The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-28 00:00:00

at 203 to 22s 6d, for low to raid white, and low
brown to good yellow at 15s 6d to 19s, being ex-
treme prices. Refined—Grocery descriptions con-
tinue in fair demand, end nttlier higher prices in some
instances haVe been obtained. A fair business has
been done in crushed at 25s 6d, being the former value.
CorrEE.—The public sales have contain ed 91 casks,
149 barrels British Plantation (chiefly Jamaica),
1,592 bags Ceylon and 1.717 bags East India,
which went off heavily, only part finding buyers,
the former at a!)out previous prices, but being
chiefly in small lots, affords no criterion of the
market. Mid Ceylon B.P. kind brought 94s to 975;
low good ord to fair good ord quality were mostly
taken in at Gls to 645, there being no purchasers for
the latter description at the prices of last wrek ; barely
one-half of the East India' was disposed of at 35s to
36s for good ord brown and yellowish Singapore
Java; the remainder was taken in at 42s to 45s
for fine ord pale and coloury Manila. There is
no material change to notice in the value of
any description, with the exception of Dutch
Company's Java, for which there has been more in-
quiry, and a trifling advance has been obtained for the.
parcels sold privately. Foreign sorts continue neg-
lected; and of 455 bags Rio brought to auction, only
part found buyers at 31s Gd to 32s 6d for good ord
pale and colours-, being former prices, but at which
there were not purchasers. Small parcels of Padang
have been sold privately (for export) at 27's for fair
quality; and low good ord St. Domingo at 30s 6d,
with 1 per cent. discount, which are very low prices.
COCOA-531 barrels and bags, consisting" chiefly of
in
Trinidad, were Mostly taken at 31s to 34s Gd for
mid greyish to good red, and 30s to 33s for mid to
good St. Lucia, being about the previous value.
TEA is quiet, and no disposition is shown to specu-
late, though prices remain abOut the same.
Ruhr.--Rather a large business continues to be done
in. this article at the prices of last week. The tran-
sactions consist of 350 puns Jamaica at 3s to 3s Gd for
30 to 36 per cent. over proof; fine quality 3s 8d to
4s 4d; Demerara at 2s 9d to 3s for 32 to 38 over,
and 500 puns Leeward Islands at the rate of is 9d fcr
proof strength.
RlcE.—There has been scarcely any inquiry, and
to effect sales lower prices must be submitted to.
SALTPETRE.-1,291 bags sold in public sale at 29s ;
for 3i per cent. refraction, 28s; and two lots 28s Gd
for 7i. to Gi per cent. refraction, being for the better
sort rather cheaper. Privately very little Iw4cen
done. Nitrate of Soda is dull. . •!'
SPICES.-2,244 bags Pepper (chiefly Penang), and
148 bags Pimento were all taken in, the former at
lid to 2*(l for fair brownish quality but dusty, and
good black Sumatra at 2d, being previous prices,
but at which there were not purchasers; the Pime::to
was taken in above the value at 2,id to 20 for ord
to good mid quality. cassia has been inquired for
privately, there being at present but very little
offering.
COTTON.—There has been rather more disposition
shown to purchase this article. Surat went off with
rather more spirit at a shade higher prices.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is steady. No alteration in prices.

