The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-07 00:00:00

MORNING iSI

and animated tone of voice. His Lordship afterwards
• addressed the meeting, and at the conclusion said, he
hoped yet to have it in his power to advance theinteresta
of Ireland.'
The King and Queen, the Duke and Duchess
of Orleans, the Duchess of Nemours, Madame Adelaide,
and .the Princess Clementine, left the Palace of Com-
.piegne on Wednesday, at half-past 12, for the Plateau
eleXarigny, where the J,iying and the Duke of Orleans
Monnted.their-chargers. ,His 3.lajesty, accompanied by
Marshal Soult, and attended by a numerous Staff, rode totbe
farm of. Corbeauliett, .where the troops, amounting to
18,000 men, had taken up a position under the command
1
:of the Duke de Nemours: The evolutions immediately
. eaamenced„ and were followed by the King to different
. points; his• Majesty-at: one time placing himself in the
- 'centre of 'it:tigitare- formed -by one of the regiments to
resist an attaok:of eaValry. . After a sham-fight, .which
lasted an7ihottr,-- tha army filed oft before the Xing,
with the usual acclamations of Vive k Boi I Viva la
Refine 1 On their return to • Compiegne, their MOP
ties found the whole of the troops drawn up in
line along the -Amiens road, and were again saluted
with three cheers, joined by a large bode of spec-
tators, who had hurried from the field, The hoyal party
re-entered the Palace at four o'clock, The Ministers
of Finance and Commerce, and M.: Sulvandy, the
Ambassador to the Court of Spain, the Spanish, Danish,
Hanoverian, Belgian, and Baden resident Ministers, the
Austrian Charge d'Affaires, M. Montano, Baron de Schee.
ten, the Duchess d'Albufera, the Countess de Chabannus,
Viscount and Viscountess de Germiny, Generals Dar..
riule, Pelet, Saint Simon, and Doguereau, arrived in the
course of the day. There was a grand dinner, after
which the Court adjourned to the theatre to witness per*
formances by thecompany from the Theatre du Gymnase,
CLERICAL PREFERMENT...--The - Rev. Dr.
IPLeod has returned from London, after accomplishing
at least one of the objects of his mission, having, it is
said,
.been appointed to the Deanery of the Chapelfßoyal,
vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Bryce, Mini ster of
Aberdour. The emoluments of the office are, we believe,
somewhere between 2001. and 300/. per annum; and we
can readily forgive the Doctor his Sunday travelling., in
consideration of having so comfortable an addition to his
income in view. We trust that Dr.. APLeod's clerical
brethren will, notwithstanding what has been said, show
a forbearance on the present occasion.:— Glasgow Araur.
On Tuesday last a young' man, named liaac
Becton, groom to Mr. 'Popham, was married, and next
moraing,.was found dead in bed, by the side,of -his
bride.— Chester Courant.
•THE CUTTING-OUT OF . THE CAROLINE.—
.If.you,proceed out of the Welland in a Canadian steam-
boat, you will pass into the river Niagara at rather a ner-
vous place, where the river widens to an .intru4r,se ex-
panse, before it suddenly contracts again to ' fortis the
rapids and cataract of Niagara. The fist idea, to a
.stranger, on reaching the spot is—sune„sing the engine
should get out of order, is the vessef to
go doien -the
fall, which is boiling up at Rhone
two miles below ? There
is, however, I believe, very li
- e:,..1e real danger, as it is the site -.
of the traject, or cortur.'on ferry between Chippewa and
the New York sho7e at fort Schlosser, at that celebrated • .•
'Spot where C--r.....ain Drew-and his dauntless militia sailors
cut out tbs; Ca'roline.in the darknesser the night, and sent
t;ili e P'.:rate vessel flaming down into the abyss below. A. ,
need more.herctical was never perforthed by British sea--
men, and thoui;h-the policy of it at the time was ques-
tionable, yet what gooct man • can grieve that the laws of ,s t
nations were, perhaps, for a moment lost sight of,- when .-:.1
;it was as notoriout as noon - day, that, .fOr the salte-Of
