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on the issue ; and after indulging in a long and wasteful
expenditure of profound judicial saws, the complacent
luminary As onstrained at last to let the Jury retire,
They, too, lest the farce should suffer in their part of
the representation, make a decent show of hesitation,
although, as even the New York journals confess, their
acquittal had been agreed on two days before. Thus, if
any sensible portion of the British public ever conceived
that the continuance of our amicable relations with
America depended upon the issue of M'Leod's trial,
-their
apprehensions on that score may now be considered at
an end.
POST.—We foretold some days ago that the trial- of
Mr. M'Leod would terminate in his release, and we fore-
told this upon no vague or conjectural grounds, but upon
distinct information, which we had the good fortune to
receive, as to the nature of the evidence to be produced
against him. Our prediction has been fully realised.
From the full report of the trial of Mr. M'Leod, which
has been received at Liverpool by the Acadia steam-ship,
it will be seen that the Jury pronounced,. upon the evi-
dence, this gentleman not guilty of the crime alleged
against him, and thus relieved the Governor of New
York from the duty he had determined, if necessary, to
fulfil, of exonerating an iLdividual of whose innocence,
whatever might have been the verdict of the Jury, he
had become convinced. The people of the United States.
and those of Great Britain, are equally to be congratu-
lated on this result of the affair of Mr. M'Leod, since it
leaves the really important questions still in controversy
between,the two countries, to be adjusted with the calm-
less and 'coolness that the discussion of impel tant clues-
ions reclaims, that conduce to an equitable decision, and
Ghat befit the character of wise and powerful States.
CHRONICLE.—A considerable portion of our paper
to-day is occupied with the trial of 111.‘Leod. The result
of this trial might have been easily anticipated from the
proceedings of the three first days, published and com-
mented upon in the Chronicle last week. The manner,
however, in which the investigation has been conducted
is highly creditable to the character of the judicial tri-
bunals of America. Had the case been one affecting an
American subject iri England, and triable at one of our
assizes, we could not have wished the mere formal pro-
ceedings to have passed off otherwise than they did at
Utica. The question of M'Leod's " Inability' at all
is, however, another matter, and one upon which,
if we are to credit the, Tory press, Lord Aberdeen is
determined to make a stand, in opposition to the
decision of the Supreme Court of New York. Is this
one of the questions his Lordship intends to submit to
the arbitration Of Louis Philippe ? On Friday last we
intimated our belief that the British Government in-
tended to have recourse to some such method of at once
complimenting a doubtful ally, and compromising a
question of national interest. The ilforntng Herald,
usually well-informed upon questions of Tory foreign
policy, says on Saturday—
" We have reason to believe that if any serious differ-
ence should arise between Great Britain and the United
States of America, relative to the trial of M'Leod, the
north-eastern boundary, or any other question pending
between both countries, our Government has agreed to
accept the mediation of France, which mediation has
been offered as a guarantee of peace and good-will be-
tween the French and the English Cabinets."
Relatively to the trial tif M'Leod, no question is likely
to arise between England and America. The question
of international law iovolved in the Caroline affair is not
a question for arbitration. We might as well appeal to
Louis Philippe from a decision of the Queen's Bench.
It is a mere question of law (upon the facts of the case
there can be now no doubt), on which all the legal ad-
visers of the Crown have given a decided opinion. As
to making the boundary question one of arbitration, it
is the merest delusion to suppose that this would " settle"
it. Why it has been arbitrated upon already. America
refuses to be bound by the decision of the King of Hol-
land. What guarantee has Lord Aberdeen that America
will be bound by the decision of Louis Philippe, or is
Louis Philippe an arbitrator such as England ought to
accept upon such a question ? We cannot yet believe
that this is to be the first step of Lord Aberdeen's fo-
reign

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
(FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.)
