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LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1841.

No 15,3!1,9

11. Iti6haAW.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

the slightest fault or neglect on the part of the holder,
pronounced to be altogether valueless. Surely the
public can never be expected to submit tamely to
losses occasioned solely by the delinquency of a Go-
vernment servant, for what difference, we should like
to know, does it make to a sufferer whether such
servant had accomplices or not ? In this instance
there is a curious point to be considered—were the
bills deposited as far back as 1839 genuine, or if for-
geries, how is it that the interest has been regularly
paid on them ? And again, if the original bills were
g°` his
and Mr. Smith afterwards exchanged them for
his spurious issue, upon what possible ground
some cu• the holder be made answerable

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FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
C HONlCLE.—ltespeeting the forged Exchequer
hills, the Morning Post yesterday made a sweeping
charge of guilty knowledg,e t;nd conspiracy, which must
include his patrons, for it i 3 andeniable fact—
I. That during the last shutting., the Bank of En;-
land advanced from 70,0001. to 80,0006.
Upon the spu-
rious bills ;

N ATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 2t3, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
J. Ellioteon, F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.

re-

2. That they sold about 8,0001. of them no,
deemed, which portion was taken up for examination
by the purchasers to the Exchequer, where the whole
was impounded, in consequence of which the Directors
have given a written promise to hold the purchasers
safe from ultimate loss ; and
3., That the Bank of England also received a consi-
derable amount of the spurious bills from the subscribers
to the funding.
These are stubborn facts. When we see that the
Government agents, the Bank of England herself,
to whose conduct in money transactions the public
are accustomed to look up with feelings of awe and
admiration, have been lenders to a large amount on
the spurious bills—when we see that the Directors
have trafficked and dealt largely and frequently in
them, we cannot hesitate to say that individual; ought
not to suffer for having followed their example. If there
be any transactions of long standing, where conditions
of " secresy" have been exacted by the borrowers, we
freely admit there would be ground for suspicion. We
know of none to whom it can apply, and arc confident
that such persons could not for a moment suppose that
their claims would be substantiated. We are persuaded,
indeed, that they will take particular good care not
to bring them forward; in the event of any inquiry
preparatory to a settlement. The innocent holders
are parties of great standing and respectability, who
lent their money under no condition or contract which
was in the smallest degree at variance with the prac-
tice of the Exchequer market. We have shown that
the return of the same bills was precisely in accordance
with that practice, and that great inconvenience and
facility to improper dealings would be afforded by its
abolition.
We regret to learn that the old. established banking-
house of Ridge and Co , of Chichester, has suspended
payment, but the engagements are not of great amount.
The firm of Messrs. Tufnell and Co., of Bath, have
merged their business in the joint-stock establishment of
Messrs. Stuckey and Co. The unsatisfactory state of
things in the country has produced a heaviness in the
Funds, and money has been worth 4 per cent. to-day
on English• Stock.
POST.—As Ripen° and Smith have differed on
the most vita! point connected with the Exchequer
bill fraud, it seems to us to be highly desirable that
upon the third examination of the former, now about to
take place, the veracity of the individual should be
rigidly tested. Smith affirms that the bills were de-
livered to Repoli') without the signature, and if this
assertion be sustained, Rapallo's affected ignorance of
the forgery of them will no longer avail him. He
has said that he first came into direct contact with
Smith on the death of a Mr. Solari, which occurred
about a year ago. It was pleaded for him by Mr.
Lefroy, before Mr. Alderman Wilson, that his com-
mittal to the Compter for re-examination might prove
extremely injurious to the health of Mrs. Rspalie,
which was represented to bein a precarious state. Now,
e have reason t 3 believe that Mr. and Mrs. Rapallo
have been separated for a very long time, and it is pro-
bable that the lady with her children (five in number)
lives in Italy. The fact should be inquired into, and
we have very little hesitation in saying, that, were the
trouble taken to ascertain the truth, it would prove
that the two prisoners have been on terms of intimacy
nearer twenty years than one. Were the matter
probed still a little further, we should not be surprised
if it turned out that Smith and Solari became ac-
quainted through the introduction of Repoli°.
The law authorities of the Crown having deemed
it improper that the impounded forgeries should be re-
stored to the pa-ties claiming them, we are rather
astonished at the clamour that is kept up upon that
question. It is pretended that " impartial inquiry,"
and " patient investigation," are all that the " inno-
cent holders " can wish for ; but the hollowness of
that pretence is clearly manifested by the efforts
that arc made to talk Government out of those very
ins:m-cents which are retained for the purpose of
facilitating both. In our opinion really innocent hold-
ers will best prove the correctness of their dealings by
earnestly co-operating with Government in their
exertions to trace the guilty parties, whoever they
may be, and to bring them to justice. Such persons,
so far from attempting to extract from the hands of
Government the bills placed under embargo, should pro.
test against any portion of them being prematurely sur-
rendered. The participators in the fraud cannot but be
numerous. To hare carried it on successfully for five
years, the labour must have been more than a few indi-
viduals were capable of performing, and it is important
that the public should know who were the clerks, who
the brokers, and who the agents of various grades em-
ployed. Take out of the custody of Government the
impounded bills, and you effectual), dam up the main
source whence light may be hoped tor. In this way the
ends of justice will be defeated, and those who insist
upon such a course, we say again, must be considered
as virtually the advocates and promoters of forgery.
The confession made by Rapallo at the Home-office
is before the public. He said that he was aware of the
situation Smith held, that he knew the Exchequer bilis
he got from him were not his property, that they were
to pay for Spanish bonds, and that Smith was particu-
lar in requiring the return of the same numbers. Yet
'lapilli°, it is to be observed, claims to be placed in
the category of innocent parties. He thought it " hard
upon him" that he could not at once be, admitted to
bail. Mr. Lefroy, his legal adviser, said the same
thing ; and he said too, even after the reading of the
statement of his client, that he "could not see why Mr.
Rapallo should have been apprehended."
These claims to purity and integrity are utterly be-
yond our comprehension. All parties concerned must,
at this rate, be immaculate together.
TIMES.—It is understood in the City that the
amount of spurious Exchequer bills now impounded at
the Treasury is about 100,000/. Of the rest a great
part are held by those unwilling to be deprived of the
documents for which they have given value, and who
have decided against taking them up to be examined.
As every communication illustrative of the legal posi-
tion of the " innocent hollers" must be of interest,
we insert the following letter from a correspondent,
which may be considered a sort of supplement to one
published some days ago :
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

