The Sun. — London, England, 1837-08-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. I he Crown Pr'ince of Hanover will, it is expected, re main at Nordervey, for tl benefit of the baths, until the middl e of next - fncrith. The King and Queen of Hanover are expected t%) leav e C ar l s b a d i n the early part of ntxt month. Despatches from. Lieutenant -Governor George Rendall, at the settle,ment,on the River Gambia, IN ere received yes terday at the f:;nlonial-office, The Rifikt Hon. Sir Charles Grey has arrived in town. WI NDSOR -THURSDAY. the Queen rode out to-day on h orse b ac k, atten d e d by T ler Lndics'and Colonel C aven di s h an d C o l one l B uc kl ey. he Royal party left the Castle at a quarter-past four o'clock, and - Proceeded to the Great Park. Prior to her M;ijesty's going out her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta arrived from Frogtnore Lodge at the Castle to pay a visit to the Queen and the Duchess of Kent. The MarchionesS of Tavistock, Lady Charlotte Cop- Icy, 1' On. Miss Cocks, Miss Cavendish, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Torrington, Mr. Rich, and Colonel Buckley, are in. -waiting on her Majesty. The Quee n ' s unc l e, King Leopold, is expected to arrive in the course of a law days at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Deans and Canons of St. George's Chapel pre sented a congratulatory address to the Queen yesterday. The Mayor of Windsor, accompanied by Mr. Ramsbot t°m. presented the congratulatory address from the town. One hundred and sixty sat down nt the dinner yesterday, the May or in tive chair ; Viscount Torrington, th e L or d i n , .` V aiting on the Queen, and other members of her Ma- Jesty household, were present, but did not stay late. FA PiHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS.. .. IM r 3 . Hall Dare and Family, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford eet And and Cork -street, from Brighton; Admiral Tomlinson ch , [ amily, at ditto; Count Bathyani, from Windsor.; Mr. f nns "ing and Miss Cheising, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook street, ;;",Pertnanv ; M. Oberschmidt, at ditto, from Holland ; I nri . ' Y .... J. Burke and family, at ditto, from their seat in Ire ya N. Linde, at Mivart's Hotel, from Paris; M. B. Al enslesen, at ditto, from Austria. DEXARTURES. it Admiral Si r James Hawkins Whitshed and Lady Whitshed, Min Nerot's Hotel, Clifford and Cork -streets, for Hampton VCourt ; Mr. Benjamim Oliveira, from Great Cumberland et, for the Lakes of Killarney ; Count Louis de Beaumont niX de France), Countess, and suite, from the Carlton endq°tel, Regent -street, for Paris Martin du Nord, Minister ornmerce, and suite, from ditto, for ditto ; M. Le Grand d• M• Vincent, from ditto, for ditto ; M. Cornubet, from ci ! t to, fOr ditto ; M. and Madame de Brimont, from ditto, for A l i tt ° ; Viseomte Adalbert de Beaumont, from ditto, for ditto; ti ll and Miss Fendall, from ditto, for Lincolnsh;re • Mr. and u r • Horace Hamcmd, from ditto, on a tour ; Lord George Hess hers,. from diao, for Belvoir Castle ; their Serene High pass.es the Grr..nd Duke and Duchess of Oldenburg, accom let! bY Baron Rennenkamff, Baroness Scherruhaust, and f or '',.,is".,odecker, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, C o l '#iermany ; Major Wildman, from ditto, on a visit to d ; 4nel Wildman, at Newstead Abbey ; Count Lottum, from 1,1 1. ec', for th e H ague ; Lord Elliot, M. P., from Dover-greet, tour in Scotland ; Lady Hippesley, from Grosvenor for h er seat S tone Easton, near Bath ; S i r R. an d a nY Lopez, for Cornwall ; Lady Louisa Lygon, from St. ,Lopez, for Sussex ; Lord and Lady Hatherton, from trl3syener-place, for their seat Tiddesley Hall, Penkridge Lay Mackenzie, for St. Leonard's, Sussex; Mr. and Lady .I °U hl% Rabelt, for Norfolk ; Lady Mary Somerset, for Staf ,tdshire ; General Gascoync, for Hastings ; the Earl of 41411„kerville, from Grosvenor-square, for Wooler-hall, his seat C No rthumberland ; Lady Jane Cavendish, for Dunrobin t„ st it, on a visit to the Duchess Countess of Sutherland ; 1 ) ,.,,,u7 John Ramsden, from Piccadilly, for Byram, near Ferry ege, their family ;eat in Yorkshire ; the Hon. Granville „ "court Vernon, M.P., from Mansfield-street, for York, on 'hit to hi s father the Archbishop of York. The French Marshal Gerard is at the Baden waters. G eneral Ch asse, Antiverp against who so gallantly d e f en d e d th e c it a d e l o f the Marshal's ov erw h e l m i ng arm y, i s a l so ex pected there. 5 Antw er p C ompany ' s steam-s hi p Pr i ncess Vic 4toril 11 s')Bohn Britton, commander, arrived yest e rd a y (Thur morning off the Tower, having made her passage in zuleteen hours. , Lord G eorge Beresford has arrived at Weis Baden, to drink the waters, Ur. William Hope has arrived at Rushton Aettering, Northamptonshire. The Marquis of Chandos has arrived at his shoot ing guar cers, on the moors in Perthshire. The Marchioness endTiie l.4idy Anna Maria Grenville remain at Wotton House. Earl and Countess Browniow, and the Ladies Curt, have arrived at Cheltenham, on their way to Belton nr)use, Grantham. t rie l- 4 , rd and L a d y Sondes arc to entertain a party of t iv , 44 5 at L ees C ourt, near Canterbury. Sir Edward and "Y Rnatchbull, Sir William and Lady Geary, Earl and b ase of Brecknock, an d t h e l oca l N o bility an d G cn t r y --fe been invited. The Earl and family will leave town next week for Woodchester Park. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield will leave tow n next week for Bretby Park, Ashby-de-la-Zouche. The monument to the memory of Guttemberg was solemnly inaugurated at Mayence on the 14th instant, in Presen ce of an immense concourse of spectators, among them were the Duke of Cambridge and P r ince W illiam of rrr.ssia. The Earl of Darlington and party, and General trird William Bentinck, were among the passengers on ho ard.the steam-ship Perth, for Dundee, on their way to their shooting quarters. Lady Glenlyon and the Hon. Miss Murray hav e left Northumberland House, on a visit to th e D uc h ess o f kAthol, lit Blair Athol, Dunkeld, Perthshire. Lord Glen ron is on a tour. The Hon. George Edgecumbe, brother to LorSd alletort, bas been appointed Charge d'Affaires at Berne, Swiss Cwatons. Sir Frederick Lamb has quitted Vienna for a short Period, to join the ;:ircle of distinguished diplomatic cha racters assembled at Toplitz. L Th.e Earl o f S e f ton was not worse last evening. f°l"-1 Molyaeaux n Perthshi is shore.rtly expected to arrive in town r tr in hi s seat i The alterations and improvements at the Queen ager's residence, Marlborough House, proceed rapidly. roof Whole of the old roof has been taken down and a new a abstitut e d. Th e i nt e r i or has been repaired through - 't.; and d ecorate d i n a novel and elegant style. s o „,'"Trd Eilenb oroug h is entertaini ng a se l ect party at T stn, Gloucestershire. ` : be Ma rqu i s an d M arch i oness of Londonderry are T e el their friends at, Wynyard Castle, Stockton-on , near Du r h am . b T ile Earl an d C ountess of Dunmore have arrived at unmere Park, Falkirk, their splendid seat in Scotland. Earl of Earemont has again rallied, and ar .eu at East Lodge, Brighton, f or th e season , on Mon ay last. i n ~L e cqd and L a d y M an d ev i lle and family have arrived a pvaris f rom Italy. The Duke of Manchester, his Lord father, has returned to England. 11.