The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissierce EVANs.)
IN RE J. W. SMYTH, D.D.
This nso'vent, who is a clergyman, laely r;'.,,idlng at
Erkh, cathe up fa. protection. Tho insolv:•rt is also
perpetual curate of a palish in Devonshire.
- The schedule showed debti to the =cunt of 5,7841.,
and no assets.
The insolvent was supported by Mr. Cooke, and op-
posed by Mr. Buchanan, on behalf of sixteen creditors,
on several grounds, the principal of which were, that he
had been insolvent in 1840, and had not inserted his old
debts in the Fehrdule, not having paid any dividuid ;
that he had dealt largely in accommodation hills ; dist
he had fraudulently obtained a carriage, plate, money,
and goods on a false representation ; that he had bought.
the living of Erith for 7,0001., and had fraudulently dis-
posed of the same ; and that he had kept a clerical
agency office in Lincoln's but ha l not filed his
books and papers.
Mr. BUCHANAN proceeded to examine the insolvent,
and he elicited in the first few questions that the insol-
vent had deposited goods, no account of which appeared
on the schedule.
The Learned COMMBSIONER said it was impossible he
could entertain the petition when a full disclosure had
not been made.
Mr. COOKE said the insolvent was perfectly willing to
pay 1001. a year, and take his protection from time to
time, so long as the payments were made. He thought
this would be much more beneficial to the creditors
than pursuing the opposition.
Mr. BUCHANAN, having consulted several of his clients,
said that the offer was spurned with contempt ; it was
only adding insult to injury to make such an offer.
Mr. CooKE said that no doubt the creditors were very
grand people, to show so much contempt.
Several creditors said they had been shamefully vic-
timised, and quite " a scene" took place, which was only
ended by the interference of the Commissioner.
Mr. COOKE said the insolvent must go to prison, and
pass the Insolvent Court.
Mr. BUCHANAN said that was the proper Court to be
applied to in such a case.
After an angry altercation between the insolvent and
his creditors,
The Learned COMMISSIONER said, as the insolvent's
offer was rejected, he must dismiss the petition.

CLERKENIVELL.—(THIS DAY.)
A young man, with a strongly marked Jewish coun-
tenance, who gave the name of Joseph Miles, was charged
by George Keit, an officer of the detective force, with
adopting the following ingenious plan for picking
pockets :--

The prisoner carried a bag, similar to that used by
Jew clothesmen, over his right arm, and when he wished
to experimentalise on the pockets of a passenger he
spread the mouth of the bag out so as to completely
conceal his whole arm and hand, and then through a
hole in the side of it, he had a❑ opportunity of using his
hand with the greatest ease and facility. The constable
saw him try this " move," as he termed it, upon about
twenty different persons in the City-road.
The prisoner protested, with a multitude of " flash "
expletives, that he never had a lock and key turned on
him in his life.

The constable not being able to swear to a previous
conviction against the prisoner,
Mr. CO3IBE discharged him, after a caution.

FRUIT DT WEIGIIT.—Within the present season
the plan of selling apples, pears, and some other de-
scription of vegetables by weight, instead of by measure,
has come extensively into operation in many parts of
the eastern districts of the metropolis. The plan appears
to give more satisfaction to the consumer, on account of
its ensuring him always an uniform quantity in his
purchase. It is the usual method of selling fruit in
Scotland.

BRIGHTON, OCT. 7.—The Marquis of Camden has
taken a mansion in Kemp Town ; his Excellency the
Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer have taken
No. 11, Brunswick terrace ; Lady Joddrell has taken
No. 2, Brunswick. terrace ; Lord and Lady Willoughby
de Eresby are expected on the 15th ; the Earl of Cork
and the Countess Dungarvon and family arrived yester-
day at the Norfolk Hotel ; Lady Mary Hoare has ar-
rived at the Bedford Hotel ; the Dowager Countess of
Chichester has arrived at No. 25, Brunswick-terrace ;
Lady Lygon remains at the Norfolk Hotel ; the Countess
of I)undonald has arrived at Junction House ; Mr.

Raikes Currie, M.P., has taken No. 8, Eastern-terrace.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.—
The President, Vice-President, and Council of this So-
ciety held a couverzatione on yesterday evening, at the
Society's rooms, 17, Bloomsbury-square. The attendance
was extremely numerous, and among the visitors were
Professor Rose, of Berlin, Michael Faraday, Esq., and
several other distinguished chemists. The library and
lecture-room were opened for the reception of the com-
pany, and were ornamented with a selection of rare
plants and a variety of philosophical apparatus. Among
the objects which attracted most interest were several