,gain and desperate spite, the wicked ship was constantly
carrying oVer to Navy Island swarms of ragged rtdvens
turers, eager to imbrue their unholy weapons in Cana-
dian blood, and stolen cannon to be pointed at a shore
whose people were at pence with the United States,- but
were deemed, nevertheless, fit subjects for a demoniac
bombardment, and afterwards for midnight assassination?"
—The Canada: in 1841.
DEATH OF A POLICEMAN BY VIOLENCE.
—On Sunday last James Carroll, late a police-constable
belonging to the II division of Police, No. IGO, expired
at the London Hospital front the effects of serious in-
juries inflicted on him by a ruffianly gang of cosier-
mongers. It appeared that On the. Morning of the 15th
of last month, the attention of the deceased was drawn
to a disorderly set of costermongers who were returning
from Chelsea fair, whilst 'on ditty near Chub-row,
Bethnal ;green. One of the fellows, in passing him by,
said he once had three months of it for " brushing a
fly off a policeman's nose," and he should like to do the
same again. Carroll, however, took no notice of this, but
finding the parties immediately after had attacked a private
watchman and pelted him with stones, lie went to his assist-
ance, and was himself instantly attacked. He drew out his
staff to defend himself, and the instant he did so one of the
costermongers, named Smedley, snatched it from- him,
and with a desperate blow with it on the head felled
him to the ground. He was otherwise ill-used, and was
reduced to such a state that he was obliged to be in-
stantly removed to the London Hospital, where he lin-
gered until Sunday last, when lie died from the effects
of the injuries. The deceased has been for some years
in the force, and was a very steady and inoffensive man,
and within the last three weeks his wife and four chil-
dren, whom he used formerly to support in Ireland by
remitting them his pay, have arrived in town, and are
now deprived of their natural protector. Smedley, the
man, who struck 'hint with his staff, and
.t.Wo of his
companions, are in eustody.. Two of the parties impli-
'cated in the murder Were brought before the ,ItibeiStrates
at 'Worship-street yesterday, and remande'd': till the re-
sult of the Corcner a inquest is known.
COSTUME OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
—Woollen cloths Were long the chief material of male
and,fernale attire. When new, the nap.was generally
very long ;.end after being worn for some time it was
customary to have it shorn ; indeed, this process was re-
peated as often as the stuff would bear it. . Thus we find
the Countess sending Hicque, the tailor, to London, to
get her robes re-shorn. Among the materials for dress
mentioned, are linen, sindon, which ha,slteert.variously
interpreted to mean satin or very fine 11004e,egartet and
rayed or striped cloths, of Flemish, Fretlchi,or Italian
make ; hers, or blue cloth,. fozwltbe,xt.antztitcoice,of which
Provence was famous ; russet, say or! I; ergar aild luau-
diet or blanket, a name which, it is believed, was then
given to flannel. The furs named are squirrel auttminiver.
RUSSIAN IRON SHIP.—The Dundee Adver-
tiser says, " Our harbour just now presents -an uncom-
mon novelty, in the shape of 'a remarkably fine-looking
iron-built brigantine named the IronsidO, of ;234 tons
register, which arrived here-fr?iin St. Peteysliurgh, with
a cargo of flax, on Monday laSt. The rteseknsi4e.ii-finish‘ed
in every respect in first-rate style, and is well worthy the
inspection of- connoisseurs. The greater buoyancy of
vessels of this description is sufficiently evident from-the
fact (if other proofs were wanting) that the Irotisiele,
notwithstanding her great tonnage, was enabled to load
up at " Petersburgh Town," which can only be accom-
plished by schooners or brigs of small tonnage. Nor are
her sailing capabilities less,lor she performed her voyage
from St. I'etersbnrgh in 12 days. -The Ironside was
built at Liverpool, nearly:three-years ago, and belongs to
London owners.

