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TO HACKNEY CARRIAGE PROPRIE-
. TORS.
Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Act 10 and 11
Victoria, ch ,p. 42, the Business relating to the Duties on Hackney
Carriages will be transacted at the Excise-office, Broad-street, In
the city of London, on and after MONDAY, October 4, on which day
the DUTY due must be PAID at that Office.
TO THE DRIVERS OF HACKNEY CARRIAGES.

COURT OF-- ALDERMEN.
After the election of Lord Mayor for the yea:
ensuing, a Court was held.
Upon the motion of Alderman FiEEBEOTHER, thi
thanks of the Court was unanimously voted to thi
Rev. Halstead Cobden; chaplain to the Lord Mayor
fur the excellent "sermon he had that day preach*
before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, *'
the parish chureh of St. Lawrence Jewry. .
THE CITY POLICE AND THE "WEST LONDON UNMN:
The report of the Commissioner of the City Polie<
on the subject >f the complaint made by some mei'•
candle men who reside, in the neighbourhood of the
West Union Workhousei, to the effect that the nois(
and disturbance occasioned by the poor applicants I'm
admission interfered essentially with the transactiOr,
of business, was•brought:np. .• The complaint repre-
sented that some of the ,police in that locality hid
acted improperly, and Mr. Harvey's report directly
contradicted the allegations upon that subject.
Alderman COPELAND. said that, under circum-
stances of so extraordibary, a description, it was the
duty of the Court to institute, an inquiry, at which
the police implicated in. the:charge .might be present.
Similar complaints had b6en- made at tile Guildhall
police-court in • his presence, and it was rather sin-
gular that to the repetition of such complaints there
should be so flat a negative from the Commissioner,
particularly as they had been made by gentlemen
of undoubted respectability. That the nuisance was
in existence there was no doubt, and the police in-
spector and his assistant had been so obliging as to
suggest to the Court a remedy with Out being at all
asked their opinion upon the subject.—(A laugh.)
In order that justice might be done, he should move
that the Commissioner's report be referred to the
General Purposes Committee.
Alderman SYDNEY said he believed the paupers in
the West London Union were very roughly treated,
and that the rooms in the hailding, were not adapted
to the numerous demands for shelter. From such
causes it was but reasonable to expect a turbulent
dissatisfaction would arise.

to advantages from that triumph. On the contrary,
✓if he should fail in the attempt,-the Court was bound
to perform the duty, however painful, of getting rid 0;
e him altogether.
e ..Alderman Lucas asked whether it would be pro-
. per in that court to inquire about the Colchester
i election ?—(A laugh). For his part, he was of
t 1 opinion that the House of Commons had something
more to do with that question than the Court of Al-
dermen.—(Laughter).
Alderman COPELAND—The Act of Parliament says
_ the Comrniasioner shall wholly and solely attend to
the duties of the office. I say he has gone to Col-
chester, first as a candidate, and afterwards as the
r friend of Mr. Hardcastle, to aid in that gentleman's
I election. He went without the permission of the
. Lord Mayor away from his duties. If you think
1 there is in this conduct no cause of complaint, act
accordingly. Ido not care what you do, but I know
that the subject will be discussed in Parliament, and
. I shall be exonerated.
Alderman SIDNEY—There is no proof whatever
that Mr. Harvey has neglected his duties He has
never neglected them, and he can astonish the court
by the numerous signatures of the first houses in the
City in warm approbation of the improved system
upon which he regulates the force—a system which
will challenge the metropolitan or any other police of
the country. I consider that there is nothing at all
in the charges insinuated, for there are no distinct
written charges against him, and it is ridiculous to
bring vague and intangible complaints against an
offiCer who fills a situation of so much public im-
portance.
Sir C. Mattsnar.r. said that credit was due to Al-
derman Copeland for the honourable feeling exhibited
by that gentleman towards the Court, but he thought
it would be advisable in the Court to take the opinion
of counsel as to the exercise of their power under the
Act before they came to any resolution on a question
which, if precipitately urged on, might end in sub-
jecting the whole body to ridicule.—(Laughter). lie
thought the Act would not bear the construction which
Alderman Copeland put upon it, and that their Com-
missioner, who in offering himself a candidate for
Parliament and afterwards preferring his present con-
dition, verified the adage that "Brag was a good dog,
but Holdfast was a better," was perfectly aware of
the invalidity of the law as applicable to his case.
After some observations from the LORD MAYOR

