Sept 



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THE 



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favourable all along the coast, having been and 

 remaining dry, and large crops are expected next 

 year. The planters are said to be meditating some 

 attempt to reduce the price of labour, but without 

 immigration to a large extent, it is not thought that 

 any general reduction of wages can be carried out. Guano 

 is earning into general use as manure for coffee planta- 

 tions in Jamaica, and the coffee-trees manured with it 

 are said to be looking well. Bone manure, it is reported, 

 will also be extensively used, and the prisoners in the 

 Penitentiary at Kingston are employed in preparing it. 

 The 1st of August, being the anniversary of negro eman- 

 cipation, passed off in the usual satisfactory manner. 

 The season in Demarara is reported to be as favourable 

 as the planters could desire. At Guadaloupe, on August 

 26, a dreadful fire broke out, destroying 5G large mer- 

 cantile stores, the custom-house, and other buildings, to 

 the value of 300,000 francs.— Letters from Mexico, dated 

 the 6th July last, state that a widely-extended con- 

 spiracy had been discovered by the government, the 

 object of which is to change the federativeTrepublic into 

 a constitutional government, with a European prince of 

 royal blood at its head, with the title of " Emperor." 

 It was, however, the opinion of well-informed person? 

 that, on the eve of a war with Texas, the executive power 

 will not proceed to rigorous measures against the con- 

 spirators, amongst whom, it is said, there is more than 

 one general officer, but they will undoubtedly be strictly 

 watched.— The Argentine News states that Commodore 

 Purvis left Monte Video on the 26th June for Rio Ja- 

 neiro, in his flag-ship Alfred, accompanied by the Ardent 

 steamer, and that they were informed he had received 

 positive orders " never to return to the River Plate." It 

 is stated, in reference to this announcement, that Com- 

 modore Purvis was recalled by orders from his own 

 Government, and as the consequence of dissatisfaction 

 with his proceedings in the River Plate. 



United States and Canada.— By the Acadia 

 steam-ship we have accounts from New York to the 31st 

 ult. They do not communicate any intelligence of im- 

 portance. The Presidential canvass, of course, princi- 

 pally occupied public attention. Large meetings, cha- 

 racterised by great order and quiet, were being held in 

 every part .of the country, and the prospects of Messrs. 

 Clay and 1 Freehnghuysen continued brilliant. Presides 

 Tyler had issued a lengthy manifesto, withdrawing his 

 name as a candidate, and vindicating the policy of his 

 administration ; and Mr. Polk, the opposing candidate, 

 had written m favour of a tariff for protection merely 

 and not for revenue. The withdrawal of Mr. Tyler will 

 tend to strengthen the democratic party. By the last 

 accounts from i Nauvoo the city was quiet. The Mormons 

 give about 2000 votes, all of which are for Ford, the pre- 



to n iold°tr/r r i' Wh ° had 4 0rdcred a b"gadeof the miUtia 

 to hold themselves m readiness to march at the shortest 

 notice in defence of the Holy City, should any outbreak 

 occur ,n that vicinity, as is still' apprehended b, the 



tf S.E Gre had b f C ? rep ° rtS ° f the *PP°in tm n 



of Smith s son, a mere lad, as a prophet, but thev are 



unounced,as Sidney Rigdom, it is said, 'will be chosen 

 to lead the Mormon flock. He is their master spiri t an" 

 w 11 it » said, make a shrewd and energetic leader Of 

 all the fanatics which have made their appearance during 

 the past century m the United States, these are themos? 

 extraordinary. There are five widows of the Smith 

 family now living in Nauvoo, or the Holy Citv • the 

 mother of them all and the wives of the lar* t«p I- 

 and their two brother, JlMo^^ M ^^ 

 i i n lV° ^f ^ > T u h6ir tem P le is rteadUj going up 



2STJL £ SJSu£ «* - 



Daly ; AUo^ol^ir^i^^^ *• 

 Attorney-General for Lower Canada Mr si ^J 5 

 Solicitor-General for Upper Canad . Mr Chabor^Com 

 missioner of Crown Lands Mr D P P • «" 



a du.otat.on and general election throughout the Z' 



moderate 6 Z n SttT'i °™P»™S n,o,t' of the 

 entitle theZZ IS? 60 ° n /, whose ta,en ^ «»d influence 



These papers contain an extract from the Government 

 Regulations respecting emigration to the Cape, and the 

 stipulations regarding bounty orders, by which it appears 

 that at the rate of bounty proposed, the sum voted for 

 this purpose being 10,000/., may afford a supply of about 

 800 labourers annually to the colonv. The minute seems 

 to have given great satisfaction to the public at the Cape. 