CHRONICLE.—At the date of the Acadia's depar-
ture from New York, the market for State Stocks was
generally heavy, and prices depressed, from an appre-
hension that Mr. Jaudon would fail in obtaining a re-
newal of the period for payment of the debentures of the
Bank of the United States. Had Mr. Jaudon been un-
successful in that object, the large mass of State Stocks
deposited on security of the European loans, would have
been thrown on the market, and a serious depression
must have followed. When it is known on the other
side that Mr. Jaudon has succeeded in effecting an ar-
rangement for another year certain, by a fresh deposit
and bonus to the holders, it is likely that the prices of
Stocks will improve in America, as the Money Market is
easy, and the fears of any serious misunderstanding with
this country must now be removed.
We have been told to-day that Mr. Beaumont Smith's
first fraud was to the extent of 5001. Being hard pressed
for that sum of money, he either fabricated an Ex-
chequer Bill for the amount, or purloined one, en which
he raised the money.
The anxiety displayed by Mr. Smith that the lender
should on no account part with the bill, and that the
identical document should be returned, attracted his at-
tention. He immediately suspected how the matter
stood, and determined to take advantage of it. He ac-
cordingly told Smith that he knew he was in his power,
and that he could ruin him, which he certainly would do
by an immediate exposure, unless he instantly consented
to comply with his demands, which were, that the unfor-
tunate man should supply him with Exchequer Bills,
from time to time, to such amount as he might require.
It is said that Smith, finding himself in this man's
power, consented to his terms, and thus began that career
of crime which has brought him to his present disgrace-
ful condition. This anecdote is current in the city, and
as such we give it. It is very likely to be founded on
fact, but on the other hand may have been purposely got
up to create a sympathy in Smith's favour.
POST.—The acquittal of Mr. M`Leod at Utica, ac-
companied by the release of Major Grogan, has given a
decided impulse to the markets for our domestic securi-
f es, the announcement of the event in extra editions of
the journals being quickly followed by an advance of no
Less than per cent. The settlement of this affair, as it
was one that threatened to disturb the amicable rela-
tions which have subsisted between Great Britain and
the United States since 1814, has given great satisfac-
tion to the mercantile interest. So completely has it,
in fact, absorbed attention in the City as to have cast
the unpleasant Exchequer Bill matter into the shade ;
and we are glad to have the opportunity of record-
ing the circumstance, inasmuch as it proves very
clearly that the more intelligent and respectable
classes of society in this country do not entertain that
hostile feeling towards the Americans, which they have
been given to suppose from the illiberal attacks made
upon them in the newspapers. Our merchants want no
war with any nation, and least of all can they want it
with the United States, a country with which they have
been so long connected by an intercourse that has proved
conducive to the interests of both communities. The
summing up of the evidence adduced upon the late trial
by Judge Gridley, is referred to as one that is demonstra-
tive alike of the good sense and impartiality of the indi-
vidual ; and certainly the commendation bestowed upon
him is not undeserved. It had been fancied that Mr.
Gridley was biassed to the prejudice of Mr. M‘Leod, and
that the weight of his influence would have been thrown
into the scale of the party charged with the prosecution; yet
with how little justice. The distinction drawn between
one class of witnesses and another was judicious, and may
be held up as an example worthy of adoption in the
forensic administration of any. country. There had
been more than enough said to provoke a feeling of ani-
mosity in the public mind of America against England,
from the contagion of which very few or none of her
citizens, with their deeply-rooted nationalities, were ex-
empt ; but the honesty of the Judge seems to have been
impregnable. He heard with patience all that the wit-
nesses had to say on both sides—all that the Counsel
employed had to urge in behalf of their respectivet
clients, and whose abilities appear to be entitled
ttpagt rteislie
respect, but he could not be brought to bee h
pro of Mr. M‘Leod was founded onli the basis of

• COURT CIRCULAR. , .
The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal House-
hold, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in
Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev.. Mr. Koppel,
Deputy Clerk of the Closet in waiting, officiated.
Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty and Prince Albert on Saturday.
Her 'Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the garden
of Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Charlotte Dundas, dined with her Majesty 'on
Saturday.
The Band of the First Life Guards was in attendance
at the Palace during the evening. .
