The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-09 00:00:00

VVEN !NG SUN-. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ; PEYTON V. HUG/lES- In this case, which had been partly heard on Satur illtY, the ar , rum , ents were resumed this morning, and had not concluded when we went to press. VICE Cu ANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Ili§ Honour was engaged all the inorning in' hearing hlonons and short causes, none of which wero of any Public, interest. BANKRU PTCY.-(TH IS DAY.) No public business was entered upon to-day, the Court tieing occupied in auditing the accounts of Thos. Arnold Ww. Bell, booksellers, both of Paternoster-row. • --- GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) Two cab-owners having been placed at the bar before lir. Alderman Humphrey, charged with furious driving on Blickfriars-bridge, and the offence proved against thei n The worthy AiDERMAN observed, that a few days ago an unfortunate individual had been crippled for life by the recklessness 'of persons like the prisoners, near the Elephant and Castle, and no punishment which he as a Magistrate could inflict, would sufficiently lerYe to prevent the recurrence of similar accidents. He should therefore inflict a fine of 3/. upon each of the Prisoners, and in default of payment a term of imprison nuont for two months—notice of this conviction to be given at the Licensing-office. BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY.) William Taversham and Thomas Lee, who, we be lieve, was formerly a comedian of some note, were this Co • rning placed before Mr. Jardine, charged with ern newslement, under the following circumstances Burgess appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Tolfe and Mr. Pearson appeared for the prisoners. Mr. Eliason deposed that he was the sole lessee of Drury-lane Theatre. The prisoners were employed by film as check and money-takers. From information he received he made an application to the police respecting t he prisoners. Told Grunson, the person from whom he received the information, to act upon the directions of Inspector Chalk. Sergeant Chalk, superintendant of the police division, and stationed at Drury-lane Theatre, stated that he had the management of._ the police stationed at Drury -lane. hat on Thursday last saw Mr. Eliason , w ho told him he had received information which lea him to suspect the prisoners. In consequence of this I .told Grunson, O ne of the check-takers, to mark a certain number of checks, and send them down to the money-taker, and to e _ t lkke the numbers, marking any mo ne y he might . receive 'rota the money-taker. When this was done, pri soner gave the witness a signal, and the witness took the prisoner Loe into custody. The Witness here produced a number of checks found an the prisoner, and also a purse, in which was ss. 6d., 'Part of which was marked. William Hall, 48 A division, stated that he was an officer ou duty at Dr ur y L a ne Theatre ; from instruc tion he received from the last witness took the pri nner Taversham into custody. S earched the prisoner and found 6s. 7d. upon him, one of the shillings was marked. Grunson stated that he was a check-taker at Drury-lane Theatre. The beginning of last week the Prisoner came to him, and said " I owe you 10s. ; here it i B ." Witness answered, " You owe me nothing," and Would not receive the money. In consequence of this witness communicated what had passed to Mr. Eliason, And told him that he thought he was being defrauded , ,`,° a considerable amount. Mr. Eliason then directed the witness to take any money that was offered to him, 4 4 to fall into the plans of the prisoner , " until he re ceived further orders. On Thursday last he received 255. On Monday, Lee the money-taker , a sked the wit bess why he did not do something for him ? ZYing "we ought to have had 15 s. each that night." f itness did not know what he mean t, but did not ask I ° r any explanation. The prisoner Faversham directed him how to act, which was, when checks were sold by the prisoner Lee, the money taken below, instead of put ting them into a box, as was the custom, and from which they could not be extracted without the knowledge of the check-inspector, the witness was to 'end some down again, in order to have them resold, and th e Produce was to be divided between the three. The 'witness then sent down five checks by Faver 6hant, which were marked. On Thursday the witness lent down ten more checks, and the money that was re etVved from them was divided between the witness and he . L two prisoners. On Thursday the prisoner Lee said b e rPed the witness would be more liberal than he was t hf", having only sent five checks down. The station of u ", witness was P. S. dress circle, and he received t? to Thursday 2/. Is. as his share. This was without e sh are of the first five checks. On Saturday Mr. Elia 80a requested witness to mark the checks, and lie 'narked six. Two of these he received back again as resold, and he then called the officer , and gave them to him. The checks produced are the same checks. Lee was not present at any