The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-22 00:00:00

WATER COMPAN!Es

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
take the opPortunity of directing your
attention, and also thatof your readers, to some
few facts connected with the supply of water to -a
great' number of, the inhabitants of this part of
the town, and other parts, by the Lambeth
Water Company. In the early part of last week
I received a notice from the aforesaid Company
to the effect that, from and after Michaelmas
Day next, the sum'Of four shillings per annum
would be added to the present amount paid for
water to the Lambeth Company. The present
payment, I beg to mention, is 11.45. for an eight-
roomed house, making, 'with the pddition, 11. Bs.
In an adjoining parish, for a house with the same
number of rooms, of the same rent, but a diffe-
rence of only 21. in the rating, less than two years
ago ouly 1/. was the demand, showing an in
crease in that time of nearly forty per cent.
Sortie time sine the Vauxhall Company offered
to supply water at a less sum than the Lambeth
COrnpany, and even to find pipe from the main
to the cistern for an agreement to have the water
from them for three years, and a number of
their customers availed theznselves of the reduc-
!lon ; but as regards myself; havingbeen supplied
uy the Lambeth Company fbr ten years with
good water, at a reasonable and fair price, I did
riot think I should be acting fairly in leaving the
old Company for the new. I mention this fact,
because since that period there has been an un-
!lerstanding, entered into by the Lambeth, Vaux-
and Southwark Water Companies, to supply
water at the same price—thus making the old
customers of the Lambeth Company the victims
91agreed monopoly. _ - • -
Should not have troubled you, Mr. Editor,
12 this subject, but as it will affect the pockets
tOtrie thousands, I think it necessary that the
Mention of the public should be called to the
VIA; in case it may be the intention of other
tivotinter- Companies to resort to this unjust extic-
tax for-the payment, I suppose, of the Income-
-120.
per cent. C/t1 their shares, charging the public at least
to pay three.

JUSTIcE AND MERCY.
To THE EDITOIZ: OF THE St.LV.
philosophy of new.,y,ip.r,:.
. rally and because it could not do otherwise, even
if it would, exhibits the most wonderful display
of antt.gonistic struggles of mind ever yet mani-
fested to the world. The wisdom, the wit, toe
fully, the shrewdness, the cunning, the plausible-
ness' the truthfulness and the errors, the tlicz3
and fictions of the Senate, the Bar, the Cabinet,
the Diplomacy, the Camp, the Church, &c., are
laid open and commented upon with all the fresh-
ness and vigour of extemporaneous skill and
effort. Trade and aaric}ilture in all their bear-
ings; the sciences and' the arts; the new inven-
tions and discoveries of the ingenions, the per-
severing, and the profound; the very accidents,
the ordinary events and the most extraordinary
of human life, or of whatever concerns it, are all
here displayed in the philosophy of newspapers.
It stoops to the lowest, it rises to the highest
concernments of man. Never before did the
world contemplate such a spectacle! All the
wisdom as well as folly of the past are made to
pass in review before us, and to be subservient to
the well-being of the future. Your Correspon-
dent, " H. P.," has been a reader of The Sun
too long not to know, that if in its leading •
articles it erred at any time, it so erred in the
highest company,-and under no inferior sanction.
02 Dugald Stewart's powers and character as a
philosopher it is almost pragmatical at 'the pre-
sent day to pass an opinion; but it may be right
and necessary to remark of many of our ablest
men and profoundest reasoners, that in pursuing
their usual paths of close, severe, and intricase
reasoning, they have too often preferred - fur
their guide expediency to justice; and that
statesmen and other public characters have as
often been but too prone to follow them in what
is evil, and perversely to turn aside from them
when they pursue the right way. All that
" H. P." meant to imply was—that, to do justly
at the present moment is the most simple plan,
and certain way to future good. He has been.
for upwards of fifty years an earnest observer of
men as , well as reader of books, and he is
thoroughly convinced that most of the mistakes
which men make, and most of the evils which
they inflict upon one_ another, arise from their I

A HOUSEIIOLDER.
St. John's, Lambeth, Sept. 21, 1842.

PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENT ACT

, TO
ITOR O
THE EDF THE SUN.
r 'llle-valuln the early part of last year, 1841, a
atioe
reside. pursuancee 0
was II d ftl parish in which I
of " the Act 6th and 7th
to
rvo'ul• ce'lL 9) passed 19th of August, 1836,
• ,-zt, d.e parochial assessments."
../n ex • •
arhinine• the re-valuation, and comparing
it wan the
mussio
ti:.f.'on • • -Circulars issued by the Poor-law
ners, containing instructions to carry
twye provisions of the Parochial Assessment Act
ro' operation, I felt persuaded that the re-valua-
as not made coriformably to law, and, as a
h'el-luence, that assessments made under it
eced
.be illegal, as well as partial and unequal. I
r trvlon,ore, as a sufferer, endeavoured to obtain a
.'hereof, at the hands of the parishioners
tliti the first place ; fitilin,g in this I appealed under
e'6th clause of the said Act to the Justices at
reeh!tY SeSS.;OO3, who, upon an examination of our
Ing saw sufficient reason to quash the rate
eanist which the appeal was laid, the said 6th
ase making " such decision (of the Justices)
i hiding and conclusive upon the parties, unless
brtiPughed within fourteen days." No objection
1.(1914 made to this " decision" within the time
ilinited or subsequently, I concluded, accord-
AngiY, that I bad obtained the relief applied for.
tp. conclusions, were, however, erroneous, the.
• 11lig Was too good to be given up by the parties
Interested and within a month another rate was
fade upon precisely the same rentals. This was
htlivvith approved by one Magistrate, whose
R,
„ rates were objected to in the notice of appeal,
"11(1 subsequently by another gentleman residing
t ,a. distance, these two Justices acting separately
lUlthough :the usual custom,where two approvers
al'e. required, is that they act in each other's
Presence), thus virtually rendering nugatory the
decision": of their brethren of the same bench
4trng e bench
at petty sessions. To appeal again, and
Perhaps go the same round, was useless; a
jliiedy must be obtained elsewhere, or the in-
Justice must be borne, and I therefore determined
t 9 apply to the Poor-law Commissioners, as the
contract for this valuation had been made under
their authority, in pursuance of the powers
vested in them by the before-mentioned
lAct,
Particularly the 3d clause; and it being stipu,ated
10 this Act, that the valuation to be made under
"'as to have no effect until their approval
11,Tr,90f,. and they hating issued precise instruc-
`*shOW the same was to be made, I again con-
-9h4ga,tl-tev would at least see that their own in-
' tons 'were complied with before affixing
..elefficialzseat. Besides, I found no individual
111),Latc4 ewlitireetually with irregularities running
tia)%. hee,whole parish ; if his own wrong was
aritehde*he perhaps cast
otherg where the Whole an :tindu upon
e burden -/
was incorrect, den
the
Vt4anibJe of the Act quoted states fit is desir-
Mile to establish an uniform md " •
o e orating." I
thought where there was reason to believe a ge-
ne error prevailed, was precisely the case
by which the Legislature had in view to deal with
establishing responsible public officers as the
conservators of the law. On these grounds, after
• fitid)ng a successful appeal to the Magistrates
was ,no protection from a repetition of the wrong,
I ad,dressed the Commissioners, givinof g exampks
tite unequal operation of the valuation; in
reply they state, " that my very careful and
clear statement of the facts would show, sup-
posing- my figures to be correct, that some
general defect exists iii the valuation referred
to,'' but that the
.only provision which the law
had masse for correction "was the costly and
troublestime one of appeal." This I bad already
exkrienced was no remedy, and I rejoined by
Btaying tiai y" general defect" never could, or ought
have existed, if an examination had been
11) ade, before their approval had been given, and
that the co.rrectness of my " figures" could be
ascertained by means within their reach. Upon
this the Commissioners gave me to understand
'feel at by their approval ola valuation " they only
ure that the requirements of the Parochial
b4tss' `'sStnent Act, and of their instructions, so far
s respects the form of the documents,
have
respects
complied with." Now, Sir, this is the point
'0 Which I entreat your attention. How many
Parishes may have been re-valued under the Act
quoted, or how many of them may have a domi-
anant interest from which Guardians are chosen,
n Justices are attached, I have no means of
wirig ; but I apprehend some six or seven Irlions are' raised annually by rates, to support
t -whole machinery of which the Poor-law
,e (n mission er s are the heads; and it may, per-
'lalls, be useful for some of your readers to ham
nhtliat these heads only hold themselves respon-
ie for the correctness of the "form" by which
kals enormous sum is collected. Let no Poor-
rate payer, therefore, conceive that a fine book
rite gold letters and a great seal, is any autlie-
pY for the correctness of its contents. On the
atrary, it will operate as an additional bar to
s Obtaining relief; if' he feels himself aggrieved,
vi ng an official appearance to what may be
ti ouglily incorrect, while to the general statis-
-41 inquirer, and to the public in general,
Ivqlnations so conducted must be worthless.
am, Sir, • your obedient servant,
19, 1849.. A RATE-PAYER.

