The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-21 00:00:00

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x EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1842,

THE DISTURBED DISTRICTS.
11Aticitmstim, TutsnAt,.---,The tewn is particularly
quiet this itioriting' to .all appearance. The turn-outs
are, however, meeting in various places, and the great
subject of discourse: amongst them is the death of
Lyons, who, they continue to declare, was " mur-
dered by the hired assassins of the Anti,Corn-law
Magistrates. In many of their speeches delivered
this morning they referred to the Anti-Corn-law
processions which have taken place from time to time
headed by Magistrates, and declaim in no measured
terms against the Magistrates for what they call
"their most unjustifiable mode of dealing out public
justice." The police were again on duty this morn-
ing, with orders to patrol the mill district. Their re-
ports are generally favourable as to the hands resum-
ing work, although in some mills the number of
workers has been reduced. On the whole, however,
the numbers of those at work are increased this
mornir.g.
Joseph Lyons being the first person who came to
an untimely end in consequence of the riots in Man-
chester and its immediate vicinity, the funeral created
very great excitement amongst the turn-outs, not only
in this town, but throughout the district. In accordance
with previous arrangements, which were unknown 'to
the police, about two o'clock in the afternoon great
numbers of turn-outs began to arrive from most of the
towns within Bor 10 miles of Manchester. The first
of these processions which attracted the notice of the
police was one from Bury (nine miles from Man-
chester), consisting of about 200 persons, including
a large proportion of females, most of whom were
decently dressed. On the head of this procession
reaching the end of Piccadilly, on its way to the
place where the corpse was lying, they were met by a
strong body of the police, under the command of Sir.
Beswick and Sir Charles Shaw, with whom was Mr.
Maude, the Stipendiary Magistrate.• The police
formed themselves into a line across the street, and
refused to allow any person whatever to pass. The
progress of the procession thus interrupted, they
divided themselves into sections, and by passing along
back streets succeeded in reaching their intended
destination, as had several thousands from various
other quarters. The police then, by the directions
of Mr. Maude, cleared the streets, and formed
themselves into lines across the street on each
side of the house where the body was laid. Every
avenue leading to the house was completely
blockaded by the police and special constables, and it
was then ordered that the friends only of the deceased
should be allowed to follow him to the chapel-yard.
After some delay, occasioned by the interference of
the officers, the corpse was brought out, and the
friends of the unfortunate man having been formed
into procession, the police surrounded the body anti
the funeral procession on all sides, and thus they
moved along the streets until they came to Mr.
Scholefield's chapel-yard, Every-street. On the ar-
rival of the police at the gates of the chapel-yard, Mr.
Scholefield refused to admit them; hut by previods
arrangement the chapel-yard was crowded by the
mob, as were also the walls, by the permission of Mr.
Scholefield. The police, however, kept the street
clear in front of the yard to the no little annoyance
of Mr. Scholefield, who on one occasion attempted to
drive the officers; but he was told by Sir Charles Sha&,
that if he interfered with the police he would order
him to be taken into custody. The police remained
on the spot until all was over, and were every now
and then assailed with groans and hisses by the mob.
'Whilst the attention of the authorities was directed
to the funeral procession of Lyons, a detachment of
the rioters proceeded to Mr. Thompson's power-loom
factory in Mill-street, and almost in the twinkling df
an eye demolished the windows and turned out the
hands that were at work. Information of this outrage
was instantly conveyed to the police, but on their arr
rival all was as quiet as if nothing had happened. The
whole of the windows and frames of the first sto4
were completely demolished, and a great number of
the windows on the second and third stories were alsi;i
broken. Shortly after the engine was again set to
work, and a great portion of the hands resumed their{
emplopnent. Having satiated their vengeance ofi
Mr. 1 hompson's mill,
a
direction of Oxford-road
party of them went off in tl4
S. and H. Marsland's mil and again attacked Messrs:
l in Chester-street. Fortu;
will b e
Court. brought
nately the police arrived in time to prevent furthet
i s
for Daniel mischief than the breaking of a few windows. Ord
up
the appearance of the police the rioters fled in all dil
rections, and one only of the ringleaders, whose name
ADJOURNED SESSIONS, NEW BAILEY.
(Before J. F. FosTisa, Chairman, and Josurit
inwa
tai
os
n this
day a
apprehended.t He
the Borough
LEESE, Esq.)
