The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-13 00:00:00

MR. FRARGUS O'CONNOR.

Mr. Wnioxs said he had an application to make to
the Court on the part of Mr. Fearg•us O'Con-
nor, against whom the Grand Jury had recently re-
turned a true bill. His Lordship was aware that Mr.
O'Connor had been taken by warrant before Mr. Hall,
the Chief Magistrate at Bow-street, and held to bail
to appear and answer any indictment which might be
found against him. If the Court would allow Mr.
O'Connor to plead to the indictment by proxy all dif-
ficulty in the case would be obviated, which was ge-
nerally done in misdemeanors. If not, he (Mr. W il-
kins) should be prepared with some affidavits, showing
that Mr. O'Connor could not be removed from home
without risk to his life. _

The JUDGE thought that this was only done in the
Queen's Bench.
Mr. WILKINS said it was very often done at ses-
sions. He dal not mean to quote the practice at ses-
sions as a precedent for his Lordship, but that it would
be the most convenient. _ .

The JUDGE said the queAtiOn 'was whether the At-
torney-General would consent to allow it, and whether
Mr. O'Connor would 'be found by it afterwards.
The ATTORNEX-GENERAL said he should be quite
satisfied with the undertaking of his Learned Friend
Mr. Wilkins.

The JUDGE—And you won't repudiate ?
Mr. WILKINS—If he be alive, I will undertake that
he shall appear here at the assizes. I have no intention
to repudiate, nor has Mr. O'Connor.
The JUDGE—Then it is understood he is present,
and pleads not guilty ?
Mr. WILKINS—Yes, and traverses.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had seen the
affidavits, and he had no doubt of the great incon-
venience and danger to Mr. O'Connor if he were
called upon to appear ; and as it was his intention to
traverse, and the intention, he believed, of most of the
other defendants, he (the Attorney-General) had no
objection to the application.
The JUDGE—Very well ; if you have no objection,
I haVe none.
The application was then granted on the under-
standing that the affidavits should be filed; and Mr.
Wilkins, on the part of Mr. O'Connor, pleaded not
guilty and traversed till the next assizes. Mr. O'Con-
nor's bail was also extended till the same period.
(Before
.Baron ALnEnsoN.)
John Abbot, John Smith, James Thorpe, William
Hill, John Dobson, Patrick Raddican, Joseph Sutcliffe,
Joseph Gillibran, William Fermough, Richard Parker,
John Crowther, Thomas Connor, Thomas Jones,
William Walker, and Nathan Johnson, were charged
with riot, &c., at Manchester. The indictment was
for a misdemeanonr, in having, on Wednesday the
10th of August last, riotously assembled at Man-
chester, for the purpose of turning out the hands at
several manufactories. A second count charged the
prisoners with having incited others to riotous con-
duct ; and the third and fourth counts charged tilem
with having been present at illegal meetings.
After evidence had been beard, his Lordship
summed up, when the Jury returned a verdict of
guilty against Abbot, Smith, Thorpe, Hill, Raddican,
Sutcliffe, Gillibran, Parker, Connor, 'Walker, and
Johnson guilty, recommending Thorpe to mercy on
account of his youth. Dobson, Fermough, Crowther,
and Jones, were acquitted.
The Court adjourned at five minutes past 8 oslock.
/ MAGISTRATES' ROOM.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
CONSPIRACY AND RIOT.
Abel Matley, Samuel Sisley, William Harsett,
John Ingham, John Hague, Thomas Morris, alias
Thomas Fitzsimmons, John Leyland, Thomas Ash-
croft, Thomas Marshall, Joseph Fletcher, Joseph
• Bowers, John Harrison, Robert Allen, Richard
Sterndale, and Josiah Andrew, were indicted for con-
spiracy and riot at Ashton. All the prisoners were
found Guilty, but not sentenced.
sentence
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WEDNESDAY MORNING.
le,flhioyrdeAmbpilonygeear and IN;iilro.rning in p g Justice Creassin sswell have been
the prisoners convicted yesterday of rioting—the
former in the Nisi Prius Court, and the latter in the
Magistrates' Room. The sentences varied from six to
twelve months' imprisonment, according to the pecu-
liar complexion of the cases ; in one instance a boy,
not *lore than 15 years of age, was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment. Many of the prisoners were
very juvenile, and all of them belonging to the lowest
class of operatives.
After sentencing the prisoner's, a batch of thirty
were put on their trial before Lord Abinger, charged
also with rioting in Manchester during the late out •
break. The trials were proceeding when the train
left. The business of the Special Commission is pro-
ceeding with great rapidity, and it will be got through
sooner than was anticipated.
called in Court
The name of the Rev. Mr. Hill was
this morning, but whether he will traverse ante the
next Assizes, as already announced,
was not statentil d.