practical neglect of the rule of " doing unto
others as they would that others should do unto
them." This sacred rule is justice and mercy
united, and reduced to practice. Mercy, without
an eye to justice, would be in danger of becom-
ing foolishness; and justice without mercy would
be equally in danger of becoming cruelty. In
human concerns justice should ever lean to
mercy, and mercy to justice. In the super-
structure of hudian laws justice should ever be
the architect, and in their application mercy
should be the directing agent. Try the Corn-
laws by thi4 observation. Did justice construct
them ? Does mercy apply them? Then is it
just practically to rob millions in order to attempt
to enrich thousands. Then is it merciful to pau-
perize, to starve, and to agonize the former, for
the sake of multiplying the enjoyments and su-
perfluities of the latter. Try any of our other
laws bearing upon the daily necessities of man,
by the same observation. Is it just to compel
the poor family of the working man, which
would fain use that most salutary and nutritious
article sugar, to pay eight-pence for one pound of
it which they might otherwise get for three half-
pence? Is it just to put a tax of two shillings
and a penny upon a pound of tea, which a poor
woman might otherwise get for seven-pence; or
a tax of three shillings upon a pound of tobacco,
which a poor man might otherwise get for ten-
pence? Bread is the staff of life to the working
man, and he is made to pay sixpence for it, which
he ought to have for threepence halfpenny !
Where are justice and mercy to be found in such
doings ? Their absence is likely to bring ruin, as
it has already brought untold calamity, upon the
country. Though a landlord myself, whose
scanty living depends entirely on land, I must
acknowledge that we landlords are mainly re-
sponsible for many of the present calamities of
the trading population, and that the Government
of the country has most tearfully erred and
strayed from the paths of justice and mercy in
sacrificing the interests of the mercantile and
trading to those of the agricultural portions of
the community. H. P. I

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEW MARKET SECOND OCTOBER I\IEETING.

1842.

Acceptances for the Cesarewitch Stakes—Mus, 9 yrs,
Bst 81b—The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Dr. Cains, 5 yrs,
Bst 71b--Roscius, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Ralph, 4 yrs, Bst 41b--
Heslington, 4 yrs, Bst—Thistle, Whipper, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b
—Clinker, 6 yrs, 7st 1 llb—Tatrburini, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b
Una, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Arnagill, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Portrait,
4 yrs, 7st 71b—Rhodanthe 5 vrs, 7st 61b—Lord Kel-
burne's colt, 4 yrs, 7st t lbj—Belissinia, aged, 7st 51b—
Quo Minus, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Florence, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—
Buffalo, 4 yrs, 7st—Scalteen, 3 yrs, Est 111b—Vibration,
3 yrs, 6st 91b—Blue Bonnet. 3 yrs (including 101bs
extra), 6st 91b—Courtesan colt, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Ma
3 yrs, 6st 31b—Dilbar, 3 yrs, Est 31b—Lucy Banks, 3
yrs, 6st 31b—Pbarold, 3 yrs, sst 131b—The Gleaner,
3 yro, sst 101b—Bizarre filly, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Arcanus,
3 yrs, sst 41b—Anspacb, 3 yrs, sst.
HOUGII'I ON MEETING. 1842.

