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No. 16,312. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EffirENING SUN, NOVEMBER 27, 1844.

PRICE sd.

OTEL and TAVERN-KEEPERS' PnOVI-
JEL DENT INSTITUTION for RELIEF of NECESSIT4 )1/5 and
AGED MEMBERS.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSUR4NCE
OFFICE, No. 21, Lombard-street, Nov. 22, 18441
The COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE
ASSURANCE do hereby give notice, that their TRANSFER
BOOKS will be SHUT from Tuesday, the 3d of December next,
to Tuesday, the 7th of January, 1845 ; that the Annual (General
Court appointed by their Charter, will be holden at their) Office,
No. 21, Lombard.street, on Wednesday, the 18th of 114.cember
next, at Twelve o'clock in the Forenoon, and that a Dividrd will
be considered of at the said Court. -
ALEX. GREEN, Secretary.

A " squeezable Administration" may look forward
with tolerable certainty to the application of " pre-
sure from without," and both its friends and its
enemies must naturally regard with some disquietude
the probable result of the squeezing process. It is
one proof of the more firm and stable character of
the present Government, that the one point to which
men's minds seem just now to he directed, is, " What
taxes are likely to be taken off ?"' People hive left
off talking of" organic changes ;" the Chartists are
almost extinct ; the " suffrage movement" moves not ;
even the League is content to " look to the regis-
tration," and to anticipate great things from the
Revising Barristers' Courts of October, 184.5 ; no-
thing, in short, is now heard of, in the way of
politics, but questions of finance and trade--Bra-
zilian sugar, the New Zealand Company, or the
German Zollverein. And, as to Parliament, as we
have already observed, the chief thing people seem to,
expect or desire at its hands, is, the passing of a good
many railway Bills and the remission of a few of the
taxes. Now, on the latter point, we are not going to
dispute any proposition so entirely self-evident as that
all taxes, in themselves, are " atrocious," " abomin-
able," and, above all, exceedingly unpleasant. But
while all this is undeniable, the Government, be it
Whig or Tory, may safely plead in its own excuse
that it is called to administer the affairs of a nation
which has undertaken in various ways to pay about
fifty millions per annum ; and that one of its first
duties evidently is, to see that means are found to
meet this great annual liability. Hence it follows,
that as the revenue, only lately recovered from the
effects of 'Whig quackery, exhibits but a certain
moderate surplus, that remission of taxation for which
r people are so eagerly looking can take place only
within the limits so marked out. Do men gene-
rally desire the termination of the property-tax ?
If they do, then are they not acting irrationally
in assembling together in great numbers, to call
for the remission of the duty on cotton, upon tea,
and upon various other things now talked of?
So much so, that we cannot help considering a
meeting called to petition for the remission of this or
that duty, to be, in effect, a meeting for the con-
tinuance of the property-tax. We do not for an in •
stant question the desirableness of the remission of the
duty on raw cotton, on malt, or on tea. Nor can it
be denied that' the duty on insurances is one of a most
objectionable character. Of all the various modes of
internal taxation, this, perhaps, is the very worst.
Now, we have no manner of doubt that it would give
the greatest satisfaction to the Government;' as well as
widely extend their popularity, were it in their power
to propose the extinction of, or a large reduction in,
all these duties. But they must not, and they will
not, follow in the steps of the Whigs, by reducing
duties for popularity's sake, until the revenue proves
inadequate to meet the public engagements, and a
gradual but constant increase is obliged to be made in
the nation's debt. What we desire, then, to urge
upon all petitioners for, and all talkers about, these
expected reductions of various duties, is, first to settle
what they would have done with the property-tax.
If they mean to expect its entire extinction, then it is
perfectly unreasonable to look for anything beyond
that. But if they are content to keep the property-
tax, provided the tax on cotton, on malt, or on tea is
got rid of, then they ought very plainly and explicitly ,
to say so.

PATRON—His Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIE.GE.
The SIXTII ANNIVERSARY DINNER of this INSTIVIITION
will take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, ory Tunas
DAT NBxT, 28th instant.

ca,V.SFISWACI
MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

Mr. Alderman JOHN JOHNSON in the Chair.

