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N OVE 29, 1842.
No. 15,682. LONDON. TUESDAY , AMER

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SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF
MIDDLESEX.
INOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a JURY
of SEWERS have this day delivered into Court a Pre-
sentment of the Estates and Persons liable to be rated to the
expense of Maintaining and Repairing the COMMON
SEWERS in the Western Division of the Westminster Sewers.
The said Presentment is open at this Office for the inspection
of all Persons interested therein, and her Majesty's Justices
and Commissioners will sit on Friday, the 2d, and Friday, the
16th December next, at One o'Clock, when Parti's may be
heard against the said Presentment as by law allowed.
LEWIS C. HERTSLET, Clerk.
1, Greek-street, Soho-square, Nov. 11, 1842.
4PIII.

Mr. Watts, in whose employ the prisoner had lived
for ten months, gave him an excellent character for
honesty.—The case was remanded, to enable the wit-
noss to procure the attendance of other witnesses to
character.

The door of the adjoining room having been
opened, in walked upwards of half a hundred miser-
able half-starved looking wretches, many of them car-
rying squalling babes in their arms, and all of them
bearing about them the evidences of extreme poverty.
A gentleman said the neighbourhood from which
the complainants came, presented visages of real mi-
sery in great abundance, and it would be an act of
mercy in those benevolent ladies, who were known to
visit abodes of this kind, to look in some day upon
the comfortless homes which there presented them-

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—A good deal ofconsternation was created
by the announcement early this morning of the de-
camping cif Mr. E. J. Jordan, one of the clerks of
the London Joint-stock Bank. The property he had
in his possession was under 20,000/. in Bank of Eng-
land notes of 1,0001., 500/., and 200/. each, which it
appears he received in the cashing of cheques and bills
in his collection on Saturday. Not returning to the
instant
made, at the usual time, inquiries were on the
made, but nothing could be gleaned satisfactorily to
account for Mr. Jordan's absence. These have been
followed up with the greatest activity since, and al-
though officers and instructions have been dispatched
to all quarters, not the least clue has as yet been ob-
tained to the flight of the fugitive. The Board of
Directors are unremitting in their attention to a
search. It is scarcely possible the delinquent will get
clear off with his booty, if due diligence be exercised
by the officers now on the scent; for, besides consi-
dering the difficulty such a young man will find—he
being described as only 25 years of age•—in the ex•
change of notes of the amount named, to supply
himself with funds to effect an escape, he labours
under the additional disadvantage of having started,
whatever route he may have taken, but a few hours
before his principals became aware of his default. All
the outports are supplied with full descriptions of his
appearance, dress, and gait ; so that, with the hand-
bills and the general publicity given to the fraud, it is
hoped he will not be able long to evade detection. It
is stated, that he had been only a few months in the
11 employ of the bank, but had been 'uniformly regarded
as of steady and regular business habits.
Were it not that Joint-stock banks are excluded
from the privileges of the London clearing-house, this
delinquency could never have occurred. The private
bankers have always resisted the attempts on several
occasions made to allow the clearance of the cheques of
these rival establishments, on the ground, it is pre-
sumed, of securing inviolate to themselves one of the
chief advantages accruing from the " crossing" of
cheques which, passing between each other, are never
paid except by the process of clearing. Thus the pre-
sent fraud has occurred in consequence of the clerk of
the Joint-stock Bank being obliged to be trusted with
the checks, though " crossed," and receiving the
money in notes or gold over,the counter. • It would,
therefore, appear that one part of the banking interest
is protected, while the other part is left to the mercy
and integrity of the servants they employ, having nu
such sufficient protection as the clearing-house affords.
An opinion prevails pretty extensively among the
monied interest in the City that the approaching ses-
sion of Parliament will bring forth some sweeping
measure for the final settlement of the currency ques-
tion, and for giving the best protection to the public
that the case will admit, in regard to banking affairs
generally. This opinion is founded upon a variety
of causes, but more especially these—that the pre-
sent system works as badly a% possible—that an abun-
dance of materials for a reform have been provided by
the inquiries of various Committees of Parliament—
that the Bank Charter is at the disposal of the Go-
vernment, for an early termination, if it is thought
prudent to exercise that right—and, finally, that Sir
Robert Peel and his Ministry, being relieved from all
foreign embarrassments, will possess the leisure and
the ability to settle these perplexing questions.
The present charter of the Bank of England dates
from the Ist of August, 1834, and is for 21 years,
but gives, by the fifth clause, an option to the Govern-
ment of putting an end to the charter upon giving
one year's notice within six months after the expira-