MONDAY.--Owing to the unusually heavy calendar
at the last Salford Hundred Sessions, occasioned b}+
the number of persons apprehended and left for trial
during the outrages committed during the last six
weeks, the Magistrates, after having been occupied
in both Courts for more than a fortnight, were
obliged to adjourn the proceedings until to-day, to meet
the convenience of the gentlemen of the bar, who
were engaged in cases to be tried at the Preston ses-
sions. This morning the Court met at ten o'clock,,
and proceeded with the trials of the rioters.
Edmund Lyons was the first prisoner placed at the
bar. lie was indicted for riot at Messrs. Birley's
mill, on Wednesday, the 11th of August, and he was
further charged with assaulting the police in the exe
cution of their duty on the same day. The Jury
found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred.
John Berry and Betty Kershaw were next placed'
in the dock, charged with unlawfully assembling to-'
gether, with other persons, at Bury, in this county,
on the 18th of August, and, in company with a large
mob, proceeded to Messrs. John Hoyle and Sons'
mill, situate at Mossfield, where, by threats and inti-
midation, they forced the workpeople to leave off their
lawful avocations. These facts having been esta-
blished by evidence, the prisoners' were found guilty
Sentence deferred.

Henry and Joseph Hibbert and Benjamin Birten-
shaw, were then brought up, indicted for riot at
Droylsden, in this county, .0n the 12th ult. The
Jury found them guilty. The Hibberts were sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard la-
bour, and Birtenshaw to two months.
Barnard illVay was found gidlty of riot and as-
sault at Messrs. James Kennedy and Sons' mills,
Ancoats-street, Manchester, on the 2M ult. In his
case the sentence was also deferred.
Several other rioters were disposed of during tin
day, but the charges against them were not of an
aggravated character, and
their sentenceswere
course not severe. The Court rose about six o'clock.
The accounts from Bolton this morning are verj
unfavourable. The notice to quit, which expired On
Saturday night, has been pretty generally put in,
ot
practice. There are at present 28 mills standing, and
only four in full employment. The four at work are
those of Mr. Hardeastle, Mr. Towlinson, Mr. Knowles.
and another. The hands of these four are uncle)
notice, and it is thought they will leave off work at tht
end of the week. The town is quiet this morning.
The accounts from Ashton and Stalybridge are of:
more favourable character—there the whole of th(
mills are either wholly or partially at work, and th(
towns are in a state ot perfect quietness.
At Stockport and Hyde the hands are nearly all at
work, and as far as these towns are concerned the
turn-out is at an end.
PRESTON, MONDAY EVENING.—In the course of
last week a writ came down from the Lord Chancellor,
addressed to the Clerk of the Crown for the Duchy oi
4 whose office is in
this town, ordering. a gaol delivery for Oct. 1, at Lan-
caster. The writ was forwarded to T. B. W. France,
Esq., the High Sheriff,
Lancaster, R. W . Hopkins, Es_.,
prisoners, committed from,
who issued summonses for
about 100 Jurymen, addressed to various parts of the
to Kirkdale Gaol, besides
committed ts.it is not stated in the
ninevc count-. ur i no tuy s
who.
parts
are :thereoo fu t theareon
bail,ll 2
countybut
for 'trial at the. dif-
ferent a "general gaol delivery, it is not known who-
included in the Com-
tfehreerntthqousear\tVehrOssetsasniodn
mission. On this subject the decision of the three'
Judges named in the Commission, Lord Abinger,
Baron Alderson, and Baron Rolfe' will be received at
the Sheriff's office to-morrow. The prisoners in the
gaol at Salford, from Manchester and the surrounding
neighbourhood, are very numerous
sessions will
; but in Preston
House of Correction there are only five,
and in Lan-
caster
but two, committed on charges connected with
the late riots. There will be two Courts open.