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Dinner at Five o'clock precisely.
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ESTERN
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uSCIENI:IFIC
INSTIPATRON—THE QUEEN.
To-Morrow Evening, at Ilalf.past Eight o'clock, Dr. KII ENAN
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the principles of Professor LIEBIGN work on Organic Chemiq try and
Physiology to the subject of Popular Education, Diet, &c.
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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE A6‘Uit.
ANCE SOCIETY,
1 26, CORNUILL, LONDON.

Capital .f. 1500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the &dotty has
enabled the Directors, at the last ananal investigation declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts Inv On each
Polley effected on the Profit scale.

NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL to MR. ROW-
LAND HILL, AUTHOR of the PENNY POSTAGE.
Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart., Chairman and Treasurer.
The amount collected exceeds 10,0001.
This subscription will be closed on SATURDAY NEXT, the
30th November. The name of every Subscriber will be forwarded
to Mr. Hill, and lists will be published and given to Subscribers on
application to the Secretary.
The following Bankers receive subscriptions
Messrs. Barnett, Hoares and Co., 62, Lombard-street
Messrs. Bouverle and Co., 11, Haymarket,
Messrs. Cunlifl'es, Brooks, and Co. 24, Lorntard-street.
Roger Cunliffe, Esq., 24, Bucklersbury.
Messrs. Curries and Co., 29, Cornhill.
Messrs. Drewitt and Fowler, Princes-street, Bank.
Messrs. Hanbury, Taylor, and Co., 89, Lombard-street.
Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., 43, Lothbury.
Messrs. Masterman and Co., 35, Nicholas.lane.
Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., 82, Threadneedle.street.
Messrs. Robarts and Co., 15, Lombard-street.
Messrs. Rogers and Co., 29, Clement's-lane.
Messrs. Stone, Martin, and Co., 68, Lombard-street.
Messrs. Twinings and Ce., 216, Strand.
Messrs. Strahan and Co., 218, Strand.
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; 4, Stratford-place,
Oxferd.street ; 9, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; 913, High Hol.
born ; 3, Wellington-street, Borough ; and 97, Whiteshapel
High-street.
London and County Banking Company, 71, Lonabard.street.
The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street,
London Joint Stock Bank, Princes-street.
Postage Stamps, Post-office Orders, &c., sent to the Secretary,
Mr. George Wansey, solicitor, 8, Moorgate.street, will be duly ac.
knowledged,

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BAT HS and WASH-HOUSES for the
LABOURING CLASSES.—To ENGINEERS, ARCHI-
TECTS, and Others.—The COMMITTEE of WORKS are de-.
'irons to obtain PLANS and ESTIMATES for tho ERECTION
and FITTING-UP of the FIRST ESTABLISHMENT.

The general basis of the plan can be ascertained on application
at the office any day after Tomorrow, 20th November instant, be.
tween Eleven and Twelve o'clock.
The plans and estimates for the same must be delivered to me be.
fore Four o'clock on Saturday, 28th December next.
The name and address of the author of each plan to be written
on its right-hand lower corner.

The drawings to be simply in outline.
The author of the plan considered the best by the Committee of
Works will be selected to execute the work on his giving satis-
factory referenees, and finding adequate security not to exceed his
estimate. By order,
GEORGE STONHOUSB GRIFFITH,
No. t, Crosby-square. Assistant Secretary.

BOROUGH OF BURY SAINT EDMUNDS.
LONDON AND NORWICH DIRECT
RAILWAY THROUGH BURY SAINT EDMUNDS
AND THETFORD.

At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Bury Saint
Edmunds, duly convened by the Mayor, and held at the Guildhall
of the said Borough on Saturday, the 23d of November, 1844,

