat last week was 23f. 34c. and that of Rye 12f. 73c.
Wheat is thus far exempt from, import duty, that on
Rye remains at 21f. 50c. for 1,000 kilogrammes. The
export ' duty on both is only 25c. for 1,000 kilogrammes,
TRANQUILLITY OF IRELAND.—CoIoneI Co.
nolly, the Tory Member for Donegal, has again come
forward to give his testimony respecting the tranquillity
produced in Ireland under the Whig Government. The
Gallant Colonel, when Foreman of the Grand Jury of
Donegal at last Spring Assizes, strongly protested
against the continuance of a police force much larger
than was required, in consequence of the unparalleled
tranquillity of the district. Since that time there has.
been some reduction of the force ; but at the present
Assizes the Gallant Officer, in the same
capacity of
Foreman of the County Grand Jury, has required*it
further diminution of the constabulary
•

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY•

GLOBE.—The Tories begin to open their eyes to the
difficulties of their position. The season of revelry, and
with it the insolence of triumph, have nearly closed.
How they shall conduct the Government which they are
to obtain, as the consequence of their dearly-bought
victory, begins t- be the inquiry of their most sober
organs, as it, doubtless, is of the proximate Premier, and
those whom he has admitted to, his preliminary coun-
sels. The Post of this morning enters upon this dis-
cussion with admissions too important to be overlooked,
and too manifest to be concealed. "No doubt," says
the organ of the expectant Government, " if Sir Robert
Peel be made Minister, his position will be anything
but a bed of roses." And again—" The business of suc-
cessfully governing the country will be a task of the ut-
most difficulty, unless a current of good fortune should set
in, upon which it would be quite unreasonable to calcu-
late.' That these difficulties should be charged upon the
present Ministers is not surprising. Had their accusers
been content with saying, " We have already shown
that these embarrassments have been produced by her
Majesty's present Ministers," there might have been
some difficulty in repelling an imputation conveyed in
such general and untangible phraseology. But as the
particulars of the charge are recapitulated, the task of
investigating andAisproving its allegations is rendered
comparatively easy. The accusation will be made to
recoil upon the accusers—its failure will exhibit the im-
potency of their malignity, on finding themselves en-
tangled in the meshes of a net they have woven with
their own hands. The difficulties they anticipate are
the fruit of their own dishonesty and temerity. For the
consequences they must be held accountable to the
country they have deceived ; and from the helm of whose
affairs they will shortly be driven with the scorn and
indignation which are the just punishment of the decep-
tion they have practised upon the nation, from motives
of the basest and most sordid kind, and for purposes
which involve the ruin of the country's interests as the
price of securing to a few, and fur a brief interval, ex-
clusive advantages.
_ _

STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle has pro-
pounded a new doctrine to the people. of England,
and one that would render the British Constitution a
mere nullity. Parliament is, according to our Contem-
porary, to be no longer permitted a voice in the admi-
nistration of publieuffairs, now that it requires, by a
large majority, the exclusion from office of the Mi-
nisters to whom the country stands indebted for its pre-
sent difficult, and, under their management, pre-
carious position. After numerous and energetic at-
tempts on the
_part of the friends of the Govern-
ment to attribute- the present depressed state of our
finances and manufactures to the mere apprehen-
sion of the advent to office of a Conservative
Government, and continual suggestions to Sir Robert
Peel that his "bed will not be one of roses,"
they do not hesitate to declare it unconstitutional for
the leader of the powerful majority now arrayed against
Lord Melbourne and his colleagues "to force himself
upon a reluctant Sovereign, with whom rests, constitution-
ally, the choice of her Ministers." The Sovereign of
Great Britain is, according to this new exposition of consti-
tutional law, to govern without any reference to the opi-
nion of Parliament. She is to legislate in despite of,
rather than in accordance with, the will of her people I
She is to assume a despotic power over them, awl
set the opinions of the House of Commons, more
than ratified by her subjects, wholly at defiance. It is, in
fact, sheer impertinence, or rather " insolence," for an
overwhelming majority of the House of Commons to
look to the accession to power of any body possessed of
their appro!iation and representing their opinions. La
Reine vent is, if these patriotic organs of public opinion
are to be credited, to be not merely the mainspring,
but the sole spring of English constitutional Govern-
nient. Sir -Robert Peel must not aspire to be Minister
of this empire against the supposed desire of the Sove-
reign ; the present selfish and unprincipled aspirants to
her 'Majesty s favour having, so far as was in their power,
carefully excluded from her society all persons who
were not likely to impress her with the belief that
they and they only were competent to administer the
affairs of the country, and that they could boast a sup-
port to which the late elections have proved that they had
not the slightest pretension. It was hardly necessary to
remind us of the indecent and unconstitutional use made
by Lord Melbourne's supporters of her Majesty's name,
on recent as well as on many other occasions—" the
desire of the Sovereign ought to be the desire of her
people ;" and we deprecate, therefore, as most in-
decent and unconstitutional, so unwarrantable a use of
her Majesty's name: To ascribe to the Sovereign of
these realms an inclination to subvert the first prin-
ciples of our Constitution, fcr the sake of her own per-
sonal predilections, is to insult her Majesty and outrage
the .feeline-s of her people.
COURIER.—Spain is now about to verify, or is ac-
tually verifying, thosQ predictions which we ventured to
hazard at the time when the eastern question was
threatening that disruption of the general peace of na-
tions, which subsequently ripenedinto partial warfare,
and that breach in the special alliance with France which
the chance expulsion of Lord Palmerston's turbulent
French coadjutor may be said rather to have salved over
for the moment than healed. We then endeavoured
to draw the attention of the Foreign Secretary to the
fact, that Spain was the theatre where the grand
drama of British and French alliance and policy would
have to be enacted and its sincerity tested, and that,
however the curtain might be -drawn for a time, the ac-
tors`, one portion at least, were not the less busy behind
the scenes rehearsing their parts and preparing for their
appearance at the opportune season. These events, not
difficult to foresee, are now in progress of accomplish-
ment, and Spain, according to all accounts, is now
ripe- for another revolution, and probably for the re-
surrection of a civil war as fierce in its characteristics,
if not of duration as prolonged, as that so freshly
concluded by the convention of Bergara and the ex-
pulsion of the Carlists. A civil war is not, however,
the only misfortune, terrible though that be, hanging
over unhappy Spain, for it may come to pass
that such war may this time lead to that intervention
and occupation of the country by foreign, thatis French,
armies, so long advottted by the leading men of all
parties in France, and so often threatened and nearly
consummated heretofore by more than one of the
Cabinets of the Tuileries. However pacific the
policy of M. Guizot—however cautious or timid of
committing himself to the ultimo ratio Louis Philippe,
it may be doubted whether a resolute opposition to
the national will, and to the thirst insanely cherished
for national aggrandizement, might not cost the-
enlightened statesman, emphatically and deservedly
compliroentated by our Contemporary, the Herald, as the
"minister of peace,"- his place in the Cabinet, if not the
monarch himself his throne. Independently, however,
of the interests and the glory, as so construed, of the
vivacious people he may almost be said to reign ever but
not rule, Louis Philippe-has personal and family views
aids own to manage and accomplish ; and whilst France
would hail with transport .the martial array and con-
quering course of her legions in Spain, if only to dim
the lustre or balance the account of British triumphs on
the coasts of Syria, the Sovereign, more calculating and
forecasting, would rejoice in the occasion fur recasting
the family compact founded by the Grand Monarque,
and being enabled with him and the conquering soldier
of more modern days, once more to exclaim—R n'y a
plus de Pyrenees.

MONEY MARKET anti Cl'fY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PATERS OF YESTERDAY.