'Tlitt of the MANUFACTURING
(,),1) '+:;Qh DISTRICTS.

Acceptances for the Cambridgeshire Stakes—Charles
the Twelfth, 6 yrs, lOst 21b—Vulcan, 5 yrs, 9st 31b-
Flambeau, 6 yrs, Sst 131b—Dr. Caius, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb—
The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 101b—Bob Peel, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b
—Retriever, 6 yrs, Bst 101b—Ralph, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Mus,
aged, Bst lb—Roscius, 6 yrs, Bst 5113 Garry Owen,
5 yrs, Bst 51b—Monceda, 6 yrs, Bst 21b—Eringo, 4 yrs,
Bst 21b—Canwlino, 6 yrs, Bst 21b —Wee Willie, aged,
7st 121b—Revel, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Galen, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b
Una, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Belissitna, aged, ist 1011—Prince
Caradoc, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Clinker, 6 yrs, ist 91b—Knight
of the Whistle, 4 yrs, 7st :lb—Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
—Ermengardis, 4 yrs, ist 71b—Canadian, 3 yrs, 7st rib
Forester; 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Cabrera. 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Bi1—
lingliam, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Quo Minus, 4) rs, 7st 51b—The
Genius, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Fireaway, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Help-
mate, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Policy, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Lady Adult*,
3 yrs, 71b 11b—Florence, 4 yrs, 7st 11b—Melior, 3 yrs,
6st 121b—Master Thomas, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Petulance
colt, 3 yrs, 6st 121b--I-am-not-aware, aged, 6st 121 b
Cecil, 4 yrs, • 6st 121b—Vibration, 3 yrs, Est 111 b
Courtesan colt'4 yrs, 6st 101b—Nuncio, 3 yrs, 6st 91b—
Lucy Banks, 3 yrs, Est 91b—Image, 4 yrs,. 6st 71b—
Hawk (Irish), 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Recompense, 3 yrs, 6st
71b—Whistle Binkie, 3 yrs, Est 71b—The Gleaner (Rosh
colt), 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Solomon, 3 yrs, 6st 21b—The Con-
queror, 3 yrs, Est 21b—Busk mare, 5 yrs, 6st—Topsail,
3 yrs, 6st—Endyinion, 3 yrs, sst 71b.—The rest de-
clared last night.
SALE OF LORD WESTMINSTER'S STUD, BY
MESSRS. TATTERSALL, AT EATON HALL

FARM, ON TUESDAY.
Morning Star, 32gs.— Launeelot, 500 gs.— Festival
(covered by Pantaloon), 30gs—Honoria, 91gs—Brocade,
130gs.—Puff; 27gs.—Daphne,29gs.—Sultan mare, 27gs.
—Alorea; 200gs.—Bevival, 115gs.—Polyxen, 65gs.—
Sleight-of-Hand, 6 yrs, 200gs.—Van Amburgh, 4 yrs,
90gs—Satirist, 4 yrs, 255gs—Auckland, 3 yrs, 60gs.—
Candahar, 3 yrs, 155gs.—William de Fortibus, 3 yrs,
155gs.—Sheffield, 3 yrs, 120gs.—Bona Fide, 3 yrs, 100 gs.
—lrony, 3 yrs, 33gs.—c (yearling) by .Pantaloon, out of
Festival, 31gs.—ch c (yearling) brother to Satirist,
140;5.--ch f (yearling) own sister to Cardinal Puff;
110 gs.—ch f (yearling) by Pantaloon, out of Honoria,
45gs.— colt foal by Pantaloon, out of Festival, 35gs.—colt
foal own brother to Cardinal Puff, Sgs.— colt foal by Pan-
taloon out of Pasquinade, 32gs.—filly foal by Pantaloon,
out of Shiraz,2sgs.—filly foal by Touchstone, out of Bro-
cade, 56gs.

