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LONDON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1847

On Monday we presented a remarkable document
to our readers. It was an appeal to the Members of
both Houses of Parliament from an aged gentleman,
who, during a life of honourable industry and great
utility, had amassed a fortune that enabled him to
rank amongst the magnates of the land, and placed
a junior member of his family in a position to assume
a high and influential place in the national councils.
That upright and independent gentleman hesitated
not to uplift his warning voice, to pour forth the
wisdom acquired by the experience of a long and
prosperous life, to the Members of that assembly in
whose deliberations he had participated for a period
of thirty years, although in so doing he was opposing
the favourite theory of his own son—of the future
successor to his title and estates—whose name was
identified with the measures that his father was
havdeprecating. The convictions must, indeed,
been deeply and conscientiously entertained
that would
oc-
casion, lead to such a course. On a former
when the Bill of 1819 was before the House,
the then Sir ROBERT PEEL was selected for the
honourable duty of presenting the petition of the
bankers, merchants, and traders of London against
the adoption of a measure
,‘would tend to a forced, which they submitted
precipitate, and
itate, and highly in-
jurious contraction of the circulating medium of the
country." In performing this trust he expressed
his regret " that he should have t oppose a very
near and dear relation," but stated
that
in o
he was
well satisfied that the head and heart of that%e relation
were in their right places, and that although hehad
deviated a little from the path of propriety in this in-
stance, he would soon be restored to it." This •
predic-
tion may yet be verified ; that relation on two re-
markable occasions. has proved that, when
thoroughly convinced that he has been
in error, he is prepared to acknowledge
his fault, and to atone therefor, by
lending all the aid in his power to the establishment
of a sounder system. Let us hope that a third time
he will be prepared to act in a similar manner, awl
that he will establish for himself a reputation as a
currency reformer" not inferior to that which he
obtained as the conceder of Catholic Emancipation,
and the abolisher of all protective imposts. He has
seen the utter failure of his Bill. He has, as we
believe, himself assented to its gispCllsiolll BACi

confessecithat it was wholly inadequate to secure the
objects contemplated; and, having made this admis-
sion, we do not believe that he will ever attempt its
re-establishment. On the contrary, we should rather
hope that, being satisfied of the injurious effects of
the law, he will be prepared to advocate a great and
comprehensive measure of reform, untrammelled by
any attempt still to retain any portion of the er-
roneous and exploded principle.
In 1826, after a trial of the system which was es-
tablished in 1819, and after the country had been in-
volved in the most serious difficulties, the most pain-
ful distress, in consequence of its operation, the first
Sir ROBERT PEEL, who, in consequence of his ad-
vanced years, had retired from public life, again came
before the country to remonstrate against a continu-
ance of the law that had for three years—from 1819
to 1822—occasioned such misery and general
suffering, that so greatly impaired the national credit
and resources, which was then partially relaxed for a
few years, during which there was a return of pros-
perity, until the desire to maintain " the integrity of
the standard" again led to a contraction of the
Bank issues, and, as a natural consequence, to
a general panic, want of confidence, depreciation
of property, failure of a great many of those embarked
in a trade and commerce, and a general cessation of
productive employment, which was only relieved by
an increased circulation of Bank of England notes to
the amount of nearly 5,000,0001. sterling. He
pointed out, in plain but forcible language, the im-
possibility of retaining the gold standard ; and the
injurious consequences which the mere attempt to do
so had previously, and necessarily would on future
occasions, entail on the nation. He said—
" Having been long and extensively engaged in
commercial dealings, I often witnessed a national em-
barrassment arising from a defective and impure cur-
rency, which resembled the present stagnation in
trade, and I lament to observe that suffering and ex-
perience have failed in this instance of producing their
usual good effects. In the enlarged scale of business
carried on by this country, embracing a great variety
of pursuits, a reliance on a metallic circulation ever
did, and ever will, fail us. Gold, though in itself
massy, often disappears in consequence of war or
speculation—nay, the breath of rumour itself is suffi-
cient to disperse it. Our domestic concerns are inter-
rupted and confidence lost for want of an ample and
approved medium of traffic."
Surely the opinions of such a man, more especially
when confirmed by experience, should have had
some effect upon the Legislature. But a species of
insanity appears to have seized upon our lawgivers.
In place of inquiring what system was best fitted for
the wants and exigencies of the nation, which would
afford the greatest degree of comfort to the people,
and provide adequate employment for every man able
and willing to work, the only object appeared to be
to make gold the circulating medium of the country;
to restrict credit by every possible means. One-
pound notes had preserved the national credit, and
averted a state of barter—therefore one-pound notes
should be altogether prohibited. The Bank directors,
by a bold and judicious exercise of their discretion,
had saved us from a national bankruptcy—ergo
they were to be deprived of every particle of discre-
tion, and bound down by the most stringent regulations,
which were not to be relaxed, even though the Minis-
ters should unanimously approve of such a relaxation,
and recognise the absolute necessity therefor. A vast
extension of the currency by an increased circulation
of the bank-notes had restored prosperity, and saved
thousands of oar countrymen from absolute ruin—
therefore such an extension should never again be
tolerated under any circumstances. This appeared to
be the reasoning acted on by the representatives of
the people. A question of the most vital importance,
one affecting the welfare of the people, perhaps more
deeply than any other that could have been brought
forward, was almost wholly neglected ; few took the
pains of making themselves in any degree acquainted
with its details; few addressed the House when the
topic was under discussion ; enactments were carried
almost sub silentio, and every suggestion of the late
Premier was adopted by those who generally opposed
him on other matters.
The evils which undoubtedly existed when there was
an unrestrained issue of paper money were triumph-
antly pointed out, and commented on as if they were
inseparable from an inconvertible,currency. True:it is
that many persons who had no adequate capital esta-
blished banks, and that very many who took the
notes of ;these (banks suffered severely from
their failure, but notwithstanding there was
general prosperity throughout the country, and a
remedy could easily have been provided for the
grievance ; the best course would undoubtedly be that
none but national paper, such as we have repeatedly
alluded to, should be issued, and that should be pro-
vided in sufficient quantities and distributed to nil
the bankers throughout the country, upon good and
ample security, at an easy rate of interest sufficient
to allow a fair and reasonable profit to the parties
embarked in the business. The making money that
would pass current has ever been regarded as one
of the most undoubted prerogatives of the Sovereign.
No person would dare to coin even the purest gold
or silver, although it was possessed of intrinsic value ;
it should have the royal stamp to make it pass cur-
rent in the country. Why should not the same
course be adopted with respect to every repre-
sentative of value ? By permitting notes solely to
be issued from a public office under the control
of an officer responsible to Parliament, there
would be no danger either of superabundant or
deficient issues, and the recognised bankers would
receive these notes (on ample security, as we have
already said,) in proportion to the amount they are
now authorised to issue, or in such other manner as
the Legislature might approve of : this would at once
take away the chief ground of a panic—there could
be no possibility of the undue depreciation of such
paper. We may, in the words of the late Sir RI
PEEL, say, " if such an improvement in the banking
system could be made available, gold would become
less requisite, and the country would be supplied
with a stationary medium of exchange originating
with ourselves."

