Star. — London, England, 1831-07-29 00:00:00

Y I i , i , ~: j ) ' i - i :•. , ~ ~ . :. • l i ; ,•••.• • 1 t ‘ i il ;; . 'IN , tt cif' • 'ii I.i, L ' . i , h I. 7 . / 1, '. • ; 1 •.: • I • 4 . ,* • . i i r r • ~. I I, , r. t it i ' , .i., si li • , • A%4 Ls. T 1 —Sir Robert Peel, - whatever have been his 11,i:i tal.-, tote, the general tendencies and characteristics of the liefor it bill, near claim at least the merit of having dis covered a new scale whereby to atijost the elective rights of the kin'nlnm. While von* hon. oentletuen were contending for thourinciple of propertt , some for that of population, a third e:0...4 for 'Fast of intelligence, as indicated by combine. 'inns of the other two, it was kit for the right hen. baronet to find cm the geographical —or, to speak in every sense more correctly -the superficial principle of representation. Sir Robert draws a line from east and by north, to west, and by south, from the Wash to she Severn. He then com plains that the portion of England northward of that finches carried off too many in, mbers of parliament, and left too few fur the southern division of the island. He takes, first, some. thing like a parallel of latitude, then reckons op a number of onlllinsi subdivi..ior.s. called counties. on either side of the aforesaid parallel, and finishes by exclaiming how unequally have you allotted the amount of elusape between these two measurements of the country ! We think that it would not he diffieult to suggest a familiar illustration of the right hon. I.47l.llit`t'S theory. Snrpose we take 40 square miles upon Falistury.plain, and then multiplying 4 miles into 5, which naig'.t perhaps embrace the area of this great metropolis, err out. what a monstrous injustice has been perpetrated ordkr the bill ; why here is 20 square miles have 12 or 14 1.-presentatives,l while 49 square miles have none at all ! It is not necessary, to the justice of our remark upon the .reiple" which Si: Hobert Peel has adopted, or rather n'eit-i lie pressed into the service of a single night, that we losist on every county south of his line of donates. tier iieing no better twitted to representatives than so many r•qt:Lre Imes of Salisbury plain ; but we do affilm, that his rtt...enec to mere superficial measurement, and to mere oomimil divisions of land, would bear out such a similitude, had be even left the question on tlrit simple footim3. POST.—It is said triumphantly how can the Whip, whom we allege to be precipitating the country into a re yolution, wish to delude the radicals, whom all the world el.arges with being favourable to revolution ? The radical,' 00 net disguise that they look for changes such as every one II it themselves would call revolution—the Whigs we do not believe to be really desirous of such changes ; but we maintain that In the desperation of party spirit they arc doing what in spite of themselves will ultimately produce revolution ; and in this they deal treache rously with the Radicals, inasmuch as they pretend to be tor them and for the people, while in truth they are only for their party, for power, and for place. This is treachery and selfish despotism. In the eagerness to have sway, which no party exercises with such domineering tyranny as the Whigs, in the appetite for the emoluments of office, which they can only hold while the people's reason is blinded by excitement —they try to cajole the Radicals and obtain their assistance, though they hate them as much as 'men can hate anything which they also despise. We have no wish whatever to flatter or decoy" the Radical party. We think they are /calms in a bad cause, but honestly zealous. The zeal of IVhigs we do not believe to be attended by any such pal. liative. POST.—We doubt whether the zealots for the bill will be able by their utmost efforts to excite any considerable cla mour in the country in favour of precipitation. We rather wish at the same time that they may succeed so far as to have a few petitions got up, calling upon the House "to stifle discimsion," from the livery of London and the other electoral bodies who have sent delegates to the House of Cmunons instead of representatives. Such petitions would be instructive ass presage of the treatment the House may e'pect when it is composed wholly of delegates, and the tratiner of their reception in the present House of Co^imons would be still more so, as a seasonable indication of the de. glee in which a future Housa of Commons, exclusively de. r ccratical, will be disposed and enabled to maintain it, dignity and independence, and efficiency as a deliberative assembly of legislators. We trust the petitions for which tile advocates of the bill so urgently call will be sufficiently precise and definite in their demands. Vague generalities upon retch a subject would manifestly be useless. The pe n:toners, of course, therefore, will not fail to specify by name the individual members whom it is their pleasure that the house shall silence by its collective authority. HERALD.