The Sun. — London, England, 1829-08-04 00:00:00

L O"INTiLLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. • VAUNTLEROY.—HUME V. HOLLAND. • J;Ile LORD CHANCELLOR stated that in this case il l a ltaication had been made to him for a new trial. e issue in it had been tried in the Court of Corns in ro. 6l3le as , whether Marsh, Stracey, and Fauntle- C,-Itthe tim e o f th e i r b a nk ru pt c y, w e re indebted it the tru stees o f C o l one l Billi s an d hi s f am ily, i n th. qaild wh a t sum o f money ? F aun tl ero y an d the ;() Plaintiffs (Messrs. Hume and Goodchild), m e te th e trustees of Colonel Billis. He died ( 6„ 1 , 8 , 24 , and afterwards his widow and chil tc" Warne entitled to the funds, of which all, parti es were trustees . Af ter t h e C o l one l a o rs F auntleroy made a forged power of attorney, !lout the whole of the stock, and credit was given " t he books to Marsh and Co. for the dividends, as r l :the stock still actually existed in the names of the tts tees at th e b an ki ng h ouse . A ga i nst th e account l the receipts of the dividends, amounting to t e 34 , payme n t s were ma d e f rom ti me to tim e at reduced it to 1,1001., and this was the sum Z u ght to b e c l a i me d b y t h e i ssue at t h e t i me o f t h e nit ruptcy. Th e Chi e f J ust i ce o f t h e C our t o f Ammont Pleas had stated, in his report of the trial, t wi ttke - lap seo f t i me b etween t h e tr i a l an d app li cat i on ° him for his notes had been so great, that he had Ipite forgotten how he had left the case to the Jury, ea prt, therefore had to be made to the short-hand rtees notes f or th e p ur p ose of asc e rtaining th e e j • It app eare d f rom t hi s source o f i n f ormat i on , uisput e d on b ot h s i des, t h at t h at L earne d J u d ge bVtak en a most erroneous view of the Case, and that l ubileft i t , notw i t h stan di ng h e h a d b een correcte d t stile Counsel, under that most erroneous concep -4,;.t0 the J ury , so t h at t h ey cou ld not f a il to come , ei t t i h eYtad done, t oan unsa ti s f ac t or y conc l u si on . Th e that e f Justi ce o f t h e C ommon Pl eas h a d assume d t i 4 k 'Fauntleroy h a d rece i ve d th e di v id en d s f rom bee to time, and that he was, or his firm were, to ,tak en as having disposed of those dividends, W hich e was a gratuitous fiction, as in truth no stock 4 iated on poet which dividends could have nor had, in eonse t of fact, been received. If a verdict at all was i t quently necessary for the guidance of the Court, n WaS imperatively r eq u isite that there should be orj ew trial. Th e part i es then m i g h t e i t h er ta k e an nr u t l l. for a new trial, or agree upon a special case ; ir dlY, if all consented to it, he (the Lord itlZoellor,) would dispose of the case finally in Veni Without the assistance of a verdict at all. te s , e Counsel s a id th e y wou ld consult with their th , ' 7l ;nre clients, and let his Lordship know how Y Wo uld act. T JUDGMENTS. ..,rnentlB:4.ordShip stated that he should give judg- W a - in Chatfield v. Martin to-morrow 1 Green v. day . ' On Monday; and Strutt v. Purch on Tiles- VI Thei Pt -rtANCELLOR'S COURT. . g' ua k • --E- PEkA Cn ANCELLOR, this morning, n r heard ou orteretitions left, u p, none of which, pto the r rep possessed any public u interest. time ADMIRALTY COURT. Sir C THE SHIP DUKE OF BEDFORD. InOr r ii n It (MU NSON gave judgment in this case this Th' g. Pri n , -18 was a suit on a bottomry bond, and the co u i ( l'pl question was, whether or not an owner to `u 0 , glre a bottomry bond (for provisio n s f urn i s h e d e YeSR 11 w itho ut the concurrence of the Master. the , Is 2 huke of Bedford left Bombay in March, v ess 7 e i baring a large number . of passengers. The th e aowever, met with bad weather and put into 1 0 Port of Algoa, in the Cape of Good Hope, in At eat Want of provisions. The holders of the bond, • ' lB rs. Nesbitt and Dixon, supplied them with pro -4) " 8 . It app eare d t h at t h e D u k e o f B e df or d ha d an r eady b een mortgage d to M essrs. Coc k rell, Irail, Co. f or more t h an i ts actua l wort h , and they ° o •1 W disputed its validity, on the ground that it in "red their interests in having priority to their claims, t r 'd that an owner was not competent to give a n t• tomry bond without the Captain acquiesced in On the other side it was contended that by law r• e On was competent by himself to give a "t° n l "Y bond if he thought it requisite, without the consen t r' tAlso possessed°. the owner, and that the owner was of the same right, without the con rael•t,°f. fire Captain. Also, in answer to the asseve bett?“? that the interests of the mortgagee would h sd 4nred by it, it was urged that the mortgagee .whian i nterest in th e amount o f f re i g h t f or passengers , diti ell freight could not be claimed till the con hee°n" (that of talritig the passengers to England) had bee n p rormed ; 1 hat th e p asseng ers could not have La ve b ' o ught without provisions, which could not seq uel e r' obtained without the bond, and that con equity the interests o f th e mo r tgagee woult. in t4AgY, Lie rather imp rove d th a n injur e d. The Court ka r i t ?' °Pinion, that by the principles of our own c ot , itae law, and those eminent writers of other totrl rit •- ri e4 on the law of bottomry, the owner was iii tti •` en t to give a bond by himself, as well as the noo„ c ' l 2 and th a t th ere f ore th e b on d mus t b e pro tvh,tiey legal. Wi t h regar d to t h e other question, e 'ler th e mortgagee was i n j ured by the bond, it tip o e ar that the passengers were as much a . charge (%j e , ship as the cargo and the freightage re ta i n o 17, for those passengers could not have been 'l ep e 't if they had not been brought to England. the m i 'urt could not therefore give any priority to l'hn t gagees on that account. bond was, therefore, pronounced legal, with MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). SA Y 4 MARKETS. —( At per Load of 36 Trusses.) die I lea ST. JAMES'S. It, /7 Lowland Meadow Hay £2 15 to £3 0 0 4 114, 4 °w i_ya tt Ilt a - ow Hay 3 5 315 0 4 ay Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 415 3 15 b 10 BP t P,,SwtStraw 2 0 2 2 I 'Ply v „,,ll. 2s. to 3s, per load ; in prices of Hay no alteration. —". and trade very dull, )i,Zie h. SMITHFIELD. 