BANK of B' arrisH NORH AMER
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
The COURT of DIRECTORS do hereby give Notice,
that an EXTRAO. aDINARY GTZNERAL MEETING of
PROPRIETORS will be held ,Jrk TUESDAY, the 7th Dm
next, at the Office of the Corporation, 7, St.. Helen's-place,
Bishopsgate-street, at Twelve for One o'Clock precisely, to
receive a proposition r&:ative to the unissued Shares.
By Order of the Court,
London, Nov. 11. G. DE B. ATTWOOD, Sec.

AUDITORS.

Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R.S.
ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S
PH YSI CIA N—J. Elliotsen, M.D., F. B. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Suttgat, Ewens, and Omm an-

ney, 6, Basinghall-street.
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
LIFE ASSURANCE.
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H AVRE—Nov. 1 5 ar:d 25, at Eight Morning.
From London Bridge Wharf, for
BOULOGNE—E:t ery Thursday and Saturday.
CALMS—Every/ Thursday and Sunday.
YARMOUTII—Every Saturday EvP:ning, at Six.
From Biotin's Wharf lioplar, for
EDINBURGH—every Saturd',.v and every alternate Wed-
nesday Evening at Ten. Nov.
and 15. 20, and 27, Dec. 1,4, 11,

ADVANTAC Es.—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi-
tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
Two thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any
other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual
rates,

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
'1 he best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of-
;ered—X2 12e. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65
give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d.,
or £349 11s. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad-
vantages at 50, 55, and 60--Two-thirds payments lent at any
time, and Two-thirds returned in case of premature death.
The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report to be had at
the Office, at any of its Branches, or oa application will be
forwarded post free.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

NEWCASTLE — rWe •
F°m D'Avne's Wharf, for
SUNDERLAND ,dnesday and Saturday Evening at Eight.
ITo secure Ber —Every Tussday, at Seven Evening.
Offices of the chs,and for all information, apply at the
Company, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, Regent-
circu ; or 'os, Leadenhall-strut.
. . . .