STATE OF TRADE.—The demand for cotton
last week was very active, and prices are firm, with a
tendency to improve. The autumn demand both for cot-
ton and woollen goods, is very brisk at present, and large
quantities of twist are going to Russia and Poland pre-
vious to the closing of the Baltic by the ice. There is a
better feeling in the cotton market than there has been
at any time previously during the present year.—Liver-
pool

BOULOGNE. An unprincipled scoundrel at
Calais wrote to one of the London papers, and the Cap-
tain of the French mail spread the report at Dover, that
the City of Boulogne had foundered outside of our har-
bour on Thursday morning, and from 26. to 1.50 perish-
ed. Now no blame can be attached to the Calasians
when they praise up their port, but every man of common
feeling will, and must be indignant, when, to serve a base
purpose, they cast dismay and terror into the bosoms of
hundreds, who have friends.en board:a boats by lying;
wilful, maliciously lying, like the above. how they coufd
havo.thought of: the City of Boulogne astonishes us, par-
ticularly as she, %vas leaving the harbour ; had they
spread the
;report.of -settle crazy boat, it would have been
anothenthing., What a deplorable state they must-be in,
at . Calais for .passengers, when they find it necessary to
have recourse to each bale means to gain temporary fa° vour.---Boulopae- Gazette,- Oct. 4.
Arrangements have been completed between
the contractors for the Brighton day mail and the Direc-
tors of the Brighton Railway for the conveyance of the
day mail by railroad. The contract commences this day,
and the mail will start at its usual time-=namely, e!c'eP
o'cloCk. The night mail will still continue 4!- "
!
heretofore. We understand it is contemplate 4 at, 155,
another delivery of letters in Brighton in th 6
bd
the day (three in all), which will be a great "Tunee the
tion to merchants and others resident there.
Opening of the railway several of the coaches
1:i
taken off the road. There are, however, still eleven, in-
cluding the night mail.
ALARMIAG FIRE AT
CiiILDwALL.—On
twelve o'clock, a
Sunday forenoon, between eleven and
large Dutch barn,
ave been
fire was discovered to be raging ~
sent to the different
• word was
ofthe parish en-
at Childwall-house,
Salisbury. Immediately
two
fire -stations in Liverpool, when
accompanied by a large
gines, and the West of, England,to the spot. Fortunately
body of firemen, proceededwhich enabled the firemen to
there was very little grind,.
a farm belonging to the Marquis of
in which it broke out. In
deposited
of oats, value about Gtki.,
b:lealttne;produce of thirteen acres
four
the
incoming tenant, Mr. Ro-
oct
the
en:h.
hnaeorantthi,ea.
eifilr(riee
htodemp the
g. d
the property of sympathy was expressed,
gerson, for
about 250/ worth of hay,
There was also
very'.o intelligent, respectable,
tenant,and ailigtholosd•
Rot ientahstlei rsoanpui triegeto. iinngA
ot the
tinti firs men
ojbceltvsleiiiulethevreo,gT: t,
was sold, but not delivered.
building, to the amount of 2001., we
The damage the b
ptarasirothuosefmwiasinli.ca
burning
exerted
belongingi
s themselves toh
piles of straw, and throwing them down SO SS
to enable the water from the engines to penetrate, in
which occupation they were at times almost suffciaated.
J. S. Leigh, Esq., of Childwall-hall, and Mr. White-
house, of the West of England Fire-office, were early
on the spot, directing and assisting in the suppression of
the fire. By twelve o'clock at night the fire was so far
subdued that the parish engine and firemen woo
withdrawn, leaving the West of England : engine
(which office, we hear, is principally interested) tore-
main on the Spot all night and all next dar, to play upon.
the burning masses as they were removed toAhe-acboui-
ing fields, two of 'which were covered with eartloads of
the partially-burnt hay and straw. It is fortunate' that
the farm buildings on, the other side of the and dia not
catch fire, as also those in the occupation of grriVe; the
idjoining tenant. in which case the amount of losS wou4
have been 5,0001. or 60001. at least, We are terry ;OA-
' there is reason to fear that the fire is not the moult esi
accident, the grounds for 'which we are not at present at
liberty to state.—Liverpool Courier.

MORNING SUN

THE CORN LAWS
AND COMMERCIAL REFORM.

