The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-06 00:00:00

PIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have the satisfaction of stating that the late symptoms of disturbance in the county of Sligo have yielded to the prompt measures of the Government, and that in a few days the tranquillity of that district will be completely restored. Those " exemplary" Protestants and Orangemen, to whose nocturnal exer tions the disorders that prevailed were principally owing, have been committed to gaol by a full Bench of Magistrates (the majority of whom were Protes tants), to take their trial as Whiteboys. We state this striking fact with anything but a feeling of triumph ; on the contrary, we deeply deplore that members of the Protestant persuasion—men who boast a superior education and a purer religion than their Catholic countrymen—should have been so misguided as to involve themselves in crimes so heinous in their nature, and so pernicious to society. There is not one point of view, however, in which we cannot avoid re tarding the committal of these unfortun a t e men with more than the ordinary satisfaction with which we must always contemplate the asserted majesty of the law. The peculiar features of this transaction will demonstrate the spirit of the faction which is struggling to regain the political ascendant, and ex hibit in the strongest light the magnitude of the diffi culties which the present Government has to contend with in Ireland. The resistance which the Irish Ad ministration has to encounter in all its efforts to main tain order and promote improvement may be judged of by the revolting facts that have now been elicited as to the machinations of the Orangemen of Sligo. We have now evidence before us of the systematic en deavours of this desperate party to disturb the tran quillity of the country ; we have seen within the space of a few days proceedings the most atrocious by mem bers of this party-moving in the highest and lowest grades of society ; we have seen Orange gentlemen in Armagh and Tralee drinking seditious toasts, comme morative of pillage, massacre, and persecution ; and we have seen the lower class of Orangemen in Sligo, in stigated by the same spirit, engaged in a career of crime which has brought their necks within the gripe of the executioner. The offences for which the Blacks and their associates have been committed for trial are three—burglary, appearing in arms by night, and ad ministering unlawful oaths. It appeared upon the in quiry that they burglariouslv entered three several hour;es upon their lawless expedition. An attempt wa s made to make out a case of alibi, but it appears from the report in the Sligo Champion that the alibi was proved " jar the wrong night." Notwithstand ing the assertion of that reputable and distinguished journal, the Dublin Record, there does not seem to have been the slightest impeachment of the characters of the witnesses; and as to " the exemplary cha rscrer" of the prisoners, present appearances by no means support so charitable an opinion. Mr. Little, the stipendiary Magistrate who attended the inquiry, addressed the prisoners at its close in the following impressive manner. He said-- 't You are charged with having been guilty of commit ting a very weighty offence, an offence rendered the more heinous because your object in perpetrating it was to throw blame upon the innocent, to bring the guiltless into trouble, and to cast a slur upon the character of an entire county. From the evidence which has been brought before us we vonceive the charges have been substantiated, and it is our duty, therefore, to commit you all for trial at the next. As sizes. The Magistrates will consult together whether they can rake bail or not ; for my part, I think we cannot do so--for, from what I have heard, it appears to me that the offence of which you stand charged was one of the 112031 dis graceful outrages ever committed. In conclusion, I must say that, as an individual Magistrate, my conviction on this occasion of your guilt has been considerably strength ened by creditable witnesses deposing to the fact of one of you having made use of the very suspicious expression that he did not think the witness Scully would have turned traitor." . Nothing can be more idle than to ask, as the Stan dard asked last night, " Is this a probable story ? Can any one bring himself to believe that Protestants, &r. &c. ?" There never was a clearer case made out before a bench of magistrates for the committal of pri ellers. There was nothing to impair the credit of the witnesses ; the efforts on the part of the accused to re pel the charges against them completely failed ; the bench, upon consultation,' found it impossible to admit to hail ; and what ought to weigh something with the Standard, the majority of the magistrates engaged in the investigation were of the right sort. Mr. Little, the stipendiary magistrate, a Protestant, declared the offence committed " one of the most disgraceful out rages ever committed." The scepticism of the Stan dard is extremely amusing. He swallows the camel of the Ribbon conspiracy, and he strains at the gnat of a few low Orangemen involved in a disturbance of the public peace.--Morning Chronicle. The revolutionary press is pretty plainly at its wit's end. Between the two stools of falsehood and folly, it drops to the ground whenever it attempts to move. The Times has recently asserted two things regarding the police of Ireland-Ist, that the aim and tendency of the new Police Bill was to place the patronage of the police force in the hands of those who would of ne cessity dispense that patronage under the direction of O'Connell and his gang of priests. Now, we appeal from the Papist partisans, interested parties as they are, and absolved by their Maynooth morality from speaking a word of truth, even on oath, when " their . superiors forbid them"—we appeal from them to the whole body of respectable gentlemen and honest ob• servers of passing events throughout Ireland, whether the scope and objects of the Police Bill were not justly characterized by us when we stated them, as above, to be factious, fraudulent, and eventually hostile to the public peace and welfare : we appeal to every man who knows the state of Ireland, and knowing, is bold enough and upright enough to speak according to his knowledge, whether there has not been gradually sliding into all ranks of the consta bulary service, since the enactment of the above mentioned Bill into a law, a description of men decidedly favourable to the politics of the insurgent faction, and, so far as any reasonable judgment can be formed of them, convertible to whatever purposes that faction. may meditate, or to whatever course of proceeding may be adopted by it, when the fit oppor tunity shall arrive. We adhere in its fullest force and amplitude to all that we have ever affirmed as our opi nion upon that alarming subject, nor has any creature of the Mulgrave Government yet ventured to allege that the character of the police force had not been very considerably changed since its remodelling under the authority of the new enactment. 