On Friday two of the rioters in the late tumultuous ,
proceedings in this town, on the 12th August, were
apprehended by Joseph. Dea?d en, the town beadle,
and committed for trial 133, Magistrates at the
Town Hall. Along with several others who are well '
known, and for whose apprehension warrants have for
some time been issued, they had kept out of the way
until the restoration of tranquillity emboldened thin, 1
to return into the town. One of these, Thos. Norris,
was charged before John Barstow, Esq., as one of the
leaders in an attack committed b, y a great crowd of
persons at the mills of Messrs. Germaine,
Petty, and
Co., at Leighton, where conducted d
alcted themselvesl
with great violence and disorder, and caused the mill
to be stopped. The hands having left work the crowd
dispersed. Thomas Pedder, the other prisoner, was
charged with having, on the same day., attacked the
factory of Messrs. Horrocks,. in Canal-street, and
having led the mob up the staT, Where
he behaved
with a considerable degree of violence. Along with
the other prisoner he was committed to the Ilouse of
Correction. The three unhappy individuals who wen
wounded by the fire of the soldiers on the same di
still remain in the Jiouse of Correction,
eic-
during considerable suffering. One of these, a steam-
loom weavJr, 21 years of age, who was shot through
the cap o: the knee, had his leg amputated imme-
diately, about six inches above another, Bryan
Hutchings, a shoemaker, was wounded in the side, the
bullet adll remaining in the body ; and the third,
aged 21, was shot through the wrist. It will be some
tune before they can leave this benevolent institution,
but, in e)nsequence of their sufferings, the Recorder
hag wily informed them that, although the two

former were recognised as amongst the most active
leaders of .the mob on the late fatal occasion, their
proseetitinn Will not be proceeded with. In addition
to Lancaster and Mercer, the individuals who died in
this establishment, these are the only ones amongst
the wounded who were taken there ; the two other
unhappy men died at their own homes, where also
Marty of the other wounded were conveyed, whose
number is not estimated, but the same forbearance is
shown to them as with those at present in the House
of Recovery. The spirit of Chartism and insurrection
is entirely broken in the town.
In connection with the new military arrangements
for the northern districts, Preston is to become the
future northern depot of a large body of troops. There
have hitherto been no barracks in the town, and the
troops now here, consisting of about 130 Rifles, are
quartered in temporary barracks, in a factory in
Water-street, in addition to another detachment who
are doing duty on the turrets of the gaol. A site of
251 acres on l'ulwood Moor, and in the centre of the
fbrmer race course, has been secured by Government
for the erection of barracks capable of containing
2,000 troops. An active correspondence has lately
been carried on with the Board of Ordnance, and it is
daily expected that contracts for estimates will be ad-
vertised. The spot has been selected by Captain Bur-
rows, Barrack Master at Blackburn, and Capt. Ruther-
ford, Engineer to theßoard of Ordnance at Manchester,
and many plans and estimates have been sent
up to London for the approval of the Government.
The circumstances which have dictated this choice
over the place proposed for enlarging the barracks at
Blackburn, in order to make that the northern depot
for troops, appears to be the facility of their transport
by railroad to the south, and to Ireland and Scotland
through the new port of Fleetwood. The inhabitants
of. Preston and Blackburn have both taken up the
matter very warmly, and in the latter town a site of
land was offered gratuitously for the erection of bar-
racks. The matter has, however, finally been set at
rest by Government having acknowledged the supe-
rior advantages of this town. This decision was come
to chiefly from the opinion of the Duke of Welling
ton, who gave his approbation to Preston, in prefer
ence to any other place which had been pointed 01
in the northern district.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY.
TIM ES.—One of our Contemporaries has at
last opened its fire upon the new American
treaty, and as it has done us the honour to quote
with approbation one part of our judgment con.
cerning that treaty, we need hardly say the most
unfavourable, we think ourselves bound to re-
peat our conviction that, on the whole, the ter-
mination of the affair is one for which we have
to he grateful to the Government. We agree
with him that the treaty gives us less than we
were entitled to; and we add, that we have little
satisfaction in concessions to an adversary who
has conducted the controversy with so little
frankness and generosity as the people of the
United States. But the question is not one of
feeling, but of policy. The question is—have we,
or have we not, reason to rejoice that the open
questions are finally settled between the two
countries, even with some sacrifice of what we
consider our equitable rights? Now, first, there
are several assumptions in the article we allude
to which could not be very well insisted on in
discussion with the American Government. The
construction there put of the King of
Holland's decisions (respecting streams falling
into the Bays of Fundy and Chaleurs) is denied,
and we think with plausibility, by the Ameri-
cans; nor can we maintain with our Contempo-
rary, that the commission of Colonel Mudge and
Mr. Featherstonehaugh has "proved by actual
observation and survey, that the features of the
country along the line claimed by us agree en-
tirely with the words of the treaty of 1783."