ALL-SOULS AND TRINITY DISTRICTS, MARY-

LEBONE.
A public meeting was on Tuesday held at Mr. Graves's
Aucton-rooms, Mortimer-street, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the measures necessary for the repeal
I tthe Corn-laws. The attendance was very numerous,
telarge room being completely fille(2, and great interest
eras manifested in the proceedings.
On the motion of Mr. DEEKS, seconded by Mr. ULPH,
Mr. SODDEN took. the Chair, and in a short but neat
and forcible address,'opened the business of the meeting.
Mr. HEARN proposed the first resolution :—" That in
the opinion of this meeting, the Corn and Provision-laws,
by their operation, diminish the comforts and increase
the privations of the great body of the community ; and
that they are the chief cause of the present depression of
trade and the aggravated distresses consequent thereon."
1)r. BOWRING seconded the resolution. He said he
felt no small satisfaction when he left those who said
they were the representatives of the people, but who
were deaf to their prayers, to come among the people
themselves.—(Hear, hear.) The House of Commons
was a house of incredulity. Night after night they were
told of the distresses of the country, but they were told
in vain, and the real representatives of the people were
about to return to their constituents, and tell them that
in the House of Commons there was no hope for justice
to the suffering and toiling masses. The people had ap-
plied to the Queen for relief. s She answered the appeal
in the language of benevolence.—(Cheers.) She called
on her Parliament to listen to the cry of the suffering
millions. Her Parliament refused—they asked for five
months' delay—five months, while the people were star-
ving—five months of hope deferred. To „address the
present House of Commons was just as unnecessary as to
address the House of Lords. To -morrow they were to
be dismissed, to tell the people the sad story of their
being helpless and despairing. helpless, did he say ?
No, the question of cheap bread was beginning to be un-
derstood. When this state of things was in existence,
redress must be at hand. Sir R. Peel demanded fire
months' tranquillity. He would not get them.—(Hear.)
Mr. Keaseee supported the resolution.
Mr. SIDNEY SMITH addressed the meeting in favour
of the resolution. During Mr. Smith's speech the
Chartists eattiedlome interruption, but were eventually
silenced.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER, M.P., spoke in favour of the
resolution, but encountered the same systematic oppo-
sition which had been put in practice against his pre-
decessor. He remarked that public meetings were either
good or bad, as they were conducted, but he felt con-
fident that Englishmen, whatever might be their poli-
tical sentiments, would hear both sides of the question.
—(Hear.) He fully concurred in the resolution which was
before the meeting. Parliament did not represent the feel-
ings of the people at large. On the first evenir'e on which
Parliament met a certain Hon. Member of the House had
come forward, and said that the Queen had sent the late
Parliament to the country to ascertain the feelings of
the people ; and that the House he was then a idember
of had assembled to answer the appeal. Now he did with
that the Ministerial party had uttered a more candid and
a more truthful statement. Had they done so they would
have said, " we have come to your Majesty through elec-
tion bribery—(Cheers)—we were richer than the Whigs,
and we bribed higher—we had more power, and we used
it for the purpose of intimidation to a greater extent.- -
(Hear, hear.) We have come to tell your Majesty that
the people shall still eat dear bread, and use bad timber.
We will religiously preserve all abuses, we will not allow
the Whig; to abolish one of the many iniquitous laws we
glory in..'—(Loud and long-continued cheering.) After
some further remarks upon the shuffling and blinking
policy of the Peel Cabinet, as regarded every branch of
the." policy, and deprecatory of the now rapidly increa-
sing Oartist tumult, the Gallant Gentleman concluded,
amidst I.oud applause from the great majority of the
meeting by- seconding- the resolution.
After some confusion, occasioned by amendments put
by the Chartists, the resolution was carried by the Corn-
repeaiers, aniii the most tumultuous outcries from
the Chartists. After the Chairman left his position, the
Chartist,: rernaine..:l in possession of the Hall, and an-
nounced their intentn to oppose another anti-Corn-law
meeting, to be held intiee° district this week.
ST. MARTIN'S 4,.:-THE-FIELDS.
The Churchwarden: of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, in
pursuance of 4. requisiteei. enmerously and respectably
signed, have convened a public i,setry meeting of that
parish, for the non prorogation of Isa.-liament.
POPLAR.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Poplar it held
on Friday, at the Poplar Literary Institution, when a
memorial was adopted for presentation to the Queen.
CHRISTIAN MINISTERS AND THE CORN-LAWS.
The Christian ministers of Paisley, Stockport, and
other towns, in which distress exists, have agreed upon
solemn addresses to the Queen. At almost every anti-
Corn-law meeting we find ministers of various denomina-
tions delivering animated and effective speeches. 'We
regret extremely that the crowded state of our columns
prevents us front enriching them with such eloquent
speeches as those delivered at Exeter, Southampton, Li-
verpool, and many others that might be named. At
Manchester a large melting of lay church officers is
about to be called to protnt,'..q the same object. We have
no doubt that the example wii.! be universally followed.
. BRECHIY:
A requisition, signed by the most respectable mer-
chants, manufacturers, and other inhabitants of this town,
having been presented to the Chief Mag;strate, praying
him to call a public meeting of the inha:.,its.nts, the meet-
ing was held in the Town Hall on the .27th ult. The
attendance was very numerous, comprising the most in-
fluential ,gentletnen engaged in manufacttw, millspin-
ning, and other branches of trade, and most of the other
respectable inhabitants of the town. Resolutions were
moved, and unanimously agreed to, expressive of the
distress among the manufacturing and trading roula-
non, and an address to. her Majesty adopted. Petitions
were also resolved on to both Houses of Parliament to
the same effect.