TIMES.—The prices of the English Stocks have ,not
materially fluctuated to-day, but the very changeable
state of the weather continues to have an unfavourable
influence over the markets in general. The demand for
money at the Stock Exchange is not at all extensive,
but in the discount world it is said to be increasing, and
to such an extent that for lodgments the brokers allow
that
in
the rate of 4 per cent. It does not, however, follow
there is any great embarrassment the commercial
circles, and, from all that can be learned, it is more a
temporary demand than otherwise.
ADERTISER.—Besides the Germans, the Dutch also
been to have. well-founded apprehensions respecting the
probable effect of a trnion, or Commercial League, be-
tween Belgium and France. Experience doubtless justi-
fies-these fears, for we all know that the patron ge and
alliance of a °Teat power with a small one must be
granted by the former for the ulterior object of
.its
own benefit .or aggrandizement. In the present
.in-
stance we may, take it . for granted that the. object
contemplated is purely commercial, that it has no
political tendency, arid yet allowing even this, which
is far more than examination will justify, we still per-
ceive, i
e, in the contemplated league, much that is likely to
affect the trade of this country, as well as that of the Con-
tinent. The French require an extension of the mark et
for the produce of their Colonial possessions. The Bel-
gians want an opening in these colonies for their manu-
factures. By a union it is supposed these objects can be
obtained, and such stipulations be made at the same
time as to satisfy all parties. We do not ourselves augur
from such an alliance all the splendid advantages repre-
sented as being likely to accrue from it, but we see clearly
that it will be another link in the chain of exclusion and
monopoly, of which this country has hitherto held up so
long a proportion. With Prussia and its German allies
on the one hand, France and its " little adopted" on the
other, the United States and its threatened tariff ap-
proaching, and the Brazils perhaps not far behind, it
must be owned that we have a highly favourable prospect
for the extension of our foreign trade, by retaining our
venerated and admirable Code of fiscal laws.

CHRONICLE.—The recent meeting of the share-
holders of the Marylebone Bank shows that there is much
room for improvement in the system of Joint-Stock
Banks in England, not only in regard to the management
itself, for the safety of the shareholders, but in regard to
the available capital for the safety of the public. Had the
"Marylebone Bank been a hank of issue, it is plain enough
that the noteholders Must have been exposed to risk, for
the -liabilitieS amounted to :30,000/., while the immediate
assets were only 11,0001. ; and it seems doubtfal whether
the other means outstanding will ultimately cover the de-
ficiency of 19,000/. Men of standing mid reputation
should never have allowed their names to appear as direc-
tors it3/4 such a paltry concern. The conduct of the di-
rectors expos ::'s them to the
managinge of great ladies and
neglect. - The account of Hannay, the
clie.,:etor, could not have been overdrawn to the
extent of ona farthing if they had exercised due
vigilance ; much less could the over drafts have
been of long standing, and to the amount of
16,0001. The interests of the shareholders have
been very grossly abused in this case, and may be,
and have been equally neglected in the same way in
other Joint-Stock Banks. Much of the same species of
malversation appears in the affairs of the Marylebone
Bank, as were lately brought to light in those of the
Bank of the United States, although of far less amount
and
of lesser moral impropriety in the former than in
the latter case. In the case of the Bank of the United
States, the Directors and executive officers loaned the
money of the Bank for their own use, and repaid the
amount by State Stocks at par, which they picked up
in the Stock 'Market at heavy discounts to suit their