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STAFFORD, TUESDAY NIGHT. 1 .
TRIAL OF COOPER FbR ARSON.
~ „ 1 ;
Reuben Greatbach, reporter on the North xasora.
shire Mercury, was under examination when .our re-
port
broke off yesterday. The following is the
con-
tinuation of the trial up to the rising of the Court this
evening :
James
Wilding heard Cooper addressing the meet-
ing at the Crown-bank. He said there wag plenty on
the ground, and winter was coming, and he did not ,
know who was to gather the harvest. He did not tell
them to gather it. He alluded to the Court of Re-
quests at Leicester, and said the landlords had been
obliged to pay their own rents there.
He also alludedto the yeomanry.
William Palmer saw Cooper at the Royal Oak, and
on his being told about the burnings, he said, " It is •
all right ; that is the way to do the work. If they go
on in that way we shall soon have the Charter?'
This witness was cross-,examined by the prisoner as
to whether he referred to the turn-outs or the burn-
ings ; but he could not tell to which the prisoner al-
luded.
Benjamin Lewis—l am a dyer at Hanley. On
the 15th of August I was at a meeting at the Crown-
bank. I saw the prisoner there, and heard him read-
ing resolutions which had been come to by the people
of Bilston, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire.
They were to the effect that all labour should be
suspended until the Charter was the law of the land.
Cooper said a great deal about Wednesbury. He
said he expected to meet 5,000 persons, but he met
1,500, and they were all determined not to resume
labour until the Charter became law. He read a letter
from Manchester stating that all business was 'sus-
pended there, and the. shops would be closed. Ile
said he would not tell the name of the writer. He
also said they must avoid the law as it then was, but
it would not be so for many days. He demanded a
show of hands as to who were in favour of a cessation
of all labour, and all hands were held up. There
were none against the resolution. He said a good,
deal about the soldiers—that if 100 soldiers were sent
to that town, nine towns would be without any; that
amongst themselves :there
day on the Police-office.
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I saw the attack that
I was at the Crown-bank,
at the meeting in the evening. I saw the prisoner
a hymn. He ascended a platform, and said he
there. He came down leading the people, and sing-
ingwould give out a hymn to which the chorus was,
" Lion of Freedom." lie said he understood they
was wrong; but they
hadhad
themselves destroyed prtooppelretyas,e. which . „ .
obpylet,tobedilorins°onmurder and.shed no
you C r
caution
a mtihnee dp e e.F-7,-I did not hear
blood. . .
. ,
Thomas Scragg-1 am a china-gilder. I , was at
the Crown-bank meeting on the evening
I heard the prisoner say "You have done
your work
well to-day ; but there are some of the 15th.
among you drunk.'
You must keep sober, and then you will, gain your
cause." He said there were only ten soldiers to each
among such a mul-
titude:
, and what would they be
George Shaw--I cutler I am of Shelton. I went
with my neighbour, Mr. Bell, to the fire at Forester's.
all abreast. The
We did not go close, but looked at it from a distance
for twenty minutes. We met on our return five men
was one of the Pak,.
Broomhall, party. On being
prisonerwalking
coop
e towards
r Forester's
cross-examined by the prisoner, the witness positively
question.
affirmed him to have been near,Forester's,
sswore to seeing
John Bell, Thomas
and James -Bundred, Isaac Hackney,
Cooper going
towardsjon Forester's
ilolden_ Ifirea:ltthe night in
colour-manufacturer at
Bursleni. I was on duty as a special constable on the
night of the 'Ali August. I saw Cooper going
through the town that night. . lie had one or two
Persons with him. - 1 asked him where he was going,
and
andwas l%lqies thenan
anxious
said
s going .from
and he seemed surprised at being stopped. He said
the road was as free to him as to me.
I
ng
tah
le NI
iviaesy tt
on c
iol
insi
waymerc i
taol traveler,
Macclesfield,
to get to Alanebester at a particular time the follow-
asn
hed destroying rnooyti property, and
consider himself
ing day. He said lie did not like to stay in Hanley;
it 1 he a
It v
ishe
they d
to
were
get burning'away
safe. Be was taken then before Mr. Parker, the Ma-
gistrate. •
The prisoner then proceeded to address the Jury in
his defence, and entered into a lengthened statement
of his previous life and conduct, arguing that from the
nature of his pursuits and studies he would be one of
the last persons in the world to countenance or advise
any acts of violence. He then remarked upon the
evidence that had been -giverk ,with , regard. to the
speeches he had made to the different meetings at the
Crown-bank, and observed that the most intelligerit