An address to the Queen has been forwarded to Lord
Melbourne for presentation to he: Majesty, nearly 1,000
signatures having been adhibited to it.
YEOVIL, SOMERSETSHIRE.,

A public meeting of the inhabitants of this town was
called on Friday last, and a memorial to the Queen
unanimously adopted.
An Anti-Corn-law Association has been established
at Barnard Castle, which will continue to hold its meet-
ings every fortnight till the alteration of the Corn-laws
is effected. The Society already can boast of 300 mem-
bers. Such Associations should be formed in every con-
siderable town. Their influence would be fatal to Peel's
Government. --Tyne Pilot.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—We cannot help noticing a somewhat cool
proposition of a Tory print, that those who talk so much
about the public distress should put their hands into their
own pockets, during the recess, for the purpose of reliev-
ing it. This is something like the recommendation of Sir
Robrt Peel some few years back, who, when applied to
for protection to. property, on account of the disturbed
state of the country, told the applicants they must protect
themselves, for he had no assistance to offer them. Now,
there is no doubt that there are many wealthy and ex-
cellent men, on both sides in politics, who would
cheerfully contribute from their own means to the relief
of their distressed fellow-countrymen ; but tem-
porary private charity is not a fit, and could
not be an effectual, remedy for evils of which
the cause and the root are allowed to continue
permanent. It is also to be remembered that a system of
ounty, if it exalts the giver, must in almost every
case humble the recipient ; and there will always
be a sulficent field for its exercise as a Christian virtue
in those accidental and unusual cases which should be
the exception and not the general rule--fur independence,
and not dependence, ought to be the condition of the
people, at least if we are to desire elevation of the hu-
man character. It is the duty of gosernment to make pri-
vate charity in its common acceptatitna,; much as possible
needless, by exalting the condition of the people; and no
risk will be run of givirig a check to good feeling, for there
are many nobler and better ways than giving money, in
which the truly charitable may practise the duty'of bene-
volence. We hope, with our Tory Contemporary, that
the hand of bounty will be liberally opened to the poor
dodog the ensuing recess ; but we think it unworthy
of a Government to shelter its own insensibility to the
satin-hie 4 of the people behind the expected sympathy
of individuals, which,
however freely exercised, cer-
tainly cannot be practised to the extent required in
alleviating
the sufferings- of the poorer classes of the
community.
STANDARD —ln the House of Lords last night
Lord Radnor was pleased to make another display. He
began by huneansting that the Duke of Wellington had
the proposition that the corn-
put a final negative upon
odifie treatee cor
laws should be in any respecstm,
whichd, ought clot be dish
question as a question per e
cussed without reference tootancyorontheira stuhbejeceto,unatnryd
argued that the abundance
was no proof that the people
might not be in want of it.
We have already exposed the gross misrepresenta-
tion of the Duke of Wellington's words ; and last
night his Grace himself took the unniescreespsraersyenptaaitnisonto;
expose that wilful and very gross ni
but it may not be improper to touch upon Lord Radnor's
other argument?. -First, it is, however, useful in con-
sidering this, as in considering every
dispute,
attention to the thing disputed. The thing
to vocal
disputed in
the case before us is the necessity of inimediai_discuss-
ing the Corn-law question as an efficient means of prese, t
Lord
Radnor's to the public. distress. Now, how do
Radnor's arguments apply to this question ? lie says
that the Corn-law question is a question per 85.
Setting on one side the monstrous absurdity of a preposi-
tion, that a law of the whole frame of social indus-
try, can be treated in this isolated manner, is it quite clear
that any meastire one of the effects of which would be,
says bird Charles Ruesell, instantly to withdraw two
millions ot' scres from the plough, must not produce more
present distress than it can pntsibly relieve ? We are not,
in the discussion now in hand, to look to future
results. Granted that such results might be as bene-
. ficial as, in fact, they must prove calamitous—is it. we
repeat it, quite clear, that to deprive instantly of em-
ployment the labourers upon two millions of acres,
and instantly to deprive. of their accustomed trade
all who find their principal purchasers among
land-owners, professional men, farmers, and others
dependant upon the land for their incomes,
would not greatly aueenent, instead of relieving,
thessent distress ? This is a view of the matter to
re,' rd Radnor has not condescended ; but it is,
ne e ess, an important one, inregard to the question,
immediate discussion of the Corn-laws, either
'tt
!sum aliis, would effectually relieve the present
lER.—Our neighbour of the Chronicle is,, of
aect* be, dissatisfied with our valuation of the official
-