. .
purposes. In the case of the Marylebone Bank, Mr. •
Hannay had entire and uncontrolled authority to do
just as he pleased with the funds' and it is stated by a
Contemporary that each director had an allowance of a
largo number of shares, with liberty to sell them if at a
premium, and on the express understanding that the
Bank was to redeem them at par in the event of a con-
trary movement. The directors had thus a snug thing
of it, if the shares rose to a premium, and were free
from all loss, whatever might be- their value in the
market. This is most objectionable practice, and ought
to attract the attention of Parliament to the de-
fective state of the laws relating to joint stock
banking. The unlimited confidence placed in the
managing director, in the case of the Marylebone Bank,
points out the inefficiency a general board of directors,
and the expediency of appointing a special committee of
directors, in all Joint-stock Banks, who should be al-
lowed a fair remuneration, and give their sole time and
attention to the affairs of their employers. It is impos-
sible that gentlemen who come to the Board-room only
for an hour or two once or twice a week, can have that
knowledge of the business of the Bank to which they be-
long which is necessary to enable them to keep the
machinery in safe and wholesome action, and to main-
tain a proper superintendence and check-upon the con-
duct of the executive officers. While they only attend
these weekly meetings in the Board-room, they merely
give their voice on the business that may be brought
before them, which is prepared by, and must depend
upon, the will and disposition of the paid officers of the
' Bank. These are often most able, trustworthy, and in-
telligent men, but they are not always so, as the cases
of the Marylebone Bank, and that of the Bank of the
United States and others, prove most clearly. To pre-
vent a, recurrence of such exposures as have taken place
in these institutions, a standing committee of directors
should attend daily and apply their sole time and at-
tention to the management. •
HERALD.—On referring to the annual report of the
treasury department at Washington. as laid befot:e Con-
gress, on the banking concerns of the Union, it must
excite no little astonishment to find how the insolvent
banks contrive to " rub on'in the midst of difficulties,
disasters and disgraces of all sorts, with rag dollar paper
everywhere depreciated, and at large discounts, with
deposits and .specie decreasing, with capitals cut down
in most cases, or entirely squandered, that is, where
any•were ever started with in hard cash, yet with rag
dollar circulation again on the increase. The New
York and Boston specie paying banks are not of
course included within this category of fraudulent joint-
stock bank traders. The returns embrace a view of
the business affairs of the banks of the .Union sepa-
rately and in the aggregate, although it is stated they
are not to be depended upon as entirely satisfactory,
from the loose manner in which prepared, and ac-
counts kept by the banks themselves. They comprise
830 banks and branches, of which the monstrous num-
ber of 400 are in a state of suspension, never, it was
believed, to resume.

It appears from returns made up to January, 1841,
that the aggregate deposits in these banks fell from
127,300.000 dollars in 1837 to 72,800,000 in 1841, or
about 43 per cent., whilst the circulation was reduced
less than 17 per cent, and the discounts and loans
about 19 per cent. ; the specie between the same two
extreme points having decreased nearly 8 per cent. It
will be observed however that circulation was on the in-
crease in 1841 as compared with 1840 by nearly
18,000,000 dollars. It is clearly impossible, with such
notorious bank corruption and mismanagement, to guess
yet, with any approximate approach to precision, when
the end of monetary and commercial embarrassment may
be anticipated in the United States.
A decree has been issued by the Government of Peru
prohibiting any vessel touching at ,the smaller ports of
the republic under very heavy pßialties. This decree
will bear with great hardship upon whalers and other
ships which may hare been in the practice of calling at
the harbours most convenient for procuring fresh provi-
sions. It was to come into operation on the Ist of Fe-
bruary last, and inflicts the penalty of 1,000 dollars upon
the captain of any vessel, whether national or foreign,
if it touch at any of the minor ports or coves on the
coast, the vessel to be liable whether owned by the cap-
tain or othe'rs. if, moreover, it be proved that any per-
son, goods, or letters, have been landed from the vessel
at any port at which she may have thus touched, contrary
to the law, the vessel will be confiscated, and the cap-
tain in addition will become liable to a criminal prosecu-
tion. The penalties under this decree being so heavy,
and the term " minor ports and coves" so vague, the
principal places ought surely to be enumerated, or a
fruitful field of endless litigation and annoyance is opened.

LATE FIRE AT BLACKHEATH.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF SIXTEEN PERSONS.