—We would earnestly caution government against the injustice and the danger of any longer postponing the important question of making some permanent provision for employing and maintaining the poor of Ireland. We are not at all unconscious of the laborious and harassing duties which the members of the administration have to perform at t'i is moment connected with the all-absorbing question of re. fteim—rendered doubly hartassing as it is by the factious spirit with which they are opposed; but, making every allowance for this, we can see no adequate reason for postponing a subject which presses with such increasing melancholy earnestness both upon England as well as Ireland. Next to the commisera tion which is due to the Irish labourer, driven as he is from his own country to seek a precarious subsistence in another, is the sense which we ought to feel for the English labourer, who is impoverished in his own market by the overwhelming hordes of these blameless and unavoidable intruders. The pressure upon the English poor-rates too on this account is in calculable; for not only are they expended to a large amount in the metropolis and other large places in the actual relief and removal of the Irish poor themselves, but in every town and vil. lige, both in England and Scotland, are the native population rendered doublyburdensome,by being deprived of their natural means of subsistence by the cause we allude to. Government, we trust, is not unaware that this last topic is at this very moment a source of the most serious heart-burnings among the Enlish husbandry labourers in many parts of the king. 'l4m, hut especially in the counties which were last winter the scene of the melancholy tragedies which we all then win:cased. We aumot quit the subject without remarking that there seems to be a disposition on the part of Govern. n.cnt to imagine, that discussing the subject will be suffi cient—that a day shall be set apart for its discussion. This is only a sample of one of the errors of this talking age, in which every thing is di,eursed and nothing done. What is wanted is a practical measure emanating from Government— rot a mere Indian " talk." Commend us to the Statesman who can act as well as talk : and who does not think that the affairs of a great nation like this cm be carried on through tine medium of a war of words. _ _ 'i't NIES.—We never had a doubt respecting the Lonl Cowin:Hoes power to commit for such a contempt of Court as Mr. Wellesley had exhibited. The Coalmine of the House of Commons, which showed some hesitation on the subject, have at length decided against the ►upposed exemp tion of a member of parliament; and the Lord Chancellor yesterday, in a very luminous judgment, has set the matter at rest as a point of law. The question of the actual power of the Court being thus settled, it may, ar.d no doubt will, become a matter of legislative consideration, whether the courts of law ought to possess this atbolute authority, or . whether some mode of enforcing obedience, less obnoxious than a peremptory command of a judge, may not be found to be equally efficacious. It has been suggested that their Majesties should pass over London-bridge on Monday in a splendid car, so elevated as to afford a full view of its il lustrious occupants to the crowds assembled on the river. On Tuesday Mr. Hobbouse and Sir F. Burdett obtained leave to bring in a Bill " for the better regulation of Parish restries"—a motion in which Sir. Hobhouse fsikd on Monday, oa ing to Sir T. Fremantle haring threat ened to count out the House. Sir 3.4 aims NIACK INTOSH, himself a metaphy sical politician, has given the following lucid view of the follies uf Political Economy, by which for some years past credulity has been so abused : " I shall labour above all things," be says, " to avoid that which appears to me to have been the constant source of political error. I mean the at tempt to give an air of system, of simplicity, and of rigorous demonstration, to subjects which do not admit of it. The causes which the politician has to consider are, above all others, multiplied, mutable, minute, subtile, and if I may so speak, evanescent : perpetually changing their form and varying their combination'; losing their nature while they keep their name ; exhibiting the most different consequences in the endless variety of men and nations on whom they operate; in one degree of strength producing the most signal be nefit,and under a slight variation of circumstances, the most tremendous mischief. They admit,indeed, of being reduced to theory, but to a theorylormed on the most extensive views, of the most com prehensive and flexible principles ; a theory, of %Lich the most fundamental maxim is distrust in itself, and deference for practical prudence." PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. NORTH.IMPTONPRESS, July 2G. BEDIONDHITIII GENERAL LTBRAIIT.-.-We have great pleasure in announcing to the public that this institution has just received from %V. B. Higgins, Esq. of Turvey, a very magnificent present of a large paper copy of Valpy's splen did edition of the Delphin Classics, in 141 Parts, Bvo. The committee of Lords Althorp and Milton after at. ranging and settling the principal demands made upon them, yesterday afternoon, to the number of sixty, dined at the George Hotel. The chair was taken by Sir W. Wake, hart. supported on his right by the Hon. T. L. Dundas and Wm. Hanbnry, Esq. and on his left by E. Bouverie, Esq. and C. Hill, Esq. of The Bishop. Peterborough at his visitation the other day, if we may believe the Northampfon Merino", made a very impolitic, indeed, we might add, a very silly observa tion, " that since the days of Charles the First the Rata. blished Church had never been more powerfully assailed than at the present period." As a great many misrepresentations have been made on the subject of the barracks being occupied with voters at the late election, we have made inquiry Into the facts, and the following is the result. At former elections a great dif. ficulty always occurred from the polled and unrolled voters mixing together, and it was therefore thought advisable, If a place could be obtained at a distance from the polling booth, to separate them. The public-house within the bar. rack walls was taken for the purpose, and the landlord not having sufficient room, borrowed some rooms in the bar. racks, there being no soldiers there at the time; and another reason for taking the above was keeping the contending par. ties at a distance from each other. HUNTINGDON, JULY 17.