The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT or THE rußLic JOURNALS The organs of the Tories somewhat over-estireate their powers of deception. In addressing, themselves almost in the same breath to .Radicals and Tories ; it would be etranee indeed if they did not fall into gr oss contradictions. - They tell the Radicals that they can !tor: seething from a Reform Administration, because the 'Tories, possessing the command of oee House ana a large minority in another, will take eactual care te. prevent Ministers from carrying any measures bene ficial to the country. Of course, say they, your Mem bers will not he elicit fools as to support a Ministry from whom nothing can be gained for the country, mercyto enable them to keep th e i r pl ace s. Now, if Tories were in office- they svcrell themselves con cede reforms which the Whig% will never be allowed to carry. This language is held by the Times without the least disguise. " The English Radicals," says that journal, " are for no negative do-nothing Go- , vernmcnt ; they must have Reform for the country, or bush-money for themselves. They are not to sit night after backing the Administration, and ~.z e tting nothing either in malt or in meal. They will have movement ; or, failing that, they and those who depute them will begin to reflect that, if the Whigs can neither play nor pay, it may be better to try their adversaries, who are milling to concede and desirous to (feet certain reasonable modi jicrztions ( . )1 Reform, and who enjoy the clear advan tage of being; able to accomplish what they propose, by carrying the sanction of the other house of Parlia ment." This is a tolerably barefaced avowal ; but after all it is only a repetition of what used to be urged by the Times, when it asked for a trial for Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington. At that time the apostate had the assurance to tell its readers that the Duke of Wellington had informed certain individuals in the city that he would go beyond the Whigs in his reform of the abuses of the Church of Ireland, and in the improvement of our institutions. However, the people were not to be taken in by such artifices. They said, we have the public declarations of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel to guide us as to their intentions ; and if we'should be so simple as to pin our faith to an article in the Times, they may tell us to take their opinions from themselves, and not from newspapers. The guarantee of the Times was but a very slippery one at best. The people were quite aware that Sir Ro bert Peel and the Tories had no objection to profit by the deceptions practised by the Times ; but they knew at the same time that they would disavow their base instrument when an attempt should be made to bold them to the pledges given by it in their name. Some of the Tories are, no doubt, honest men in their way, and do not hesitate to express their abhorrence of all concessions to the people. These men would not lend themselves to any factious opposition to Go vernment merely to obtain place, and least of all would they dishonour themselves by holding out as a lure that they would themselves give more extensive and impor tant reforms than they will suffer the Whigs to carry. But the great body of the Tories arc, we believe, suffi ciently dishonest to chuckle at the knavery of the Times. No matter how we obtain access to the pub lic purse, say these gentlemen to themselves, if we can only get our hands into it. If the Radicals be such fools as to be gulled by us, that is their concern, and not ours. But while the Times would thus have the Radicals believe, that for the sake of the emoluments of office the Tories would far outrun the Whigs in their concession to the people, it lets out another mo tive for displacing Ministers not exactly reconcilable with this eagerness for reform. " Duly-exercised patronage," says the Times, " is not an illegitimate accessory of government, and it is affectation to disclaim, as it is folly to undervalue, such an agent. Still there are other reasons beyond the pay, and beyond even the patronage, which must induce an upright Conser vative to desire the earliest possible removal of the Whigs. Grant that the Whigs will be obliged to act just as a Con servative Opposition shall shape their ends ; yet that Oppo sition, governing thus at second hand, is far less able to execute its objects with advantage to the country than if directly invested with the power of action. This would be undeniable, even if the Ministers were men to be trusted. But how much more irksome is the task of a Conservative Opposision when the parties they have to deal with are known trimmers, never for a moment safe out of sight— certain, like a blockaded fleet in harbour, to ,slip out to sea, if the adverse squadron be blown (jc . but for a single after noon Really, therefore, it would not be a very comfortable prospect to see the Whigs insured for another t'.velvemonth, even if the Conservative party were as purely selfish as their rivals. But if, in addition to the worldly wish for place and power, the Conservatives have also nobler aims—if it be something to the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, already possessing all that fortune and station can give them, to achieve a higher enjoyment beyond the reach or understanding of their rivals—that of serving and saving their country—then it may be an object not only of politi cal, but, if we may so speak, of moral ambition, to hasten the auspicious,. inevitable' day which is to deliver the country from a Government false alike in its position, its promises, and its pretenses." When this tirade is translated into plain English, it means that a Reform Ministry will avail themselves of any favourable opportunity for giving effect to the principle of the Reform Bill, and striking at the root of that corrupt power which would govern in defiance of the people ; while, on the other hand, the Tories once in power would exert themselves to rid themselves of porular control. No one can mistake what " say ing the country" means in a Tory mouth. The country of the Tories is England under the rotten borough system, when victual representation flourished, and the people had nothine to do with the laws hut to obey them. In their confidential meetings they held the language of the correspondent whose communica tion the Times lately honoured by incorporating it in a leading article, in IN hich communication it was roundly declared that the Reform Bill had rendered it impossible to govern the country on Tore principles. The Reformers are not sueli noodles as to be taken in by the lure that the Tories opposed the Reform Bill, and have endeavoured to prevent its pro ducing the anticipated results, merely to surprise the people with a larger measure of reform than the Whi2;s can possibly carry. But we question if Reformers arc sufficiently aware of the real value of the benefits derived from the mere possession of power by a Reform Ministry.. Were the Tories t o cover themselves with the disgrace of using their majo rity in the House of Lords to impede all beneficial measures (a supposition which we will not allow our selves to entertain), the mere exercise of the preroga tives of the Crown during a course of years would in vest with power and influence a - number of honest and upright men in every quarter of the country. One of the great evils we have now to contend with is the garrisons planted by the Tories during their Seventy years' tenure of office throughout the country. But death shows no more respect to Tories than to Re. formers. In a short time many Reformers, excluded from influence by the Tories, will be in situations to benefit the cause of Reform. And should circum stances again prove adverse, the people will find the inestimable advantaeee of having everywhere friends zealously devoted to 'Reform ready to throw themselves in the breach between them and their Tory oppres sors. How often did it happen during the times of Tory misrule that there - .gas not a single magistrate in a whole county in - 4 ;nom the people durst repose the slightest conUence ?