The MAYOR in the Chair.
Resolved,—That in accordance with' the Resolution of the
meeting of the Western Division of the County of Suffolk, held at
the Shire Hall, on Wednesday, the 18th of September last, It is the
opinion of this meeting, that the London and Norwich Direct
Railway, proceeding from the Norwich and Brandon line at Thet-
ford, through Bury Saint Edmunds, to join the Northern and
Eastern Railway at Stanstead, is best adapted to the interests of
this town and neighbonrhood ; and that the other projected lines
in connexion with this Borough, are not only uncalled for, but
injurious.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT A BRICK-KlLN.—Yester-
day evening Mr. Baker held an inquest, at the London
Hospital, on the body of Jeremiah Cray, aged thirty-
five years.
Mr. William Webb, of No. 10, Albion-road, Dalston,
tailor, deposed that about nine o'clock on Thursday
night, whilst at supper with his family, he was alarmed
by hearing cries of distress pro ceeding from a field at
the rear of his house. He immediately went out and
discovered the deceased standing with his arms out-
stretched, having the whole of his clothes in a complete
blaze from head to feet, and calling for " God's sake to
help him." Witness, with the assistance of a policeman
and a young man, dragged the burning remnants off his
body till he was completely naked. Witness then took
eff his own coat and wrapped it over deceased, and with
assistance he was carried to a chemist's shop in Queen's-
row, from whence he was subsequently conveyed in a
cab to the above Hospital, but, owing to the density of
the fog, nearly three hours elapsed before they reached
that establishment. The deceased, whilst in the chemist's
shop, was quite sensible, and said that htving had a
penny given him he bought some potatoes, and had pro-
ceeded to the brick-kiln, near which he was found, fix
the purpose of roasting them, when he was overpowered
by the vapour, and, falling asleep, his clothes becaaib
ignited. He further stated that he had no home of•
friends, being quite destitute. •
The house-surgeon said the deceased, when admitted
was burned in a most dreadful manner. He lingered unti
the next morning Verdict—" Accidental death."
SUICIDE IN A STATION-HOUSE.—Yesterday afternoot
Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Chequers, Tuthill.
street, Westminster, on the body of Sarah Ed.usalV. aged 34, who destroyed herself in the New-way stationE
house of the B division, on the night of Saturday last. !
Abraham Wright, police-constable 99 B, deposed that
about a quarter before eleven o'clock on the night of Sal
turday last he took her to the station-house, and
charged her with being drunk and disorderly. She was
locked up, as she had been before hundreds of times;
To the best of his belief deceased had been drunk for the
last seven weeks, and she told him herself that she had
not been in bed for three weeks. She occasionally
worked at the Nag's Ileid, and during the interval of
the house being closed and the opening in the morning
she wouldke goa and sit on the pavementim the Almonry
and smo pipe.
William Glimpson, police-constable 163 B, stated that
he locked the deceased up in the cell of the station-hou:e
shortly before eleven o'clock. On visiting her at a
quarter before twelve he found her hanging by her apron
from the top of the door which leads from the cell into
the yard. He cut her down instantly, and she was at
once conveyed to Westminster Hospital, where bleeding
was attempted, but without effect,as she was quite dead,
Verdict—The deceased hung herself whilst in a state
of intoxication.

That a memorial to the above effect be prepared for signa.
ture, and that the Members for the Western Division of this
County, and the Members of the Borough, be requested to ac-
company a deputation, far the purpose of presenting it to her
Majesty's Board of Trade; and that they be a'so requested to give,
in Parliament, to " the London and Norwich Direct Railway,"
their strenuous and undivided support.

On the motion of F. K. EAGLE, Esq., seconded by Captain
HUBBARD, R.N., it:was also resolved unanimously—That the thanks
of the meeting be given to the Mayor for his readiness in con-
vening the meeting, and for his able and impartial conduct in the
Chair. JOSEPH HANBY HOLMES, Town Clerk.

IT follows from the recent investigations of the
British Association for the Advancement of Science, as
reported in the Athenreum of October 19, that the quantity of
light furnished by one pound of PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES
requires for its production four pounds of ordinary tallow ones; and,
therefore, that the tamer, if at two shillings per lb., would be
exactly as economical as the latter at sixpence per lb. Now,
PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES are not sold at two shillings per
lb., but at or under One Shilling per lb.
They may be had of respectable dealers throughout the king.
dom, if care be taken to prevent any imitations being passed of as
the Patent Candles; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale
from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and
Co., Sutton street, Clerkenwell.