A little boy, not more than 11 years of -age, was
charged with having stolen 23 half-crowns, 22 shil-
lings, and two farthings, from the till of a Mr. Steel,
his master. The money was discovered on another
little boy, named Bennam, who told from whom he
had it, and the prisoner on being taxed with the theft
confessed it.
Mr. PAYNE defended the prisoner, remarking
strongly on the conduct of the Rev. Gentleman, the
Magistrate who had committed the boy for trial, after
it had appeared that the master of the lad had for-
given him.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with a
strong recommendation to mercy on account of his
youth, a recommendation in which the prosecutor
j oi n ed.—Sentence deferred.
CHARGE OF SWINDLING.—SamueI Barnard, alias
Rtfffell, was charged with having obtained goods to
the amount of 1001. under false pretences. The
prosecutors were Messrs. Winton and Co., warehouse-
men, Wood-street, City.
Mr. DOANE stated the case for the prosecution, and
called

selves. •
The LORD MAYOR observed that the suggestion
was a humane one, and would no doubt lead to visits
of the kind. It was too often the case that by appar-
ent accident alone this distress and misery, which
were not to be heard bawling or seen shivering in
the streets, came to the knowledge of the philan-
thropist.
The policeman produced the bag which the prisoner
held in her hand when she was taken into custody,
and which contained six shillings and twopence in
halfpence.
It appeared that the success which had attended the
ingenious experiment, had given so much confidence
to the prisoner, that she began to collect twopences
and sixpences, and at length shillings.
The LORD MIYOR desired that one of the officers
of the Justice-room should pay to each poor woman
what she had been cheated of, and give the sum of
ten shillings to the unfortunate mother for whose
children Mrs. Styles promised to procure burial-ground.
The • prisoner wept bitterly,, and called upon .the
Lord Mayor to send her out of the country for ever,
as she had looked everywhere in vain for employment.
His LORDSHIP asked whether there was any one
present from the borough of Southwark ?
Elizabeth Palmer, of No. 44, Castle-street, South-
wark, here stepped forward, and said the prisoner
visited that neighbourhood on Thursday, and got
money from several poor people. She stated to them
that she had baby linen to give away.for infants up
to seven years old. Witness told her she had three
small children, and Mrs. Styles, after having used
some expressions of compasssion, took fourpence
from her, and appointed to meet her at the vestry at
St. Saviour's church. In another case the prisoner,
as the rain was falling, borrowed an old umbrella
along with the pence from a poor woman with a
large family.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you any thing to ob-
serve in those Southwark cases, Mrs. Styles ? The
prisoner—Nothing, my Lord. I know it is all bad,
and it is as true
,as it is bad. I confess that I have
committed a great offence, but I have no one to help
me, and I am in great necessity.
The LORD MAYOR—I shall send you to Bridewell
as a rogue and vagabond for three months for this
heartless conduct towards those poor distressed women,
and when you come out full of repentance, I shall see
what can be done to save you from destruction.
The prisoner was then taken from the bar, appa-
rently grateful for the latter assurance of the Lord
Mayor, and the complainants all departed, warmly
expressing their sense of his Lordship's kindness.
John Wilson, who was a few days ago brought up
on suspicion of having lurked about chambers in the
City, for the purpose of plundering them, and who had
been bailed by a respectable man to make his ap-
pearance a few days ago, appeared to answer any
complaint that might be made against him.
It appeared that the gentleman who bailed the,
prisoner was very near being exchequered by the
conduct of the latter, who did not appear according
to his bond, and that his bail found it necessary to
secure him by calling an officer, who found some dif-
ficulty in tugging him along.
The LORD MAYOR—Why, Mr. Wilson, you wanted
to give us leg-bail again.
The prisoner—No, my Lord, I meant to come, and
I called before, but nobody was here.
The prisoner's bail said Mr. Wilson was a man of
some independent property, and was often in pos-
session of large sums of money.
The Loup M.tyoxt—l advise you, Sir, to take care
hoW yoii bail this gentleman again.
The prisoner—lf his recogniza.nces had been
estreated I would have made it good to him. The
amount was only 1001.
• The Loup MAYOR—WeII, I advise you, Mr.
Wilson, not to be seen lurking about counting-
houses again.
The prisoner—l hope not, my Lord.
The LORD Maxon—You see a man may get into
danger by it, Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Wilson—Yes, my Lord, it is very unpleasant
indeed.—(A laugh.)—Discharged.
LAMBETH-STRCET.