time when the money was transferred to the witness. Cross-examined. —Has only been connected with Drury-lane Theatre since its recent opening. lam officer at the Royal Academy of Music. Several other witnesses were then called who. had Marked money, and, paid for checks with it to the prisoner Lee. The prisoners said nothing in their defence, and they were committed for trial. Me. Burgess stated *to the Magsstrate that Mr. Elia son had reason to suspect that he had been robbed to the amount of 501. a week. [We think it right to notice that our Reporter, not being able to catch the name of one of the prisoners, ',vent into the charge-room for the purpose of ascertain ing it, w h e n a police-officer, who takes the charges, in wto most insolent manner asked " What it was to him ? ---- they wanted no newspapers there," although the re quest was made as civilly as possible. We understand the officer's name is Musgrove, an Inspector.] =_- THE WEATHER.—NooN, AuGusT o. noYA.L GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer ................. 29.67 In. Thermometer... 69 I Highest ......•• 71 j Lowest ...... 52 Wind N.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. 1G EN CE. UNIVERSITY INTELL. OXFORD, Auc. 6.—The Rev. John Pendrill, 8.A., of St. John's College, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop "London to the British chaplaincy at Ghent. On Thursday se'nnight, the Rev. William Edward 13 1 ° 11 y B.D. of Exeter College, wa s collated b y the Lord ishop of Salisbury, to te honorary prebend or canonry cif Grimsten and Yetmi h nster, anciently founded in the Cathedral Church of Sarum. , The Rev. James Buller Kitson, B.A„ late of Exeter College, has been instituted to the vicarage of Pelynt, Cornwall, void by the death of the R ev. H. T. Dyke ; patron, James Wentworth Buller, Esq. The Rev. Charles Joseph Penny, KA., of Queen's College, has been presented by the Lord Bishop of Wor cester to the perpetual curacy of Robbenhall, Warwick ahire, The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph has presented the Rev. " (41 n Hughes to the rectory of Nanerch, Fiintshire. The Earl of Digby has presented the Rev. Dr. Lyon, } lead Master of the King's School, Sherborne, to the rec t(lrY of Bishops Caundle, Dorsetshire. THE " LADY THIEF' . AT LINCOT.N.—•. Was anticipated and predicted, the " lad y thief" has been Permitted to escape ; she has quit ted Lincoln, it is Stated. S eve ral fresh cases of daring theft on her part are now freely spoken of, showing whatever place she visit e d she plundered if possible — ta kin g j eweller y , fancy w° nis, or anything portable that came in her way. Many tradesmen have missed articles of great value. During the latter part of last week the lady called several times at the shops from which she was positively known to have stolen, to endeavour to compromise matters by Paying for the goods. One party refused until she had not only returned all they had seen her take, but every thing she had taken ; she went away, returned, and de livered up a bundle of fancy . wools and worsteds. Not content with compounding crime (an indictable offence, by -the-bye), and defeating justice to the public, parties are framing excuses for the thief worth 400/. a-year. lier disorder is tenderly ascribed to a morbid and irre pressible propensity, or monomania. And it is sought to palliate her offence by the representation that she did not intend harm, in taking what belonged to others. — Lincoln Mercury. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On Thursday morning(29th ult.), about nine o'clock, the in habitants of Langrove-common, in the parish of Llan garren, in this county, were alarmed by the cries' of " Murder," proceeding from the cottage of Jonathan Stro i n a shoemaker, aged 52. He had been a _sick cripple, and confined to his cottage be tween five an d six Years, and latterly had been in an excited state of mind. The cries of murder were made by his wife, Ann Strong, who was found leaning against the fu cottage doo l r, fainting, with her throat cu t, and bleeding prse y. She subsequently stated, that her husband, on coming tlewn stairs to breakfast, asked her how she Iv "- She answered, " Very poorly:" He then produced a razor, and said, " This will make You better," threw her across the table, and begin- Iling at the fleshy part of the neck, which he cut to the 'Vine, drew the razor across her throat. In the scuffle -for life she pushed her hand to her throat, and thus Saved the main blood-vessel, two of her fingers being cut to the bone. On her escaping from him to the door of the cottage, he inflicted a deep wound across his own . throat, which reached into the back of his mouth. Surgical aid was immediately procured, and Mr. Millard found them both faint from the loss of blood. He took uP six or eight blood-vessels in each throat. As the man appeared still bent on self-destruction, he, with the Sanction of Jonathan Strong's family, left him under re straint. His wife was removed to her son's cottage, a few yards from her husband's. At. eight in the evening they w ere both alive, but there is little hope of their re euverY.