Asylums have been, at different periods, and in dif-
ferent localities, established for the shelter and pre-
servation of those among our fellow-creatures whom
PROVIDENCE has afflicted, with mental or physical
afflictions. Christianity has inspired this benevolence.
Civilization has developed this generosity. Reason
has declared the policy, both in a moral and econo-
mical sense, of such charitable institutions ; and
Religion has enforced the necessity by the promul-
gation of the principles of beneficence. The blind
have been harboured ; they have been tutored to a pro-
ficiency in such manual exercise as did not require
the guidance of sight; they were thus preserved from
the miseries of idleness, and enabled to earn their liveli-
hood by industrious occupations. Nor was basket-
weaving alone reduced to their comprehension ;
the ingenuity of philanthropists has brought
the delights of literature as a solace to
these unfortunates. The deaf have been rendered
independent of the sense of hearing ; the dumb have
been enabled to communicate their ideas with facility
without the employment of articulate language ; the
insane have been prevented from committing depre-
dations and outrages upon their fellow-creatures—
have been preserved from the brutalities inflicted upon
them by an obsolete and exploded system—have been
tended with gentleness, and extricated from the
sloughs of a preternatural despondency by the seduc-
tions of a novel mode of tuition. Dancing, music,
the fine arts, and theatrical representations have been
adopted as the ordinary entertainments of
those hitherto regarded as incurable lu-
natics, as demanding perpetual incarceration,
periodical scourging, nakedness upon a litter
of atraw, chains, and solitude, and a systematic
and brutalizing squalor. Charity has provided guar-
dians for those wretched beings who are helpless from
the decrepitude produced by age, or from the prema-
ture infirmities resulting from disease. Veterans
maimed in the military or maritime service of their
country have received compensation for their mis•
ly:1r
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fortunes by obtaining admission to those magnificent
structures
exaggeration,
termed,o without l thece
slightest
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of Patriotism, raised byl a grateful and con-
siderate nation
by
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their loyalty
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and or b
their prolonged exertions
sol-
diers. The widowed, the orphan, the bastard, the
destitute—every grade and species of Calamity has
acquired a retreat and a consolation. But hitherto
the most forlorn
.and miserable of
.human creatures,
that wretched being whose condition most impera.

tively demands assistance, has been altogether neg-
lected—hitherto the Idiot has not received practical
commiseration in England.

• Considering the deplorable affliction of those who
are cursed with imbecility of intellect from their in-
fancy, it is marvellous that until yesterday no
movement whatever had been made in their be-
half by the citizens of this metropolis. The
preliminary step has, however, been at last
taken, and the meeting convened yesterday
for the purpose of preparing the way for the
establishment of an asylum for the Reception and
Education of Idiots may be regarded as the
inauguration of a resolute society, animated
with a profound solicitude for the conference of such
a splendid benefaction on the multitude. Those who
are unacquainted with the exertions recently made in
France, Germany, and. Switzerland, will be disposed
to deride the notion of introducing anything like a
feasible system of education among the idiotic occu-
pants of such an association. That such is not a
merely miraculous possibility, but an actual and de-
monstrated fact, has been proved beyond all
denial by the plans of instruction success-
fully adopted on the Continent. It is this
consideration, doubtless, that has aroused the
present enterprise, and elicited the sympathetic enthu-
siasm of the promoters of the proposed association.
If their aspirations be only responded to with a
fractional portion of their own earnestness, the de.
plorable victims of idiotcy will no longer remain the
eyesores of our market-places, and the laughing-stocks
of their ignorant frequenters. These distorted spe-
cimens of humanity—beings afflicted with moral
blindness, deafness, dumbness, and decrepitude—
will at length be enabled to acquire habits of in-
dustry and cleanliness, and to emerge in
some measure from their lamentable state
of isolation. Besides numbering several Members of
the newly-elected Parliament, and various influential
clergymen and physicians, the meeting to which we
have already alluded was enhanced in importance by
the chair being occupied by the Right Hon, the
Lord Mayor of the City of London. The resolu-
tions proposed, seconded, and accepted at this assem-
blage, the addresses delivered by the Chairman and
Mr. Under-Sheriff WIRE, and the prospectus ex-
planatory of the object and character of the intended
asylum, separately and collectively attest that the
project suggested by benevolence has been conceived
in no crude or impracticable spirit of innovation.
May the structure destined for the reception of Idiots
very speedily adorn the streets of the metropolis, and
constitute another evidence of the advancement of
civilization.

Intelligence has been received from Lisbon of the
22d instant, by the steamer Iberia. Her Majesty the
QUEEN DOWAGER arrived there that day, on board
the Howe.

The municipal elections, which took place on the
15th, have terminated in favour of the Costa Cabral
party. ! On the day previous the Progressista Electoral
Commission presented to the Minister a final protest
against the illegalities employed to securethe majority
for the Cabral party. The Septembrists were appa-
rently not disheartened, but greatly exasperated at the
result. The Revolucao still urges the people to pre-
pare for the approaching election of deputies. It
considers that it is the duty and interest of their party
to show that redress for them is impossible by legal
means, and it openly declares that another defeat at
the urn will be followed by an appeal to arms.
The Duke of TALMELLX and his family have ar-
rived in Lisbon. The Duke was to proceed to
Madeira on the 23d.