capacities and services of Lords Clarendon and Cianri- '
carde and Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer. We are, to our
loss perhaps, so little accustomed to the favour of his
approbation, and as little to cater for his peculiar palate,
that we have all the less difficulty in consoling ourselves
for this unavoidable misfortune as best we may. And
yet we do not find that he has much improved upon our
estimate either _of the Lords or the Commoner. The
former, indeed, are briefly and coolly dismissed by him-
self with very poverty-stricken testimonials to character,
as thus in reference to Lord Clarendon. " Upon such
a point, however, we presume the testimony of the Duke
of Wellington will be deemed satisfactory, and such
was his Grace's estimate of Lord Clarendon's (then
Mr. Villiers) capacity, that when called to power in
1833 he solicited him to retain the appointment at
Madrid." Upon this it is necessary only to remark that
the same compliment, for into nothing else but compli-
ment can it be tortured, was paid to Mr. Villiers as to
nearly every other diplomatist then in active service. He
was requested.to remain because, as the then Govern-
ment regarded itself as only provisional, and rightly an-
ticipated the advent, so soon realised afterwards, of an
adverse parliamentary majority, the Great Duke, with
equal disinterestedness and delicacy, refrained from more
interference with existing. arrangements than was abso-
lutely indispensable, in order not to embarrass his suc-
cessor and interfere with his policy, if policy as a system
he may be said to have had. We believe that he did
not disturb, or offer to disturb, a single appointment in
any of the legations. That Whig practice under the
same circumstances would have been essentially the re-
verse, there is ample evidence in the reckless jobbery and
shameless precipitation with which every vacant place,
and vacancies purposely created by forced retirements,
were filled up on the instant, to the last moment of appa-
rent official life, and even indecently booked in the Ga-
zette after formal announcement of the resignation of
office, since the famous " No Confidence" vote by which
constitutionally the condemned Ministry should have
felt itself interdicted from action of any kind.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
TIMES.—One of the observations made last night in
the House of Lords by the Duke of Wellington touched
upon that vulnerable point in our financial system, out of
which arises much of the embarrassment which the
Whigs, unable to deal with it themselves, have handed
over to their successors. His Grace said that 2,500,0001.
" was not the only deficiency ; there was a large amount
of arrears to be provided for by some means or other."
Nothing can be more culpable or more mischievous than
the course pursued of late years, of limiting the effort
to the meeting the estimated deficiency in the cur-
rent year, and making no provision to cover the ar-
rears, which, unfortunately, are not a subject of " esti-
mate" merely, but a matter of certainty, and are
suffered to accumulate with as little concern as if
the final settlement of them were put off for ever. Any
merchant or banker who pursued such a system would
soon be ruined, and though that cannot well happen to
a country so rich and powerful as this, the injury that
results from it is by no means of a nature to be despised.
One great aggravation of the evil, however, is the form
in which the public accounts are kept, which exhibit
oLly the excess or deficiency of the current year, and
do not bring forward the deficiency of the years that are
past. If his Grace, who now holds no office, and has
more time probably at his disposal than any member of
the Cabinet, would direct his powerful mind to a re-or-
ganization of the finance accounts, and to the infusion
into them of some of that order by which his own ma-
nagement during his great military campaigns, was dis-
tinguished, he would confbr a service on the country
and on the Administration to which he belongs, beyond
all price.
POST.—Money was more in demand to-day than it
has been, but no particular cause was assigned fur the
change. It is, perhaps, in part attribut:able to the calls
made within the last day or two upon the banking inte-
rest for the increased accommodation needed by mer-
chants in order to make good their monthly engagements
maturing on the 4th. But several failures here, and on
the Continent and elsewhere, have taken place, and it is
not unlikely that this may have had its effect in a more
considerable degree. A woollen house at Huddersfield
is named as having stopped payment for a large sure, and
which will, it is supposed, entail heavy losses upon
firms in the same line of business at Leeds and in
other parts of Yorkshire. The stoppage of a
first-rate Spanish house, at Lisbon, that of Cor-
pus, Garcia, and Co., with liabilities to meet of
150,0001., is also announced. This is believed to
affect English interests to a serious amount. An
American firm carrying on business at Antwerp, and in
active correspondence with one of the first houses in
London of the second class, has likewise been under the
necessity of suspending payment. A firm in this city,
in the Mediterranean trade, but ole of less importance,
is said to have been reduced to a like extremity ; while
two others, in the tallow line, have so far compromised
their credit as to require the temporary indulgence of
those to whom they have come under acceptance, a de-
mand the result of which has yet to be ascertained, and
which would appear to be quite uncertain. The worst
case of all is that of the respectable and long-established
banking-house of Halford, Baldock, and Co., of Canter-
bury, drawing on the London establishment of Messrs.
Prescott, Grote, and Ce. This Kentish firm has been
compelled, from causes at present not stated, to close its
doors, and the fact, when a knowledge of it came to be
obtained, had a visible influence on prices at the Stock
Exchange.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 5.
JOHN HETHERINGTON'S BANKRLTPTCY.-TEA SPE•
GELATION.