The increase in Scotland, according to the last return,
as compared with the previous return, is 296,630/,, and
in Ireland during the same period it is 675,0361.
With regard to the circulation of the Bank of Eng-
land, published in the same arzetle of last Friday, there
appears to be a very slight difference from the previous
week. The eircu!ation of notes in the hands of the
public
being 20,580,7501., showing an increase of about,
04,0001. The bullion, however, as in the previous re-
turn, shows an increase, the present amount in both
branches
lrnetybioeuinsgreltu4,r2n.
31,2521., which
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SUN.—The value of Consuls was the same at the close
irsl:6e2s 3 ofL the
more establishment
thant
of business this afternoon, viz., 100 i being firm. e sthe precious
Ex-
chequer Bills continued at 60s. to 625. premium ; but
New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. receded a litee,
owing to a sale made, • being 102 ; and Bank Stock
dropped to 2051.
Spanish were very dull, but did not vary in price.
The Five per Cents. brought 24 ; and the Three per
Cente., 35 to k. Portuguese Converted were 55 to 551.
Russian obtained 119 to 11941.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 5 ; Churnet
Valley, 1 ; Great South- Western (Ireland), 3; ; Great
North of England, New, 10,1 ; Birmingham, 1171 to
117 ; London and York, 4- to ; ; Midland, 7 • Newcastle
and Darlin,gton, 321; York and North Midland, 52i to
53i ; Ditto, Scarborough Branch, 21::: ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 2to ; Orleans and Bordeaux, Si ; and Paris
and Orleans, 201 to 1- premium. Direct Northern have
been i ; Eastern Counties, 11 ; Brighton, 24 ; and
Greenwich, 3 discount. Dublin and Galway were at par.
The Foreign Exchanges were exceedingly firm this
afternoon ; and on Amsterdam, Ilanaburgh, Paris, and
Trieste, bills were taken at rather higher rates.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last :
Silver Coin to Rotterdam
Silver Bars to Hamburgh 15,000 ~

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—Last evening an inquiry was
gone into before Mr. Higgs, at the Union, Jermyn-
street, to investigate the circumstances attending the
death of Edward Arthur May, Esq., aged 24, of 17,
Duke-street, St. James's, the son of Sir Stephen May,
Bart., who put a period to his existence.
The first witness examined was Charles Belzoni. the
landlord of the house, 17, Duke-street, who stated that
deceased's aunt had taken a furnished bed-room at his
house, and the deceased arrived on Friday last, having
just come from Madras. The last time witness saw him
alive was when he came home at eleven o'clock on Sun-
day night ; he asked for, and was supplied with some
bread, butter, and porter. On the following morning
deceased's cousin, Mr. Brimsley de Courcy Nixon, came
about half-past ten o'clock to call him up, when he found
the door of his room fattened on the inside. He had not
done so before. An entrance was effected by a door
which communicated with another room, and on merely
looking into the room and seeing some stains of blood
on the bed, witness immediately ran and fetched
Mr. Miller, a surgeon, who, on examination, said
he had been dead several hours. The manner of the de-
ceased gentleman was very strange, and witness was of
opinion he was not right in his mind. He was found
undressed in the bed with his throat cut, and he had
evidently inflicted the wound with the table knife, which
had been sent to him with bread and butter (the knife
was produced covered with blood). His clothes were
much the worse for wear.

THE WELLINGTON STATUE AT

GLASGOW.
On Thursday night, Mr. A. Stevenson Dalglish
was entertained at a public dinner, by the subscribers
to the Wellington Statue, recently erected in Glas-
gow, and others, " who were desirous to testify to
that gentleman the deep sense which they entertain
of the valuable services he has rendered to the city
and the west of Scotland, by the untiring zeal,
ability, perseverance, and courtesy, which he all along
displayed as Convener of the Committee of Sub-
scribers, and which so greatly contributed to bring
the undertaking to a successful completion." The
dinner took :place in the Trades' Hall, and was at,