The members of the University of Coimbra, to
the number of 262, have signed a remonstrance to
the Government, in which they demand justice and
protection from the brutal soldiery, as a student of
the University had been wantonly sabred by a cavalry
soldier.

The Government has contracted a loan, to be re-
paid through the Custom House in a month, at the
rate of 15 per cent. for the month.
The interest on the internal debt has not been paid
since the accession of SALDAIHA to power in October
last.

There were rumours of a modification in the
Ministry by the accession of Count DE LAVRADIO
and Senhor RODSUGO DA. FONSECA. MAGELIIAES to
office.

Madrid papers of the 21st have arrived.
The octroi duties, which were abolished by SALA-
MANCA, have been re-established, and the retrograde
policy of the Afrancesadoes is, as might be expected,
in full operation. General Palm has been appointed
Governor of Porto Rico, to get him out of the way.
The Eco del Comercio says, that it was reported
that dissensions existed in the Cabinet, and that there
was a talk of a modification of it which should com-
prise the Duke DE RIANZARES, as Minister of War;
MON, as Minister of Finance ; PIDAL, as Minister
of the Interior; and GONZALEZ BRAVO, as Secretary
of Foreign Affairs; General NARVAEZ remaining
President of the Council without a portfolio. The
same journal states that it was also reported that for
some days Queen ISABELLA had not transacted busi-
ness with the Ministers. Another rumour, said by
the Eco to be current, was that the Duke DE MONT
PENSIER was to arrive at Madrid at the end of the
present month.
It is said that on his arrival in Spain the Due DE
MONTPENSIER will be appointed Commander-in-
Chief of the Catalonian army, in which case it is
not improbable that he may make the personal ac-
quaintance of some of the Carlist chiefs in a manner
any way but pleasing to himself.
The Heraldo announces that the office of Secretary
to the Council of Ministers was to be revived and
bestowed on M. ZARAGOZA, a Deputy. Several dis-
missals are about to be made among the members of
the QUEEN'S household, and the Eco del Comercio
says, that those who are to be dismissed have hitherto
possessed the QUEEN'S fullest confidence.
There has been a great deal of underhand work in
the recent capitalization in the Three per Cents. of the
arrears of the royal household. The Espanol insinu-
ates that some of the parties concerned have mis-
appropriated the funds. Both NARVAEZ and SALA-
MANCA are implicated in the job, the object of which
is to reimburse CHRISTINA and Louis PHILIPPE, for
the sums expended in bribing SERRANO, and corrupt-
ing the army.
MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 21.—Three per Cents., 27
at 50 days; Five per Cents., 16i at 50 days ; Debt,
without interest, si, Si paper ; Coupons, 13 paper.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The National has a long article on the rumour
attributing to the Bank of France an intention of
subscribing to the new loan. If the Bank has means
sufficient to take part in loan speculations, argues the
National, it has been guilty of gross injustice to the
public in having so long kept up the rate of discount
beyond the usual rate. The National also contends
that it would be illegal for the Bank to subscribe to
that loan, inasmuch as by its statutes it is expressly
forbidden to employ any portion of its capital for
other than banking purposes.

The following admirable reply to the observations
put forth in the Debats on the English commercial
crisis appears in Galig,nani's Messenger:—
" The Debats has a long article on the commercial
crisis in England, consisting rather of quotations
from the articles of London journals on this subject
than of original remarks, but being on the whole so
framed as to convey a very gloomy impression of the
state of things in England, and to make people in this
country better satisfied with their own condition,
when they see what calamities an over-trading in
credit is producing among their neighbours. It is
very natural and perfectly fair in the Debats to take
this course, but we cannot help thinking that
in many of its articles on the subject it has
assigned the mischief to wrong causes, and
taken credit for the comparative commercial pros-
perity in France in facts which, as a general rule, are
not susceptible of eulogiuin. If in England the
system of credit has been carried to such an extent as
to give birth to reckless speculation, and induce men
to plunge themselves more and more deeply into debt
in the endeavour to recover lost ground, rather than
come at once honestly before their creditors whilst
they have something left for division, it is not the less
true that the system of credit, kept within reasonable
bounds, is the source of national greatness, and greatly
as we may deplore the want of commercial probity
and the false pride which produce reckless trading in
England, it is impossible not to admit that the exist-
ing pressure in that country is more due to bad legis-
lation in financial matters than to any other cawe.
Nor Is it just to attribute the comparative security
L here in commercial affairs to good legislation or a

higher degree of probity in commercial men. There '
are various causes which prevent all analogy in the
two countries. The system of credit is imperfectly
understood in France, and therefore it is very limited.
Dealers have less faith in each other than the same
class of men have in England, and the spirit of
trading is not the national character of Frenchmen.
They like to accumulate, but they do this with a
prudence which, although individually commendable,
is, nevertheless, fatal to national enterprise; they
know when to stop, and when they have attained the
highly-prized position of rentiers or proprietaires
there is an end of all speculation, and their accumu-
lations remain dormant. This is not a national good,
as some of our contemporaries suppose; it is an ex-
treme, like the over-trading of the English. In our
country there is not sufficient confidence to lead to
national enterprise, and although commercial crises
must be of comparatively rare occurrence, there is
evidently an absence of national energy, and conse-
quently a want of national greatness. In England
when commercial shocks happen, they are terrific
whilst they last; but credit, though it may have been
terribly shaken, revives again with the first diminu-
tion of the causes which checked it. It certainly
would be well if traders in England had a little of
the timidity of these in this country, but we doubt
whether it would be a blessing for England if the
want of confidence, which produces comparative secu-
rity here for individuals, were to take the place of
the opposite evil—excessive confidence."
The Presse publishes the two following statements,
which it says have been communicated to it by an
officer of the navy :