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.'
NEW YORK, SEPT. 15.
You will have seen, probably, in some of the
papers of this country a pretended apprehension that
Spain is about to transfer Cuba to Great Britain, and,
based upon this apprehension, an effort is making to
alarm the American people as to the iligury their
commerce, if het their political institnitns, wculd
assuredly sustain by the adoption of such a measure
It is probable that these movements of the press have
passed wish you unnoticed, or as visionary specula-
tions not meriting serious consideration.
What the ulterior object of these self-constituted
guardians of the public interest may be is in the womb
of time; but the immediate tendency of all such ill-
advised publications is to excite a prejudice, not only
against your Government, but against your most
active and intelligent men. Nor is it wise or prudent
fur the friends of peace to treat with indifference and
neglect these signs of the times. No matter under
what specious garb they may be put forth, they have
a meaning and an object in view.
When political demagogues and heartless specu
lators wished to seize and appropriate tottheir own
use the public lands of Texas, they manufactured a
tale that Great Britain was on the point of taking
possession of that territory, and that if any time was
lost in arranging the form, &c., of annexing Texas to
the United States, it would be too late, as the British
Government would have acted. The bait was intended
for Mr. Tyler, then President, and with the simpli-
city of a gudgeon he swallowed it. But mark the
result. No sooner had the fraud accomplished its
intended object than the conspirators admitted it to
be a fraud, and triumphed in its success. Mr.
Houston, a senator of the United States, from Texas,
published a letter stating the facts, and acknow-
ledging himself a principal actor in the transaction.
Now, this affair is of such recent date that none
can have forgotten it. What has once happened may
happen again. I new call the attention of the British
people to this subject, because I fear ultimately it may
tend to interrupt the present harmony between Great
Britain and the United States, because I think it is
the design of a party here to involve these two nations
in a conflict of arms, and because I know the enemies
of peace are not scrupulous as to the means which
they will use to accomplish their design.
There has ever been a party in this country hostile
to the British Government ; but that party originally
had its existence in the revolutionary war, and sub-
sequently was nurtured by the impressment of Ameri-
cand seamen,justed b
etaLi delother
high
contractingvexatious
p
difficulties,
a r tl
ieons .
The
g since
a
war piny to which I now refer is of a more recent
dare, having its origin in causes far more selfish, and
to some extent reckless and unprincipled.
The active partizans of this new faction are the
late prime movers and chieftains of the 54 deg. 40
win. Oregon men. Their object, and the means by
which it was to be accomplished, are well understood
on both sides of the Atlantic. Finding themselves
discomfited in the acquisition of Oregon, they sought
a new, but not more honourable"channel to wealth and
notoriety. In circles presumed to he well-informed
on this subject it is whispered and believed that the
defeat in Oregon in some measure produced, certainly
promoted, the Mexican war. In truth, it is said that
the declaration " that war between Mexico and

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Property left in Hackney Carriag s must, on and atter MONDAY,
October 4, he deposited with the Commissioners of Excise, at their •
office in Broad-street, in the city of London.
TO STAGE COACH PrtOPItIET.*RS.
Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Act 10 and 11
Victoria, chap. 4.5, the Iltisiness relating to the Duties on Stage Car-
riages will, on and after MoNnAY, October 4, he transacted at the
Excise-office, Broad-street, in the city of London, at which place
Application for the Licenses, commencing on October 4, must be 11
made.

