Star.
London, England, 1825-12-13 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The
ham, Suffolk. Duke of Norfolk left town yesterday, for his scat, Fora
The Marquis and Marchioness. of Ch. olmondeley and farnii
Sussex.
and Miss Cavendish have :ft
arrived yesterday at their house an Piccadilly, ,
from tam 8,41
in Cheshire,
1 The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanriearde arriVed vesterd•T,
at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, front the Right (lon. 1r -
town for Brighton.
'ds sLaeatd,yEaert. Ls,.
Lord Althorp has left his seat in Yorkshire, for Northamp.
tonshire.
H uLgokrislud aun
Mr. Secretary Canning and Mrs. Canning arrived in town yrs-
terday, from the Right Hon. W. Huskisson's seat in Sussex.
Sir Wm. and Lady Rumbold and family arrived on Saturday at
the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street, from Paris.
T. W. Beaumont, Esq. M.P. has left town for Brighton.
11;vedale Price, Esq. arrived yesterday at the Waterloo Hote'
Jermyn street, from Oxford.
The Hon. Mr. Frere arrived in town yesterday from air, Hats.
kisson's seat in Sussex.

Mr. and Lady Catherine Cavendish left town yestezdr, for
Verolans's seat, Gorhanittstry, Herts.

UIE PRESE STATE OF THE MONET

MARKET.

PROM THE TIMES.
The ainonnt for which Messrs. Pole, Thornton, and
Co. have failed has been variously stated, and thete
probably exists no data at present on which any just
ei:imate can be I-mined; but we have reason to believe
,hit .heir deficiency does not exceed 200,0001. Their
fustorners in general are not supposed to have had very
12,,,e hal ,nces in their hands.
It oct;ht to be observed, since the declaration can no
longer be injurious, that this is the house adverted to
en a former occasion, as having received assistance from
:he Bihk, on laying before the Directors such a state-
trent of their affairs as was admitted at the time to be
ssthfactory. The amount advanced by the Bank is
Nid to have been nearly 300,0001. and that sum, it was
wnuld be sufficient to secure the house against
al future danger. In a week from that time, fm-
e/el, the firm has suspended its payments. It is but
!r) say, that every effort was made by the house
ti-,stion, that their unfortunate situation would ad-
fr,i!, to rn.ike the blow as light as possible.
I: wa, recommended to persons holding draughts of
the ise on Saturday, in all cases wherein it could be
done with propriety, to prescpt them for payment, in-
stead of pa,sing them througl4 their own bankers. At
the sting-house, the difficulties of the firm first be.
CaXle obvious, and their suspension of payment on
Mon:l4y morning was soon foreseen to be inevitable.
Much anxiety will naturally be felt as to the manner in
which the affairs of sn extensive a concern are likely to

