The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-26 00:00:00

FRAUDS ON THE COFFEE TRADE

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• -- ENTRY FOR TUESDAY'S RACES.
3°l, list three miles of B.C.—Faina, 4 yrs—Ajax, 4
ps—f out of Flambeau dam, 3 yrs—The Biddy, 3 yrs—
„,rile eltailye of Silverkeld Well, 3 yrs—Prosody, 3 yrs—
.iopsail,
3 yrs •by Bolero, out of Captain Hook's d., 2
Yrs—Rice (Rhodocantha filly), 2 yrs—Nylghau, 2 yrs,
and Barbarina, 2 yrs.
olSweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, last half of Ab. M.—
,i'llils°tcf 4 • yrs—The King of the Peak, 5 yrs—The
Zwes-C 5 yrs—Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs--Pelerime, 4
fs7-11apture,3 yrs—Bridale, 3 yrs—Sweetmeat, 3 yrs—
', 11 Plenipo, out of Marefield's dam, 3 yrs—and Badwell
Asia, 3 yrs.
iinaldicap Plate of 100 i. D.l.—St. Francis, aged-
-sefils, 6 yrs—Tamburini, 6 yrs, 9st 21b—Belissima,
Yrs ?it 121b—Discord, 5 yrs, 9st 21b—Una, 4 yrs,
, _it 81b—Fama, 4 yrs ?se—Snowdrop, 4 yrs, ist—The
'l4°.}a of Silverkeld 'Well, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—Prosody, 3
Y rs 3
, 6st 71b—Ma Mie, yrs, 7st 51b—Arcanus, 3 yrs,
ist 21b.
Ps 4ecePtances for the Nursery Stakes.—First Class :
ile,sY, Sat 81b—Cotherstone, Bst 41b—Bessy_Bedlam f,
18/4,131b,--Rook's Nest, 7st 131b—Galata c, rst 1 11b—
I --l'aidato, 7st 101b—Nylghau, 7st 71b—Bothet'em,
slits.ib. Second Class : Queen of the Gipsies, Bst 10lb--
r,_ to.„-c.ombat, Bst 41b—Fanny Davies f, 7st 1 11b—
hi taitok colt, 7st 111b—The Saddler filly, 7st 61b-
-'elit), filly, 7st 51b—Marquis, 7st.
.a_BC.EIVED THIS MORNING.)
~
I'hARKU HOUGHTON MEETING.
Ze iiiiierable state of the weather having prevented
sindirig a full report of all the races from the Heath,
fo°k_ithitnn. soiree additional particulars of the running
"ittue Criterion and Cambridgeshire Stakes .
!3:/elllllla-km—Gaper jumped off with the lead at a good
' followed by the Macremma filly and Testy ; at the
t,,_1.8 _Read the two fillies changed positions, but still
toirtelesely upon Gaper to the cords, here the Yaxley
Wil;h4wentPassing neckm filly, and cleared the
_4O ~,,,.nk claw with his before Testy, and his head at
litio,L'''s tail ; Lord Exeter's filly was beaten a couple of
the7,'"B from Testy, and had a trifling advantage over Co-
estneeothers were beaten off.
kfter43II3RIDGESHIRE STASES.—The race commenced
time's w,o failures, about half an hour after the appointed_
b*t,,, ho
lead being taken at a good pace by the Busik.
IN-' the Gleaner, Lady Adele, and several others
.fo
deD,Y,„g,iu the track. At the turn of the lands Belissima
kV() all the Busk mare of the lead, and attended by the
am -;),•ues, Garry Owen, Knight of the Whistle, Florence,
1410j,lee or four others, west on with the running to
Nize.'s Stand. where she gave up, and Florence took
1110Vild with Lady Adele, Garry Owen, Knight of
tpte th, es and Ralph closely laid up, made strong play.
L°rty 1: "Os- Ralph then drew up, passed Florence
‘ leanlrom the chair, and won easy at last by
le_
.acj,l, ' ady Adela was two lengths from Flo-
c' *4 not a neck before Garry Owen, who
X",...4 t 081°211re t advantage over Belissima, the
i„.7--nre 5e,,,,
~ e, Whistle was sixth,
.an.d
_I-am_-nosts-
Z 4 Paregt:lhn• laellOr, the Gleaner, Gillingham La
,74„ a l'o,-7,, weeabenten,off a long way. Value of the
zgatee4--" The ectral number of c:tartei-s was ()illy,
'elZ 1%2, hie Dalt, of Bedford's Moneda, which hat),