" On the night of the 20th of June last, an English
brig fired, without any previous notice, two guns
loaded with ball on the French brig the Abeille, one
of the squadron off the western coast of Africa. The
commandant of the Abeille, a M. Legras, immediately
replied shot for shot. The English vessel was so
astonished that it made signals to entreat that the
firing should cease; whereupon the French brig ap-
proached it, and the commandant exacted that the
English captain should make an apology that very
instant. The Englishman accordingly went on board
the Abeille, and made an apology in presence of the
officers and crew, and afterwards entered the cabin of
the captain and repeated his excuses. Notwithstanding
this adventure, the English and French on the
African station are the best frieuds in the world."
The other story of the Presse is as follows :

"The Abeille was anchored off Quito, a Danish
possession in the Gulf of Benin, on the western coast
of Africa, when the Danish governor demanded
assistance, he being besieged in his fort by 6,000
blacks, and having only a stock of two days' provi-
sions. The Abeille immediately sent out its men,
who, by firing grape-shot and musketry, succeeded
in conveying provisions to the besieged ; and this so
frightened the blacks that within forty-eight hours
after they had all decamped. The Governor of the
Danish possessions then went on board the Abeille,
and thanked the commandant. He next requested
that he might be conveyed to Affrie, another Danish
possession, and his customary place of residence ; and
with this request the commandant of the Abeille im-
mediately complied."

That the Presse received these statements from a
French naval officer we believe ; their fanfarronade
sufficiently betrays their origin, but that there is any
truth in them we do not believe. They must be classed
in the same category with the imaginary naval vic-
tories of which M. LITERS speaks in his "Con-
sulate and Empire."
The Courrier Francais says—

" The agent of the Sonderbund, who has been for
some days in Paris, where he has had frequent inter-
views with the highest diplomatic personages, left
yesterday fur Vienna."

COU Rs AUTFIENTIQUE.—PARIS, OCT. 26.—French
Five per Cents., 115 f. 1115 f. 10e. Four per Cents., 100 f.
Three per Cents., 75f. 65c. 70e. 75c. 80e. 85c. 80c.
Treasury Bonds, 4;,1 Bank of France, 3,300 f. Obli-
gatiolis cf the City, 1,340. Neapolitan Rothschild's.
100. Roman, 100. Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 984.
Exchange on L incion—One month, money, 25f. 621 e. ;
three months, money, 25f. 171 c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OcroilEx 27.

Boulogne and Aliens, 13%—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 1434—Namur and Liege, s—Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 414—Paris and Lyons, s—Paris and Strasbourg, 31/2
—Rouen and Havre, 20—Sambre and Meuse, 53/4—West
Flanders, 13/4.

DREADFUL FIRES AND LOSS OF
LIFE.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning, shortly before three o'clock, Drum-
mond-street, Euston-square, was visited by the out-
break of a serious fire, which was the house numbered
97, in the before-named street, occupied by Mr. F.
Lawson, stationer and bookbinder. The police dis-
covered a dense mass of black smoke pouring forth
from the basement ; an instant alarm was given, and
the inmates were aroused, who with one exception
effected a safe retreat. In less than ten minutes from 1
the first discovery, the building became wrapped in
one immense sheet of flame. The excitement at that
period was most intense, the inmates who had escaped
having informed the crowd that Mrs. Mackie, who
was sleeping in the back attic, was in the midst of the
fire. A general shout of " save her" was raised, but
the fire had obtained too great a head for any one to
enter the premises. The engines of the London
Brigade, Parish, Birmingham Railway Com-
pany, and the county establishments, arrived
in rapid succession, and after some time the firemen
succeeded in getting the flames extinguished, but not
until the premises were nearly destroyed. At a sub-
sequent, Whilst searching the
ofn an unfortunate female
ruins,
discoveredpellod th
the e fibroedmye
most shockingly burnt. The parochial officers took
possession of the same, and sent information to Mr.
Before the firemen had left, their attention was
directed to the south of London, by perceiving a
holding an M.P., who has appointed to-morrow for
an inquest.
light in the air, which convinced them that a confla-
gration was raging in that quarter. Thither the
Brigade, West of England, and County engines
started, guided only by the reflection in the sky.
After some trouble the exact scene was reached, when
it was found that the extensive premises in the occu-
pation of Messrs. Pinchin and Co., tanners, of the
Grange-road, Bermondsey, were in a general blaze.
The engine house, drying rooms, and other parts of
the establishment—in all, upwards of a hundred and
fifty feet in length—were burning furiously. The
firemen, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, Mr.
Henderson, and Messrs. Connorton and Garwood, set
to work, but they were unable to get the mastery
over the destructive element until the premises before
spoken of, together with the steam-engines and ma-
chinery, were destroyed. The total loss must be
very considerable. The origin of both fires is un-
known.