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The Protective Re-assurance having been again desired by
parties who availed themselves (during the currency of .the
two last Equitable decennial per'ods) of the simple system
originated by the ASYLUM in 1828, the Directors, to avoid
the future necessity of such repetitions, have constructed
scales of renewable term insurances, continusus from division
to division, according to the duration of the original policy,
without having recourse to new Certificates of Health, or fur-
ther investigation of any kind, after one present satisfactory
appearance before a Medical Officer of the Company, thus
providing, as far as possible, a remedy for the defects of the
Bonus system, rendered glaringly apparent by the existing
expediency for such protective Re-assurance. By the adop-
tion of this easy plan, parties may:not only secure Equitable
and other Bonuses, but, at the same time, provide, by such
extra insurance, for any additional object that may occur
during the currency of the original Policy, whilst in the event of
premature death, they will have paid no more than the price of
a term, with the full advantage of a whole-life insurance, and
realise all the expectant advantages of Survivorship.
Further particulars may be obtained by personal or written
application, at the Company's House, 70, Cornhill.
ASYLUM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIFE OFFICE.
70, Cornhill, and 5, Waterloo-place, London,
Established in 1824.
DIRETTORS.
The Honourable WILLIAM FRASER, Chairman.
Major-General Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, G.C.8.,
Deputy Chairman.
J. Clarmont Whiteman, Esq. C. W. Hallet, Esq.
Foster Reynolds, Esq. Wm. Edmund Ferrers, Esq.
William Pratt, Esq. Thomas Fenn, Esq.
Geo. Palmer, Jun., Esq. G. Farren, Esq., Res. Direc.
MEDICAL OFEICERS IN LONDON.
PHYSICIAN—R. Ferguson, M.D., 9, Queen-street, May-fair.
VISITIN• PHYSICIAN—J. Forbes, M.D. F.R.S., 12, Old

Mr. Alex. Winton, who stated that the prisoner
came to their house on the Ist of July.' He had not
known him before. Prisoner said he wanted to open
an account with their firm, and gave his name and
address " Samuel Barnard, linen-draper, Waltham
Abbey." In answer to questions about his circum-
stances, he said be had received legacies to the amount
of 1,0001. He also gave refeuees, which induced
witness to let him have goods to the amount of 921.
The payment was to be part cash and a bill at three
months for the remainder. Prisoner paid 19/. in cash,
and gave the bill for the balance of 721. 16s. The
goods consisted of shawls, Scotch muslins, and de
laines. The goods were delivered the next day.
He came again on the 13th of July, and had goods
to the amount of 22/.. Bs. The balance due to the firm
at the present time was more than 1001.
Mr. CLARKSON cross-examined witness on behalf
of the prisoner, and it appeared that the bill given by
the prisoner being dishonoured, one of the partners
was sent down to Waltham Abbey, and found the
shop of the prisoner, though it had no name on it ;
three pounds were received from Mrs. Barnard, and
the prisoner came up to London, had an interview
with Mr. Winton, who renewed the bill for one
month. Some bales of goods were seized at Bar.
nard's house, and were now lodged in Mr. Winton's
warehouse but they were not considered the pro-
perty of the firm; they were only there for the con-
venience of all the creditors.
Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Jury on behalf of
the prisoner, contending that no deception whatever
had been practised, as the name the prisoner went by
was his real name. He dropped the surname of
Ruffell, as by that name be was made a bankrupt, while
carrying on business in the Borough, and was still un•
certificated. It was a change of name for the
purpose of struggling, into business, but not with
any intention to defraud. He contended, also,
that the fact of the renewal of the bill for a month
was giving a new credit. The taking possession of
the goods was a decidedly illegal act, and they were
obtained under a threat to the wife. It was altogether
a transaction of credit, as the prisoner had used no
concealment of his business or place of abode.
Evidence was given [of the baptismal name of the
prisoner. His family appeared to occupy a respecta-
ble station in life.
Mr. -DOANE replied, and the evidence having been
summed up by Mr. Commissioner Bullock, the Jury
returned a verdict or Not Guilty.
The Court rose at a quarter past five.

--
Burlington-street.
SURGEONS.—H. Mayo, Esq., F.R. S., 19, George-street,
Hanover-square ; and T. Calloway, Esq., Wellington-street,

Southwark.
Persons suffering from chronic disease or irregularity of form,
in pregnancy or old age, are insured at proportionate rates, the
Asylum being the Company which originally extended the be-
nefits of life insurance in such cases.

RENEWABLE TERM INSURANCES.
The utmost advantages are secured by the smallest necessary
outlay,—the Policies being continued year by year for the
whole of life, whatever the future health of the assured, at a
stipulated slight increase of premium, up to the age of 70, when
the rate remains stationary.
Extracts from RENEWABLE TERM rates for select lives

Al Ist yr. 2d yr. 3d yr. 4th yr. sth yr 1
10 6th yr. I 7th yr.
30 1641

Extracts from the EVEN RATES for select lives.

1 11 9

2 2 01

2 17 1

4 2 0

6 10 9'

[lO 8 6119 1 8

ALTERNATIVE.
Two thirds, only, of the even rates, whether for select or dis-
eased lives, or for the risks of foreign climates, may be paid
down, and the balance, with interest at 4 per cent. deducted
from sum assured,

FOREIGN, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL
INSURANCE _ .