: moag the witnesses had admitted that he had. con-
demned the destruction of property, and had coun-
selled them to preserve the public peace. He said
that he was a Chartist from principle, and naturally
wished to promote its spread among the working
classes, who were ground down by the tyranny and
oppression of their masters. He concluded by deny-
ing in the most solemn manner that he was in the
streets the night of the fire, calling on the thunders
of Heaven to consume him that moment if he spoke
untruly. He left the case in the hands of the Jury,
assuring them that he had never counselled, or ap-
proved of, or sanctioned violence during his life, and
promising, if Providence would deliver him out of
his present danger, that he would take care never
again to mix himself up with assemblies or meetings
! whose proceedings were in the least calculated to dis-
,
turb the public peace. He hoped, as honest and con-
scientious men, and men of feeling and humanity,
that they would earefUlly weigh the evidence, and
prOnounee a just and honest verdict. The prisoner
then called the following witnesses :
Mary Hall—l keep the George and Dragon at
New-street, Hanley. I remember th.l 15th of Au-
gust. I saw you (the prisoner) come to my house
about nine o'clock. You remained about three hours.
You left my house about twelve o'clock. There were
several persons with you, Tomkinson, Foster, Syl-
vester, Green, Banford, and others. When you left
you had on a drab top-coat and a hat.
William Sylvester—l am a tailor, of New-street,
Hanley. I was at the George and Dragon on- the
evening of the 15th of Atigiiit. I went about nine,
and stopped till ten. I went to seek a conveyance to
go to Macclesfield. You were there from nine till
ten, and did not go out at all. I returned about
eleven, and found you there. I remained till near
twelve. I found Green there and Tomkinson when
I came back. We all left at about twelve, and I
wen tto fetch the conveyance for Mr. Cooper to go to
' Macclesfield. The car was hired from a person
! named Steele.—The Court rose at eight o'clock.

WEDNESDAY.

The trial of Cooper was this day proceeded with.
Henry Forster—l am a potter, of Mill-street, Hut-
ton. I was at the Crown-bank, Hanley, on the night
of the 15th of August. I heard you advise the peo-
ple not to break the peace. You censured drunken-
ness. You then went to the George and Dragon, and
I went with you and remained till about half-past
ten o'clock.
James Green, a potter, of Shelton—l was on the
Crown-bank on the night of the 15th August. You
were there, and addressed the meeting. You cen-
sured drunkenness, as they would be likely in that
state to commit acts of violence. You told them to
keep the peace and not destroy property. I went to
the George and Dragon a little after ten, and you
were there with Forster, Tomkinson, Yates, Bed-
dingtori, and other friends. I remained till you went
away, a little before twelve. You had a top coat on
then and a hat.

Cross-examined.—When we were at the George
and Dragon some one told us that Forester's was all
in flames, and Cooper said he was very sorry for it.
Witness then corroborated the former witnesses as to
the subsequent movements of Cooper.
Samuel Tomkinson—l am a potter at Shelton. I
saw you on the Crown-bank on the 14th and 15th of
August. You did not recommend violence to the
people. You remained at the George and Dragon
till I left, at ten o'clock.
Jonathan Stephen, a potter, of Shelton, saw Thos.
Brownhall on the night of the 15th of August. It
was about a quarter before ten o'clock, and he was
then very drunk. I saw him speak to his wife. She
said she had been to the fire, and he said " D—n
your eyes, why did not you stop at home like me ?"
Anne Stephen, wife of the last witness, saw Brown-
hall on the night in question. She corroborated her
husband's evidence as to his being very drunk.
Mary Blake—l live at the Shakspeare, Shelton.
I saw Thomas Brownhall at Mr. Aitken's, when the
house was on fire. He went there from Mr. Parker's,
which was also on fire. He came out of Aitken's
with two bottles, and I heard some one asking for
one of the bottles, and calling him by his name. He
" D—n your ;yes, go and get them where I did."
I never gave any information about this, although I
have frequently spoken about it.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then addressed the Jury
on the evidence for the defence.
The priLoner frequently complained of the smiling
and apparent trifling of parties on the Bench through-
out the trial, which was checked by the Chief Justice.
COoper also repeatedly interrupted the Solicitor-
General by remarks and contradictions, and was at
length told by the Learned Judge that he could not
interfere in that way, having had ample opportunity
of making his observations. if the Learned Counsel
said anything that was not borne out by the evidence,
he could appeal to the Court.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proceeded with his
remarks upon the evidence, and had not concluded
when the train left.