2. Our second charge against Lord Mulgrave, within the last few days, was founded upon that monstrous order, dictated by his Excellency to Colonel S. Kennedy, and very carefully and repeatedly as well as justly designated by Colonel Kennedy as the Lord-Lieutenant's own espe cial order, for prohibiting any assistance by the police to those of the Queen's subjects whose houses may be invaded, or their lives and families threatened with destruction —no, not in cases of the most imminent and frightful emergency, but on condition of the parties so involved in danger being able to pay down a sum of money for the subsistence of the police while engaged .in that service, which by any State functionary but Lord Mulgrave must be held, of all others, the most essential to the public safety, and to the maintenance and enforcement of the laws. For these distinct and separate accusations against the Whig Rump Government of Ireland we have been assailed by an idiot clamour, as if we had fallen into some gross " inconsistency." The Ministerial jour moths have neither attempted to deny that the patronage of the police was meant by the provisions of the Con stabulary Bill to be in the leaders of the rebel rent asso ciation; nor do they, nor can they, disavow the mer ciless order of non -protection to Protestants. Both facts are given up. There is no defence to them. What then remains for the rebel partisans ? Nothing but brazen the whole case out by this i ngen i ous p i ece of impudence—viz., that "if the police be a body of men so impregnated with O'Connell sympathies, and so subservient to O'Connell schemes, as we have represented them—why, then, and in that case, it must be allowed that loyal subjects are no wlyt.oo - arieved or injured, and no losers at all, but ttfeAlktre by being deprived of such clan • 4, PliikOVFYO ugh under the denomination of ~Argitilsarii4: y ook i r dwellin g s r Yes, reader, such ti;i - 'ohlcigic_of 'lll:4oters and their partisans in answer sesTo the chareress'iviiieli,.7e have brought against them. ',, V. - 4'ore is in it a power of effronte r y w hi c h r i ses a l most •-.....—. „ s • ... . to the sublime. But if to expose its folly be thOught necessary, we need say no more than this, namely, that in our strictures upon the Constabulary Bill, or on the progressive deterioration of the force existing under it, it never could have entered our heads to affirm that each member of the whole police body must thence forth, all at once, become an abettor of every sanguinary violence against individuals—of every burglary—of every plunder of arms—of every vindictive or calculated murder—of every wanton and thrVtless breach of the law, or offence to public opinion in this country, and cause of distrust and apprehension to the Legisla ture. Neither we nor anybody else imagined, either that so promptly after the passing of the Bill the entire mass of the Irish constabulary could be trans formed into open assassins, or that at any time, how ever corruptly and disloyally composed, or however un reservedly devoted to the cause, and subject to the influence of the trading agitators, it would be suffered by them to fling off the mask prematurely. 'lt must never be forgotten that, as a faction, however hostile to the Monarchy its projects in their nature may be, political Popery and demagogue disaffection have to play a deliberate and complex game. O'Connell, though detesting Protestants, and bent on having the island one day or other restored, at least nominally, to that same race .from which, nominally, it was wrested, in a long course of ages, by the Saxons, has always, and we presume sincerely, told his followers, that they must bide their time—that they must afford no handle to their enemies for crushing them, but, on the con trary, go on maturing their preparations and augment ing their strength, until they shall be in a condition to make these enemies their victims. Nothing, there fore, can be more absurd than to suppose that guard of Irish policemen posted under one of their own officers in a private house, with orders to de fend it, would not mechanically do their duty, no matter how disaffected the spirit, or treasonable to wards the State at large the political feelings of their secret leaders might be. Infinite pains will, no doubt, be taken to prevent the rashness or folly of the humbler, perhaps unconscious, agents of the grand conspiracy from throwing the honest portion of society off its guard, and thus warning it as to the expediency of setting on foot due precautions, ere yet the hour of final and fatal explosion shall have arrived. We re peat, therefore, that since the evil administration of the civil force of Ireland is not, and never was alleged to be, of such a tendency as to interfere with the accus tomed performance of military duties by detached por tions of that body, when it would answer no purpose auxiliary to the general ends of treason, but the re verse, to betray the specific trust—we do repeat that an order whereby individuals or families are stripped of the protection against nightly massacre, which would be afforded by the presence of armed and dis ciplined men, paid, as they are, by the nation for that express object, and precious as is that object to the cause of civilization and humanity, ought to be repro bated by all virtuous men, as among the most un feeling, me rc il ess , an d t h ere f ore , by a Government, most criminal acts on record. It ma v, indeed, con template guilt of a more profound and atrocious charac ter than mere reckless inhumanity would imply ; but that, if real, cannot fail of complete development before much time has passed over us.—Times. A very little fighting appears to have been more than enough for the warlike stomachs of the belliger ent factions of '' liberalised " Portugal, when left to decide their quarrel without British armed auxiliaries on either side, or anything in the shape of actual foreign intervention. Here, as in Spain, the party espoused by Lord Palmerston has been worsted; for his Lordship is a Pedroite, or moderate Liberal in Portugal, and a Calatravist, or Ultra-liberal in Spain. But whichever side he takes is the side sure to " go to the wall." When Cupid forsakes his groves of myrtle, and presides over the field of Mars, his military pro teges are usually rewarded .with a precious lack of laurel. In the late ill-fated enterprise of the " Char terists Saldanha was his hero, though on this occa sion he lent him only his good wishes, not his marines, while the magniloquent Bomfim, directed the martial movements of the " Constitutionalists: . Our readers recollect the account which we gave not long since of the ludicrously-pathetic encounter between those wor thies, who, in the midst of the " shock of battle," agreed that it was better to brandish pens than swords, and shed ink than blood in determining the quarrel, and so resolved to settle the affair by the pro tocol system, which settled nothing except to make it a " settled point" that there should be another appeal to the sword. The account which our readers have since seen in our columns of the defeat and surrender of Saldanha's army must have proved to them the cor rectness of the opinion which we expressed of the heroism of both factions, when we said that if foreigners did not interfere in the quarrel, the military prowess displayed on either side would not much acre lerate the ordinary march of mortality. The field o battle which decided the civil war in Portugal did no present a more formidable list of casualties than some. times occurs at an " Irish row." Yet, though the army of Saldanha was beaten and compelled to sur render, not by the great Bomfim, but by the Viscount das Antas, it cannot be said that Saldanha himself was beaten, as it appears his army went into battle without him—a thing of which, as we infer from his own letter, lamenting the effusion of blood, he was very much surprised to hear. Why he took the pains to revolt against the actual government, and collect an army of horse, foot, and artillery, only to deprecate the effusion of blood we cannot pretend to say. He ought to have considered that before he collected an army, which he led about for months in marches and countermarches, and then allowed to surrender at dis cretion, only to show his aversion to deciding the fate of " charter" and " constitution" by bayonet and cannon-ball. For our part we are glad to see the liberal warfare at an end, as we anticipated, with so little suffering and loss to humanity. This comes from leaving the fighting part of the quarrel to the Portu guese themselves, while Lord Palmerston kept his marines on board, and British " intervention" only looked on at a distance at this " children's play" of war, from behind its wooden walls.