be wound up. We understand, on good authority,
that there is no present probability of its terminating in
a bankruptcy, but that trustees are to be appointed in
the first instance, who will conduct the remaining iyisi-
sess for the benefit of the creditors. Whether that
course can be persevered in or not, depends upon the
rieeree of solvency of the firm. One of the partners is
well known to be a man of very considerable landed
troperty. The decline of this house in credit is generally
etnturted to the anxiety felt by the partners at the
time then the rate of interest was low, to make a pro.
itable use of their capital, and hence they were led to
employ it on securities capable of being realized only
at a distant period, or of an inferior degree of cre.lit. The
Bank Directors, it is said, rejected very few of the fo-
reign bills presented to them yesterday to discount.
FRoM THE 11I0IININO CHRONICLE.
An observation in lite (Amick of yesterday has,
we learn, been misconstrued. " The exchanges (we
said) are already so high, that gold and silver are below
the milts price. The contraction of the paper as n-ces-
sully raises the exchanges as its extension lowers
them." An inference has been •drawn from this, that
we wished to have it believed that the Bank had ac-
tually contracted its issues. In fact, we understand,
that so tar from this being the case at present, the
Bank were never mere liberal than at presort; and
yesterday, in particular, the conduct of the Bank gave
the highest satisfaction." But the circulation of paper
generally throughßet'the country must have bun very
touch contracted•by the want of confidence in country
hanks, and theemharrassment has forced good.; exten-
evelLinto the marker, and tempted purchasers (torn
eery ll sorter. The cotton speculation, which was pro-
ive of so much distress in the North of England,
,:arminared by attracting foreigners to our markets.
s!in purchased th it for which' our speculators had
pai I 'thigh price at a much lower price.
The result of all this is, the influx of gold and silver
1140.111 e country, and the consequent rise of the ex.
o:inges, and the place of country paper will, in many
pl.rres, be stipilied by gold. The gold and paper can-
Iva both circulate, and therefore if gold circulate more
extensively there will be a contraction of the paper. No
doubt, the want of confidence for some time will induce
peop!e everywhere to retain a muish.greater amount of
cash by them, to be prepared for unforeseen demands,
than they would think of doing in other times.
The present' state of alarm cannot be of long coati
lattice. Those houses throughout the country which
we in straitened circumstances, must soon sink under
the pressure. Those who can sustain the immediate
shock may he said to be out of danger. When it is seen
that the evil does not spread, confidence will be quickly
restored. When the effect of the failure of Pole's Bank
an their country correspondents has been ascertained, we
may then 54y, that the storm has nearly spent its ravages.
One device the Country Banks have had recourse to
in several places, with the idea, no doubt, of securing
themselves against sudden demands. In some of the
largest towns, the notes are payable in London only, and
not also at the banks of the drawers. This accounts for
the late large transfers of notes to London for payment.
But though this device may succeed in ordinary times,
it will be of little avail in times when credit is shaken.
FROM THE NEW TIMES.
Wimp we consider tt,e intricate and endless ramifica-
tiims which combine together the various parts of
the commercial world, we shall perceive it is impossible
that the evil, whatever it may be, can stop with this,
one house, or even with its correspondents. Credit,
both public and private, will be shaken throughout the
island : and, 'therefore, all persons and all parties
from Caithness to Cornwall, should join at once in
administering a remedy to the general disease. A
laudable example Was set at Plymouth, when, on the
stoppage of Sir W. Elford's Bank, the Nobility, Gentry,
and traders of the County came forward to declare
their confidence in the other Plymouth Bank, and
their determination to take its notes to any amount.
It strikes us that some combination might be formed to
give temporary support to all those provincial Banks
which were connected with- Sir Peter Pale's house.—
If the danger be stopped there, confidence will easily
revive in other quarters. But whatever practical mea-
sure may be adopted to restore confidence, we are de-
cidedly of opinion that it should originate first, and
without a moment's delay, in the great body of mer-
chants and traders of London. If they begin to move,
they will no doubt be seconded by the Bank of Eng-
land: and the Bank will, in such a crisis, assuredly re•
teive all the aid and countenance that it can reasonably
ilesire from Government.
The causes which led Sir Peter Pole's firm to sus-

Pend its payments, were of a peculiar kind. So little
nad any extraordinary demand on them been antici-
pated on Saturday, the Sd instant, that at three
o'clock on that day one of the acting partners left
town, as we have heard, for Brighton, at which time
the balances were considered to be nearly 200,0001.
h?ynnd the probable claims of that day. But that
tell' afternoon unexpected demands came in to
sv large an amount, that the house declined it ad-
v•sable to consult, on the following morning, the
t ;:mernor and Deputy. Governor of the Bank of Eng-
had, who agreed to advance the sum of 300,0001. on,

the deposit discount pipes the demands of they
3d instant are said to have been occasioned by a false
and malignant rumour propagated by a discarded sera
vast of the istabliihmetit; the relief affoided by the
Bank, however, would have obviated all difficulty,
had not an article•appearedin a journal of Wednesday
last, which carried alarm through the whole country.
A new and far more serious panic now took place.—
The house made vast exertions, and displayed almost
unlimited .resources. It is a fact that the payments
actually made by it in the course of the last week
considerably exceeded one million sterling! But even
this was insufficient, and thus one of the most eminent
firms in the City of London fell, stabbed to the heart,
by a paragraph in an incendiary Newspaper !
Deeply injurious as this occurrence must be to credit
in general, we have at least some pleasure in being able
to state that, though Sir Peter Pule and his partners
have thought fit to suspend their payments for the
prnsent, their funds are more that% adequate ultimately
to meet every engagement.

COUNTRY BANKS.
Letters from the country have brought intelligence
of two failures of provincial banks, but their circulation
is said not to be extensive—that of Donsou and Co.
of Huddersfield, and of EDMEADS and Co. of !Lid-
stone. The latter was one of the agency banks of
Messrs. POLE, THORNTON, and Co.