In the case of the prisoners indicted for breaking
into the house of Mr. Griffin, the Jury found all the
prisoners, except Wilkinson, Guilty.

SENTENCES ON TIIE PRISONERS.

The Learned JUDGE, then directed the prisoners
who had been found guilty, and those convicted the
previous day of the attack on Mr. Platt's house, to be
placed at the bar, and sentenced Owen, Croxton, and
Rathbone to be transported for life; Dean and John-
ston, 15 years' transportation; Simpson and Spils-
bury, 10 years' transportation ; and Brunt one year's
imprisonment and hard labour.
DARING BURGLARY.
Wm. Lawton, John Jackson, Samuel Gibson, Ed-
ward Bowden, and Wm. Bowden, all young men,
were indicted for a burglary in the house of Mr. Steel,
of the Abbey Farm.
• The Jury found all the prisoners guilty, and the
Learned Judge sentenced Lawton to 15 years' trans-
portation, Jackson and William Bowden to one year's
imprisonment, Edward Bowden four months impri-
sonment, and Gibson to be 'sentenced in another Court
where he had been found guilty.
Jonathan Thomas was indicted for robbing the Rev.
Edward Powis, incumbent of Chedlestine.
It appeared that the prisoner was one of a party
who went to the house of the prosecutor and de-
manded money. He gave them 14s.—The prisoner
was found guilty.
(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)
The prisoner Roberts, indicted for demolishing and
burning the offices of Earl Granville (as detailed in
yelerday's Sun), was acquitted.
Thomas Lumer was indicted for the same offence
with the last prisoner.
•James Bate—Saw the prisoner at Earl Granville's
on the 15th August. He was the man who fired the
offices. Prisoner had on a tommy hat and a round
flannel jacket. The prisoner pulled the fire from the
'fire-place of the office into the centre of the room.
Jervase Syms—Lived near Mr. Forester's. He
knew John Lumer, who was one of the persons who
went down to the house. He could not perfectly
swear that the prisoner was there. In a short time
afterwards he was certain that he saw him return
with the mob. He shouted to the mob to halt, say-
ing, "D--- your eyes, lads, we have done nothing
yet ; let us go back and burn the store-room." The
office was in flames ; witness said, " Don't do that ;
for it will burn private houses as well." He replied,
"Go to h—." In half an hour afterwards, the pri-
soner held his arm, and said, " Oh, d— old Blarney,
he has prevented me."
Other witnesses proved the part which the prisoner
took in the attack.—He was found Guilty.
James Slark was indicted and convicted for a
similar offence.
Thomas Turner was indicted for the same offence,
and found guilty.
Henry Gibson was indicted for a riot, and begin-
ning to demolish the offices of Earl Granville on the
15th August, at the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent.
A verdict of Not Guilty of the demolition was . re-
turned.
His Lonnsum, then ordered the prisoners convicted
before him to be put at the bar; when a batch of 37
were variously sentenced to terms of imprisonment,
with hard labour, varying from fifteen to six months.
After the sentences the Court adjourned.
WEDNESDAY.—(Before Sir N. TINDAL.)
The Court assembled this morning at eight o'clock.
THE CASE OF O'NEIL.
O'Neil has been allowed to traverse to the next.
Assizes, and to enter into bail.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
_ _ .

John Ashley, Johnston, and John Neil, were in-
dicted for demolishing the house of Thomas Rose,
Esq., stipendiary Magistrate for the Potteries.
Mr Sergeant Talfourd conducted the case. After a
lengthened investigation the Jury returned a verdict
of acquittal, and the prisoners were immediately again
indicted for the riot, the evidence being similar to that
in the previous case.
The evidence was not concluded when the reporter

THE MILLENNIUM.—At the twenty-first anniver-
sary meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Association
for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, the Rev.
W. Wollaston Pym, M. lit;ctor of Willian,_ Herts,
in the course of his speech stated, that according to
the different prophecies in the Bible, the chronolo-
gists had calculated that the time which Gpd had ap-
pointed to set the children of Israel free was fast ap-
proaching; some of whom stated that it would take
Once between 1840 and 1850, while others fixed it
from 1844 to 1847, which latter time the rev. speaker
believed in. Ile thought that the Christian Churches
should unite together in this great undertaking—the
conclusion of which, he felt persuaded, was fast ap-
proaching.
A letter from Angouleme of the Bth inst. states,
that " one of the Royal gunpowdor mills in that town
blew up on that morning. The shock was but
slightly felt' in the town. On incitLiry it was ascer-
tained that there was but one person ,s,Tiployed, at the
mill at the time of the explosion, wllq. still survives,
but in a dreadfully mutilated state."