a.hottli,'"gi,,,,fNi for, having been declared not to start
It eatil ztrure the ring broke up, we were not apprised of
the ter our express had left.
titesk set did not finish until four o'clock, and the
I'l,lU ,4rig in shortly after, there was no ring in front
i'itilts•r Pils• The only bets laid were 50 to 30 on the
_twir,e3s rort.:llldggpshtAililupr,at,and 500 even between the
both for the Derby:
brottgrnatell between John o'Gaunt and Janne Forest is
it forward from Saturday to Monday.
'll
TUESDAY.
kkee settling for the Criterion and Cambridgeshire
Itlist4,°ecuPled the whole of the morning, and, in the
the Lai' ef complaint, may be put down as a good one ;
,the I,„4nes, ,we believe were not heavy. The weather
a..aolve-0.7. Bo cold and rainy as on Monday, but
__w,as,
mrs ~.,,,‘ enough to make close carriages desirable. The
rtrties„ i, contained six races, of which we subjoin the
latt —,rs, with the exception of the Feather Weight
ttill:4_'die:.:ivesh Iv" not decided when our account left.
•er, p 't.'P Plate of 100 L, for three year olds, &c. 1). I.
St. Francis, aged, 9st 21b (Chifney) 1
kirevro , .
Itir. lir ... 7 s Lna, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 2
Jr. J. !TS er's Bellissima, aged, 7st 1216
,41r.,/, Clarkearnburini 6 yrs, Bst 51b 4
jr,' • , 9 .od 4%,_, a Arcenus, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb 5
hilt. o,,v7eY a Snowdrop, 4 yrs, ist
4k 6.l.steY'S Snowdrop,
4 yrs, 7st
' Lydon' Bo • 6 85t 71b
1, bettia , scius, yrs,B
rx„aeis 4,--‘) to 2 agst Bellissimii, 3 to 1 agst St.
1 rtosei' ' to 1 agst Una, and 6 to 1 agst Arcanus.
red htkB,ll3ae the running for the first half mile, fol-
'ellissut• Y-elanta, and Bellissima ; he then gave way, and
F, 444-4. went on with a good lead at a severe pace,__t
td this ..°nowdrop lying up with her, Arcanus and S .
,leit ,th the rear. Bellissima lasted to the cords, and
Litt `ll•°PPed b lisle astern ; St. Francis mn.v drew towards
Y a 1 ' her ft few strides from the Chair, and won easy
411 ens el/ gtiltai, ; Bellissima a very bad third ; and the
Lbtrk 4ed' off.
le jof liedford's John o'Gaunt, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Ito-
-`' li% :14itg Lord_Eglintou's Doctor Carus, 5 yrs, Bst;
4to" ,'life;
II: 1 luhn. o'Gennt, who won by eight lengths.
hail tit Of 15 Sm. each, for three yra old, 7st 10_1:
, ft 18144th ; five yrs and upwards, Bst 81b ; las
14‘Ln ° 4•-k., • the winner to be sold for 804 &c.
.. psnikittlir4
utki, lrteciti. •
Tha of Red, Inure, 3 yrs (Nat) 1
kz e foNirdia King of thaPeak, 5 yrs
yrssex,tl3ll,
.Iti. so started, but were not placed :-
81,•,-4dr,Et,-'ells„ on, 6 yrs—Sir S. Spry's Jewess,
k —I. to Gier,_-kest'elerine 4 yrs—Mr. E. R. Clarke's
onr• Pettit's s--ie: 4 Yes_Lord Orford's Bridal, 3 yrs-
-4 °3 Maresfiedee:ilteet, 3 yrs—Mr. Rush's c by Plenipo,
1,14h* yrs. 3 darer, 3 yrs—Mr. Sare's Badwell
441g5...6 t
1/44"itle 6to / ° 4 agst King of the Peak, 6 to 1 agst
4to 1 • agst Sister to Glencoe, 6to 1 agst Bridal,
Aft agst Sw
off " two or eetmeat.
kowith a three false starts King of the Peak went
theuti' all t°43(l.in lead at a rattling pace, followed by
Ita °Pea the b uP except Rapture and Chilson. At
bt PultUre ptuin.two drew upon the leading horses, and
by a e Peak bf. thena in rapid succession, caught King
IV n„„eolt. 134,,,ew, Yards from the chair, and beat him
jo.tee wi,,,'''`alt Badwell Ash, and Jewess were well