—Morning Herald. BREAD FOR HORSES.—Every one knows that the nutritive qualities of corn are much injured by being sodden with cold water ; by what chemical process this deteriora tion is effected it is not for us now. to inquire. The fact is sufficient for us to suggest whether it - would not be advis able, where any such corn is to be employed this winter in the fattening of stock, to have it ground, made into loaves, and baked. Cookery, that is, the application of heat in some form or other, improves the nutritive qualities of grain, and never was there more need of it than the present. In an extract from a Paris paper, it is said to have been proved by experiments, that 1,000 kilogrammes, or 2,2051b5. of oats, made into 430 loaves, and two of these loaves given daily to a horse will keep him in better condition than six times the same quantity of oats given to him in a raw state. The expense of fuel is the only consideration to be put in the opposite scalie, and this is an estimate which every farmer can make for himself. But the mere grinding of the grain, or the d.es traction of its texture, by making it pass through rollers, is of great advantage to the animal which eats it, by facilitating his means of digestion. Persons going to Madeira should be cautioned against the excessively high dirties charged at present, to the English visiters in particular, not only for what may be considered luxuries, but also Co r the most trifling articles of wearing apparel, for books (mm is especially), musical instru ments, drawing materials, telos copes, engravings, &c. & c ., whether new or old. A yoi tr ig lady who lately returned from school was charged b et,ween 131. and 151. on her wearing apparel ; and a gent! e; man who arrived by the same vessel, with his wife and sister, to spend the winter, has paid 75/. sterling for the thin g he brought with him. One article was an old pianoforte, ( which a duty of 161. was charged, and for an easy chair 31. 18s. ; many other articles he refused to pay upon, the e. 13 arges were so abominably ex orbitant, and he has left then, at the Custom House till his return to England in the spr'a g. Soap, gunpowder, cigars, and medicines are prohibited., The duty on a fowling-piece is quite enormous, though tl ii :re is little or no game on the island. CORK ORANGEMEN .--Edmond Burke Roche, Esq., one of the Membei lt for Cork County, has been acquitted of the charg e ( if heading a riotous mob, and jury pronounced an assau l t dunk g the late election. The pronounced a verdict of ac ialittal without leaving the box. The evidence clearly der at enstrates not only the total groundlessness of the accuse tion—about that there is now no question—but the more in iportant fact, that the charge mutt have been bolstered up 1 by the Cork Orangemen, as a means of venting their 51 )it upon a gentleman who so signally defeated them in th e ; ecent contest. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1837. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. Is.to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s s. to s. Blandford !A 64 31 23 27 46 46 Brigg 54 62 34 40 22 28 42 44 —B7 34 25 40 38 Chard 56 64 26 30 17 24 42 44 34 36 Huntingdon 46 60 34 38 24 29 38 48 Long Sutton--.... 28 38 116 20 30 34 Louth 50 60 24 28 21 26 40 43 52 63 22 31 16 20 30 32 32 84 Newark 52 60 28 32 24 32 43 48 40 Nottingham 34 39 28 31 19 28 35 42 - Peterborough 49 62 35 42 22 29 38 43 Plymouth 40 58 30 34 20 23 - 67 43 I 27 43 Sleaford 65 70 36 38 22 28 41 43 Uppinghain 43 64 24 30 18 28 32 44 Wisbech . 13 62 20 130 32 DEVIZES CORN MARKET.—Oct. 5 Per Sack. s fit. s. d. Per Quarter. s. st. s. 8. First Wheat 3O 0 to 33 0 Barley 27 0 to 39 0 Second 27 0 29 0 Oats 24 0 31 0 Third , EVIZES CORN s fit. s. d. 30 0 to 31 0 . 2 i 0 29 0 24 0 25 0 /beat sold] 28 26 0 m of Per Sack. First Wheat Second Third 155•? Sacks of at the average MARKET.—Oct. 5 Per Quarter. s. el. s. d. Barley 27 0 to 39 0 Oats 24 0 31 0 Beans (per sack) 2O 0 24 0 Fleur (per bag) a 0 45 0 Bread (per gall.) 1 2 0 LEEDS CORN MARKET.— Oct. 3, Norfolk and Suffblk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 60Ib. Norfolk and Sutrolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe —l l ,lealisig, For. —d. to —d Eng. I Id. to 1.3.1. per stone. Shelling _'Ss. to 303. per load. Rapeseed, English, 341. to 361 Foreign. —a. to—l. I,er last. Wheat, Carley, LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Oct. 3. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. -- Red 8 0 8 8 - Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 6 10 7 4 Red 5 3 6 9 Foreign 5 6 8 9 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b - Irish - Foreign _ Ilara.Rii, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 30 0 34 0 - Scotch and Irish, per tiOlbs. Feeding 8 6 4 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4l 0 42 0 - Irish, &c. - Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 24 0 37 0 - Foreign l3 0 37 U FLoutt, English, per 2801 b. 34 0 43 0 --... Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 2l 0 31 0 INPIAN CORN, IR r 44011 f. .... 43 0 44 0 RYE, per Luger al quarter . ' , 6 0 38 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter I mrowr or GRAIN fur the Week ending Oct 2 ''heat. Oats. I Barley Flour. Oatsaea Qrs. Ors. Qrs. Foreign, Ilrls. Irish,&c. ticks. 1 1,0ad3 I 5,554 5,230 i 830 2,200 3,421 1,544 SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET.—Oct. 4. _ ...... .........—. - —. .. The supply of Beasts, Sheep, Calves, and Porkers, to this day's mar_ ket was moderately good. There was a moderate attendance of town and country buyers, and the trade was dull, at the following prim per stone of 811,. to sink the offals : Beef. 3s. 2.'. to 4s. ti+J. Veal I Mutton 3 4 4 8 Pork 4 0 4 1A 1 amb . i7;easts, 291 ; Sheep, 3 ; Calyes,4S; Pigs, 35. A small portion o: the supply lett the market unsold MFORD MARKET.—Oct. 4. s. d. to s. d. s. a. to Scef 8 TIS ..- Button Lamb ....... ............ 4s. 0,1 to ss. Od. Suckling Calves, 163. to 295.; Quarter old Store 19g,, Ns. to 20s. Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 121. Os. t o 161 . Supply moderate, and trade rather dull •I.I.: 4V ES M A RKET.—Oet. a Beef 3s. 81. to 4s. t:d. Veal Mutton 3lo 4 6 Pork 3 6 4 6 Lamb 4s. 6d. to 5s pd. A moderate supply; the trade with prime Beef and Mutton rather brisk, but otherwise dull. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals, Oct. 5 -The Colombo, M'Kellar, from Bengal, off Brighton, sailed May, from the Cape, July -, and St. Helena, Aug. 9 ; H oratio, from the Cape of Good Hope, off Portsmouth, sailed July 20, St. Helena, July 3, and Ascen sion, Aug. 11; Maria, Tnompson, from the Mauritius, in the Downs, saied July 10; Janet, Berg, from Ceylon, off Dover, sailed May 17. Arrivals at S. Helena.