THE LATE STORM--,-LOSS OF
LiFE:
•, 7.
The accounts recei7ed frau the coast, in the course
of yesterday and NVenesday, 11:Intl's° to the effects of
the dreadful storm which raged during Saturday and
Sunday, were of a most distressing description. The
loss of life and property has been immense.
Shortly after the ship Hope, from Quebec, had
struck on the Goodwin Sands, on Saturday morning,
two brigs heavily laden, the Mendingo, Captain Bur-
gin, bound for Jamaica, and the Felice Rosso, for
Pernambuco, were driven by the force of the storm
on the shore under Deal Castle. They remained in a
most perilous situation for many hours, both vessels
beating violently on the sands, surrounded with a tre-
mendous sea, which defied all attempts to get at them
from the shore, although within 200 yards, and plenty
of assistance at hand. One Deal boat, in attempting to
reach the Mendingo, was csized by the waves, and
one of the crew was drowned; the others saved them-
selves by clinging to the bottom of the boat. At
length a steamer arrived from Margate, the Royal
George, and a rope being thrown on board of the dis-
tressed vessels, they were towed off, but not before
they had sustained such severe damage that.the pumps
were obliged to be kept in active operation to prevent
them from sinking. At Dungeness, the first burst of
the storm drove a large fishing-boat on to the hard
sands near the middle battery, where she instantly
became a wreck. The crew, consisting of six per-
sons, were washed ashore alive. Directly after-
wards the Beverley •(a brig), of and belonging
to Guernsey, master William Hall, and another
brig, called the Rebecca and Eliza, from New-
! castle-upon-Tyne, Odden, in ballast, on hen pas-
sage to Rouen, became unmanageable, and were
driven on shore within a short distance of each other
at the same place. Within a few minutes after the
Beverley struck, her decks blew up from the effects
of the heavy sea, which made a complete breach over
her, and the crew, to save themselves, • took to the
rigging. In this situation they remained many hours,
and at last were taken off by a party of the coast guard
service, who put off in a lugger. They were in a
dreadful state of exhaustion, and were all but dead.
Both vessels, as the hurricane increased, became
wrecks. Their loss is described as being nearly 2,0001.
At Ilfracombe the storm was severely felt. About
four o'clock on Sunday morning a large brig, called
the Wilberforce, from Saundersfoot, was totally lost
three miles up the -beach ,by-striking on the rocks
under the cliff. The whole of the crew, 10 in number,
including the master, Mr. Nixon, perished with the
ship. At daybreak the beach was found covered with
spars and pieces of wreck belonging to 'the ill-fated
craft. In the course of the day the bodies of the
1 captain and one of the seamen were washed ashore,
shockingly disfigured about the head and face by
coming in contact with the rocks. The Wilberforce
and cargo are valued at 1,2001. About the same time
a large barque, name at present unknown, was ob-
served to go down between four and five miles off
,Cromer lighthouse. Her crew (supposed to con-
sist of sixteen persons) sunk with her, and perished.
The catastrophe was witnessed by a fishing coble
belonging to Whitby, but the violence of the
hurricane, prevented them getting near her to
render assistance. On Sunday morning, shortly
before six o'clock, the schooner Watt, of Plymouth,
was wrecked on the Boulder Bank, off East-
bourne, near Hastings. The vessel, which was
valued at 1,6001., was laden with timber, and upon
her homeward voyage from Quebec. Pour hours after
she struck, the crew were taken off the rigging by the
Eastbourne life-boat. It is feared she will be a total
loss. On Monday, early in the morning, a vessel was
lost near Eyemouth, by breaking from her moorings
and driving upon the beach ; she proved to be the
Betsey, a schooner belonging to Dundee, laden with a
cargo of coals which had been shipped at Newcastle.
There were 12 passengers on board besides the crew,
consisting of three men, three women, and six young
children, and their escape from a watery grave was
truly miraculous. After the vessel struck, a line was
thrown from the beach, by which they were drawn
one by one through the breakers to the shore. The
poor creatures particularly the children, were in a
shocking condition by the tune they landed, but
through proper treatment they shortly recevered.
The vessel. is insured for 8001. During the night
she broke up, . and her cargo was washed partly
ashore. In the course of the same day the Emma, of
Swansea, was driven on the rocks at Sker Point, and
is expected to. become a total wreck. ,Among the
numerous vessels that have driven ashore in various
parts of the coast, and in the same situation, are the
following:—The Burrnah, of Bergen, at Whitby;
the Elizabeth, of South Shields ' • the Union, of
Yarmouth, on the rocks off St. Michael's Mount ; the
Ann and Ellen, of London, on the Sherrington Shoal ;
the brig Timbuctoo, of Bristol, and twenty more.
At Bideford the loss of life was dreadful in the ex-
treme. Several vessels were totally lost on Saturday
and Sunday morning. Two cf them are knows, to be
the Auspicious, from Lowering, and the Thomas and
Eliza of Neath.
On Saturday morning a brig, called the Morgan of
Tenby, from Hr.yle to Llanelly, laden with copper
ore, foundered in St. lye's Bay, and all board met
with a watery grave. Another vessel,' the Friends of
Carbia, in Wales went down in the course of the same
morning in the dhannel, those on board perishing with
her. Many other vessels are known to have been
wrecked, but their names and fate of the crews have
not been received.

CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice.F.RsKiNE and Mr. Justice MAME.)
UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COlN.—Ellen Go nnelc'
alias Nyhen, aged 21, was indicted for uttering coun-
terfeit coin, well knowing it to be counterfeit. -
It appeared that she had been convicted at a former
sessions of a similar offence, and had suffered twelve
months' imprisonment.
Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Payne defended the prisoner.
The prisoner, it appeared, had tendered a counter-
feit sixpence at the bar of a public-house in payment
for a half pint of beer. The landlady refused to take
it, and prisoner then tendered a good shilling. In
change the landlady gave her a sixpence, a fourpenny
piece, and a penny. The prisoner returned a four-
penny piece to the landlady, saying it was the one
given in change, and that it was bad. The landlady
was positive that the fourpenny piece she had given
the prisoner was good, and her inference was that the
prisoner had changed it. On her being searched the
only counterfeit coin found on her was a sixpence.
he Jury found her Not Guilty.
LORD Fa' ANKrORT'S CASE. —The Grand Jury have
returned a true bill against Alice Lowe for robbing
Lord Frankfort. •

NEW COURT.
The Common Sergeant was cccupied the greater
part of the morning with trying mint cases, of which
there were no less than 15 for trial, a most unusually
large number.

The Learned JUDGE, on the conviction of the first
prisoner, expressed his surprise at the number of
charges of this description, and stated his deter-
mination to put 'a stop to the practice, by visiting
all offending with the heaviest punishment the law
wouli allow. Since he had taken his seat he had
been informed that the cause of so many charges of
this description was, that the "smashers' town season"
had commenced. There was now a season for every
thing, and the smashers could not be without theirs. in
the summer and autumn they favoured the country
with their presence to impose upon the hay-makers,
hop-pickers and reapers, and the simple country
pco . pie and they made town their quarters for the
winter. He (the Common Sergeant) would take
care that the present town sewon should not be either
a good or successful one, and he was as good as his •
word, for in every case of conviction he sentenced the
parties to such an extended term as would prevent
them visiting the country next summer.
James Bird was convicted of stealing a time-piece,
and sentenced to seven years' transportation.