Distinct classifications of places, according to salubrity of
climate ; a specific price for any particular place, or a voyage
or voyages.
Officers whose destinations are not known, covered to all
parts of the world at a small but fixed extra rate of premium.
GEO. FARREN, Resident Director.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY-)
MANSION-ROUSE.
Yesterday a very remarkable scene was exhibited
in the Justice-room, in which the Lord Mayor per.
formed a very humane and charitable part.
Mary Ann Styles, a young woman very respectably
attired, was brought up,
charged with having ob-
tained different sums of money-, froin one penny to one
shilling, from multitudes of poor women, under the
false pretence of supplying them with blankets and
warm clothing for the winter. The policeman who
apprehended the prisoner, was obliged to take some
persons to protect her from the claws of the crowd of
mothers axd grandmothers, who had assembled to
complain to the Lord Mayor of the cruelty with
which they had been treated.
remain Th
should
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aldjovbieonß directed thatisnwgerrnoo,man.dth a fewatthe of
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com-
plainantsthshould
Mary Turnell, of Baker's- court, Half Moan -street,
Bishopsgate, said, that while she was at No. 3 in the
court, talking to a poor neighbour, Mrs. Styles
walked in, and said she came to see how the poor
people were situated for bedclothes, and she asked the
owner of the room, how she was off? The owner
immediately removed the bit of covering from her
bed, and showed that she had not a bit of blanket
in the world, upon which Mrs. Styles asked her in a
most compassionate tone whether she had had no
gifts last year, and having received an answer
in the negative, said, " I shall give
you a ticket
for a pair of blankets,
if you hand me a penny."
The penny was green to the lady NOth gratitude, and
a ticket for the blankets was given in return. Mrs.
Styles then turned to witness and said, " And how
are you off my poor woman,,,
with great kindness.
Witness, in extreme agony of mind, said she had two
children lying dead at that moment, one of them being
five and the other seven years old. ". I pity you very
much my poor dear woman," said Mrs. Styles, " and
I shall speak to the Rev. Mr. Childs to give you a
little ground in the church
-yard to bury your children
in." Witness expressed her gratitude for such kind-
ness, and was more deeply obliged when Mrs. Styles
said to her, " I shall give you a ticket to receive 10s.
which will do you more service than blankets ; give
me a penny, and call upon me at my house, No. 11,
Bread-street, and ask for Miss Cooper, and I shall
give you a dress to make up, that you may follow
your children to the grave. I cannot bring your poor
children back to you, but I shall do all I can to serve
Y°lu :Witness dropped the penny into a bag which
the lady carried in her hand. Mrs. Styles then visited
about fifty other poor neighbours, and received pence
and blessings from the crowd. Saturday, at the time
appointed witness called at No. 11, Broad-street, but
she could find no Miss Cooper, and for three hours
without meeting anybody at
all resembling the lad
bury her children, she went to the Rev. Mr. Childs,
sahnedin waitedenti
mentioned
dth et
oim vicinity
ty. At last being anxious to
the
fact of Miss Cooper's pro-
mise, but Mr. Childs knew nothing at all about the
matter ; so she contrived to
pay for the burial of her
children elsewhere.
The LORD MAYOR—The ticket for the 10s. of
course proved a mere deception ? Complainant—
Nobody knew anything about it, and as I never ex-
pected to hear any more about the lady, I burned it.
Well, I was on the look-out on Saturday, and at last
I met her in Fashion-street, with her bag and her
book, just as she was the day she deceived us all in
and
do
no
ap-
peared doubt going to work at the
same business. ir
S
surprised. "I have been looking for you all
day, Ma'am," says I. " Oh," says, she, have been
from home, but come with me to my house." " No,
Ma'am," says I, " 1 think you are nothing
er but
w all: im
postor, and you shan't leave
fting
with me a little way, she said she would give me any
recompense I chose ; but I told her she must explain
herself to the number of destitute poor creatures she
, had so cruelly deceived, and I gave her into custody
to the policeman. You acted with great pro-
priThe
LORDN avoil—
v,prisoner, what have you to say to
am very sorry to say
that all this poor woman has said
this ? Prisoner—my-
Lord, I
is but too true.
The LORD MAYOR----HOW long have you been en-
gaged
at this cruel work of imposing upon these oor
creatures ? Prisoner-4 came to town from Lepwis-
ham, on Wednesday last, and I went into differen
streets in the Borough amongst the poor.
The LORD MAYOR—And levied contributions upon
them as you have upon these? Prisoner--I am sorry
e. I assure this
my Lord, I am very sorry for g therhaving
wickedness. done this
to say I did just the same thin
ho put it into your head to
a penny each must be
a serious loss ? Prisoner—I thought of it myself.
My object was to raise ten shillings, to pay down as
s6curity for needlework, in which I expected to be
robTthleies ie4( poor or M
obljeircOtls7toW whomr
employed. I have been teacher at a cha,-ity school in
the City, and the loss of that situation threw me into
penny or twopence could not d) much harm,
such difficultie , that I was glad to sna' el at anything,
and as a
and was not lik )Iy to be inluire 1 after, I thr neat I
might, with that sum and a Jittie more, rcdta in the
clothes that are in pawn.
The LORD INIAToR—Let all the poor 'w o.nen
come in.