—During my ride yesterday from Bedford to this town (says a correspondent of the Times of rue/4v), I frequently alighted for the purpose of closely examining the state of the crops, and I have the satisfaction of being able to give a most favourable re. port. When I was here three weeks ago, there appeared to me to be every prospect, from the rankness and dark colour of the blade, of a considerable deal of mildew among the wheats, and as that was the important season of blos soming, serious fears were entertained for the crop, which were greatly increased by the prevalence of cold northerly and easterly winds at the time. It is well said, however, that no weather will kill wheat, and it has now passed through the critical season, as far as my observation has extendel, unhurt. The spring wheats, indeed, were retarded by the 'cold nights of May, but they too have recovered. and there Is now every appearance of an abundant and early harvest. The storms of the past week have, it is true, In many in. stances, laid both the wheat and the barley, but in these instances the crop is very heavy and fine, and this cer tainly compensates the farmer for any little injury which the sample may sustain from their being laid. CAIIBIUDGR AllatEES.-00011110DY V. FOSTall.—The plaintiff is a drover and cattle salesman living at Ely. defendants are bankers, of this town. The action was brought to recover a sum of 2001. which the plaintiff alleged to be the balance of his banking account kept by the defend. ants. The main question between the parties was, " whe ther the plaintiff had paid into the bank of the defendants,on the 11th of August, 1829, the sum of 2001. in cash ?" On the Ist of August, 1829, the plaintiff, being in Cambridge, paid Into the bank 2001. by a check, Layton on Matlock, which was duly entered by the clerk who received it into the pass-book. On the 11th of the same month, the plaintiff having received 1901. paid into the defendants' bank, to the credit of his account, a further sum of 2001. for which (not having at that time his pass-book with him) he took the usual " accountable receipt" of the clerk of the defendant. In the ordinary course of things, the clerks at the bank ought to have posted the second sum of 2001 in the" pass book," when next it came into their hands ; but this had never been done. A few weeks after the transaction of the 11th of August, the plaintiff's clerk died, haring been ill since the Bth of that month; on his death a new clerk was taken by the plaintiff, and, on looking over the papers of his predecessor, the new clerk discovered that the 2001. paid in on the 11th of August had never been entered in the " pass. book." He accordingly wrote in pencil, under that date in that book, 4 . Error, 2001. omitted;" but this was rubbed out when it was sent to the bank, and the error was in fact never rectified. Mr. Kelly addressed the jury for the defendants. This action was resisted, because his clients in their conscience felt persuaded that, in point of fact, only one sum of 2001. ever was paid into their bank by the plaintiff, and that on the Ist of August. At that time, the plaintiff certainly paid in that sum, which was duly entered in his pass book. The course of business was, that when the money was paid in by a customer, it was entered immediately by the clerk receiv ing it in the waste book ; thence copied into the ledger, and from that into the cash book ; and on each night the several sums received by each cletk were accounted for, a balance struck, and if any sum were received and not entered into the books, the mistake would be immediately discovered by the fact of there being a surplus in the drawer appropriated to the clerk receiving the sum. It not unfrequently happened that the plaintiff was in too great a hurry, when he paid in money, to wait for the accountable receipt, and he therefore took it when be next called at the bank, which would account for the receipt, in this instance, being dated the 11th, though for money paid in on the Ist. On the Ilth, no sum of 2001. was received of the plaintiff; and on the evening of that day no surplus was found (as it would have been had it been re ceived, and not entered in any one of the books of 2001. but on the contrary, the books with the balance struck, with the exception of about ;fit was clear, therefore, that no such sum had been received. No intimation was given by the plaintiff of the error for many months after it was alleged to have occurred. Mr. Gunning, the attorney for the plaintiff, had an interview with the M essrs.l Foster, and their books were inspected by him. With respect to the claim for interest, it would be shown that it was the usual course for bankers to charge five per cent. interest, on all sums paid to an overdrawn account, from the day of the date of the checks, and not merely from the time when they were paid ; and the charge of the defendants was, therefore, in this respect, perfectly fair and legal. Lerd Lyndhurst summed up, leaving the question of fact, 1 ' whether or not the sum of 2001. vas paid by the plaintiff into the bank on the I lth of August," entirely for the decision of the jury. Resting the sum in dispute, the learned judge was clearly of opinion that bankers are en. tilled in law to charge interest only from the time when they actually pay the checks, and not from the day they bear date —a very important and universally.interesting decision. If there were such a custom amongst bankers as that contended for by the defendants, to charge from the date and not from the payment of the checks, his lordship told the jury that in his opinion it would be illegal and void. The Jury found for the plaintiff for the whole 2001, together with the difference of interest between that due from the pay ment. and the charge from the date of the check. At Huntingdon assists, Baron Garrow did a kind thing. in a cause, SwarsrE V. BALL, an undefended action, to re. cover the balance of a bill frr a straw plait, amountl s : 61. 