-The Cambridge. Dofig,o?, Au gust, f. om Bombay, and sailed August 9, for London • Conn te , s of Durham, Todd, A izust -, from Batavia, aid sailed Aug. 9, for Cowes ; Paris, Kiog, from the Mauritius, and sailed Auv. 9, for Ne,v York ; Fam.!, Purvis, from B ncoolen, but did not anchcr ; Jane, Matt.iiite, Aug. 12, from Bourbon. Arrivals at the Mauritius.-The Diadem, Walker, June-, from Bordeaux, and sailed July 2, for Ceylon; Duncan, from London; Lise, Deachant, June 23, f. o n Bor deaux ; Clarii.da, Antrim, June 25, from Bordeaux ; her Ma jesty's brig Pelorus, Harding, July 25, from Portsmouth, Ma deira, and the Cape ; Loobrow, Smith, from Calcutta ' • Sarah Pearson, and Fo r tit u d e , Wil son , f rom C a l cutta ; Lord do Saumaiez, Scarboro, from Marseilles ; Fanny, Heriff, .June 26, from Calcutta ; Edward Robinson, Parsons, June 28, from Pondicherry; Lady W. Horton, June 29, from Ceylon; Eugenic, June 29, from Bourbon ; British Monarch, Purvis, June 30, from Calcutta ; Lord William Bentinck, Hutchin son, July 2, from Calcutta, leaky in upper works, and sailed July 2, for London ; Saucy Jack, July 3, from Tamatavo; Piiilagtrope, July 3, from Nantes ; Maria, Paul, July 6, from Bourbon ; Henry Tuke, Williams, July 6, from Batavia ; British Monarch, Purvis, July 7, from Bourbon ; Lady Fitz berbert, Ferrier, from Calcutta for London, leaky, has been obliged to land all her cargo, to heave down, as the leak is still undiscovered; Palmyra, Loader, July 8, from Bombay; Paragon, Cooke, June 21, from Bristol. Departures from the Mauritius.-The John Bragshaw, Blyth, and Ajax, Brenton, June 22, for Calcutta; Clarossic, June 24, for Madras; Amelia Thompson, June 24, for Lon don ; Lord de Saumarez, Scarboro, June 25, for Tamatave ; Sir Charles M'Carthy, June 26, for Sydney; Apprentice, Cadenhead, June 26, for the Cape ; Prince Regent, Aitkin, June 28, and Henry Turner, June 28, for Madras ; Manches ter, Dumas, June 28, for Tamatave : Malay, Welch, June 29, for Ceylon; Falcon, Benin, June 29, for the Red Sea; Fran cois Honore, June 29, for Batavia ; Janet, Chalmers, July 1, for Pondicherry ; Emma, King, July 1, for Algoa Bay ; Eu genie, July 1, for Pondicherry ; Iliclustrie, Mellon, July 2, for Seychelles ; Paris, King, July 2, for New York; Diadem, Walker, July 2, for Ceylon ; British Monarch, Purvis, July 3, for Bourbon ; Susannah, Ridley, July 4, for Sydney ; Patriot, Mullens, July 6, for Calcutta ; L or d Willi am Bentinck, Hut chinson, July 11, for London. The French ship Alceon was lost on the coast of Madagascar on the 13th of May. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Duke of Roxburgh, Dessington, from Madras to Lon don, July 12, lat, 36. S. ; Scotia, Randolph, from Balangin to Cowes, July 19, lat. 31. S., long. 24. E., crew sickly, and lose main-topmast; Hindu, Locostiau, from Liverpool to Sin gapore, per Falcon, arrived in the Downs; Gentoo, Black, from Bengal to London, Sept. 14, lat. 33. 22. N., long. 3E. 22. N., long. 38. 27. W. ; Kilmaurs, Thompson, from Cal cutta to London, Sept. 16, lat. 36. 13. N., long. 35. 51. W. ; Thalia, Graham, from Bengal to Liverpool, Sept. 17, lat. 38. 4. N., long. 33. 30. W., per Colombo. At the last sitting of the Academy of Sciences at the Institute a highly-interesting note was communicated by M. Poisson on the calculus of probabilities applied to the decisions of juries, both in France and England ; on which, as is well-known, he has publi s h e d a wor k o f fi rs t- ra te im portance. It appears that i n E ng l an d th e num b er o f indi viduals annually brought before juries have been gradually increasing. From 1805 to 1812 the annual number for England and Wales was nearly 5,000 ; from 1812 to 1819, 6,000 ; from 1819 to 1826, 9,000 ; and from 1826 to 1833, 43,000, During 1832 alone the number amounted to nearly 21,000. The number of condemnations has also increased, but in a more rapid ratio than of the accusations, the mean ratio of the former to the latter during each of the four periods above specified being expressed by the decimals .60, .63, .68, and .70 respectively. Since 1832 it appears that this ratio has remained nearly constant ; the numbers of accusations being 22,451 in 1834 ; 20,942 in 1835 ; and 20,713 in 1836; and the ratios of condemnations being expressed by the decimals .712, .703, .711, .718. In France, for each of the years 1832, 1833, 1834, during which the Legislation has tot been changed, the ratio of condemnations to accusa tions has also remained unvaried, but has amounted to only .59, which gives a difference of nearly .1 in favour of France.. If, however, the numbe r o f p r i soners sentence d only to imprisonment be subtracted from the total number of condemnations — o f which they form about two-thirds in England and one-half in France—ii will be found that the ratios of heavy punishments differ very slightly between the two countries, and that their value is very nearly one fourth of the total number of accusations. Before 1831 the ratio mentioned above was .61 for France ; out of which .7 expressed the proportion of persons con demned by seven votes out of twelve in the jury ; and, therefore, if this latter decimal be subtracted from the former we shall find that the number of con demnations pronounced by a majority of at least eight to four in the jury was about as 54 to 100, or 54 of the whole number of accusations ; a proportion that was found to exist exactly in the year 1831, when the law of juries fixed that majority as the minimum on which a sentence could be pronounced. In Belgium, where the majority of seven to five only is required, the ratio of 61 also exist s . Si m il ar proportions prevail in civil causes in France, where the annual number brought before the Courts of Premiere In stance and the Cours Itoyales amounts to an average of 8,000, and the ratio of verdicts for plaintiffs to the whole number of accusations, in 1832, 1833, and 1834, were re presented by the decimals .61, .67, and .69, respectively. —Galignani's Messenger. A Busy-BODY.—A Down-East editor says—" I have to edit my paper, keep my books for the paper and other business, do all my out-door business, put up all orders for goods, do all my correspondence, generally direct my papers, wait upon my customers, have the care of my print. ing•oflice, saw and split my wood, ►nake my fires, feed my hens, instruct my children, tend babies, besides other plans and other business. With all this and rigid economy, I hope to gain something when I get a good start !".