living specimens of the coccus cacti, or cochineal insect ;
a working model of Mowbray's patent fixed•air safety
whistle ; a magnificent galvano•magnetic apparatus, and
various applications of the gutty percha, or new elastic
gum. The company did not separate until after eleven
o'clock.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The first meeting for
the autumn season was held on Tuesday afternoon, at
the rooms of the Society, in Regent-street, when the
chair was taken by R. W. Burcbard, Esq. The exhibition
was particularly rich in fruit, there being no less than nine
distinct varieties of pines from Mr. Wilmot, of Isleworth,
the smallest of which, an Antigua pine, weighed about
41b. 9oz. Amongst other specimens there was a Queen
from the Rev. Mr. Thorneycraft, weighing 91b. 140 z.,
and so successful was this department of the collection
considered, that a silver-gilt medal, the prize, the highest
in value which these meetings can confer, was given to
Mr. Wilmot, and a large silver medal to Mr. Hewitt,
besides two other prizes. From Mr. Hardy was also a
singular exhibition or a new melon, called the boa con-
strictor melon, a hybrid between the snake cucumb, r
and some esteemed variety of the former species. Oxas
of the most interesting subjects brought before the meet-
ing was the exhibition of grapes, of which no less than
six sets were exhibited, and on which it was observed by
Dr. Lindley, that were the seasons to be as congenial as
the last, the extensive cultivation of this fruit would be
an object of consideration in this country, the specimen
in question having been obtained in the open air. The
plants from the gardens contained several new and in-
teresting specimens, the result orthe society's recent ex-
plorations in China. In addition to the prizes previously
announced, a large silver medal was given to Mr. Ray,
and a silver Knightian medal to Mr. Rollison, for their
collections of orchidaceous plants ; in addition to which
seven Banksian medals and three certificates of merit
were distributed.
The Cobden Tribute Fund now amounts to
74,345/. At the meeting of the committee on Tuesday,
it was stated that a day or two ago Sir Charles Tempest,
of Broughton-hall, Skipton, was in a shop, when the
proprietor, Mr• Agnew, said he would show the portrait
of " a great man." This was Cobden; and Sir Charles
admitted that he was indeed a great man, and said he
was glad the country was doing something for him. lie
as willing, he said, to contribute his mite, and begged
Mr. Agnew to accept a 501. note for the fund, observing
that Mr. Cobden had rendered great services to agricul-
ture. He (Sir Charles) was an agriculturist himself,
but he did not care who knew his opinions. Mr. Cobden
has left the Pyrenees for Spain. He would proceed in
the first place to Madrid, where he intended to remain
about a fortnight. He proposes, it is said, returning to
the Pyrenees, and it is not improbable that he may after-
wards proceed to Italy.
BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—FOT some time past
the want of a mechanical engineering institution having
been greatly felt, it was suggested by a number of influ-
ential men in the profession, that an institution devoted
to mechanical pursuits should be established. In accord-
ance with that suggestion this afternoon a meeting, con-
vened by circular, took place at the Queen's Hotel, to
consider the expediency of forming a Mechanical
Engineers' Association, with a view the better to enable
mechanics and engineers engaged in the different manu-
factories, railways, and other establishments in the
kingdom, to meet and correspond, and by a mutual in-
terchange of ideas respecting improvements in the
various branches of mechanical science, to increase their
knowledge, and give an impulse to inventions likely to
be useful to the world. Shortly after two o'clock Mr.
M'Connell, superintendent of the locomotive department
of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, was called to
the char. Resolutions tending to carry out the obj,ct
of the meeting were then unanimously carried, after
which the company separated.
AFFRAY WITH SMUGGLERS.—On Tuesday after-
noon last a bailiff, in the employ of Mr. John Drew, of
Wold Farm, West Haddingfield, on entering a rustic
lodge, situate in the midst of the extensive plantations
known as the Welthorpe Fells, discovered six nine-
gallon kegs filled with some description of liquor, stowed
away in a corner of the building. The- bailiff Lave in-
formation to the police, and Sergeant Walters, of the
local force, attended by a constable and an excise officer,
accompanied the bailiff to the place indicated. On
broaching the kegs, the exciseman pronounced the con-
tents to he foreign brandy, and, from the appearance
of the kegs, no doubt existgd of their having been smug-
gled. The constables and excise officer determined upon
watching theidlondigghet, atnhdeytoohkeatrhdeiar mveehasieulreesaapcperoeradei
hnginlyg-;
afterwards three men entered the lodge and
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commenced carrying out the kegs, upon which Sergeant
Walters and his two assistants rushed from their con-
cealment and endeavoured to capture the party. The
othe men
During the strug-
gle smugglers attempted to escape, but the officers
f
were secured, but the third es closed
with them, and, after a sharpeapsterdu.gge
the vehicle brought by the smugglers was driven
off, and on entering the lodge after the affray, the
officers, to their surprise, d. An attempt was made toiscovered that the whole of
the kegs had been removed
the district magistrate, and
were examined yesterday by
trace the vehicle without success. The captured men
fully committed. One of the men is well known in the
the other
neighbourhood for his poaching propensities;
is a stranger.
We find the following floating about the great sea
what have you
of newspapers :—" Misther, Misther !
done ?" said a little fellow with protruding
eyes, to . a
greenhorn, who had just tied his horse tto a Spruce pole,
as he thought, on the street. " Dune !" said the fellow,•
" what do you mean ? I haint bin doin' nothin' as I
knows on !" " Why, yeth you have, thin , you've
hitched your hoth to the magnetic telegraph, and you'll
be in Bothton in leth than two minutes if you don't look
out !" The man untied his horse with nervous anxiety,
and, umping into his waggon, drove hastily down the
street.—American pupa.. _