°MT t giin.ier ,was claimed.
ee pr"'s Itsrni °ll s Pompey, Bst 71b (Lye), beat lilrd
, otupe . aid. Bst 21b. T.Y.C. 100 h ft. 13 to 8
1 a length easy..
''''etltdi. d'rforW4rl
%kV beat c e , St. Patrick, out of Wild Duck
Wu y
le
Ives s c by Onas, out of Mopsy, Bst 71b
4by si.,;;' 100 h ft. 2tol on Lord Orford's colt.
t k - Length&
lttjk,,
ZuItDINARY CHARGE OF
iteaNl, SabhaTLtEEP-STEALING.
or ctg wm-ili. Lust, an extraordinary charge of sheep.
~ 414%, rought against two Cumberland drovers
t'Pret. era, 'who
law uebd„,l gave their names as Foster, and were
Vire t011..b.4—; and examined at Raecleugh, or Raick-
A. it'S Iv ' °n the Moffat and Crawford toll •road.
7,zaf,.ie.‘,tebted for the following particulars to the
it we I.llints:--
lot alhiZl, been informed that the Fosters had been
ib C)f all 'lst, where they had purchased a large
itig the4ieest--•fifty score, we believe—but in driv-
-0.,..the ~,,,.,I,lth for Carlisle, it was alleged that,
litualtecl re Q old Border fashion, they had re •
Oitastiets as tel!iginal numbers, by taking up some
loTw that "eY Went along. 'Be that as it may, we
'leen at the friend Mr. Hevvetson of Auchenbenzie,
ND' shee,_ "e TrYst, where he had' also purchased a
ti 4 Were -1.1 N'llich were on their way home, when
P Y• Th 0413" taken out of a field and driven
c°4l4eter till htieYal,,ver
e afterwards got among Messrs.
the t,Persen. -LI With another lot belonging to an-
t 'nate air. Hewetson's drivers gave chase to
4% hi. rill in
44.41 Vlttlt of ~eensequence of information given by
hewer at ii,„"ir• Hepburn, late in Comrie, now
IN:rtl°4lB 14;111. His servant
.had . seen My.
to ,ot. 0_ taken in the direction of the
tlirtS7ll2 Ponsteirri Hiewetson's servants getting up
-4ter as give sheep, near Crawford, a plump
1, vas
reN and nto their flock being among Messrs.
brvitarttsa 4°tlling but a put-off abusive rebuff
Ilf seYllet inmsfaanl all inspection denied. Another
411„e114eri —rnetlen " who was minus a small lot
t*et' 'reatz king"4lll• ' met with tile
1 41 • tent, similar inquiry,
et euktti • Meantime Messrs. Foster, who had
h:lBVerY 4°14 for •
obt 4:i -.xi— grazing quarters for their large
eh ste„„,ent rhos-Yt m d their stock, driving on-
-4-`ll4.yalpf, suspicioustearitnt.fivciecrnuimlesstan. c:isr—.
Hweitwh--
t,4 itsBi Pliers •Y
, Stance were advised teo apply for redress
444 B°ll of I, t° E. Irvine,E M.P., of N ew-
/1, 4,_ , the 1.,_• sq., , .
tt ~ beta 'cite Lord Newton. On the circum
Ivevs"ebt 06 ,stated to him, he instantly set out,
ppli,,?ast Up
''° Messrs. Foster, who, by this time,
etio7stinnw:,l°ll on the Moffat side. Mr. Irvine's
Part, to' given. met with a similar refusal, and no satis.-
44 ha swear SIVe .It became necessary then, on his
tithe ploevina parrevlinouesoinstables, which he instantly did,
Ile f 0 tiratort„ y sent an express to Lanark for
este:lll am
_f.l,lseal of the county, he then went in
`•stait_ll Tile_witn goodly force in search of Messrs.
tviis;44.l intn•Y
Cos
overtaken and forcibly stopped
atiou e arriv• sbadY, and the Procurator Fiscal
t4ll Wit Ing, they were examined along with
f eeln • nesses orth
.tatt tts and a warrant granted immediately
idellt/vltb renle:
_to Lanark gaol, whither they were
Perta ,fled ed• Mr. Hewetson and his drivers
the 4 ill Pvvatds of f f his
oscnogre o sheep, and the
ni s search
•-•'o2,itii:igel:l; enseneenethesatioimr all lot of seventeen also got
Messrs. Foster's stock.
N °2o'noi,
all t'