11 It i . , "'Y Lowland Meadow Hay £2 4 to £2 15 s 'Lkl r°W Hay 2 13 2 18 toe ti „Fdow t i ,,,, 3 3 310 0 4 ) tt 4ald Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 5 410 St ra ._°Y (extra fine)....£s 5... Generally 81 7 ...... .£1 14 I Wheat Straw 1 18 2 0 IVIY good, trade dull, and prices as last quoted. T , s,,,„jrrY MARKETS.—(TWO O'CLOCK.) t et t i 4 l "—The stock of Plantation Sugars is rapidly in g, and yesterday it amounted to nearly 46,000 11 11 )t ; li d 3,400 trees. The delivery last week from the n tlia Docks was pretty extensive, viz.-3,350 4: 1 4(1 2 trees. for home consumption, and 112 1 14 Or expoitation. q'here, were landed last week at ,estkwett lodia Do . cks nearly 8,000 hhd9. While the S tv e e u ntinues to increase, prices are not expected to St • The East India sale of 20,000 bags comes on N ltt *e elc• In foreign Sugars there is little doing this 'I,& sad refined goods are flat. Nate e are no transactions in COFFEE reported this Market is influenced by the heavy arrivals, etc h Nh the delivery last week was nearly 1,000 pun 4111I.Priees are flat : 619 puncheons were delivered t41 1 .,,, t " West India Docks for exportation, and 337 ai",, l la for eqnsumption. The stock yesterday tl l'e t " 99 puncheons, and 1,L159 hhds. hNtitcco.--The market is generally firm. The pur tt"qty l ' e r Holland, Germany, and Flanders have been er ge. Virginias, fine quality, are in demand, as the ttittexpected to be inferior. Old dark are quoted 3d. 4 ' ; stemmed 3.1 d. to Leafy Tobaccos are 4d. h ill : for middling ; good sd. to bid. ; fine 6d. to 6id. 4 4 . 0t i ‘,' , .--The accounts are still bad from the plantations, kk,ll e ee ' o4l ,e mare firm. The duty 36,0001. t/ gp'sce hap i 3 rot much doing. The , 41: 4 ,. ° ;na Company have it sale next week. d el Paonocx.—Tallow ig at Stis. 6d. per ;.wt.ote l j e rY last week was 1,134 casks, and the stock bi t , t4 B ,ooo an d 4,000 casks. The st. l'etersburgh N quote tallow at 103 rubles on the 22d ult. t hri t; , e ff 56,000 casks. Ships arrived 370 . Sailed C 41%, ports 210. 4 4 4 1 The Iron trade continues flit. Things on the 4 at e worse than here. r_ m days since the wife of Mr. MIGHLES , I ,‘` , near Westfield, Sussex, was safely de livered "Ist but who did not long survivo their birth. EXECUTION OF STACEY, THE MUR• DERER, AT WINCHESTER, YESTERDAY. As it was generally known in th 3 county that Stacey the younger was to be executed this morning, for the two murders at Portsmouth, and as it was also the day ap pointed for holding Magdalen-hill fair, between seven and eight o'clock upwards of 10,000 persons had assembled at the back of the gaol and its neighbourhood, to witness the completion of this part of his sentence. Just after eight he appeared on the drop, to which he walked in a firm manner, and suffered the sentence of the law with a sulky resolution. He died in a very short time, his pulsation continuing only one minute and a half after suspension. He was quite indifferent to his fate, having dismissed the Chaplain during the course of yesterday ; yet he (the Chaplain) appeared on the scaffold, that if he had chosen he might have received the consolations of religion. The parting of him and his father was apparently without re gret or feeling on the part of either, they only wishing each other " Good-bye." The father asked to be per mitted to go to a cell during the execution, which was granted ; yet he actually looked through the window and saw it. He continued in the same story, saying to the last that some one assisted him, but be would not tell who it was; the evidence negatived its being his father or Downer, (one of the witnesses against him) so that, if this be true, his accomplice is at large, and not even suspected. Stacey has been taken to the dissecting room at the Hospital, as it is intended, after dis section, to make a skeleton of his bones. After shaving his head the Phrenologists took many casts of it ; they say the lumps on his head are so marked that his actions certify the truth of the science. He has a short neck and very strong frame, though a small man. He was much given to brawling and fighting, and in his different rencuntres was never beaten. His muscular power was so great, that the surgeons intend to take casts of them when his body is in a fit state so to do. A RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST. A curious case has lately occupied the atten tion of the Correctional Tribunal of Montpellier. Two women, one named Dupy, aged 53, and blind, the other named Primac, the wife of a negro called Ibrahim, aged 40, but deprived of her limbs, conceived in 1820 the prospect of obtaining the pecuniary resources which they stood in need of by placing under contribution the devotion of a woman named Foriette, who was living i❑ a state of separation from her hus band. Those women having ascertained that Foriette was a person of extreme simplicity of character and easy to he imposed upon, and that on the subject of religion she possessed the most unbounded faith, determined to profit by the excess of her devotion. The women having established in Foriette's mind a belief of their sanctity of character, Ibrahim's wife seized a fa vourable opportunity of communicating to her, in an inspired tone, that " Jesus Christ was in prison loaded with chains, on the point of being lashed by the common hangman, and that in this situation charity alone could aid him, break his chains, and snatch him from infamy, by collect ing for him, secretly however, numerous and abundant alms." She did not forget to add, that a recompense the most glorious, felicity the most unutterable, were reserved for the well beloved Christian whom Heaven might conde scend to select for this glorious mission. These words, accompanied with prayers and marks of the most ardent piety, did not fail to produce the desired effect on the already heated imagina tion of Foriette. Scarcely had the prophetic words ceased to sound in her ears, when the young neophyte felt herself the object of a divine " call." Jesus Christ appeared to her, and communicated his orders. Like a submis sive Christian she received them with submission and instantly prepared to execute them. Then she consented to abandon her home and her friends to solicit alms from town to town, of which she pretended to be in want herself, but which she punctually placed in the hands of Ibra him's wife who, in her turn, undertook to trans mit them to the divine prisoner. Ibrahim's wife, amongst other places, directed Foriette to go to Alby to solicit alms, telling her, by way of en couragement, that Jesus Christ would conde scend to appear to her in the form of an eccle siastic, the Abbe Berthez. Foriette immediately set out on her journey, and collected abundant alms. When she arrived at Alby she went to the Abbe Berthez to make confession, and took an opportunity of privately depositing in a cor ner of the confessional the money which she had collected on her journey. 