AN UNSOPHISTICATED WITNESS.—During the
sessions at Wakefield, a witness was asked if he was not
a husbandman, when he hesitated for a moment, than
coolly replied, amid the laughter of the court, " Nu., sir,
J.'se not married."

THE U NIT ED

STATES.

L LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
By the packet-ship Yorkshire, CAptain Bailey,
which arrived in the Me; Bey this inornirpj from New
York, after a fine run of twenty days, we have re-
ceived advices from that city of the 16th ultimo.
The Yorkshire also brought a considerable number
of passengers, and during the passage encountered
very severe weather.
These navices, though but one day later than thou
received by the last Halifax steamer, communicate a
mass of interesting details concerning the movement
of the United States forces. The reult of Santa
Anna's return to the Government of Mexico upon
the r,lations of the country with the United States,
Nvouhl appear to remain still entirely doubtful. The
tone of the American journals world eon to indicate
however, a less confident belief that pacific effecus
were to follow.
The details received from the United States force
in Cahahuila possess considerable interest. The ut-
most activity prevailed at Camargo in the dispatch
of the troops en route to the interior. All the regu-
lars, with the exception of one regiment, had left the
depot ; and General Taylor, according to the latest
dispatches received at Washington, expected to make
a further advance with the volunteers by the Ist of
September at the latest. General Wallis's brigade
had left on the 22d of August, with orders to ad-
vance
towards Monterey as far as the village of
China, and to remain there until further advised.
The reports made to General Taylor as re-
gards the state of the roads were very unfavourable.
Colonel Hays, who with his regiment had succes-
sively visited the towns of San Fernando and China,
lying in the route, returned on the 26th of August
to Camargo, and reported to the Commander-in-

Chief that the advancing troops, baggage, &c., would
encounter many difficulties, and the men experience
great fatigue, from the rugged nature of the
ground over which the route lay. Nothing like a
military road, or one affording easy transit for armed
bodies, from Camargo to Monterey, indeed, existed.
From San Fernando to China, a distance of 109
miles, Colonel Hays found the road exceedingly un-
even, and occasionally precipitous, ascending and de-
scending huge hills, thickly covered with jungle and
chaparral, and brushwood interlacing, so as to render
the pioneers' labour indispensable. During his march
he had visited all the ranchos or farms, which studded
the country in profusion, but the most profound
tranquillity reigned throughout.
The accounts with regard to the Mexican force
still remain indefinite and meagre. A report was in
circulation at Matamoras that a party of American
adventurers had taken possession of Monterey with-
out encountering resistance.
From other quarters on the Mexican frontier the
accounts published in the newspapers are of no mo-
ment. The advices received from St. Louis, how-

ever, express fears that General Kearney's command
would fall short of supplies. The Indians were car-
rying on a system of depredation against the traders.
It is stated in some of the letters published in the

journals that they had offered their services to
the Mexican commandant at Santa F 6, to harass
the army. This statement has not since been con-

firmed.

From the Pacific there is no further intelligence.
The United States ship Columbus was expected on

:he coast of California.
The internal affairs of the United States are en-
tirely unimportant. Mr. Bancroft was expected to

leave New York for London by the Great Western,
on the Bth of October. Mr. M'Lane had had an
audience with the President at Washington. We
learn from St Louis that two Mormon spies had been
shot by the anti-Mormon mob at Nauvoo. This, it
is feared, is the commencement of a sanguinary con-
flict between these factions.

The ship Eben Preble, from this port to New
Orleans, had been lost near Key West on the 27th of
August. The ship on that day struck on the Double-
headed Shot Keys, causing her to leak very badly,
and in attempting to reach Key West the leak in-
creased, and the officers and crew were obliged to
abandon her with eight feet of water in her hold.
They were taken off by the brig Harriet, of Port-
land, Captain Collogan, from Havannah for Philadel-
phia, and afterwards but narrowly escaped ship-
wreck on board the vessel in a storm off Cape Hat-
teras. The Eben Preble was afterwards taken into
Key West by the wreckers.