)1,4!1 ti;tit4"tos'rom Braechat to Ben Ijaish
-3,,,' 411,..`)11,Ptains are thickly coated with snow.
•r•ttt,.' - 41dvelliser.
‘cirt:
paper lately
tiekl f„,,RE, Or TUE LUNGS.—In
°Pinion tl " em 3
"
LA extretili he mammaiia,
4s
(4' --
tne -A. d , f Sciences, tM. Bourgery.
at the , , iat Irian and in general, t
4ses 01 ties of their lives,
ektr vortebrated • ls which display the two
ernc,s
~,, , animals approach the two
the
says
aalth„,„,
~ '- aerial respiration. In fact,l ,
, from
Year to
.„48 adolescence approaches, the g
un
- faces to
the
air .)ear, present fresh sanguineous sur
~
tot b ,so that the breathing, by its development,e2l.
smiYe t, forms of its organs, more and more pruports*the
i respiration of birds. In the old man,. in
g.radti. ii `'n to the advance of decrepitude,-the lu.ngsa....
11141411 ; (101oposecl into aerial caverns, which
that
his res i ,e ''anguineous surfaces in proportion ; so ttthet
ititer.,
ti Ircitiori, both bts actual volume, and by .
44,4441,(1312 of the strutre of the organ in.
which it
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T'sE, NEW CONSTI'IIJTION FO!;