'When the enthusiast returned to Alontpellier she informed Ibrahim's wife how she had disposed of the money. The good lady flew into a holy rage, and said that it was by herself alone the assistance destined for the Redeemer could be transmitted to him.— Poor Foriette was obliged to return to Alby, and solicit from the Abbe the restitution of the money which she had left in his confessional, and which she obtained and gave to Ibrahim's wife. The two women now sent their dupe on longer journies, hoping that the fatigue she un derwent would shorten her days, for she had made a will bequeathing them the greater part of her property. Whilst poor Foriette, in rags ' and misery, travelled from one end of France to the other, suffering every privation in order to increase the celestial treasure, the woman Dupy, Ibrahim's wife, the negro himself, and three little black urchins, were occupied solely in consuming, in pleasant repasts, the increas ing produce of public charrty. During almost nine years Foriette had faithfully kept secret the real motive of her journies. The sums which she obtained in alms, amounting to about 6,000 francs, she constantly delivered over to Ibraham's wife. On her return from her last journey, Foriette lodged in the same house with 11 , rs . Ibrahim and Mrs. Dupy, and one night she heard the former say to the latter, " This woman will always come back. It is of no use to send her on the most distant journies, for she returns as well as when she set out." These words opened Foriette's eyes to the de ception which had been practised on her. The next morning she communicated the secret to some gossips in the neighbo'nrhood, and of course the affair soon became public. The authorities arrested Mesdames Ibrahim and Dupy, brought them .to trial before the Correctional Tribunal, where they were convicted of swindling, and sen tenced, the first to two years, and the second to one year's imprisonment, and each to pay a fine of 50 francs and costs. COMMENCEMENT OF TILE OYSTER SEA SON—( Tills DAY. )—This morning the season for oysters commenced, and Billingsgate presented a more than usually animated and noisy scene. There are 97 sail laden with the best qualities of oysters, and about 12 sail of bastards. The weather lately has been extremely fine for the promo tion of the growth of oysters, and finer qualities are ex pected to arrive than for many years past. The current prices of the best oysters are from 18s. to 4' 03 . per bushel ; omraon (liar) from 10s, to 143. ditto; middling, 12s. to I6s. per bushel. On Sunday afternoon, a small deal box, con taining a dead infant, was found by the milkman, at the door of Messrs CLUTTON and CARTEL'S offices, in High street, Southwark. In the course of the same morning, it was ascertained that two men called at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals, to dispose of a newly born infant, whose borly it seemed was marked in a very peculiar man ner, but at both the iost4uticn s it was reieci e d. The in fant fou n d i n th e above situatkin . is also tatrlted tke body, and is :supposed to be the eame offered for ecde to the eurgeonl for disuctivut ASSIZES --(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) OXFORD CIRCUIT.—WORCESTER, Auc. 3. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN entered this city on Saturday evening, and opened the Commission. Yesterday the Learned Judge attended divine service in the Cathedral, and this morning went into the Nisi Prias Court at nine o'clock. After disposing of a few causes of no public interest, his Lordship edict ned into the Crown Court, where, aften a full Grand Jury had been sworn, his Lord. ship proceeded to deliver his charge : " Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—ln consequence of the much-lamented and unexpected death of the amiable and able colleague with whom I had the honour to be asso ciated in the execution of his Majesty's Commission, which I alone am now called on to discharge, it falls most unhappily to my lot to have the honour of addressing and assisting you in the administration of the criminal justice of this county ; and it is exceedingly gratifying to observe so full an attendance of the great body of the county, this hall being full nearly to overflowing, as it evinces an ardent attachment to the Constitution and Government under which we have the happiness to live, and a steady desire and determination religiously to uphold them. Without making the judgment seat the organ of idle panegyric, I hope it may be permitted to me to express, in the sincerity of my heart, the regret which all classes of his Majesty's community must feel, in common with myself, on the loss of the intelligent public functionary of whose valuable services you are this day deprived. I had the happiness of knowing him very long and intimately, and of sitting by his side on the judgment seat; and I hope also that I knew how to appreciate his worth. As a Judge he was, in every sense of the word, a loyal, a right, and a good one ; a man of the most vigorous understanding, of the most quick perceptions, of the most sound, accurate, and discriminating judgment ; a man whose industry was inde fatigable, and perfectly acquainted with those depths and shoals of the law which renders the investigation of it so intricate and difficult. Gentlemen, as a private man, he was every thing that could be wished ; he was generous, humane, and charitable, and of the most stubborn and in flexible integrity. His memory will be long held I am sure in the highest veneration by those who were in the slightest degree acquainted with his merits, and know how to appreciate them." His Lordship then congratulated the Grand Jury of the city, that though their population was not much less than 20,000, there was only one prisoner , for trial, and his offence of a very trivial nature. After the delivery of this address, his Lordship returned into