Yesterday being St. Matthew's day the Lord Mayor
accompanied by the Sheriffs, Aldermen, and Go-
vernors of the Royal Hospital, attended Divine Ser-
vice at Christ Church, Newgate-street, where a
sermon vas preached by the Rev. W. Harrison, M.A.,
who is one of the classical masters in the above insti-
tution, and domestic Chaplain to his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge. Immediately after the termi-
nation of the service his Lordship proceeded to the Great
Hall,where orations, upon the benefits derivable from the
hospital, were delivered in Greek, Latin, English,
and French, by the four senior scholars on the rota
for entering Cambridge. They then recited eight
poems on che following subjects :—Alexander at the
tomb of Achilles, Saul at Eudon, the Birth of the
Prince of Wales, Alfred the Great, the Power of
Poetry, the Repeated Preservation of the Queen,
and an elegaic ode upon the death of Nelson ; after
which his Lordship expressed himself in the most
complimentary manner to the several young gentlemen.
There has just died at Paris a woman, aged 103
years, called Madame Langlai, who has left many
children behind her, the youngest of whom is 78
years of age. These examples of longevity, quoted
m several newspapers, do not approach the two Eng.
iish centenaires, Thomas Parr and Henry Jenkins,
one of whom lived to 152 years, the other to 169.
There is also another in England, John Forester, of
Cumberland, who died aged 138 years, leaving a
daughter 104 years old.
The abolition of slavery and dealing in slaves in
the East and in the States of Barbary is being strenu-
ously promoted by the Consulates of Tunis, Tripoli, and
other ports of the Levant. In order to second the en-
deavours of these gentlemen, Mr. Richardson, editor of
the Malta Times, has formed at Malta an Abolitionist
Society, which reckons already a great number of mern-
berS. Several meetings have been held, and at one, on
the 24th ult., at Malta, the clergy were invited to concur
in the praiseworthy object of the Society. Votes of
thanks were agreed to the Bey of Tunis and the African
Institution at Paris, and also an address to the Queen of
.
Enaland
e •

•-5 (From the Manchester Guardian.)
The Chartist turn-out may now be considered as
rtizely at an end in this district—the resumption of
and *our Alt Ashton-under-Lyne, :,talybridge, Hyde,
Stockport, being now complete ; and the weavers
14 this town; who have shown great obstinacy in their
herence to the strike, having yesterday- returned to
_Their work, in such number 3 as showed that the gene-
eothbination amongst them was entirely broken
Some few establishments both in the town and
V the country districts are still at a stand ; but we
7 lieve- that, in all such cases, the absence of the
vorkroen from their employment arises from some
accidental cause, unconnected either with the original
pound of the turn-out, or the demands winch subse-
qtlftitly sprung out of it.
There is, however, a new turn-out at Bolton, which
'3ught not to be confounded with the political move-
nt which has just subsided. The Bolton spinners,
er having been partially turned out by a body of
rangers, resumed their work ; but, thinking that
"tieY were entitled to an advance of wages, gave re-
Nar notices to their employers that such advance
l'as required; and, the demand not being complied
kith, the eater part of them left their work last
'lliday night: Of course there is nothing in the cha-
l'aeter of this turn-out to prevent the employers from
entertaining- the proposals of their workmen, or from
the advance required, or any portion of it, pro-
''Qe(Lthev find that the circumstances of the trade
l'e.such as to justify that course. We fear, however,
It Will turn out that the demand has been premature,
`and_
-that the-spinners will find their -masters wholly
l'itnable.to comply with it.
The entire failure of the Chartist turn-out of the
Bth or August, I;nd especially the return of the work-
PecTle of Ashton and Stalybridge (who commenced
4)10 their accustomed labour, will enable us to offer
Innie• observationS on the origin of that singular
ftcvement, which we have contemplated for some
It-ntle past; but which for reasons hereafter to be ex-
Plailied, we have thought proper to postpone until the
Peace of the district was fully restored. We shall most
likely advert to this subject on Saturday next.

THE INCOME-TAX.—The ignoi.ance in matters of
business of some of the persons who have been ap-
pointed assessors under this Act is positively ludi-
crous. A bookseller, on making his returns, observed
to the assessor that advertisements would, of course,
come under the " necessary expenses of business.
" Certainly not," replied the worthy functionary, " I.
do not see that a bookseller can employ his income
better than in advertising."