13s. forwarded by plaintiff to the wile of the defendaal. Mr. J. Atkinson, the plaintiff's attorney, proved the defame dant', admission of the debt ; and said, that on account of his poverty he had agreed to take it in instalments of a pound a month. He had only paid 11. 13s. under the ma rangemenr. Verdict for the plaintiff; for amount claimed, Immediate judgment was applied for, but refused—Ths learned Judge observing of the defendant, " My porwty, not my will consents." NOOTIIAMPTON, July 23.—Wheat, red, 601 to 6111 tine, 67s to 70s. Barley, grinding, 30s to 36s ; to 41s. Blait, 685 to 725; Oats, 28s to 31s ; feed do. 275. Tick beans, 33s to 4415. Peas, grey, 34s to Misr.. Rye, Us to 38s per qr. Flour, 60s to lids pet sack of NO pounds. DAVINTRT, July 20.—Wheat, 631 to 68s. Barley, 34s to 38e. Oats, 27s to 335. MARRIED.-31r. D. Brown, Boddington, to 311 as E. Payne.—The Rev. R. Edminson, of ltidgmount, to fries. Cuttriss. —At Boston, Mr. John Chamberlain White, of Stamford, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late Lieut. Tatam, R.N.—The Rev. Copinger Hill, Fellow of Corpus Cleated College. to Emily Elisabeth, eldest daughter of the Rev. George Pike, late of Baythome-park. —Captain Bathurst, of the Fusilea Guards, grandson of the Bishop of Norwich, to Emily, youngest daughter of Henri_Vit. lebois, Esq. Markham-house.—At Bury, G Elmo, F.sq. to Emma, youngest daughter of Jelin L e s Trier, Esq. DIRD.—At Aston le Walls, the Nev. Richard Web ster, 36 years rector of that place, and 60 years member of St. John's College, Oxford.—ln Waterloo -terrace, Mrs. Weston, sen. aged 73.—At Pete:Waugh, Mr. John Fos ter, aged 73. WESTERN LUMINARY, July 96. Judge Alderson, in his cbsrp to the Grand Jury, touched on the following polemical subjects : There was also another topic to which he would avert, and that related to a contagion of a different nature. Noes could cur. sorily have observed the state of society, without noticing the rage for instruction which eaisted—and which may in its course, resemble either the mighty tenant de• luging and destroying whatever it met with in its progress, or the gentle stream, assisting vegetation on its banks. It was, therefore, the duty of the aristocracy of the country, to direct the streams of education into the right channel, by promulgating those doctrines which would lead to content ment, and direct the energies of men to laudable pursuits here, while it pointed him to the path leading to eternal 'anthem It also became the duty of those whom his Lordship was addressing, to render their assistance in putting down those publications which were making such way in the present day. and which were of a seditious tendency, It was easy for the man who robbed his neighbour to restore to him that of which he had deprived him, but a man that injured ano ther by seditious writing had no further centres' over the operations of the injury he had committed. and the act of a minute was rendered incapable of ever being recalled. EZETEa RACES.—The attendance of many of our neigh. bouring gentry being required in town on more weighty af fairs, and the circumstance of the fair falling the same day as the races, caused the Down to exhibit a duller appearance than we recollect on any previous occasion to have witneued. With the exception of the race for the sweepstakes of 25 sovereigns on the first day, the running was of very second tae order, and but little interest excited. One of the " easy virtue" ladies of this city, on Wednes. day se'nnight, paid the fine of five shillings, for getting ra ther tipsy, by sporting her figure in the stocks a couple of hours. Such exhibitions are insults to common decency ; we think some punishment less calculated to harden the of. fender, might be substituted in its stead. A female thus exposed, however depraved she might previously have been is not likely to mend by her being rendered an object of public scorn fur two hours. The Lord Bishop of Exeter has signified his intention to hold a confirmation at Scilly, in the end of August, or the beginning of September. This desirable occurrence will be without a parallel, no native of Scilly having ever had an opportunity of enjoying that rite of Christianity on his own soil. The scene is expected to be extremely interest ing, from the number and peculiar circumstances of the candidates. The Torbay Regatta, on the lbth, proved one of the most attractive ever known, ;in the great assemblage of company and numeroes attendance of the yachts. The ball in the evening at Torquay, was numerously and fashion. ably attended. The Teignmouth Regatta, from the great influx of visitors now visiting that delightful watering place, bids fair to be well attended ; an d a b r illi ant asee mblage is anticipated at the Ball in the evening. The Waterloo schooner, sailed from Teignmouth, on the 28th of June last, for Randstone Bay, County Galway, laden with 100 ton s o f p otatoes , f or t h e su ff er i ng I r i s h. They were distributed in a parish which contained 8000 persons in a state of absolute starvation. WITTY'S PATENT GAS Fua,eacz.