Nu:LANv.

(From the Neu:Pundlander, Sept. 1.5.)

There are already several candidates in -the field
seeking the suffrages of the constituencies. What
their chances of success may be seems to be proble-
matical, for noth►ng like a general move on the
subject has yet been made.
But little time, however, can elapse before the tone
and disposition of the electors must be elicited to a
certain extent, when something like an opinion on
the issue of the returns may be better ascertained.
The movements in St. John's must be regarded as
important, exercising as they do an influence on the
island generally, and as these have already been
partially made, it becomes our duty to consider
whether they are of a nature calculated to promote
the public interests.
A meeting was held on Sunday last to consider the
propriety of nominating three fit and proper persons
to stand as candidates for this district, or in other
words to consider whether the representation shall be
made a question of party, to be determined wholly
by the power to make it a monopoly. Three candi-
dates were named, viz. :—Dr. Carson, L. O'Brien
J. V. Nugent, Esqrs., and from this it will clearly be
inferred that the determination was arrived at to admit
of no compromise, as if the inevitable consequences of
such a proceeding were a matter of no moment, as
contrasted with party interes t.
-These are times when it is necessary and impera-
tive that we should speak plainly, and place the cir-
cumstances of the country before the public under the
influence and in the language of reason, for we are
on the eve of events whose importance cannot be too
highly estimated, and which, if not properly dealt
with, a vast amount of injury must be the conse-
quence. It therefore behoves every man who values
the prosperity of the colony to fling aside party con-
siderations—and where such interests are at stake as
are involved in the proceedings in which we shall
soon be called upon to act—to make the public good,
the common weal, the sole guide for the regulation of
his conduct.