In this case the bankrupt, who is described as a tea-
' merchant, of Kink's Arms-yard, and is known to have
deeply speculated in teas, has absconded from his cre-
ditors, and the sitting to-day was for the auditing of the
accounts and the declaration of a dividend, which de-
claration was not, however, made, as the funds at pre-
sent in hand are not sufficient to divide among those who
here proved debts.
An, nt; the proofs was one, the subject of which was
brought u,7fore the Court by Mr. Bowley, the party in-
terested, in pe:son. It appears that he had a great num-
ber of transactiol:s with the bankrupt in respect to tea
speculations, and 11.'d a runninc, account, the settle-
ment of which would,' it was admitted, show, no doubt,
some balance proveable _against the estate. In this
case arose a point up3n Ni.hich the official assignee
wished the decision of the Court, did also Mr. Bowley,
before the accounts were gone into, The affair was this—
Bowley purchased on account of Hetherington a number
of chests of tea, which were to be delive.'ed on a certain
day, but in the meantime Hetherington absconded.
Bowley, then having no opinion of the stability of the
market, and fearing that if he did not sell he would in-
cur a great loss, sold the teas a few days before the con-
tract expired, at a depreciation compared with the con-
tract price, charging the bankrupt's account with the
loss. A day or two before the contract expired the
market rallied, and so brisk was business, that prices
again ,suddenly advanced, and considerably above the
contract price. The assignees claimed to take this profit
as a set-off against Mr. Bowley's accounts, instead of
his charging the transaction with a loss.
Mr. Commissioner EVANS said, whatever might have
been Mr. Bowley's opinion, he had no legal right to sell
before the expiration of the contract, or at least without
the consent of the creditors. However unfortunate it
might be for Mr. Bowley, and it appeared to be so, con-
sidering his position, the law was such, and he must
abide the result.