SUICIDE or A GENTLEMAN AT ST. PAUL'S,_ BY
THROWING HIMSF.LF FROM THE WHISPERING GAL -
LERY.—At about one o'clock P.M., a gentleman re-pect-
ably dressed, threw himself from the Whispering G elle: y
into the body of the St. Paul's Cathedral. He is about
fifty years of age; in his possession was found one 101.
note. The body now lice at St. Bartholemew's Hospital
to be identified.—FußTußa PARTICULARS.-3 o'clock.—
It has just been ascertained that the above unfortunate
gentleman is Mr. William Davison, solicitor, 21, Blooms-
bury-square.
THE SANITARY STATE OF WESTMINSTER.—Last
night at nine o'clock a meeting was held at the Carpen-
ters' Arms Tavern, Pimlico, for the purpose of consider-
ing the frightful state of the streets adjacent to Bucking-
ham Palace, in consequence of the want of every sort of
sewerage or draining. Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P.,
took the chair amidst great cheering. The secretary,
Mr. Portwine, said the memorial which had been sent
to the Commissioners of Sewers as to the frightful
state of disease to which the inhabitants of the districts
of 'William-street, Buckingham-street, Catherine-street,
and part of Palace-street, were exposed by the putrid
matter either lying in or passing through those locali-
ties, calling the attention of the commissioners to the as-
tounding fact that no sewer existed within two hundred
yards of the place. The memorial further called the
respectful notice of the court to the fact, and praying for
their interference. To this the commissioners sent an
answer by their clerk, that their memorial should have
their earliest attentiun, an announcement that was re-
ceived with cheers. Mr. Lushington, M.P., then ad-
dressed the meeting. The delay that night had not
been his, for he was there punctually at eight o'clock,
but they had been waiting in hopes of the attendance of
Alderman Johnson, whose advice, from his experience
and great local knowledge, would have been invaluable.
For himself, he could only say that all he had to offer in
the cause they had met to promote, to provide for the
wants of the poor in their infected dwellings, was but
good-will in place of substantial information. On the
motion of Captain Houghton, a memorial was agreed to
be sent to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests as
ground landlords. A committee was appointed to carry
out the objects of the meeting, and after a vote of thanks
to the chairman. the assembly broke up.
ALARMING FLoore—Two LIVES LOST.—DOR-
CHESTER, TUES DAY. —A serious flood, arising from an
influx of water in the River Parrett, by the late heavy
rains and high wind, took place on Saturday evening,
when the lowlands in the neighbourhood of Thoreford
and Bradford were inundated to au alarming extent.
Very considerable damage was occasioned, and unfortu-
nately two persons lost their lives by being swept away
in their waggon by the stream.
OPENING OF THE BIRMINGHAM CORN EXCHANGE.
—Yesterday evening the formal opening of this splendid
edifice, at the hack of High-street, was celebrated by a
public dinner upon a magnificent scale. Mr. W. Lucy,
the eminent corn-dealer, presided on the occasion, and
was supported by about two hundred agriculturists and
others engaged in the corn trade. The party was purely
a social one, none but the provincial press having invi-
tations to report the proceedings. The b:iilding will be
a great convenience to the brokers, corn-dealers, and
farmers attendiug the Birmingham market.
NEW YORK " PACKET.—The Westminster, No w
York packet, embarked passengers and sailed for that
port from spitheud, on Tuesday evening,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
steady, but there was a disposition to sell. The quan-
tity disposed of was 4,500 bales, including 3,500 bales
American at sd. to 61d. per lb., or id. to id. per lb,
higher than on Friday last.—Railway Shares were not
quite so good.
The failure of Mr. J. P. Howard, colonial broker, for
about 100,0001., revives the question of the soundness
of the present plan, whereby the merchant draws upon
the broker to a heavy amount, instead of awaiting the
sale of his produce. The losses incurred now will,
doubtless, operate as a check hereafter to the pursuance
of the system.
Accounts from Manchester state the stoppage of Mr.
Gardener, and of Messrs. Fairbridge, was likely to in-
convenience other firms, and injurious rumours were
already in circulation on that account.
From the continent there is nothing important, except
the mention of a stoppage at St. Petersburgh.
There is an injurious report concerning another pro-
vincial bank.
It is stated in the circular of Messrs. Witherby and
Hanson, dried fruit brokers, as follows :
CURRANTS.—In our last report of the 25th ult. we
announced the arrival of the first cargo of the new crop,
and the sale of it at 455. Ten cargoes have since been
reported, all from Patras, making the total importation
of new Fruit to this day to be 1,271 butts, 1,433 car-
roteels, and 1,793 barrels, or about 1,500 tons, against
2,000 tons received to 27th October, 1846, 750 tons and
1,100 tons to the like period of 1845 and 1844.
Only three cargoes have as yet arrived at Liverpool.
The clearances for home consumption from 20th ult. to
21st instant, have been 1,030 tons, against 1,100 tons and
1,000 tons in the like period in 1846 and 1845. Whilst
the metropolitan clearances have thus been about the
same as those of last year at this period, those for the
manufacturing districts exhibit a considerable diminu-
tion, the Liverpool Clearances for the five weeks, end-
ing 19th instant, having been only 370 tons, against
500 tons and 600 tons in the like period of 1846
and 1845.
" The price of new Fruit remains much the same as at
the opening of the season. The trade, from the same
prudential motives which have influenced their purchases
in other tiftiefes, have bought with caution. Some
parcels oh; Fruit have been offered by auction, but
naveiiht tie t with purchasers ; there are orders on hand
froia, th-d!,.lllSlnettt, but the late monetary pressure has
cOntinWtri4.-dperations of foreign as well as home
purehasers., •
Th:StaCylt,larket has been quieter to-day, and the
specurators aripear undecided how to act. In the mean-
time *the operations for money, whether sales or pur-
chases, have not been to an extent that would stimulate
business. Consols have realised 821 to 82Z- for present
transfer, and 824 to 834- for November. Exchequer-
bills have been quoted 15s. to 21s. discount. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 822 to 83,
and the Three per Cents. 81i to 81i. Bank Stock is
184 to 1861.
In the Foreign House the dealings aro also limited.
Spanish Three per Cents. have been 272; Portuguese
Four per Cents., 21f ; Brazilian, 751; and Mexican,
162 Russian Stock has been 104+ to 105, and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 53 to 532.
For Railway Shares the demand is restricted, and
prices are heavy again in most instances.

81-alai FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock -
184 1861/2
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 81%%
3 per Cent. Consols Anne 82%1A2%
New 31% per Cent. Antis. 82% 83 821,1
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 5-16 7-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 3-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16
India Stock 226 2251/s 228
India Bonds 1,000/ —
Ditto under 1,0001
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/.
500/.
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 16%4
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto, 4 per Cents
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 1044 105
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 27%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41/ per Cent
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 531,E 53
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. nap. Pis suLaz.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2%...... —...— to
_..