—We bad occa sion the other day to inspect one of these Furnaces lately erected in Mr. Dymond's Gardens, adjoining the Oakhampton road, for the purpose of diffusing beat through his hot-houses ; and were much struck with the in. genuity and efficacy of the apparatus. It is founded on the modern discoveries in chemistry; and forms so beautiful an instance of the application of scientific principles to the use ful arts, that we shall attempt to give our readers an idea of It. Coal, even when dry, if submitted to distillation, or (in other words) exposed to great heat, emits a large quantity of aqueous vapour, and inflammable gas, and becomes coke, which consists (when the coal is pure) almost entirely of carbonaceous matter. In this apparatus, the coal is placed in an open-ended retort, forming an inclined plane, and terminated by a furnace grate, the fire in which is sup ported by air admitted through the bars below. The coal, while it lies on the under surface of the retort, and before It reaches the grate, undergoes a dry distillation; and the steam and gas which are thus expelled, occupy the space above the coal. At the same time, part of the coal which has already undergone this process, and, in the shape of coke, has reached the grate, is burning; and the air which passes through this coke fire, heated to a very high temperature, sweeps over the surface of the unburnt coal in the retort, and inflames all the gas as it is evolved. Thus, the whole gaseous matters evolved from the coal, are con vened by combustion into aqueous vapour, and, along with the steam also evolved from the coal, are carried off through the Burs which communicate with the retort, diffusing heat wherever it is required, without being accompanied with a single particle of smoke,—or in other welds, without a single particle of the coal being suffered to escape uncom. sutned. From this description of the process, its immense advantages mug be apparent. The total consumption of the coal bas been found by experience to produce a saving in fuel to the extent of thirty per cent. From the vapour which passes through the flues being unmixed with impure or deleterious matter, it will not affect the health of the most delicate hothouse plants; and a similar consideration makes it infinitely preferable to any of the ordinary me thods of diffusing heat through churches and other build ings. The Fair on Wednesday last was numerously supplied with cattle of every description, but sales were particularly dal. Fat bollocks sold at from lis. to 9s. per scorer lean at from bs. 6d. to Os. The show of cows and calves was but poor, and prices from 81. to 144 were taken. Of sheep there was a.good supply, and prices may be quoted at from bd. to bed. per lb. Honiton Fair, on Wednesday last, produced a large show of stock, and good sale. Fat bullocks fetched from 1/s per score, store bullocks from bs 6d to th 6d. Irish stock very plenty and very low. Prime sheep at 4d to bd. per lb. The horse fair, on Thursday, was very large, but little sale or busineu done. ExzTaa, FatnaT.—Wheat, 8s 8d to Os ; barley, di 9 d Wde oats, 3 1 1. to 3a 3d. Hay, per score, 9s to lis 6d; straw, per score, 2s 6d to 3s. HoxiTos, Satuanar.—Wheat, 6s fld to 8s 4d; bar ley, 4s to 4s 3d; oats, 31 to 34 3d. Butter, 9d to 10. New potatoes, 74 per peck. MARRIED.—At Broadelist, the Rev. E. R. Coleridge, Vicar of Buckerell to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Rev:G. Tucker, Rector of Musbury—At Bradnich, the Rev.. John Tucker, M.A. near Cheltenham, to Jane Ro gers, of Byrleigh House, eldest daughter of the late Thos. Shepherd, Esq. DIED.—At Ashburton, Sarah, wife of Mr. Abraham, solicitor—At Honiton, the Rev. John Hughes, dissenting minister—At Honiton, Dr. Stephen Robinson,many yeau an eminent physician—At Tavistock, Lieut.-Colonel William Bray, 79—Elizabeth, relict of the late Henry Down, Esq. of Bunough House, 89—At Brixham, Mrs. Philippa Mae singberd, 82—At Tavistock, John Abraham, Esq. Port. rave of that borough, 65. DUBLIN TIMES, July 26. . - The Mansion House Committee, Dublin, have collected 80001. to relieve the poor, created by bad laws, or not re lieved by law,_ for want of rad laws, in Mayo and Galway. COUNTY MILTING IN Waxronn.—We have ling at our office a requisition fors public meeting, for Satur day, the 30th inst. in order to petition parliament, and devise measures for the maintenance of public tranquillity. It is at present in progress of signature, and has the name of nine magistrates attached to it. We would advise general meetings throughout the kin gdo m for the total disbanding of the yeomanry ; no thing short of that, we fear, will save the country from ap proaching ruin.— Wealorti Independent. A dreadful attempt to burn Flimby cottage, near Tralee, the ireeldisocs of Monvomeey A. Martin, Esq. occurred on Saturday night. The family, consisting of eight persons, narrowly escaped. Suspicions are entertained that this daring outrage was committed by a stranger. &ono& PAGANIIILIt gives us the highest satisfaction to be enabled to announce, oo authority, that this celebrated artist is engaged to play two concertos at each of the three concerts to b e o iiven during the approaching musical festival in this me is. GALWAY wasooL—A bill has been presented to Par. liament and read a first time, the subject of which is " to amend and enlarge the powers of an act passed in the eleventh year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, an Act for making and maintaining a navigable cut or canal hOlll Lough Corrib to the bay of Galway, and for the improvement of the harbour of Galway." RIVER SUANNONA return his been ordered, on lhe• motion of Mr. Wyse, M.P. of the amount of tolls received from the several works on the River Shannon, under the Directors General of Inland Navigation, during the last ten years; distinguishing the tolls received at each; u also, of the expenditure at the separate stations, under the several beide of salaries, repairs, and new works. On Thursday the 21st, and Frida the rid inst. a return match between the Kilkenny and Cricket Clubs, was played at Garbally, the mat of the Earl of Clancarty, near Ballinaslos. It will be reetillected that the first meet ing of these Clubs wok place in June last,.at Nerelands, the seat of William Betyly, lig. In the county of Kilkenny, m which occasion the Kilkenny