PLYMOUTH BANK.—Nothing has transpired relative
to the affairs of the late firm of Elford and Co. since
our last, nor is it likely that any correct information
will be obtained till the assignees to the estate be chosen,
which will take place, we understand, on the 23d inst.
Every day brings forth new cases of distress of parties
who h eve suffered by this failure, the sad effects of
' which will be long and severely felt in these towns and
neighbouthlod.
The stoppage of the respectable firm of Brown, Win.
sor, and Coming, of the Ashburton Bank, announced
in our last, we are happy in saying will not be attended
with any ultimate loss to their creditors, as they have
fixed an eady day in January to pay off all demands
on the firm ; the suspension of payments entirely arose
from a disappointment in not being able to obtain Pd
from their correspondent in town, in consequence of
the state of the money.market. We understand that
their stoppage is merely temporary, and that when
their affairs are arranged, the business of the bank will
again be resumed.
Confidence appears to be restored as k regards the
remaining banks in this town and neighbourhood, and
their business proceeds as quietly as if nothing had
occurred.

It appears from the Exeter papers, that a run took
place on the different banking establishments of that
city, but the demands being met with promptitude, it
soon ceased.—lievooshire Freehokkr.

A correspondent of respectability informs us, that by
a letter received from Ashburton,she finds that the bank
of Messrs. Brown, Winsor, •and Co. which recently
stopped payment, will pay off their notes on the 2d of
January next ; indeed, their notes are now current
among the tradesmen of that place, In the present
agitated state of public credit, we have much pleasure
in giving publicity to this information, and hope it mfr
quiet the alarm of many who are interested, within the
circulation of this journal.—Bristol Journel.
Smith, Hall, and Co.'s Northampton Town and
County B ink stopped payment on Thursday mortaingt
soon alter which a hand-bill was issued, stating that
the business of the bank would be resumed on Saturday
(this day). Four or five of the principal shopkeepers
having announced that their cash notes would betaken
in exchange for goods, great crowds flocked to their
shops on Thursday ani yesterday, and made purchases.
—Leicester Journal.

REGULATIONS.
The following are the existing Mint, regulations.which
may be thought of some interest at the present time:
1. The gold sent to the Mint-office for coinage must
be in ingots or bars, properly melted, and nigh to the
standard fineness of the coin, and the quantity must not
be less than 2001 b. weight troy, or about 10,0001. value.
—2. The ingots must be assayed by the King's and
Master's assayers at the Mint, before they are Weighed
and taken in charge at the Mint-office. As soon as the
assay reports are ready, notice will be sent to the im-
porter of the day fixed for the weighing, and he or his
lagent must attend the importation.-3. Upon the ingots
being weighed and imported into this Office, a Mint
bill will be given, testifying the weight and fineness,
and standard value of the ingots ; for which the im-
porter is entitled to receive an equal weight of coined
monies.-4. The detention of the bullion, before the
whole can be worked up and delivered in coin, is gene-
rally from five to six weeks ; but the importer, by a
new regulation, may receive (if he pleases) at the
same time with the Mint bill, a transferable order,
.entitling himself or bearer to a delivery of coin
fourteen days from the date of the Mint bill, at
the rate of 75/. per cent. on the number of ingots
of 151 b. weight imported, and the balance to be
paid him in bullion, within one week after the de-
livery of the coin—making the detention, in this
ease, only two weeks for three-fourths of the coin.-
5. The Mint bill must be given up to the office by the
importer, on the delivery of the coin ; but if the bill
should be paid in part only, or a transferable order, as
above described, given, an acknowledgment thereof
must be endorsed on the bill by the importer, and the
bill will be retained by him till the balance is fully
satisfied in cain or bullion. The transferable order must
`also be endorsed on payment of the coin to the bearer,
and given up to the office.-6. The importer is liable
to the payment of all private charges and expenses pre-
vious to the importation, incurred in melting down the
'bullion into ingots, the assay thereof by the King's
.and
Master's assayers, and some small fees to the Mint pop-
ter ; but no public charge whatsoever, or deduction.
from the standard value of the gold for seignorage, is,
made for the coinage. The owner recei7es the value
of his ingots in coin, subject to the regulations before
mentioned, free of all expense.
7. No person can be allowed to send gold to the Mint, and re-
f ceive a Mint bill, but in the tarn and order of the importation.
J. W. MORRISON.
JOHN BARTON..
ROBERT SINGLET.
Note.—These regulationsrefer to importations of an amount not
less than iO,OOO/. value, ag specilltd in the first Article; but if a
quantity under 10,000/. is imported, It must be subject to the de-
tention as formerly, and no transferable order will be granted.
The days of importation are Tuesdays and Fridays, and the
days of delivery 'Wednesday(' and Saturdays.
ltuyal Glint, July 56, 1850.