—American paper. The Railway Advocate speaking of the unprece dented speed of the locomotive on the New Jersey Railway on a recent occasion, says—" Two inches more of steam, Mr. Smith, and the trip through would not have been ob served at all r COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of a great deal of public business. EXTREME DISTRESS OF THE POLES, AND APPLICATION TO THE CORPORATION IN THEIR BEHALF. Petitioners appeared at the bar of the Court from the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, while Deputy PEACOCK presented the following appeal : " Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1837. " To the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, in Corn mon Council assembled. _ _ _ " My Lord and Gentlemen,—The City of London has ever been distinguished for the liberality and generous sen timents of its inhabitants, no less than for their intelligence and commercial success. Those noble sentiments have been evinced in an eminent degree in the case of the Polish refugees at all times, but more particularly by an act of great munificence on a late occasion. To appeal therefore again to the liberality of the Court of Common Council on the same subject may appear an abuse of kind ness, but confiding in your humanity and benevolence, we have no fear of the present request being so interpreted. One kind act is sure to lead to applications for others, for when once it is known where generosity resides, there dis tress is sure to solicit relief. It may also be said, that one kind act disposes the mind to others, for such is the pleasure of doing good, that he that has once conferred a benefit is little likely to refuse another whenever he has the opportunity, and only requires to be assured that the object is worthy. " The condition of the Poles in ,this country is now wretched in the extreme ; it is worse than ever ; because, while their numbers have greatly increased, in consequence of measures taken by the Governments of the Continent to force them here, there has been no augmentation of the grant voted by Parliament for their relief, and the sums hitherto collected from private sources are quite inadequate to their wants. " It will naturally be asked, do they not seek employ ment ? do they not find means to maintain themselves ? The inquiry is highly proper, and we are glad that it should be made, because we are able to give an answer to it which reflects honour on the Poles. They do seek most earnestly and some of them do find means to support themselves. There are to be found Poles in this metropolis engaged in almost every branch of honourable industry ; and it is a fact that there are at this moment several field officers em ployed as day labourers on the railroad, as well as many young men of good families, born and accustomed to far other things. Still the redundance of hands in every trade and profession, in some cases the jealousy of native work men, in others ignorance of our manners, language, and customs, forms serious obstacles to their endeavours, more particularly on their first landing, debilitated as they fre quently are by the effects of long confinement in loathsome dungeons, and by the fatigue of long and painful travelling. Those who receive an allowance from Government are, of course, less to be pitied than the others, although the pit tance allowed by the Treasury is barely enough to keep body and soul together ; but there are no less than 170 ex cluded from all participation in the Government grant, not because they are less deserving than the others, but because the regulations of the Treasury admit none who had not reached this country previous to a particular date. It is to procure relief for these that the efforts of this Associa tion are now directed, and that we now venture to request the assistance and co-operation of the Court of Common Council. In 1834 the use of the Guildhall was granted to us for the purpose of a ball for the benefit of the Poles ; the en tertainment given was not only hr:lliant itself, but emi nently successful. By it relief was afforded to many a Pole pining in sickness and penury ; it is scarcely too much to say that by it many a Polish life was saved ; and by the news of it, it may certainly be affirmed, has comfort been carried to many a Polish heart even in the remotest re gions of Poland. At this time the minds of all men arc turned with peculiar interest to Guildhall, in consequence of the expected visit of her Majesty. If the Common Council should think proper again to grant us the use of that noble hall for the purpose of another ball there for the benefit of the Poles, as soon as possible after the Royal visit, there can be little doubt that the undertaking would be attended with the like and even greater success. " We, therefore, venture very respectfully to crave that favour, and in the earnest hope that the Court may think proper to grant it, we have the honour to be, my Lord and Gentlemen, your much obliged and very faithful hum ble servants, " DUDLEY COUTTS STUART, Vice. President. " By order of the Council, " E. S. BLUNDELL, M.D., Hon. Secretary." The appeal was listened to with the greatest atten tion, and— The LORD MAYOR having asked the petitioners whether they had anything to add, Mr. BLUNDELL informed the Court that Lord Dudley Stuart regretted that he was prevented from attending at the bar in consequence of being obliged to repair unex pectedly to Brighton. The petitioners had nothing to add, but to throw themselves upon the well-known ge nerosity of the Court, in the hope of compliance with their prayer. _ Deputy PEACOCK rose with great satisfaction to move that the request contained in the forcible appeal which had been just made to the Court should be granted.—(Cheers.) Three years ago a similar application had been made on behalf of a number of, natives of Poland, whose cala mities were not greater than the calamities of those to whose wretched condition the sympathies of the Court were at present directed, and the effect of the exertions of the patrons and conducting of the charity was, that a sum ex ceeding 9001. was collected upon that occasion. Nothing could surpass the gratification felt by those who supported the charity. The scene was magnificent in the extreme, and there was no demand whatever upon the city's funds in making the preparations for the entertainment. He anti cipated a most advantageous issue to another attempt to' serve those numerous, distressed, and almost heart-broken men. The splendid efforts which the entertainment Com mittee were making to render the Guildhall worthy of the honour which was intended to the citizens of London on the 9th of November would so excite the public curiosity, that even independently of the desire to relieve the objects on whose account he solicited the Court, a sure calcula tion might be made as to the pecuniary advantage resulting from so magnificent an exhibition.—(Cheers.) He should at once move that the prayer of the petition be granted, and that it be referred to the entertainment Committee to decide as to the most advisable time and mode of carrying the object into effect.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. LAURENCE wished to know what number of officers were amongst those who were totally destitute. Mr. BLUNDELL replied that two-thirds of the number were officers. Many were field officers, and some were ge neral officers, and the privations which they had undergone were indescribably great. Alderman VENABLEs seconded the motion most warmly. He had seen Lord Dudley Stuart on the preceding day in the Guildhall, and received from his Lordship an affecting account of the condition to which multitudes of those help less strangers were reduced, and he felt great reliance in the disposition of the Court to acquiesce in a mode of relief which appeared to present such advantages. Mr. W. PRITCHARD said—The Court could not feel the least hesitation in granting the boon which had been been asked in behalf of the Poles ; and expressed much satisfaction at the judicious mode and time of application. —(Loud cheers.) The LORD MAYOR Elect said he felt the highest degree of pleasure in supporting the application, which he trusted would be attended with great benefit to the Poles. The granting of the hall for that purpose could not be attended with any inconvenience, as it was to be kept in its state of decoration after the 9th of November for the entertainmen which he and the Sheriffs intended to give to their fellow• citizens on a subsequent day.