.ended by fully three hundred gentlemen, who may
be said to have comprised the very elite f our com-
munity. The Earl of Glasgow filled the chair, sup-
ported on the right by Mr. Dalglish, the guest of
the evening, the Rev. Dr. M‘Leod, Sir James Camp-
bell, Mr. Lockhart, M.P., &c., &c.
After the usual loyal toasts, the Noble Chairman
said—lt is with the greatest pleasure that I now rise
to propose the next toast—the health of our worths.
friend and honoured and respected guest, Mr. Dal-
glish.—(Applause, which lasted for several minutes.)
Gentlemen, though the especial purpose of our meet-
ing this evening is to express our high approbation of
the conduct of Mr.lDalglish, as the Convener of the
Committee of the Wellington Statue, and to offer him
a mark of our respect and gratitude for the great ex-
ertions he has made during its progress, and until its
completion—(Hear, hear)—though this, I say, is the
avowed object of our meeting, I think we may be fairly
permitted somewhat to exceed the prescribed limit and
take a more general view of a character, which the more
it' is examined the more it will be found worthy of our
respect and admiration. Gentlemen, as Convener of the
Committee of the Wellington Statue, Mr. Dalglish had
an arduous task imposed upon him ; and no man could
possess more eminently those qualities necessary for
bringing that task to an efficient termination. The
difficulties he had to contend with were numerous,
and at times vexatious ; but he met them firmly, tern
perately, and with a conciliation and courtesy well
calculated to disarm opposition. never permitted
any adverse circumstance to discourage him in car-
rying out the object he had in view—the comple-
tion of that statue, and its erection in the most fa-
vourable site. That has been accomplished, and
though delay has occurred, which was inevitable and
unforseen, it was, we know, the result purely of ac-
cident, and still it has been erected in a shorter time
than is usually necessary for the completion of works
of this description. I beg, therefore, to propose the
health of Mr. Dalglish, our honoured guest, and from
the feelings you have already displayed, I know you
will receive it in the manner it so well deserves. (The

A letter signed by the deceased was produced, di-
rected to the Custom-house agent, to clear his luggage
from the barque Mary Anne, by which he arrived from
Madras.

Robert Jaques, captain of the barque Mary Anne,
said, from his conduct at Madras and during the voyage,
it was evident he was not right in his head. =He was
dismissed from the Madras army by the sentence of a
general court-martial. He was very melancholy during
the voyage.
Brinsley de Courcy Nixon, of: 20, Holles-street, Ca-
vendish-square, a cousin of deceased, said he was for-
merly a Lieutenant in the Hon. East India Company's
army of Madras. He dined with witness on Sunday,
when he appeared to have a very wild, vacant, and rest-
less look.

The jury returned a verdict of "Insanity."

INCREASE OF THE VALUE OF SALMON FISIIINGS ON
TILE TWEED.—The fishings on the Tweed at Eden-
mouth, belonging to John Waldie, Esq., of llendersyde
Park, and which not many years ago only brought the
annual rent of 21/, have been let within these few days
to Mr. Scruton, in the county of Durham, for 210/,
being an increase of 1891. per annum. From this ex-
traordinary rise of rent some idea may be formed of the
anxiety manifested by sporting gentlemen to secure the
right of fishing for salmon in the Tweed, and enjoy an
amusement which attracts many distinguished indivi-
duals to our locality during the season for angling.—
Kelso Chronicle.

The Refuge for the Houseless Poor, which has
been opened for several years in the City, will be ready
for the reception of objects. as soon as the severe weather
shall have set in. It is 00 practice of the Committee to
throw open the doors of three asylums for houseless
poor in the City of London at the latter end of Novem-
ber. It is but fair to state, that the demands upon the
funds of the Committee for the last year's expense, in-
curred by the influx of paupers into the City of London,
has reduced their means of affording assistance very
considerably.
Dr. Ryerson had an interview With Lord Stinky
yesterday.