eleven succeeded in scoring sixteen nuts more than their The Kilkenny Club has been ego& riderless; w the match to sat •anlags, with 74 runs to owe. POLICE REPORTS. lialTLZlOWll.o77lClL—Yetterday Mr. Wm. Martin, who stated himself to be an American merchant, or rather hawker, In this country, was brought up In the custody of Charle Phillips, a policeman of the D division, No. 63, having been found coming out of the Regent's Park at three o'clock in the morning. The policemen stated that he was on duty in the park, when be observed Martin coming out with a bundle under his arm. Re thought there was Lamething suspicious about It, and was going up to him. when Martin endeavoured to get out of the road. Re followed him to Upper Baker street, where he asked him what he had under his arm ? Martin refused to give him a satisfactory answer, and he took him to the station-house al Marylebone. The bundle was here opened, when it wa found to contain eight lady's veils, some silk pockethandkerelids, a bag eon tabing 94 sovereigns, and a pocket-book containing a bill of exchange for 6001. I Mr. Garrrirw.—This is a mow extraordinary case : and bow can you account for being in the Regent's-park at three o'clock in the morning Blartin—l was a walk there. Mr. GarwriTn. t 4l with all this property about you! I t 's the head. very well, I can tell you, that you did not get ;knocked The sovereigns were now counted out, and on inspecting the bill of exchange, it purported to have been drawn at Montreal on the let of May, 1831, by Oratia Gates and Co. payable at London. There were two other bills not accepted. Mr. RawLissow now came into the o%ce, and joined Mr. Garrryrn ; when be asked Martin who he really was, and where he came from. Martin said, he was of Irish parentage, but born he Ame rica, and came over to this country to purchase goods, and slept the night before at Wapping. He knew nothing of London • but admitted that he bad bought the veils at Nag Fair, and could take any one to the person he purchased them of. He was in America considered a merchant, but here be was only a hawker. Mr. Itsweausox.—Since you have so much money about you, with an unpaid bill of exchange of 5001 can. not you refer to some person to satisfy us who you are ? Martin then stated, that he was known to the house of Messrs. Atkinson and Co. in New Broad-street, whither the policeman was ordered to accompany him for inquiry ; but no result was ascertained when we left the office. Uwlox•HALL.—Yesterday Jaw Worthington Limey was brought up by habeas from the King's Bench Prison, charged with forging a bill of exchange for 6601. with in. tent to defraud Mr. Gilbert Henderson, a merchant of Liverpool. Mr. Thomas Knowlls, of Lyon-terrace, Edpware.road, commission agent, stated that he knew the prisoner, and re. ceived the bill of exchange for 6601. now produced.from him in the Month of May last, while he the prisoner) was an inmate of the King's Bench prison. The bill of exchange was given to the witness for the purpose of negotiating, and on the same day he took it to Mr. Davis, a merchant In the city, who negotiated it by giving him 4001. in cash, and four pipes of wine. Witness endorsed the bill, and handed over the cash and the warrants for the wine to a Miss Cone, who was the person deputed by the prisoner to receive the Fame. Mr. Davis stated, that on the 23d of May, the last wit. ness brought the bill produced to him to have it cashed, and the former, knowing the respectability of the house of Henderson, at Liverpool, the alleged drawer, whose signa ture was attached to it, immediately advanced the cub and 'wine as described by Mr. Knowlis. The bill was dated the 14th of May, and was made payable in six months. Some time after the transaction. be (Mr. Davis) having occasion for cash, and anxious himself to negotiate the bill, heard something that excited his suspicions as to its being genuine, and on writing to Liverpool on the subject, he then ascer tained it to be a forgery. Mr. Davis added that the bill had ever since been in his possession. Mr. ALLEY desired that the witness would on no account let the bill go out of his possession ; foe if the present case against the prisoner failed, there were other cases which would be preferred, and be had no doubt substantiated, against him. Mr. Hosts& begged to know for whom Mr. Alley was attending, whether on the part of Mr. Davis or Mr. Hen derson, as it was essential for him to be made acquainted with the fact ? • ML ALLEY readily stated that be attended there for Mr. Henderson, the gentleman whose name had been forged to the bill in question, adding that that gentleman had deter. mined on appearing as a witness in the ease. Mr. Gilbert Henderson, sea. was next examined, and he stated that he was now the only surviving partner in the house of Henderson. Seller, and Co. at Liverpool, which still car ried on business in the name of the finn. The prisoner had been a clerk in their envies, but left their employment about six years ago. Witness never wa acquainted with such a person as Lawrence Joseph Come, nor had such a person ever authority to draw on him; neither did he (witness) ever draw upon an Individual of that name. The witness, on looking at the bill produced, said, that she signature to it was not in his hand.writing, bat that it bores little similarity to it. Mr. Gilbert Henderson, jun. on examining the bill, was also decidedly of ophsloo that the signature was not in his father's band.vrriting. James Artell, one of the cashiers in the house of Mr. Hen derson, on reference to the bill-book, stated, that the bills drawn by their house for the year, 1831, commence with the letter H,' and are numbered 3,336. The bill in question, which purports to be drawn in that year, is marked with the letter H, and