The Queen Dowager is in most respects much the
same as yesterday (Friday), though at one period of the
night her Majesty, was a good deal harrassed by ker
cough.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town on Saturday
from his residence at Kew, and visited the Duchess of
Kent at Clarence House, and the Duchess of Gloucester,
at Gloucester House. his Royal Highness attended by
Baron Knesebeck, returned to Kew in the afternoon.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philpps-
thal, went to Kew on Saturday, and visited their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at
the Foreign-office.' It was attended by Sir Robert Peel,
the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Wharn-
cliffe, the Duke of _Buckingham, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon,
Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci, and Sir Henry Hardinge.—
The Council sat two hours.
Sir Charles Fitzroy, and Mr. Irving, M.P., had in-
terviews with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colo-
nial-office.
Sir Robert Peel had a dinner party on Saturday, at his
residence in Whitehall-gardens. -
Despatches were sent off on Saturday eyei!i
the Colonial-office, for the Lord High Comm
the lonian Islands. ng,ner of
from

METROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S .ANTI-MO-
- ASSOCIATION.—A public ineetin,,,, is to be held
this evening, at the Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, for the
purpose of forming a District Committee in that locality
to act in connexion with the Gentral Committee oeditch only
the above s
been
Association. If the young men of Shor fol-
low, on this occasion, the example which has alway
set them by their fathers, the Friends of Free Trade will
be greatly indebted to them for their noble exertions.
M. Bubini left Bordeaux again for Madrid on the 23d
inst. The whole proceeds of the concert at which be
sang were given, according to the intention we have 411.
=weed, for the benefit of tin poor of the town.

LORD DE GREY'S VISIT THE.: TIEEATRa
nant p
Hawkinsoesueeet, yesterdayaid his first
l.laE -
DUBLIN, OCT. 29.—The Lord Lieute:
visit to the Theatre Royal, every
pevaerntingrn.
sTEhxerehloleunscey,w
box appropriated for the Vice-regal
east half-pmaestlyseerval‘en, cusped incusped the
party, aesd was re-
ceived with general acclamation. He was attired in the
costume of a general officer, and was attended by
lowing members of his household :—LordAberd.our, the
Simpson, Capt.
Hon. A. Cole, A.D.C., Col. t;lie fol-
:Park,san
Comptroller, and Capt. Williams, Master of the Horse:.
The performances selected for the occasion were, the
comedy of As You Like It, and the LOtteiy Ticket.
It soon became apparent that the house was packed
with Orangemen, and it has since transpired that the
members of the lodges were brought together by circulars,
issued yesterday. The " Kentish fire, the favourite
mode of Orange rejoicing, was raised soon after the
first act, and the faction became more boisterous as the
play proceeded. A number of persons in the pit cheered:
for " the new Lord Mayor," but this attempt at a counter
demonstration only increased the fury of the Orange--
men, and during the remainder of the evening little else
could be heard but the repeated rounds of the "Kentish
fire," and the yellings of the Orangemen for "Peel,
Stanley, and Lyndhurst." During the afterpiece the
house presented a disgusting scene of uproar and tumult.
The Lord-Lieutenant (who is evidently a weak man in
the hands of bad advisers) gave open countenance to
the factious display of the Orangenien. His Excellency
rose repeatedly and bowed his acknowledgments to the
Kentish firemen. Looking at this most discreditable
exhibition, in which the Queen s representative took so
prominent a part, one is astonished at the total absence
of all reserve upon the part of his Excellency. The
Orangemen raised their flag over the box occupied by Lord
Had dinton i n. 1835, for which Sir R. Peel some years after
denounced them as " vagabonds," but the scene last
night was a much more scamlalous display of faction,
and. Lord de Grey, unlike Lord Haddington, openly par-
ticiated in the exhibition. When ,the Orangemen in the
pit quari'elled with some dissenting :fe- iberals, his Excel-
lency laughed aloud. In fact, the hole se resembled an
uproarious Orange lodge, with the Lord Xieutenant pre-
siding as Grand Master.
The Times of Thursday says—" Earl de Grey seems
to have alighted upon Ireland like the bird or calm upon
a tempestuoussea. If the writer of this flummery had
been in the theatre last night he would have seen -Lord
de Grey more like a bird of storm amidst the tempe:'st of
party fury.