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FI.OM TEE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mille,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lead. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 2:7
421 ; and the exchange. at Paris on London at she;
being 25 573-, it follows that gold is 0.59 per cent.
dearer in Ltindon than in Paris.
By advises from Hamburg!' the price of cold is 4'l
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of3l. 17s. 101,
perounce a>r standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 94 ;
and the exchange at Hamburg!' on London at shot;
being 13 101, it follows that gold is 0,23 per cent. dearer
in London than in llamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London 1,
1104 per cent., and the par of exchange between En; -
land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 0.68 per cent. in favour of England
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the
above difference.
The brokers are making up their account for the
settlement in the English market, which takes place
on
_Thursday. Consols are at a degree of firmness
which is not participated in by the other English
securities. They are the only stock of any importance,
the dividends of which, under the new arrangements,
will be payable in January, and hence a special demand
for them arises among the public. On the other hand,
in the heavy stocks, sales have been effected on account
of some Scotch firms, and the market for these is weaker.
The quotation for Consols for Money and the Account
is 1001, and the stock is felt to be somewhat scarce.
Messrs. Rogers and Co., the parties upon whom the
large robbery has been committed, have received this
afternoon a letter from the Home-office, stating that Sir
J. Graham has recommended to her Majesty the free
pardon of any accomplice engaged in this transaction, so
as to lead to the apprehension of the others.
Among the methods proposed for enabling the issuing
bankers to evade the late banking Act, mentioned under
this head, was one in which a "letter of credit " was to
be the instrument employed. It has been assumed that
(t151!5s
Gmeect,rhgoed ecg. 411 b
111., 8,
4)ust
shows
vireferencethat t
is
so
moretlt the Stampthan A ct.
pro-
bable that letters of credit, if unstamped, are liable to
the same penalties as post-dated cheques. The words
of the Act are these :--6` All receipts given by any
banker or bankers, or other person or persons, for money
received, which shall entitle, or be intended to entitle,
the person or persons paying the money, or the bearer
of such receipts, to receive the like stun front any third
person or persons, shall be deemed and taken to be an
inland bill within the meaning of this schedule, and be
liable to the same duty as on a bill of exchange for the
like sum payable to bearer or order." If these words
include " letters of credit," which it seems they do, it
will be well for bankers to use caution before they em-
ploy them as a substitute for notes payable on demand.
The state of the Stamp Law, with respect to bankers,
seems to be in a vague and unsatisfactory state ; and
that useful publication, the Bankers' Magazine, has lately
been collecting information connected with the subject,
of which the above is a part.
• The other plan of evading the law, by issuing bills
at sight for fixed amounts to the partner or cashier
of a bank, with an endorsement in blank, is considered
by a correspondent as likely to expire of its own ac-
cord. A large number of them soon find their way into
the hands of rival bankers and others, who specially en •
dorse them to their London agents, and these in a few
days return upon the hands of the first issuers, totally
useless for the purpose of re-issue.
As it is not generally known that' Bank of England
notes are a legal tender in Scotland and Ireland, a Trea•
sury minute, dated the 12th of November, 1836, to
which our attention has been called, is highly valuable.
It is there expressly declared as the opinion of the law
officers of the Crown, that the Act 3 and 4 William
IV., c. 98, applies to Scotland and Ireland, so as to
make Bank of England notes of 51. and upwards a legal
teneler in those countries. This opinion leaves the
qUestion open as to whether the Bank of England could
issue 1/. notes in Scotland and Ireland, where that low
denomination is not prohibited. It is said that some
of the Scotch banks have been so much impressed
with the belief that the Bank of England has this
power, that they have Made application for 1./. notes
to that institution. These, we understand, were at once
rejected.
In the Gazelle of last Friday v, as inserted a return of
the average amount of the circulation of notes in Scot-
land and Ireland for the four weeks ending the 9th of
November. This return is published under the 4th and
sth Victoria, cap. 50 (the Act passed in 1841), which
formerly included the average of the circulation of the
Bank of England, the private and joint-stock banks in
England, and the Scotch and Irish banks. The return
published in the Gazettes of September 27 and October
25 omitted the Bank of England- return;, as being now
unnecessary, but contained the averages of the English
private and joint-stock banks in the , usual form. The
presetnhtersetetoirtneh anomicitslr
these latter items also, thus leaving
only