. Yesterday Peter Hughes, who has been in custod\
for several weeks on a charge of obtaining a con-
siderable sum of money by representing himself as a
Catholic priest, was brought before Mr. Norton for
final examination.
On the last examination three distinct charges were
fully established against,the prisoner, wherein he re-
ceived sums of money by representing himself as the
Rev. Mr. Kavanagh, the parish priest of Ballycanoe,
and the parties were bound over to prosecute.
Amongst those so bound over was Mr. Hodges, the
distiller in Lambeth, to whom the prisoner had intro-
duced himself as the Rev. Mr. Kavanagh.
Yesterday the Rev. Edward Kavanagh, who had
been summoned to appear to give evidence against the
prisoner, was in attendance. On being sworn, the
rev. gentleman stated, that about two years ago he
commenced erecting a chapel at Ballycanoe, which
was a part of his parish. On the site of this erection
a Catholic chapel formerly stood; but in the year
1798 the clergyman was shot at the altar, and the
sacred edifice was immediately afterwards turned into
a barracks for the soldiery. The walls of the new
building were carried up to a height of 10 feet, but
he was then obliged to discontinue their further pro-
gress from want of funds, so that they remained in
that state from that time to the present. He (wit-
ness) was advised by a number of friends to come to
England to make a subscription to enable him to com-
plete the chapel, and under the influence of such advice,
he, in July, 1841, came to Liverpool to request subscrip-
tions, but finding distress was very general, parti-
cularly amongst his countrymen, he relinquished the
idea, but at the same time the object for which he had
Come there was very well. known, and very generally
talked of. The Rev. Dr. Keating was the Catholic
Bishop of his diocese, and it was not his practice, or
that of any other of the Catholic Bishops, to interfere
in any way in subscriptions made for the erection of
Catholic chapels, but left them to the pastor of the
parish. The prisoner was a perfect stranger to him,
and he had never either directly or indirectly autho-
rised him to receive subscriptions on account of the
chapel of Ballycanoe.
A fourth charge was proved against the prisoner by
Mrs. lioy-s, the wife of a respectable tradesman in the
Borough, who had given him some money on his re-
presenting himself as the Rev. Mr. Kavanagh, for the
building of the chapel, and-the prisoner, who declined
offering anything in defence, was fully committed to
Newgate for trial.

i"tlKi
F THE LONDON
citJedoriiinT-tShTeOCCIIC..tyBi
—RATl:ußsTuaolbustle
course of yesterday, in consequence of
robbery committed upon the London Joint-Stock
Bank by one of the junior clerks of the
establishment,
named Edwin John Jordan. The
thief, who is a
tall, thin young man, had been sent out on Saturday
to collect the amount of the
the Bank of England eighteen notes for 1,0001. each,
one for 500/., one for 3001., one for 2001., two for
1001. each, three for 501. each, two for 401. each, two
for 301. each, one for 20/., and one for Si. Total,
19,7151. As he did not appear at the London Joint-
Stock Bank at four o'clock, some apprehensions were
entertained that he had met with some accident, but
it is stated that the Managers had no suspicion that he
had decamped. It was, however, we are given to
understand, ascertained that he had exchanged bank-
notes for 500 or 600 sovereigns at the Bank of Eng-
land in the course of the day, so that little doubt was
then felt as to his departure with the whole of the
Property. Mr. Bush, the Solicitor to the Committee
of Bankers for protection against forgeries and fraud,
was engaged during the whole of Sunday on the busi-
ness, and caused a reward of 6001. to be offered for
the apprehension of Jordan and the recovery of the
notes. John and Daniel Forrester were also actively at
work. The numbers of the notes are known, and
have been advertised, and messengers were sent off to
the different parts of the Continent. Mr. Bush's ar-
rangements to meet occasions of the kind are so excel-
lent, that every expectation is entertained of the re-
covery of the property.
""PRISON DISCIPLINZ.—The Commissioners for in-
quiring into the present state of the prisons in
Gloucestershire 'have concluded their labours at
Northleach and Gloucester, and proceeded to
Littledean. The examination is strictly private, and
no particulars will transpire until the publication of
the official report.
Another suspension bridge is projected across the
Thames ; it is to be between Cheyne-walk, Chelsea,
and the opposite shore of Battersea.

t e inese Court, which would apatch an officer to
meet the caravan, and conduct the persons to Pekin.
Kiachta and Tuemchaitu, both of which are situated
on the confines of Siberia, were appointed as places
of resort, where a trade to the subjects of both nations
was allowed.