TO THE DRIVERS AND CONDUCTORS OF METROPOLITAN
• STAGE CARRIAGES.
Property left i❑ Metropolitan Stage Carriages must, on and after
MONDAY, October 4, he deposited with the Commissioners of Excise,
at their office, Bro-d-stmet, in the city of London. " -
Railway Companies are _likewise hereby informed that, in pur-
suance of the Act 10 and 11 Victoria, chap. 42, the Duties on Rail-
way Passengers are transferred to the Colleetiom and Management
of the Commissioners of Excise, on and after , MONDAY, 4th Octo-
ber, 1847.
By order of the Board of. Excise,
GEORGE BALLARD.
Excise-office, London, September, 1847. -

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UNSTAMPED PLAYING-CARDS.
Stamps and Taxes, London, September 29, 1847.
It having, become known that certain persons engaged in the ma-
nufacture of Playing Cards are making attempts to promote the sale
of Unstamped Cards, under the pretence of their being " waste," by
reason of a corner of each card being cut off, the Commissioners of
Stamps and Taxes deem ft right to give notice, that a Penalty of Ton
Pounds is imposed upon the vendor for every Pack of Cards sold by
him not containing an Ace of Spades duly stomped, without regard
to the corners being cut or not ; and that for every Pack of such
Cards found in the possession of any person whatever, a Penalty of
Five Pounds is imposed.
The Commissioners give further notice, that every person found of-
fending herein win be proceeded against in the Court of Exchequer,
for the Penalties Inc irrod.
By order of the Board,
THOMAS KEOWT, Assistant Secretary.

Alderman LUCAS asked how it happened that such
numbers applied for relief at such a season of the year,
when such applicants were generally much dimin-
ished ? If it turned out that they came from IrelanJ,
a great deal of allowance must be made for the au-
thorities at the union, for it was pretty well known
that customers of that kind required not only to be
sheltered, but to be kept altogether, and the expense
which must be incurred by administering relief would
be enormous, at the same time that the claimants were
regular stickers, and could not by any ingenuity, be
shaken off. H.? knew that vast numbers of the Irish
who come to London from Liverpool were obliged to
be lodged in St. Thomas's Hospital, in consequence of
violent illness, and when they were cured the diffi-
culty in prevailing upon them to go out to make room
for other patients was almost insuperable. Of late
crowds of Irish had come over for the purpose of
picking hops, but the number of native labourers to
do that work in the county of Kent was adequate to
the employment, and 1,400 to 1,500 poor Irish were
thus continued in a destitute condition.

Elect, who objected to the motion that it contained
nothing specific, the question was referred to the law
officers for their advice as to the power of thc Court
under the Act of Parliament.
The Court then adjourned.

Alderman FAREBROTUER said it was quite evident
that an inquiry should be made, and the motion was
carried without opposition.

THE COMMISSIONER OF CITY POLICE AND THE LATE
ELECTIONS OF MARYLEBONE AND COLCHESTER.