That the line claimed by the Americans does
not so agree is clear enough, but that our
own literally and " entirely" does, is still
a more difficult . thesis to maintain. The
boundary line is one which, it will be remem-
bered, is slightly more favourable than that pro-
posed by the King of the Netherlands, and the
road " from the St. Francis to Quebec," which
our Contemporary describes as so highly unpro-
tected for about 60 miles, is separated from the
American frontier by about 30 miles of country
(including . that range of hills along which the
Americans wished to draw their boundary line),
and of which a strip of apparently some 10 or 15
miles in width has been 'gained by Lord Ash-
burton's negotiation over and above what the de-
cision of the King of the Netherlands would
have awarded us. On the subject of the free
navigation of St. John's we have already ex-
pressed our opinion. We are ready to confess,
too, that we regret the cession of the Madawasca
settlers. But are these disadvantages to be set
aguinst the settlenient, once for all, of the ever-
menacing boundary quarrel ? Here we are met
by the answer that we might have settled it in
our own way; that " no country was ever less
prepared or less inclined for aggressive war than
the United States;" and that whatever hap-
pened, war at least they would not have
hazarded. Perhaps not. But that is not the
question. Would they have settled the dispute
on any other terms? This is the real point of
the matter. Would they not have interposed
delays—would not Maine have been refrac-
tory, and the Federal Government lukewarm ?
Would not the independence of the individual
State and the inability of the Government to act
without its concurrence, have been again played
off upon us? And would not the question have
been thus adjourned till the next occasion when
Grreat Britain appeared to have her hands full ?
America is perfectly aware that every year's de-
lay is in her favour. Every year increases that
force which the growing provinces of Maine and
Massacliusets are prepared to pour, nay, have
long been pouring, upon the disputed territory.
Every year consolidates by fresh facility of com-
munication and density of population the body
of the Northern States into a mass available fbr
supporting with effect the pretensions of their
countrymen. This growing power is ever on the
spot—it is by no sacrifice of labour or money
that it keeps itself in preparation fbr the contest.
That is its natural position—a position in which
without effort it is daily strengthening itself. But
year after year does not facilitate the concentra-
tion of the British forces on New Brunswick or
Lower Canada. The population of our North
American colonies is told by thousands,
.vv!lerc
those of the United States count their milLons.
It is only by the onerous presence of a large
and disciplined fbrce that we can keep our-
selves prepared for untoward emergencies ; it
is pretty plain, then, which party is most in-
terested in clearing off such controversies as
these. The United States feel this acutely
enough, and, we need hardly say, are not likely
to give up their advantage for nothing. They
lost nothing by open questions; we did; and we
had to expect that we should be made to pay for
closing it. But there is always an alternative.
We might have threatened, we might have de-
dared war upon the United States, if they re-
fused to accept an equitable arrangement at once,
dictated, we presume, by ourselves, of a question
which has puzzled the two nations for fifty years.
Few, probably, will advocate this mode of deal-
ing with the question; least of all, perhaps, the
partisans of a Ministry who tell us that all:our
late distress is because we -impede the natural
trade between England and the United States.
But in case any such partisan should be suffi-
ciently determined to support that mode of in-
ducing a speedy settlement, we will remind him
how the matter stood. In 1828, after much ne-
gotiation, the Tory Government agreed with
the United States to refer the matter to the
arbitration of the King of the Netherlands. In
1831, under a Whig Government, that Monarch
gave his decision, awarding to the British
a frontier, as we have said, somewhat less advan-
tageous than that secured by Lord Ashburton's
treaty. This decision the English Whig Go-
vernment, in the Words of our Contemporary,
c, signified their readiness to accept." For two
years Lord Grey's Government pressed the
United States to acquiesce in this arrangement ;
but in vain, and in 1833 the Royal decision stood
rejected by both parties. There was no talk then
of enforcing by war the authority of the King of
the Netherlands—no disposition to assert our
whole rights at once, when it became clear that
the Americans would not "split the difference."
It would be rather bold of a Whig advocate to
maintain that these ten years had precisely suf-
ficed to exhaust the permissable degree of pa-
tience, and that the Conservatives were bound,
on coming into office, to resort at once to the tre-
mendous expedient of war to obtain that which
the:Whigs had shown could not be obtained by
peaceful means. Such, as we view it, is the case
for Lord Ashburton's concessions. A speedy set-
tlement was necessary. It was more necessary
for us than for the Americans—and they knew it
was. By war, accordingly, or by sacrifice, the
settlement must have been purchased. The first
expedient was neither justified by policy nor
called for by honour. L?ast. of all could the ne-
cessity of such a decisive measure be urged by
the supporters of a Government which hacl.been
already ten years (the period of their existence)
fumbling about the matter. Concession re-
mained. That it is concession, we are aware.