„ I he Earl and Countess of Albemarle will have 11QParties to -d ay an d to-morrow, at the Royal Stud q Z u i _ 3 °. Ha m p ton C ourt, wh i ch has been recently relin- OL 4 "ed to th e M aster of the Horse by Colonel Wenlyss, o f the Equerries to his late Majesty. t The Duke of Orleans is to repair to the Compiegne 4 1 4. The Duchess and her mothe:, the Dowager 111‘ e i l i as of Mecklenburgh, are fro accompany his Royal nevi, and to remain at r :;ompiegne during the exer- Li s i• _.About the 20th ;;L . September Louis Philippe and w, eit ' i n'ilY are also to proceed to Compiegne, and spend a in„ at there- The King of the French contemplates form- C°4l Piegne a gallery of pictures, the subjects of which pt,iitieer connected with the times and personage s that have a tm ~,ed that residence celebrated. The Royal family in- T ro Paying a visit to the Castle of Amboise. th i l e Duke of Portland has arrived, accompanied Ayrsl7. Ladies Bentinck, Fullarton House, his seat in t o q 're- th e Lord W'nam Benti nc k h as l e f t Vernon Howe lIi S D f ""ilY te R ,l L °nntirr- '",xcel.eney th e L or d - Li eutenant loft the Vice ou re on M on d ay l ast, on a visit to Lord and L a dy Y. at Lyons. i 4tt g o Duk e o f S ut h er l and was in treaty during the toe e : * Period of the late reign with the Lord Chamberlain, 1 0 , 4 !'e.et the r emova l o f t h e range of offices and d we lli ngs b e - Cl e g : n i ' 0 the P a l ace at S t . J ames ' s, situated in the rear of atio:ed-rovr. His Grace's plan was to erect a wall and tit l e, it with columns and pilasters, on the removal of the e 9{ tidy objects which ROW present themselves at the grand e to Stafford House. 4.1 f n e 4411 of Lauderdale, who has been for a series see el an ultra Whig, and afterwards an inveterate Tory, a ow nl Y t n . hove retired from the bustle of political life, being 9_,, t p his 78th year, and seldom leaves his country teat, as '4;l.l..lQecasionally, to visit Edinburgh. , Icing of Wirtetnburgh, whilst bathing one L ia ti the sands at Scheveningen, near the Hague, during fa doptle, nearly lost his life by being carriedtut of his I.ll9slethe retiring tide, into which he had ventured too vi scape was quite providential.—Fradfor t Journal. tt tnile_N,lttlquis of Dotic, , las has arrived in Paris to . at ten , u &Juke and Duchess of Hamilton, who are still in whose"nee . on the Countess of Lincoln, their only daughter, State of health is slightly improved. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TA 7 4 tift' i A L' S—YESTERDAr. THE ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. S. Fox's The Doctor 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mange 10 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirus 11 to I agst Duke of Cleveland's HefiriaBo II to 1 agst Mr-. Forth's Grisette colt 12 to 1 agst Mt Freseltine's Slashing Harry 15 to 1 apt Mr. Golden's Robin Hood colt 15 to 1 agst Mr. Walters's The Prime Warden to to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston't Mahornetan—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Blakey Topping 250 to 4 laid on the field against Cardinal Puff, Mango, and The Doctor. 5i to 1 on taken about Henriade and Grisette. 100 even The Doctor agst Grisette. A thin attendance and but little betting. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. DONCASTER ST. LRGER. 3 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff—taken 0 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's The Doctor 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mango—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Epirus 10 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltine's Slashing Harry 12 to 1 agst Duko of Cleveland's Hcnriade 12 to 1 agst Mr. Walter's The Prime Warden 12 to 1 agst Mr. Golden's - Robin Hood colt—take 14 15 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Grisette colt 20 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Blakey Topping—take 25 25 to 1 agst Sir. Osbaldeston's Mahometan 25 to I agst Lord Exeter's Dardanelles YORK AUGUST MEETING.— TVTIDNESDA r. The Knavesmere Stakes of 10 sovs. each, p.p., with 25 added from the Fund ; three yrs, 6st. 71b ; four, Bst. 31b ; five, Bst. 121 b ; six and aged, 9st. 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a quarter. 4 Subs. The Duke of Cleveland's ch. c. Jordan, 4 yrs Lye 1 Mr. Bell's ch. f. Golden Drop, 3 yrs Mr. St. Paul's bl. c. Black Diamond, 4 yrs Won by a length. The Hornby Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for two yrs old; colts, Bst. 51b ; fillies, Bst. 21b. T. Y.C. 5 Subs. Duke of Cleveland's bl. c. by Voltaire Lye 1 Mr. Bowes's ch. c. Jagger Won easy. The Yorkshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft., with 25 added, for three yrs old; colts, Bst. 61b; fillies, Bst. 21b. One mile and three quarters. 3 Subs. Colonel Cradock's br. c. by Voltaire walked over The Wentworth Stakes of 10 soya. each, p.p., with 20 sovs. added from the Fund, for all ages (Handicap). One mile and three quarters. 4 Subs. Captain Taylor's b. c. Lincoln, 3 yrs, 7st Mr. Bell's br. f. Zebetta, 4 yrs, fist. 61b Mr Daw•son'a b. c. Locomotive, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b 3 A capital race, won cleverly. BURTON-ON-TRENT RACES.—WIDITESDA r. Sweepstakes of 20 errs. h. ft. Once round. Captain Lamb's Chit Chat Mr. Arrowsmith's b. c. Premier Mr. Lacev's Subaltern The Cup 'Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 40 added. Twice round and a distance. _ ...-.-..-. Mr. Mostyn's b. m. Bi r dli me - The Yeomanry Cavalry Stakes of 20 sm., added to a Sweep stakes of 2 sovs. each, once round and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Tomlinson na. h. m. Bromley, beating Mr. W. Chawnor's ch. g. Tom Seedham, Mr. Arnold's b. h. Sam Weller, and two others. BLANDFORD RACES, WznArzsD4r. Match for 50 sovs. One mile. Mr. Galpine's b. g. Arctic, 4 yrs. (Benskins), beat Mr. Hop kins's br. m. Linsey Woolsey, 5 yrs. The Dorsetshire Gold Cup of 100 sore. Two miles and a distance. Hon. S. Herbert's br. c. Bulbridge, 3 yrs. (Boyce) 1 Mr. C. Finch's Oberon, 4 yrs. A Plate of 50 movs. Two mile heats. Hon. S. Herbert's br. c. Bulbridge, 3 yrs. ......(Boyce) 1 1 Air. J. sadler's ch. g. Brother to Delight, 4 yrs. Mr. C. Finch's ch. c. Mahon, 3 yrs. The Yeomanry Stakes, with 40 sovs. added, second 10 sovs. out of the stakes, heats one mile, were won in two heats, Mr. J. Harding's br. g. Cock Robin, aged (Hopkins), beating Mr. Gould's br. m. Conservative Lass, 4 yrs., and another. TH U asp/r. The Dorsetshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. Two miles and a distance. _ _ _ Mr. Tregonwell na. Arctic Mr. Yeatman, junior, na. Mayflower 2 The Member's Plate of 50 sovs. Heats two miles and a distance. Mr. C. Finch's br. m. Mayflower, 6 yrs. ... Mr. W. Sadler's ch. f. by Reveller, out of Design, 3 yrs. 2 dr. A Sweepstakes, with 20 sovs. added, heats a mile and a half, were won by Mr. Sadler's ch. g. Brother to Delight, beating Mr. C. Finch's ch. c. Mahon, 3 yrs, and Mr. W. Sadler'. ch. f. by Reveller, out of Design, 3 yrs. Match of 100 sovs. —Mr. Galpinc's Judy, beat Mr. Gould's br. g. Doubtful. LEOMINSTER RACES, WEDNESDAY. The Ladies' Plate of 50 sovs. Two mile heats. Mr. Harris's b. g. Barclay, 3 yrs. Mr. Griffiths's ch. c. Lugwardine, 3 yrs. Mr. Matthews's b. c. by the Colonel, 4 yrs. Mr. Hall's b. m. Collington Lass, 6 yrs. Captain B. Davies's b. m. Merry Lass, 3 yrs. The Hack Stakes, with 20 sovs. added, was won in three heats by Mr. Williams's Cholstrey, 5 yrs, beating Mr. Smith's Gorst Bush, Mr. Hall's b. m. Collington Lass, Mr. Derry's b. m. Caro line, and two others. SHERBORNE RACES. TUESDAY. These Races came off at Lenthay on Wednesday as follows : The Dorsetshire Yeomanry Stakes, won by,Mr. S. Herbert's gr. m. Luck's-all. ti The purse of 20 sous., won by Mr. Parr's b. b. Baronet. The Ladies' Plate for Ponies not exceeding 13 hands, won by Mr. Carlisle's bl. m. Blue Belle. WEDNESDAY. The Yeomanry Cup was won by Mr. Hopkins' Linsey Woolsey. A Purse for Ponies not exceeding 14 hands was won by Mr. Sweet's br. in. Ellen brown. A Handicap of 10 soy,. each, for the beaten horses, was won by Mr. Hooper's bl. m. Lucy, and the Jeweston Handicap Purse, the Gift of Robert Gordon, Esq., M.P., for the beaten Yeomanry Cavalry horses, was won by Mr. Whitmore's br. m. Sherborne Lass AQUATICS. LONDON BRIDGE REGATTA.