Alderman COFELAND rose, pursuant to notice, to
move that the Court do take into consideration the
conduct of the Commissioner of Police in respect of
the late Marylebone election, and the evidence taken
before the select committee of the Court of Common
Council in relation to the police of the City. He made
no apology for calling the attention of his brethren to
the subject. It would be recollected that he had felt
it his duty to make certain statements reflecting upon
the management of the City police, and that in a
committee those statements were proved to be
correct, although the report of the committee was
not such as he expected would have arisen from the
investigation. It would also be recollected that the
inquiry caused such a feeling in the Court of Common
Council as to occasion the rejection of a motion for
increasing the salary of the Commissioner. Believing
that the Chief Magistrate would call the attention of
the Court to the evidence taken before the committee,
he had abstained from making any stir in the matter
for some time, but finding that the subject had
dropped, he determined to give the notice to which he
now requested their attention, and he was the more
strongly prompted to that course as he believed that
the Legislature must take cognizance of the report of
the committee, the evidence in which represented that
stolen property and duplicates of stolen property
were given, with the sanction of the Commissioner, as
a reward to the officers. He should next call the at-
tention of the Court to the Police Act, which distinctly
stated that the sole and undivided services of the police
commissioner were to be devoted to the duties of the
office, and tbat the commissioner should not take, nor
attempt to take a seat in Parliament. It was clear, from
the clause in that Act, that the citizens of London had
an unquestionable claim upon Mr. Harvey's exclusive
exertions, and that he could not be a candidate without
giving up his place. It was clear that the duty of the
Commissioner could not be performed while he was
seeking another occupation. But how did that posi-
tion correspond with what appeared in. the public
journals in the accounts of his attempts to obtain a
seat for Colchester, which he afterwards, for some
reason or other, declined ? How was it reconcilable
with his efforts at Marylebone, where he even under-
went. the ordeal of the ballot, and assured the electors
in the most solemn manner that he would, if elected,
resign his office of Commissioner ? Here was un-
deniable ground of complaint. By such conduct Mr.
Harvey had made himself amenable in heavy penal-
ties, independently of his responsibility to the Court,
from the head of which he was bound to obtain per-
mission before he undertook to go to Colchester to
assist in the election of Mr. Hardcastle after he had
;riven up the representation of that place in his own
person. 'Who could be for a moment blamed for ac-
cusing the corporation of London of jobbing and other
misconduct, when their Commissioner went to assist a
aandidate for Parliamentary honours, and pledged him-
self to give up his own office upon being raised to a simi-
lar station? He (Alderman Copeland) had told an un-
varnished tale. Ile cared not whether the question
was, or was not, taken up by the Court. All he de-
sired to do was, to secure himself from imputation if
a Parliamentary inquiry should take place. He could
iay, that whatever might occur, he was blameless. He
called upon his brother aldermen to take up the ques-
ion ; and if they did not, and should afterwards have
cause to regret their supineness, they must not cast
any part of the censure which would be cast upon
them on his shoulders. The disinclination of the
Commissioner to be guided or influenced by anything
which fell from the Court was evident from the fact
that, although the impropriety of the employment of
policemen by the Commissioner as domestic servants
was strongly alluded to in the report of the com-
mittee, a policeman named Brett was actually at that
very moment in his service, at a salary of '223. per
week. Alderman Copeland concluded by expressing
his wish either that the subject he considered by the
Court, or referred to a select committee to consider
and report upon it.
Alderman SIDNEY admitted that there were cir-
cumstances in the transactions alluded to by Alder-
man Copeland deserving of inquiry; but he' must do
the justice to the Commissioner to say that the Court
of Aldermen had decided by a considerable majority
(13 to 3) that he was under paid, and that his salary
ought to be raised from 8001. to 1,0001. a year, al-
though most of the very charges now brought
against him by Alderman Copeland had been inves-
tigated by the members. In a Committee of the
Common Council a decision to the same effect had
taken place. So doubt that decision was negatived
by a large majority in the Court of Common Coun-
cil j but then the charges against him were pro-
nounced to be completely frivolous ; and in the Court
of Aldermen the accusations were considered equally
groundless and untenable. As to the Commissioner's
extraordinary conduct at Marylebone, ho did not
mean at all to apologize for that most singular eccen-
tricity. The public had already pretty intelligibly
decided upon the merits of that course ; but with
regard to the charges which Alderman Copeland had
repeated, the two Courts had already determined
that they were remarkable for nothing but their
weakness.

the United States existed" was made to pacify, if not
sitisfy, the advocates of 54 deg. 40 min., as it opened
a new channel "for enterprising young men." On
this subject something may hereafter be said. At
present it is proper to remark that some truly patriotic
citizens, from the purest motives, but under a mis-
taken view of the question, are sounding the idle
rumour to which I have adverted.