Whether any part of it could have been avoided,
it would be difficult, without an accurate know-
ledge of American politics, to pronounce. But
that, has been less than the value of that, we
hope, lasting quiet which it has purchased, we
entertain no manner of question.
gERALD.—If Lord John Russell is not to

resume next session his congenial position as
leader of the Opposition, who is? The reasons
which will remove the Noble Lord from the
chieftaincy of faction are equally potent to re-
I strain the succession of Lord Palmerston or any
of his late colleagues thereto. The fact is, that
the members of the defunct Administration who
still have seats in the House of o,mmons con-
stitute the rump only of the Opposition forces,
and fur the first time in . the history of party we
have the Opposition led by men whose only
claim to its confidence is that they have been
Ministers of the Crown—responsible advisers of
the Sovereign, who were driven from office be-
cause their continuance therein was almost uni-
versally felt to be dangerous to property and i
good order. It is not surely sufficient that there
is coincidence of view between the majority otl'a
party and its leader on minor questions of public
interest? Unanimity of opinion on the sugar
duties, the timber duties, or the Corn-law—on
the latter there is perfect discord between
Messrs. Cobden, Villiers, Bowling, and Lords
John Russell and Palmerston—cannot surely be
the basis of a political combination such as an
Opposition ought to present? Agreement on
the subject of free trade and disagreement on
the far more important question of the suffrage, is
the predicament in which Lord John Russell
and his followers stand. The sentiments of the
Noble Lord are as wide as the poles are asunder
from those of three-fourths of the free com-
panions who have hitherto fought under his
banner. How long, then, is a compact alliance
so monstrously immoral as this to continue ?—an
alliance which requires a greater sacrifice of per-
sonal convictions, and of larger moral responsi-
bilities, than the most insane advocate of party
combination can justify or excuse. An end it
must have, and that shortly, if either Lord John
or the Radicals have one drop of sincerity in
their bodies. The success of free-trade prin-
ciples under the leadership of the Noble Lord
would only be the removal of obstacles to the
attainment of those ulterior objects of his sup-
porters which he has 30 frequently declared lie
never will assist in reaching. Defeat on econo-
mical questions, under the guidance of Lord
John, will only increase the demands of his fol-
lowers for an extension of the suffrage, as a means
of achieving the application of those commercial
views which they and their chief entertain in
common. Thus does Lord John Russell, whether
successful or unsuccessful, as the head of the O-
pposition, advance—so tar as his own party is con-
cerned—the repeal of the Reform Bill and the
extension of the suffrage, which he is so vehe-
mently, and, if words are binding, so irretriev-
ably pledged to oppose.
POST.—We ex pressed our satisfaction two days
ago on the reception which the treaty concluded.
by Lord Ashburton with the United States Go-
vernment had experienced in this country. Up
to the moment at which we wrote we had heard
of nothing but expressions of satisfaction on the
termination, upon fair and honourable terms, of
disputes which placed, during their existence, in
continual hazard the amity of two great nations,
whose hostility would be a calamity to both, and
a calamity not to themselves only, but to the
whole civilised world. It seems that we were
premature in congratulating our readers On the
suppression of party feeling upon, this occasion.
Yet we had allowed three days to the Opposition
press to take its ground, and it had taken none.
It seldom happens that the journals devoted to
the interests of a political party, when they have
a good or even a plausible reason for attacking
their opponents, require so much time to find it
out. We, therefore, cannot blame ourselves for
having arrived too quickly at the conclusion—
improbable as it was—that the treaty with
America was not to be made the occa-
sion for the display of party spirit. Still
less can we blame the Chronicle that
the spirit of party, as displayed at last in its
columns, required to be nurtured and stimulated
for no less than three days betbre it was in a con-
dition to show. The fault was natural 'on both
sides. Whence our Contemporary derived his
tardy inspiration we do not presume to guess.
But whether he resorted to the Pantheon or the
firmament—to Cupid or to Ursa Illgjor—he has
plainly had recourse to a fallacious oracle. The
treat fault of the treaty concluded by Lord Ash-
burton, according to the Whig oracle is, that its
three objects, the boundary line, the suppression
of the slave trade, and the mutual surrender of
criminals are comprehended in one act, instead
of b eing accomplished by three separate con '
ventions. And why is this a fault? Because
the American Senate would equally have ac-
cepted r ach of the three separate conventions,
and England might have driven a tighter bar-
gain by dealing with each subject apart from '
the rest. We collect from this merely that
Lord Palmerston, had he attempted to settle
the disputes with America at all, would
have niggled in the manner which the
Chronicle so strenuously advocates—would have
given occasion to three debates in the American
Senate instead of one—and would have multi-
plied, in a ratio far greater than three to one,- the
chances of complete failure in his attempt to
settle all existing disputes. But our Contempo-
rary endeavours to show that the Senate of the
United States would have been sure to ratify
three separate treaties as easily as the one which
it has ratified, upon the ground that each of the
three arrangements of the present treaty, sepa-
rately considered, is adverse to the interests of
Great Britain, and favourable to those of the
American Union. And, first, with respect to the
boundary line : the Chronicle, through three
weary columns, labours to prove that the inte-
rests of England have been betrayed, and that
everything claimed by the United States has
been conceded. We will not travel with our
Contemporary through the intricacies of his geo-
graphical argument. It is enough for us to per-
ceive that the guides for whose assistance he had
the condescension to wait no less than three days
have led him into a dilemma from which he will
not extricate himself very easily. Three days of
cogitation and consultation" might surely have
sufficed, if not to secure clearness and accuracy
of statement, at least to avoid manifest and pal-
pable incoherency. We may think it worth
while to discuss with the Chronicle the new line
of boundary, when it has made up its own mind
whether this line is a matter of national or merely
of provincial importance on the other side of the
Atlantic.