r5ll-1E LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND
DUBLIN GUARANTEED MUTUAL and PRO-
PRIETARY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 3, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION HOUSE, and 5,
GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, LONDON;
64, FLEET-STREET, DUBLIN; and
21, ST. ANDREW-STREET, EDINBURGH.

of equity or ,Teason ca.
cultmg from the fraud?
kr the damage rt.'.
very little thought of, as
nut much movement in the
SUN.—There was
~._osip.g at 89 to ii-,
I,:d prices alternated only in a
Public Securities to-day,
Exchequer b:lls were 10s.
trilling degree. Speculation is
the account will be settled in a day 5 'using
Consols for
-and-Half
Bank
immediate transfer were S 9 to 891,
and for Account 89 to 894.;
to 13s. prem ; and India Bonds ls. to 2s. pre ;
Stock was worth 164 ; and the Now Three
per Cents. realised 99i to .
There was nothing in the advices from Spain to cause
any alteration in the Bonds, but the accounts from Lis-
bon, it might have been supposed, would have depressed
the value of Portuguese Stock. Such, however, is not
the case. The New Five per Cents. were at 30 to 1, and
the Three per Cents. at 18* ; Active Spanish Bonds
were dull at 21+ to i ; Mexican Stack realised 254, and
Brazilian, 58 ; Belgian Bonds were 1001 to ; Danish
at 784 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 51i- to i.
Shares were not brisk, but the holders gave way a
little. Sales were effected: Great Western were quoted
at 14 to 1411 ;. the New, 6i to 7 ; Birmingham, 66 to
661 ; York and North Midland, 34 ; South Western,
14i- premium. Brighton were 13 to 12:1 ; Midland
Counties, 15 dis. ; London and Westminster Bank Shares
were 11 ; and Provincial of Ireland, 15 prem.

THE DOVER BANKS.
From a Second Edition of the Dover Chronicle of

DIRECTORS.
KENNETH KINGSFORD, Esq., Savage-gardens, Chairman
BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Welbeck-street, Deputy Chairman
Alexander Anderson, Esq., York-place, Portman-square
John Atkins, Esq , White Hart-court, Lombard-street
James Bidden, Esq, Spread Eagle-court
Captain F. Brandreth, Scots' Fusilier Guards
James Hartley, Esq., Mecklenburgh-square
John M'Guffie, Esq., Osnaburgh-street
John Maclean Lee, Esq., Seething-lane
J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq., Kennington-terrace
Vice-Admiral Robert Honyman
Alexander Robertson, Esq., Portland-terrace, Regent's-park,
Manager.
H. H. Cannan, Esq., Finsbury-square
AUDITORS Robert E. Alison, Esq., Cornhill
MEDICAL Am,' SE R—Marshall Hall, M. D., F.R. S., L. and E.
SECRETARY—F. Edgell, Esq., Noel-street
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bedford-

row.
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMPANY.
This is the only Guaranteed Mutual Life Company—All other
Assurance Companies are either Mutual, in which the parties
Assured are also their own assurers, there being no Share-
holders and no original Capital—or Proprietary, in which the
assured have no share in the profits, which belong exclusively
to the Shareholders—or Mixed, in which the assured have the
option, on payment of larger premium, of participating in a
portion only of the profits. By the Constitution of the Lon-
don, Edinburgh, and Dublin Company, the Mutual Class of
the assured are entitled to the Whole of the Mutual Profits, as
if they had been assured in a purely Mutual Society, and they
have also the security of the funds of the Company supplied by
the Shareholders, who, guarantee by the subscribed Capital, the
payment of the sums assured—the assured themselves being re-
lieved from all responsibility, and thus placed in the right of
the advantages afforded both by Mutual Societies and Proprie-
tary Companies.
Table to Assure £lOO, with profits :
Age. £. a. d. Age. R. s. d.
20
25 ........ 2 2 7 50
35
40
Those who wish to assure a specific sum without regard to
future additions, are charged according to a scale which is as
low as a due regard to the complete security of all parties will
admit of. _ _ _