The Commerce, as it is now carried on, is entirely
a trade of barter, the Russians being prohibited to
export their coin, and the Chinese being unable to
take anything but bullion. The Chinese merchant
comes first to Kiachta, and examines the merchandise
h 3 wants in the warehouse of the Russian trader, and
when the price is settled, the goods are sealed in the
presence of the Chinese. Both parties repair to Mai-
matschin, where the Russian chooses his commodi-
ties, and leaves behind a person of confidence, who
remains in the warehouse till the Russian goods are
delivered, when he returns with the Chinese mer-
chandise to Kiachta.
Furs and peltry are the most important articles
of importation on the side of the Russians. Most
of these come from Siberia and the newly discovered
islands, but, as a sufficient supply is not thus obtained
for the Kiaclita market, foreign furs are sent to St.
Petersburgh, and are thence dispatched to the fron-
tiers. Cloth, the coarser sort of which is manufac-
tured in Russia, while the finer sort principally comes
from England, Prussia, and France, is the second
article of exportation. Camlets, calimancoes, drug-
gets, white flannels, stuffs, velvets, coarse linen, Russia
leather, tanned hides, glass ware, hardware, tin, talc,
cattle, sporting dogs, provisions, and meal are the re-
maining articles, though meal is less imported than
formerly, from the Chinese having extended their
agriculture. On the other hand the Chinese supply
the Russians with silk, both manufactured and raw
(although the exportation of the latter is prohibited
under pain of death), cotton, teas, porcelain, furni-
ture, toys, artificial flowers, tiger and panther skins,
rubies, colouring matters, canes, tobacco, rice, candies,
rhubarb, and musk.
The trade with China is found to be exceeding] v
profitable to Russia, as she is able to dispose of such'
furs as are of so little value that they would not pay
the expanse of carriage front the east of Siberia to
European Russia, while the richer furs, which are
sold very dear to China, would not find purchasers in
Russia on account of their expensiveness. They are
also able to obtain from China, in exchange for these
articles, which would otherwise be unprofitabl.e,
many goods which they would be unable to purchase
at an advantageous rate from the European Powers.
The gross amount of the average trade, including
such articles as are smuggled, is estimated at
4,000,000 roubles; the calculation for the present
year, in which the contraband trade is omitted, giving
2,868,333 roubles.
Some of the selling brokers of colonial wools seem
to be of opinion that a sufficiently clear impression is
not produced by the account of the recent meeting of
the trade. All that Mr. Simes intended to do at tl e
last meeting was to give a public statement of the
meaning he attached to the second condition of the
rules, a condition on which he says he has always
acted. In conformity with this view, he has posted
the following at Garraway's Coffee-house :
" Sale-room, Garraway's, London, Nov. 25.
In order that the buyers of colonial wool may be
under no misapprehension as to the terms on which
we offer the goods set forth in our catalogues, we
deem it due to them to explain the construction we
put on the second condition of sale ; at the same time,
however, disclaiming any intention of arguing dis-
puted points with them.
" The goods are to be taken with all faults and de-
fects, of whatever kind—false package manifestly ex-
cepted; and thus far we presume we are agreed.
But here we may be at issue with some gentlemen as
to:the meaning:of false package ;' we recognise, then,
as coming within this limit, only such cases as where
locks, grease, stone, iron, &c., shall be found so
packed or concealed, as that no ordinary examina-
tion of the bales shall be able to detect, and, there-
fore, so placed with an evident intention to defraud.
We do not recognise as coming within this limit such
cases as that set forth in a paper recently drawn up,
and read yesterday in this room, as there the ovrner
takes the risk of selling by the inferior end of the
bale, and we know multitudes of instances where such
has been the case ; this we distinctly state on our own,
as well as on the authority of some buyers themselves.
We are further satisfied that the plan we have adopt-
ed, of sampling at one end and showing at the other,
must, for the future, meet such cases ; and here,
again, we are backed by the opinion of some influen-
tial buyers, as also the whole of the sellers. Cases of
false package, therefore, such as we have so described,
must rest on their own individual merits, greater or
less, as they may be ; in all other respects we are de-
sired by our principals strictly to enforce the condi-
tions of sale.
" On these terms and conditions, therefore, and on