CHRONICLE. —We are informed that a
treaty is upon the point of being concluded with
Hanover, by which the Stade duties are to be
increased. In the speech which Lord Palmer-
ston delivered at the close of the session, he
stated his apprehension that the Tory Govern-
ment would make some such concession to King.
Ernest. The supposition was repudiated at the
tune as being too discreditable to Sir Robert
Peel's Ministry. But old predilections, it
seems, are too strong, and the Tory Go-
vernment is about to levy a tax upon
British commerce and British shipping—to re-
ward the King of Hanover for the old services of
the Duke of Cumberland. East, west, north, and
south, it is the same story. In India, in Turkey,
in Americ.i, in Spain, in Africa, in Hanover, the
same systematic abandonment of the interests,
the same scandalous indifference to the character
of this country, Upon many of our commodities,
upon raw cotton,. for instance, we understand the
duty is to be doubled. Something like a hundred
thousand pounds a year, it is estimated, is to be
levied by the new trea,t, for the benefit of the
King of Hanover. V e trust that by calling
attention to this subject in' time, we may be for-
tunate enough to put the oercan tile community
upon its guard in sufficient time to prevent_ is at
perpetration of this flagrant w;co,ear, no room tog. That it at
present intended, there is, we t
doubt.

BURRING OF A VESSEL AT SEA.—Tfte following
communication was received yesterday at j.d2oyd's :
Havre, September B.—Captain Garton, master of the
brig Prosperite, which arrived at this port y.esterdav
from Marseilles, reports that on Monday, the 22d of
last month, when in lat. 39 7, long. 12 57 wect7 be
observed at a distance of some ten or twelve mil es a
great mass of smoke ; he immediately bore down tv-
wards it, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause. j
when it proved to be a vessel on 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 burning rapidly to the
water's edge. He remained near the unfortunate
vessel for a considerable time, and sent several of the
crew up aloft to discover, if possible, the ship's boat,
and those belonging to her, but none could be seen.
At seven o'clock in the evening he proceeded on his
e
voyage. The ship was still burning, and the flame,
were distinctly seen for hours afterwards. Her s
could not be ascertained, in consequence of the namedn
smoke with which she was surrounded.
Mr.
"'POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE. Martin,
"
the author of a little book with this title, has invented
a simple plan for teaching mental arithmetic. By a
few concise and simple rules the amounts of fractional
numbers at fractional rates can be immediately ascer-
tained, without the aids of pen,ink, and paper : and
abstruse calculations are made in' the tenth part of the
number of figures that are used in the ordinary mode
of managing pounds,
shillings, and
count-
ing-houses, or in any of the
expeditious money calculations various trades in which
te arc an object, a know-
ledge of Mr. Martin's s
of a given question musty bs m of arriving at the result
e found very useful.
A man of the name
der at Sydney, last ° Lynch wasra
banged for ur-
having been a principal .
April,f
and at the scaffold he confessed
c'pal in no less than ten murders.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEAWS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per-
milk, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s.
101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25 351, and the exchange at Paris on Lon-
don at short being 25 571, it follows that gold is
0.88 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgb, the price of gald is
433 per mark, which at the English Mint price, of
3/. 17s. 101 d, per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 13 9, and the exchange at Hamburgh on
London at short being 13 101; it fellows that gold is
0.57 per cent. dearer in London, than in Hamburgh.