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING
TIMES.—The East India and China Association
pn
includesii
limits
ao nf d
thethtoen
periodnEaags tonnage einfnrpodl
m‘isay et inhdceo mlsptthaoen
fytrade within
have published their quarterly comparative statement
the
hip
wohich
hs
sanCuhaaryrtetor,
the 30th September, in the years 1841 and 1842.
/ The analysis of the vessels entered inwards shows
in the general result an increase of 30 ships, with
8,402 tonnage, for the Port of London ; the numbers.
in 1841 being 413 ships, with 163,771 tonnage, and in
1842, 443 ships, with 172,173 tonnage. The Liver-
pool return exhibits an increase of 16 ships, with
7,988 tonnage ; the Clyde, Leith, and other British
ports return an increase of 15 ships, with 6,147 ton-
nage, but the ports of Bristol and Hull return a de-
crease of three ships, with 463 tonnage. A recapitu-
lation of the whole produces a gross increase of 28
ships, with 9,780 tonnage—the numbers being 594
ships, and 234,469 tonnage for 1841, and 622 ships,
with 244,249 tonnage, for 1842. The increase as
detailed applies principally to arrivals from Bombay.
China, and the Mauritius.
The statement of clearances outwards comprise the
ports already described, and show without exception a
great decrease, the decline of the Australasian trade
for the present exhibiting the enormous reduction of
119 ships on the number before cleared for those colo-
nies. Of general clearances for the period stated, the
port of London showed a falling off of 45 ships, and
4,944 tonnage ; Liverpool, 49` Ships and 19,009 ton-
nage ; Clyde, Leith, &c., 32 ships and 10,234 ton-
nage ; and Bristol and Hull, nine ships and 3,622
tonnage. These statistics furnish a most conclusive
proof, if any were wanting, of the present depressed
and depreciated condition of the shipping interest,
which of itself, considering the amount of capital in-
vested in this description of property, would be suf-
ficient, did not other causes prevail, to render the em-
barrassments of the commercial community 'perplex-
ing in the extreme.
In connexion with this subject, it may be observed,
that the shipowners are anxiously collecting informa-
tion illustrating the depression of their trade against
the next session of Parliament, when Mr. Lyall will
propose it as a matter for investigation.
By the official returns published by the Customs,,
the exports of the precious metals to foreign and
colonial parts for the week ending Thursday last
were as under : Oz.
Silver coin to Port Adelaide and Port Phillip 2,124
Silver coin to Ha mburgh
Silver bars to Hamburgh
Gold coin to Port Adelaide and Port Phillip 325
CIIRONICLE.—Some of our Contemporaries are
endeavouring to find fault with Mr. Thornton, the
Chairman of the Committee of Portuguese bond-
holders, for having acquiesced in the decree of conver-
sion proposed by the Portuguese Government. No-
thing could be more unfounded than these absurd
attacks. After it was established that the great
majority of Bondholders had converted their stock
in the face of the most active opposition from the
Committee, a perseverance in opposing the conversion
could not have tended to any useful result. Mr.
ThOrnton acted with great propriety in putting an
erai to the matter, and, if he erred at all, his mistake
was in swerving from his first approval, and in being
so late in expressing himself satisfied that the best
course was to accept the decree with the relative
guarantee of cash payment in London. We hope
he had some good grounds in throwing out crumbs of
comfort to the Spanish Bondholders; but we have
our fears that the present Cabinet at Madrid is not
strong enough to grapple with the bigoted views of
the Catalonian interests so as to open up the ports of
Spain to British cottons, and thus recruit their
exhausted revenues. After the Cortes meets in
November we shall be better able,to form a correct
opinion.
:The jobbers on the Stock Exchange have been
chiefly occupied to-day in preparing their accounts
for the settlement, which takes place to-morrow.
The Market, however, has exhibited considerable
strength, although prices have not recovered from the
fall produced by the unfavourable state of the public
revenue.
SUN.—The firmness noticed at the early part
of the day, was continued at the close of business,
though prices remained the same as yesterday, Consols
leaving off at 93 93* for Money, andlor the Account ;
India Stock, 250 251 ; Exchequer Bills were in
greater demand, and the Old Bills were 55 57, and
the New, 54 56.
Business in the Foreign Securities was extremely
hinited, but prices were generally better, though no
change in the nominal rates has to be noticed—
Helgian, 103 104 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 521 521; the Five per Cents. 100+ 1001 ;
Danish, 82 83; and Brazilian, 63 64. The quotation
for Mexican Bonds declined to 324 33.
The Share Market exhibited a decided improve-
ment, which may he traced to a wish to invest a por-
tion of the forthcoming dividends in these secu-
rities—London and Birmingham, 183 185 ; Bir-
mingham and Gloucester, 40 41; Great Western, 82i
83- ; the Half-shares, 59.1 601; south Western, 57
58 ; North Midland, 57 58 ; the New shares, 28 '29 ;
south Eastern and Dover, 224 23 ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 81 8:1 ; Northern anti Eastern, 351 36f; Black-
wall, 6 6f; Brighton, 354- 36- per share.
The conversion scheme of Portugal does not, ap-
parently, increase in favour. The observation of a
bondholder in regard to the emission of a large amount
of extra bonds, though jocularly thrown out at the
Meeting, has had the effect of recalling attention to
the spurious issues of Spanish bonds by Mendizabal,
and hence the suspicion which is felt towards any of
these new documents. The promises of payment
made by all these States, and under the most solemn
obligations, all of which, as expediency has required,
have been repudiated, has caused so much distrust,
that to-day no person could be induced to purchase
the converted coupons. A question has been mooted
as to the admission of the new stock on the officiallists,
but the Committee having allowed other conversions,
have, it is said, no excuse for refusing this a
place, and thus again lending a sanction
to another mode of victimizing that por-
tion of the public who may depend upon the respect-
ability thus thrown over the new bonds. The quo-
tations for the Five per Cents. were 361 374; the
Three per Cents., 211 22+ ; Colombian, 20k 21 ; Pe-
ruvian, 16 17 ; panish Five per Cents., 16 161; and
the Three per Cents., 201 20/.
The Indigo sale has progressed but slowly to-day,
the importers having persisted, in their demand for
higher prices, which the buyers have as resolutely
objected to give; 2,317 chests passed under the ham-
mer, of which but 812 found purchasers, at the ad-
vanced rates of yesterday.