—Hereford Paper. DUCROW AT TILE SURREY.—We are heartily glad to see that Messrs. Davidge and Jones, the cnter prising managers of the Surrey Theatre, have entered into an engagement with Mr. Ducrow, who, with his equestrian feats and fine stud of' forty horses, is destined leis re -appear before the public at this teare to-nigh in own original and splendid spectacle of t Mazeppu. t, In order to construct a sufficiently large circle for these equestrian exhibitions, Messrs. Davidge and Jones have been at very great expdnse in constructing a new and "'melt more capacious circle, upon the base ,of the ori ginal one, known some y e ars back as the Royal Circus, besides, at a large outlay, forming moveable platforms, Which shift by machinery for the express dramas. Ma dame Ducrow, as well as Le Petit Ducrow, enhance the equestrian performances, all which are in addition to the Original corps and resources of the theatre. Taking such obvious pains to administer to the pleasure of the public, the efforts of the spirited propri@t9F! eaqic4 fail W en sue to themselves success. PORTUGAL. LISBON, AUG. 2.—The Bill of Foracs, or land-pro perty, has been but slowly progressing, owing to M. Soure, an opposition deputy, having declared that such a law would be but a panacea, bring no eventual good to the country, and prose only the means of creating end less litigation. On Wednesday a project for lessening the postage on newspapers which circulate through the kingdom was adjourned sine die, Ministing having ob jected to it. Their opponents, who seem to have had the superiority in argument, were obliged to succumb to Ministerial numbers, and after some bitter reflections against the press, which fell from the Foreign Secretary, M. Rodrigo da Fonseca Magelehaes, a division Was called for, which decided its adjournment. The vital question of the stoppage of payment or bankruptcy bya capitalization of the floating debt up to the end of June last, as proposed by the Palmella Committee, is given as the order of to day. On this question the variance which exists between his Grace and the Ministry, particularly - AI. Avila, of the Finance Department, is well known ; the latter, in a meeting lately held, said he would resign office if his colleagues intended to give their support to the mea sures ; his Grace answered him in rather an angry tone, and observed, that arguments ad terrorent were but a poor mode of discussion, concluding, that if the present Ministers were to go out, the country would not, in con sequence, be lost. Notwithstanding this divergency of opinion,, the continuation of the finance s - .:heme in statu quo will, in all probability, be carried. From the aspect in which affairs now are, and are likely to assume, it is conjectured that, soon after the 15th of the present month, Ministers will call for a vote of confidence, and then prorogue the Cortes to next January. I learn, from good authority, that M. Aguilar, the Spanish Envoy at this Court, has written in the most energetic terms to the Government upon the recognition of the late Miguelite Bishops, and their appointment to the two dioceses on the Portuguese frontiers, Braganza and Elves. Spain looks with a jealous eye upon these recognitions and on the negotiations carried on with the Pope, and seems to discover a plan for undermining the Spanish revolution, and establishing a propaganda in Portugal. Saturday, the twenty-ninth anniversary of the birth day of her Imperial Majesty the Duchess of Braganza, was feted as a grand gala, and the usual domon strations were shown by firing Royal salutes from the Portuguese forts and ships of war in the Tagus. A,Royal dinner was given at the Palace at Cintra to her ImpefialMajesty — on the occasion; amongst the.gueSt's Were the gallant Duke de Terceira, the Marquis de Sal danha, and the Bishop of Braptiza. The invitation of this Prelate, who five years ago in a printed address ad vocated, the cause of Don Miguel in opposit ion to her Majesty the Queen and the Pedroites, has afforded much matter for animadversion. Her Serene Highness the Infanta, Donna Isabel Maria, the once Regent of Por tugal, has left her Palace at Bemfica for that of Ramal hao, near Cintra, to pass the summer. The revenue of the Lisbon Custom-house, and Excise office and Custom-house of Oporto for the month of June last, paid in debentures, ex-paper money, and coin, amounts conjointly to 329,058,050 revs, equal tn. 73,402/. 