Nov. 30,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



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General Church, the British officer who did so much 

 service to the cause of the liberty of Greece in its most 

 desperate struggles, has been dismissed from his office 

 of Inspector-General of the Army, and has been replaced 

 by the notorious General Grivas, who entered into a 

 conspiracy and appeared in arms against the Govern- 

 ment when Mavrocordato was in power, and who would 

 have been taken and shot had it not been for the pro- 

 tection of the French Minister, who afforded him pro- 

 tection on board of a French man-of-war, which carried 

 him to Egypt, where he remained till the accession of 

 the present Cabinet enabled him to return. 



Turkey. — Accounts from Constantinople of the 7th 

 mention a partial change in the Turkish Ministry. 

 Rifaat Pacha, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been 

 dismissed, and is replaced by Shekib Effendi. On the 

 2nd inst. salvos of artillery announced the birth of an- 

 other Prince, the Sultan's third son. The heir to the 

 throne, who is called Sultan Murad, has just entered 

 his fifth year. The Porte has apologised to some 

 British subjects, who were imprisoned and otherwise 

 maltreated by the police of Constantinople, in obe- 

 dience to the recent order that foreigners found in the 



streets after sunset should be imprisoned. From 



Syria we learn that Jaffa and Sidon have been the 

 scenes of bloodshed, having been entered by the notorious 

 Shiek Abu-Bohoosh, who massacred the governors of 

 both places. Dr. Wolff is still at Meshed, from which 

 place he was unwilling to proceed till he had received an 

 escort from Colonel Shiel at Teheran. It is remarked 

 as singular that, after crossing the desert of Mero and 

 escaping from the Turcoman hordes, he should shrink 

 from encountering dangers and difficulties comparatively 

 trifling.— The accounts from Alexandria are of the Gth 

 inst. The only news they bring is, that Mr. Bourne is 

 still at Alexandria, and that he has not advanced one step 

 in effecting a post-office treaty with the Pacha. 



United States.— By the arrival of the Great Wes- 

 tern, we have accounts from New York to the 9th inst., 

 bringing the important intelligence of the election of Mr. 

 Polk, as President of the United States, and of Mr. 

 Dallas as Vice-President. The presidential elections 

 commenced in Pennsylvania on the 9th. This State 

 returns 26, all of them in favour of Mr. Polk, and the 

 adjoining State of New York, which returns the largest 

 number in the union (36) also declared in his favour. 

 These great States, being the most densely popu- 

 lated, and returning the greatest number of presi- 

 dential electors, were held to be decisive of the 

 contest. Some of the remote States had not been 

 heard from, and returns were daily pouring in, but 

 the friends of Mr. Clay hold the return of his rival as 

 certain ; indeed, the admissions of that gentleman's or- 

 gans in New York place the issue of the contest beyond 

 a doubt. Thus a new man, whose name was unknown 

 in Europe, and scarcely known beyond the State which 

 he represents, until his nomination by the Baltimore 

 Convention in May last, where his friends succeeded in 

 defeating the popular democratic candidate, Mr. Van 

 Buren, has been raised to the highest office in the United 

 States, in preference to an able public man, who has 

 been before the public, and respected by his countrymen 

 during a long career. The result of this contest shows 

 the hold which two questions of great import- 

 ance have taken of the American mind, one of 

 them appertaining more immediately to their own do- 

 mestic policy, the annexation of Texas to the Union ; 