--Marntv; Chronicle. When an individual once expressed his astonish ment, to a Judge that so much delay should take place m deciding causes, as they must be either black or white, he answered, " we have no difficulty respecting c the black or white causes, but what becomes of the grey ?" In like tnanner it may be observed that the difficulty of sating the bal ance b etween t h e Reformers and the Tories is not cau se d b y t h ose o f d ecided prin . erpiet, out by the amphibious gentlemen. In another Column will be found a letter of a correspondent, who has taken some trouble to state the case fairly between the Reformers and the Tories ; but he has fallen into tome mistakes, which we have taken the liberty t o correct. He, gives the Reformers St. Andrew's, for iwance. Now, though Mr. Andrew Johnston was somewhat difficult to hold, he yet voted well latterly, and the substitution of Mr. Ellice for him cannot be termed a gain. But then, on the other hand, as Mr. Ord ( Newport) and Mr. Barharn (Kendal) were absent dur ing the whole of last Session, they may be deemed a set off for St. Andrew's. From the Tory gains must be de ducted Hastings, Wells, Carnarvon, and West Suf folk. Christchurch, Preston, and Dungannon can each only count as one to the Tories ; but Sutherland must count as two on questions like the approi!ria tion. Mr. John Maxwell (Lanark) also voted against Ministers on the appropriation when present. The ac count may be thus balanced : Total gains of Reformers in towns 46 Kendal and Newport, one vote each, equal to one seat . Gains in counties ... IV Loss in toVns."e3 34 ChristAtuleh, Preston, and Dungannon, one each equal to one seat and a half, gained in throe additional votes . Loss in counties, drdueting Suffolk, but adding Sufterland and GLlniorpts as one only ....... 25A- GI Positive loss of Reformers Chr:miclr. The Melbourne Cabinet, dissatisfied, no dcuht, with the vindications of their motives and measures which the newspapers in their em ploy have be en a bl e to furnish, have now put forth a pamphlet which bears the somewhat lengthy title of " Domsstie Pros pects of the Country under the New Parliament," and which the public are told is to be regarded as a work of authority, " speaking the sentiments of men in office." We have no doubt of its official character, for it breathes the very spirit and soul of the men who arc now in place. The author's first move on behalf of his principals is to pet rid of those two embarrassing questions, the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, and the Irish Appropriation Clause. As to the matter of the Corporations, that great and vital question on which Ministers had announued in the last session their fixed resolve to conquer or resign, their parnph !eteer proposes to remain contented with "some corpora tions now," but be prepared (with what sort of preps sration we are not informed) " to give more hereafter." As to the rest, observes he, with incomparable indiffe rence, " it really does seem, looking calmly al the mat ter, a point of no very great importance whether muni cipal institutions should or should not be planted or reorganized immediately in all the considerable t o wn s in Ireland." Looking calmly at the matter, we think so too ; but how long has it suited the Melbourne Cabinet to look thus calmly at the matter? Until the recent elections calmness on such a subject was crimi nal and impolitic ; but since those elections it is con venient and indispensable. But their calmness on the municipal question is nothing in comparison of their coolness on the other great Irish topic, the appropria tion. " Leave the tithe question," says the spokes man of the Ministers, " unsettled for a few years longer, and there will be no Protestant church worth making any differences about." This easy mode of closing the controversy, by annihilating the church, may seem very desirable to the Whig Ministers, whose only object is to get rid of the millstone they have fastened to their own necks ; but the Protestant people of this empire have the obstinacy to retain an opposite opinion. Leave the tithe question unsettled I Who is it that seeks to leave the tithe question unsettled ? Not the Conservatives, for they are ready to pass a tithe bill on your own principles ; what they refuse is to saddle it with that spoliatory enactment which you call by the name of the appropriation clause. It is you who wish to leave the tithe question unsettled, that you may avoid being hampered with it now ; and that you may keep it in reserve to hamper your oppo nents hereafter. There is no further disguise upon the subject : even hypocrisy, that homage which rice pays to honesty, is not thought worth sustaining any longer. If " those who wish to preserve even what remains of that institution" (meaning, of course, the Conserva tives, who have a wish to preserve the Church), are not prepared to vote that it would be " better, on the whole, to set up the Church property there to auction, and have the clergy paid out of the consolidated fund, upon a scale graduated according to the amount of duty which they have to perform—if something of this kind be not done, it will be the 'duty of Lord Mel bourne not to embarrass his Cabinet any further with this question, but permit it to take its own course !" That is, having struggled into office solely by that question, and now finding that it has become an em barrassing one to the Cabinet, - so constituted, they-re solve to throw the question at once overboard, and keep their places, embarrassing " the Cabinet with it" no longer. Why, in the name of common honesty, what has happened since you took office on this condition to make the condition less binding on you now ? You pre tend that the Sovereign is on your side ; if that pre tence were true, you would so far be the stronger for your objects. You know from the beginning that the Peers were opposed to you; so far your state is unaltered. The only change is in the people and their Represen tatives ; these, no doubt, have become more opposed to your designs : but what is the legitimate consequence of this ?—that von should keep your offices, aban doning, the engagements by which:you got them ?