 The papers contain the reply of Lord Stanley to a petition 

 transmitted from the Municipal Commissioners of that 

 place, addressed to the Queen in Council, setting forth 

 the grievances to which they are subjected by the present 

 frontier system, and praying that the principles of the 

 treaties entered into with the Kafirs by Sir Ben- 

 jamin D'Urban may ba re-established. In answer 

 to this application, Lord Stanley refers to an ex- 

 tract from a despatch of the 11th March last, which he 

 had transmitted to the Lieutenant-Governor, containing 

 the reasons for which he had found it not consistent with 

 his duty to advise the Queen to accede to the prayer of 

 the petition. An enterprising gentleman of the name of 

 Smith had performed the journey into Kafirland, and 

 made a personal examination of the coast from the Buf- 

 falo to the Umzimvooloo. The result of his journey has 

 been the establishment of a trading station in Hinza's 

 territory, and the opening of a direct maritime commu- 

 nication with the Kafir country. The Kafirs had recom- 

 menced their depredations, and two farmers in endea- 

 vouring to rescue cattle from their hands had been 

 severely wounded.— By a letter received at Lloyd's it 

 appears that advices had been received by the writer from 

 ichaboe, of the G h July last, from which it appears that 

 serious disturbances had occurred amongst a portion of 

 the vessels loading at the island with guano, and that 

 several parties had been put in irons and forwarded to 

 St. Helena. The officers selected by the committee 

 appointed by Captain Brooks, of H.M.S. Thunderbolt, 

 to form a judicial body, had elected Captain Hancock, 

 of the Victoria, commodore, who had deemed it ad- 

 visable, the island being in a state of mutiny, to send to 

 the Cape for the assistance of a man-of-war. The brig 

 Canning had been despatched for that purpose. The 

 number of vessels loading at the date of the letter above- 

 mentioned is represented to have been between 70 and 

 80, and the origin of the disturbances was from the new- 

 comers attempting to take precedence of previous arrivals 

 in the loading of the vessels. 



Borneo.— By letters received at Lloyd's on Monday, 

 from Singapore, we learn of further atrocities by the 

 pirates off the coast of Borneo. In addition to the 

 capture of the Belgian brig Charles, another unfortunate 

 ship called the Luckly Blass, a brig 200 tons burthen, 

 has been taken by them, plundered, and afterwards set 

 fire to, and the whole of the unhappy crew and passen- 

 gers, amounting, it is reported, to 18 persons, massacred. 

 The murderers ; there is no doubt arc the same who 

 murdered the Hon. Erskine Murray and two seamen in 

 January last. A letter from an officer on board H.M 's 

 V" 1 * 9 S A amara "S. off Solombo, Java Sea, and dated 

 June 20 gives an account of a recent conflict with the 

 pirates who infest the place. A party of 40 attempted 

 to surprise the captain of the vessel (Sir E. Belcher) 