numbered 480. The witness added, that his employer never accepted accommodation bills; never knew him to draw a bill on Lawrence Jos. Come, or sign a bill in blank. He added,that the prisoner having been in the service of Henderson, was acquainted with that gentleman's hand writing. and also the manner in which the business of the concern was conducted. The witness further stated, that on referring:to the bill-book, he ascertained that in 1816 the bills negotiated by the house were numbered 480, and that the numbering had increased from that period up the present time to 3,335 ; in addition to which, no bill to the amount of the one now produced, had been drawn or accepted by his employer. Mr. Alley said that he should be enabled to produce other evidence to prove that the signature to the bill in question was a forgery, if the magistrate should not think the case suillelmtly strong against the accused. Mr. Caannsas having intimated that he should send the case before a jury, Mr. Hobler asked if bail would be accepted for his client's appearance at the assizes ? The Magistrate, however, rejected the application, saying that he never accepted bail when the judges were in town, except he entertained some doubt. In this case, however, be had the evidence on oath of two persons that the bill was a fosgery, and he therefore had no other alternative than to commit the prisoner to take his trial. Tun WOOL Taus.—There was a pretty nu merous attendance of the manufacturers from the woollen districts, and of others engaged in the wool trade, at Garraway's Coffee-house, last night, the first of a series of large sales of wool having been declared to take place. The quantity of wool offered last night was about 1,400 bales, consisting of Turkish, Australian, Van Diemen's Land, Cape, German, Spanish, and other wools. Sale* also are announced for this day, to-morrow, Wednesday, and Friday next; and altogether above 4,000 bags bales will be submitted. Among the wools to be offered are Turkey, Danish, English Merinos, Aus tralian, Van Dienien's Land, Cape, Odessa,and Ger man wools. Some of the Australian and New South i Wales wools are fine samples of the improved pro duce of our colonies. The arrivals of wools within the last fortnight have been very large indeed, being little short of one million pounds. Within the week ending yesterday evening there have been entered at the Custom-house about 220,0001b5. of Van Diemen's Land wools, 160,0001 be. of New South Wales wools, and 130,0001b5. of German wools. The arrivals this year are expected to be very extensive. In the wool market very little has been doing within the last few days, the manufac turers and others being anxious to learn the result of the sales. The Turkey wools sold last night were qualities fit for carpeting, and went off very flatly. Oat of 446 bales put up, bat few lots were sold, at from sd. to Bid. per lb. The Cape wools went off at le. 4d. to is. 101 b. per lb. Australian and. Van Dime's Lend wools, of which about 750 bales were offered, sold briskly: a portion „i it, shipped in remarkably fine condition, went fr. n , Is. sd. to 2s. 3d. per lb. The remainder at frog, is. 2id. to 2s. per lb. The other wools wen t e i with spirit. As the sale advanced, the attenducs became very numerous. It appears to be the opinion of merchants c o 4. nected with Spain, that the inhabitants of C a d:, will raise the standard of insurrection, and ref to permit their port to be again closed, should r e ,_ dinand persist in attempting to enforce his unju st decree of the 10th of June. Many persons, ever, think that he will not persist, and that t; next arrival will bring news of the reversal ..f decree. For our part we hope that the tyratit , :. pursue the course which he chalked out fur Lin: * , being satisfied that it will lead to his own de:tita tiou—a consummation which can alone give good government to Spain, or bring about a 3 , 1 • settlement with the Spanish bondholders. SCINTILLA. IMPOSITION..—The whole world is irnpote upon. Nothing is what it appears to be. The stars are to : stars, but suns. The sun is cold as ice, and neither sets et rises. There is no heat in fire, and no sweetness in 8 , gar, and the chemists go as far as to say that suga r i s so % Decay is not decay, but vegetation ; and a mouldy cheese is a microscopic forest. Water is not water, but a couple ( 7 :aThe sky is not blue, though it looks so ; i n d eed is no such thing as a sky, and when we look at the we look at nothing —ergo, nothing is blue. We are so much in the habit of being imposed upon, that we always expect it, are prepared for it, glory In it, and more than all that, we are ready to pay for It. We go to see a mageifi. cent spectacle, and cannot pay it a higher compliment!): more heartily express our admiration than by saying it eat an imposing spectacle. We look to be imposed upon rem in the sacred seats of justice. We reverence the florirg wig and the scarlet robes of the judge ; we respect the ctrl; and the black gowns of the barrister, and the mace of the chancellor, not because justice is thereby expedited, or el!. dom is communicated to legal decisions ; but all we cal sr. for the matter is, that there is something so very impciri-g in them—and so long as we arc imposed upon we are plc; t. ed..— 4 tlas. RATS IN THE STATUE.—" What is mast to be dreaded in a state ?" demanded Huang Kong of his mi. ulster Koang Tschong. " Prince," replied he, "according to my idea, nothing is more to be dre a d e d t h a n what is cal. led rats in the statue." Hoang Kong did not undentard this metaphor, and Koang Tsebong explained it to him the following manner...