Some interest is felt in the City as to the manner
in which the Corporation of London are likely to
fulfil the duty which is shortly to devolve upon them,
of electing a Chief Commissioner of Police, as this is
a case in which, above all others, personal considera-
tions cannot for an instant be permitted to interfere
with those of the necessary qualifications for so im-
portant an office. The Corporation have been bithello
a little vulnerable oil this point : and it is not wonder-
etnhtat checkniay fuolipoonw, :hienint
wonder-
ful, therefore, that in so valuable an appointment as
this the same imputations should be hazarded., There
is a siittici
,hishcoaswrearn,yiiintheffiecenei
nni
f sequences
nomination. Were they to return to the Secretary
of State, who, by the Act of Parliament,
has a veto.
the name of any individual that the Government
could not approve, itcould fail
not to react upon them
as proof of general incompetencY
to such nominations,
and disturb their claim to the
management of the
City police itself, . under which they have shown so
much jealousy of any interference by the Government.
POST.—A chance vessel brings some interesting
accounts of the late workings of the Imperial Brazi-
lian Mines. For 20, days, the aver.: ge success had
been at the rate of 101bs. of gold per diem. Several
of the days produce of late exhibits the unusual, but
gratifying, result of 361b5., 381b5., and 321bs. of gold
per diem. Whether, however, a vein has at length
been discovered in new ground at the 41st fathom, or
whether it is a mere " rest" or bunch of gold that
has been met with, does not trap Aire. The ensuing
arrival is in consequence looked fur with much in-
terest by the parties who have long had theireitsl
locked up in the concern, and in a state of UV tic.
tiveness. The returns, on the whole, of the t six
months, indicate richness in the mine, the amount ex-
ceeding considerably 6001bs. of gold. A ,dividend
seems to be, therefore, already made certain. Strict
economy in the management of the affairs of the Com-
pany, and a reduction of the duty from 25 to 10 per
cent, were also points of importance in the history of
the mine. It should be added, that it was at the 41st
fathom such large returns were yielded some eight or
ten years ago by the Congo Soco. The Imperial
Brazilian shares, lately selling at 71. to SI. per share
are now held at 8/. to 101. per share.
SUN.—Speculators and jobbers being equally averse
to engage in operations in the present state of the
money market, prices have undergone but little va-
riation. The market has not, however, been firm, and
Consols were last marked at 924 92* for Money, and
93 93* for the Account ; India Stock, 249 251;
Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 prem.
The prices of Foreign Securities were better—
Belgian,' 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
521 5 24; the Five per Cents., 102+ 102* ; Danish,
83 84 ; and Brazilian, 671 681. The quotation for
Mexican was much worse, being 344 35.
The Share Market was without any great business.
London and Birmingham were 181 183 ; Birmingham
and Gloucester, 42 44 ; 'Great Western, 82 83 ; the
Half Shares, 59i 60; South Western, 571 58; North
Midland, 56 58 ; the New Shares, 27 28; South
Eastern and Dover, 218 22 ; Eastern Counties, 8+
81. ; Northern and Eastern, 36 37 ; Blackwall, 61 7;
and Brighton, 328 331 per share.
The quotations of Exchanges were—Amsterdam,
12 6 12 61 ; Rotterdam, 12 61- 12 61; Antwerp,
12 41 ; Hamburgh, 13 11* 13 11 ; Frankfort, 1501
151 ; Paris, 25f. 75c., 25f. 80c. ; Genoa; 25 871 25 90 ;
Vienna' 9.554 9 56 ; Naples; 40/ 401 ; Lisbon; 521;
and Madrid, 37 ; all at three months.
The Bonds were' thus quoted :—Colombian, 201 21 ;
Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 35+
35/ ; the Three per Cents.; 20 201; Spanish Five
per Cents., 16+ 16a; the Three per Cents., 218 21+.
Some letters have been delivered to-day from Van
Diemen's Land to the sth of June ; the accounts are
generally favourable. As far as the original settle-
ments are concerned, mercantile affairs are repre-
sented as having to a great extent recovered from the
extreme depression they have of late exhibited, which
had been owing chiefly to over-trading. The crops
being expected to be most abundant, no apprehensions
were entertained but that the prospects of the colo-
nists would realize the anticipation which had been
formed. The intelligence more interesting is to be
gathered from the accounts of the country in general,
in preference to particular places., inasmuch as these
more particularly concern a large portion of the popu-
lation of this country. It would appear that the pro-
fits or comforts to be derived from the newly located
distrtcts are great; that the settlements lately formed
are progressing favourably, and that new sournes for
the distribution of the produce, are being almost
daily opened. But very few years have elapsed
when the quantity of wool exported from Australia
was represented by a cipher, and a small portion
from the Cape of Good Hope was literally given
away, the only stipulation in the contract being, that
the buyer should pay the dock rates. Facts are now,
however, completely reversed, and England, from
being dependent upon continental nations for the
supply of this most necessary article, has a sufficient
quantity derived from the colonies, not only to supply
the home demand, but also to allow a portion of it to
be shipped to those countries upon which it formerly
relied. One of the greatest evils with which these
colonies have had to contend, has been the high rate
of interest, and a proportionate advantage has been
taken of the necessity under which they were to bor-
row, in order to charge a high rate of interest. It is
satisfactory to be able to notice that the value of
money there is ' likely to be reduced to something like
an approximation to what it is in this country. The
rivalry of the various establishments in London has
doubtless materially contributed to bring this about;
but from whatever cause it may have arisen, the bene-
fit to the inhabitants in the reduction will be great.
