The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-27 00:00:00

the plan on which Mr. O'Connell levies his
rent, namely, by the establishment of commit-
tees in every town. " Beautifully engraved sub-
scription cards will be handed round," and the
names of contributors will be duly "enrolled." The
collectors will each undertake to obtain a certain
sum, and should they fail will be kindly permitted
to supply the deficiency from their own pockets,
their reward consisting in the emblazonment of
their names and the amount of their collections
on the " beautifully engraved" cards already
referred to. Nothing is now wanted in further-
ance of this great object but the money, which,
without the important machinery by which Mr.
O'Connell's begging-box is replenished —we
allude to his subordinate extortioners, the Popish
priesthood—will not flow in in a sufficient vo-
lume to pay the amount of the " beautifully
engraved cards," and other preliminary arrange-
ments. Mr. Cobden is, however, at no pains to
disguise his impression that half a loaf is better
than no bread and that if he cannot obtain the
whole amount he has specified, he will be content
with such a fraction of it as may be offered to
him. Mr. Hindley, the only M.P. who could be
i::duced to attend the meeting, and who was, by
his own account impressed, nolens miens, into its
service, told a marvellous story of a pretended
conversation with one of her Majesty's Household,
who, he says,assured him that Ministers did not:in-
tend to repeal the Corn-laws, as they had the
" army at their back." Mr. Hindley says, he
was evidently an " aristocratic personage," but
we may fairly question the judgment of tile
worthy Leaguer on matters which must so rarely
fall under his observation. The great proba-
billty is that he mistook the red coat and bullion
tags of some menial servant of the Household
for the uniform of a military officer, and that the
flunky merely talked big to keep up the hoax.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12A- per
mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s.
101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25 46k, and the exchange at Paris on Lon-
don at short being 25 671 t, it follows that gold is
0.84 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is
434 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 13 91, and the exchange at Hamburgh on
London at short being 13 104, it follows that gold is
0.57 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The market for public securities exhibits consider-
able firmness, and prices to-day were quoted a shade
in advance, the demand for investment carrying for-
ward the weight of stock offering for sale. No bar-
gains of magnitude were entered into, but the ge-
neral currency of business was such as to induce the
jobbers to believe a further increase is likely to follow.
The present abundance of money, and the few chan-
nels open for a profitable employment of it, is one of
the principal arguments in favour of a rise in the
value of the permanent stocks.
A letter from the secretary of the Greenwich Rail-
way contradicts the statement, that there are no seats
in the second-class carriages. "It is true," he says,
"that the fares have been altered from 6d. and 9d. to
Bd. and ls. but the former second class carriages were
not enclosed and had no seats.

Although there are the best reasons in the matter
of the pending inquiry into the frauds on the revenue
for not making public the names of individuals who
have been accused, on the most suspicious testimony,
of participating in them, great public interest attaches
to the nature of the frauds themselves. The whole
trading community may be said at this moment to be
influenced by the most intense anxiety to learn how
the imputed frauds have been possible at all, or so
long allowed to be practised with impunity, and what
means are to be devised by the Treasury for protecting
the fair trader against a repetition of them.

CHRONICLE.—The Operations of the Govern-
ment broker as a purchaser, on account of the gua-
rantee fund of the East India Company, were repeated
yesterday and to-day. In adverting to this trans-
action on Saturday last, it was stated inadvertently,
that the interest to re-invest amounted to 600,0001. on
the 2,000,0001., whereas it should have been only
60,0001. The dividends have been re-invested as re-
ceived since the fund was set apart, and the original
principal stock and accumulations now amount to
from 50,0001. to 60,0001. semi-annually.
The following are the official returns of the exports
of the precious metals from the port of London for
the week ending Thursday last, viz.:--
Silver Coin to Calais ... 170,000 oz.
Rotterdam lO,OOO oz.
" A South American Bondholder" suggests that it
is now more than ever the duty of her Majesty's Go-
vernment to use all its powerful influence and exer-
tions with the States of South America to insure the
regular payments of their hitherto irregularly paid
dividends, inasmuch as by the Income-tax they would
produce a considerable amount of revenue, and thus
tend to alleviate the pressure of a tax that bears so
heavily upon the community. Our correspondent
thinks that Lord Aberdeen must consider himself
bound to adopt efficient measures, with the view of
enforcing the claims of the English bondholders on the
non-paying states in South America.

LA W INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 26.
IN RE SAMUEL ASKELL.

The bankrupt in this case had carried on an exten-
sive business as a warehouse and Manchester
merchant. The amount of debts and liabilities as
stated in his schedule exceeded 47,0001., of which
24,0001. were described as without consideration, and
nearly 10,000/. upon accommodation bills. It was cal-
culated that the assets, so far as the assignees had yet
realised them would afford about 4s. in the pound.
Proofs to the amount of 3,0871. were admitted with-
out opposition. Upon one, on a bill of exchange for
1901. being tendered, the solicitor for the fiat objected
to its admission on the grounds that the creditor (Mr.
James) became possessed of it without consideration.
After considerable discussion the further consideration
of this claim was ordered to stand adjourned to the
day appointed for the next audit.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE and Mr. Justice MAULE.)
The Court was occupied the whole morning with
the trial of John Webber, aged 27, described in the
calendar as an artist, charged with having committed
an unnatural offence. The evidence, of course, is
quite unfit for publication.
Mr. CLARKSON defended the prisoner, and after
some deliberation the Jury returned a verdict of Not
Guilty.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
John Bell Carter, a young man of respectable ap-
pearance, waa indicted with stealing the sum of 2.5/.
orr the 24th of December, 1841, which he had re-
ceived on account of S. T. Newington and Co., in
whose service he \ as. There were other indictments
against the prisoner, charging him with embezzling
other large sums.

The prisoner pleaded Guilty to both indictments.
The COMMON SERGEANT inquired whether the pro-
secutor had anything to say in favour of the prisoner?
--Mr. Newington said he had not, and added that,
during the time he was in his employ, between 400/.
and 5001. had been missed, and unaccounted for.
The COMMON SERGEANT thought the present was a
case which called for exemplary punishment, and he
should, therefore, sentence the prisoner, on the first
indictment, to seven years transportation, and also to
a like term on the second indictment.
Several other prisoners on being arraigned, pleaded
Guilty, and were sentenced, sonic to transportation,
and others to different terms of imprisonment.