—or that, being unable to fulfil the engagements, you should give up the offices ? Surely, to men of honour this point is one of no difficult casuistry. The proposal from this accredited organ of the Cabinet, for setting up the Church property to auction, would deserve a chapter to itself, if we had space in proportion to its enormity. Surely the Destructives can never find their interest in prematurely goading a Government which has such a theory at heart, and waits only for a safe season to put it into perpetration I Then, in his own summary way, the author strikes oil' the questions of Church -rates, Poor-law, and Education, telling us that they require time ; that the prurient desire for hasty legislation is a malady of the age, but that " there is no real difficulty in any of these sohjects ssith which the House of Commons may not effectually deal, 7,,ith o nt coming-even to a divi iion." And thus, in the most satis factory manner possible, is every impediment to the com fortable conduct of public effsirs reinured or annihilated. Was there, then, no 113 C or end ia any of the Bills and resolunions, which for the last three , Sessions, from the date of the compact alliance between the Ministers and the Destructives, have been forced upon the table and left to their fate ? Not the smallest. The con tinuance of Lord Melbourne's Government in that steady course of do-nothingness, which they have so consi , tent%y pursued, is ad that the nation requires in order to ba happy and g lorious. We Vat. not this of our own heads ; in us it might, be thought insincere or ironical ; we say it on the authority, and we will give it in the very words, of the writer, who " speaks the sentiments of men in office." " Let not a bill," says he, " pass for tire next century concerning Ireland, • Int maintain there such a Lord Lieutenant as Earl Mn/grave, such a Chief Secretary as Lord Morpeth, such an Under Secretary as Drummond, such an At torney •Generat as Woutfe, and her destiny is fixed ; she cannot but be in pence ; she cannot but grow rich and powerful." As in Irshod, nc inGreat Britain also (what ever the Conscssative majority may vainly *----gine), the continuance of the do.nothing Government, its per fect enjoyment of office without so much as the Syba rite's cturnplad rose-leaf to disturb their repose, is the thing which alone can give us real prosperity. Let all parties listen to the official writer :—" All parties— those for the Ballot, those for extended suffrage, those for the abolition of Church -rates, those for grunt glans of public education, those for yielding to Canada a more democratic form of government than at present exists there, should one and all enter upo n th e next session with this conviction thoroughly impressed upon their minds, that there is not one of these question:— HO, not one—which is not secondary to the g rea t o b. g Lord Melbourne's C a bi net f ree jest of maintainin from every species of embarrassment." Whatever convictions this writer may be able to impress in other particulars, none who read these paragraphs will fail to be convinced of this—" that he speaks the senti ments of men in office. —Times. We have hitherto hesitated as to whether or not we ought to notice the epistolary effusion of Mr. Sharman Crawford, addressed to Mr. O'Connell, which we pub lished by express a few days ago. The expressing of so worthless a production reminds us of the entrance of Tom Thumb amidst a flourish of trumpets. Mr. Crawford is, we believe, an honest-hearted, though .very foolish-headed, man. We are willing togive him all credit for integrity of purpose, but his good inten tions are completely defeated by his weak and self willed judgment. Phaeton was ambitious of driving the chariot of the sun ; an opportunity presented itself i for his gratifying that ambition : and what was the result l 'Why, the unskilful jarvey upset his red-hot TIIE SUN, LONDON', SATURDAV, SEPTEMBER 2, 1537. vehicle, and set the world on fire. Were circemistance , • to place the destieics (.). this country mlte' the con troul of the rejected of Deudalle he wtleld heat fie to a iepetition ref tha aarasit-ophe in the case of the poli ticni teoeld. He is of the impracticable stiool ill po litics, and ivhet, is Mae; he heads the first class in that sehoOl: Gi . ee hitt . t his own way of it for one little month, and affairs would indeed, be brought to a pretty pass. The burden of his letter, which consumes two mortal newspaper co!innue, ie—that O'Connell is be traying his eotintey because lie Stith ports the Mel bourne Miniettyl I#f tefaittord must be a rare lo giciati. tie admits that the present Administration is not only the best, but the only good one, in so far as Ireland is concerned, which rbe Have O'er had And yet hr. etateibice with Mr. O'Connell, and abuses him in what a sportsman would call capital syle, from the commencement to the close of a eotiple of breviet co lumns, beeetire be extends his support to this Adad oistration ! Had O'Connell supported the worst Ministry for Ireland which ever exeaed, the ex-Mem ber for Dundalk might, with juetice, have accused him of betraying his country ; or had Mr. O'Connell even supported a Ministry which was, as compared with all others, good, though inferior in excellence to that of Lord Melbourne's, there might have been somerround for the imputation. But to make it the foundation of a charee against the Member for Dublin that he gives his support to the best Government for Ireland accordin g to Mr. Crawford's own admission, ever existed, is one of those anomalies in the exercise of the in- - t!:llectual faculties which at once surprise and confound us. The inditer of this epistle endeavours to make out his case against O'Connell by an elaborate efFort to prove that the present Ministry does not conic up in their practices to the principles formerly professed by that gentleman. Mr. Crawford might have spared • himself the great labour he has been at in proving this fact ; for it is one which O'Connell himself admits every day in the year. But what then ? Of what ad vantage is the admission to Mr. Crawford's case ? I Are we to be seriously told that Mr. O'Connell is to Isupport no Ministry until he gets one which is in en- I tire accordance with his own views? In that case the first Administration which that gentleman could be expected to tie seen supporting would be one formed by himself; no other is ever likely to be precisely and in all things what he could wish. If Mr. Crawford has imbibed the notion that Mr. O'Connell, by with drawing his countenance and support from the Admi nistration of Lord Melbourne, would be forth with summoned into the presence of his youthful Sovc reian, for the purpose of receiving her commands to construct a Ministry on his own principles—if Mr. Crawford has been seized with any phantasy of this kind, then his present abuse of O'Con nell would be intelligible, however mistaken. If he could at the same time prove that Mr. O'Con nell entertains the . same notion himself, then we would at once concur with him in denouncing that gentleman as a traitor to his country. But as there is no immediate probability, so far as we can penetrate into futurity, of Mr. O'Connell being called on by Queen Victoria to displace Lord Melbourne, and as the Administration of the latter is confessed as much better than any previous one, Mr. O'Connell would clearly subject himself to the charge of betraying his country if he did not give to it all the assistance and support in his power. Mr. O'Connell, by his support of the present-Ministry, compromises no one principle of his past life. He still holds, and on all proper occasions boldly avows, his undiminished attachment to his former principles ; but, unlike the impracticables of Mr. Crawford's school, he has the wisdom to give the preference to that system of government which approximates the nearest to his own views. The diffeience between Mr. O'Connell and the rejected of Dundalk is simply this : the former lends all the aid in his power to an Administration which is on the high road to the goal which he is striving to reach; the latter declares it to be the best thing the country could do—and this, be it observed, while entertaining the same principles as O'Connell—to crush the pre sent Cabinet, in order to make way for a faction who boldly tell him to his face that,•so far from moving one step farther on the road of Reform, they think we have gone much too far already, and that were they in power to-morrow they would retrograde instead of adv anc i ng . Query—Whether is Mr. 