the Nisi Prins Court, and Mr. Serjeant Peake took the Crown side, but no case of the slightest interest has oc curred in either Court. NORFOLK CIRCUIT—CAMBRIDGE, Aua. 3. This afternoon Mr. Baron GARROW and Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE arrived in this town, and proceeded to the Shire-hall to open the Commission previous to going to their lodgings. Their Lordships were very much affected upon hearing the intelligence of the sudden death of Mr. Baron HULLOCK. The calendar in this county is extremely light when considered numerically, but some of the charges are marked with acts of great atrocity, particularly that against Reader and Turner for arson. Their trial is expected to come on to-morrow, and it creates great interest. There are several causes for trial in the Civil Court. The following. is a summary statement of the various offences with which the prisoners for trial stand charged, viz.:—Arson, 2 ; burglary, 2 ; sheep-stealing, 3 ; horse stealing, 1; larcenies, 2—Total )0. FURTHER EXTRACTS from Mr. O'CON- NELL'S SPEECH AT CLARE. (From the Dublin Register.) Mr. O'Connell proceeded as follows :—" At the same time that I avow that I shall be ever ready to support the right of every man to avow and prac tice his religious creed, I shall never sanction the filthy and abominable compromise which the East India Company have entered into for the purpose of supporting their monopoly, by permitting the bloody sacrifices that are offered up to the stupid idol of Juggernaut.—(Hear, hear.)—l shall also oppose myself to the horrible system of perjuries at present sanctioned by practice. There are at present no less than 1,700 or 1,800 oaths necessary to be taken, and nine-tenths of these relative to the Customs and Excise laws. The oaths taken on that subject are looked upon as matters of course, and perjuries are not regarded, because they are of frequent occurrence,—just as if the repetition of the crime did not aggravate the enormity instead of lessening it. I mean to apply for a return of the oaths necessary to be taken for the purpose of abolishing them. In the presence of the people of Clare I avow, that I condemn the taking of oaths by any man, or be fore any authority, and the man who is not honest without taking an oath, will not become so by its being imposed upon him.—(Hear, hear.)—The sub letting act, which makes it impossible for the coun try gentleman to increase his estate, which would make the sons of farmers labourers, and which, ac cording to the statement of the Rev. Mr. Stewart, at Tyrone, sent 25,000 Protestants out of that county in the course of one year—l shall endeavour to procure the repeal of.—(Hear.)—The Vestry Bill which, for instance, in the parish of Scariff, en ables seventeen or eighteen of one religion to assess and tax 7,000 or 8,000 of another to any amount they please—is an act of such gross injustice that 1 trust I shall find no difficulty in procuring its re repeal.—(Hear, and cheers.)—The next topic upon which I would address you is that of Parliamentary Reform, and I declare myself a radical reformer, and an advocate and sincere supporter of the elec tion by ballot ; and I would point to America as an example for the success of a biennial Parliament." Mr. O'Connell next alluded to the reform necessary to be introduced into the law, and continued by say ing—" I have lately seen in the English press hor rible imputatiOns thrown out against a Prince of the Blood Royal—the name of Captain Garth and the Duke of Cumberland have been mixed up together. I shall endeavour to clear the character of the brother of my Sovereign from the imputations cast upon it. lam no respecter of persons, and, believ ing that the Duke of Cumberland is innocent, I shall stand up in my place in the House of Commons, and insist upon an investigation into that affair, and let them refuse it to me if they dare."—(Hear,and con tined cheering.) Three cheers were then given for the High Sheriff. The several gentlemen now proceeded to retire from the Court, but previously Major Macnamara publicly intimated that he would be a candidate at the next election. The chairing shortly after took place. It was one of the most extraordinary scenes ever witnessed. There were a number of banners , with appropriate mottoes, and devices were exhibited in several win dows. Amongst the spectators who gazed with the greatest interest were the military officers. Several of them were observed to wave their caps from the windows. The soldiers and police were kept out of the way. There was not the slightest violation of the public tranquillity. All was order and the most imperturbable good humour. HOP INTELLIGENCE. BOROUGH, AUG. 3.—The accounts generally state that the improvement which was calculated upon last week is checked, and many of the best grounds are going back, the vermin following the young shoots ; the result must be as small a produce as any year since 1802. The present estimated duty is 36,0001. Currency :—New Sussex 120 s. to 1265., Kent 1265. to 1355.; 1827, 80s. to 905.; 1826, 70s. to 803. MAIDSTONE, JULY 30.—The accounts at market to-day all agree that the Hop plantation is in a much worse state than last week; the vermin seem to have taken the young shoots, which, with the present unkindly weather, must be every thing against the crop. The duty is lower 3,0001. or 4,000/., and but few in favour of it. EAST REWORD, JULY 29.—The Hop plantations are now too far gone, and the old, though somewhat forlorn adage, that "Till James's day is come and gone, There may be Hops, or may be none,? may safely be Nid t,4,0(1 cur thy present season, and bottled up ready for the next. The leaves are corn pletely black with the blight, and the bines are almost devoured with filth. Neither a top nor bottom crop will be found this year—thAt i s cest,o4, PA STIIrMAiILE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Duke of Devonshire, for Worthing ; the Earl and Coun tess of Asburnharn and family, for their scat, Sussex ; Lord Clonbrock, from Warren's Hotel, for the Isle of Wight ; the Duke de Chartres, at Talke's Hotel (late Miller's), Jermyn street, from Oxford ; Count Chabot, at ditto, from Brighton the Duke of Manchester, from Kimbolton Castle; the Earl and Countess Gower, in Hamilton-place, from Tunbridge Wolls ; Lient...l;cnerl Buller and the Misses Buller, from Gloucester place, for