From Canada we have accounts to the 14th ult.
They are entirely unimportant.

OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the Washington Union.)
The last mails bring no very late intelligence from
the army on the Rio Grande. The last dispatches from
General Taylor state, that the army will be on the ad-
vance for Monterey by the Ist of September, at the
latest—perhaps several days earlier. The country
begins to be impatient for action. The heroes of the
Bth and 9th of May displayed such energies on those
memorable occasions as could not but encourage the
most sanguine expectations of a prompt and vigorous
campaign. " Old Rough and Ready" has become the
sobriquet of the Commanding General. We hope that
he will realise the character to the end of the chapter.
The General who leads an army into an enemy's country,
should be full of resources—" self-balanced, self-centred'
—susceptible of the highest enthusiasm—capable of im-
parting it to all his followers—bold as well as active--
confident of himself—exerting every means, and employ-
ing secondary substitutes according to the circumstances
in which he may be placed. Such, we hope, w ill prove
to be the course of the brave commander and the gal-
lant officers with whom he is associated. General Tay-
lor, it is now understood, has the means of transporta-
tion in his hands--mules as well as waggons. We hope
soon to hear of his rapid marches, and his victorious
progress.
One rumour has lately prevailed, for which we learn
there is no sort of foundation. It came in the shape of a
letter from Matamoras, about the 18th of August, and
was published a few days ago in the Baltimore Sun. It
states that on the preceding night 400 rancheros had
broken into the town and created some confusion; that
it was the commencement of the guerilla mode of war-
fare, &c. The whole story was unfounded. It was an
idle quiz perpetrated upon. the colonel of a volunteer
force, which betrayed him into some ridiculous blunders.
The plan of the campaign has been conceived in a
decisive spirit, and we ought not to doubt that the suc-
cess of the results will correspond with the vigour of the
design.
Some little disappointment has been felt for the failure
of two or three small naval operations in the Gulf. And
the loss of the Truxton is a source of sincere regret ;
but no official account has been received from Captain
Carpenter to explain the whole transaction. Whether
or why he reposed confidence in the strange pilot, whom
he had captured, and then whether he was betrayed by
the treachery of his guide, or whether the guide himself
was mistaken about the coast ; and what are the parti-
cular circumstances which induced him to surrender his
men at Tuxpan, and why he did not strike for some effi-
cient place of escape, if any were practicable, still re•
mains to be explained by the captain himself, whose
character has stood so fair and so high in the service of
his country. The Mexican coast on the Gulf is full of
shoals and sandbars, which are calculated to impede the
approach of our vessels, and the debarkation of our
troops, and to call forth all the circumspection of our
naval officers.

The events and prospects on the coast of California
are bright and cheering. There is reason to believe that
before this time the whole of that coast has been occu-
pied by our squadron. Monterey is certainly taken, and
Guimas, and it is certain that the Yerba. Buena, on the
bay of San Francisco, was summoned by Captain Mont-
gomery, and it is believed to have been taken without
resistance.

We met at the War Department this evening with a
captain in Colonel Stephenson's regiment. He informs
us that the troops were being paid off some months in
advance, as they were actually embarked, and that
they would certainly sail for the Pacific i❑ the course of
this week.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the New York Journal of Commerce.)

NEW YORK, SEPT. 15.

Cotton—There are reports of some large lots sold for
export, say 2,000 bales, but the exact truth is not out.
Prices steady.
Flour is rather heavy, though the sales so far as made
are at the top prices of yesterday, 1,000 bbls., half
Michigan, half Genesee, brought 4 dolls. 75c. to ship ;
500 quite good Ohio, 4 dolls. 87ic., and extra 5 dolls. ;
250 li bad N 0, 4 dolls. ; southern, 4 dolls. 62ic. to
75c.

Wheat rather heavy; rye sold at 73c and 731 c. and
for future delivery at more still; corn, no sales, and only
one small sample held at 70c.; canal oats have got up to
33c. to 34c.

Ashes, 3 dolls. 75c. and 4 dolls. 50c.; whisky, 231 e.
to 24c.

Bone, 5,0001 b. southern, at 344, to ship.
Pork firm, and bbl. lard a little better. Sales, prime,
at 6ic per lb.
There was an auction sale to day of South American
hair and hides, in good order, at very low rates.
Sterling, 9 to 91 pm.; francs, 5,284, sales.
EVENING.--The sales of cotton are probably
1,000 to 1,500 baits. Several sales were made to spin-
ners at steady prices. 10,000 bushels of rye sold at
731 e.; 2,500 barrels of Genesee flour, to arrive, at
4 dolls. 75c.

The census which has Just been talcen of the popu-
lation of the city of New York makes it to be 360,000 ;
while that ( f London and Westminster is now newly two
millions 'I
—Montreal Courier.