The walls of the destroyed premises are standing, but
their condition is exceedingly dangerous. The escape
of Mr. Waller, with his wife and 11 children, was truly
miraculous. He says he retired to bed with his family
shortly after eleven o'clock, leaving a female who had
been engaged to make some dresses for his children at
work in one of the front rooms on the first floor. He had
not been asleep more than two hours and a half, when he
was aroused by a violent shriek of a female, and the cries
of "- Fire, fire," on the heath ; and on jumping out
of bed found his room full of smoke. With- ,
out stopping to put on his clothes, he ran out
of the apartment, when, on arriviug at the first
floor landing, he discovered the female above alluded
to in a state of stupor, against the wainscoting in
her night dress, which was on fire in several parts. Im-
mediately on her recovering, which was in a few seconds,
she said, " 0 God, save yourself, the house is on fire, it
is raging in my room," which he found to be the case,
for on opening the door the flames burst forth and as-
cended the staircase. He instantly closed it, and pro-
ceeddd to awake his mother, who slept in a room adjoin-
ing that on fire, and carried her out of the house on to
the green facing the premises, where he left her in her
night dress, and returned 'to saye his wife and children,
who were all asleep.
It was with great difficulty that they could be:got
down stairs, in consequence of the heated smoke that
was rushing up from the burning apartment, and almost
suffocating them. They were all in their bed-clothes,
and were unable to save one particle of wearing apparel.
About three minutes after the flames broke through the
windows and ascended to the attics, where the servants
were sleeping, and they not having made their appear-
ance, it was feared they had perished from suffocation.
Mr. Waller, however, rushed up the staircase at the risk
of his life, and, arriving at the top of the house,' found
the poor creatures screaming dreadfuliy. They had '
locked their doors and were unable to unfasten them, but
were immediately released as he burst the doors open.
Very shortly after -the building became enveloped in
flames, and its destruction followed with rapidity.
It has been correctly ascertained by the surveyors
of the different insurance-offices, that the fire originated
in the room where the female was at needlewor.rk, and
it is suspected by Mr. Waller that she fell asleep, and
her candle set fire to her work on the table, and thence
it communicated to the hangings of the bed. She, how-
ever,•asserts such not to be the case. She says she left
off work soon after the family had retired, and went to
bed, and had been asleep long before she was awoke and
found the place on fire. She is positive of having safely
extinguished the candle before getting into bed.
The only property saved out of Mr. Waller's residence
were two caskets, one containing money, and the other
jewellery of great value. . Mr. Waller, who only re-
turned from Java, in the East Indies, with his family, a
fortnight since, is a great sufferer, being wholly unin-
sured, having lost almost all he possessed, besides an '
immense quantity of curiosities which he had ben up.
wards of 20 years collecting in India.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Aug. 7, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

Weekly
Total. Average

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1838-9-40
'
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l3O 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l3O 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion 93 60
Diseases of the Kidn,.ys &c. ... ........ ....
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat .... 89 103
Old Age, or Natural Decay 47 71
Deaths byViolence, Privation or Intemperance 19 25
Causes not specified .. ' 3 .8
Deaths from all eau"... ....
Average weskit'
Deaths
......
..
..
..
..... ..Wlite:l3eo2l"
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Western Districts
••••••
North Districts 163
Deaths,llB339B-9-40
Central Districts ............ 158 . 190
East Districts ............... 175 ..
211
South Districts ... ...... ... 1.34 ......
223

Total 759
926
It is slated that underthe term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, tho City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the }fills of Mortality-
and the parishes of St. MarylebMie, St. Pancras, Kensingt'o ,
Fulham, Hammersmith (Cbapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Padn-
dington, St. Mary (Sto a Newington); St. Leonard ( Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber ell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,.594,890. The weekly averpge for
1838, 1839, and 1810, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
TEMPERATURE IN THE WEINCI ING
July .ENDING. 7.
82 50
60 63
12, 1841.

Highest .....................

Lo7vest
Daily Mean ....
General Register Office, Aug.

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SHOCKING AND SINGULAR ACCIDENT.--
Thursday morning, as a man named Samuel Slapshaw,
a helper in the service of Mr. Turner, livery-stable-
keeper, and veterinary surgeon, Regent-street, was in
Portland-place, exercising a horse belonging to a lady,
and which had been sent to his employer's to be ex-
amined previous to its being disposed of, on arriving
nearly opposite Langham Church, the animal stumbled,
and falling on its knees, threw him forward, when catch-
ing him by the head and shoulders, it in that position
dragged him several feet, and then lying on its back,
before he could be extricated, rolled repeatedly over him.
On being picked up he was found to be bleeding pro-
fusely from the head, and wrs moaning piteously. He
was immediately placed on a shutter, and conveyed to
the Middlesex Hospital, where on examination it was
discovered that his left shoulder was dislocated, his face
and head dreadfully contused, and that he had sustained
serious internal injuries. The horse, a very valuable
one, was much, disfigured, being severely cut on the
knees, back, and. other parts.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSU
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c.