For example, by a Parliamentary return, a sum
of about 59,0001. appears to have been borrowed
upon Government Bonds for a particular purpose,
the interest paid upon which, in six years, amounts
to no less a sum than 23,000/. It may therefore be
calculated how great the benefit will be which a
smaller interest will confer upon individuals, when
Government have paid so dearly for a loan ; and it
will be the more apparent when a comparison is in-
stituted between the credit security which one party
and the other were able•ba offer.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.I '
Amsterdam CF. 12 9 "Gibraltar...... .... 46
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 911 Genoa •, •96 5
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 iVeniee 47
Alton .
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Palermo, per oz 120
Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon ...... 52
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro ............... 23i
Frankfort on Maine... 1511 Bahia ....................
.
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 361 Buenos Ayres ......
Berlin
. 46
Vienna, effoc. fl. 3 M 959 Philadelphia ..... . .... ...
Trieste, ditto
1.7
9.07
c.
Madrid
0 0 0
Cadiz
Doubloons 0 0 0
Bilbao 3O New Doub
0 4
56 New Dollars... lO
Barcelona
Seville

The Rev. Henry Edwards, author of "Piety and
Intellect relatively Estimated," with several _political
writings, has received the diploma of Doctor of Philo-
sophy from the University of Giessen. Dr. Edwards is,
we understand, brother of T. Edwards, Eso', author of
"Nisi Prius," one of the leading counsel
on the
Western Circuit
FATAL
LivAE: Inquest
wu'leTs was
litTliE MACH:ISM' Or A.
SE
mTA..11.1 AOATc.
held last evening at
T
the Bull's Head, High-street, Shadwell before Mr.
Baker, on the body of William Maughan,
John Baker,, said that the d aged forty'
deceased was chief
engineer of the Nelson steam- b
ingTowing to the Shipowners' oat, a vessel belong-
, C
Mon-
,jay afternoon the vessel was Company. On Mon-
hulk at Gravesend for the lying by the side of the
purpose
and while all the men, withPotke of getting in coals,
the exception of deceased,
were busily engaged
latter call fromthe upon deck, witness heard the
enolne-
hatches r oom for assistance. The
were immediately
raised, and the deceased
was then seen firmly fixed
which was in motion, thoughamongst the machinery,
they had orders to stop.
Witness with the deputy engineer ran below, and by
that time the machinery stopped ; but they had
to set it in motion again to h
between
release the deceased's foot,
which was jammed the piston and the bar
ca.led the " cross head." Jiis body was also dread-
fully mangled. A surgeoti\was sent for from Graves-
end, hot, notwithstanding his..attention, deceased died
in a qua:ter of an hour. The )nachinery was not set
in motion by the steam, but by the tide against the
paddle-whe.els. The deceased was oiling it pd
making the screws tighter when The accident ha'o-
pened. The deceased was alone to Warne. Verdict—
"'
Accidental dad]."
STE ATITBOGIR.--The Sacrament a Cairne3
dispensed on sabba,th last, by Mt. Cowf the -.was
minister, to a very cro+vded, attentive, and Pk. ' '
grP
gation. The number of cotninuni . 'l°l3 colj-
-
emits excettikd that of
last year ; among whom there were fifteen rm. the first
time. These are really cheering 3 fifteen
mptoms, And show
how well attached the people aretos:
_ their tninisttsrs, not-
' withstanding the persecution and tyranny to whicit they
have been subjected by an unscrupulous and despotic
priesthood in the very bosom of the Church of Sco:land.
—Edinburgh Observer.
The British and North 4 Royal ma
steamer the Colombia sailed - ineric24
iday, for fax
wards of 60 sosengers. from Liverpool yestere
ax and Boston. Rs carried out ere
P -