Cornwall; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Welstead and fa— mily, for their cottage, Huntingdonshire, from a tour; Mr. and Lady Pusey, from Grosvenor-square, on a tour; Colonel and Mrs. Johnstone, from the Terrace, Piccadilly, for the Nether lands ; Mr. R. Williams, M.P. on a tour; Mrs. Ross, Mr. and Lady Ross, from Portland-place, on a tour; Captain and Mrs. Jennison, from Rochester, for the lonian Islands; Mr. George Dawkins Pennant, M.P. for Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire ; Mr. William Yates Peel and Lady Jane Lawrence Peel, for Tam worth, in Staffordshire; Major and Mrs. Armstrong, for Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire ; Captain Blake, in Pall-mall, from the Island of St. Vinoent in the %Vest Indies ; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, from Gloucester-place, for Ramsgate ; Colonel Burke, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for the Isle of Wight; Mrs. Knipe, from ditto, for her scat, in Surrey; the Hon. Henry de Ros, from Park-place, for Scotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Hawtrey, from Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, for Hast ings ; Captain and Mrs. Monsell, from Brook-street, for Worthing; R. Ford, Esq. from the Earl of Essex's seat, Cashiobury Park; Lord and Lady Francis Osborne, fro^a their seat in Cambridgeshire; Colonel Thompson, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Surrey ; H. L. Bulwer, Esq. at ditto, from a tour; Major Otway Cave, at ditto, from a tour; the Hon. William Edwards, at ditto, from a tour; Sir James Bos well, Bart. at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), from Paris; E. B. Hale, Esq. at Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's street, from his seat in Wiltshire; George Oliver, Esq. and fa mily, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Southampton; Hansel Oliver, Esq. and family, at ditto, from Southampton ; the Hon. John Stewart, at ditto, from the Continent ; J. Wood, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton; Count Deniskold de Samone, from ditto, for Portsmouth ; W. D. Gillon, Esq. from ditto, for Sussex. His Royal Highness the Margrave of BADEN, accompanied by his suite, Sir GEORGE QUENTIN, and Mr. FROST, visited his Majesty's gardens at Kew on Sunday. His Royal Highness remained for upwards of three hours inspecting the hot-houses, pineries, botanical department, and pleasure grounds, and expressed to Mr. AITON his admiration of the good order and excell e nt ar rangement of the establishment. The Margrave and suite, after partaking of refreshments, returned to town. A gentleman arrived in town yesterday after noon from Malta, bringing despatches for Sir GEORGE MURRAY, which were afterwards forwarded to the Duke of WELLINGTON. The gentleman attended at the Colonial Office yesterday afternoon. The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl ofABER DF.EN, Viscount MELVILLE, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, visited the Duke of WELLINGToN yesterday at the Treasury. The French Charge d'Affaires transacted business with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. BROADSTAIRS, AUG. 2.—Her Royal High ness the Duchess of KENT, the Princess VICTORIA, and Prince CHAriLEs, with their attendants, arrived at this place about seven o'clock yesterday evening. They were received by the inhabitants of St. Peter's with every mark of loyal respect ; the bells rang, and bands of music played as they passed through. They were met at Piermont by the Musical Amateur Band, who played several national airs on the lawn to the Royal Visitors, who appeared highly gratified by the respectful attention paid theui. In the evening the village was partially illuminated. 'We particularly noticed the Marine Library, Assembly Rooms, and Post Office. BlRTH.—Yesterday morning, the lady of the Right Hon. ROBERT PEEL, of a son. BIRTH.—On the 22d ult., at Upnor Castle, Chatham, the Lady of Lieutenant COCHRANE, 55th regi ment, of a daughter. SONTAG'S CONCERT AT CHELTENHAM.— Long before eight o'clock on Friday evening the spacious Concert Room was completely filled ; even the orchestra was occupied, and the scene resembled those occasionally witnessed at the Argyle Rooms. NINA SONTAG sang ex tremely well; her voice is of a very pod quality. Fuzzes fantasias, in which he introduced several beautiful melodies, were i given in the most finished style of taste and excellence. SoisTAG is going to Birminghans and Liverpool, and will endeavour to snake Cheltenham in her way back, to give a Concert or two at the fine Rotunda rooms, Montpelier, which are eminently calculated for musical performances. SONTAG'S husband Count R. and her friend the Baroness, also her Secretary, Mr. Scairrz, accompany her. On the same day that Mr. GURNEY'S steam-coach started for Bath, the steam-carriage invented by Mr. W. HANcocK, of Stratford, near Bow, performed a journey of nearly 25 'miles in the vicinity of the me tropolis, going at the rate of eight miles an hour, to the astonishment of the inhabitants of the different towns and villages through which it passed. This carriage is on an improved principle, employing patent boilers capable of creating more steam, but with increased safety, from their peculiar construction and the solidity of their formation. The carriage started at an early hour in the morning from Turnham-green, and proceeded through Hounslow to Cranford -bridge, and then crossed into the Uxbridge-road, and was directed towards Ealing, going up Ealing-hill, without any obstruction, at the rate of five miles an hour ; it thence proceeded through Bush-lane, and returned to town in the course of the afternoon. SHARPE'S " London Magazine for August' . says, smartly enough, that "since the first establishment of our settlements at New South Wales to the present mo ment, not one convict ship has been lost—an apt illustra tion of the proverb touching destiny, by which persons of that description are secured from drowning!" A great sensation has recently been created among his Majesty's pensioners (privates) in this quar ter, in consequence of certain reductions which have been made in the pensions of several of these men. The pen sion of ROBERT MUNRO, Bishopinill, of the 21st regi ment, has been reduced from Is. 2d. to 9d. per diem; while 46/. 