Table of Premiums without addition of Profits :
Age. s. d. Age. s. d.
20
25
35
40
PRACTICE OF THE COMPANY.
Important improvements have been introduced into Life As-
surance practice by this Company, whereby the mode of ob 7
taisting Policies is simplified, all doubts as to their validity are
removed, and their application is much extended.
The. Policies are Indefeasible and Indisputable, unless they
have been fraudulentl3 obtained. They at once create for the
assured an unquestionable right in reversion, easily negotiable,
and valuable as a collateral security in pecuniary transactions.
One-half of the Premiums may remain unpaid for Seven
Years, affording a greater facility and snore economical plan
for loan transactions and family provisions than any other which
has been suggested, allowing a Policy to be dropped at one-half
of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured at a future pe-
riod, when loss of health may prevent him from obtaining a
new assurance, to continue a Policy for double the amount of
the sum for which he has paid premiums.
Credit Tab'e to Assure £lOO.

—.,.... ._ _ '"
Age. X. s. d. Age. £. s. d.
15
20 ... 0 11'S 0 45 ..
25
30
Whole World Policies, entitling the party to go or to reside
in any part of the World, are granted on payment of a small
additional premium, according to the circumstances of the case,
but fixed and determined at the time of granting the Policy.
Provisions for Old Age may be made by the purchase of an
annuity to commence at any defined age, or by effecting a Life
Assurance according to the following Table, whereby the sum
assured is made payable to the Assured himself on his attaining
60 years of age, and in the event of his death before that time,
it is payable to his heirs or assigns.
To Assure £lOO to the Assured llimself at 60, or to his Heirs.
Age. £. a. d. Age. £. a. d.
15
20 .......,...... 2 8 7 40
25
30

Chronic Diseases form no bar to the granting of Policies
upon the lives of persons suffering from them ; an additional
premium being charged according to the nature of the risk.
The Agents of the Company, and the Manager in London,
will, on application, forward, free of expense, Forma of Propo-
sal and every requisite information, to parties desirous of effect-
ing Assurances.
All Official Communications are considered as strictly con-
fidential.

last night.)
This day, at 12 o'clock, a public meeting, convened
by the Mayor on the requisition of upwards of one
hundred gentlemen of Dover, was held at the Old
Town-hall, to give expression to their confidence in
the banking establishments of Messrs. Fector and
Co., and Mssrs. Latham and Co., in consequence of
a mischievous and unfounded report having got into
circulation, detrimental to the interests of these esta-
blishments.
The Maxon, on being called to the Chair, briefly
stated the obilct of the meeting. He then read the
notice calling the meetinz, when
Mr. COURT rose and moved the first resolution;
which will be found elsewhere.
Mr. CHARLES LAMB rose to second the resolution,
and observed strongly on the erroneous character of
the report that had got into circulation. He (Mr.
Lamb) was confident that no two banking firms in
England were more stable and responsible than those
of Messrs. Fcctor and Latham—(Cheers)—and there-
fore he most cordially seconded the resolution.
Mr. 0. BUTLER would ask, before the resolution was
put, whether any one had refused the notes of either
establishment?
The MAYOR replied, that from the report some state-
ments to that effect had been made, although the es-
tablishments in question were perfectly able to treat
them with contempt. The present meeting was got
up more on account of the inhabitants themselves than
of the banks.
Mr. BUTLER said the only difficulty he felt was to
get hold of the notes of either establishment in as large
numbers as he could wish.—(Laughter.)
The resolution was now put from the Chair, and
carried unanimously.
Mr. T. SQUIER, seconded by Mr. PASCALL, moved
that the resolution be published in a second edition of
the Dover papers this evening, which was agreed to.
The thanks of• the meeting, on the motion of Capt.
GALE, seconded by Mr. COURT, were given to the
Mayor for his promptitude in calling the meeting and his
conduct in the chair.
The M tvoit returned thanks, and the meeting se-
parated. A host of names were immediately adhibited
to the resolution.