—This match was amongst the watermen of London-bridge-st airs, including those of the up per and lower side. The prizes were a wherry and about 201. in money. The contest was with six pairs of sculls, in four heats, and the distance from London bridge up round a boat moored off Brook's Wharf, down the north shore, round the north pier of London-bridge, to go twice round. The follow ing started for the first heat : William Messenger, pink ; J. Banks, red ;J. Butler, yellow. Pink was the winner of this heat. The second was then started, and consisted of J. Miers, blue ; J. Mitchel, green ; and .1. Tunniclift, white. Green was the winner of this. The third heat was composed of the two last men of the first, and the last of the second heat, and was won by red. The three men, pink, red, and green, then started for the grand heat. In a few strokes the winner had the lead, kept it throughout, and won admirably ; green came in first, pink second, and red third, PIGEON SHOOTING. The long-expected contest fur a silvor cup and cover, given by Mr. Bowden, the proprietor of the Chalk Farm Tavern, took place yesterday, and in the presence of a very large field of sportsmen. There were about 12 subscribers, the greater part of whom stood at the long distance, 25 yards, in conse quence of their having won public prizes, those who had not being at 21 yards rise, the charg% limited to two ounces, and the patent Ely cartridge not being allowed. Mr. Bloods worth and Mr. Jingle tied, each killing five of their six birds ; they then shot the tic off, and Bloodsw•orth won by killing both his birds, two being the number allowed. THE MOORS. GROUSE SHOOTING. —The following are the principal par ties enjoying the sport of grouse shooting in our Highlands this season :—Glenlyon House—Right Hon. Sir George Warrender and party. Meggernie Castle—Lord Molyneux and party. Glegure House; Glendochart—Thomas Walker, Esq. and party. Duneaves House—Thomas Pender, Esq. Kinrara—Marquis of Abercorn. Doune of Rothiemurchus— Duke of Bedford. Grantully—Lord Mexborough, General Maitland and party. Invercauld—Hon. John Gray and party. Lochgarry—T. F. Bainbridge, Esq., M.P. Glen fvrnhte—Gneral Sir John Hope. Glenbruar—Sir John Macken7.',e, Mr. Smythe and party. Logicalmond—Lord •'''...,*.ormont, Colonel Paterson. Marlee—Earl of Hopetoun and party.—Edinburgh Paper. Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lord and Lady Uxbridge, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord Strangford, Mr. Arbuthnot, and Mr. Jenkinson are among the visitants ex pected at Walmer Castle to visit the Duke of Wellington. Prince Philippsthal left town yesterday for Antwerp in the General Steam Navigation Company's steamship the S BYUGEITON, THURSDAY.—A meeting of the au thorities and principal inhabitants is to be convened im mediately to take into consideration the proper steps for celebrating the approaching arrival of her Majesty the Queen at the Royal Pavilion. The inhabitants are anx ious for some official information, and it is hourly expected to arrive, We believe the Queen has never seen Brighton. The town is beginning to fill, and many elegant equipages are on the cliffs in the afternoon. The embellishments and repairs in progress at the Pavilion will be completed in a fortnight. Arrivals—The Marchioness of Exeter and fa- Earl of Egremont, Earl of Munster, and Lord Fitz- Clarence, at Byham House; Sir Thomas Gage, Bart., and Captain Gage, Earl of Westmoreland and Lady Georgiana Pane, for the season ; Viscount Persigny and Count Pri telly, from Dieppe ; Lady Hay, on her way to France ; Hon. Mr. Cavendish, since left for Latimer's ; Dowager Lady Borough, Lady Bayley, Sir Charles and Lady Sulli van, from Thames Dittos ; Sir Matthew and Lady Tier ney and family, Mr. Augustus Cavendish, Mr. Philpott, M.P., Lady Wilmot and Miss Wilmo', Dowager Countess Poulett, Major-Gener a l Sir Arthur Clifton, on his way to Normandy, Mrs. Monro and family. Departures—Count Batliyani, Lord Chesterfield, Lady Trine. The Countess of Munster is going on well, her Ladyship's eldest daughter, Lady Adelaide Fitzclarence, named after her Majesty the Queen Dowager Adelaide, now in her 17th year, will, it is rumoured in the fashionable circles of this place, be in troduced to the beau monde at the first drawing room of the next season. The elegant marine residence of the Duke of Devonshire at Kemptown, two houses thrown i n t o one , will be occupied during the season by his Grace's friend and relative Sir Augustus Clifford, usher of the black rod. 13-114: SUN 5 LONDON, PRIDAY, AUGUST 25, IK-1. SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY. (FURTHER PARTICULARS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) HENLEY-ON-THAMES, AUG. 24. The Baron De Behr ) alias Charles De Behr, alias Count Massenhag, whorii the 'represented as concei.ned in this case with Mr. Vaughan, arrived at Henley-on-Thames this morning, in custody of Ballard, the Bow -street officer, who apprehended him at the Leaping Bar, Black friars-road, London, yesterday (but his bag was obtained at the Three Tuns, Borough, his last residence), in com pany with Mrs. Vaughan and Mr. Sheriff, the attorney who defended Mr. Vaughan at his examination here on Monday. Almost the first question he asked Stephens, the Henley policeman, was " Would it be put is the Papers ?" to which Stephens replied in the affirmative, which appeared to disconcert him much. About half-past twelve he was brought before T. R, Barker, Thomas Toovey, and C. Lane, Esqrs., in the Town-hall, who remanded him till to-morrow at twelve o'clock, when the witnesses from Oxford and London will arrive. The Baron appeared in high spirits, and seemed to treat the matter lightly. About three weeks since he called, in company with with Vaughan, on a tradesman here, to offer him some shares in a good speculation, the " Cachoiera Mining Com pany;" but the bait did not take, although 100/. shares were stated would realize 1,000/. On one occasion of his visits here, the Baron said he had an invitation to dine that day with the Duke of Wellington, at Stratfieldsaye, and actu ally went towards the Duke's seat in a chaise and four; however, on looking at his watch within a few miles of it, he discovered he should be too late for some urgent business he had in London that evening, and instead of dining with his Grace, he was compelled to return to town. [We shall give the particulars of the Baron's examina tion in The Sun to-morrow.] At a vinegar manufactory in Lambeth, there are two vessels kept constantly full ; the one contains 59,109 gallons, and the other 56,799 gallons. Either of these is considerably more capacious than the f'ar•famed Heidelburg tun, so celebrated in tales of travellers. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday af ternoon, a little boy, the son of a respectable individual in Edinburgh, who, with his mother and brother, were on a visit to some relatives near Dunbar, went to bathe in a deep part of a stream that runs into the sea. His brother went into the water with him, but finding it deeper than he had calculated upon, he returned. It is supposed that the other boy had been immediately swept by the current be yond his depth, for he was carried off his feet, and after a struggle sank. The body was not found until about an hour after, when life was, of course, extinct. What adds to the melancholy interest of the circumstance is, that the mother and aunt of the little sufferer were witnesses of his fate, though totally unable to render any assistance.— Edinburgh Advertiser. ULVERSTON.—Our readers will recollect we men tioned a field of oats, which, on account of the unseason able weather was, though shorn, still in the field on New- Year's Day of the present year. The farmer, Thomas Kirkby, has cultivated the same piece of ground, and sown it with the same kind of grain, and has already commenced reaping. It bids fair to compensate him for his former loss. Should the weather continue in its present favour able state, the harvest will in this part by next week be general ; and to all appearance the farmer will have every reason to rejoice, there being a fair prospect of a rich and abundant supply.—Kendal Mercury. On Tuesday morning the workmen at Moss-side limeworks were alarmed by finding the body of a man, lite rally roasted, lying on one of the kilns. He was speedily taken off and water applied to put out the burning—for the side on which he was lying was burnt to a cinder. He ap peared to be a man about 50 years of age, stout made, red haired, with a long and bushy beard. He was recognized to be a beggarman, rather weak in the mind, who had been travelling in this part of the country. On examining his bundle I ls. 4d., mostly in copper money, was found.— Edinburgh Advertiser. The effects of the late rains were very perceptible in Covent-garden market yesterday. The fruits that seemed to have suffered most were gooseberries and cur rants, a great proportion of which were previously over ripe, and consequently incapable of sustaining the heavy showers that fell on Tuesday and Wednesday. There was a large supply of these fruits in the market, and the prices were low. Grapes, too, seem to have been injured by the rain, and by the high winds that preceded it. MoNzv-MARKET.—It is a matter well worth knowing by persons who either emigrate or visit the United States for purposes of business, that a most safe and unexceptionable mode of conveying funds thither is to be found in the shape of Bank of England post bills pay able 60 days after sight, and which may be obtained, for greater security, drawn in triplicate. The mode was sug gested some weeks ago to a gentleman about to proceed to New York, and whose first intention was to take sove reigns with him ; but this plan of Bank bills, leaving secu rity out of the qnestion, was found to possess even superior advantages, and they were eagerly purchased by the mer chants of that city, most of whom were in want of a suit able and safe remittance to England, and the general remark among them was that nothing better could have been found for the purpose. To our own Bank the adoption of them to any extent must at this time be of great impor tance, as it is well known that large sums in sovereign s are constantly carried out to the United States, because it was not known that any such substitute for them as this was to be obtained. In fact, notwithstanding the exultation with which the large exports of specie from New York have been dwelt*: of late in the journals, the real truth has turned out to be this—that a greater amount was sent away from England than that received, leaving the balance, there fore, against this country as great or greater than ever. 'That a method should have been pointed out, leaving other matters to adjust themselves, to obviate this necessity for exporting gold, is extremely valuable at the present junc ture. The abundance of unemployed capital continues to he shown in the ease with which small bills continue to be discounted, and oven sought after by the money brokers. There is at the same time a scarcity and almost absence of the larger and higher class bills from the discount market. Most kinds of produce, such as cotton, wool, indigo, Sze., also are regarded with favour by the money dealers, from whom advances upon them are easy to be obtained.—Tinies. MIDDLESEX ELECTION.—Last evening upwards of sixty of the most respectable electors of Middlesex, forming the Hammersmith Committee, dined together at the City Arms Tavern, adjoining the Suspension Bridge, Hammersmith. Sir John Scott Lillie in the chair. George Byng, Esq., M.P., was invited, as also Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., H. Werburton, Esq„ M.P., Dr. Carpue, Mr. Hume's son, &c. &c. The healths of the Queen, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Sussex, and her Majesty's Ministers, were most cordially drunk ; on which Sir J. S. Lillie pro posed the health of their tried representative, George Byng, Esq., the father of the House of Commons, which toast was received with immense applause. Mr. Byng returned thanks in an animated speech, and exposed some of the many Tory tricks in the hope to uuseat both him and his friend Mr. Hume. The Chairman then gave the health of Joseph Hume, Esq., who, although displaced in Mid dlesex, was elected for Kilkenny, to the utter discomfiture of the Hanoverian Tories. This toast was honoured by lord and continued cheering , and responded to by the crowd around the hotel. Mr. H ume fully explained the various intrigues of the Tory faction, who expected to keep him out of Parliament ; he begged his friends, and, indeed, all Liberals, to look closely after the registration. Mr. War burton, Sir J. S. Lillie, and Dr. Carpue severally addressed the company, who then separated after a most excellent repast. We find the following in the Montreal Transcript. It relates to the death of Mrs. Young, of Ormstown, on the Chateauguay river, Canada. The unfortunate sufferer was, we understand, the widow of a farmer of that name, but continued to reside upon the land, and to derive from it such return as the industry and labour of herself and daughter could'procure. She raised a bull calf, on account of his beauty, which, having been familiarized with his mis tress ever since his birth, and having always been fed by her hand, displayed a natural attachment by no means dis pleasing to Mrs. Young, whom he followed about the farm like a dog. The animal is now a little more than two years old. Towards the end of last week lie had, as usual, accompanied the cows to the homestead, and they were fastened to the cowhouse, when Mrs. Young and her daugh te rs proceeded thither to milk them. On (ate ing the building, the girl proceeded to the far end to milk the cow fastened there, and the loose bull advanced with his usual familiarity to Mrs. Young, who pushed him aside with the pail she carried in her 6nd. The animal immediately turned upon 'her, and with the first thrust of his horn pe netrated the abdomen, and violently raising his head, ripped her body in the most shocking manner. He immediately fed to the yard, carrying upon his horns a small fragment of the clothing and a portion of the reeking entrails of his victim ; here lie tossed and shook his head in a most frantic manner, and roaring returned to make a second charge upon the hapless Mrs. Young. By this time, however, the daughter had seized a pitchfork, with which she gallantly faced the animal, and after a long straggle, and two or three very successful stabs at the head of her antagonist, she fairly beat him from his purpose. Her first care was now her unfortunate mother, who, with such assistance as' she could give, was, with much difficulty, removed to the dwelling-house, where, after . a night p asse d i n i nexpress ibl e torture, she died the follow ing morning.. ithi_4AND. DUBLIN, AUG. 28. ELECTION PETITIONS.