'Connell or Mr. Sharman Crawford the wiser man of the two ? We are not the apologists of O'Connell : we never were : we never will be. On repeated occasions we have fearlessly de nounced his views and condemned his measures. We shall not shrink from doing so again should we ever deem that a necessity exists for such a course. But in the present case we maintain that he is acting in the spirit of enlightened patriotism ; and that a contrary line of conduct would necessarily restore the Tories to that power for which they are paining with a burning thirst, and which, were it again in their possession, would entail calamities on this country, as well as Ire land, of the most frightful magnitude.—Morning Ad vertiser. The unblushing impudence with which the Whig journals contend that, because the Melbourne Ministry have been mean and base enough to submit to be go verned by O'Connell and his tail, therefore the British people ought tamely to stoop their necks to the same degrading domination, is a proof that a certain brazen intrepidity of face and assertion, supposed to be pe culiar to the banks of the Shannon, and to derive its virtue from its waters, may, by proper culture anl training, flourish as rigorously on the banks of the Thames. It is certain the sturdy mendicant and great boronghmonger of Ireland has no more pro mising disciples anywhere, not even in the most benighted and priest-ridden portion of that un hapdy conetry, that the Ministerial scribes, who have discovered a nine of wisdom and virtue in the dennyoeue since the compact at Lichfield House, though c before that " auspicious event" they were so profoundly ignorant of the excellency of his patriotism, and manifold beauties of his character, that they used to describe him as a heartless, turbu!ent, and sordid adventurer—the enemy of the peace and pr os p er ity o f his country. In so describing him the Whi g j outna li sts only echoed the sentiments and language of those who had marked him out to public indignation in the speech from the throne. Has O'Coenell, since that time, become less the enemy of the English name ? Has he become less a hater of the institutions which have made Enelani the greatest protector of the Pro testant religion, which has made her the freest and most civilised of the nations, thae he was when Wliig Mi nisters branded him in the face of the assembled Parlia ment as a public enemy, and Whig Journalists be gr:med with unsavoury invective him whom they now bedaub with untempered praise ? O'Connell dis claims the " soft impeachment" of having at all miti gated his ferocious intolerance towards the " Saxon," his religion, or his institutions. It was only at the Dublin election, the other day, that he declared himself as good a Repealer as ever he was; ay, et the very mo ment when he was calling for support for those Whigs who formerly, by the mouth of their then Chan cellor of. the Exchequer, Lord Althorp, answered his cry for " Repeal" by declaring that, sooner than the union should be . dissolved, they were prepared to encounter the bloodshed and horrors of a civil war 1 The man, then, whose great political object is more to be dreaded and avoided than the bloodshed and horrors of a civil war—the man who openly aims at the dismemberment of the empire, who solemnly de clared that he only sought Catholic Emancipation as a means to the repeal of the Union—the man who fla gitiously designated the preservation of national credit by the honest discharge of national obligations, as " the cant of national faith"—the man who, when the Whig Ministers had not yet become his tools, poured upon them every term of abuse that the foul exuberance of his nasty vocabulary could supply—this is the man whom the same Whig Ministers, and their obsequious scribes, call upon the English people to fall down and worship, not forgetting to do due reve rence to that portentous " tail," by which they are content to cling to power, under such humiliating cir cumstances as never defiled, to such a depth of sordid degradation, any British Ministry before. When O'Connell exultingly exclaimed, after the compact at Lichfield House—" The Whigs have come over to rise, not Ito them," lie for once spoke the truth ; but he shall never have it in his power to say—" The people land have come over to me, not I to them ;"of England have come over to roe, not i to them ;" kr, the more the people of England. know the rim %vim has heed:ire the Whig idol, the more they is ,the and clespifi 11 , jrrilrf; It is au old observatioo, tir t t 7 ools may piopOtind questions which it would puzzle wise men to answer." It mey lie rilidWriblii id go firthei• than .this, and say, that the greatest blockheads will sometimes elirdiCii to say things which it is worth the while of wise men to attend to. We are led to this remark in consequence of having 9bserved in the Courier Newspaper of a few evenings back some hints, upon NOICA St's' thirds it Would be Well ttir the Conservative leaders to act: to the midst a a raiiibliog fWiittfole df i t =,oofrOce the most gross, and impudence the most WldtrisiCrit, Vire find it (very fairly, as it occurs to tri) sug[2, - ested that the Tories have been remiss in ;lot bringing forward those measures of practical iitiif::, 4 rcrelt!ot which. the country requires, and which the wretched crcainies tf Ministers are wholly incapable of devising or carrying through. Our party haVe beer', perhaps, too ready to help these ridiculous Ministers out or their ridi culous scrapes with their Radical allies, and too backward to take upon themselves that leading part in the direction of the legislation of the country which their intelligence, and their influence, entitle them to take. Hitherto the Tories have contented themselves with being opponents of the Radicalism which the Ministers have been forced to adopt, and guardians of the Ministers against the further Radi calism which they have not yet consented to adopt. But it is full time for them to treat these Ministers with the contempt of which alone such despicable functionaries are worthy. If these functionaries are re solved to stay in, through the support of an Irish faction, and in despite of the British people, let it be the business of that party which is supported by a majority of British representatives to bring forward such measures as are needful in the judicious con duct of British policy, and let the Ministers and the Irish faction attempt to stop them if they dare. Any consideration for the present Government is thrown away—they deserve no forbearance. Again and again we say, let every Conservative bear in mind that, as this Government is utterly contemptible, it ought to be treated with contempt, and then, being left to itself, it will soon find its proper level.— Morning Post. CIRC ULAR. Horse Guards, Aug. 31. MEmonAtioum.—The cipher W. R., now borne upon the buttons and appointments of the different branches of the army, is to be changed to V. R., as exhibited in a sketch which has been deposited at the Office of Military Boards for future information and guidance. By command of the Right Hon. General Lord Hill, Commanding-in- Chief, JOHN MACDONALD, Adj.-Gen. TWOPENNY POST. A Return of the Gross Revenue of the Twopenny Post for the following years To the sth Jan. 1831, 110,373/. 12s. 9;d.—This was the year previous to the reduction of postage by extending the twopenny-post limits to a circle of three miles. To the sth Jan. 1832, 104,6521. 6s. 91d.—This year the reduction came into partial operation. To the sth Jan. 1833, 100,8731. ss. Od.—This year it was in full operation. To the sth Jan. 1834.-102,2041. 12s. Id. To the sth Jun. 1835.-109,148/. 133. 1 Id.—This year the threepenny-post limits were extended to a circle of 12 miles. To the sth Jan. 1836, 112,924/. 17s. Bd. To the sth Jan. 1837, 120,8011. 3s. 10d. It was calculated that the extension of the limits of tie twopenny-post to a circle of three miles, which took place in 1831, would cause a reduction in the revenue to the ex tent of upwards of 20,0001. per annum. R. SMITH. [Thus, so far from there being the apprehended defi ciency, there has been an increase from the extension of the twopenny-post and three-penny post limits ; and no doubt a still further extension of them would be attendel with like results, especially as there are increased facilities of con• reyance.] FRANKFORT. AUG. 27.