 who was on the reef of an island near Tidore with h s 



IZZT \ • ^ Were . soon "Pulaed by the firing from 



e barge, which was in attendance. The captain, after 



this aggression, determined to chastise the pirate , and 



»„ I J K '} de&e \ ted > ?aVC ° rders that «ie village 



and all he vessels on the beach should be burned. He 



? W'Twi°tn Si r S6lS Ca l le u " PrahUS " (Pounced 

 prow ) with the barge, and their crews having deserted 



them they were towed out and burned. About mid- 

 night he anchored his barge in a retired hav W 

 surnrUpr, at- 9 ^»„i i • *. reurea Day, but was 



surprised at 2 o clock in the morning by the sound 

 of gongs and other instruments, and before the nartv 

 was ready for action five lar»e war nralin. » P ? 7 



wounded in the thigh by a ball* of 1 h ? w "1 



1 U-16 inches diameter r„ til ™ t li*'' ght ' and 

 to the shin when H,« h n condition he was taken 



en—TV! 1 ?S*?. was «'™«e<l, and another 



a matter of general conversaticmTi^r - ^-- 

 The following is understood to be the "'"" ° c ™^ 

 Burgess, the Bank clerk and hf. °" ner itt »«5 

 the fraud. The former, b, hU totim.^ 060 "^ e9 «3 

 the Bank books, found tnat a M&SST 1 ™* ** 



I 



taken and burned TW. .■ ' ■ me ot whicn were 

 was in a fair way' of ^'"wM.^f ^ ?' ** Ie " erS 

 supposed to have 7 been killed 7 ' ° ^ P ' rate chief is 



entitle them to nuhli/ Z.7. . ents and ,nfluence engagement ensued between the h. ' " an0tner 



tbat the SebUert P." en . Ce ' An0ther rumour ». tw ° cutte ™. ™d some L ? ' , rge ' ilccom P™ed by 

 t0 N^ 6 *' " "M»Ut P rT B ' S ° n '" "^ t0 Canada ' ,akeQ 3Dd b --« T h r- n f/ ; ah ^. ( -me of which were 



that^i fhe^rF^r a nt8 - fr r New Zeaiand ^ 



tween Governor Fitzrov La X**^ took l ,,ace ^e- 



concerned in the m a98 Lre at W -^ ZeaIand chiefs 



to hear from them their l" "T\ After a rec l uest 



was complied with by Ra U n a r a h a v' °£ tUe affair - *»"* 



deliberated for some «* t « ,' S ? IceI1 ™cy having 



effect that, as the EnglMff. "! t nati '" l <» "•- 

 in the wrong and the New Zeala, d'« ^hadhfT beC " 

 into unlawful acts both by their i*L idheea betrayed 

 law. nnrt l,„ »i,. l _ ' . lr 'gnorance of P„,.i;„u 



accomplice, to represent [he C/SttefofW' ? 

 and they proceeded to the Bank .„! t . * 8tock » 

 transfer of 8200/., Burgess identiVv in t S^.^^t 

 holder, and hence lulling .^fc^D^i 11 ^ 

 tamed the stock, they sold it at ti,. y the y ob " 



price, and changed thin tea thev ncSZ™?"* 1 

 which in equal divisions of 4000/ was di^^ 

 carpet bag, and taken away in .«bb^thte^ n ? , 

 It was not till the absence of B u l gs r^^ 

 beyond his appointed time that a 3'en SM 

 mind of his fellow, clerks of the leeitimacv of thl . ' 

 tion but when inquiries were madl for^^ftd 

 not be found, the matter was investigated and the «?JJ 

 ascertained. The culprits having had a week's .£!^ 

 the officers, there is every reason for su^pos „ ? Z 

 they embraced the opportunity for a Transatlantic trhT 

 and up to the present time no clue has been discover^ 

 of their retreat, although rumours from dav to day h „ 

 been circulated on the subject. So barefaced a fS 

 was never before committed, and the Barber and RetZ 

 conspiracy, notwithstanding its organisation wasof.m*. 

 complicated and ingenious character, was nothine to 

 compare to the effrontery with which this forgery wti 

 earned out. The Directors of the Bank, it i a under- 

 stood, will in future not allow clerks to identify be: 

 strictly enforce comparison of signature, and tike the 

 word of the broker, who will be made to suffer the loss 

 m case of forgery or fraud following. It is said Barge* 

 was originally introduced into the Bank by two of the 

 Directors, who knowing his father to be an honest, in- 

 dustrious man, felt inclined to serve him and his family, 

 and became sureties for the youth to the extent of 1 000/! 

 This amount, of course, they will have to pay. The re- 

 mainder will be made up from what is termed "the 

 Clerk's Fund," which is specially raised by general 

 subscription yearly, according to the amount of salariea 

 paid, for the liquidation of such losses. 