16s. 1 OP. of what he has received since his dis charge has been ordered to be refunded. JOHN DAL LACHY", Fochabers, of the 92d regiment, has had his pension reduced from ls. to 6d. per diem, and is besides ordered to refund 561. 10s. Old. of the sum he has here tofore received. Another individual of the name of JOHN Ross, Fochabers, also of the 92d regiment, has had his pension reduced from is. 94d. to 9d. per diem, and must refund 1911. ls. 9id. of what he has already received in that shape. And a fourth, a JOHN MORRISON, Turriff, who bad a pension of ls. tild. per day, has bad his name cancelled from the pension list altogether.—Elgin Courier. Young men sometimes destroy females, in fits of thwarted love. A remarkable instance of this kind, occurred not many years since, in an adjoining county.— Sir S— S— refused his assent to a union between his daughter, and a young gentleman who had won her affections, and felt all his own resting in return on the lady. The lovers finding their expectations disappointed, and their wishes blasted, gave way to melancholy mood ings, and meditated desperate resolves. The parent of the lady, perceiving this, attempted to prevent mischief, by confining her to her room. But desperation is not so easily subdued. The lovers found means to exchange their burning thoughts, and ere the opening of the next morning's light, young J— obtained a ladder, and as cended to his mistress's room window, through which she passed, descended, and accompanied him to a summer house. There they were found, clasped in each others lifeless arms, a brace of pistols lying on the ground, the silent evidences of the manner in which maddened love bad effected the fatal catastrophe.—Stafford Mercury. We yesterday stated the manner in which a recent negociation with a great Ducal interest had origi nated. It failed ; but we understand that another ar rangement is on the tapis, the terms of which include the reception at Court of a distinguished lady, to whom Queen CHARLOTTE, in more prudish days, refused admission ; as also to the appointment of her illustrious consort to preside over a department of the highest military rank and importance. The progyznimes of new Administra tions presented to the public eye in the last week were so absurd as to be wholly unworthy of attention ; but, without giving a place in his columns to every vague. rumour which the million tongues a our politica! quid nunes may bruit forth, it i 3 the duty of a Journalist to make his readers acquainted with the speculations current in the beat informed circles, although he may not be pre pared himself to give them credence. In addition, there• fore to the two items of concession hinted above, we will mention that the removal from the Cabinet av t d the House of Commons of the two indiv4iAls Most odious in the eyes of the party to be conciliated:, is said to have been ni of it t h hi a s suggestion change that the humiliation may be gilded . by ennobling one of them, and placing the ether l President o e f se t a h l e s in the highest situation which a Commoner cAo not I. In Board of Trade is named as t i l ifel l yTi n sU t contemplation in Ist edn, of the Exchequer, and the management of the House of Commons. We need not say that it is impossible the last proposition listened to,—Morning Chronicle, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The betting yesterday was numr reneral than heavy, touching chiefly on the Gal Cup at Goodwood next week, wl ic't is the most valuable ever known; indeed the meet ing altogether posse.ses an interest at !Past equal to the A -cot, or any other that has precede.; it. Nut a bed is to be procured in any of the towns or villages in the neigh bourhood, and, from the vast number of horses already ar rived (nearly all the first-rate racers in the kingdom), su perior sport may be expected. Goonwoon CUP (VALUE 480 GUINEAS). 5 to 4 agst Mr. Gully's Mameluke 7 to 4 agst Duke of Richmond's Rough Robin 4 to 1 agst His Majesty's Fleur-de-Lis 5 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Varna MATCH AT LEWES (TO-MORROW). 6 to 4 on Privateer agst Alaresfield (taken) DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 4 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Voltaire 6 to 1 agst Hon. E. Petre's Rowton 10 to 1 agst Lord Lon ford's Sir Hercules 12 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Frederick 16 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Clotilde 18 to 1 agst Mr. Theobald's The Exquisite 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Apollonia 20 to I agst Mr. Riddell's Lawn Sleeves 22 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim 25 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Felt 25 to 1 agst Duke of Leeds's Rhodocantha colt 25 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's .Stotforth 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Wandering Boy 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gascoigne's colt (taken) 60 to 1 agst 311.. Scott's Tranby 1000 to 10 agst Lord Cleveland's Tamboff (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Lord Kelburne's Georgiana colt (taken) YARMOUTH RACES. TUESDAY, Jury 28.—Gold Cup Stakes of 80 sm. Mr. Gurney's ch. f. by Tramp Colonel Wilson's Littlego Mr. Maberley's Gambol • 2 dr Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each. Mr. CaMecca's Olive Branch 1 1 Mr. Munro's Victorine '2 2 Mr. S. Palmer's Fair Helen A Handicap Plate. Heats, two miles. Mr. Pearson's Tristram 2 1 1 Colonel Wilson's Rungay Lass 1 2 2 Mr. Pedgrift's Screwdriver WEDNESDAY.-Town and Country Gentlemen's Plate of 50 sovs. Colonel Wilson's ch. c. by Nicolo 1 1 Mr. Gurney's ch. f. by Tramp Mr. Pedgrift's Screwdriver bolted The Nelson Stakes of five sous. each, for all ages. Mr. Pearson's Tristram Mr. Gurney's Hawmead 2 2 Mr. Munro's Tom 3 3 Mr. Smith's Victorine COWES ROYAL YACHT CLUB REGATTA. The Most Noble the Marquis of Anglesea, The Right Honourable Lord Yarborough, } St ew ards . COWES, AuG. 3.—The first sailing match of the Royal Yacht Club took place this day, for a Gold Cup, given by the Club, value 1001., between the following vessels : Vessels. Tons. Belonging to. No. 1. Menai 175 T. A. Smith, Esq. M.P. 2. Lullworth 127 Joseph Weld, Esq. 3. Louisa ... 