The struggles and contentions of party have hitherto
proved a bar to every measure of improvement. So-
ciety has been split and severed by its blighting influ-
ence—and eventually has it led the way to the pre-
sent anomalous form of government. But " there is a
soul of good in most things evil," would we but draw it
forth • and in the constitution which has been given to
us, there are elements which seem almost to demand
'of us that co-operation should take the place of
former disunion and strife. The people are, as it were,
called upon to sustain themselves against a power-
ful executive control•—their proceedings will be scru-
tinised under the rigid surveillance of the Crown, and
toward that power, be it ever so rigidly used, a
jea-
lousy on the part of the representatives of the people
will natuvally be felt. Could any other circumstances
be so well calculated to make the latter a compact
body, or render it so essential that they should be so,
and yet the opportunity of merging points of past dif-
ference, which alone can lead the way to that concur-
rence of action, seems to be wholly neglected, though
necessity, as well as so many other considerations, set
so strongly in favour of such an arrangement.
But if the elections in such districts as this are to
be carried coute qui coute, the bad feelings they will
engender will not be buried with the occasion, and
we have said enough to show the ultimate effects.

LUDICROUS BLUNDER.—On Friday, a curious mis-
take occurred at the Romford Quarter Sessions. One
of the Magistrates, T. Mashiter, Esq., having desired a
policeman to stero Mr. Surridge, at the bank, for two
" bk. draughts," the messenger, it would seem did nit
understand whither he was to go, for he went with
the note to Mr. Sewell, the chemist, and speedily re-
turned to the Court with two black draughts, which
the worthy Magistrate took (into his hand), and the
mistake, as may be imagined, caused a shout of
laughter upon the bench.—Essex Herald.
AN UNCLE STABBED BY HIS NEPHEW.--George
Copser was charged before the Rev. J. P. Newby, at
the Count .office, Leicester, on Saturday last, with
stabbing John Kenney, with intent to murder him.
The prosecutor owns some houses at Whetstone,
one of which the prisoner had occupied for some
years, without paying any rent. After repeated
applications, the prosecutor caused a warrant of dis-
tress to be issued upon the goods of the prisoner, who
told the officer serving the warrant that he " would
murder the old devil (meaning his uncle) the first
time he met him." This threat being communicated
to the prosecutor, he went to Blaly for the night, but
returning the next morning, thinking the passion ofl
his nephew had subsided, he went into his garden.
The latter no sooner caught sight of the prosecutor
than he rushed towards and stabbed him in the left
side with a clasp knife, inflicting a wound three inches
in depth, and an inch and a half in width, penetrating
through a fustian coat, waistcoat, and belt. The pri-
soner had withdrawn the knife, and was in the act of
repeating the blow, when his arm was arrested by
another person of the name of Cosper, who secured
the prisoner. Medical assistance was forthwith pro-
cured, and the attendant said, that had not the knife
taken an oblique direction, death must have been in-
stantaneous. The prisoner was fully committed to
the assizes on the capital charge.
SCARCITY OF WATER.—From all parts of the coun-
try we haxe accounts of the scarcity of water, and
wheels depending upon water power are every-
where nearly at a stand, while many works have
been totally suspended. As great eagerness is
manifested for the return of rain, as we are in the habit
about this season of feeling for the continuance of fair
weather. A few slight showers fell on Monday and
Tuesday, but a cold dry wind has since set in, which
has for the present deferred the wished-for change.
The oldest people cannot remember a season when,
at this time of the year especially, our moist climate
exhibited such a protracted period of dry weather. The
Clyde is at present as low as it has ever been, a curious
effect of which is produced when the tide is flowing.
The ordinary current of the river presenting no per-
ceptible resistance to the upward flow of the tide, the
stream may be daily seen at the time running through
the arches of the bridge eastward, with considerably
greater rapidity than the river usually flows west-
ward. The scarcity of water in other parts of the
country, and in many places in our own neighbour-
hood, is fortunately not experienced in the city, where
it is supplied by our efficient Water Company in
abundance and purity, in the worst of .times.—Scot-
fish Guardian.
THE ANTIPATHY OF THE MONREY.—Most animals
entertain a morbid antipathy to the serpent species,
but in no one instance is that antipathy more sen-
sibly manifested than among the monkey tribe,
as the following narrative may tend to elucidate :
A company, consisting of about twenty monkeys
(the Hoonoomuns), or black-faced monkeys of
Bengal, had colonised in a lofty tamarind tree, near
the little village of Rhannaserye, a short distance from
the town of Dantoon. The tree was situated on the
road side on the route to the temple of Juggernaut,
and was resorted to during the sultry tide of noon by
viatory pilgrims and others, who occasionally in.
dulged the inhabitants of the tree with fragments of
plantains and other fruits (for the Hindoos enu-
merate the Hoonoomun monkey among their nu-
merour divinities.) On one occasion an ex-
citement manifested itself among the Hoonoo-
mun corps. A general whooping, chattering,
and screeching simultaneously burst forth from
the tree, which had become the seat of the
utmost confusion. On our approaching the spot, the
scene was utterly indescribable ; the whole of the
branches of the tree were agitated by the manual ex-
ercise of the black-faced fraternity, as if they laboured
under the convulsing influence of a north-wester;
in short, had not the cause of this very extraor-
dinary commotion been elicited, any cool rea-
soning person would have been led to believe
that Bacchus had misled this sober society from
the routine of their wonted gravity ; but upon our
casting our eyes upon a bough half way up the tree,
we perceived a huge cobra capello snake lying at full
length, which had ascended thither, with a view, no
doubt, of satiating his appetite with a squirrel or
two, with which animals the tree was furnished.
The tree standing by itself, none other being in jux-
taposition with it, the alarmed colonists could not
effect their escape by a transit, and to descend one
inch nearer their scaly foe than where they then were,
would have been worse than undergoing the chance
of breaking their necks by leaping down upon the
ground from their elevated situation. At length one
of the troop made a tremendous spring, which ex-
ample was followed successively by the whole of the
body, and the runagates scampered away into a jungle
on the opposite side of the road. The snake we suc-
ceeded in destroying, but the horror which the sooty
countenanced community felt at the serpent's en-
croaching upon their dormitory was so impressive
that they were never again seen near the tree, although
many a weary pilgrim afterwards found a grateful
shelter under its umbrageous branches.
IGNORANCE AND CRIME IN CHESHIRE.—On look-
ing over the list of prisoners tried this week at the
Knutsford Quarter Sessions, we find that out of 114,
one-half can neither read nor write, 32 can read and
write imperfectly, 24 can read, and only one can read
and write well ! Such statistical facts as these ought
to be perpetually held before the public mind, in order
that the influential classes may be stimulated to exert
themselves for the promotion of popular instruction.
In the late disturbances, we have seen the effect of
ignorance on a scale of fearful magnitude ; and. it
would be well if a timely lesson could be learned
from it, by those who have it in their power to apply
a remedy. The Magistrates at Knutsford were very
properly engaged on Monday in discussing the best
imeans of lessening the enormous expense of prose-
cutions to the county.
If one-half of the large sum
thus expended were to
the education of the neglb:ctaedppli portionl.e lforado fgf
good
the
popula-
tion, might it not be expected tedoy
in the way of pecuniary savingyineaterrsetso
?--Macclesfield Chro- I
nick.