—Prince Alexander of Wirtemberg has de manded •f the King of Wirtemberg, his cousin, his Majesty's consent to his marriage with the Princess Marie, daughter of the King of the French. The Prince is exceedingly good looking ; he will reside in Paris, and will have 8,0001. a year until the death of Louis Philippe, when the capital of four millions of francs will fall to him. He, moreover, has his Wirtemberg appanage. The Prince's sister is wife to the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg, and his mother is of the same family. I have not much Hanover news to send you, except that by a letter from Gottingen of the 23d. The Senate and Municipal Council of that town are preparing a petition to King Ernest, praying him to grant an amnesty to those condemned in 1832. The Munster Ministry, you will re collect, was dismissed in consequence of these troubles, and the Constitution granted. The inhabitants of Got tingen pray his Majesty to accord these pardons on the oc casion of the jubilee of the University and his own happy accession.—Correspondent of the Chronicle. ALARMING EXPLOSION AT THE LONDON GAS WORKS, VAUXHALL. Last night, about half-past seven o'clock, the utmost con sternation and alarm was excited all over the metropolis, in consequence of a most appalling conflagration, the glare of which was at all points visible ; but its source for a consi derable time 'Ailed every inquiry. At length it was found to proceed from the London Gas Works at Vauxhall, a discovery which was by no means calculated to allay the prevailing excitement. The fire, we believe, was first per ceived by Richard Parsons, a respectable lighterman upon the Thames, who, with another person, occupied his barge opposite the gas works, on the river. When the flames burst forth, Parsons describes it as being as sudden as a cannon-shot, and immediately afterwards he observed a man in one of the windows, who, by his gesticulations, he rightly imagined was preparing to jump into the river. P irsons shouted to - him to desist for a little while until he got ashore to procure ladders. The unfortunate man, how ever, chased by the flames, which like snakes were licking at and entwining round his body, precipitated himself from his position, and :alighting on a barge laden with coals, although not deprived of life, had his body frightfully dis figured. He was afterwards conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where, we believe, some hopes are entertained of his reco very. During this time the fire was gaining momentary ac cession to its strength, and its effect was truly awful. At length a number of fire engines having arrived, by which a constant play of water was kept upon the flames, the lat ter were almost immediately subdued, and the affrighted spectators had an opportunity of making investigation re garding the eauie of the fire, and whether any human lives had been sacrificed on the occasion. Happily no lives were lost. The individuals, to the number of four, at the time employed upon the premises in danger, all with the exception already instanced, escaped with a severe scorch ing, which, though serious, we are happy to add is by no means dangerous. The are, we understand, owes its origin to an escape of gas from the purifiers, which, coining in contact with a a lighted candle in the carpenter's room, caused the explo sion and subsequent conflagration, which we believe has ended in the total destruction of three new tanks, the crec tion.of which had been just or nearly completed ; and that part of the premises which was occupied as the carpenter's work-shop. Our reporter, on applying at the works, was unable to ascertain the exact amount of damage incurred. Indeed there was a disposition evinced by sonic person in authority to give very little satisfaction on the subject which almost amounted to personal rudeness. Of course the premises were not insured. A gentleman just arrived in Cincinnati sailed from London on board one of the pickets ten weeks ago. He paid cabin passages for nine persons to New York, remained there in one of the best. hotels for three weeks, travelled with his family cf nine, by stage, canal, and steam to Cin cinnati, and when counting his money he finds himself pos sessed of 1,300 dollars more cash than when he left London, after t h e p aying of all hi s expenses ! Do e s an y one as k howtilisilase i ffeeted ? Nothing more simple. He brought his funds from London in sovereign 3. These he sold for the market premium in New York, and received notes of the Bank of the United States in exchange ; and upon con verting these into our currency, at the market change, the result comes out as above stated.—Cincinnati Gazelle. Letters from Berlin express a firm belief in the re ports to which we lately alluded, that important di plomatic conferences are to be held at that city and Vienna, in the course of the present month. Prince Metternich has returned to . Vienna muc h ear li er th an was e xpected, and almost simultaneously several diplomatists of the first rank, as Prince Paul Esterhazy, Sir Frederick Lamb, & c . In Berlin all the Prussian Ambassadors accredited at the principal Courts were assembled, and most of those ac credited to Courts of the second rank were either there or expected to arrive within a few days. PRICE• OP CATiMi*, DOCh, Ass ETRANcE . PQNDON, FitIDAY, SEPT. 1. Number D;11,4101 Price of per thfslAi S. per ?hares. Annum. raid. Shure. 1 . 7 04 7 psi rent. Ashton and 0n1har0....A4t2 0 .4'" 071. (9g. sh. 1 ,- 5 1,442 4r. Ashl:yale._!....louch ;,,ter..) ......... Basistol:c 1,(1%5 Ci% . fY. .1 , ..r)0c1i itn:l Ab c rgavrnny... 1:0 . sh. 10(5 8 ,000 1-16 sh. 91. 6s. " , ii;:: ) .:;. - "*" - .' , 4 1-16th slime SI . 1711. 218 4,00 1 I.)01 - o a,,:l Li ve! i '.',.'.7l 4-r0,:t...1.:/ sh. PI , pd 26 670 ......... Bridgewater and Tainifoil ..0 0 01• sh. all pd 64 100 41. Chelmer and 13' . .^k water ,1,...q. #it, Mr 500 15/. Coventry ; o',ll. sl7. 76(1 1 1 ,,, ; ;;or, I :re•ydon jirlsll 41 0 7.. Dolls) , . 10 , 1. sh. SI 14 1 9 li. . 14"1-0 -..,. . - ,I, -yr, ... 20,000 alLldtf a 7to Ma ytte.rr.,.....14.1. 01. 4d, 29; /. pd 4Y7.51- 31. Ellesmere arid (711k , fr. • •Averaste 10";1. sat. 80 . 4'll. 40'. Erewash o ..,,,••::-,2..,. 4:( v, • 760 r. 1,` 1 ../ 9'.r. P'irth ind Clyde A5cr:1;47.1"1.V.47-s.sa. r“ 0 11,00 I'll, Orrfnd Jur.e" -- ,142:,x, el, 2no 4 , 494 1/. Gr.' , " 12 , .r0ri '.41/. F.h. aS 1.5,10 Grand Surrei .' - ) )7,i ) , V. 42 per cent. 1),t:0 (o.,..tieeal) 1,,..Zi •. ••• 3a - PuR Grand 'Nevem d r I•A./, sh all pd W:1 n', l , Ns. pd. Wain .rgatihire, Average cost i i'.'!, t? 77• 4d. .130 749 10t. f ,, , ,, qhaln Ifo. 0 1- .. .202 6,233 'l/. Os Ilurloalt7,l4 Average 571. ti s. 63, sh. 4104 100 Kensington ... 25,223 11. ss. Kennet ind Avon, Ave/::;';',2'.0!; 154.10 d. eh. 244 9,30 P 211. Leeini and Liverpool . 5.11 Of , Leicester IV! ~N 2'25 1,597 41. iers. I..t.4aoster ali,4 Northampton... Aver 53r. ;iIS. f . t4 M!,400 10!. hTonrii.lff! ,, i.irc• lool .sh. 20(1 IY) 101. Mcßon Mowlifilyis.,..- lOO/. sh. 200 503 25/. Mersey and Irwell 3, 0. '0 I/. Ills. Maccles Gel.' l . l lll ,), all pd. 54 247 171. Neath 1001,,h. 325 1,791 3,1. Oxford 2,11)0 hl. 1 , e,..k Forest Avei..ge alma 751. ,h. 11.4 1,111 12s. licEtcot's (or London) Aver. 331. Ills. Rd. sh. lf,- . .1 5,669 6/. per cent. Aochclale ... . Average Br - ,1. sh. 1:0 500 8/. Shropshire I',l - i/. sh. ICS ROO 91. Me. Somersct Coal t"-01. sh. 148 /1,400/. 44 per cent Ditto I ock Fond Stock 7 ,3. 