SURREY THEATRE.
Mr. T. P. Cooke is drawing overflowing audiences
here every evening. As early as five o'clock the
crowd waiting for admittance at the pit and gallery
doors, extends a considerable distance across the Black-
friars-road, and; within ten minutes after the doors
are opened, the theatre is crowded in every part.
This has been the case every evening since he has
been engaged. We visited the theatre last evening, and,
after the pleasing melo-drama' of Blanche Heriot,
we had Douglas Jerrold's most affecting drama of
Black Eyed Susan with T. P. Cooke in his original
character of William. This drama is even more
strongly cast than it was when originally produced
here thirteen years ago. For, undoubtedly, Mrs. R.
Homier as Susan, Mr. W. Smith as Gnatbrain, and
Mr. It. Honner as Jacob Twig, are superior to the
original representatives of those characters, while
T. P. Cooke, as William, is as excellent as
ever, commanding laughter or tears from
his audience at will, witness his admirable yarn of San
Domingo Billy, and the parting scene from Susan,
before he is led forth for execution. At the fall of
the curtain, T. P. Cooke, in obedigence to thR. liol
ecalliof
Hon-
ner. They were both greeted t
the audience, came forward, leading
on
hatmeenrtihteuds.iastic
applause which their exert
ieotned with)
s s
richly

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DEATH OF ROBERT' CRAMMER, ESQ.—We regreL
to announce the death of Robert Chaloner, Esq., of
Guisborough, Yorkshire, which took
place at Lea-
mington on the 7th inst. Mr. Chaloner, who was in
his 66th year, had been for many years agent for Earl
Fitzwilliam's extensive estates in Ireland, and
ractihad
always evinced the deepest interest in every pcal
measure for the improvement and development of the
agricultural resources of this country nt. Ihe county
of Wicklow, where Mr. Chaloner had resided so long
a period, he was beloved for his kindness oo
f h a
eart
dau and
benevolence, Mr. Chaloner was married tgh-
ter of the late Lord Dundas. lle had been for some
41588 ,3576°39: 1.11 3?;
years a Member of the House of Commons—first, as
representative for Richmond, and subsequently for
York.—Dublin Post.
ST. CLEMENT DANE? SAVING BANK.—Progress
of the Government Annuity Institution (established
at this Savings' Bank) fro.n its commencement to the
10th of October inst. :-
7,650 17 3
Received from 126 annuitants in 1:888333457............
Ditto 71
Ditto 41
111888833346890 ...
:.
:.
122043,702-969-625 11°244 67
Ditto 70
1841.:.
Ditto 110...„
25,557 16 06
Ditto 148
Ditto 152
Ditto 154
Ditto 208 1842... 36,507 1 7

1,080 annuitants ............ 160,479 16 0
The above annuities vary from 41. to 201. each annui-
tant. The increase of deposits, to the Savings' Bank
during the present year is upwards of 9,7001., making
a total of upwards of 93,000/, belonging to 3,958 ae-
positors in the Savings' Bank.
The shipwrights and their employers,
Shields, have now come to an amicable arrangement.
The bakers of Glasgow and suburbs have
the price of bread. The 41b. fine loaf now selling
at
7d.; housqloid ditto, 6d. . at South

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS'

FROM THE MORNING
.PAPARB OF THIS DAY.