—(Cheers.) In everything that had been stated by Mr. Peacock he most heartily ac quiesced, and he was perfectly aware of the great exertions of that gentleman upon the occasion which had occurred three years ago, and in which the labours of the Committee were most praiseworthy and unremitted.—(Hear.) Mr. WlLLiams and other members also spoke warmly in favour of Deputy Peacock's motion, which was carried unanimously, and in the midst of acclamations from all parts of the Court. The manner in which the object of the petition was car ried reflected the greatest credit upon the humanity of the Court, which was fully attended by members of all classes and denomination of politics. THE USUAL ANNUAL FEAST AT GUILDHALL. The LORD MAYOR had much pleasure to announce to the Court that the Lord Mayor Elect and the Sheriffs had mutually agreed to give the usual annual entertainments at Guildhall as soon after the visit of her Majesty as possible. —(Loud applause.) THE ALTERATIONS IN NEWGATE. The report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the condition of Newgate was then brought up. Sir P. LAURIE in moving that the report should be agreed to, and referred back to the Committee to be car ried into effect, said, that the saving effected had no doubt amounted to 30,0001. He believed it had been the inten tion of the Government to build prisons for the solitary c onfinement of our fellow -creatures, but the opposition of Lords Lyndhurst and Denman interfered with that humane project, and it was abandoned, because those authorities de clared that solitary imprisonment was more than human beings could endure. Alderman T. WOOD seconded the motion. After some observations from Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL, Mr. LAURENCE, and Mr. WIRE, the report was a greed to, and it was referred back to the Committee to carry it into effect. A vote of thanks was thou voted to the Court of Alder- men for the ready aid they had rendered to the Sheriffs in this great work of imprOvement. THE GRESHAM LECTURES. Mr. BAYLIS, after several observations on the subject of the Gresham lectures, to which the attention of the Court had been previously drawn, moved four resolutions on the subject. After a considerable discussion, in which it was admitted on all sides that a candidate would not be eligible, except he was a person qualified by ability as a lecturer upon the science or art he professed, the resolutions were agreed to. HAMPSTEAD WATERWORKS. A discussion took place upon the application from the proprietors of the Hampstead waterworks for a renewal of lease for 31 years from Midsummer, 1837, at 801. per an num, on a fine of 3001., and a covenant for renewal (present rent the same). It was suggested that the matter should be postponed, in order that inquiry should be made into all the merits of the case, and the Court might act upon the information they received. It was, however, determined, upon the proposition of Mr. Godson, the Chairman of the City Lands Committee, that the lease should be granted at once, as every encouragement should be given to indivi duals to enable the public to resist the enormous power of the New River Company. REGISTRATION. Mr. LOTT gave notice of certain motions on the subjec of the registration. TICKET-PORTERS. A petition was presented from the Tackle-house and ticket porters, stating that they had received a complaint from most of the merchants and factors at the Custom house, respecting the want of ticket-porters at the water side, to unload the vessels bringing herrings to the port of London, and requesting the leave of the Court to make 25 additional porters for that work.—Referred to the General Purposes Committee.—Adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, 00T. 5. Israel Alexander, the horse dealer, was opposed by Mr. NicHoLs, on the part of Messrs. Abrahams, and supported by Mr. COOKE, with whom was Mr. WOODROFFE. The case excited much interest. The insolvent had been discharged under the Act in 1817. He took the benefit of the Lords' Act in 1805, he was a bankrupt in 1809, and obtained his certificate. In 1821 he was again a bankrupt, and certificated, and in 1824 whe❑ the com mission was superseded ; he was again declared a bankrupt in December last, and the fiat was in prosecution ; he had passed his last examination, and the certificate was in the course of being signed ; he had contracted since his bank ruptcy a debt of 301., with the exception of the debt due to Messrs. Abrahams, who were his detaining creditors ; he had brought an action against them for 5001. and upwards for money advanced, and they had since the bankruptcy obtained judgment against him as in case of a nonsuit. On their behalf it was sought to establish that the insolvent had no locus standi within five years, being an uncertifieated bankrupt. The COURT held that he had brought himself within the exceptions of the Act of Parliament, and had a right to be heard. It further appeared that the insolvent had been dischargei under a temporary Act in 1814, which he had not men• tioned in his petition. Mr. NicHoLs urged that the petition should be dismissed, on the ground that the insolvent had in effect been out of custody, and that he had omitted one of his insolvencies. The COURT entertained a different opinion, and there being no less than 27 witnesses to be examined, the further investigation of the case was adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. James Williams, the driver of a butcher's dog-cart, at tended before Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER yesterday, to answer the complaint of Mrs. Harwood, of Warwick-lane, for suffering a ferocious dog to be at large unmuzzled. Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER directed the defendant to pay 55., to avoid further proceedings against him, and said the constable of the market ought to seize and lodge in the green-yard any dogs that were left unmuzzled. The defendant paid the amount, and was discharged. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Thomas John Sherry, a lad of very effeminate appear ance, wearing speetkicks, and carrying a bludgeon, was charged before Mr. CONANT and Mr. HALL, with having wilfully thrown a little boy, named Burn, into the Serpen tine River. Mr. John Pritchard, superintendent of the Humane So ciety, knew the defendant by sight, from having seen him fishing in the river. On Monday afternoon, he saw the defendant seize the little boy, and deliberately force him into the river. He ran forward instantly, but the defendant had fortunately succeeded in rescuing the child before life was extinct. The spot where the child was thrown in was upwards of four feet deep, and the very place where Capt. Parry was drowned not a very long time ago. Had the child, in falling, not have turned towards the bank, he must have been drowned. Mr. CONANT asked the defendant what he had to say ? The defendant, in a penny trumpet voice, said, " I was en gaged in fishing, when the boy began to throw stones into the water. I asked him to leave off, but he only looked at me sneeringly. I then commanded him to desist, but he threw another stone, and I then laid hold of him with the intention of wetting his ancles, or at most his knees, but he slipped down into the water, which I was not aware was so deep there." The superintendent said that the defendant, in denying the knowledge of the depth of, the water, told a premedi