—Now that the elections are over, the principal topic of discussion in private circles, as as in the public papers, relates to the retention of the advantageS dbttiiiied ? the. determination and patriotic energy of the Reformers. teepect to the Dublin petition, upon which subject the Mail daily fl:twig ateay a column of braggart menaces, the Pilot observes :—" There may be a petition, followed up to a certain point, enough to keep alive the money-getting ; but what we say is, and to which we bet Lombard-street to a China orange—that the case will not be followed up to its utmost point. There is no real hope of success. The Iliad, with less tact than it usually has, let the cat out of the bag, by admit ting that the sole hope of success is against Hutton. They admitted they have no hope of unseating O'Connell ; and admitting that they have destroyed the motive of the party to give—" hate of O'Connell." The way the affair will proceed is this :—" As long as gulls will bleed the petition will be talked of. The schemers and managers will secure the greater portion in their own poc kets as a first step ; they will spend some surplus on preli minary steps towards a petition, in order to keep the game going. Should they succeed in extracting from fools a large sum, they may proceed to a considerable extent in the petition, taking, all the time, ample toll for themselves. Whenever the funds run short they will cut and run. But we repeat, the object now in talking of a petition is to pay off arrears due on the last election as well as this, and for a few to pocket as much as they can. Among those whom ferocity has inspired with left-handed generosity was a Mr. St. George the other day, who subscribed his quarter's pay as Captain to prosecute the petition. This has been taken up (foolishly and erroneously) by the Tory Press in Eng land as if he had been a Liberal, and that his donation was a proof of re-action. Re-action." A CRUEL CASE.—Tho Cork Standard, in allusion to the event of the late election for that county, begins its threno dia thus :—" The county of Cork is really degraded to a most inhuman degree at the present." THE COUNTENANCE OF THE LANDLORD.—In the same journal is an advertisement from the Tory candidates, to this effect :—" The committee of Mr. Longfield and Mr. King request that those gentlemen who have kindly pro mised their aid to the Conservative candidates will have the goodness to sit in the different booths where it is ex pected their tenantry will poll." VALUABLE APPROBATION.—At a dinner given to Mr. Litton by his constituents at Colerain, Mr. Barre Beres ford formally communicated to the company that " the Marquis of Waterford cordially approves of their choice." If there had been any doubt of its wisdom, such testimony must settle the point ; for praise, be it serious or ironical, can scarcely go beyond this. At the same symposium the Rev. Mr. Alexander naivement asked, " Without an establishment, how will the Gospel ever be carried on in any country ? When the people have little money and less religion, what will be come of the voluntary ?" The Orangemen cheered loudly at these unanswerable questions. Both at the Coleraine dinner, and at one given at Newry, to celebrate the return of Mr. Ellice, the name of the Queen Dowager was put forward in a prominent and very offensive light, as an acknowledged partisan of To ryism. The chairman at Coleraine said that her Majesty " had endeavoured to rouse the dim flame of Conserva tism in the late King, and thus rendered herself dear to every Conservative." It is remarkable that the health of " Lord Hill and the army" is uniformly gives at these meetings, next in order after that of Queen Adelaide. The Queen of England is honoured in solemn silence, be cause they durst not omit her name, while the Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Sussex are'not so much as named amongst them. Art OBJECTION.—The principal ground on which Mr. Tennent pretends to dispute the election of Mr. Gibson, the member for Belfast, is that of Mr. Gibson's alleged want of a property qualification. The force of impudence can no farther go. VIGNOLLES AND THE GOVERNMENT.—By what magic does this Vignoles possess a key to the boudoir of the Go vernment he hates ? How did he escape for his conduct the election befOre this last one? Why, after that conduct, was this investigation rendered necessary—for why was Ile permitted to be there at another ? The Irish people have made extraordinary exertions for this Government. But they will get tired, we tell the Government, if the old drowsy game of neglecting friends and trimming to foes is persevered in. The Government cannot often give good measures ; but it can give good functionaries and remove bad ones. It has now no hostile court to controul it ; and unless there be more vigour now the people will find that their sacrifices have been in vain. We may as well have a Tory Ministry at once as to have a Ministry which will permit the people to be trampled upon by Tory subordinates.—Pilot. GENERAL ASSOCIATION.—This body held their usual weekly meeting yesterday, Michael Staunton, Esq., in the chair. Mr. French read the proceedings of the last meet ing, and the communications since received ; the latter consisted of reports from the Pacificators in various parts of the country. NATIONAL TRADES' POLITICAL UNION.—The usual weekly meeting of this body took place last night at the Corn-Exchange, Mr. Edward Brennan in the chair : EXPULSION or MR. RUTIIVEN.—Mr. Keatinge pro posed the following resolution :—" That we consider the recent communication of Mr. E. Ruthven as beneath the notice of the National Trades' Political Union, and worthy only of our contemptuous silence ; and that we accept of his resignation." He then proceeded to say that this step step was taken at Mr. Ruthven's request. He regretted to have to propose such a resolution, in consequence of the services rendered to the country by his father. The letter sent by Mr. Ruthven to the Trades' Union on the subject, was evidently written by an Orangeman, and was unfit for publication. He boasted in it that he would beard Mr. O'Connell in his den. Was this proper language for that gentleman to use ? The placard posted about town during the election, was also calculated to injure the cause ; and there could be no mistake about the source from which it emanated. Ile was, therefore, glad that Mr. Ruthven had saved them the trouble of expelling him, by sending in his resignation. Mr. Martin seconded the resolution. He said the author of the letter evidently wished to procure publicity for it through the medium of the Trade3' Union ; but he would he disappointed in his expectations. The entire of the Committee to whom it was addressed not only adopted, but respectively signed, the resolution which he seconded. Though he felt regret in seconding a resolution that would militate against the son of the late Mr. Ruthven, ;Ain he felt that he deserved it. The Chairman, in putting the resolution, expressed his regret at being obliged to do so ; but either Mr. O'Connell or Mr. Ruthven should cease to be a member of the body, and there could be little hesitation in making a selection between them. The Chairman then put the resolution, which passed unanimously. The remainder of the sitting was occupied with registra tion proceedings.. The name of the firm of Messrs. Sweetman having been involved in the police inquiry, these gentlemen have thought proper to address to the editor of the Freeman's Journal an exculpatory letter, in which they disclaim all knowledge or sanction of such a combination. THE CORPORATION OF TAILORS.