The late Wills Forgeries.— At the Court of Aldermen 

 on Tuesday, Sir P. Laurie brought up the Report of the 

 Committee to which it was referred, to allow John and 

 Daniel Forrester, the able City officers, a sum o( money 

 as an acknowledgment of their extraordinary exertion* 

 in the late detection and apprehension of the will forger-. 

 The Report recommended that the court should vote the 

 sum of 100/. to each of these officers. Alderman Fare- 

 brother said he perfectly agreed with the committee in the 

 high opinion they had expressed of the merits and exertions 

 of these clever officers, but he preferred to the proposed 

 plan, that of voting to them the money in terms of a general 

 nature referring to the services which they were constantly 

 rendering to the public. To reward them for their exertions 

 relative to the individual cases of the will forgers would 

 be to reflect upon the Government, as if the two persons 

 who had been principally instrumental in bringing such 

 criminals to justice had not been properly considered ia 

 the payment of the expenses of the prosecution. In 

 order to make the vote unanimous, he hoped a change 

 to the effect he suggested would be adopted. Sir P. 

 Laurie agreed in the propriety of the suggestion, and 

 the term of the recommendation having been altered, 

 100/. was unanimously voted to each of the officers. 



Marble Statue of Her Majesty.— A marble statue 

 of the Queen, by Wolff, was landed a few days since st 

 the St. Katharinq's-dock, from Leghorn. Ia conse- 

 quence of the absence of Her Majesty on her marine 

 excursion, the statue has been removed to \S indsor. 

 and an officer of Customs has been appointed to super- 

 intend the examination at the Castle. 



The Royal Exchange.— Uer Majesty has signified her 

 intention to open the Royal Exchange in the course or 

 the last fortnight of October. Prince Albert is to accom- 

 pany Her Majesty upon the occasion. In consequence 



law, .and by the great provocation tfeT.ad^ ° f E "f lish 

 punishment should follow their offence, H CeiTeo ' no 

 by assuring them that he would punisl 'all a e „ COnc ' uued 

 the part of the English to wroL 1 1 a " at,em P'» on 

 horted the chiefs in Their turn to eircL tt '' "^ «" 



pany Her Majesty upon the occasion. In consequent 



of this announcement the following motion will be °^^ 



forward in the next Court of Common Council:— g A" 



Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to signuy 



her intention of opening the new Royal ^^"f V;, 



company with His Royal Highness Prince Albert, tn» 



corporation, as a means of evincing their attachment a 



loyalty to the Royal person, do invite Her Majesty a 



His Royal Highness to a banquet in the Guildhall ou 



the occasion." 



Court of Aldermen 



At the Court, on Tuesday, 



the Court on being ap- 

 pointed Uity Chamberlain, and subsequently took < 



His resignation of the gown of ** lUin |. 

 then accepted, and upon the motion 01 o 



Alderman Brown took leave of the Court on being ap- 

 pointed City Chamberlain, and subsequently tooK 



oaths of office. 



t gate ward was then accepted, and upon the mouuu « 



D, P. Laurie, seconded by Alderman John Johnson, a 



e- of thanks and congratulation to Mr. Brown was ui 

 _ , i ,.. __.i .u« t n ~A tvt.,™.. woe reauestea w 



ot tnanKs ana congraiuiatmu iu *»». *"~..~ . t( 



mously agreed to, and the Lord Mayor was request 

 call a wardmote, for the election of an Alderman tor 

 lingsgate ward, in the room of the new Chamber aiu. 



Portsoken.-On Saturday Alderman Thomas Jobuson, 

 the late partner in the Romford bank, resigned hit E 

 as the alderman of this ward, and the chairmen o 



.. i .__ _£• i»,t- r»„.,:j c„i rt «, rt «a and Mr. ^ UCI 



Mttxoy 



The late Forgery at the Rank , tk« j- ^* 



I- forgery on t^BanK ^Jt^^ 



committees of Mr. David Salomons and M-. ^ 



Moon received communications from those ge ^ 

 announcing that they intended to be candidates ^^ 

 vacant aldermanic gown, and in a short i" in- 



were carried about the neighbourhood of the w 

 timatiDg to the electors that an approaching snugs 