THE REGISTRATIONS.
CITY OF LONDON.

THE 'SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY M6RNIVG,' SEPT.EIVIBEit 22, 184,

THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. I RONCHI, THE `;ALA BRIAN
TO THE EDITOiT OP THE SCIA. BAYONNE, SEPT. 15.-01 zili the
SIRS I - •
am requested by his Highness the Duke presence has, during this last seascu,lnvereil this
of Brunswick to apprise you that the extract pub- ; locality interesting, one (the well-
- by you in your paper of.to-day, as if taken has just left who-reminds us in a mosrstriking man-
from the Lancaster Guardian, containing some state- mer of the secret history of the Spanish Court for the
ments in which his Highness is made mention of, is last twelve or fourteen years. The history-,-;of this
wholly untrue and without foundation, and would person is most remarkable. His career is said tohave
seem to have resulted from some malignant purpose. been one of romance. It is related in the following
The editor of the paper first publishing the statement manner:— . .
complained of, exposes himself obviously to the zus- Ronchi is a Calabrian by birth, and was originally
picion of being aware of the falsehood thereof. .a dentist, but has exercised a variety of professions
I trust, therefore, you will see the expediency of and callings, according as his necessities compelled or
publishing a denial in accordance with this intimation. his tastes directed him. At an early period of his life
His Highness has directed legal proceedings to be in- he left his native country, and proceeded to Tangiers,
stituted against the promoters of the scandal. where he entered into the service of the Dey in the
I am, sir, your obedient servant, capacity of a surgeon. Though not regularly brought
Baron AUDL AN, Equerry to his Highness. up to the profession, and almost without education, he
38, Bryanstone-square, Sept. 20, 1842. yet contrived to establish -a reputation for himself in
that country. By some means or other he attracted
the favourable notice of the favourite Sultana, and,
strange to say, he succeeded on one occasion in
penetrating into the secret recesses of the harem. It
is probable that this success rendered him more bold
and less cautious. But in the East it is unsafe to
trifle with such delicate matters, and Ronchi was one
1, day found in the inner apartments of the palace, and
alone with the favourite. With the quickuess of ap-
prehension, and the fertility of resource, which, on
important emergencies, raise women far above the
ruder sex, the moment she perceived they were
discovered, she began to utter the most terrific
screams, and, hiding her face in her hands, pre
tended to suffer the most agonising pangs of tooth •
ache. Ronchi at once understood her, and was
not slow to act:upon the hint. He pulled out hi
instruments, without which he never stirred abroad,
and pretended to be so entirely occupied in pulling
out her tooth, as not to perceive the approach of
her legitimate lord. Notwithstanding the tor-
ture, of such an operation, particularly-when there
had been no previous disease, the beautiful creature
insisted that the tooth should be extracted. Female
ingenuity triumphed, and the Dey 'was baffled car de-
ceived ; and the credulous barbarian, though scan-
dalised at the violation of oriental etiquette, passed,
over this illegitimate and unusual mode of rendering
professional assistance, in consideration for the pain of
the sufferer, and.the.relief afforded by the practitioner.
But the presence Of mind displayed by the Christian
was not equal to that of the fair infidel. In his trepi-
dation, caused by astonishment at the' courage and wit
of his patient, and the perilous position in which he at
that moment stood, he forgot, or was unable, to exer-
cise • his usual dexterity. In his impatient haste to
bring the affair to a conclusion, he broke the tooth
whilst making a desperate and awkward effort to extract
it. On beholding the mouth of his Sultana thus disfi-
gured, the Dey could not control his fury. He ordered
the affrighted dentist to be seized, and condemned him
to suffer death by impalement the next morning. He
was, it is said, even conducted to the stake, and pre-
parations were made for the execution, when a pardon
was granted by the Dey, who had yielded to the soli-
citations of his favourite, of whom he was passionately
fond. As may be supposed, this accident completely
put an end to any further adventures amongst the
mysterious recesses of the harem. He soon after
married the widow of the Spanish Consul at Tangiers,
and in a short time left the country and came
to Madrid. Such is- one of the many stories,
more or less romantic, which is related of the
adventurous Calabrian. In the capital of Spain
he commenced the business of a diamond merchant
and broker, which he practised with immense success.
After the marriage of Ferdinand with Maria Chris-
tina, he contrived to procure access to the Court,
and by his insinuating manners succeeded in a short
time in getting into the good graces of the young
sntfo Christina he filled Madrid,
Queen. He soon obtained great influence over her,
and was even employed in secret affairs of conse-
quence. A collision taking place between the Nea-
politan and Portuguese interests at Court, Ronchi was
charged by the Queen with watching all. the movements
of the Infanta Francisca and the Princess of Beira,
the present wife of Don Carlos. It was he who
N
was employed to purchase, as well as to be
bearer of, the nuptial present to thedl
Naples.
He ac-
companiedand bride,
hison
the occasion of the marriage of the Infant
DonSeba
hstiaenr Royalwiththe
HoPfriginQhcnueeeess s o
influenceptiring at
Regency Court inereased rapidly after this event.
an important office in the Finance Department, and
was also named by her Director of the General Lot-
tery, two of the most lucrative employments in the
kingdom, in the exercise of which he amassed a colos-
sal fortune. - Ronchi and the well-known Teresita,
modiste to the Queen Regent, were the two persons
who had the greatest influence over her, and, strange
to say, theie two favourites shared the honour, as well ,
as the benefits, of the Royal confidence, without any
serious dispute between them.
The daughter of Ronchi is married to the Marquis
di Grimaldi, who condescended to unite his aristo-
cratic blood with that of the wealthy and powerful
favourite. But Ronchi's day is past, he who would now
expect to find in him the quickness of apprehension,
the acute intellect, and the mind fertile in resources,
of other days, would be disappointed. He is rapidly
falling into dotage, and seems affected with more than
the garrulity of age.