—Davy M.Cleary, the only man in the Corpdration possessed of a particle of common sense, has been makin what the Post would call a Judy Fitzsitnon's mother-indaw of himself in reference to the vote of the Rev. Mr. Benn—who, notwithstanding his having voted for a Liberal candidate at the late election, appears on his own showing to be a worthy brother of the guild from which he has been ignominiously expelled. Davy and the parsons, after all, seem to be both tarred with the sae stick — eac h h as acte d occas i ona ll y w i t h a li tt l e inconsistency. The one used to be an out-and-out Tory in William-street, and something- of a Repealer—though personally opposed to the apostle of repeal in the Corn Exchange. The other is a stanch Liberal in College, and a thorough Conservative in the city. Really we think the tailors might have a worse chaplain than Mr. Benn.— Flecnzan. DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL.-Mr. French, the able and active Secretary to the General Association of Ireland, has received the f o ll ow i ng i nv i tat i on to a di nner , w hi c h will be given to the Liberator and his son, the Member for Athlone, on the 30th instant Athlone, Aug. 16, 1837. My dear Sit,,—The electors of Athlone will feel highly complimented if you will have the kindness to favour them with your company, on the 30th instant, in this town, at a public dinner to be given to the Liberator and our repre sentative. I have only to add, on my own part, the plea sure it gives me to t h e med i um o f commun icating to you the gratitude th e Athlone people hear to you for your past s ervices for the kit ten years in their regeneration. I have the -honour to remain, dear sir, very truly, JAMES R. KELLY. --- Arthur French, Esq., 16, Upper Gardiner-street. Ma. GUINNESS.—Under the attractive heading of .4 Atrocious O u t rage, " a l ong po li ce - repor t i s pu blished. Into the details any more than the merits of the matter w;... c annot enter, but copy so much of the report as we can find room for. Mr. B. L. Guinness attended, with two gentlemen from his establishment. In the course of the investigation it appeared, from the statement of Mr. Guin ness and of the gentlemen who accompanied him, that various attempts have been making by interested persons, for the purpose, as it would appear, of taking advantage of a recent circumstanc e connected with the Dublin election, and that the working classes, who have ever been friendly to his establishment, have been urged forward, contrary to th e ir own better feelings. Mr. Guinness productld a letter which he received from an agent in the country, stating, that two emissaries from a certain brewery in Dublin had blert ttdt , elling through the country, urging those parsons writ; Were in th`e habit of purchasing his porter, to deal in future with their hodst i and cautioning them not to purches from Messrs. Guinness and Co. On Kilduff being ques tioned as to whether he would Ventttre to take Mr. Guin ness's porter to the country again, he declared he would not, as he was sure it would cost him his life, He also stated, that although he had been dealing in porter for the last 35 years, which was his means of livelihood, and that he uniformly dealt with Mr. GuinneAr, no application had ever before been made to him by Mr. Sweetman or any other brewer, to take their porter in place of Mr. Guinness. Yesterday Mr. Sweetman appeared at this office, in conse quence of his name having been introduced into the state ments relative to the attack on Kilduff. In answer to a question from Mr Sweetman, Kilduff said that he had no knowledge whatever of the men who attacked him. Mr. Sweetman said that it would be unnatural to suppose that there was any combination of the trade against the Messrs. Guinness—they (the trade) were as much against each other as against the Messrs. Guinness. His clerk, in soli citing the man's custom, had only done what was quite usual, and what was his duty. The people were very de termined in their opposition to the Guinesses since the last election, and it was from that only that the outrage pro ceeded. He (Mr. Sweetman) could produce from fifty to one hundred applications sent in since the last election, in which they were solicited to supply drink. All he wished was to prevent a false impression going forth. MOB-LAW.—A few days since two Sligo gentlemen Messrs. Griffith and Kelly, met some distance from Ballaghaderreen for the purpose of fighting a duel, but was prevented by a large mob, who obliged Mr. Griffith to fly for his life. We have been informed that were it not for the exertions of Mr. Miles J M‘Donnell, a magistrate, the mob would have sacrificed the opponent of Mr. Kelly, who, it appears, was their favourite. The gentlemen exchanged shots afterwards at some place in the county Sligo.—State of the Country Paper. A POLITICAL SERMON.—The Belfast News Letter contains an outline of the sermon Dr. Cooke preached there last Sunday, on the subject of the recent election for the borough. Our Belfast contemporary says :—" So large an assemblage we rarely have witnessed on any similar oc casion, and the attention which was manifested throughout was of the most remarkable nature. After the usual pre liminary services, Dr. Cooke read the 59th chapter of Isaiah, in which the falsehood, venality, and other iniqui ties of the Jews, are condemned in terms of marked seve rity, and finally selected as his text the second clause of the 19th verse—' When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. " WIESBADEN, AUG. 16.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who has honoured our town with his presence for nearly a mouth, is about to leave us and proceed to England. His Royal Highness, who has been the centre of attraction for all the first society, has capti vated the hearts of all those who had the honour to ap proach him by the noble frankness of his charaeter, and the amiable condescension of his manners. Here, as well as in Hanover, where, during a period of twenty-five years, he won for himself the imperishable attachment of the whole nation, by the admirable qualities of his heart and the liberality of his paternal administration, his departure will be hailed with profound regret. It is reported in the English circles that his Royal Highness has, for the pre sent declined the functions of Commander-in-chief of the British forces, a post for which he is eminently qualified not only by his profound knowledge of military adminis tration, but from the honourable, prudent, and equitable principles which are the leading features of his upright and very manly character. BRUSSELS, AUG. 22.--The King of the Belgians, upon his return from the camp at Beverloo, will proceed with the Queen to Ostend, where they will almost imme diately embark for England, to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen of England. Their Belgian Majesties are ex pected to cross the water on Monday or Tuesday. On Tuesday, the Bth instant, Rowenhams House, near Southampton, the seat of Oliver Calt, Esq., was the scene of great festivities to welcome the arrival of his son, Captain Calt with his bride. A splendid dejeune was served up at six o'clock to a select party, and at nine the rooms of this spacious mansion were thrown open to a numerous as semblage of beauty and fashion. THE MOORS.