In answer to a question from the Court, it was stated
that it was not likely that Hetherington would ever sur-
render.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 5.
LADY HYDE PARKER'S CASE.
The Insolvent, who has been already frequently before
the Court, applied to be discharged. The present debts
amounted to 1,6001. ,
Mr. Creswell opposed her application, on behalf of
a creditor of the name of Clifford (a butcher), on the
ground of her havia,;:,, vexatiously defended an action on
a Bill of Exchange, in which a verdict was twice given
against her. On the first trial she denied her signature
to the bill, which she afterwards admitted.
Mr. Cooke (who, with Mr. Woodroffe. supported the
petition) said that the insolvent had moved in a superior
sphere in life, being the wife of an Admiral, who, when
he died, left her a handsome house in Cumberland-place,
well furnished, and a retinue of servants, with a splen-
did fortune of 33,0001., which she had lost by being
security for others. Her family were of the first respect-
ability, and he hoped the Court would not feel it a case
to visit her with imprisonment when the case was ripe
for adjudication, which it was not at present, there being
a creditor to serve.
The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said no judgment
could be pronounced at present, on account of this de-
fect, but added, he might at once say what his impres-
sion was of this case He lamented deeply that he
should be obliged to give an adverse judgment," espe-
cially as the insolvent was a female, a lady by title, but
he sat there to administer justice between all her Majes-
ty's subjects, be they rich or poor, and to see that the
scales were equally poised. Without giving his opinion
at present respecting the defence to the action brought
by
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shown
Her Lad) ship was conducted in a carriacre to the
Queen's Bench Prison, in company with the 'officers of
Justice.
The Court was occupied during yesterday morning in
hearing applications to bail, the greater number of which
were granted.
Not the slightest point of general interest was in-
volved in any of them.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

A diminutive and curious looking person, about 27
years of age, named John Llyhtbourne, was placed at the
bar, befiwe Mr. Alderman Ifumphery, on the charge of
deserting his wife and children.
Police-constable, 233, said there were two distinct
charges against the prisoner, the one- before the Alder-
man, and a second of bigamy. The prisoner resided
in Coventry, and some years ago was married to a young
female whom he soon afterwards deserted. He then
left the place and married another, by whom he had two
children, and again deserted her, when the parish au-
thorities caused a warrant to be issued for his appre-

hension.
Prisoner (with much impudence)—The parish might
save itself the trouble, for I have not got any wife as I
can say. I have not seen one of them for four years.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY—One of them ? Prisoner
—Yes, one of 'em.
The constable said he had heard the prisoner had been
Married a third time. He was certain,. however, that
itragt Sunday six NV4ti-S- the banns had been published be-
tween him and a young woman, when, fortunately for the

latter, he assaulted a policeman of the G division, for
which he was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment.
Mr. Alderman lIUMPHERY ordered the case to be
postponed.
The prisoner then left the bar with the utmost
sang froid.

KINGSTON POLICE.
An elderly man, named Barnard Kearney, was brought
before Mr. John King, the MayOr of Kingston, charged
with being disorderly.
The defendant, who is between fifty and sixty years
old, and apparently in a most miserable state, was for-
merly in very good circumstances, ar.d was brought up
at one of the Universities, and received a classical edu-
cation. In consequence, however, of his depraved
habits, all his friends forsook him, and he was reduced
to the most abject state of distress, and has latterly got
his living by mending old saucepans, retiring at night
t,) a miserable tent in Oil Mill-lane, Kingston. The
charge against him on the present occasion was, that,
while very drunk, he had gone to a beer-shop, kept by
a person named Shaw, and, when requested to leave the
house, he refused to do so, and assaulted the servant
who attempted to remove him. As he had acted in a
similar manner on previous occasions, Mr. Shaw gave
him into custody.
Mr. KING asked the defendant what answer he had
to make to the charge of assault ?
The defendant commenced an address to the Magis-
trate in Latin, but he stopped him, and told him that
this proof of the education he had received only aggra-
vated his misconduct. It was melancholy to see a man
possessing the advantages of the defendant conduct him-
self in such a planner ; but he felt himself called upon,
under the circumstances, to commit him for seven days
to the House of Correction.
The defendant was accordingly conveyed to gaol.