Mr. M‘Christie, the Revising Barrister, took his
seat in the Court yesterday morning at ten o'clock.
Tne Court proceeded to receive the lists of the
liverymen from the various Companies.
No objection was taken to the lists of Apothecaries
or Armourers and Braziers.

Mr. Marr, who appeared on behalf of the Conserva-
tive Association of the City, said that he had objec-
tions to make to various names on the list of bakers.
It had been found that improper addresses were at-
tached to many of these names, some of the parties
having removed, others having died, and others again
never having resided in the premises mentioned. A
fruitful source of fraud , and personation was thus
opened, to which all parties should be anxious to put
an end. The first name he should object to was that
of Richard Allen, who appeared in the list as a resi-
dent in Mount Etna• place, but, on inquiry, it was
found That no such person lived there. This case was
ordered to stand over till Saturday, in order to give
the party time to appear in defence of his claim.
Some other cases were heard, but they possessed
no interest.

‘tvhoOtilld'abiledi7n3:lol/..1a:.
ALL SAINTS' INFANT SUNDAY - ---C
tToo::: nwallslovnednayedl
building, near thetAND o ...,CROOLS, 'SLING..
a very neat and commodious
endafs of Southampton-street, Pen-
sided, and which was faotlt•esncdheodolsbofothr
nthuemeursoeusolyf
and
children of the poor o
respectably. It Afi. this district. A meeting was
held on the occasion, at
570/. had been raised ,gs-uP
which H. Pownall, Esq., pre_
attsilsitated that the total expense of
the anlnvesual6eoxopLenosfes7hhiochwesvuemr,
J.
ult-Itaar,nb
snadn! the The
e.
Islington, and this was (so far thase
s owereul s , only
a nd
and only school for the poor ever
poorest
nrensutalof subscriptionst
le
nine
districts
tpr
iroetssenotf
Wilson, observed, that the of
e district comprised 6,400
parish,hereeek eed knew) the
itttißev.n
first
..
Bishop
ehoßp eovf minister of the chapel of.
ease, also remarked thatnt
Rev.
late Vicar, the present
usedl toft the late
Bell Isle (within this
district), the Kaffraria Islington. The Rev. Mr.
Child, in a neat address,° Congratulated the meeting
on having, by completing the building, arrived at
" the end of the beginning,"g and urged them to follow
up their good and hallod
effort. "It is in paro-
chial schools," said the eßeverend Gentleman, " that
the battle of the Church is now to be fought." At
the close of the meeting, the Vicar announced, that
201. had been contributed 1
towards the deficiency of 311 .
those on the platform
; and, as he supposed
the company would not like
to be limited to making
up the remaining 101., their contributions beyond that
sum would go towards the annual expenses. The
amount collected eventually
reached 251., enabling the
school to open clear of debt.
BURNING OF A VESSEL AT SEA.—The following
communication was received
;Yesterday at Lloyd's :
Havre September B.—Captaa Garton, master of the
brig Prosperite, which arrived at this port yesterday
from Marseilles, reports that
on Monday, the 22d of
last month, when in lat. 39 7
long. 12 57 west, he
observed at a distance of some'