, _
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. ..
Birmingham & Oxford June... 15
Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . . to
Birming., Wol., &I Stour Val. 8 ...... . to
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.., 6% — -
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter 75 -
D0., Thirds
Buckinghamshire..- 8/. 4s 2% dis. to
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 40
Chester and H01yhead..„..... 371/2 —
Ditto, Preference
Cheltenham and Oxford
Clarence.
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10

Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Dubl- -.nd Belfast Junction.. 20 tr

Dublin a__ „..a,
Dundalk and En Askillen ... 15
East Anglia, 251., L. & E.
sad L. & D
Ditto, 181., E. & H l6 .....
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 1
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... ...... to
Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... 1/ dis.... to
Do., York Extension
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarters .... . ......... 12%2.....
Do., New
Eastern Union 5O

Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to
Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13s. 4d — to
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., do., Extension Scrip... 11,4 — ...... to
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ...... 49
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares I2IE
Edinburgh and Northern ... 20 ......
Ditto, New 2','
Ditto, New port 7
Ditto, ditto, New ... 114 — ...... to
Edinburgh and Perth
Ditto, Extension ... 10s.
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 25A — to
Ditto, New ......... 2% — ...... to
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s. 8d — .. ... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do. % Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... .. ... to
Great Northern 8
Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35
Great North of England 100 — to
to
Ditto, New 40/ 5
Ditto, New 30/. ............... 30 ...
Ditto, New 151-- ............ 1% — . ... to
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares ..... - ..... 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 15 14% 15% to 141/2
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171................. 7
Huddersfield and Manchester 2.7 2...„
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% _
, . _ to

Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15
Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Climb. and Ely) 2% 1 1%-. to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
to
Do., Thirds —
10 ...... 10 ...... to
Lancashire and Yorkshire
(M. and L.) B 2
Ditto Half Shares
.. ... to-4%
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths -• 614-- ...... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) lO/. 4s 5% dis. to
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 34
Do. (Hudders. and Shelf.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole 471/2
Do., West Riding Union ...41. 28 23/4 dis. to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto 4
(B) 11 to
Leeds and Bradford 6O ..... 851/2- ... to
Leicester and Bedford
Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 371/ —
Do., Branch 1A Shares 1214
.....
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2%
Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to
Do., New Exten. (pink)... 2%
Leeds and Thirsk ........ ...... 31
Ditto, New ... ...... . 171,1.....
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. ....
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2% ...... to
London & Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d — to
Ditto New, No. 1..
Ditto New, No. 2 3/. 139. 4d.... ...... to
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 20 ......
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... -
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ......
London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference .........181 17s 2d...
London and North Western-100 ......150 151 to 149
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 17 ...... 28% to
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 7%%14 Bto 7%
Do. do. Fifths ............... 2 ..... 12!4 to _
Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J. 25
to
Do. 40/. Shares ..... L. & M. 15
Do. 401. Shares...M. and B. 40 .....„
Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 5 .
„...
to
Do. 10/. .. Al. and B. (B.) 5 814 to
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London, Oxford, and Cheltro. 2
London and S. 'A osteri-- 41/. 6.7, 8d..• 56
Do. New Con.,,olidatedStns. 4U
Ditto New 50/. . .... 321/2......
toto -aDitto New 404 .... ..... ... i. 26
.....

Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ......
D Tenths (Consolidated) 40 .- to

Jo. Tenths _ s.
Ditto, Thirds... 6l. 13s. 4d... 1 dis.... to 11% dis.
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — ...... to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% ...... to
Londoriderry and Enniskillen 23%
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3

Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100

Ditto-1A Shares (No. 1) ... 13

Ditto, ditto (No. 2) - 25
Ditto, IA Shares (No. 3)... 71/2 ......
Ditto Grimsby
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto ..
Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 71/2......
Manchester and Southampton 21di — •. ... to
Blidkand 100 IOB
Ditto, Consol. Preference...100

Ditto, 401. Shares
Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 10
Midland, Birm., and Derby...100
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 117%...... to
Midland,'Bristol and Glouc. 34
Ditto ditto 71.95......
Midland, I,eices. and Swan-
nington (8 per et. gaa.).... 50 .... .
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 30
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .....
Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket 'and Chesterford 1314 — to
Ditto Extension
Newport Abergy., and Heref. 4
Norfolk
Ditto New 20/.
Ditto Extension
Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor
Northern Counties Union .... 4
North British
Ditto Half Shares, . 121,4 111% 103/4 to 11
Do. Quarters 43/4
Ditto, Extension .... % — to
Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 1 ...... 0.A3 1 to 0%
North Staffordshire... .. ..... . 71

- -
North Wales 3122 ~...
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% ... .. to
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central
Scattish Midland .
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. ➢lin.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . to
Ditto, Oswestry l2
Ditto (New) 1
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2
Shropshire Union . 4 ...... 1% to
South Devon ....... ...... ... 40

Ditto, Preference
South Staffordshire 2l. 125...
South Eastern and Dover 331/8 ...... 281,4 to
Ditto, New, No. 1
_ .

. .
Ditto, New, N 0.2
Ditto, New, No. 3
Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... .. 6% 4% to 34
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole 2
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal .. .. 2
Thames Haven Dock and
Railway 17% — to .
'taw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 13% ...... -
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 32%... ..
Vaterford,Wexford,Wicklw,
and Dublin
vest Cornwall
Whitehaven and Furness
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western 425.
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 25 ...... ...
York, Newcastle, and Berwick '25 ... . 31
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ... 28
Do. Islorth Shields Purchase 25 .. ..
Do. Exten. No.l (Y. & N.) 10
Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8
York and North Midland .. 50
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and West Riding
Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Anglo-Belgian
Bar badoes
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
(Constituted)
Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon)
Central of Spain
Ceylon
Demerara.
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... .
Dutch Rhenish 7
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular
Great Southern of Madras

Great Western Bengal
Great Western Canada
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Louvain ala Sambre ......... 6
Luxembourg
Lyens and Avignon (Con-
stituted)
Madras
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... 1A
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege
Northern of France.
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6

..
Over Yssel 413 s 4d.. . ~
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans...
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris & Strasbourg . ..... ..... 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale
Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8

Tournay, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hasselt
Trinidad.. ........ .........
West Flanders 8
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
British North American .... 50
Colonial
Commercial of London 2O — to
London Joint Stock .... ...... 10
London and Westminster. .. 20
Ditto, NOW

National Provincial of Engld. 35
Ditto, New
National of Ireland 22% ... .. to
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New
Union of Australia
Ditto, New 2% to
Union of London ... 10
Union of Madrid 4O ...... ...... to
MINES.