107. sh. 114 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l- 1 „l. sh. 710 500 91. Phrewshmy . ll5/ sh. 243 300 gl. St(jU7bride 3,647 2!.. s. Stratlitril-u11. , 5v• au -.Average 791. 9s. stl. sh. so 533 Id!. Swansea lOU/. sh. 220 3,702 I/. 15s. Severn and Wye ansi Railtray -.Ay 351. sh. 264 2,60 .-4 , so. 021. 10s. Trent and Mersey, -,} share ('5l!. sh. 560 8,149 Thames ,n 4 Medway... Aver. 191. ss. 03. sh. 2 1 000 sh ' - 1 151 Warwick aid Birmingham . 100/, sh i'll; 1,0004511.3 ONO 11, Warwia , k and Napton lOO/. sh. ISO 6,000 41.05. Worcest a and Birmingham...A v. 7k4/.Bs. sh 51 5,000 25a. Wilts at t 13erka .. Average 671. 10s, 44(1. sh. 22 600 3/. sVyrley and Essington 1252 oh 75 126 ...... Wisbeacli . -105/. sh. 45 005 1/. Wey awl Arun llO/. sh. i DOCKS. 2,600 k 100/. sh. 55 1,0654 . h 3p. a. Commercia' 49%6674/. 6 per et. East India 3,238,310 y. 54.5.p.ct. London Ditto Bond.] 1,330,0001. 441. p. et. West India Stock 914 2.201) 21. I Ss. Bristol 64,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1.352,752 1; per cent. St. Katharine Stock 92 500,000 4; per cent. Ditto Bonds, l6O 200,008 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tcr 10 years 99 Shoreham 1-I',lbour 2.500 ........ Deptford Piet - °Ol. sh, 3!. BRIDGES. —...„—. 1,600 101. Harninerstn.ti X 50/. six 221 7,231 Southwark, 011 Av. ti:3/. '2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 I/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7t, per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 ... ... . . Waterloo 5,000 liis. SS. Ditto, Old Annuities of W. 6O/. pd ISI 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 151 50,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 5,141 14s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. :id. sh. 17 AS'ERANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 5OOl. sh. 501 pd 81 50,000 { s ln e 4 l l . clesV*l Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 101/. pd 121 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Rlarine lOOl. sh. Si. pd ye 24,000 i 1 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 13/ 1,200 }sh. Si. Birmingham I ire 0 501. sh. 551. pd It 5 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. pd 41 12,1100 6/. per cent. British Comni,tclal 50/. sta. 5/. pd ci 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, Medi -at, &c. Life, ICW.sh. 12/10s pd 4 4,000 21 19s County • 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,001 ss. Eagle land r cent./ 201 3Ol bs. Economic Lilt.: lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 375 2,271 225. percent. European I.) • 0 04 sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New °Ol. sh. 2/. pd 11 1,000,110111. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 143/ 20,000 5/. Guardian lOO/. sh. 271/ pd 33 50,000 Ss. 6d. Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 5:- 2,400 51. 7s. dd. Imperial .ire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 9a. Imperial LAie 1001. sh. 10/. pd (1! 13,152 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 11 01. sh. 81. pd 101 2,020 31 10: Keat Fire 5 0 /. eh. all pd 82 31. Ditto Life 79 10,000 1841. Law Lifc 100/.lh. 10/. pd 26 5,000 19s. London, Fir,: 25/ sh. 111. 103. pd 151 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. I' 10s. pd 151 30,010 it per cent. Palladium Lit..' 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 2/ 8s lid 50,003 Protector Fits 2Ol. oh. 2/. pd 19s 6d 2,500 1/. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 101. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 201.50. 1/, pd 61 809,2201 Si. per cent. Royal Exch.nige Sto , k... 225 6,000 5 per cent. University Ede lOOl. sh.-51. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United King.lom Life 24 pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,1)09 6 per cent. Agric and Comm. of Ireland 251. oh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 A ust rala , ia 4O/. , 40/. pd 5111 10,001 10 percent. Bank of 130 iningliam 5ll. sh. 101. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 14 39,000 6 per cent. London and W es tminster...loo/ sh. 2 0 1. p d 2. At. 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 2 0 1. pd 50 '25,i100 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 171 :50,000 7/ per cant. Manchester and Liverpool/ 100/. sh. 151 pd 20 Discount ................... .. 20,0 4 . 10 7 per cent. Manchester. lOO/. sh. 251 pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of 1 rcland 100/. sh. 251. psi 391 20, , GO National Bank of Ireland 5-/. sh 1711. pd 12/ 10,000 5 per cent. National PriVillCial Eng. - 1001. sh. 35/. pd 33 19,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 20 6,000 19 per cent. Hampshire 50/. Eh. 5/. pd is (3 AS•LIGHT ANt) COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 114 Od Bath 2Ol. sh. 111. pd 21 5,000 British .................. .. MI, sh. 16!. pd 21 (5/ percent./ 1,000 land Ditto Provincial 2O l. sh. II) pd 221 926 5/ lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 9)4 4,259 21 Os Bristol 2O sh. 36 1,500 31 104 Brighton Ol. sh. 11 750 31 let Ditto, New 20/. sh. 181. pd li. 2,471 41 per cent. Brlguton (letieral . 201. .h: all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental tlansolidated lOO/. 6 011. pd 85 1,000 10/. City of LOIR IOII /OW. sh. all pd 180 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 41.10 m. Equitable 10, 0 00 21 per cent. Inperial soc si. per cent. Isle of l'hatiet 25/. sh. 201. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. ' ndepenclent 3O/. sh. all pd 49 9,000 3/. per cent. Phrenix . . 5Ol. sh. 39/. pd 22 1,000 4/. per cent. Rateliff 100!. sh. 80/. pd 55 4,0u0 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. IPI. pd 17 6,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O!. oh. 46/. pd 25 210 N. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 101 . per cent WaKenOld '2sl. sh. 421 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 860 Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 9 WATER warms. 1,900 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 241 1,434 61. East London l OOl, ah. 1401 5,500 2/ 10s (*non! Junction --Average 111 13s. 40. sh. 51 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 43 372 10/. Liverpool [tootle 220/. sh. 3: - .6 1,500 2110 s New River Loudon Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 11 Iss Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 531 1,000 4 per cent. Saudi Lonlon 100/. sh. 83 8,204 341. West Middlesex .... Average 631. 125. 101. alt. tiol 1,360 1 1 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAY, 6,000 Birmingham and Derby 9500 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of 15;100 ,„Bristol an 4 Exeter 1001. sh. 10 pd 6 1 660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. 2!. pd 01 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. sh. 711. 5 3,002 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100!. pd 40 12,000 9,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd Of 90,000 ... ...... Eastern Counties 251 eh. 'll pd 01 Grand Junction 1001. oh. 65/. pd 165 ... ...... Great North of England 7l. pd 51 25,00 s Great Western 1001 sh. 45/. pd 5 6 2,000 Hartlepool Ina eh. 100/ pd ICO 2,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 1401 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/44 2,100 V. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 4} 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington -.501. sh. all pd 70 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester... lo( /. sh. 100/. pd 202 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares ....................... pd 61 10,000 London and Brighton ......... 