To these 54 deg. 40 min. men are to be added a
number of restless spirits, exiles from Great Britain,
whose whole lives are devoted to mischief-making.
These, with a few similar characters, constitute the
majority of this war party, few in number, yet
sufficiently numerous to create and circulate strong
prejudices, which ought to be studiously guarded
against, in both Great Britain and the United States,
by the friends of peace.
From Mexico w e have numerous interesting and
important, but conflicting rumours. That on the
largest scale states that General Scott engaged the
Mexican army for two days ; that he lost between
1,200 and 1,500 men, while he slaughtered from 4,000
to 6,000 Mexicans. Other accounts state that there
was but little fighting, and that the enemy had asked
a suspension of hostilities, preparatory to a discussion
of the terms offered by Mr. Trist. Among the most
ridiculous of the rumours is one that General Scott
had leen chosen President or Governor of the city of
Mexico. I have thus briefly given you a few of the
rumours of the day. _ _ _

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It is universally conceded that there has been an
action, in which the Americans were victorious ; that
the city of Mexico, if not actually in the possession
of General Scott, was in such a condition that he
could cuter it without opposition whenever he pleas( d.
ro repeat the rumours on this subject would be an
idle waste of time. On the real state of facts thcre
is no settled opinion. All is conjecture. Of Pore,
and his whereabouts we hear nothing since he le.z
Vera Cruz.

It is confidently asserted that three distinct sets ,f
instructions have been sent to Mr. Trist—the firt-;,
the most liberal to Mexico; the third, the most strin-
gent and oppressive to that people. It is understo,,
that the third has been captured by the Alexi=
These details, however, must be ranked with oth( r
rumours on the subject of American affairs.
The Vermont election has resulted in a greatly
diminished triumph to the Whig party. That lo-
is ascribed to other causes than politics. The stag.,
however, is Whig. The great difficulty has be( n
the temperance question. To this subject I refer
some time since, and predicte I this result. The
License Law, which prevents the sale of spirituous
liquors in small quantities, is a most odious Act, and
consequently has become very unpopular. If not
totally abandoned, it will act as a mill-stone around
the neck of the Whig party. All attempts in a free
country to make men moral or virtuous by means of
penal statutes must prove abortive. In the United
States it is breaking down the Whig party, and
greatly injuring the temperance cause. Independent
men revolt at compulsion and shackles to accomplish
even a good.
The Convention of the state of Illinois have agreed
to a new constitution. It contains several improve.
ments, one of which is, that hereafter none but
citizens of the United States, having resided twelve
months within the state, shall have a right to vote
at any election. Heretofore aliens, after a residence
of six months, voted. The vote was—Ayes, 131 ;
Noes, 7.

Cornwall, in Upper Canada, has been visited by a
most terrific thunder storm and tornado early in the
present month. Only one life, so far as we are in-
formed, was lost. The destruction of property,
however, is said to have been very great.
—Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER.

POSITION OF ABD-EL-KADER.

GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 12.—Hadj Abd-el-Kader is at
present encamped about twenty miles from Melilla,
and twelve miles inland from a place marked on
marine charts " Cabadanah," opposite the Zaffarin
Islands. The regular force he has now with him
consists of about 1,500 horse and 800 foot soldiers
and these, it is acknowledged by the Spanish officers
of the Melilla garrison, who all went out
respects to the Emir during his stay in their n
bourhood last month, are effective well-arm,
men.bl
His force, in case of need, would be considerably
but
to pay. their
these are best imperfeetlY
strengthened by the accession of frdienfodulyndtrth
French mon7 MaooYrs) are distributed
of the coast. ar•inedvir "amongst the tribes
by their steamergrehanaslelhfal:land:sttsbe shores of the Reef,
who vaunt MuleY
,the number of
(the present Sultan's)
ber of his troops, andrttaylkofotihehEismimir-,
offending
iwn
gi with
ot hepove
powerful a monarch;
and the nthgaserco°frnoPfaf
who is, they say, marching northwards with an army
of 200,000 men, to crush the tribes who have rebelled
mense wedsal
against him, and lead Abd-el-Kader in chains to
Morocco. These and other such tales have acted
upon the minds of this savage and ignorant people.
and they are at present afraid to countenance the
Emir, and pretend great loyalty for the reigning Sul
tan ; still they have taken no active part against him ;
and the story current here, and circulated with so
much industry by the French Consul, of his having
been defeated, and deprived of his wives and stores, is
only a tale trumped up by French agents, to suit their
own purposes ; no attack has been made upon him, or
his, by any tribe in the Reef; the Sultan has no
troops beyond Taza, and they are to insignificant to
be feared. Notwithstanding the immense influence
which the Emir unquestionably possesses over the
minds of his people, his present position, in my opi-
nion, is untenable, and unless he receive some support
and countenance from abroad he must ere long siol(
under the Sultan's power, actively backed as that is
by French gold and influence, and thus Africa will
lose her brightest ornament, and France be delivered
from a bitter and determined foe.
The only foundation for the report mentioned
above is the fact that a few days ago the Sultan fell
upon the small remnant of the tribe of Beu-Amri
(formerly adherents of the Emir, but who sought
the Shereefian protection some fourteen months since,
and were located by the Imperial order near Mehe-