—Great execution continues to be done on the hills and moors. Monday, however, was an exception, and even if the scent had lain better, the wind blew in such frightful gusts that a staff, in preserving the perpendicular, was a fitter accompaniment by far than a gun. Everywhere the birds are strong on the wing, and scarcely a cheeper to be seen in a score. Around Newton- Stewart, and in some other places, where the blackcocks fairly outnumber the grouse, not a few sportsmen are keep ing their powder dry to the Ist proximo ; but if the half of what we hear be true, the poachers, we can assure them, are by no means so chary. Mr. Maxwell, of Ter regles, bagged sixteen brace yesterday week, four of which he picked up after leaving his own ground, while crossing over to Dalswinton to dinner. Mr. Babington the day fol lowing bagged the same number ; and we have good reason for believing that Mr. Wightman, of Courance, and two friends, killed, on the 12th and 13th, no fewer than one hundred brace of well-grown birds. This is the greatest feat we have heard of in the south, if we except the per formance of the Duke of Roxburgh, who, on the first day, killed, with a single barrel, forty-two brace for his own hand. In Perthshire, Lord Stormont and his friends have been less successful than they were last year ; the ground is no doubt very superior, but against this advantage we must set the drawback of Highland wilds stormed for a period of two months or more. Lord Stanley, after a hur ried visit to Netherby, during which there was no scope for congratulation, is now in the Highlands shooting.—Dum fries Courier. At the Horticultural Society a paper was read on a simple and effective mode of killing the red spider, green fly, thrip, and scale, without injury to the plants. It merely consisted in putting the pots or plants into a frame well closed, and placing laurel leaves well bruised between them, when, in the course of one hour, the whole of the spiders and flies would be destroyed by the odour, which was that of prussic acid ; whilst thrip and scale would be destroyed in about eight hours. The night time is the most favour able for the experiment. For a house '2O feet by 12, the quantity of two bushels of leaves would be amply sufficient. TAUNTON.—This place was the scene of an extra ordinary uproar last week, arising out of the most unwar rantable and disgraceful conduct of a bankrupt and part of his family residing in the town, who had determined to re sist by main force the warrant of the Commissioners in a fiat of bankruptcy which had been issued against him, and w hi c h warrant was of course entrusted to the messenger under the fiat. Afte r arming themselves with an axe or bill-hook, and a long sharp peak, the bankrupt and the other individuals referred to bade defiance for a considerable whom they threatened time to the messenger and his as,.'"tY , to kill. A considerable concourse t...c persons assembled round the house, being attracted by the tumult ; and at some danger to their lives the messengers reco...erd posses sionpl t, as of the property for the creditor.. The ban*: might be expected, has absconded, but steps are d,cmg taken for bringing all parties to justice, the whole it:4E' mcnt on oath having been sent up to the Court of Review, to,Tether also with the axe or bill-hook, which the messenger afterwards seized.—Taunton Courier. POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.—By an Act of the Ist Victoria, cap. 34, we find that some anomalies respecting the conveyance of Newspapers :ire removed. 'File follow ing is an abstract from the table which forms the •?Bth sec tion, regulating the rates of postage for printed British Newspapers within the United Kingdom : By the General Post, from one post town to another within the United Kingdom—Free. By the General Post, and delivered by any penny or Twopenny post—Free. By any Penny, or Twopenny Post, and afterwards passing by the General Post from one post town to an other—Free. By any Penny or Twopenny Post, and not passing or in tended to pass by the General Post-Id. each. By the General Post of a post town, addressed to a person within the limits of that place or its suburbs--Id. each. Between places within the United Kingdom. By private ships—ld. each. Between the United Kingdom and her Majesty' colonies, by packet boats to any of her Majesty's colonies and pos sessions beyond the seas—Free. By private ships—ld. each. THE NORTH UNION RAILWAY. -,--We congra tulate our fellow-townsmen on the near approach to that period when they will enjoy the advantages of a cheap and rapid communication with Liverpool and Manchester, and when, through the Grand Junction and London and Birmingham railways, this town will become the direct line of communication between London, Carlisle, and the whole of Scotland. Wo sincerely hope these important advantages may not be altogether purchased at the ex- pense of the spirited individuals through whose capital and enterprise this important undertaking has, under many difficulties and discouragements, been carried into effect, but that they may reap a " golden reward" for their labours ; and we are glad. 'to, sec, that although Parliament has granted an Act for what at first sight may appear to be a rival line through Chorlcy and Bol ton to Manchester, and which has had the effect of depres sing the North Union stock to a discount of nearly .5O per cent., yet it is burthened with such clauses in favour of that line and the Lancaster Canal Company, as in our opinion to render it totally innoxious to the interests of the North Union Company,Preston Chromic*. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC !MIRA ALS. The Melbourne Ministry have not only a majority quite sufficient to enable them to conduct the Govern ment, but this advantage besides, that their flanks cannot be turned. With the Court firm and sincere, their only enemies arc in their front. They possess the confidence of the enlightened and independent in habitants of all parts of the empire ; so that with the Court and the people in their favour, they have only to conduct the Government on just and liberal prin ciples, and to use the patronage of the Crown wisely and judiciously, to see the factitious power of their op ponents lose every day part of its strength. All power which does not rest on enlightened public opi nion is in its nature transitory. But have Ministers the support of the independent and enlightened inha bitants of the three kingdoms ? Here the Times tries hard, by some of the artifices in vogue among sophists from the time of Georgias to that of single-speech Hamilton, well known to Sir Robert Peel,- to per plex a very plain question. We are gravely told yesterday by the oracle of Printing-house-square that " when the British people worked out a reform in their representative system, that • the nomination boroughs of a few powerful noblemen, m'ght no longer be enabled to thwart • the public wishes, how little did they imagine that the prac tical effect of this great re-organization would he not to extinguish the obnoxious power, but only to shift the possession of it—would be to disfran chise the houses of Cleveland and Lonsdale, Nor thumberland and Hertford, but to substitute for them. at last, one huge overwhelming nominator, with well nigh three provinces of Ireland for his close boroughs." Admitting, for the sake of argument, the existence of " one huge overwhelming nominator, with