Anglo Mexican .. 100
Astrian Mining Company ... 10
Australian...
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 21
Cobre Copper
Galvanized Iron
Real del Monte Unregistered

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.

LONDON, OCT. 28.—Wind S., light airs and dull hazy
weather.

DEAL, OCT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Richard Cob-
den, Archibald, Ceylon; Denfton King, Antigua;
Ellen, Pittingal, Quebec; Mary, Doubleday, Quebec.
OFF DOVER, OCT. 27.—Hannah Codner, Hamilton,
Mauritius; Robert Dyatt, St. Kitt's.
COWES, OCT. 27.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Vesta,
Beuohr, Bahia; Anna, Jackson, Porto Rico.
PLYMOUTH OCT. 27.—Wind S.—Arrd. Spermaceti,
Moor, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 27.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Cor-
sair, Daly, Cuba ; Edmond Perkins, Tracey, New Or-
leans; Ins, St. John's, New Brunswick; Edinburgh,
Lawson, ditto; Ganges, Smith, ditto; Oceana, Jones,
ditto; Bridgetown, Wilson, ditto; Swan, Prince Edward
Island. Sld. Pacific, Jamaica; Ganges, New Orleans ;
Windermere, Africa ; Horatio, Canton ; Antelope
steamer, Rio Janeiro.
LANCASTER, OCT. 26.—Arrd. Mary, Arkle, Quebec ;
Burrell Foster, ditto. _ _ _

BRIDGEWATER, OCT. 26.—Arrd. Mersey, Quebec.
NEWPORT, OCT. 27.—Wind W.—Sld. Queen Victo-
ria, Bermuda.
CARDIFF, OCT. 27.—Arrd. Marion, Meyler, Quebec.
YARMOUTH, OCT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Port Glas-
gow, Quebec, for Southampton.
WHITEHAVEN, OCT. 26.—Arrd. Wasdale, Antigua.
MARYPORT, OCT. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. William
Fell, Warren, Quebec.
OFF FALMOUTH.—Joseph Anderson, Quebec.
BRISTOL, OCT. 27.—The Torridge (steamer), hence
to Milford, passed 23d inst. off the North Point during
a gale at S.W. by S., a large light ship, under close
reefed maintop-saik On her return passage, 25th, about
the same point, she fell in with a large round house,
painted yellow, and gilded, and part of the quarter deck
of a large vessel.
SCILLY, OCT. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 24th, from
Macao, Hale, Quebec, for Penzance, with damaged keel,
struck the rocks in entering.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
HAT MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 12s;
Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 7s to 1110 s
per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3115 s ; Clover
ditto, 3112 s to 41 12s; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lis per
load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 13s ;
Clover ditto, 3! lOs to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 7s to 11 lOs
per load. Supply good, and trade dull.

MEAT MARICETS.
rismsnAm, OCT. 27.—We had a fine trade at very
full prices. Beef, from 4s to 4s 10d; Mutton, 4s 4d to
5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 6d
per 811)5.

ARUNDEL, OCT. 26.—Beef from 4s to 4s 8d; Mutton,
4s 2d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 4s 4d
to 4s 6d per Sibs. A moderate supply and a steady trade.
CHICHESTER, OCT. 27.—Beef sold at an advance of
2d per 81bs, and the value of other kinds of stock was
well supported. Beef, from 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Mutton,
4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to
Gri :;3,•!.;iing Calves, ISs to 25s ;, Quarter-
old s,ere 19.,; tkud Mitch Cows with their
Small Calf, 16/ to 17/ 5s each.
OITILIALL, OCT. 27.—Prime ellStls Sold readily, at

2d to 4d per 81bs. more money. All other kinds 0
stock were quite as dear. Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 8d
Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6J; and
Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs.
RomFortis, Ocr. 27.—We had a very fine market
for stock', and prices had an upward tendency,
Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ;
Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 43 8d per sibs ;
Suckling Calves, 184 to 26c; Quarter-old Store Pigs,
18s to 20s; and Milch Cows, with their small Can,
161 to 181 each.
AND LEHDENUBLX•.
We- had a steady trade here, to-day, at full prices.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4a 8d; Veal,
3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 4d per 81bs. by the
carcase.

COAL MARK ET. —YESTERDAY.
Adair's Main ......... 17s Od East Hetton
Buddle's W. Hartley 19s 3d!Haswell 2os 9d
Charlotte .. .. ...... ... 183 3dllletton
Carr's Hartley
Davison'sWest Hartley 19s OdlLambton
llasting's Hartley l9s OdiLumley
Holywell Main ... ..... 18s Od Morrison lBs 9d
New Tanfield l6s Od Murton
North Percy Hartley.. 19s Od Russell's Hetton
Original Pontop ..... 17s 6d Richmond . l9s 34
i Shotten
Ord's Redheugh
Tanfield Moor
Townley l7s Od!Casso
P 20s 34
West Wylam
West Hartley
Wylam
Wall's End, &c. Kelloe 2os 3d
Acorn Close
Bcll and Brown ...... ... 19s Od Thornley
Bewicke and Co l9s Od Adelaide Tees
Framwellgate ...... ... 18s Od Cowndon Tees ...
Gosforth l9s Od Denison ... 18s 64
Heaton
Hedley . l9s Od'Seymour Tees
Ramsay l6s 6d Tees
Riddell's l9s Od West Hetton lBs Od
Walker
Willington
Washington
20519 s 09dd'Cwo
18s Od,Garesfield Coke ...... .. 26s 6d
Eden Main
.wipleanrtiHeyartley ode
I
Belmont
Braddyll's Hetton
Crawford .. ...... . ... 188 6d Netherton 1194

240 arriva:

1-197 sold.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN
For the Week ended Oct. 21, 1847, made up from the Returns of
tr,,
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Aloe"

per Imperial Quarter.
WHIST. I BAALET.I OATS. i ATE.I BEANS. I TXAS.
PRICH .. I bss 2d 183 s 33s 7d 23s 4d 38s Od 47s Id 470 94
_ .