A highly respectable and influential meeting of
parties engaged in the coffee trade was held on Mon-
day, at the London Commercial Sale Rooms, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the best mea-
sures to be adopted for effectually checking the whole-
sale losses incurred upon coffee delivered from the
various docks short of the original weights, and also
to discuss the causes of the. same.
Mr. EDWARDS took the chair, and, in opening the
business of the meeting, took occasion briefly to re-
mark, the difference between the original and re-
weights at the docks had become so great as to show
that it was high time something should be done for
the protection of the importer. He was satisfied that
semething unfair was going on, from the carelessness
of the servants in the various docks, and it would be
for the meeting to consider what would be the best
steps to be taken with the view of obtaining redress.
Mr. RICHARDS observed, that this was not the first
time such malpractices were complained of. Two
years ago great pains were taken to obtain satisfaction,
and the agitation at that time produced some effect,
but since then the losses had again arisen, and were
now almost equal to those at the period complained of.
Their property was not adequately protected by the
Dock Companies, in justification of which assertion,
he could refer to facts. Looking over the-clearances
of coffee by his firm, only since the new duties had'
come into operation, he found they had sustained losees
to the extent of 1,6311b5. ; that, moreover, there- was
much inequality in the amount of such= losies, while, •
in one or two instances the weights had - inereasede
especially of six tierces in the West India Docks-.
The managers of the docks ascribe this deficiency to
natural causes ; but, if such were the case, the loss
would be regular, whereas some of the bags were
equal to the landing weight, others had increased, and
many were short llb. to 21b. How could this be the
result of natural causes ? On the 9th of September
last he cleared one cask of coffee from the West India
Docks, and when it came home it was llb. short of
weight. Subsequently he took out two more casks
of the same paral, and found that one had lost 91b.;
and the only answer received from the docks, after a
delay of one month, was, that it must be attributed to
natural causes. He trusted that the trade would take
steps to get satisfactory explanations, and have their
property protected; and concluded by putting the
first resolution, to the effect, " That the great losses
sustained upon coffee in the docks demanded redress."
Mr. Quicx seconded the resolution, and proceeded
to the detail of various losses incurred by his house
since the reduced duties caine into operation.
Mr. SATOW thought that as the present meeting was
convened for the discussion of a trading fraud, it
might be well timed to call attention to the deficiency
arising upon other goods.
The cbserved that if too much were
undertaken, the meeting might fail in its present ob-
ject. When the coffee trade had its losses redressed,
many other articles might be taken up on the same
principle.
Mr. SATOW recommended that a Society should be
formed, to include the merchants of every trade, so
that their remonstrance might come with more force
before the Dock Companies. There were grounds of
complaint in reference to goods exported, and the tares
allowed were also not fair, and such as they used to be.
Mr. Rowe concurred in the remarks of the last
gentleman. Other goods increased in the gross weight
as well as in the tares. There was a great anomaly in
the various docks, and only one conclusion could be
drawn, and that was, that some malpractices were
carried on by the Companies' servants. Why, there-
fore, should not a remonstrance be drawn up to in.
elude all goods, as, in the event of the coffee trade suc-
ceeding, the other merchants would have to go over
the same ground again. An endeavour should be made ,
to get the whole evil remedied at once.

Mr. Wy.f.,Es objected to a coalition. They should
urge the coffee question first, and take the others
afterwards ; it was absolutely necessary that the in-
quiry should be made, as the deficiency must arise
from an imperfect method of weighing, for he had
observed upon personal attendance that the Crown
officers weighed goods without any one being by to
check them, and might therefore return wrong
weights more or less.

DELAFOSSE stated that coffee used, 20 years
ago, to weigh over the landing quantity, even after
being in dock seven or eight years, but that now,
upon a lot of 100 bags, he had discovered a deficiency
of 2201b5.

Mr. SCHNELLE said that if the coffee interest alone
remonstrated the Dock Companies would wonder why
they had no complaint from any other branch of trade.
As a general merchant he might observe that losses
upon goods exported could not be recovered, for it
had been found that merchandise shipped to the Con-
tinent, even though but from 12 to 24 hours in Iran-
situ, was not, upon arrival at its destination, of the
weight specified in the invoices. Parties in holland
had made frequent complaints upon this subject, and
though he did not mean to deny that frauds might be
committed in the warehouses abroad, yet it had been
made, a point to weigh the goods immediately upon
their being landed at Rotterdam, and yet they were
found to be short. Complaints were made that the

English were losing their 'foreign trade, but such facts
would partly account for the decline. Co-operation
and assistance were necessary in such cases, especially
as the coffee trade had been disappointed once in their

application.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that the present meeting

was called to consider the coffee question only.
Mr. RICHARDS begged again to call attention to
the fact that formerly coffee almost invariably in-
creased largely. Upon casks cleared in 1832 he had
an increase of 51bs. to 7lbs. ; and upon others landed
in 1831, and not cleared till 1833, there had been an
increase of 81bs. to 121bs. each.