The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, and several
other Gentlemen from the. City, bad a lung interview this morning,
with the lisrtis Commissioners of 'his blajesty's Treaiury, in the
,Treasury Chambers, Whitehall.

. I.4~~iATBEB:.

bßettY-LAhlit.
A ne* pertortiter' of the name bf Pitem Mute ids
debut at this There're last night, in the character of
Skylock, in The Merchant of Venice. Mr. Pans* has
evidently had some practice on the boards, either in
London or elsewhere. He was favoitrably rec-iireci by
the audience. In figure and. countenance, Mr. Pius?
seems better qualified for the Comic than the Tragic
Muse, being rather too broad and good-hurboured look-
ing except when he frowns, to attract the peculiar favour
of Melpomene. His first scene was his best, and his
last was his worst. It was worse than his scene with
Tribal, for in that his exclamation of ig I thank GOD,
I thank GOD," on hearing of Antonio's ruin, was the
very best thing he did. We need scarcely state, that
he failed to mark the transitions of passion with much
force or distinctness. The other character s were distri-
buted as usual.

COVENT-GARDEN.
The new Play of The t hree Strangers was repeated
last night, and after it Giovanni in London was pro-
duced for the first time at this House, with Nladanie
VESTRIS in her celebrated part. The Piece has been
well got up, and went off with great satisfaction.

ADELPHI THEATRE.
The popularity of the performers, and the variety of 1,
the entertainments at this House, continue to draw
crowds every night. After the performance of The
Pilot last night, a new burletta was produced under
the auspicious name of Success; and cert tinly it pro-
mises, from the recep inn it met with, to be no less than
that which its title imports. Fashion, deputy to Era•
pe.ror Whim, is personified by Mr. WRENCII,- who is in-
troduced in a very whimsicsl.co tome, and taking his
place on a throne, summons before him his daughter
Success, in the person of Mrs. Furz ciLLIAM. Next ap-
pear at this fantastical Princc's mandate the fi4urative
represent'utives of most of the London Morning and
Evening Papers, in dresses suitable to their respective
characters. To all these Fashion gives a hearty wel-
come, thanks them for their past support, and com-
mends his daughter to their love and patronage. But
it is in what follows that the met it and pleasantry of the
piece lies. The suitors of Princess Success are,
no doubt, numerous, ambitious, and enterprising.
Zimiel, from the English Opera, comes in the
person of Mr. T. P. COoKE, to woo the lady.
All his pretensions lie in the singing of the Hunting
Chorus of Der Freischutz, which the Princess rejects
contemptuously in a pretty song, which was encored,
and in which she tells him that she is sick of hear-
ing the chorus from the potboys in the streets, and
other people of that class. Mr. YA tits next comes in
the character of Mr. Mathews, whom he imitates ini-
mitably, both in voice, dress, gait, and manner ; he too
is rejected. He is followed by Mr. J. REEVE, who
imitates Mr. KEAN in Brutus; and after him by Mr.
TERRY, as Mephistaphiles, who gravely lectures Success
on the inconsistency of her mind, particularly towards
poor Brutus, who, nursed in her lap, is now capriciously
flung from her embraces. This allusion to the present
condition of the representative of Brutus Was loudly
applauded, and a sly simultaneous look of Mr. TERRY
implied as much as if he said de Sc fai'ula narratur.—
YATES, imitating Mr. YOUNG, reads another moral
lecture to the Lady, who invites him to repeat Ifs visits
to her. He replies, like a good master of human nature,
that the longer he absents. himself, the m rte be will be
desired. He will come, but he will, with !scorn, leave
her company for the present to the enjoyment of Poli-
chit:4lo, who, personified by Mons. GoualLT, steps in'
at the moment. Polichinello is just carrying off the
Lady in triumph, when Paul Pry "just drops in." This
imitation r f LISTON, by Mr. REEVE, was an exact copy.
Mr. T. P. Comte, in the character of Long Tom Cea,
in the Pilot, having the approbation of Cashion, takes
Success from Punch, and detains her, with her own
approbation and that of the company, at the Adelphi in
the Strand. The Burletta was well received all through.

OLD BAILEY-THIS DAY.

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SENTENCES.