—" - You - know, prince, that in matt places statues are erected In honour of the tutelar saint of the place ; these wooden imagts are hollow within, and painted without. Now, by some chance or other, a rat had penetrated Into such a statue, and nothing could be thcught of or devised to drive It thence. To set fire to it they (141 not dare, fearful that the wood would catch ; neither did they dare to lace the image in water, lent the colours might thereby be . Thus the rat remained protected through the respect they had for the image." " And who are thew rats in the stater. asked Huang Kong. " They are," said he, " people who possess neither virtue nor merit, and yet share the favours of their prince : these are the rats in the statue." DEGREES IN COIISMIGUI/lITY.—On Wed nesday last, at the New Bailey, Manchester, Dr. Brown, in an appeal cue, after having cross-examined a witretb Turner, NEW rose to eross.eximine the next owe, whose Imo was also Turner; when the following dialogue gook -rhos :—Dr. Brown: Are you brother to the last witness? Turner II piece o . olle. Dr. Brown : What do you MIMI by a piece of one; are you his half brother?—Tu-. Ms No; I have only one leg ! ! ! MEMORY OP A BULLFINCII.—The late Sir W. Parsons, when a •ery young man, took great delight in a *Mg bullfinch, which he had taught to sing God save the King.' When he was about to visit Italy, he enuusted the favourite to a married sister, of whoa* humanity he w well assured; and on his return, the first visit he made en to his sister, who, with all reasonable allowance for bro therly affection, strongly suspected that she was indebted to the bullfinch for this special attention. The bullfinch had long been in declining health, and was at the moment though: to be dying. Sir William, full of sorrow, opened the cage door, put in his hand, and spoke to the bird : the bird re collected his voice, shook its feathers, staggered on to his finger, piped • God save the King,' and fell dead.—There is nothing, perhaps, in this story that needs a warranty, but we have it on authority which cannot be questioned.— Atheneum. FINE WRITING. —A Dublin critic, whose senses appear to have been ravished by Min Paton's melo dy, thus rhapsodies upon her singing in ittenboe--"'Tis melody indeed—a repast worthy of the gods—a feast rare and luxurious enough for the black.eyal bouris. There were occasions last night, and without much effort of ima gination, one might easily suppose the sounds, as they cs. caped her throat, to be so many soft transparent pearls, issuing from a jingling fountain!" GLEANINGS FROM BORNIL'SWORICB.—" Never was Luther wiser than when he threw the inkstand at the devil's head ! For the devil dreads nothing but ink, and betakes himself to his heels as soon as he noses it." "Free dom may use her tongue, because speech is both her weapon and her spoils; but despotism is lost from the moment it attempts to vindicate its was ."—Lit. Gus. THE REVEREND BACHELORS OF PITTEN wEEH.--Upon the population of the burgh and parish of Pittenweem being taken up lately, one of the Rev. Divine, remarked that, " It was a great pity that there should not have been more fruitful vines in the burgh, as it only wanted 31 or 32 more inhabitants to make out a population of 1,400." Now the truth is, the reverend gentlemen them selves are to blame, by affording a bad example ; fur, in the said burgh, there are not less than six clergymen, ALL unmarried. Whether or not they are admirers of the Church of Rome we cannot tell, but this we know, they are net at ' all admired, in consequence, by the fair sex of the burgh. SINGULAR CASE OF SOMNGLENCF.—A Spa nigh Lady, Donna Maria Mora, is on her way from Cade, for the purpose of procuring medical advice in London for a most extraordinary case of somnolency. The lady, it is as serted, remains asleep at times for three whole weeks! and no means have hitherto been devised for awakening her. is supplied by her attendants while she is in a state of insensibility. There may be some exaggeration in this account—but the story, we have the means of knowing, is founded in truth.—Lit. Gas. Dr. Johnson is reported to have said, " Whoever is eked of any thins is a scoundrel." Many a brave nun is afraid both of a wasp and a viper ; and the most cou rageous of mankind have generally enough of that better pug of valour, discretion, t o get out of the way of a mad oz. Bishop Thomas was a man of humour and drcl lery. At a visitation be gave his Clergy an account of his being married four times; sad' says be cheerfully, 4should my present wife die, I will take another, and it is my opi nion I shall survive her. Perbaps you don't know the art of geeing quit of your wives. I'll tell you how Ido I am celled& very good husband; and so I am, for I never contradict them. But don' t y ou k now t h at t h e want of con. tradietion is fatal to women? if you contradict them, :hat circumstance alone is excess and health, et optima teethed seetent., to all women. But give than their own way. and they will languish and pine, and become gross and letharg:e foe wart of this exercise.' On Wednesday, the 27th BIRTH inst. Mrs. Henry Blunt, Ch.l - of a daughter. MARRIED. On Tuesday last, by special licence, Sir Charles M. L. Mundt, of Delany, in Northumberland, Bart. to the Lb 4 Mary Elisabeth Bennet, sister of the Earl of Tankerville. DIED. At Kew Green, Surrey, on the 25th inst. in the 40th year of her age, Mary Anne Elisabeth, widow of Baron Fredere de Hedernann, formerly of the Hines German Legion. On the 27th inst. at Lambeth Rectory. of a nervous few, Francis, eldest son of the Rev. Dr. D'Oyly, in the 16th year of his age. On Saturday, the 23d la st . at t h e residence ebb soo.' . n• law, Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart. Rantridge House, Hots. Moses Greetham, Bag. in the 69th year of his age. Lownos : Rinsed sad Published by Joss NATl'''. at die liTaa °rpm'', No. 1, Plebstsplece, T. list. " ~. i ~i f 14.