Alderman FARM:MOTHER thought it odd that Al-
dermaa Sidney should leave the charges unans veered,
and consider that he had done all that was necessary
in saying that the Commissioner's salary was not
sufficiently large. The Court of Common Council
thought, and so it appeared from the sequel Mr.
Harvey thought too, that 8001. a year was enough,
for he preferred the office of Commissioner with that
salary to a seat in Parliament without any salary at
511.__(A laugh.) He admired the Commissioner's
judgment as exhibited in that decision. He did not
see how so serious a matter as the subject before the
Court really was could be_passed over slightly. It
was to be considered that Alderman Copebm.l had
introduced fresh charges, and certainly when public
officers were accused it was indispensable for the et 4,
of justice that the accusations should be openly made,
and that opportunities should be afforded for answer-
ing those accusations as openly.--(Hear, hear.) Let
the Commissioner appear before the Court of Alder-
men ; and if he succeeded in proving that he was
wrongly accused, let him enjoy the triumph, and look

ghat '

40a, a distz.% deed
® from their
own territory), uneter text Pr. they kept up
treasonablee.orresponclencea wi
th their former chief,
and were about to more ,ladt ivard to join him. The
S tiltan had, of course, nr ).1?6,1 i.eulty in dispersing and
soldiers spared no-
:thing; killing these miserable n
:thing; men, women, at id childr,ert were massacred,
theiNents burnt, their ( nitt!e becacno- the prey of the
soldiers, and but a few men (sixty in ;111, out of one
thousand five hundred) escaped ter Tangal', where
they would have been i rnprisoned and sent back to
suffer the same fate as their brethren, had not the
French Charge d'Affair I'S, M. Chasteau, interfered,
taken them under his p, Nitection, and shipped them
off to Oran by the Gover ar cent steamer Vjlece, then
in Tangier Bay.
A bold and gentrot, i.-tct of interference of this
kind, between a bar barons Government and an
unhappyAteople, will do more to increase French
influent's amongst the p )pulation of the Barbary
States than a dozen emi its • and expensive missions to
the Court, from which no),. good cats accrue to any one
except to the Sultan, xvt .o receives the custmilary
presents, and to the Conszt, 1-General, whose vanity is
flattered by the respect pas I him during the journey.
rile- Moors curse the pans lint because they have to
pay for it, and find provioiit ons for an immense escort
for a distance of some. -OM miles and -bash;—'without
receiving the least remu m oration. The Ambassador
has an audience of his S,:-10 •eefian Alajesty to present
the gifts and the royal let-..`ei • (for no one can go to the
Court without making a. present to .the sultan).
Grievances, if any exist, aiN! stated, favours are asked
for the proteges of the Cons t d—everything is complied
Nith verbally, nothing ever granted. The European
Envoy receives a present 'l4l om the Sultan of sonie
horses, and returns to Tan er to talk of his gracious
reception. Government pio.3 's the expenses, and the
farce is concluded.