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Mr. DALGLISII returned thanks. , '''''-* 6...1.,..1,-
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Colonel 'Minn,' of -CalilSvell, pr '-iihee, h4li.tir-7 4
theiuthor of that monument to ou 'greatestlnilitarii.f.:
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hero, which occupied such a p ininent plate-de-- --*;
the centre.of the city. There must anany..prtaserrt:->
who were more able to speak on thifiluiVe4t,thpa ;-
himself;' but he could, at all events, claim the merit.
of impartiality.. It would •be false delicacy to paw
citer the-circumStificei attending the selection of the
Baron Marochati, the distinguished artist of the
monument ; for it was well known that it had been
the subject of great difference of opinion, of contro-
versy, and of much bitterness amongst the inhabit ants
of this city. The Committee must have been strictly
impartial. in asking him to
.propose this tonst,,for he
had not been a member of the Wellington 6tatuo
Committee—he had' not taken any part in the
'conf'roversv; although he had been in favOur tf
the general principle supported by those who %,_
posed the Baron Marochetti 's selection, on the
ground that they should prefer native artists for na-
tive works of art. But he would freely say, that
whateVer difference of opinion there Might have
existed, as to the propriety
,of the Baron's selection,
there could be no difference of opinion as to the
practical results of that selection. He felt convinced
that there was no' man of taste, or no man who was
in the hilt of looking to the works of art similar to
that in front of the Exchange, who would not coin-
cide with the opinion of the Chairman, when he
stated that it 'would bear comparison with the greatest
works of the kind in Europe.— (Great applause.)
He might be Pertnitfed to offer one or two criticisms
on the statue, and, in doing so, they would allow him
to remind them that there was no such thing as per-
fection in human works; and even though, by
the dispensation of Providence, such a thing
as perfection in • a work of art was at-
tefixed,- it - would just be the more, difficult to bring
any person to say that it was "perfect. He was
afraid that, in proportion to the completeness and ex-
cellence'of a work of art, the more was it exposed to
the rigour of petty criticism; and just from the sim-
ple considCration, that where a work had two or three
obvious defects, they ware palpable to every one, and
every one was gratified at being able to detect them.
But when a work was so complete that it afforded no
broad defects for the animadversions of the critics,
then they considered it their duty to find fault with
every petty portion of it. • lie -had frequently ex-
perienced the froth of this in reference to the
statue. by Marichetti. The first time he walked up
the street to survey it, he was assured :there was
nOthing Wrong but a little about the tail; then when
he looked to the front, he was told there was some-
thing peculiar about the head. Then some other body
would say that they had no fault with the head
or the tail, but there was something not quite correct
about the quarters. For himself, he had to say that
these objections were vague ; but, as a whole, that the
statue was a most magnificent -work, and this was the
highest etilogium he could offer to this splendid effort
of the artist, the Banin Marochetti Colonel Mure
then briefly traced the personal history of the noble
!. sculptor—concluding by stating that the Baron en-
' joyed the advantage of combining much of the chaste-
ness and delicacy of the Italian school with the spirit
and vivacity of the *French.
The toast was drunk with great tpplause.
Professor HILL, in a neat speech, proposed " The
health of Sheriff Alison, and the Committee of Sub-
scribers to the IVellington Testimonial."
• Sheriff ALISON, in his own name, and in the name
of the other gentlemen associated with him in' the
Committee, returned thanks for the honour which had
been done them.

Various other toasts were given. In all fully 300
were present at the festiva', and the meeting separwed
a little after eleven o'clock.

THE LATE•TRAGICAL EVENT AT
MILE-END.
OPENING OF THE LETTERS.
•
The iloubte that prevailed in the vicinity of this melan-
choly occurrence as to the actual poison with which the
yonng couple had destroyed themselves, were finally set
at rest by the post mortem examination which the bodies
underwent in the course of Monday afternoon by Dr.
Letheby, an eminent PriX•ssor of chemistry at the Lon-
don Hospital. The scent of prussic acid was immediately
detected on their beino•opened, and on the contents of the
stomach being carefully analysed yesterday at the above
Institution, upwards of half an ounce of the pure 'acid
was extracted. From inquiries instituted, it appears that
l)uckett purchased it at Batley's, in Fore-street, Cripple-
gateihavine• t' procured it by- representing himself to have
been sent by a druggist • who deals with the firm, The
bottles, which were found on the mantel-pit ce, and
which contained it, were labelled " Seheild's Prussic
Acid."

-According to the request of the deceased, inscribed on
the letter found in the aparlmeut, and directed to Miss
Chapman, in LuCas-strect, it was delivered in the course
of Monday afternoon at her residence, and opened in
the presence of Mr. Porter, the constable of Stepney.
On the envelope being broken open it was found to con-
tain two epistles, both of which were addressed to that
young lady, and written in the handwriting of Duehett.
One wasa piece of poetry in twenty-four verses, and is a
beautiful piece of penmanship. Tne tiCe is, " The Last
Lay of Two Broken--Hearts, written and composed by
C. A. D.," executed in the illustrated style in old En
fish, with a variety of inks. It bears the dale of Nov. 8,
but it has evidently been written as far back as Sep-
tember, which date was erased, but which is still par-
tlidly discernible. The theme shows a wild' paroxysm
of love on his part, manifesting the most fervent attach-
ment to the ill-fated girl. He bids adieu to his parents
and all other relations, and prays forgiveness. Poverty
had blasted his prospects, and
" Since Fate had 'pared their earthly bliss, they wculd
seek an early grave."
The same wild strain is displayed thr.tighout the who!e