ten or twelve miles a
great mass of smoke; he in-ir,
to-
wards it, for the purpose ofledistelY bore down
°ascertaining the cause,
when it proved to be a vessel fire. It appeared to
be an English schooner, about
200 tons burden, and
laden with cork. . The masts were consumed and had
fallen overboard, and she Was
water's edge.. 1-149, remained burningne rapidly to the
vessel for a considerable time, . and sent
the unfortunate
gent several of the
crew up aloft tts discover, if possible, the ship's boat,
none and those belonging to her,. but could be seen.
At seven o'clock in the evening be,
voyage. The ship,was.still burning, and the flames
were distinctly .seemfor hours afterwards. Her name
could not be ascertained, in consequ'e-
nce of the dense
smoke with which she Was surrounded
The fishing in Lochfuniduring the
present week
has been of a m
very reunerativelinelt and the fishermen
4.
admit, that so far as the season:, Ii present
it hay both in
quantity and quality, been the most successful they,
experienced for twenty years.— Scotch Paper.
have
During the week, from the 9th to thPer.
e 15th inst. in-
clusively, the number of passengers between France
and England who embarked frorn
and landed at
Boulogne was 1,291. At Calais the
number during
the same period was 526.
A P •
OsER FOR THE TURN-OUTS.---AVL Lan-
cashire turn-outs came to Slaithwaite, ''en the 1
ac-
costed an old fellow thus—" I ne'er saw , rich a soft set
as you are here, you dare do nought."
he, " nay. We have just cut one of your‘Soft I" replied
off, and given it into his hand to take home set his head
Correspondent of the Liverpool Courier. with hint."—
Correspondent of
forgery of rather
nature has just been discovered at Liver an
extensive
linquent is John D. Barnsley, late a de Pit°()l. The de-
able office contiguous to Castle-street. 1 in a respect-
filled up a blank cheque for 2401., forged seems he had
of one of the firm, and took it to the .8r the signature
Eugland, where it was cashed. He sent anch Bank of
another similar
forgery to the bank fur SOO/. ; but being unsuccessful in
this instance, he immediately' decamped, and has not yet
been taken. 201. reward has been
.offered f' or
hensto
_ n.—Manchester Guardian. or his appre-
hension.—Manchester
ACCOUNT Or SCOTLAND. A
the national work, the "New Statistical copy of
Account of
Scotland, containing the counties now completed, and
splendidly bound in ten Toluxes, having
been transmitted
from the Society for the Sons and . nat %liters of the
Clergy to the Bail of Aberdeen, for r
P esontation to the
Queen, her Majesty's.
. gracious acceptance has
signi-
fied to the publishers, in the follosling , been
munication
from_e his Lordship :--" Dalkeith, Sept. 14orn
ti rnen,___l have had the honour of ! 1842.__Gen.
laying before the
Queen
the copy of the ' New Statistical
Scotland,' which had forwarded
youhere for
Account c,f
tion to her M
ajesty. The Queen has been pleasedpresenta-
to re-
cmeive this useful and important work, a
andel to express to ou her Majesty's ni lam corn.
satisfaction and
aeknewledgments —I am, Gentlemen, your most obe-
dient servant.—(Signed) d A
Black-
wood," gne ) ABERDEEN.- _Messrs,