" Sir—ln your Journnl of this day I observe some
legal quotations on the subject of the spurious Exche-
quer bills. Permit me to add the following, in aid of
parties who may have advanced money on them in the
market :—ln Jones v. Ryde,' sth Taunton, 493, the
plaintiff had discounted a Navy bill for the defendant,
purporting to be for 1,800/. The bill had been origin-
ally for 8001. only, but altered to 1,800/., and the Corn-
missioaers of the Navy offered to pay the minor sum,
and no more. There was no fraud or blame on either
side. The plaintiff brought his action against the de-
fendant for the difference—namely, 1,000/., and it was
held that he was entitled to recover. Chief Justice
Gibbs, before whom the cause was tried, pithily re-
marked—' The defendar.t has put off this instrument as
a Navy bill of a certain description. It turns out not
to be a Navy bill of that description.' In the same
volume, a case of ' Bruce v. Bruce' is reported, in
which the plaintiff purchased an Exchequer-bill from
the defendant purporting to be for 1,000/. It turned
out that the bill was for 100/. only, but had been fraudu-
lently altered to 1,000. ; and it was held that the plain-
' tiff, the buyer, was entitled to recover from the defend-
ant, the seller, the sum he bad paid, as so much money
paid upon a consideration which had failed. Tue ques-
tion as to the detention by Government of the spurious
bills, has, I apprehend, been decided in the case of '—
v. Warwick,' in Campbell's Nisi Prins Reports, where
a forged bank-note was presented at the Bank for pay-
ment, and was detained by the defendant, who was a
Bank clerk, acting in the usual course of business. The
plaintiff brought his action foritahme,nsoitre,, and a verdict
was found in his favour, after which the Bank, instead
of detaining forged notes, stamped them as forged, and
returnedon themon o
to the
your
o ju,:h ol
veryde obedient servant,
holder
CONSTANT.—I
READER.
1841.".
L
ADVERTISER..--A curious COST, in reference to
the Exchequer bill forgeries, has been mentioned to us.
which strengthens with another link the chain of cir-
cumstances in favour of the justice of payment of the
bills being made by Government to all who became pos-
sessed of them in the regular way of business. So far
back as the
year 1839, a gentleman keeping his account
Bank of England, deposited Exchequer bills
some amount, and had ever since been in re-
gulia
the
present thereon, the Bank effect-
ing theexchange of h
they
amounts up
yta
there
e r the t o t
were called in,
at
onc r receipt
receiving
,weones
ee
when Lord
slfllt
isa
co
ordmtonteagle, a week orrsh
r esPn
two hack, gave notice that it would be advisable for
all holders of bills to send them in for examination
and stamping. The Bank of England, in the usual
course of business,,sent in those deposited with them
by their customers, and to the amazement of the
gentleman we have above alluded to, a notice was
forwarded to him on Saturday to the effect that his
bills were detained as forgeries ! Thus a security,
which ever since the year 1839 had proved a certain
fsource of income, and always been regarded in the
and without
light of a bone fide security, is suddenly,