Mr. HARRISON considered it an important circum-
stance in their favour, as showing that coffee should
increase when left in the warehouses, that the Excise
formerly allowed two per cent. on the value, but
which it took away on the ground that the article
increased in quantity.
The resolution as to the existence of frauds, &c.,
above given, was then put and carried.
Mr. HUBBERFIELD (of the firm of Peek Brothers)
moved that a Committee be appointed to remonstrate
with the Dock Companies on the subject, and to ob-
tain redress.

Mr. QUICK seconded the motion, which was agreed
:o, and the following seven gentlemen were se-
__ _ _

leeted Edwards, Mr. Richards, Mr. Hubber-

field, Mr. John Wyles, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Richard
Hillhouse, and Mr. Quick.
After some remarks from Mr. Sydney and others,
thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
adjourned.

EBENEZER ELLIOTT AND THE CHARTISTS.—The
following is a letter from Ebenezer Elliott to the
Chartists of Dunfermline :—" Sirs,—Your letter of the
24th of August last reached me this day in my fort-
nightly parcel from Sheffield. You ask me if ces-
sation from labour would be useful as a means of
procuring the Charter ?' Can any man, in his senses,
seriously put such a question to any man out of
Bedlam ? Universal cessation from labour is re-
volution; but it is necessarily involuntary—hence
its unresistible force. You could not command

it if you were mad enough to try; and vo-
luntary cessation from labour being necessarily
partial, would leave you further from your object
than you are, if it is an honest one ; for the less you
labour the less you will have ; and the less you have,
the less able you will be to contend with your cunning
and merciless foes. The idea of obtaining the Charter
bey refusing to labour, is about as wise as the plan of
1. C. Salt, of Birmingham, to procure it by abstain-
ing from the use of tea and coffee, for which there are
no substitutes in bread-taxed England ; or as that of
the O'Connorites, to destroy class-legislation by sup-
porting the food-tax, its main bulwark ! If your op-
pressors care one straw for any number of such strate-
gists, they are as senseless as yourselves ; for your
strike has taught them, if they knew not before, that
it is easier to cut down square miles of you, than
to mow an equal breadth of oats. The bread-taxers,
I suspect, originated your strike ; and from the way
in which you use the name of Sturge, I suspect you
too, of treachery to the people. Surely, in bread-
taxed Britain, the manufactories are likely to
stop quite soon enough of themselves ! When they
so stop, the conservators of wrong will have to
deal, not with a mob refusing inadequate wages,
but with a mob necessarily rioting everywhere at
the same moment because wages cannot be obtained
at all. Then will come the beginning, of which
not one in three of you or them will see the end; and
if such a result would please you, you are as base and
blind as they ; for though a people universally unem-
ployed is necessarily a nation revolutionised, it by no
means follows that the Charter would be obtained
through revolution. The first French revolution ter-
minated in total non-representation ; and the second,
in a constituency of two hundred thousand, out of a
population of thirty-two millions.---I am, Sirs, your
oppressed fellow-countryman, EBENEZER ELLIOTT.—
Hargit -hill, Sept. 11, 1842."
DEATH or W. H. IRBY, ESQ.—The demise of the
above gentleman took place on Monday morning at his
lodgings at Newmarket. For some months past Mr.
Irby had been out of health, and at Goodwood House,
during the late races, he suffered from the rupture of
a blood-vessel in the stomach. On Sunday a recur-
rence of the hemorrhage took place ; it was followed
by a restless night, with occasional faintings, &c., and
in one of these fits of syncope he ceased to exist about
eleven o'clock on Monday morning, notwithstanding
the assiduous and careful attentions of Mr. Faircloth,
surgeon, of Newmarket. The probable immediate
cause of death was the rupture of some large vessel
with internal bleeding. The loss of this gentleman
will be severely felt by a very numerous circle of
friends. Mr. Irby was a cousin of Lord Boston, and
a constant frequenter of the Newmarket meetings.