MONEY MARKET mud CITY NEWS.
CITY, WIZDNESDAY EVENING
The failure of Fry, Griffiths, and Co., indigo and
colonial brokers, has been ann,:iunced to-day. The
amount of their liabilities has not been stated, but it
is believed that it must be very considerable.
The private letters by the Caledonia indicate the
prevalence of considerable uneasiness in the. New
York money market, consequent upun the failure of
Prim; Ward, and Co. By some parties their
liabili-
ties are stated at 900,000 dollars, of which 400,000
consist of deposits. The possibility of a resumption
appears in no case to have been entertained, except
on the supposition that the steamer of the 4th of
September, from Liverpool, might bring advice; of a
considerable rise in our corn-markets; and as the
downward course of our prices continued without
intermission until after her departure, it is of
course out of the question to hope that the firm
can recover itself. One writer estimates their as-
sets as likely to yield from 75 to 80 cents in the
dollar, and by another it is observed, "From all I
hear about their business, I feel certain that they
cannot resume, nor even pay in full." It is added,
that in New York the firm had been greatly over-
estimated in point of wealth. We are glad to have
it in our power to state that no one in this country
is likely to suffer by the suspension. It will be re-
membered, that when the old house of Prime, Ward,
11 and King, was dissolved in January last, two separate
houses were formed-, one by Mr. Prime, under the
firm of Prime, Ward, and Co., and the other by Mr.
King, under the firm of James G. King and Sons.
Since that time the principal correspondents i.)f the
old house have transacted their business with the
latter firm, and hence it is understood that from the
present failure no loss whatever will be sustained.
It will be observed that, owing to the distrust
which prevailed at New York, the rate charged for
bills by the leading houses had advanced, previously
to the sailing of the steamer, to 109. This, how-
ever, is below the rate at which it will prove pro-
fitable to send gold, as will be seen by the following
calculations

Sovereigns of average weight may be con-
sidered to be worth in Ili I.VV York (at the

legal price per penny weight) about 4 dolls.
84ic. each, which is equal to an exchange of 109
Add freight and insurance, estimated at 1i
per cent.

110 f

The drafts drawn against a consignment would
be at 60 days' sight; consequently, there is
a gain to the shipper of two months' interest
over here, which, at 6 per cent. per annum,
...

Rate at which he may draw in New York
without loss
In one of the New York letters it is remarked,
" The potato disease has made its appearance all over
this country, and bids fair to be more extensive than
we have ever had it before." It must be mentioned,
however, that this statement proceeds from a con-
siderable holder of breadstuffs.
Letters from Manchester to-day report further
failures. The number of stoppages which have oc-
curred this week is seven ; but the liabilities, with
the exception of those of the house mentioned yester-
day, and of Messrs. James Guest and Co., cotton
spinners, and Messrs. E. M. Uooper and Co., manu-
facturers, are in each instance believed to be small.
—Times.