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TREATY OF NAVIGATION BE.
TWEEN SARDINIA AND ENGLAND.
We have received by express from Genoa the ori•
ginal text of the Treaty of Navigation concluded at
Turin on the 7th of September between the King of
Sardinia on the one hand, and the Queen of England
on the other, the ratifications of which were exchanged
on the 6th instant, at Turin ;
Charles Albert, by the grace of God King of Sar-
dinia, Cyprus, and Jerusalem, Duke of Savoy, Genoa,
Monferrat, and Aosta, Prince of Piedmont, Marquis
of Italy, of Saluzzo, of Ceva, and Maro and of Savona,
Count of Maurienne, Geneva, Nice, Tonde, Romont,
Asti, Alexandria, Gocean, Novare, Tortona, Vigevano,
and Rabble, Baron of Vaud and Taussigny, Lord of
Verceil, Vignerol, Tarantaise, and of the Valley of
Tesis, &c. &c.
To all those to whom these presents may concern,
greeting.
Having seen aid examined the treaty of navigation
signed at Turin by virtue of our full powers, on the
sixth of September last, by the Count Clement Solar
de la Marguerite, our Chief Secretary of State for Fo-
reign Affairs, and by the Hon. Ralph Abercromby,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of
her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, also furnished with full
powers from his august Sovereign, the tenor of which
treaty was as follows :
His Majesty the King of Sardinia and her Majesty
the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, wishing to
ameliorate, extend, and regulate the commercial rela-
tions between their respective countries and being de-
sirous of furnishing every facility and encouragement
for such of their respective subjects as are connected
by commercial communications, and being persuaded
that nothing could contribute in a greater degree to-
wards the attainment of this desirable object than the
reciprocal abrogation of all the differential rights of
navigation, whatsoever they may be, with respect to
the ships of each country when in the ports of the
other, have appointed Plenipotentiaries to conclude a
treaty to the following effect :
" His Majesty the King of Sardinia, the Count
Clement Solar de la Marguerite, Knight Grand Cor-
don of the religious and military Order of Saints
Maurice and Lozare, Grand Cross of the Order of
Isabella of Spain and of Saiat Gregory the Great,
Knight of the Order of Christ, Grand Cross of the
Orders of Merit, of Saint Joseph of Tuscany, and
Leopold of Belgium, Commander of the Order of the
Polar Star of Sweden, his first Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, State Notary, and Intendant-General
of the Post-office. •
" And her Majesty the Queen of the United King-
doms of Great Britain and Ireland and the Honour-
able Ralph Abereromby, her Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of his Ma-
jesty the King of Sardinia, who, having exchanged their
full powers, and having duly recognised them, have
agreed to the following articles :
" Art. 1. Such Sardinian ship as may arrive laden
in the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, having sailed from the ports of Sardinia,
and reciprocally such British ships as may arrive laden
in the ports of Sardinia, sailing from Great Britain, and
also such Sardinian or British ships as may arrive in
ballast from any voyage whatsover, in the ports of either
the one or the other of these two countries, shall be
treated at their entry, during their stay, and at their
going out, on the same footing as the national ships in
all that regards tonnage, freight, pilotage, quarantine,
lighthouses, signals, and such other rights of navigation,
whatsoever they may be, which may in any way affect
shipping, which have been established in the name and
for the profit of the Government, of public functionaries,
of townships, or any other establishment whatsoever.
" Art. 2. In order to avoid any misunderstanding
which might arise with respect to the regulations for
establishing the nationality of shipping, it has bean
agreed upon that shall be considered as Sardisianships.
" All such ships as have either been built in the
States of his Majesty the King of Sardinia, or which,
having been taken from the enemy by the ships of war
of his Majesty, or by any of his subject; who have been
furnished with letters of marque, shall have been regu-
larly declared as lawful prizes by one of the Admiralty
Courts of Sardinia, and also all such ships as have been
condemned by any competent Court whatsover for in-
fraction of the slave-trade laws, provided they may be
navigated and registered according to the laws of the
aforesaid country, and provided they be the property of
one or more of the subjects of his Majesty the King of
Sardinia, and provided the captain and three-fourths of
the crew be Sardinian subjects.
" Also to be considered as British ships, all such
ships as hare been built in the States of her Majesty
the Queen of Great Britain, and all such ships as have
been taken from the enemy by the ships of war of her
Majesty, or by any of her subjects who may have been
provided with letters of marque from the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, may have been declared
lawful prizes by any of the Admiralty Courts of her
Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, as well as all
such ships as have been condemned by any competent
Court whatsoever for infraction of the slave trade laws,
provided they be navigated and registered according to
the laws of Great Britain, and provided they be the
property of one or more subjects of her Majesty the
Queen of Great Britain, and the captain and three-
fourths of the crew be English subjects.
" Art. 3. In all that concerns the placing of ships,