At eleven o'clock, the Rem:moan came into Conn,
and proceedel to pass sentence of Death on the follow.
ing persons, none of whom had attained more than
thirty years of age:—
Thomas Gisrnore, Michael Davis, Frederick Thelwell, William
Johnson, Jane Mackavoy, John Welsh, Thomas Johnson, Mark
Brooker, James Pinkett, Cornelius lirisnan, James Edwards,
John Williams, Williar* Dunn, John Lowe, Samuel Roberts,
Thomas Winter Preston, and Monne Henry Reading.
The RECORDICR pAticularly adverted to the cases of
three of the convicts, to.whom, he said, he could not,
consistent with his duty, hold out the slighte.t hopes of
mercy, and whom he exhorted to immediately employ
the short time allotted to them in this world, to pre-
pare for their awful fate.
Eight were sentenced to be transported for life ; four for fourteen
yours; and nearly forty for the term of seven years.
The remainder of the prisoners were sentenced to various periods
of imprisonment, and the Sessions adjourned.
The usualTublic whippings took place In the Court-yard; to
witness which, a very great crowd was attracted. One boy was
caught in the act of picking a Gentleman's pocket of a handker-
chief, and taken into custody.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—About ten o'clock on Friday
morning, some workmen were in the act of putting the
cornice on a new building in Moseley-street, Manches-
ter, adjoining the warehouse of Messrs. Cardwell,
Longworth, and Co. when, by some accident, it broke
from their hold, and fell upon a respectable looking
young man, who happened, unfortunately, at this time
to be passing underneath. He was immediately con-
veyed to the Infirmary, but medical assistance was of
no avail—the skull had been dreadfully fractured, and
the body considerably bruised. 'He lingered for ab int
an hour, and then expired. This Anfortunate young
man appeared to be a stranger in th town. He wore
a black rock round his neck, and had on a blue coat,
blue pantaloons, and Wellington boots, in the inside of
which was written the word " Shrewsbury."—in his
pockets were found about five pounds in money, but
nothing could be gipthered from the remainder of their
contents, but that he was one of those ill-fated brings
called Authors.—ln a small green bag which he had
carried along with him, were found a number of pam-
phlets, entitled The Eddystone Lighthouse—a Poem.
Etch of these pamphlets were neatly folded in a piece
of paper, directed " To the Lady or Gentleman of ibis
house." They also. contained a slip of paper, on
which was printed the Mowing :-
0 Permit your goodness to excuse the liberty an unfortunate
Author has taken, is causing this book to he left for your perusal.
lie is sorry that be is under the painful necessity of thus intruding,
bat being reduced through a varkty of events (ove- which he • had'
no centrists° from a respectable situation in life, to distress,is there-
fore destitute of any other means of support. The price is one shit-
ling, which, or the book unsoilcd,'will be tailed for next day, and
thankfully received."

AliNil'.
• •
•
• the Ist Battalion of the Marched fr otn Da . .
nn ihs
9th inst. for Ferntoy, where it will arrive on the 22doind
diaiely embark for the West Indlei; 'should the 'transports inteladed
to Convey it be ready..
The :D.epatOr the 9ith Foot bat Cortipleted iti
The other Depots at Manchester, vi of the 80th and 9914
Foot; have alsobeen Mccessflai is recrUitft; and hive very neatly
completed their establishments. •
Forty Recruits have joined the liellnt .of. the 80th, during tisk
list ten days. Within the ianteperiod 4R Reerhit4 have joined the
86th Foot, at Cloninel; 25 the 84th; at Linierfck ; and 25 the De:
pot of the 43d Foot, at ColCheiter.
Tuesday, the Depot of the 74th; under the tontniand of Caps:
ANSZLI, arrived at Stirling, and marched Mtn their quarters in the
Castle, where they are to be stationed.
Detachments of the undettnentioned Beglitenti, tiiiirched-y•s7
terday morning front Westminster, Via- 35th Foot, for Albany
Barracks; 53d ditto; for .POrtsMOutti ; .52d atid 68th, far Chiehes •
ter ; 31st, fur Tilbury Fort; 14th, 30th, 43th1 Serfs, and 59th,
for Chatham ; 2d, 3d, 20th, 38th, 44th, and 46th; for Canterbury ;
11th Light Dragoons; for Maidstone; 69th Foot, for Chatham;
70th and 76th, for Winchester; 17th Light Dragoons, for Brighton;
and a detachment for the company's Service, from Billingsgate
for Chatham. . _