THE VlPER.—These beautiful but dangerous rep-
' tiles literally swarm on the moots of Derbyshire, espe-
cially betwixt Chesterfield and Darley. The bite of the
viper is often attended with the most alarming rrtsults.
islt not, perhap3. generally known chat it never attacks
its enemy but when partly in an erect posture, darting
onits object in a manner similar to a bird of grey. A
proof of this assertion the writer of this had once an
opportunity of witnessing. A short time ago a. viper
was observed coiled up on a part of the highway called
Jebb's Firs," apparently asleep, nor did it appear to
be in any way disturbed from its seeming lethargy until
the arrival of a horse and cart, when the viper arose
upon its tail and bounded several feet in the air, no
doubt with an intent of seizing the animal by the
mouth. The horse, at the same time, showed evident
signs of great fear and excitement. Thep erson who
Arove the horse, after some trouble, managto kill the
reptile, which was reckoned a fine specimen of its kind.
—Derby Mercury.
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS lIOT.—Two servants,
who had lived many years together with an old gentle-
man in Northamptonshire, were one evening sitting by
the kitchen fire, when the male said to the female,
" Hannah, you and I have lived many years together,
and been very comfortable ; master gets very old and
shakey, and can't last long; and when he dies we
shouldn't like to part. So suppose we be married; we've
saved a bit of money a piece, and when master's gone
should do on a bit of land. What sayest, yes or no, at
once?" Hannah replied, " No, Peter, I'd rather not."
Peter said no more about it. The next night the same
parties sat in the same place. After a little time Hannah
said, "Peter, I've been thinking about what you said
las.t night, and have altered my mind." Peter answered
in three words, " So have I."
One of those fulminating bombs which have of late
been so frequently spoken of, exploded last evening in
front of the Theatre flistorique. As usual, a number of
bits of paper were immediately scattered a
w out,
which
the crowd hastened to pick up. On each as printed,
" Let us commit acts of incendiari,m until there be no
further opposition to a just division of land and crops."
—Galianani.
A THRIFTY Winow.—Widow Marshall, residing
at Thornhill, near Johnstone, aged 96, has this as on
former seasons cut her own corn and barley, binding
and stooking it single-handed. She has also due the
potatoes on her ground, as she was afraid they weuld be
stolen, and she is now engaged ihr"hing out the barley
in her barn.
LADIES BEWARE.—Young ladies of slight and
graceful form, with light hair and blue eyes, like
, should he careful lest, they be mistaken
Jenny Lind
for the swedbh Nightingale ' when they walk
Yesterday afternoon, as a young la :y was
aebrs
down Buchannan-street, acme ill disposed
pPrr'cooeateida:Pfead the report that she was Jenny Lind. A
crowd soon collected about her, and the young lady, who
we under-
stand, it.dto creating
thieves,a
is
sat crowd,
present,eithe either as a jt tke or
was much annoyed, obliged to take refuge in a shop
The practice of pointing out young ladies as the cele-.
eshmtat prevalent, both in Edinburg h and here.
sabtnraanetdne
osvouonircagae
somewhat
—North British Mail.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—The ship Tamer, Captain
Hall, arrived off the Sound this morning with a full
cargo of teas from China. She left Canton the 15th of
April, Hong-Kong the 20th of April, and Cape of Good
Hope on the 24th of July. Alter leaving Java Head
she spoke the ships Chacely and Lascar, of London,
and .the bark Maia, of Liverpool, bound home. The
Tamer and Chacely came down the China Seas, the
Lascar and Maia proceeded through the Straits of
Macassar. There were several men-of-war and one
steamer, names unknown, at Simon's Bay. Her Ma-
jesty's steamer Rosamond, Commander John Foote, left
Table Bay on the 22d of July with troops for Buffalo
Bay. Sir Henry Pottinger was on the frontier. The
iron steamer Dwaker, from London and Lisbon for Bom-
bay, arrived at the Cape on the 21st of July, and was
there when the Tamer left. To the north of St. Helena
she spoke the bark Conservative, from Madras for Lon-
don ; and north of the Azores, the brig Elizabeth
Hughes, from London for Demerara. Passengers by
the Tamer lauded here, Captain and Mrs. Carr, Miss
Coates, and Mr. Miles, who has a pair of moose deer
from Java, the first of the kind, it is said, ever brought
to England alive. They are about six inches high. in
good condition, and will no doubt excite the attention f
naturalists.

..."aWOLERA AT TREBIZOND.—We regret to hear, by
recent letters From Trubizond. that the cholera morbus
had reached that town. On board the 13,1,insular and
Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, CapT.a'su Brooks,
on her late voyage from Trehizond to Constantinople.
several cases had broken out, in consequence of which
she had been ordered by the hcalth authorities at the
latter port to Prince's Island to ride out her quarantine
of ten days. The Tiger will therefore be dispatched to
Malta in her stead, to carry home. the India (bulky)
mails and passengers.
On Wednesday last no fewer than 24 vessels laden
with Indian corn arrived in our harbour. 2,200 quarters
were entered on. Thursday at the Custom-house for home
oonsumption.,--cork Contitution.