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their loading and unloading in the ports, basins, road-
steads, or harbours of these two States, no privilege
shall be granted to the national ships of one country
which is not also granted to the ships of the other
country, it being the wish of the contracting parties
that the ships of each country be treated on a footing
of perfect reciprocity.
" Art. 4. The ships of either port may discharge the
whole or only part of their cargo, in any of the ports
of the States belonging to one or the other of the
high contracting parties, according as the captain, pro-
prietors, or any other such persons as may be duly
authorised in the port to represent the interests of the
owner of the ship or cargo, shall think fit, and may
then sail with the remainder of the cargo to any ether
port of the same State.
" Art. 5. Should it happen that any ship of war or
merchant ship of one of the two States be wrecked on
the coast of the other, such ship, or the wreck thereof,
the cargo, riggirg, merchandise, and anything belong-
ing thereto that may have been saved from the wreck,
or the product of the sale thereof, shall be restored to
the proprietors, or their authorised representatives at
their demand ; and provided none of these aforesaid
k.eersons be on the spot, all the cargo, merchandise, &c.,
or .the produce thereof, as well as all papers found on
board such ships, shall be consigned to the Sardinian
or Britisb Consul of the district in which the shipwreck
shall have taken place ; and no demand whatscever
shall be made, either by the Consul, the proprietors, or
their representatives, beyond the payment of the legi-
timate expenses for the preservation of such property,
and the salvage dues, which would be levied under simi-
Jar circumstances on the ships of either country.
" Art. G. It is, moreover, expressly to be understood
that the preceding articles do not apply to the coasting
trade, which is an exclusive reservation by each of the
high contracting parties.
" Art. 7. All Sardinian ships sailing to the potty of
the isle of Malta or Gibraltar, shall enjoy all the advan-
tages which are insured to them by virtue of this pre-
sent convention, in the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland ; and reciprocally all British ships
sailing from the ports of Malta and Gibraltar shall
enjoy in the ports of his Majesty the King of Sar-
dinia the same advantages as are accorded to ships
sailing from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Ireland.
" Art. 8. This present convention shall continue in
operation during ten years, to commence from the date
of the exchange of ratifications, and beyond this term
until the expiration of twelve months, at the end of
which period either of the high contracting Powers may
announce its secession therefrom, each of the two parties
reserving to itself the right of declaring such intention at