The Tory papers do not attempt to deny the Orange-
manifestations, but pretend that it was the result of an
attempt to get up " a cheer for O'Connell, the new Lord
Mayor." The Evening Mail says—
, " The utmost decorum and good order. prevailed until
the cheer-for O'Connell was raised ; and our readers
can best form their opinions from the extracts we, sub-
join from the three papers published this morning."
The Evening Mail, being the organ of the Orange
• party, does not deny, but glories in the manifestation.
The following are the extracts quoted by the Mail
' (From Saunders's ll'ews Letter.)
The comedy proceeded, and was heard with the utmost.
attention, except on one occasion, when an individual in
the gallery, indulging himself by calling for a cheer for
the new Lord Mayor, led to a decisive demonstration,
that put an end to all opposition.
Silence was not as well pre.s.erved during the farce; for,
from the impatience of so long-continued a pressure, and,
the desire to manifest the opinions of the great majorityof
the audience, the afterpieco was not heard. The perform-
ances were so much shorter than usual, that when his Ex.--
cellency left the State box, which he did amid similar•
demonstrations to those which greeted him on his en-
trance, no carriage was in waiting, A delay of nearly
half an hour occurred, and during that period a large
crowd collected around the theatre. The Noble Earl
left at twenty minutes to eleven o'clock'/or the Vice-royal
Lodge, loudly cheered by those present.
No Lord Mayor attended in his official capacity, Sir
J. K. James being now
.funetus officio, and his suc-
cessor, under the recent Act of Parliament, not being
yet appointed. •
(From the Freeman's Journal.)
The first act of the play passed off quietly enough,.
but the confusion for which the greater part
of the audience came prepared, soon after com-
menced, and went on increasing in violence to the
end. One loud and hearty cheer, which com-
pletely set the Kentish fire at defiance, was raised for
O'Connell, the new Lord Mayor of Dublin ;" but
during the rest of the evening the Liberal portion of the
audience seemed to enjoy the scene with perfect good
humour, occasionally laughing heartily at the disgraoeful
exhibition of the Orange . faction. The afterpiece was
the,Lottery Ticket, but the yelling and Kentish fire had;
by this time, risen to such a pitch that this portion of the•
performance passed off in pantomime. The seats of the
pit were invaded by a general rush, and amidst the
screams of females, and the confusion of crushing and
skirmishing in various parts of the house, a scene which
we must designate as in the highest degree disgraceful
took place. When the national air of "Patrick's Day"
was played, after " God save the Queen," it was quite
drowned in the yells and Kentish fire. His Excellency •
appeared to enjoy the whole proceedings very much, and
repeatedly rose to acknowledge the greetings of the
Kentish-firemen. Among the shouts which were re-
spended to by these factious demonstrators, during the
evening, were those of "Stanley," "Peek" "
ton," with several others, which, in the hideous urroar,
it was impossible to catch.
(From the Morning Register.)
His Excellency arrived at the house about half-past
seven o'clock, attended by an escort of Dragoons, and
was received by Mr. Calcraft, who attended him to the
Vice-regal box. The entrance of his Lordship was the
signal for one of the most uproarious party demonstra-
tions every witnessed within the walls of. a theatre_
" Peel's vagabonds" were truly in a most glorious mood;
they shrieked, they shouted, they yelled ; and when
sheer exhaustion compelled them to a cessation from
their vocal labours, they had recourse to the Kentish fire,
with repeated rounds of which they closed their welcome
of his Lordship. His Excellency bowed and smiled, and
bowed again, in recognition of the compliments showered
upon him ; but when in the course of the evening the
scene became more noisy and offensive to the feelings of
those not belonging to the party with which the house
was packed, his Excellency laughed outright—even a
row in the pit, under his Excellency's box, resulting from
the insufferable conduct of his admirers, did not induce
him to adopt a course less calculated to encourage those
ebullitions of party feeling. They shouted for Peel—
they shouted for Stanley—they shouted for Wellington
and Lyndhurst.
FAILURE OF THE HARVEST.
The monthly report for the counties of Waterford,
Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Wexford, gives the following
alarming account of the harvest:—" The results to a vast
portion of our agricultural population are, we regret to
say, calamitous in the extreme; so much so, that we feel
bound, notwithstanding our conviction of the impolicy
and iniquity of any restrictions upon the corn-trade, to
cry out loudly for some measure restrictive of exporta-
tion as a protection against the ordeal of famine and
its concomitant disease, with which otherwise our people
will have to contend before the next harvest sets in.