 and the other of considerable importance to Great 

 Britain— a low, in contradistinction to the present high 

 tariff. Whether Mr. Polk will possess sufficient strength 

 in Congress, as now constituted, to carry out these two 

 questions, remains to be seen, but that they have been 

 the instruments by which he has defeated a much abler 

 and otherwise more popular man is unquestionable. As 

 regards the subject of free trade, the elections in New 

 York show an extraordinary result ; the city, which fs 

 the commercial metropolis of the country, voted in 

 favour of the protectionist, Mr. Clay, but this was neu- 

 tralised by the general vote of the State, which supported 

 Mr. Polk by a majority exceeding 4000. In addition to 

 the two great principles of the new President in regard 

 to Texas and the Tariff, it appears that he is in 

 favour of slavery and a supporter of the repudiating 

 states. According to the New York Herald, the 

 tariff may be somewhat modified next session, though 

 it never can be essentially altered; no bank, no dis- 

 tribution can take place for the present ; new nego- 

 tiations may be opened for the annexation of Texas, but 

 as the Senate will be Whig for two years at least, nothing 

 can be done effectually as regards that matter for some 

 time to come. This journal regards the Whig party as 

 utterly and for ever disbanded, and conceives that on 

 their ruins will spring up the American Republicans. It 

 w said that the election was the scene of disgraceful in- 

 ngues. An immense number of foreigners, particularly 

 ■Irish and Germans, were naturalised for the occasion, 

 and, except in a very few instances, so few as scarcely 

 to form an exception, voted for Mr. Polk. In addition 

 *o which, it is said, great and friendly aid was 

 given by the Canadians, who crossed the line, and 

 oeposued their ballots in favour of Mr. Polk.— The 

 «rst steam-vessel ever despatched from the United 



mm i t any P arts be y°n«l the Cape of Good Hope, 

 wied from New York on the 4th. It was the steam- 

 propeller Midas.— Francis Quenisset, the bravo, who, as 

 Ln. re i a n erS wil1 "collect, attempted to assassinate King 

 °, lh iiippe, wag arrested on the 224 utt., iu New 

 ^ eans, for a similar attempt on a citizen of that city. 

 Cin new . e ^ ect ro-magnetic light has been invented at! 

 ^cinnati, of such power that one of them at a height J 



of 200 feet is expected to illumine the whole c Hy. — 

 The potato crop of the northern States and Canada has 

 been attacked with a singular disease this year. Hogs 

 and cattle have died from eating potatoes, and several 

 persons have narrowly escaped with their lives. — A 

 general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church 

 at Philadelphia has been busily occupied with endeavour- 

 ing to agree in common resolutions against Puseyism, but 

 it has failed as yet in coming to an agreement. Serious 

 charges were made against Bishop Hawkes,of Mississippi, 

 for beinga bankrupt,which the bishop indignantly repelled. 

 Severe frosts and snow are said to have been experienced 

 in different parts of the United States at the close of the 

 past month. — From Canada, also, we have tidings of the 

 near approach of winter. Montreal advices of the 4 

 inst. give the total returns in favour of the Governor- 

 General at 42, against 2" Radicals, with 4 doubtful, 

 making a total of decided elections of 73 ; the whole 

 number is 84, but this is considered decisive. 



Tahiti.— We have intelligence from Tahiti, by way of 

 the United States, to July 15. On the 20th June, a 

 body of natives having assembled at Toint Venus, and 

 their proximity being considered too near for safety, 

 Governor Bruat had marched against them at the head 

 of 400 French. The natives, having received intelligence 

 of their approach, placed themselves in ambush, and 

 allowed the main body to pass ; but as the rear-guard 

 were passing in front of the English mission-house, they 

 opened their fire upon them in a direct line with the house, 

 and Mr. M'Kean, oneof the missionaries, who was walking 

 on his verandah, was struck by a ball, and instantly killed. 

 His death is universally regretted. He was one of those 

 who had lately arrived from England, well-educated, and 

 one of the most respected men upon the group. The 

 action was upon the north side of the Bay of Papeite. 

 The native loss is unknown. The French loss amounted 

 to 3 killed and 5 wounded. At the same time, on the 

 south side, another action took place, in which the 

 natives were routed. In this action, 5 French were 

 killed and 7 wounded. The native loss on this occa- 

 sion is also unknown ; but the day following the natives 

 again advanced upon the town, and succeeded in burn- 

 ing the French mission house, chapel, &c. In all these 

 actions it has been impossible to determine, with any 

 degree of certainty, the native loss. They have always 

 been accustomed to remove their dead during the night, 

 and only those are found upon the field who die at the 

 point of the bayonet. The natives had seized 3 French- 

 men, whom they put to death with great torture. 

 On the 17th June the English frigate Carysfort arrived 

 at Papeiti from Valparaiso. It saluted the French fri- 

 gate Uranie, which returned the salute. The Governor, 

 Captain Bruat, received the visit of Lord William 

 Paulet ; and although he had not received any official 

 intelligence of the French Government having refused 

 the dominion of the Society Islands, nor any other notice 

 of it excepting what was contained in a letter from Val- 

 paraiso, he immediately sent the chief of his staff on 

 board the Basilisk with a letter for Queen Pomare', in- 

 forming her of the new position of affairs, and requesting 

 her to land. This letter was translated to Queen Pomare 

 in the presence of the French chief, and of the com- 

 manders of the Carysfort and the Basilisk, and she 

 replied that she would go to Barabara, there to await the 

 settlement of these affairs. The Carysfort prepared 

 immediately to conduct her there, where resides the Chief 

 Tabra, the first husband of Pomare. . 



CITY. 