4 His Ihzy begging that his grave might be Ler grave
also."
The language of it shows the unfortunate writer to have
been a most intellectual young man, but the extravagant
outbursts of his passion which it displays proves, ahnoat
beyond a doubt, that his mind was in tome way affected.
The second is written in the same superior styli, and
bears the date of the day, last Sunday, on which ha
effected his fatal purposes. The tenor of the letter fuliy
confirms the supposition that has been entertuintd.
amongst the friends and relatives, tkat he had prevailed
upon the miserable girl to forfeit her existence with his.
It states " that ere she (Miss Chapman) had received
that epistle they would be in the sweet sletp of death.'
Fate had marred his bliss in this world—he was pre-
pared to leave it, and she, for. whom be had lived, had
told him "Ifyou die without iris you will be my mur-
derer !" and, to use the words of Lady Jane Grey,
"Death had no terrors." Both productions had deep
black borders round them.
Mr. Baker, the Coroner for East Middlesex, has ap-
pointed the inquest on the bodies to take place this
evening.

ALLEGED MUTINY ON BOARD

On Monday two well-looking sailors, named William
Whittaker and James Elliott, were brought before Mr.
Rushton, at the police-court, Liverpool, on a charge of
having been guilty of mutinous conduct on board an
American vessel, called the Jersey Tar.
John ITCane deposed that he was master of the ves-
sel in question, and that while she was lying at Trieste
the prisoners struck him and the mate repeatedly on the
quarter-dc ck. He cautioned them, but they shook and
knocked him from side to side, heedless of all remon-
strances. Seeing that he had no control on board the
ship, he thought to go ashore and seek the assistance of
the Consul, but they prevented him from leaving, for,
when he jumped into the boat, Whittaker jumped in
after him, and by means of a rope thrown by the other
prisoner (Elliott) drew the boat back again to the yes-
! sea. lie (the captain) then jumped into his own boat,
and having been sculled by the cabin-boy to land, he
stated his case to the Consul, who said that, as he was
bound to Cephalonia, there would be men-of-war there,
and that he would be sure of having all put to rights at.
that port. The next morning the. Consul had the pri-
soners taken into custody by two officers, who placed
them under lock and key, in the hold of the Jersey Tar.
On arriving at Cephalonia there were no men-of war
there, and the vessel was chartered for Liverpool. After
she iad been chartered, the prisoners were taken on
shore, and kept in confinement until such time as the
vessel was ready for sea, and then they were delivered
back. They were brought from Cephalonia to Liver-
pool in custody, one of them at a time being allowed to
come on deck.

The prisoner Whittaker entered into a long defence.
He said that on Sunday, the Ist Of September, the cap-
tain gave him a dollar, and allowed him to go ashore at
Trieste, where he met the mate of the vessel, between
whom and himself some words and a fight ensued. When
he (the prisoner) next went on board the vessel the mate
struck him across the eye with a stick. He then went
to a doctor and had his eye dressed, and, in a few days
after, he asked the captain for his discharge. The cap-
tain promised him the discharge, but in the course of
some conversation that ensued gave him a blow with his
fist which tumbled him down the hatches. The captain
subsequently took a crowbar, and threatened to knock
his (the prisoner's) brains out ; he also threatened to
get his pistol and shoot him. Then Elliott and himself
were taken into custody, the captain giving them a pair
of handcuffs, and saying " there was a pair of gloves
for them ;" and they were kept in confinement for nine..
teen days on bread and water. The prisoner concluded
by holding up a piece of black bread to the Court, as a
sample of that upon which himself and his companion
had been fed in confinement.

The prisoner Elliott also made a statement similar in
effect, except that he denied that any blows had been
struck by either the captain or himself, although the
former had on one occasion taken off his coat to box him.
The captain denied that Whittaker's story was true,
and said that he should be able to produce the mate and
two British captains to-day to prove the truth of the
charge.
Mr. Rushton accordingly ordered the prisoners to be
remanded until to-day, and remarked that it was a very
grave ease.—Liverpool Times of yesterday.

A FACT.—In the window of the Servants' Re-.
gistry-office in Wells, may be seen—" Place wanted, by
a young woman, as cook, in a respectable family, where
a pious footman is kept, of High Church principles."