1001. sh. 5/ 14 0 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ..,201 Rh. 11. pd et 16,000 Ditto ditto (Reonie)...so/. sh. 3/ pd 04 9,0 41 Ditto ditto (Cund y)...1001. sh. 3!. pd 01 12,000 London and Blackwall ..........501. sh 31 pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ....... 20/. sk. 20/. 14 131 21,000 ... ...... London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 'JO!. pd 1361 20, , 00 London and Southampton ....Ail. sh. 451. pd 2,,1 7,000 ... ...... London and Croydon Truck 26/. sh. T p `I. d 14 12,000 London Grand Junction s'l sh. 51. pd 2 10030 Manchester and Ili: ming-ham-sv/. sh. 5/. Pd 4 1 , North Midland INV. sh. IS!. pd 14 Northe ,, a and Eastern 10,2/. sh. (;1. pd 0- 2,000 Preston and Wyre 50/. sb. 91. pd MOM ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 7/. pd 31 1,000 10/.1), cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/.01. 210 t , 004. Tha. , es Haven 5Ol. sh. 21. 10s. pil 0„ 5 1,400 Westminstei and Greenwich 50/. sh. 24 pd 01 6,000 ..- ..... York and North Midland 5O . sh. 31. pd 01 MINES. 6,006 Albion Cop;;; -- 5!. sh. 3d!. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. Allen 151. sh. 121. lOs I'd 10 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all pit Ditto Subscription • 5 5/. p 0 4 2,006 1 - 1. Bol.nos . 1501. sh all pd $0 10,0 C-0 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm , 5/. sh. '2Ol pd `2(i 0,0 , 0 Macaillias & Cocacs United...2s/.sh 231/. pd 6 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 9/. pd f:f 10,000 Bolivar Copper Corn pany ' 20/. sh. 201. pd 5 10,000 .... ..... Ditto Scrip... lO/. sh. W. pd 6 20,000 British Iron 5O/. sh. 50/ pd 061 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 411. pd 1 Cata Branca. . .. 91. pd 61 Candonga 7l/. pd 6 10,000 1 1 Copiapo 2O!. sh 121! pd 1O 04 i ,500 ...--- Columbian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,850 M. English 121 Its. pd 1.2 20,000 General Miiiii,g A sgociation...2o/ sh. IS!. pd 9 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 551/. pd 0i 3,009 Polherou Consols ... 101. oh. W. pd 7 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes 151)1. pd 1121 50,00) ... ...... United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. sh. all pd 1 Dit 1. Scrip li Ditto New Scrip 5l pd II West Cork 511/. oh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY I NSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London with lii:Oniericljei 79gs sh. 2'l 1,500 700 King' College 1001. pd 28 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural-101J/. sh 2rl/. pd 34 6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company ... 2:1/. pd 121 10,000 ill. per cent. Canada Company lthil. sh. 24/. pd 331 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9S City Bonds, 4 per cent ... lOl 15,000 1/. 6s. General Steam Navigation ...151..11. 131. pd 221 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 9,009 Caoutchouc Company 25/. sh 21/. pd 11 New Brunswick Land Company 411. pd 11 2,754 Si. per eent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1001. sh. 1001. pd 1,,2„5 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New Mi. sh. 74 pd '''' 4,000 .... ..... Thames Tunnel 502 . s h. all pd if 10,000 . de. Van Die aer.'s Land 1001. sh. 17/. pd its LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. AUG. 24. 1837. BANKS. 1,500,0011. 61. p. ct. ?lan% ot Scotland BM 6a ed. eh. all pd 19 , 11. 2,000,0 X/. 5} p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all lid 1564 500,01(q. 8 p. ct. British Linen Convany 1001. sh. .11 pd O. 3,000,00P1. 61. p. ct. Commerci al 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1704 W 5, intotku. , ,f , •ct%, i tonal .1004 • . 10/. pd 151 4 2,00 ),0 0 01. 6 / , p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. eh. 50/. pd 69 /. 4,000,004 4p. ct. Western ot Scotland 2001. sh 301. pd 37 t 1 . INTSUItANCE COMPANIES 25(.0001h. sp. ct. Scott;sh Union NI/. sh. 14 pd 26 s - ,501 6 p. ct. Hercules lOO l. sh. 1 0/. pd 131 ifs. inr,r) sp. ct. I ns urance Co. of Scotland ...JO/. sh. all pd sit. 50,000 6 ja. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 15 - 1. ',Don sp. et. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 181 Os 1001. sh. 10/. pi 141 1 0 3 5,000 e p. a. Edinburgh life 100,000 31 p. et. West of Scotland 101. pd it MISCELLANEOUS. Os 4,810 .. . Edin. and (Vas Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 221. Ditto Allocxesi 9fil. th. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per scut. Edinb...loint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 341 Carron . lron Company 250/. sh. all pd 451. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founoery 50/.01 354 pd 44j1. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd SI. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ''s/. sh. all 'xi 561. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 61! 750 71 , per cent. Leith Coal Gas 211. sh. all pd 44/. 1,206 ... ...... Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rallway...sol.sh. bSL 3,000 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Company 251. oh. I)1, pd 101. ....... ................1, NORTHERN ROAD FROMLO NDD, follocl re extracts from tile Fourteenth ReP°Tt from the Conitni:ssioners on the road from Loudon L° 11 ° - lyLatl, lately printed : TIIE HOLLOWAY ROAD. From the Angel, lt 11ng,ton, to the Highgate Archway' road, is in a much better state than it was a few years ago tne c!yos,tant repairing with granite has rendered it hard an smooth ; little or no improvement has taken place In :be sacs or wastes during the last year. A piece of new road ha; been formed at the junctinti of the back road with the old road through Islington, by which the sharp turn near the toll-bar has been avoided. E N TIS II TOWN ROAD From Plr:c-street to the Junction-row l, has been irt prov by a better description of stow th-in formerly uz`ftl' TH.; channels are not attended to ; but some improvemen t: ho t'ccu ilia& in the footpaths. HIGHGATE ARCHWAY ROAD. Tlis road is not in so good a state us last year ; the sur fdce between the toll-bar and the Arch is in some places very much worn down, and also on the ascent to the ti Yoorl" ur ut. `lire channels are not so well attended to as for' tnerly, and the footways are getting out of shape. Tiso crimeot foundation is in a perfect state ; but unless more stone is applied in the proper season it may he injured, as it has Eot at present a covering of more than two inches in some places. The Directors have lately appointed a proper person to take charge of the road ; and although he is very attentive to the work, it is impossible for him to keep the road in the sta:e it should be without more assistance. BARNET ROAD. From the termination of the archway road to the turn of the road leading to Colney-hatch, the surface of the co' riN.;e-way is in excellent condition, being repaired with Gurnsey granite, of which there is a large quantity P' pared, and lying on the waste for the next year's r epair. The sides and channels are not properly formed ; the car riage•way is not defined, and there are no sod borders, or curbing to she foot-path or edge of the waste. From the road leading to Coluey-hatch to Whetstone, the road is re paired with gravel ; and though constantly raked over and scraped, the surflice is very heavy, the channels are not web formed, nor is the carriage-way properly defined. From Whetstone to the top of Prickler's-hill has been repaired with granite, and the surface is now in excellent order ; but the sides and channels are defective, and the carriage-way not properly defined. Between Prickier's-hill and the bottom of the ascent into Barnet is prepared with gravel, but it appears to be of I" better description than that used through Finchley. The surface of the hill into Barnet has been lately re paired