Money Market, Friday. — Consols closed at 101 

 for the account ; Red. Three per Cents., 9i)£ to 100 ; 

 Three and a Quarter New, 102$ to 102$- ; Bank 

 Stock, 207 ; India Stock, 28S ; Eichequer Bills, 58 to 

 GO prem. 



GAZETTE OP THE WEEK— BANKRUPTS.— T. BanoiM. Crat- 

 field, Suffolk, farmer— J. Tomuv, Cornhill, City, ship broker— B. Vandeh- 

 rtiKK, Love-lane, City, woollen warehouseman— R. Watt, 43, Lime street, 



ty, merchant— C. H. Hambi.kton, late of Northampton-street, Bethnal 

 Green, victualler — P. J. Madmmi43, Dunster court. Miming lane. City, 

 broker— J. C. Whits, Canterbury, Kent, draper— J. Harris, Winchester- 

 place, Borough, hat manufacturer— G. Stbfhek, 4, Mcinner's-place, City, 

 and 7. \\ il.iam-street, Knightibridjre, scrivener— W. Cox, Crown street, 



>ho, general dealer— J. Johhsox, 6, North-place, Gray's Inn lane, apothe- 

 cary— J. F. Fiuob, 3, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, merchant— W. Ci.absk, 

 Sheffield, builder— J. Himri.k, Ossett, Yorkshire, manufacturing chemist — 

 J. Hasrlpr.v, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, cotton spinner— J. Hat i, W'al's- 

 end, Northumberland, cowkeeper— E- and W. Robinson, Leicestershire, 



bankers J. Browtc, Newcastle under-Lyne, painter — C. S. T. Wai.kkr, 



Oxford-street, artificial florist— J. North, Map'a-row, Stepney-green, \. 

 mailer K. Ticker, Dean-street, Westminster, farrier— L. Wn hams, Ox- 

 ford, woollen diaper— J. IIarwah, Charlotte street, Bloomsbury, pianoforte 

 manufacturer— R- Mai- shall, Pleasant-row, High-street, and Upper road, 

 Deptford, Kent, stone mason — W.Hemkus V, Sunderland, Duiham, mercer 

 — H. Oliver, Darlington. Durham, printer and bookseller— E. P. Worth, 

 Henley in A rden, Warwickshire, victualler— W. Rkes and G- Edward*, 

 Welis, gardeners, nursery and seedsmen— J. Storey and J. Gihb, Liverpool, 

 ship chandlers— W. Cross, Chester, lead merchant— M. ard J. Ibb&tsok, 

 Eccletfield, Yorkshire, paper manufacturers. 



DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.-J. Mmsou, Melton Mowbray, 

 Leicestershire, out of business. 



SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.-!!. C. Lamb, of Edinburgh, and A. 

 Ti.ntjman, of Leith, commission agents— H. M'Dkrmid, Milton, Dumbarton- 

 shiie.calico printer— Rev. R. Hodstoi*,. Glaagoxv, cattle dealer. 



JWtiropolis anfc its FWafiff. 



The late Forgeries on the Bank. — We gave in our last 

 the particulars of the pursuit of Burgess and Elder by 

 John Forrester, the Mansion-house officer, the suicide of 

 Elder, and the escape of Burgess in the night. By an 

 arrival this week from New York we learn that Burgess 

 was apprehended in a most miserabl jndition, in a 

 small island 15 miles from Boston, and that he is now on 

 his return, in the custody of John Forrester, to this 

 country. It appears that when Burgess escaped from 

 the hotel at Nahant, he rowed in the dark for a con- 

 siderable time, and at length, after having been tossed 

 about, he landed, and made the best of his way to a small 

 cottage in which a poor Irishman and his wife and three [ 



lildren resided. From thence he sent to the waiter of 

 the hotel at Nahant his keys, wit i directions to take 

 possession of the money contained in his bags, and con- 

 vey it to him. John Forrester, who managed the whole 

 business, with the ready assistance of the American 

 officers, took care to cut off the means of retreat or escape 

 by land, and met the bearer of the money on his way 

 to a place of appointment. The bag, which con- 

 tained 126/. in gold, and in dollars and notes 468/., was 

 directly sent back to the hotel, while the pursuit was con- 

 tinued. In the most wretched condition, with no more 

 than a half-crown or a couple of shillings in his pocket, 

 and half naked, Burgess, after great exertion, reached 

 another cottage, at the distance of about eight miles 

 across the water, and there remained under shelter for 

 nearly a night and a day. lie then sent the owner of 

 the cotlage with a note to a Mr. Grant, who had had 

 some transactions with him in a pecuniary way, request- 

 ing money. Mr. Grant, who had been informed of the 

 forgery and robbery of the Bank of England, immediately 

 gave information to Forrester, and the person who knew 

 Burgess's place of concealment was prevailed upon — but 

 not without a great deal of persuasion, and a reward of 

 300 dollars — to give him up to the police. It was evi- 

 dent from the proceedings of I'urgess and Elder, after 

 their arrival in America, that they looked with the 

 utmost confidence to permanent security from arrest. 