TIMES.—The question of the commercial
union of France and Belgium is now discussed.
with great activity in the journals of both those
countries, not as a matter of speculation, but as
a serious negotiation already in progress between
the Cabinets of Brussels acid Paris. The subject
is not only mixed up with the national ambition
of France and the national independence of the
minor State, but it is rapidly becoming a ground
of contention between the principal manufac-
turing interests of the two countries, and to these
elements of debate may be added the spirit of
political intrigue and the virulence of party war-
gittni thi
ce removal (e)rofcs.
to:
aufn.eirslrsee
an, there can be no doubt that
fiscalercial
Bel-
um would
between
osetrniiacint7itroabnieisencn the
eiefiatllod com-
both
countries alike; for whilst it would open to the
Belgians a wider and freer market than they now
possess, it would considerably increase the sup-
ply, and consequently lower the prices, of many
articles of. primary necessity, . for• which the
French are now, for the most port, dependent
admissionon a scanty foreign
ftbßreigsiiaturacdoea.l, Inasmuch as t' f
iron, and-lint " rLde
other maiiu fa cture
ooFsu
aucceedgainst
hin eavy' to
iu t'llt?
ng the
nosi3)'osltiesitrslitroit(t)iidl
benefitof ths cornwercial lines
protective great
il
mist
e
osoufSmitillei
tiattle' Se
curiously
enough this argil:neat,
which- i; the only sound one on the -side of
France, is Wholly kept out of sight by the p
tr-
tisans of the measure. They assume, with
strange unanimity, that if such an itoimt ever
takes place, the only results that France,eau
hope to receive in exchange for the inestinstble
benefits she proposes to confer upon Belgium
will consist in certain political advantages,
arising, we presume, from the boundless gra-
titude of the minor Power; and they contend,
that whilst France is making a great commercial
sacrifice tbr a supposed Political object, Belgium.
has nothing to consider but the Splendid corn-
merCial results of the union. A more correct
view of the case may be formed by taking into
the account the commercial advantages which
would ensue to France, and the political disad-
vantages which must ensue to Belgium. It is
absurd to suppose, that because the French may
find it very convenient to purchase cgd,
and certain manufactures from their neighbours, .
they are conferring a pure and spontaneous
benefit on those neighbours. By removing
the fiscal restrictions on those articles they
are merely opening the door through which
they themselves want to go to market; and
whether that market be at home or abroad,
they will doubtless take care to get their
money's worth in the transactions they may carry
on there. The commercial advantage is of course
mutual; for it is not to be measured, as some of
our French Contemporaries have thought lit to
do, by the relative population of the two coun-
tries, which is different, but by the value ex-
changed, which is identically the same. If 3.3
millions of Frenchmen purchase certain commo-
dities from 4 millions of Belgians, all that can be
said is, that the purchasers are more nuinerons
than the vendors of those commodities; but to
attach any notions of particular privilege or ad-
vantage to such sales is about as wise as it would
be. to contend that a large man performs an act
of sublime magnanimity in buying his grocery
or his stockings from a small one. But if the
commercial relations of two countries included
within the same customs' frontier admit of no
one-sided mercantile preponderance, but simply
of a fir and free reciprocity in trade, it is by no
means the same with the polical relations which
may spring out of such a state of things. It is
demdtistrable that France will derive from Bel-
gium an exact equivalent tbr her mercantile
dealings with that kingdom, and thus it is inac-
curate to represent the balance of commercial
advantage to be on the side of Belgium. But
France begins by asserting that such a balance
(though an imaginary one) does exist in favour
of Belgium, in order to justify the political pre-
ponderance (which is not an imaginary one)
likely to accrue to herself as an equivaletht for a
loss which she will not sustain.
CURONICLE.—The Edinburgh Review Sin.
October, 1842, contains an able article on "
late Session," in which much allowance is made
for the very difficult circumstances in which the
present Government found themselves on enter-
ing office, in consequence of their previous dis-
honesty, and due credit is given to them for the
good which has been effected by the commercial
tariff. The Reviewer admits that as the Tory
leaders " carried Catholic Emancipation in JS•29,
so they have laid the foundation of commer,:ial
freedom in 1842, and thus disposes of the qnestitm
as to the praise or blame to which they are ea-
titled. " We do not blame," says the writer,
" but neither can we commend. In both cases
the men have been compelled to yield to
In the history of States there are periods in win:sit
words when spoken cannot be recalled ; there
are measures which, however stigmatised, none
but the most frantic partisans can dream of re-
pealing. Further, these measures and decla-
rations, if founded on just principles, become
the abundant source of measures of the dame
character.. The seed is cast into the earth
—it- must and will germinate—the harvest
may be more or less delayed—it may .be
reaped by other, and by unfriendly hands ;
but the harvest time will surely coins',
and in its abundance the labours of those who
broke up what seemed for the tittle an ungrateful
soil—the skill of the husbandman who first
guided .the plough ; he who sowed the good
j seed which God has blessed with the increase
—will not be forgotten in acknowledgments
offered to the better-paid labourer, who has
• gathered the sheaves into his barn, and who
enjoys the produce. It is on these grounds that
we think Fox and Grattan for the Bill of 18;29 ;
and Lord John Russell and Mr. Baring for
all that is good in Sir Robert Peel's budget."
The present circumstances of the country ;suffi-
ciently prove the necessity for the commercial
revolution effected by Sir Robert Peel. Our re-
strictions have, in fact, deprived us of many of
the advantages which greater capital, and supe-
rior skill and experience had given to our maim-
facturers ; and the endeavour to bolster up the
price of food, while it has crippled our manufac-
turers, has been at the same tune of great detri-
merit to our agriculture. The process of approxi-
mation to the prices of the Continent ought to
have been resorted to at the end of the war.
Had the agriculturists of England been then
fairly thrown on their own resources, En :land
would not be the sluggard'S gaiden whieli it
now is, and the difference of prices between her
and the Continent would not have tempted Eng-
lish capitalists to invest money in manufacturing
webeed..tedlab
and mininc, establishments in Belgium arid Ger-
many. The tariff has come late; let us hope,
however, not too late. It must lower the price
of animal tbod in England, but it will also raise
ln
the price to the people of the Continent.,,l d
which he is now forced,
him, with regard to security,
the English farmer, in tiliveill,drilftiocdutltibst:rionsc,istc
on
the landlord placing
on the same footing as his fellow countrymen
doubled by a better system,
landlord,
necessary invest-
lf thel produce d crwe the
ewe
the
vlde
usetotei::
of Sir Itubert
iotnit;ei
north of the T
means justify
meEsurittena:tOimia°llle3n:tibe)aatelyratettliot bt ea
lease proper& duration,
to make the investment hums•
mit the fairness of the criticism of the Edinburgh
Reviewer, on the lob-sided nature
deception practised on the agriculturists, Peel's great measuiy, and by no
rienit •
other hand unsts, we
are, on the , persuaded that
sure must stoY the downward process of the in-
dustry of the nation. Fbe tariff m
by a new Com-law ; and then England need not
despair.