with granite on one side, and is much improved. track-way of granite should be laid on the side of this road for the wheels of carriages to run upon, similar to that which is now contracted for over the road between Foster" Booth and Weedon. The expense of this work would not be considerable, and it would enable one horse to do the work of three. The embankment does not appear to be yet consolidated, as there is now a symptom of a slip on the east side. On the whole, this trust is much improved , a nd if a little attention was paid to the sides and formation of the footpath and wastes, it would be equal to any div ision of the road between London and Dunchurch. BARNET Through the town the roadway is in very bad condition ; the surface is covered with mud two or three inches thick ; it does not appear to have been scraped for months ; tie channels and sides are very imperfect, and seem totally sir glected ; this portion of the road is under the management of the parish authorities. (The Report was made June 16, 1837. In consequence of the serious increase of cholera in Berlin the King of Prussia has been induced to dispense with the assembling of the Landwahr of the guard, whic h was to have taken place in the course of the autumn. GREENACRE.-There has been deposited in the Museum of the Swansea Philosophical and Literary ifo t r tution a cast of the head of this individual, taken after h's execution. The following remarks are by Mr. Nicol, $ phrenologist The absolute bulk of the brain falls consi derably short of the medium ; but this deficiency is the rem suit of an imperfect development of the regions of the intel lectual faculties and the mo ra l sen ti men t s , f or th e region n` the animal propensities is about an ordinary size. Th ree facts present themselv es a t th e fi rs t v i ew —th e un d e r size °- f the head, the deficiency of the anterior lobes, and the great prominence of the lateral group above and before the ear' The forehead is low, narrow, and receding. The organ', adapted to the percepti o n o f th e mos t o bvi o us qualities 01 things, and common to all animals, such as individualitY' form, extent, and resistance, with locality, are large ; the perceptions of their relations, more properly human, a s eventuality, time, tune, and number, are Small. The organ s of the reflective faculties are greatly deficient. That grouP of organs which may be regarded as not only charaet sr i s ti 6 of man, but as the inheritance of refinement and genius---• benevolence, imitation, marvellousness, ideality, and mirth fulness, are eminently defective. Veneration is relatively the most prominent of the moral sentiments, but in absolute size is moderate. In this instance it is not supplied by je telligence to objects of national religion, nor even by mar vellousness or ideality to those of superstition, nor yet ey e benevolence and conscientiousness to the admiratio n virtue, but acting in the interests of vanity and sensuality' It,. manifests itself in mean servility, or aids the delusions 01 the hypocrite. Conscientiousness, circumspection, and firm ness, a group so essential to self-government, are feeble ; while of the animal propensities—destructiveness, seerctive ness, acquisitiveness, and amativeness are remarkably Pr e " minent, and relatively very large, and furnish incentives to action which the restraining sentiments and the intelligence are much too weak to control. Secretiveness, in such cir cumstances of development, indicates a capacity for chi canery, hypocrisy, lying, acquisitiveness, an addiction to covetousness, dishonesty, rapacity ; and destructiveness, !' vindictive, violent, remorseless, cruel, but cowardly disposi tion. Self-esteem and love of approbation are moderately full, but they act in subservience to the animal passions; the faculties that could direct them to a love of honourab le fame or exalted pursuits are wanting, and they degenerate into low selfishness, vanity, and petty ambition. The orga n of constructiveness is very large, and, in association with th° %yell-marked group of perceptions at the root of the nose , Is the source of the mechanical abilities it appears this I na° possessed." vor PATENT LEVER WATCHE S. Price, at T. COX SAVORY'S, 47, Cornhill, Londos- SILVER CASES. With double-bottom cases £ 6 6 ° 1 6 6 With hunting cases GOLD CASES. Size for ladies, with elegant gold dial ... 1 14 14 0 Size for gentlemen, with ena me l di a l This celebrated construction (the most accurate on w hich a watch can be Made) is now offered at the above priee, w ith the latest improvem en t s , i. e ., th e d e t ac h e d esca p eme nt, jewelled IP four holes, capped, hand to mark the seconds, and maintaising power to continue going while winding up. T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Col3ll'3l' London. 13IRTHE. On the 31st ult., at Sandgate, tl.e lac'y of the Rev. F. Russell Nixon, of a son. On the 29th ult., at Tunbridge Wells, the lady of A. W. Wa rd ' Esq., of a eon. Om the 30th ult., at Great Gaddesden, th, , lady of tie Bev. T• B. Bingham, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 30th ult., at Tidenham , Gloucestershire, Francis Mo the unt joy Martyn, Esq , Captain in the 2d Life Guards, to A m elia, d aug hter of the late R. Jenkins, Esq., of I3eachley Lodge, Glou cestershire. On the 31st ult., at St. P ancras Church, t he Rev. E. G. Boys , 8.A., Perpetual Curate of Guston, and of West Langdon, Kent, to Eliza Catherina, eldest daughter of S. Bradly, Esq., late •f Upper Deal. On the 3d July, at St. George's, Bermuda, F. B. Ar cher, Esq.! Deputy-Assikant Commissary-General, to Louisa, the daughter of lEneas M'Goldrick, Esq., of that Re Holds, Esq. , of On the 30th ult., at Burnham , Norfolk, H. y Bungay, Suffolk, to Miss Louisa Lane , o f Burnham• Jolla On the 31st ult., at St. Giles's , Camberwell, the Rev. Lister. 8.A., Incumbent of Stanley, near Wakefield, to gusansao, surviving daughter of the late B. Watson, Esq., of Islington , , On the 31st ult., Mr. Thomas Fox, of Bishopsgate- Within, Jane, third daughter of .f. Toplis, Esq., of New Bridge-street. 4, On the 29th ult. at St. Peter's, Isle of Thanet , Robert Chou'le- Fowler, Esq., third' son of the late T. Fowler, E N . o f G Hall, Suffolk, to Georgiana , y oun g est dau g hter of the late G unt°9 e orge Gooch, Esq., of Broadstairs, Kent. On the 29th ult., at Trinity Church , Tunbridge Wells, Willies% Moon, Esq., - of Tottenham, Middlesex, to Elizabeth , el dest deo& ter of the late Rev. J. Bright, of Skeffington Hall, Leicestershire. At Perth, Western Australia, Richard M'Bride Brown, Esql 3 to % A ckn n ie n tn e hbe E ur l 3 i g a lh a s b iv e ci t uu h iat , 7 7 a lc o d sn a dt i o ig n h iv. ter of G. Leaks, Esq formerly L" .s Sophia —ear.ett, o n ly late Dr. Ashman, of Manchester, a a 's ma ß iea r . Hewitt, Esq , to I daushter 0 . ight; DIED. On the Ist inst., in Grosvenor-square, Sir Coutts Trotter, }Wt.' aged 70. f. On the 31st ult., aged 4, Augusta Caroline, daughter of - • Long, Esq. On the 29th ult., at Fareham, Hants, Susanna, relict of -* Forbes, Esq., of that place. • On the 29th ult., Mrs. Sarah Smith, of the Mall, Chiswick' Middlesex, aged 86. A 7 Eli' On the 'loth ult., in M ' arlborough-square Chelsea, 'g e "' zabeth, relict of R. Simmons, Esq., late of Oxendon-street. ~_„, On the 2Sth ult., at Manchester, aged 10 months, Charles Ml`) bud, only son of C. H. Collins, Esq., of the Stock Exchange ' ro , On the 31st ult., at Haling Park, Croydon , Surrey, John bonell, Esq. arti On the Ist inst., Ada Jane, second daughter of Mr. Eaw• Ludgate-hill, aged 2 years and months. London: Printed and Published b y M Lfftb o r t ; 112, Strand, at The Situ Office, No. 112, Strait& ;13 the c of Middlesex.—Saturday, September 2, 1837. ,•