the expiration of the ten years.
" Art. 9. The ratifications of this present convention
shall, be exchanged at Turin within the space of six
months from the date of the signature, or sooner if
possible.
" In virtue of which we, the Plenipotentiaries, have
signed the duplicate copies of this convention, and have
affixed thereto the seals of our arms.
" Given at Turin, this sixth of September, 1811.
(Signed) " SOLAR DE LA MARGUERITE.
" RALPH ABERCROMITIY.
" We having given our adhesion to this treaty of
navigation, do declare that, inasmuch as it concerns
ourselves, as well as our heirs and successors, that
it is accepted, approved, ratified, and confirmed, by
these presents. We accept it, approve it, ratify it,
and confirm it, giving our faith and word of a King
that we will respect, and cause to be respected, all and
each of its separate articles. In faith and testimony of
which we have signed with our hand these presents,
and have caused them to be countersigned by the
Chevalier 'Eloi de Butret, Knight of our Order of
Saints Man:ice and Lazare, Commander of the Order
of Merit, of Sait3 Joseph of Tuscany, of the Order
of Saint Gregory the Great of ltage, Knight of the
Order of the Polar Star of Sweden, Lieutenant-Colonel
of Cavalry, our Chief Officer lu! the Administration of
Foreign Affairs, and have caused on: Grand Royal Sea
to he affixed thereto.
" Given at Turin this 16th of the month of October, in
the year of Grace one thousand eight hundred and
forty-ene, and the eleventh year of our reign.
(Signed) CHARLES ALBERT.
DE BUTRET.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—An accident of a
somewhat singular character it:livened last week at the
Fountain Inn, lluntingdon. Two ledies and a little girl,
of the family of Mr. Thomas Fryer, were shown into a
room in which there was a fire, whici; smoked and
burned very badly ; they stood before the fire for a few
minutes, but not very near it. All at once thej beard
in the chimney a loud report, louder than a comoon
gun, and at the same moment a body of flame, followea
by a sack or bag of straw, rushed from the tire-place, and
completely enveloped them in the flames, burning the
veils from their faces, the handkerchiefs they had in
their hands, and the lace from their cuffs. Luckily, their
dresses were two of them satin, and one of woollen ma-
teriale. The woollen dress was shrivelled up by the
flame:,., but the silk resisted it. The trimming of their
dresses at the bottom, and the hair at the top of their
heads were burned. One of' the party had her left hand
severely injured. The little girl had her eyebrows ai:d
eyelashes completely burned off, and her face so much
injured as to require it to be kept covered for many days
after the circumstance happened, and it now presents a
most deplorable appearance. The third had both hands
much burned, and also her face, her eyebrows being
nearly all burned off, and the hair on her head much
singed. Such was the force and searching nature of
the flames that a small part of the little girl's wrist, where
the glove did not meet the spencer, was burned quite
round. Whether some person had maliciously placed
powder in the sack is not known; indeed the accident
remains altogether unexplained.
LONGEVITY.—Died, on the Bth of November,
at Tullich Farm, five miles west of Inverary, Duncan
Munro, in the 10Sth year of his age, the oldest tenant
upon the Argyle estate; he and his forefathers have pos-
sessed the same farm above three hundred years, ready
to fight in defence of their lords. The present Duke
and Duchess have repeatedly visited old Duncan, and
administered suitable kindness and comfort to their
old tenant. He was visited three weeks since by the
Duchess, also by Mr. Campbell, of Isla. At one of
these visits, the Duke offered to build him a new
house. " No," said Duncan, " it served my grandfather, it
served my father, and it may serve me too." Duncan
has lived to see four Dukes, and was lately, by his own
desire, visited by the heir-apparent to the Dukedom.
his eldest daughter, aged 80, has a large family resid-
ing upon a farm within eight miles of Tullich, she is still
able to milk the cows, to go about and visit on foot her
father's house. His youngest son alive, a feuar in Pais-
ley, upwards of 70, is hale, stout, and hearty ' • has re-
sided in Paisley 50 years ; he went on Wednesday last,
accompanied by one of his sons and daughters, to In-
verary and Tuilich, to see and assist in laying the old
patriarch's remains in the house appointed for all
—Paisley Advertiser.
DESTITUTION IN DUMBARTONSHIRE.—We
understand that on Wednesday, the 10th instant, a large
and influential meeting of the landed proprietors, cler-
gymen, and gentlemen connected with the Vale of Leven,
in Dumbartonshire, was held in the County-buildings,
at Dumbarton, the object of which was to devise means
for alleviating the destitution and distress now and for
some months likely to be prevalent in that populous
valley, among its operative population. The exact situa-
tion of the whole labourinj population of the valley was
submitted to the meeting m classified statistical tables,
prepared from a survey recently undertakenby Local Com-
mittees which have for some time been zealously labouring
to alleviate cases of destitution and distress. The meet-
ing unanimously adopted resolutions expressive of their
deep sympathy with the operatives and their families in
their distress and destitution—their hearty approval of
should
the proceedings already taken by the Local Committees
see(
resolved,ll t
bi entire Nt‘h'
—their desire. that
.these Co.tanittees should continue
the hands of the Committees by private ..
subscriptions. A
largettlheei
meeting,r sumefforts--and
fr rtws a—sa annsdful subscribed their
ebnefound attend in
ne-
cessary, to have recourse to a more general subscription,
under authority of a general county meeting.—Roz-
fretTes
Ere
LATERcorm er
FIRE IN BLACKFRIARS•ROAD
The extent of damage arising from the late destructive
fire at Messrs. Kindon and Bathe's floor-cloth manufac-
tory, is estimated at 6,0001. The insurance on the stock
was only 1,400/. The front wall (which is' the only one
remaining) is in a most dangerous state, and several in-
s to
effectual attempts to throw it inwards were made yester-
nhggoeunnletdls
itm strengthen
day. A scaffold will be erected this morning for the
. purpose of removing it. The foreman of the works, who
resided in 'Wellington-place, is in a state of mind bor-
dering on insanity, and requiring constant attendance.
The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate men,
Parkes and Webb, who were killed by the falling in of
the ruins on Sunday morning, will be held to-morrow
evening before W. Carter, Esq., Coroner for Surrey, in
the Board-room of St. George's workhouse.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY..—Last
week a long line of carriages, iaden with the necessary
implements for the excavations for the railway between
.
this town and Wellington, passed through Taw unton frol4-
Bridgwater. The rapidity with which the works 14p
been proceeded with leave no doubt that the line. ,0:t,
Bridgwater to Taunton will be completed by. June, •
—Somerset Gazette.
Last week a fall of the cliff, of several 01..
weight, took place near Hastings, and, from its present
appearance, it is much feared that a considerably larger
portion will also fall, as it is quite impossible to edopt
any measures to avert it. Several curious fossils have.
been exposed in the different strata, and have attracted
much attention.
DEATH OF TIIE REV. MR. DELANY.—We
regret to have to announce the demise of the estimable
and revered Catholic chaplain of the North Union Work-
house. He was an intimate personal friend of the Rev.
Mr. Mathew, and an ardent advocate of the temperance
movement.—Morning Register.