tated falsehood, for he must have known the depth from having fished in it. The present was not the first offence of the same kind which the defendant had committed, for a short time back he had thrown a little girl into the water. Defendant—l did throw the girl in, but I was very much exasperated at the time. She was with a parcel of girls and boys, who played tricks with my fishing tackle, and overturned my basket, and when she chucked sand in my face I certainly did send her into the water. But though I was justified in that instance, I can't speak in my favour in the present case, except just to say, that when the little boy got into the water I took the trouble to pull him out, and also to get out his cap. The superintendent said the defendant, instead of ex hibiting the least compunction for the situation into which he had reduced the poor child, actually threw his cap after him in the most contemptuous manner. Mr. Burn, of No. 304, Oxford -street, the father of the little boy, said the child had been in a very delicate state ever since the transaction. Mr. CONANT inquired of the defendant if he were in the habit of carrying a life-preserver ?—The defendant replied he Was, and on one occasion had he not pulled it out, a man would have cut his fishing-line. Mr. CONANT said it was highly improper for a youth of such violent passions to carry such a weapon about with him. The assault on the boy was of an aggravated cha racter, and if the father wished it he would send the de fendant to the Sessions, or he would fine him the utmost amount the law had affixed. The father having requested the Magistrate to deal with ;he offence summarily, Mr. CONANT inflicted the fine of 51., or two months' mprisonment. The defendant said he would send to his mother, in Lower Sloane -street, Chelsea, for the money. HATTON GARDEN. Yesterday a poor sickly-looking woman was observed sitting in this office, gasping for breath, when Keys, the overseer of St. Pancras, called her from her seat, for the purpose of being sworn to her examination relative to the settlement of her child, illegitimate, a fine boy, about seven years of age, who was present in the office. Mr. Mallett, the clerk, read over the examination, from which it appeared that her name was Eliza Jones, a patient in the North London Hospital ; that she was a native of Bristol, where the child was born, and that was his legal settlement. On being sworn she was asked whether it was all true 1 She replied (tremulously)—" It is all true as you have read it, Sir." Mr. Mallett (handing her the pen)—" Then you must sign it.' Bursting into a flood of tears, she said, "I am not able to sign it ; I have two blisters upon me." Keys—" But you can make your mark." She managed to make her mark with some difficulty. Mr. LAING considered it an unnecessary step to bring the poor woman from the hospital in her present condition. Keys had leave at the hospital to bring her. Keys said they had no other alternative than to pass the child to its settlement. The parish were bound to do so for their own safety, but he individually did not wish to press the matter. Mr. LAING again suggested that Keys should consult with the woman, in order that her child might not be sent so far distant from her. Keys said that since she had been in the hospital her child had been in their workhouse. The mother was subsequently conveyed back to the hos pital, and the child was taken back to the workhouse. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday a lengthened inquiry was held at the Red Lion Inn, Old Brentferd, before Mr. Stirling and a highly respectable jury, into the circumstances attending the death of Nathan Ingall, aged 53 years, who swallowed a quantity of sulphuric acid. Elizabeth Ingall was the widow of the deceased, who re sided in Drum-lane, Old Brentford. Deceased was for merly a cook in the Royal Navy, hut was discharged at Sheerness last May twelvemonth, in consequence of his la bouring under a dreadful pain of the, head. On Saturday evening last, between seven and eight o'clock, witness hear ing deceas e d ma ki ng a no i se w i t h his throat, ran up stm!'r, to see what was the matter with him, when she saw him standing in the room, and spitting somet hi ng out of h is mouth. She a s k e d d ecease d w h at he had taken, when he said the oil of vitriol. Witness immediately ran for Mr. Ralfe, a surgeon near the spot, who was not at home, but witness was informed he should come within a quarter of an hour. He, however, did not come, and until Sunday noon, when Mr. Bonney came, deceased drank nothing but w ater. On Sunday last deceased expired. When witness first saw t,. deceased, after he had swa ll owe d the vitriol, he said, I have taken the fat a l d raug ht." Wit n e s s said, " What, he. lavender drops? " T o w hi c h d eceas ed replied, "No ; of vitriol." On Monday week last deceased twice attempted to strangle himself with his neckerchief, and on the Friday following he again attempted, but witness prevented him. The Jury here severely censuredthe • who gave witness, her evidence with apparently great callousness, for not send:. ing for other medical assistance, finding that Mr. Ralfe did not attend. Mr. Francis A. B. Bonney, surgeon, of Brentford-end, never saw the deceased untirhe was called in to attend hint about twelve o'clock on Sunday last, when he found him lying in bed in great pain and weakness. Deceased was perfectly sensible, and spoke readily and collectedly. said, ness asked him if h e h a d t a k en o il o f v it r i o l, when he " " Yes." Witn ess sa id " Did you ta k e it intentionally e to which deceased replied, " Yes." Witness further said, " Did you take it to kill yourself ?" when deceased hesi tated for a moment, and then, with a tone of evident regret, said, " I did." Witness then said, " Have you tried to destroy yourself before ?" when deceased replied, " I have; last week." In answer to further questions decease d said that he was so l ow sp i r i te d t h at he could not help doing it ; and there seemed an impression on the mind of de; ceased that, although he was in the receipt of a g ood pension, he should be starved to death. Witness had to ask deceased those questions, as his wife was almost inseir sibly intoxicated, and her brother, who was in the house , was worse than she was. She was, in witness's opinion, more intoxicated from the effects of opium than from fer mented liquors ; in f ac t s h e was an op i um eater. Witness applied whatever external remedies he considered necessary' and sent deceased some medicine, which witness caused to be given him by a sober woman residing in the neighbo ur hood. Witness afterwards saw deceased twice previous to his death, which took place at a quarter past ten o'clock'. on Sunday night. Mrs. Templeton only knew the deceased and his wife by sight. On Sunday morning, about nine o'clock, she s al deceased's wife in conversat i on w i t h a ne i g hb our , and hear d her say, speaking of the deceased, " If he is determined to do these things he must ; and, when he is dead, the sooper he is buried the better." She appeared at the time to be the worse for liquor. The Coroner having summed up, the jury proceeded to consider their verdict, after which they said they should 11 be doing their duty if they did not mark their o pinion Mrs. Ingail's unfeeli ng con d uct towar d s t h e d eceas ed, at' ci they returned a verdi c t o f " T emporary d erangem ent, apu thejury are of opini on th ere was gross neg li gen ce on th e part of his wife