SINGULAR AND VATAL ACCIDENT. —An inquest
was held lately in the village of Pontantwn before
Mr. W. Denville, On the body
of Mr. Jos. driffiths,
of the Bridge-end, accidentally drowned in a shallow
mill leet, near that place, under most singular circum-
stances :—lt appears that on Tuesday deceased
had occasion to go to the village cf on
business,.and that on his return home in the dusk of
the evening, within a hundred yards :of his. house, he
had to cross a narrow foot bridge of wood of two
planks, covered with stones and clods a grass ; there
htppened to . be a hole in the centre of the bridge,
into which his, fl)ot slipped up to his lgsee, and he fell
backwards with his head in the water,-which was about
12 inches deep. No person being present at the time,
he was unable to extricate himself from this singular
and was consequently entfo-
Lritd perilous
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a woman coming that
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way discovered the deceased a lifeless corpse, sus-
11!;ssall?arnduocilhl3; respected by all who
being under the wa-
Accidentally drowned."—
ltpcener:Td him.i dllscefVae''eeetradiet----',
Welsh Paper.
NEW TOBACCO,. A me—We understand that the
tobacco trade are preparing for, and sending out to-
bacco in accordance with the late Act, which comes
into operation on the Ist of next month. By it manu-
facturers are enjoined to use nothing in the working
up of the leaf but pure water, under a heavy penalty,
so, that the tobacco will now' have much the colour of
new rope. The price, we understand, will necessarily
be raised, perhaps Gel. to Bd. a pound. The same re-
gulation applies to the manufacture of snuff, but the
operation of the Act as to it, is suspended for a
t welvemonth.— Worcester Chronicle.
The death of Lieutenant-General Count Claparede,
Peer of France, and Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honour, took place last week, at Montpellier. Ge-
neral Claparede distinguished himself on various oc-
casions Napoleon's career, and took part in the
campaigns
Spain, Portugal, and Russia. He
was er of France in 1819. .
ereaduring
edo fi 4
taIyPRINCE ALBERT'S HAnßlEßS.—Prince Albert ac-
companied by his Royal highness the Hereditery
Grand Duke of Meeklenburgh Strelitz, and attended
by the Marquis of Exeter, Baron Knesebeck, and the
Hon. C. A. Murray, hunted yesterday morning with
his harriers, the meet taking place in the neighbour-
hood of Bears'-rails, close to the- Great Park. They
started two hares, which afforded a couple of capital
though short runs, each terminating in a take. 'Their
Royal Highnesses and suite returned to the Castle to
luncheon with her Majesty.
SEERS.—The lists of voters for the western division of
Gloucester have within the last
.few days been revised
REVISION OT Vroso:NoanidzsTrsh:
mCAorljeT,l°tll4).o barristers
by Messrs. Kem
appointed. The Learned Gentlemen madeTtlelt
for the Conservatives. About
cir-
cuit, and were attended by agents for the two parties
objections were investigated. —Messrs. Wild and Beck for the Whigs, Messrs.
Burgess and Wormsley
nethdeitrc:
negligence to come
1,000 claims and
Seve-
ral of the overseers failed to attend at the places ap-
pointed, at the last
place,poi nt
haenrde
Borne
ee
had
forO
about 50 miles. A circumstance occurred during this
circuit which is likely to lead to further proceedings.
In two parishes the overseers did not snake their ap-
pearance,
either at the parishes or in the last place,
where they had notice to attend. In one of the
parishes the list exhibited 95 voters, and in the other
12, both of which are, in fact, by the non-attendance
of the parochial officers, disfranchised until the next
registration, The overseers are liable to heavy penal-
ties, under the Reform Act, for their negligence, and
to actions at law by the respective persons claiming
to be voters.—Hcreford,Joureal.
EJECTMENT Or TENANTRT.—TIIO Hon. Mr. Clive,
of Berkshire, has an estate of abort 2,5001. a-year in
the county Tipperary, between Nenagh and Roscrea.
We are sorry to learn that his bailiff has gone over
with thirty-five notices to quit, for his signature. Mr.
Clive grants no leases except to tenants holding up.
wards of fifty acres, and he has not more than two.
tenants holding that quantity of land. Until we
have free trade and steady prices we can have neither.
peace nor prosperity in the country.—
' Wahrford
Chronicle.
Captain Taylor, up., has become the purchaser of
the estates of the Earl of Courtown, in the baronies
of Castleknock and Balrothery, in the county of
'Dublin—thus giving him an additional claim on the
representation of the metropolitan County.—Debile

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The business before the. COurt this day was chiefly
the trying of persons accused of keeping disorderly
houses in the parish of Marylebone. In one. of these,
which occupied more than two hours, the Learned
Chairman, in his address to the Jury, said that it was
not enough to prove that women of bad reputation
resided in a house, or that men and women were seen
going into it at late hours of the night, to constitute
it a disorderly house, and as such subject to indict-
ment. In the present case there was no proof that
the house of the defendant was a nuisance to the
neighbourhood, but the evidence was in fact altogether
to the contrary. It was quite possible in those cases
to be overwise, and he thought that it would be as
well not to interfere with those people whilst
they abstained from committing any act against pub-
lic decency and public order.
The Jury without hesitation acquitted the pri-
soner, who was a middle-aged man, of what is called
respectable appearance, and named John Futter.
Mr. AnoLruus then attempted to address the Jury
respecting the hardship so respectable a man had en-
dured, in being prosecuted on such a charge.
The CHAIRMAN—Nonsense ; if I could give a
Scotch verdict, I would say, " Not.proven." The less
we say of -the case the better. The fellow is ac-
quitted; but if I met him in the street, I should be
very shy of him.

GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Richard White, a. driyman, in the employment of
Messrs. CaliTert, was placed at the bar, on the charge
of causing the death of a fine child, named Mary
Morris, aged 9 years, yesterday afternoon in Far-
ringdon-street..

It appeared froth the evidence that the child on its
way to school was jammed between the wheel of the
dray and one of the iron street- pillars, and had its
head actually smashed to pieces.
Sir P. LAURIE said the prisoner at the bar might
be blameless, but this he must say of the body to
which he belonged, that they were the most reckless
in London, as the weight of their, horses and strong
carts made them fearless of collisions. He should
order hi:n back to New ;ate until the result of the
Coroner's inquest should be known.
A gentleman from Messrs. Calverts' brewery spoke
highly of the prisoner, and offered to bail him.
Sir PETER said he never would accept bail in cases
where death was caused in the streets by the drivers
of vehicles. He never did, nor ever would, accept bail.

• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET—THURSDAY NIGHT.
DERBY.
25 to 1 agst Murat—t. 140 to 1 agst Aristides—t
40 to 1 agst Oxygen c—t. 50 to 1 agst Languish c.—t
1000 to 15 apt Cotherstone--t.
OAKS.
15 to 1 agst Testy—t.
First Cass Nursery Stakes.
9 to 2 agst Bizarre filly—t
5 to 1 agst Bessy Bedlam filley—t._
Second Class Nursery.
3 to 1 agst Sister to Combat—t
5 to 1 agst Mr. Oshalth:stun's f.—t
5 to 1 agst Queen of the Gipsies.
6 to 1 agst
ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY.
Audley End (acceptances), Tainburine, 6 yrs, Bst 71b,
Una, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, rthodatithe, 5 yrs, Bst Gib, Vakeel,
3 yrs, 7st 91.
Handicap, T. Y. C.—Dr. Caius, 5 yrs, Bst 61b, Palla-
dium, 3 yrs, Bst, Cabrera, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b. Vakeel, 3 yrs,
7st 31b, Equation, 3 yrs, 6st 61b. Three declared.
MALTON OCTOBER RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
"The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sons. each, arid 10 added, one
mile and a half, gentlemen riders, wore won in four heats
by Mr. Hopwood's Birthday. aged (Lamplugh), beating
Fitzwilliam and Donna Maria, after a dead heat between
the first two.
The Easthorpe Stakes of 2 sons. each were won by
Mr. Simpson's Aggravator (:arson) beating two others.
The Hack Race was won by Mr. J. Benscies Misfor-
tune.

A great portion of the town of 'kr4n, in Russia,
has been destroyed by fire.

Ttk.E SUN', LONDON, FRIDAY 14],VENING, OCTOBER 28, 1842,

duty as a source of revenue, anel for revenue alone,
may be maintained, and such an impost would de-
ceive no one, but all attempts to fix prices by legisla-
tion, and to give a self-acting protective piinciple
to fiscal charges, are self delurions, and tend to
nothing but general panic and confasion. Whiggery,
they say, is out of fashion. but be, that as it may, Lord
John Russell was right—as tina,.l will prove— in re-
gard to the measures of the present Cabinet. By
their new Corn-law and Tariff, leaving the great
monopolies of corn and sugar still: almost untouched,
Peel, -as Lord John Russell observed, " has disturbed
everything and settled nothing." These are facts—
' plain truth, and nothing but the truth. They are
cognizant to every practical man of business in the
City, and cannot be gainsayed. The cattle trade is
disturbed—the corn-trade is disturbed--the farmers
are frightened out of their senses. The corn-factors
arc ruined, and the bill brokers are smothered with
unsaleable hags of wheat, instead of flourishing on the
profits of commercial paper. The sugar trade is dis-
turbed.
Lie metal trade is disturbed. Our manu-
factures languish, and prices seem to find no bottom.
No one branch of our productive industry is bene-
fited.; all are unsettled, and all labour under dread
of further change. To crown all, money is freely
offered at two per cent„ and no bills..
TIMES.—The failure of Messrs. Hunter and Co-
ventry,. corn-factors, has created sane sensation in
tee City. The house is of high standing, and the
liabilities are said to exceed 100,000/. At the same
time their assets are spoken of as co;lsiderable, and
some say that little more than time to realise them is
required. A failure of smaller importance, that of
'Mr. E. R. Foster, Irish provision-merc:zant, has been
connected with the other. The liabilities. of this con-
cern are said to be under 20,0001.
We have the authority of Messrs. Denison and Co.
to state that they were not the contractors for the
loan to the United States Bank refereed to under
this head in the Times of to-day, although it has
commonly been associated with their names, but that
they were merely requested, as bankers, to hold the
securities for the subscribers for two
.years. Beyond
that of the ordinary banker's commission for paying
the dividends they derived no emolument from the
loan, and they neither took any of the bonds them-
selves, nor did they receive any of the money raised.
It should be mentioned that they profess themselves
willing to follow any directions from the, contractors.
The acceptance of the conversion by the Com-
mittee of Portuguese bondholders has, as: might have
been expected, found several persons w'ao are not at
all satisfied with the proceeding. Of this the follow.
ing letter is an instance :