well-nigh three provinces of Ireland for his close boroughs" (an assumption of which we could easily show the gross extravagance) it is not because the Reform Bill so effectually wrought out a Reform in the Representa tive system of Britain as to prevent powerful indi viduals from thwarting the public wishes that the Tories thus seek to draw an invidious distinction be tween the representatives of Ireland and the representa tives of Britain ; but because the Reform Bill left in England too much scope to powerful individuals to thwart the public wishes, and that those powerful in dividuals have been defeated in their attempt to con duct the Government in spite of the decided opinion pronounced against them by all the town population of Scotland, with the exception of one district of boroughs, and an overwhelming majority of the en lightened and independent inhabitants of England, by a majority of Members from the country which has benefited so much by the efforts of Ministers to baffle the attempts of those who would treat them as aliens in the land of their birth. But, then, says the Times,• protesting all the while against invidious national dis tinctions, the Irish constituencies arc not so enlightened as the British ; and if a majority of the British con stituencies be against Ministers, it is. hard that a majority obtained' through Representatives of ignorant and dependent Irish coimtituencies should prevent them from thrusting out Ministers. But let the Times speak for itself • _ _ _ " Even if the views of Great Britain and of Ireland were absolutely the same, and the whole aim of the constituen cies in both countries were simply to choose the persons most competent to judge well for the whole, we must be excused for repeating (and we say it not sneeringly or scornfully, but with sincere regret for the long train of un happy circumstances which have kept Ireland so far below her proper place in knowledge and intelligence) that we should not expect from three at least of the four Irish pro vinces a selection so judicious as England or Scotland would be able to make. Now England and Scotland are both of them thoroughly conscious of the advantages which their own electors possess in comparison with the peasantry of the sister island ; and not all the assurances of Government, nor all the blustering of the successful candidates, will ever satisfy the cool-headed Briton of the Tweed or the Thames that the verdict of the priest-ridden population of the Irish districts, with their moral depression and their animal ex citement., can be measured against the calmer judgment of the more deliberate constituencies en the eastern banks of the Channel. It is felt as a mere absurdity on the part of Ministers to estimate Parliamentary strength under such circumstances by the mere balance of numbers, by the simple excess of their few Irish votes. * Our valuation of the English above the Irish constituencies proceeds not at all upon the birth-place or domicile, but upon the personal competency of the parties, for we attach just as much importance to the opinion of an enlightened constituency in Ireland, as we should attach to the opinion of a respectable town constituency in England or Scotland." It is not then mere situation that the Times regards, but the character of the voter. When Lord 'Chatham was blamed for employing Scotsmen in our armies, he answered that he found merit in the north, and he employed it. The Times does not prefer the inhabi-- tant of the Tweed or the Thames to the inhabitant of the Shannon, because the two first rivers are to the east of the Channel and the last to the west of it, but . because intelligence prevails in the former. Well, then, remembering the curse pronounced in Scripture against all who deal with two measures, we hold the Times to its own test, knowledge and intelligence . and independence. M. Ch. Dupin, some years ago, drew up a map of France, according to the prevalence of ignorance or civilization, in which the ignorant districts were represented dark. In this island, the invention of one man, Watt, has rendered it compa ratively easy to draw up such a map. The coal dis tricts have gradually engrossed nearly all the industry of the country, and are everywhere covered by large and thriving towns ; while, with the exception of great ports, which must always increase with the increase of the population of the districts depending on them, the rest of the towns of the island have either dwindled to little more than villages, or exist by supplying the wants of the neighbouring agriculturists. In the metro polis, in a few large out-ports, and in the coal dis tricts, intelligence, knowledge, and independence are to be found. In Scotland all the towns of 20,000 and upwards support Ministers ; Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Leith, Aberdeen, Paisley, Dundee, Greenock, and Perth—and, indeed, all the towns, with the ex ceptions of the Dunfermline district of burghs. In England the Metropolitan boroughs, all boroughs in the coal districts of any magnitude, including the new constituencies, with hardly an exception, support Mi nisters, and nearly all the great ports. . In the bo roughs with 50,000 inhabitants and upwards, the L'- beral Members arc to the Tories as 31 to 10. But in the !•orouglis with 100,000 inhabitants and upwards, r ; the Liber:.lls are to the Tories as 10 to 1. But even ~ tal:iii , :, , all the Iloroughs of 10,000 and upwards, the Liberal Members 4.re to the Tories as nearly 2 to 1. We are not, then, under the necessity of inquiring whether the Irish or the English agriculturist be the most intelligent. The Times, itself will allow that in all countries the inhabitants of ' large towns are more intelligent and independent than time agricultural 00.. pulation. The agricultural population of populationoflrt. 3and of y ~ be less intelligent than the agricultural England, arid yet the condition of the latter may be one of the most humiliating dependence. The elec tions of Suffolk and Norfolk, two of the best cultivated counties of England, exhibited as much humiliating abjectness as ever was witnessed among the Irish peasantry in the days of their shame. Now, if we . take intelligence and independence for our statzdard, '. we s h a ll fi fl a England, Scotland, and Ireland in per- ' feet accord. Alt the great towns in Ireland have re turned the same deseripLon of representatives as the great towns of England awl Scotland. Dublin,.. :. Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Galway, Waterford, iiOD-• dontlerry, Kilkenny, Drogheda, and Clo;:'mel—that-ii,.... all towns in Ireland of 15,000 and upwards ..return re , form Members. The sleight of hand which the .Times" attempts to play is this. The inhabitants of Vat:'Sr,' ''; laud and Scotla n d are more en li g ht ene d - and - indei ' pendent than the inhabitants of Ireland, and it their .' takes the most ignorant and dependent of the.inha"." - - hitants of England, and exclaims, these men have re.'•• turned Tory Me—'oers, while you Irishmen have returned Liberals' and the E:nglish being more , intelligent and i. pendent than thu Irish, au• lightened public opinion is against you. But wt, have seen that the intelligent and enlightened part of the English have returned Reform Mem..• hers as well as the Irish. Admitting, for the sake of argument, the existence of greater intelligence and independence in England and Scotland than in Ireland,. we are not to take the ignorant and de pendent part of the English population (Scotland is out of the question, as taken by itself a great majority 1