162 Earl of Belfast. The yachts started, blowing a fresh breeze W.S. W. when the Louisa soon showed her superiority of sailing, and before she arrived at Gurnet Bay was a mile and a half a-head. In jibbing her main-sail on coming round the vessel moored at Gurnet Bay she carried away her gait, when the crew lowered her main-sail upon the deck, and spliced her gift with spars. After all this delay she beat the Lullworth, and came in only four minutes behind the Menai, who won the cup. There can be no doubt that the Louisa is the fastest sailing vessel. She has always proved herself to be a good one, and has won three cups. The Lullworth is too small a vessel to be matched against 175 tons, and particularly when a fresh breeze is blowing. The pleasure of the match was greatly destroyed by the rain and dull atmosphere. Among the gaiety of the place we saw the Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Yarborough, and many other distinguished indivi duals.—The next Regatta will take place on Wednesday. GRAND CRICKET MATCH FOR A THOUSAND GUINEAS, BURY ST. EDMUND'S, AuG. 3. The grand cricket match for one thousand guineas, commenced this day (Monday) between eleven of the Bury St. Edmund's, and eleven of the Marylehone Clubs. At an early hour the town was all alive from the influx of gentry from the adjacent country ; the ground exhibited all the beauty, wealth, and respectability of this great county. At the commencement of the game the betting was 6 to 4 in favour of the Marylebone, and large sums awaited the issue. The following are the names of the players : BURY ST. EDMUND'S—J. Brand, Win. Blake, G. Caldwell, Rutchball, C. D. Leech, D. Hanbury, W. Quarles, King, Matthews, T. Pilch, W. Pilch. MARYLEBONE—B. Ai4dbie, C. Barnet, J. Dolphin, J. Gardon, Wm. Jenner, T. Nichol, Woodhouse, --- Burt, Cobbett, --- Saunders, and --- Searle. The wickets were pitched at eleven o'clock, when the Bury went in as follows : Matthews bowled out by Burt—Leech nothing, caught out by Aislabee—T. Pilch 41, caught out by Cobbett— W. Pilch 14, run out—Knatchbull 12, caught out by Jenner—G. Brand nothing, bowled out by Cobbett— Caldwell 16, not out—William Blake 3, bowled out by Cobbett—King 8, bowled out by Cobbett—Hanbury nothing, bowled out by Cobbett—Quarles 4, caught out by Jenner—Wide Balls 6, making a total of the first innings of 110. At the close of the innings betting changed in favour of the Bury-5 to 4, and 6to 4 were taken. Much to the disappointment of a crowded field, the sport was interrupted by torrents of rain, and the game was adjourned until the next morning. The batting of T. Pilch, who is considered the first player in England, obtained universal admiration ; the bowling on the Marylebone side was as fine as we ever witnessed. THE GAME OF CRICKET. It gives us great pleasure to observe the rapid progress which the manly game of Cricket is making in the north, particularly in Cumberland. Two or three years ago the game was scarcely known in that county,—now there are about eight strong clubs, and during the present season several spirited matches have been played. The cricketers of Cumberland are fortunate in their patrons,—amongst the most conspicuous of whom may be placed Wilfred Lawson, Esq., of Brayton Hall, a magistrate of the county, a gentleman of large fortune, of the most affable manners, and possessing a warm love for the old-fashioned character and manly sports of Englishmen. A correspondent informs us, that a man of upwards of 60 years, who is afflicted with paralysis, and who has been above 20 years an inmate of the Protestant Alms-house in Little Ship-street, has been lately turned on the street, because some spy gave informati.n of his having been once seen coming out of a Catholic chapel.—Dub44 Morning Register. Extract of a letter, dated liuntingdon, Au gust 3 :—" I rode on Saturday from Bedford to this town, and was delighted to observe along the entire line of road (20 miles) that the wheat was looking admirably. It is, indeed, laid in some places, arising however, apparently, from the excellence and heaviness of the cmp alone. Having heard some complaints of the ears not being well filled, I alighted at intervals and went into several gelds, and as far as my opportunities enabled mQ te, judge, I should *ay that the complaints were utterly. without foun dation. Neither did I see any m . .dtkw worthy of men tion, and the grain waz exceedingly plump. This day twelvemonths I rode from Burgy to Bedford, and the wheat was then • laid flat to the earth by tha continued and violent rains, the mildew had in: l ueeeit exceedingly, and every thing presented o appearauce precisely the reverse of the present. iteapmg has not yet become ge nera l ; but in many parts . I observ e d th e - sickle busily employed, and the. slmcks stood very closely together, giving proms* of an abundant harvest. One circumstance 844 . me very forcibly, and that was, that the stack,xards arc every where nearly empty ; very few stacks. to Ile seen in them, and none scattered, as we generil,lly 4n d them even at this season of the year, 46111.4 the fields. The papers tell us. that the barley c - eop is lamentably deficient ;' but that is, flat tie :.sae, speaking generally of the coun,tty lying be., tween this place and Bedford ; en the, contrary, j should say that it is a fair crop with her,e and there fields where it has not recovece.j the long.continued drought of May and June., The clover layers ar e ver y s h or t, an d the seed • cloves toCle wretchedly ; but turnips arc ali44laut every where, and neither drought or the fly has done the least injury t o th em . P eas are ?g.d ; the beans are touched by the fly in many places, but are podded well towards the bottom . o,f tI4 stalk. On the whale, I should, say that tlr.prospect is highly satisfactou to the farmer and the country, and that we want nothing but a month's fine weather to malie the harvest really abtpdant,"—. Tinos. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The incessant repetition of the note, that the Duke of Wellington must call in support to his Administration, induces us to enter a little upon the rationale of the subject, as we have before decided on the fact. There is no question but that the Duke may invite a good and fitting man to stop a gap, if such should occur in his Ministry ; but as to uniting himself, to a party— of what persons is that party to consist? VVould he take the Ultra Tories ? It is from them that the rumours of a change in the principles or members of Administration chiefly emanate. Even the Duke of Wellington, with an Ultra Tory Administration, (the Duke of Cumber land, for example, as Cominander-in-Chief!) could not stand a day. As little or less, •sup posing the King would suffer it, could he do with a batch of the low Whigs for associates ; and his Grace has, and has had, the moderate people of both parties with him. Neither is there any question but that in the general admi nistration of the country, as politics are now conducted, he may recommend a series of mea sures, of such a Character that no reasonable man could oppose them, either in the gross or in the detail. And what more is wanting ? If he err, let his enemies make their attack upon the error, and he is probably not in a situation to enforce his will per fas et nffas, as was the case with Mr. Pitt during the greater part of his ad ministration. But it can never be made a seri ous charge against him in either House of Par liament, that he does not take the Duke of Newcastle for an associate, from the extreme end of one class of politicians, or Mr. Hume from the extreme end of the other. Let him rule well, and show a cool determination and hardy bearing, and he will not be without suffi cient support, both in and out of Parliament.— The Duchess of Cumberland is said to be coming to England on the call of the Duke. Surely the ghost of the Royal Charlotte will meet her on her entrance into the kingdom, and warn her off.— Times. It is but the other day that we had to remark on the conduct of a mob of brutes at Devizes, who fell foul of an unfortunate, merely because he failed in inflating his balloon. The town of Melksham, which is only a few miles from the former place, determined not to be out-done by its enlightened neighbour, has furnished a fresh specimen of the march of intellect in the game preserving county of Wilts. Through Melk sham one of the Bath roads passes, and that road Mr. Gurney's steam-carriage passed on its way to Bristol. The Melkshamites seem to have looked upon Mr. Gurney and his steam carriage as the natives of Owyhee did upon Cap tain Cook and his vessel. They first admire it, and then set upon it with a savage yell, endea vouring to destroy both it and its owner. When we name the , places at which these occurrences took place, it is fair that we should acquit the inhabitants of the towns themselves of bearing the whole odium. In both cases the main actors were probably the natives of the neighbouring villages, who at Devizes were drawn together to witness a sight which they were disappointed in seeing, and at Melksham happened to be assem bled at a fair. In the latter ease, too, it is said that many of them had been sufferers by the in troduction of machinery, and were, therefore, not without some excuse for their attack upon this novel attempt to do away with horses as well as men. But holding both the transactions as brutal and disgraceful, we are not sure that a better apology can be found than this. They are natives of a county where the brutalizing system of the Game Laws is carried to the highest pitch, and where they learn, therefore, nothing fiom their betters, but to consider them selves a race born to oppression, to gratify a sel fish indulgence in the passions of mere savage life. Under the Forest Laws the peasantry were the serfs of the great landowner ; and how much better can they consider themselves, when they learn to perceive themselves unemancipated from what was the stigma of an age of barba rism ? When, therefore, the Nobility and Gentry of this country see the common people indulg ing in brutal propensities, such as those which we allude to, is it not worth their while to inquire who it is that has made them, and keeps them what they are ? They may flatter themselves that by establishing schools, by circulating the Scrip tures, and making occasional speeches at then. county towns, relative to those and similar ob jects, they are bettering the condition, of the lower classes ; but while an interminable bar exists against all friendly intercourse, and the gaols are daily and hourly vomiting forth into an already-corrupted community the victims of a vicious system, they must not be surprised that all their other labours are in vain, and that - we witness, when opportunities offer, scenes - which are a stain upon the national character.--morn ing Herald. We yesterday said that Ml\ O'Connell had been re-elected for Clare ;wO give to -day the parti culars. Our readers Ail see that Mr. O'Con nell made a long speech. There is nothing in it but what he had said before : when he gets into Parliament, we shall see whether he will accomplish any thing ; whether he will bring about any good; whether he will be able to di minish the debt—the great evil ; or whether be will not be like the greater part of those who get into Parliament, after making long promise mg speeches —forget what they have promed, ? ,Ild endeavour to p o k e themselves, na their children, and their relations, and, friends and intr., the good things partizans,in Church h professes ti andand hangers-on, inter,, O'Connell much. We hope he will , propose and perform something, not ;or Ireland o n ly, b u t f or t h e State generally, and that he will en d eavour to ProlvZne the good o f th e U n it e d Kingdom, and, not in p ar ti cu l ar th e goo d o f t h e cree ping, crawl ing caterpillars that so much abound in Ireland. We much fear, however, that in the Catholic Parliamentarr•Membership train, John Bull will hays O'Connell and ot h ers needy atemen, both Cath6ics and foisted aildde u s i p m e t r i him by Protestants. Ireland abounds with needy crea tures—what wo in England call schemers—fel lows out, at the elbows.—lbid, Wc trust it is not true, as we see it surmised in some of the papots, that the embarrassments, ;n which the property of Covent-garden Theatre is involved are such as will prevent its opening foA`tkie ensuing season. To say nothing of th e loss and injury which tradesmen, artists, mecha nics, and labz,surers of various descriptions, would sustain iiy such a circumstance, we should look ',;pon it, as it really would be, a nat i ona l depri vation, and one which the wh o l e pu bli c are inte rested in deploring, and, if possible, preventing. We do not presume to impute blame to any body ; perhaps, indeed,, there may be none im putable. But, though the mischief arising to the theatre from the present state of things may have been unavoidable, yet there can be no doubt but that there are those who can avert, and that