" TO TILL' EDITOR OF TUE TI. C:ES

" Sir,—lt would appear that in cornequence of a
promissory and explanatory declaration or decree,
signed by the Queen or Portugal and the, Minister of
Finance, seating that the 6th article of the decree of
November 2, 1840, was, as it purports to be, intended
only as a guarantee to the British creditor, and not as
a mode and means of throwing him on the Lisbon and
Oporto Custom-houses for payment, the Portuguese
Committee decided to propose to a public meeting the
acceptance of the decree of November 2, 1840.
" From this, Sir, it would seem that article 6 was
the only or the most objectionable one 'in that dis •
honest, arbitrary, and illegal measure. Is this the
fact ?—No.
"Article 3 cuts off 401. per cent. from every 1001.
3 per cent. bond, while it leaves the 5 per cent, bond
entire. Article 3 takes away 2,400,000/. capital
stock of the 3 per Cents., and from the 5 per Cents.
nothing.
" Whence this unfair distinction ? The 3 per Cents.
came out at the high price of 72/. per cent., the 5 per
Cents. at a much lower figure, both positively and re-
latively.
" I find no explanation of this anomaly in any of
the reports of the meeting as given by the papers, nor
any allusion to the case of the 3 per Cents.; and,
therefore, take this means of requesting the Chairman
and Committee, jointly and severally, to assign to
their 3 per Cent. constituents, of whom I am one, the
reasons of their apparently one-sided conduct, and en-
treat you, Sir, to have the goodness to assist me in,
obtaining a reply to my very reasonable inquiry.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your very obedient servant,
" A PORTUGUESE BONDHOLDER."
SUN,—Public Securities exhibited this afternoon no
new feature, and prices closed steadily at about the
rtes given in our Evening Edition, viz. Consols, 93:1-
to 93+ ; Exchequer Bills, 595. prem. ; India Bonds 48s.
premium; Reduced Three per Cents 93 ; and New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1011. Batik Stock was
at 165 k, and India Stock 253.
The Foreign investments were in as limited request
this afternoon as in the early part of the clay, the ad-
ditional transactions being in Spanish Actives for
Account at 1777, in the Three per Cents. at 21E1 ; in
the Portuguese New at 37+; it the Colombian at
20 to 21; in Brazilian at 64+ ; in Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents. at 521 to 521, and in the Five per
Cents. at 1001.
Shares were brisker this afternoon, and in a few
instances slightly improved quotations were obtained.
Santiago de Cuba Slining Shares were at 2.5 pre-
mium ; Australian Bank at 12+ to 121 premium ;
National Provincial of England at 1 premium ; and
British North American at to. 51 discount. The
atter were to-day marked with the additional Si. per
share paid up. In Railways, Great Western iNew
were the Fifths, 4 ; the Birmingham Quarters,
2-)A-, the Thirds,27l; the Paris andllouen, 2-1- to
431 the Eastern Counties, New, 1* ; and the Nor-
thern and Eastern Scrip, 11 to 2 premium; Brighton
closed at ln dis.