 Burgess had been lodging about a fortnight at the hotel 

 at Nahant, and had purchased a piece of ground, on 

 which he was about to build a house, and it was odd 

 enough that before the foundation was laid he purchased 

 carpeting, bed-linen, glasses, and other articles of fur- 

 niture. It was supposed that the death of Elder, who 

 strangled himself in the gaol of Boston, would have been 

 the cause of some delay and inconvenience, but so willing 

 were the authorities to give every opportunity to the 

 Bank messengers to obtain restitution of the stolen pro- 

 perty, that there appears to be no chance of the slightest 

 delay. The purchase made in the names of the fugitives 

 was, it is said, all good stock, and no doubt is entertained 

 that it will realise the prices given for it. An inquest 

 was held upon the body of Elder, at Boston, and it was 

 found by the jury that the deceased was found dead in 

 the gaol by strangling himself with his silk handkerchief, 

 fastened to the grate of the prison window. — In regard 

 to the extensive forgeries of 100/. notes of the Bank of 

 England which we have alluded to on former occasions, 

 it is stated that the prompt measures adopted by the 

 Bank have frightened the culprits, and that no attempt 

 has since been made to pass them either in Paris or 

 Brussels. The French telegraph speedily apprised the 

 authorities that the fraudulent parties had been in 

 Brussels and had left for Paris. They had, however, 

 time to dispose of ten or fifteen of their notes, but 

 they must then have gained some intelligence that 

 the money changers were upon their guard, for they 

 do not appear to have subsequently attempted to 

 utter any more of the spurious instruments. The prin- 

 cipal party engaged in passing the Dotes was a young 

 Frenchman about 27 years of age, who appeared under 

 the name of Lindor, and was accompanied, in some in- 

 stances, by a German, of stout make, rather older, who 

 adopted the name of Ortel, and both parties seemed to 

 have gone from Rotterdam to Antwerp. At Antwerp 

 they put up at a small inn, but having succeeded in ut- 

 tering two of their notes, they proceeded to Brussels, 

 where they took up their abode at one of the principal 

 hotels. At Brussels they were fortunate enough to pass 

 no less than seven of the forged notes to a money- 

 changer of highly respectable character, M. Charles, 

 who consequently suffers severely. Having got these 

 seven notes changed, the conspirators proceeded to 

 Lille, on which place it appears M. Charles gave Lindor 

 an order in part payment of the conversion of the notes. 

 They stayed at Lille one night, got the order cashed, and 

 then went on to Paris, where they passed more notes. 

 It was thought that those who were in pursuit, having 

 procured full particulars concerning the passports of the 

 parties, there would be no difficulty in finding them in 

 Paris. It turned out, however, that although Lindor, 

 in uttering the notes at Paris, in answer to the inquiries 

 of the money-changers, stated his name to be Lindor, yet 

 neither he nor Ortel could be traced by these names ; 

 and upon investigation it was discovered that the pass- 

 ports of which they had been the bearers were forged, as 

 well as the notes they had passed. 



Great Robbery at Messrs. Rogers and Towgooa^s. — 

 A robbery to an unparalleled extent was committed be- 

 tween Saturday night and Monday morning, in the bank- 

 ing-house of Messrs. Rogers, Towgood, and Co., bankers, 

 of Clement's-lane ; bank* notes to the amount of from 

 40,000/. to 41,000/., were stolen from out of the 

 iron safe, which is deposited in the wall of the inner 

 office, and securities to a very large amount were also 

 taken by the thieves. It is a remarkable circumstance 

 connected with this robbery, that on Monday morning, 

 when it was first discovered, there were no external 

 appearances from which suspicion could be entertained, 

 upon entering the office, that any robbery or attempt at 

 robbery had been made. Everything was in its accus- 

 tomed order. The iron safe in which the cash and 

 securities were regularly deposited was locked ; and the 

 iron chest in which it was usual to deposit the master- 

 key of the safe, to which there were two locks, was also 

 secure. It is said to be the practice of the partners of 

 the firm, of which there are four, to relieve each other 

 in the heavy cash business of the house at stated periods, 

 and each of them keeps keys of the safe and iron chest ; and 

 it is supposed that one of the gentlemen left behind him 

 his keys upon some occasion of hurry or forgetfulness, and 