In the best limestone lands, and on the driest soils,
potatoes are a bad crop, deficient in quantity, and
most inferior in quality, while in the moorland and
wet soils there never was a more appalling failure,
as
snyit ialtogether unfit
for nd t
human quarter of the civi-
lised world, save unfortunate Ireland. The digging out
of this crop lia4 now commenced generally throughout
the country, unfavourable though the state of the soil
be for this important operation, ang serious apprehen-
sions are entertained, should the rain continue, as to the
great difficulty of harvesting any portion of it in a sound
condition. The corn-crop generally has been gathered
as
tnthrniece
fields,trs.
thereb someot,ha
are
ene
quan-
titiesx t
stack e n-ashinorinei
swarth,
,siant
rr i:seairsd,
sins unsatisfactorytimll oruotnttianign on
ledryoivuuyelaedlhistabtyivrleil
none:,
ertnii.hpokeemn,
ooaoawnrtdene and,
toahn cfnraedonopuwrfiiessreeh,ganea‘n,eneevdrear seeniti
generally
samplesb the be reaped.
most oflovianhtfisecTrhailnoi
'shillings per barrel in the market. Barley, as to pro-
duce, is an average crop, but it is of rather discoloured
and damp quality. Wheat 'has fully justified the opi-
nions which were expressed by us in our last report,
and, as to produce, has turned out a highly remunerative
crop, and, generally speaking, of very fair quality. A
vast portion of the late-mown hay crop is fit only for the
dungheap.'
THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN AND THE
BARONETCY.
We have seen a letter from London, which states that
the greatest anxiety prevails- amongst the friends of the
outgoing Lord Mayor, Alderman Johnson, and the
Lord Mayor elect, Alderman Pirie, as to the theßoyal -
couchement—for in the event of the Queen blessing
nation with a Prince before the 9th of November, the
present Lord Mayor would be entitled to the baronetcy;
. but should this auspicious event take place subsequent to
the 9th of November, Alderman Piriee as the Lordi
o ur know
bl
Mayor of London, would obtain the elevation. _ The
writer, in conclusion, observes, that Mr. O'Connell,as
Lord,Mayor of Dublin, and the first Catholinctioseed for
ages, would, in despite of the enemy, e_
what would he the .feelings of the Rig
receive a honour. We should
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di..
Baronet the First Lord of the Treasukg
ructions at Me Ina nailer-office fur
sma mg out the letters
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CONICS
- SIITUWBECN •Oli• KINGSTON,
mana.--The
hull of a very large vessel, keel upwards,. was, on Sun-
' day morning lakt, driven on the rocks in Kingston har-
bour, Dublin.= Morning g
of the crew were found alongside the wreck ; but owing
bome on the, coast of Connemara, and the bodies of three
to the position of the vessel, her name could-not be dis-
covered. The cargo consisted of timber and deals. It
is supposed that the vessel had capsized during the storm
of ti'l3 preceding night. The Admiralty having given
their order to Mr. Duggan, he has taken possession of the
wreck, and is storing the cargo.—Freeman's Journal.

PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—Last night, as Mr.
Samuel Ewen, of South-place, Finsbury-square, was
standing on the covered floating barge at the London-
bridge Wharf, 'waiting the arrival of the City of Canter-
bury steamer from Margate, he was unfortunately pre-
cipitated into the river, the tide at the time running
strong ; and although a good swimmer, yet being en-
cumbered with his great coat, and the night being dark,
he was almost immediately sucked under the vessel, and
was given up for lost, when one of the wherries put off to his
assistance, and succeedc darter sometime in rescuing him
fr. in his peri'ous situation, although in an exhaused s'ate.
From the very frequent and fatal accidents which have
occurred of late at these landing places, we suggest that
I a rail for the protection of the public ought immediately
to be erected round each of the floating piers, both above
and below bridge, leaving a convenient space only suffi-
cient to pass to and from the steamers.