held
isTiAGED 3
Bridge-street,
:el* M ASONS.—A
caifflaageneraliirrnsia 0; Ins
tt?Aettei
stated
nigitsht
aitVu
-street, Blackfria
quarterlyrs.
ile
RaAdaalSe_
nYsypill"eSiiittiaaolnrteslß,
(1:::Itsolteou
wereld yesterday
onlyin
a
fora the meetinghad been convened
purpose, I
condition. announceentihnag; the
t
very satisfactory
Anew Masonic Benevolent Institution,
only, had recently been established in
connection with the Society, which rendered certain
alterations in the bye-laws necessary. A resolution
empowering the governors to ,make the required mo-
difi •cation was then
solved.
CITY INIPROVEDIENTS.—That
passed, and the meeting was dis-
solved.
part of Leadenhall
poultry market, belonging to the Corporation of the
City of London, is now in course of being pulled
down, preparatory to the erection of ~a new and more
convenient building. The old market, delapidated,
and ill constructed, built entirely of wood, has stood
for upwards of fifty years, and has been Icing .a source
of much annoyance to the renters of the stalls from
the lowness of the roofs, and the want of pruner ven-
tilation in the summer season was found seriously to
affect the health of those whose duties required a
strict application to their business. The new building
is to be entirely of iron, having a concrete flooring ;
the roof will be lofty and light, the benches are to be
re-arranged, so as to allow of greater advantages to
the salesmen and poulterers, and also to the public
I who may visit that part of the poultry market. It is
calculated that the yearly returns for poultry, Pt"'
and rabbits, in this market alone,
are equal to 500;0001.
per annum.
Sheridan Knowles (whosb wife died some time since)
has married las s El Wild° —Canada paper.
p