LONIJON, FRIDAY, AUG. 13.
Number Div Herd _ - Price

____ _..........
of per CANALS.
She
Shares. Annum. Paid. Shere
1,766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.l6s.sh. 107
1,482 41. Ashby.de-le-Zouch .....Average 1151.5 h. 72
1, 60 ...cm Basings t o k e. lool.lh. 5
1,065 41, Brecknock and Abergavenny ISO/ .sh. 92
1.,00.1 Iv.l6th. 101. Birmingham, 1-16th share ....811.8 711. 200
4,4'00 .....«., Ditto & Liverpool Junet.M9l. sh.loo p 1 25
600 S Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.ol. all p 3 --.
400 51, Chelmer and Blackwater ..... lool.sh . 101
.300 321. CdVentry'.... ....... ............ 1001.2 h. 260
• ......1... C toTdot. ... ..... Average3ll.2s.lod. sh. -
%ORO .!
51. Os. Dud1ey....................•..... lool.sh. 94
600 134. Derby lool.sh . 120
111 I per cent. Danube and Mayne .........411.131. 4d pd 30
3,5751 4' Ellesmoreand Chester Average 133..5h. 81
231 621 Erowasn . ..............«.....».....-.. . lool.sh. 750
:297 351. Forth and.Clyile....Averaye4.9o/ 16s. a. 620
1.1 i C 71. Grand aunction.... ........ ..... 1001. an I le%
849 i 251. Gratid Union ...... 1001. sh 26
,500 .....-.. Grand Surrey _ ........ ..... ......1001.sh. 15
,0001 41. percent . Ditto (optional) ...cian 1001.
996 .. ... .... Grand Western
600 131.125. 9d. Glanvirgan shire, Aver. cost 1721.130.4 d. 220
743 Ph. Granthvei ..... l5O/. sh. 20.4
238 21.05. Huddersfhld Average is/1. 65.68. sh 28
100
25,328 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 341.181.10 d. sh 22N
11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 47/. Os. 88 24
2,897 f 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh 750
5451 111. Leicester ................ l4Ol. it 151
1,897 31.91. Leicester & Northampton Aver /131.10 f• 73
2.409 111/. Monmouthshire lOOl.O 200
250 104 Melton Mowbray • ..... ..... led,. sh. 21(0
800 251. Mersey and Irwell .......... ... , ... 1001.1 h. 550
3,000 21. 10s. Macclest!eld lOOl.. sh. all pd 34
247 171. Neath IOOI.A. 325
2,400 U. Peak Forest A vei..ge about 761. sh. 71
21,418 lia. Regent's (or London) Av. 231.165.8 d. sh. 816
5,669 111. Rochdale ..:. .......... --Average 861.. h. 96
500 81. Shropshire llsl.sh. 137
800 101. Os. Somerset Coal ..... ................ l5Ol. sh. 180
3,600/. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l'n. 10s. sh. 11 ki
700 364 Stafford and Worcester.... ...... ...1401.5h. 600
530 151, Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 260
300 91. Stourbridge ......-....- ...... 1451. sh. 396
3.647 21. Os. Stratford.un-Avot. Aver... 791.95. bd. sh. 35
533 1211 Swansea - lool.sh. 265
3;762 IL 101. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 251. sh. 45
2,641i1ii. 391. 10e. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 1001.3h. 50,
6,149 .
Birmingham.... .... Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Bd. ill, 2
1,0
.001sh.000sh.] 161. Warwick and Birmingham lool.sn 228
9ao 13, Warwick and Napten. 1001. sh. 150
7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham A v.78/.81. sh. 55
5,000 261. Wilts and Berks Average 671. Iths Bd. sh. 20
609 6s, Virt ale. and L55ingt0n.......... 1251. sh 74
.26 ..... ... Wiqueacn ........... ........ ...:2:4. :h. 50
gob 11 Wey and AMR •••••••••••••••••••••••i iOl. .n. 22%
- - -

DOCKS.

,6"k 1 3p. C. Commerc al
I,q6sish. .«. LOMA. 6
5 per cent. East and West India -,......... Stack 9S
8,235,3101 t. 31. p.ct. London Stock 69%
Ditto Bonds
____ IOIN

2,•209 31.65. sd. Bristol Average 14-1.95. sh. 75'
68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 93
500,080 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
20%000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years
..... .... Deptford Pier .. 001. sh. 201. pd 10