during his illness." STEAM BOAT ACCIDENTS. Yesterday afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, an °e el ; dent which caused great alarm, occurred on the river or! Fthe Londo n B r id ge - w h ar f. Th e V esper, a G ra vesen steamer, Captain Busby, an d t h e G reenw i c h s team-b° 4tl c i Greenwich, w ere l eav i ng t h e w h arf w i th passenge rs, a i n . tit.? Royal Tar, G reenw i c h steamer, an d t h e Pearl .3 Gravesend stea m -p ac k et , were com i ng i n to take their. places, and b o th were l y i ng r i g h t athwart t h e tide- - h i Pearl rath er f ur th er out i n t h e stream and b e l ow t h e ItnY a Tar than th e o th er , w h en t h e Greenwich, which was a little ahead of the Vesper, and was under the necessity of keeping headway to prevent the flood tide carrying her stern agains the bridge, ran foul of the Pearl's stern, and a fearful crash ensued, to the terror of the passengers as well as the people on th e quays . The Greenwich was fixed in her position, and the stern of the Pearl was driven against be d r larboard bow. In a few seconds the rail, bulwarks, an paddle-case were torn away, and the creaking timbers and planks fell one after the other. There were many persons for war d, an d among them several fema l es , wil ° were hastily p u ll e d a f t, an d escaped without i n j ury , bu t r t h i e was long b e f ore t h ey recovered from the f r i g ht. r Greenwich, having cleared the Pearl's stern, was driven a little over towards the south shore, and a large sailing barge laden with hay, coining up at the same time, " 5 forced against her starboard side, but very fortunatelY mischief was done. The Pearl soon brought up alongside Fresh-wharf, and her stern, the stoutest part of the ve s " sel did not appear to be much injured. From the sitt"r tion of the v ar i ous steamers the Vesper h a d g reat 1 . ; 1-- ar culty in avoiding a similar collision with the Royal which, as w e h ave b e f ore d escr ib e d , was lying Parallel wit" the Pearl, athwart the tide, and it was only by great dexterity on the part of Captain Busby and Mr. Smith, his mate, tha t she cleared her, the paddle-box of the Vesper all but touching the Royal Tar. The Greenwich was enabled to proceed 00 her voyage with the working of her paddle-wheel exposed to view, and presenting a dilapidated condition. The accident is attributed to the improper position of the Pearl in lying to athwart the tide close to the wharfs before the other vessels had fairly got out. The accidents at this wharf:s very frequent, as th e numerous s t eamers are g oing in t out, and heads ar e k noc k e d o ff an d b u l war k s s t o ve in almos t daily, arising in a grea t measure f rom t h e cireurnscrine, limits of the river and wharfs, which are incapable afford ing adequate accommodation to the many steamers embark ing and debarking passengers there, and the want of a su perintendent afloat to regulate the situation of the vessels as they come in and go out. A princely revenue, is ing, it is said, to at least thirty thousand pounds a-yea r ,' ; it derived by the proprietors of Adelaide and Fresh-whar fs London-bridge by the toll on steam-boat passeng ers ' a ad the steam companies and the public have a right to g e of accommodation. On Wednesday a ft ernoon , a b out h a lf -past f ou r o 'cloek l , l the large H erne B a y steamer Ci ty o f C anter b ur y, Capt,,t . Large, was coming up the river at full speed, off the ul geants, Rotherhithe, wh en th e swe ll ra i se d b y h er pow to paddle-wheels rolled into the plying-place, doing inin r Y• the wherries lying there, and dashing over the unoccuPlo wharf below the stairs, beneath which a waterman wa s his boat. He endeavoured to steady her, amidst the C 0 o, motion of the water, which d rove hi s b oat w i t h gr eat viv lence against the piles of the stairs, and she was soon OP: sized, and turned right over , w i t h t h e waterman un d e rneat i ; her. In this situation, tossed about by the heavy stirg d caused by the acti on o f t h e steamer's paddles, he remain , ed. for five mi nu t es b e f ore any assistance could be ren der : a The wate rmen at l ength succeeded in extricating him, 7ble on pulling hi m f rom under the boat he was almost insensl he from his long immersion in the water and the injuries e received. He was conveyed to the nearest public-Wsatell where h e was prov id e d with rest oratives , and ultim sufficiently recovered to go home. MRS. S. C. HALL'S NEW NOVEL, ccUNC I4 O HoaacE."—Among the numerous works of fiction have lately i ssue d f rom t h e press t h e one now b e fore us only assuredly rank with the best in public estimation ; not for the inte res t w hi c h t h e story i tse lf i s ca l cu l ate d to avvan -e- ' but for the bold, an d at t h e same ti me b eau tiful and o,,the e ral style in whi c h th e c h aracters are pour trayed , ~c f hero, " Uncle Horace," is a grand specimen of the svea'tl and independent E ng li s h merc h an t ; and the con ce p tion the characters of th e gentle Mar Lorton an d the nobio e" minded Lady Ell en Revis is alone ycalculated to t am p Mr s. s. Hall as one of th e fi rs t nove li sts o f her day. — Mercury. MISS LA NDON ' S NEW NOVEL, cc ETHE4O CHURCHILL."---We have b een much indeb ted to the fair vex this season f or wor k s of f i ction. Mrs. Gore, Mrs. Hall, and Miss Landon, have s evera lly contributed t o our enter taiment ; and the novel which is now before us will con oni vince the public that the last named lady is as successful in prose as in verse . T he style in which t h e w ork is writ ten i;si impressive and continuous and each chapte r is p refaced. y an original poetical effusion of grea t merit. Churchill" will p ro b a bl y b ecome the mos t popular Ethe of Ali" Landon's p ro d uct i ons. In some of the more l iv ely chap ters we arc introduced, with exquisite tact, to Miss Fen ton (the celebrated D uc h ess of Bolton), Pope, Sir Robert \Valpole, Gay, Swift, t h e D uchess of Marlborough, Lady Wortley Montagu, and severa l ot h er noted characters o f the day. 4 SECOND-HAND SILVER WATCH ES , E a , A variety of s ome d ozens may be selected from, pr i ce Two Gu in F each ; some ra th er more modern Two and a Half Guineas ea c h' and an assortme n t qu i te equal to ' new Three Guineas each. C O % whole have be en care f u ll y examined, and are warranted. S e con d , SAVORY, Watchmak er , 47, C ori hill, London. N.B. hand' Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. parks On the 4th i ns t., M rs . C ons table Maxwell, of Everingham of a son and eir. On the 3d h inst., at. Bognor, the lady of the Rev. F. G. Raw lins ' of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 30th ult., at Eastbourne, John Wilson, Esq.L°f, the t i Middle Temple, to Georgina , third daughter of the late ilic"`- Shepley, Esq., of Carshalton. On the `.Bth ult., at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, the Rev. III• pa,`," son Duffield, of Park House , Bere Church , to Frances Arne"t elder daughter of NV. Brummell, Esq., of Wivanhoe House, Ilea' Colchester, Essex. DIED. Abel On the Ist inst. , aged 90 , at Glandovan, Pembrokeshire, --- Anthony Gower , Esq. , brother of the late Adm iral Sir Erasmus Gower, and formerly a merchant of the City of London. On the 4th inst., in Stamford-street, Maria Ann , widow 0 Johnson, Esq., of the Stock Exchange. London : Printed and Published by i\IURDO YOUNG, of 110. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, of Middlesex.—Friday, October 6, 1637. i n the county