no other, we offer the goods set forth in our catalogue.
" All claims on account of false package to be pre-
ferred within one month from the day of sale."
POST.—The English Government Stocks were
stationary all day. A little improvement in the value
of Bank Stock occurred, but the fluctuations in no
case amounted to anything worth noticing.
The dealings in Foreign Stock were chiefly in the
Mexican market. The Active Bonds began at 314,
from which they receded to 291, but finally rallied to
301. The transactions are understood to have been
influenced by the near approach of the settlement,
which is fixed for Wednesday next, as this was the
first " making-up day," and it was the policy of the
jobbers, in the existing state of their books, to con-
tinue their stock at as low a price as they were able.
The robbery committed on Saturday by a collect-
ing clerk in a joint-stock bank, of a large amount of
notes, has caused a renewed demand to be made in
certain quarters for the admission of the joint-stock
establishments to the privileges of the clearing prin-
ciple, in common with the Bank o? England and pri-
vate bankers. An evening paper (the Globe) says
with great simplicity on the subject, " the necessity
for admitting the joint-stock banks to the London
Bankers' clearing-house, or for some other mode of
exchanging cheques, without the risk of paying large
sums, in bank notes, is strongly exemplified again at
the present moment by the delinquency of the collect-
ing clerk of the London Joint'- tock Bank, who ab-
sconded on Saturday with 20,0001. in notes, which he
had received in his rounds from the private bankers in
Lombard-street. It is time that the public took up
this question seriously-."
There is another question, however, which the pub-
lic might with advantage to society take up seriously,
and which seems to claim a priority of discussion.
There can be no wish to speak disparagingly of the
London Joint-stock: Bank, or of any other well-con-
ducted establishment of the kind, but before an at-
tempt is made to invade the premises of the private
bankers, which ought to be just as secure as a trades-
man's shop, a merchant's counting-house, or even a
newspaper printing-office, from the intrusion of un-
welcome neighbours and rivals in business, it may be
worth while to ascertain what absolute necessity there
is for the joint-stock banks themselves. The share-
holders of the Northern and Central Bank of England,
the Bank of Manchester, and other banks in the same
district, are authorities who might perhaps be safely
left, without troubling the public at all, to furnish an
answer to the interrogatory.
If the joint-stock banks have'the ingenuity to dis-
cover some expedient for themselves, in order to ok-
viate the difficulty under which they labour, there
will be no objection on the part of the private banks
to its adoption. They have ample scope for the im-
provement of their management, but that they should
look to the private establishments for their counte-
nance and encouragement, while they do so little to
deserve it, is to look for too much.
The tea sales, consisting of 61,000 packages, the
commencement of which attracted great attention to-
day, have not, so far as they have proceeded, given
any decided tone to the markets. Importers were
firm, and bought in freely. The trade held back, and
only 2,000 packages, out of 15,000, which passed
auction, were actually sold. These brought prices
about the same as those which were current previous
to the arrival of the late accounts from China. The
sales will be resumed to-morrow (Tuesday).
SUN.—Stocks closed without any increased firm-
ness, but although there were a few sales made file
prices kept up. Consols brought 9411 4 for Money
and 95 to * for Account. Exchequer Bills receded
to 555. and 535. premium, East India Bonds were at
50s. to 525. premium. Bank Stock has been up to 1743 a
and closed at that price. East India Stock was firm
at 2651 to 266 i. The New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. were 1011- to 1.
The Foreign Market was rather animated ; the spe-
culative Bonds, except Mexican, which left off at 30,
being generally a better sale. Portuguese New Five
per Cents. improved to 371 and 381, the Converted to
3111 to 32, and the Three per Cents. to 224. Spanish
Actives were steady at 174 to 18, and the Three per
Cents. improved to 22 and 221. Dutch Two• and-a-
Half per Cents. realised 524 j-; Buenos Ayres Stock
was at 22 to 221, and Peruvian at 17 to 171.
The transactions in Railway Shares since the morn-
ing have comprised Eastern Counties Debentures at
21, Birmingham Quarter at 241, South Western at a
decline to 18i, Northern and Eastern Scrip at 41, and
Paris and Rouen at 41 premium. Brighton were 14i-,
Blackwall 11, and South Eastern 27i-discount. British
North American Bank Shares were 71 discount.