The Duties on Ferelin Grain are now suspended.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

SIMPSON V. HEMSWORTII.
This was the only case set down for hearing, and
was understood to be connected with sporting affairs'
The record was withdrawn under peculiar circum-
stances. It appeared that the witness who was to be
called had been subpoenaed on both sides, each party
considering himself entitled not only to his evidence
but his safe custody; the altercation became tery
warm, when the witness gave an explanation whien
upset the plaintiff 'a case, as the attorney withdrew
the record, declaring he was dead beat now, but that
he would certainly indict the witness for obtaining A
guinea under false pretences, for he had completely
turned round in his tale.
The witness said, if his words had been twisted tO
suit a particular purpose he could not help it, and 10
would take the consequences of accepting a guise
when offered.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.).
(Before the CHIEF BARON and Mr. Justice
CRESSWELL.)
UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COlN.—Mary Ann John'
son, a married woman, aged 35, and who had an
infant in her arms, was indicted for uttering coun-
terfeit coin.
Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and the
prisoner was defended by Mr. Payne.
A police-constable stated that the prisoner was
tried in April, 1842, under the name of Mary Ann
Allen, for uttering base coin, and convicted of the
charge.
A witness stated that the prisoner on the 2d 01
October last went into the King of Prussia public'
house, Stratford, and called for half a pint of beer, iu
payment of which she gave halt-a-crown, and re'
ceived back the proper change. The coin was sub"
sequently found to be counterfeit.
A person of the name of Burtenshaw also stated
that the prisoner purchased some articles at his 511°14
and tendered a base half-crown.
Mrs. Middleditch, wife of the proprietor of the
Coach and Horses public-house, Bow, deposed to the!
prisoner calling for half a pint of beer on the 2clue'
October last, and giving 6d. in payment, which she
found afterwards was counterfeit.
The female searcher at the police-court produce:l
two half-crowns, a sixpenny piece, and some cOPPer '
which were found upon the person of the prisoner. Mr. Powell, inspector of coins, from the Mfa
stated that the two half-crowns were counterfeit, 0
sixpenc
were made from the same cast, and that the
was also counterfeit.
Mprr.iPoAnTerN,E having. addressed the jury on behalf of
the
His Lonnsuir carefully summed up the evidence/
and"the jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. BODKIN here stated that the prisoner had been
convicted four or five times, besides the former con'
viction to which reference had been made.

Sentence deferred.
POSITION OF THE WITNESS-BOX.—In the cours-c. Of
the,morning the CHIEF BARON directed attention to the
position of the witness-box, which he observed eoe'„,
not be placed in a less desirable spot in the court, for
it was quite impossible for the jury to see the feature!
of the witness. He considered it, he said, of the
utmost importance that some, if not all, of the jury'
should have an opportunity of seeing the ec'end,,,
nance of witnesses during examination. His Lox', s
ship then (addressing himself to Mr. Alderman Gib°
who was upon the bench,) complained in a rather,
severe tone of the conduct of the City authorities 01
not attending to the complaints he had frequently
made on the subject. Subsequently the box was re'
moved two or three feet further back from the bench&

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Lewis Levi, a dealer in old clothes, was indicted for
stealing a coat, cloak, and various other articles, the
property of Isaac Davis.
It appeared that the prisoner, about three months
ago, got possession of a number of duplicates for the
above articles, belonging to the prosecutor, lute
pretence of seeing their value, where they were
pledged, and then 'giving the prosecutor so much,
they might be worth over and above the sum to%
were pledged for. He, however, never returned a
Davis, but released the things and sold them, an
Davis having met him last Monday, gave him into
custody.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty; and
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE sentenced him to f°llr
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
Thomas Robins was indicted for stealing a
from Thomas Wells, and brutally assaulting biol. nn
It appeared that the prosecutor was induced to ei
down one of the courts leading from Tothill-stfreesr
towards the Almonry, when he was attacked by °st
or five women, and the prisoner coming up.slufhe
immediately afterwards, accused him of insulting:.ol
females, knocked him down, and, after kicking "1„a
savagely about the head, knelt npon his breast, am ,
took a shilling (all the money he had in his posse"
sion) from his waistcoat pocket.
A verdict of Guilty was returned.
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The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said the prisoner ..a de
narrow escape from transportation, but he mightld
pend upon it this was his last Chance. He shoo
sentence him to nine months' imprisonment, with hard
labour.

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAYI
Henry Wall was indicted for stealing 281bs. o
rope and a sack, value 2s. 6d.
It appeared that on the 22d of September the prie
soner was seen taking the above property from w;
Wood Cutting Company's Wharf, Belvidere-road'Belvidere-road'
Lambeth.
The prisoner, who received a good character, TO
found Guilty, but recommended to mercy, as it wai
his first offence.
The COURT sentenced him to three months' 103131.1.
sonment and hard labour. f
John Williams, aged sixteen, was found olt0lt
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stealing on the 27th ult. one pair of trousers and
waistcoat, the property of Edward Grove, clothier
Lambeth, and sentenced to three months' iraPrisoll'
ment and hard labour. the
The offence was committed on Sunday, an- at
CHAIRMAN directed that the prosecutor shouldnust
have his expenses for having opened his shop 01110
day, which he stated was the only way 113'wof
the Court could punish such acts of desecrason
the Sabbath.

VIARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS Di±:ir),;)
John Phillipson, a solicitor's clerk, wistS"
ao
fore Mr. Hardwicke, charged with being
assaulting police. constable Metcalf, C 133.
The complainant stated, that about a quarter to ail
o'clock this morning he was on duty in the gaff
market, when he saw the defendant leaning agninso3l
door in a state of intoxication. Witness told 11
that he could not allow him to stand there, and
quested him to go home. Defendant, instead of tail,
ing his advice, turned round, and, putting hin3,9f,,,nt
a fighting attitude, attempted to strike. Co
when
jumped off the pavement to avoid the blow, when the
defendant kicked him with great violence on . to
lower part of his person. He then took hill' into
custody. Witness added, that he did not th ink the
custody.
kicked him purposely.
The defendant acid he had not the least recollenci:
tion of what had tramiiiired, as he was very do_
at the time. He trusted the magistrate would be ;
,bgnient as he could towards him. He was Willing

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