tion of ten years from the above date ; and the Char-
ter might, consequently, be reclaimed early in the
year 1646 ; if that period is passed over, the charter
will go on to the full term, expiring in 1855, after
which, if no new charter is entered into, the exclusive
privileges may be terminated at any time by giving a
year's notice. The concurrence of the Bank itself in
any new measure to be introduced is not impossible,
as means might be found to make it acceptable to that
corporation ; but the more probable issue is, that the
Government would have opposition to encounter from
that quarter, and therefore it will be wise to be pre-
pared for the worst that may happen by as early a
commencement of operations as possible. It will be
at once courteous to the Bank, and beneficial to the
public, to disclose as soon as possible any policy that
may be adopted towards that institution.
The great objects which men of business would de-
sire to see attained are—such a regulation of the cur-
rency as will prevent its being ever greatly in excess,
or deficient in amount, and to make it uniform in its
character all over the United Kingdom.
The more determined opposition to such a reform
will arise, as it may safely be anticipated, on the side
of the Scotch bankers, who have always acted in
concert in resisting any invasion of their usages, with
a compactness and energy which it has been found
impossible hitherto to overcome ; and hence the
changes introduced into England and Ireland could
never, undergo a fair trial, while small paper issues
were allowed to prevail to so great an extent on the
other side of the Scottish border. Whether they
have used the advantages thus gained well or ill, it
is certain that trade in the rest of the country has
been more or less injured by the facilities which these
paper issues have afforded to the dealers and manu-
facturers of Scotland.
Notwithstanding the boasted soundness and secu-
rity of the Scotch system of banking, the belief is
very prevalent among the London bankers that it is
hollow and unsafe at bottom, and must end one day
or Other in some great convulsion ; nay more, that
their own conviction of the real unsoundness of their
foundation makes them combine so vigorously as they
do, in resisting all attempts for the establishment of a
pure convertible currency.
From statements recently made in a publication
called the Bankers' Circular, and adverted to under
this head, it appears that enormous credits are given
by the Scotch banks, and that their deposits bearing
interest amount to a very large sum. The propor-
tion that their liabilities bear to their actual capital is
not easily to be got at, but they are probably five or
six times as large. It is generally supposed that
these deposits are invested in Government securities
to a certain extent, and the remainder in loans and
mortgages of various kinds. Should any material
depreciation take place, through panic or otherwise,
in these investments, 'whatever form they may have
taken, the whole of the capital may disappear, and
we have heard this assigned as a reason why a
very cautious and long-sighted Director in one of
the Scotch banks did, several years ago, retire from
all share in the management. The occurrence of a
war would seriously affect them with their Govern-
ment securities, but they would be hit much more
fatally in those securities upon which their advances
are made at home ; for, supposing that a sound and
convertible paper currency is established upon Go-
vernment security for the whole country, Scotland in-
cluded, the first consequence of which would be to
compel them to call in or curtail a great portion of
their advances, the question would then be how to
realise such securities as they hold in that new repre-
sentative of value. In regard to the deposits with
the banks, they would themselves be in a similar diffi-
culty.
This is a test to which they must be subjected, as a
first step, probably, in a reform of the currency ;
and, as they know with whom they will have to deal,
they would do well to be prepared for it.
At present there is no necessity for going further
into this subject. As we have stated, there is a belief
that the Peel Ministry will attempt to grapple with
it in the next session, and that if they carry it through
successfully, they will confer a public benefit greater
than any tliey have yet achieved.
The recent extension of the trade of Russia with
China, which has lately become such an object of
interest, is well described in a work recently trans-
lated from the Russian of Dr. Pallas and M. Muller,
and entitled " The Conquest of Siberia." In this there
is a succinct account as well of the origin of the
commerce in question as of the extent to which it is
at present carried on. The commencement of all
connexion between the Russians and the Chinese
seems to have been towards the middle of the 17th
century, when the Russians, spreading eastward
through the territory on each side of the river
Amor, and subduing several independent Ton-
gusian hordes, which the Chinese also de-
signed to conquer, the two countries were
brought into collision. Open hostilities broke
out in 1680, terminating in a cegular treaty,
by which the progress of the Russian arms was
criecked, and the foundations of a commerce were
laid, and which was signed in 1689. The Russians
lost by this treaty the navigation of the Amoor, but
obtained in return a permanent trade with the Chi-
nese. Under it much difficulties arose, and it was
not till 1728 that the treaty of Kiachta was signed,
which is the basis of all transactions carried on be-
tween the two countries at the present time. In that
treaty it was declared that a caravan might go to
Pekin every three years on condition that it sho,-ld
not contain more than 200 persons and directly this
caravan reached the frontier notice was to be sent to

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Mr. Henry Cut Tan, the eldest son of Mr. H. Grat-
tan Curran, of Dublin, who was one of those who
i.erished in the Reliance, East Indiaman, off Bou-
logne, had entered the naval service about three
years, and being placed upon the India station, made
the voyage to China last year in the ill-fated ship. He
had nut completed his twentieth year. But his abi-
lity and worth had caused him to receive promotion
unusual for a person of his youth and standing. His
bereaved parents were in daily expectation of his ar-
rival when the melancholy catastrophe occurred. _
The French Ambassador transacted business yes-
terday at the Foreign-office,