2s. Bd. sterling, showing an increase on the preceding month of May of 7,9541. Bs. 3d. sterling. The accounts from the Algarves are of a most lament able nature, scarcely anything but murders, assassina tions, and robberies of the worst description are to be heard of ; the churches of Santa Marinha do Zezere, Trisouras, Loivos da Ribeira, and San Nicolas, have been recently broken into and stripped of everything of value. Yesterday, at mid-day, a calamitous and extensive fire broke out in the premises of a Swiss cabinetmaker at the Th esou ro Velho, near to the English hotel of Ma dame de ' Belem, which, being increased_ by a very strong north wind, threatened, for upwards of two hours, destruction to the whole of the neighbouring districts. Happily, how ever, through the well-directed exertions of the firemen, assisted by many private individuals and the officers and seamen from the Portuguese ships of war, the French corvette Coquette, and the British brig Espoir, the flames were got under ; and by five o'clock all appre hension for the safety of the adjoining dwellings had sub sided. Much property has been destroyed, but no lives lost. Captain Franca, who it may be recollected after the revolution of September, 1836, was Inspector of the Naval Arsenal and Colonel of that battalion, and impli cated in the attempts at revolution in August last, after having saved the whole of the family of the house where he resided, by conducting them at the risk of his life along a parapet, _returned to secure some papers and va luables, but unfortunately losing his equilibrium, owing to the violence of the wind and raging of the fire, fell from a height of nearly two stories, and is now lying se verely injured at the house of a relative. Three suicides, by persons moving in a respectable sphere of life, brought about by gambling,, and other pecuniary embarrassments, have taken place here during the past week. The Brandywine United States frigate left on Thurs day last for her station in the Mediterranean, touching at Cadiz. Exchange upon London at 30 days' sight, 54d. per milrei. TO THE EDITOROFTHE SUN. SlR,—Should the following verses meet with your op probation, the author will be obliged by your giving them a place in your columns. He has the honour to remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, - A CANTHARIDIAN. A NOSTRUM FOR THE NONCE. The tincture of Tamworth, and Peel's patent pill, Are medicines Britannia must bolt and must swill ; While Morison's ghost is in raptures to see A Premier like him—a quack doctor can be ! Oh, here is a recipe grand—universal : " Misce argent. aurumqm (to find these coerce all The Commons) est bolus (this Latin will end us) Beatus, et optimus, seniper capiendus." Edinburgh, August 6, 1841. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS • OF LIFE. Chow:LAN, AUG. 7.—This melancholy event took place on Friday afternoon. The fire was discovered about five o'clock, and from the quantity of inflammable materials on the premises they were soon a heap of ruins. The building thus destroyed was an oil manufactory belong ing to Messrs. Chesson and Holding. On the premises were erected three stills for the purpose of distilling oil from ingredients known only to themselves ; and it is supposed that the bursting of one of these occasioned the accident whereby Chesson's life has been sacrificed. The place presents an awful spectacle. The body of Chesson was dug out of the burning pile about five o'clock this morning ; it presented a most awful sight, the lower extremities, legs, and thighs were completely burnt to a cinder. One arm was lost off the body. The head and chest' remained whole, but burnt completely through. There were on the premises about 120 gallons of oil and 22 cwt. of resin. The unfortunate man has left a wife and three children, and the wife is near her confinement. The awful news of her husband produced such a shock upon her nerves that little hopes are entertained of her recovery. The property destroyed is about 2001- and not insured, beside the building, which, it is believed, is insured in the Norwich Fire-office. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday after noon at the White Horse public-house, Gillingham, before Mr. Hinde, Coroner. and a respectable Jury. Mr. Henry Holding, the partner of the deceased, sworn, said, the deceased and myself manufactured and rectified three descriptions of oils. I have frequently cautioned the deceased not to work thestill by himself, as I considered it was not safe for him to do so alone, and was not aware he had done so. I heard of the accident about six o'clock in the evening of yester day. I went to the building immediately, and the.' place was all in a blaze. The first thing I did was to make inquiries for the deceased. The distil-house was down. I could not learn anything about him. I then went and examined the apparatus the deceased had been working at, and found the side of the still had been blown out, and there was a large hole at the bottom of the boiler, which caused the ingredients to ignite, which fired the building. The bursting was owing to the still being so thin. The danger in which I knew the still to be in, it ought not to have been worked by the deceased alone, and I have repeatedly cautioned the deceased about tile dangerous state of the apparatus. Our manufactory was always kept a socret. My opinion is, that the de ceased finding the place on fire must have gone into the great loft, and intended making his escape from the lower gallery. The deceased was about thirty years of age. Richard Cooper sworn, proved the finding of the body. The Jury, under the advice of the Coroner, returned a verdict " That the deceased was found burnt to death." The Foreman and some of the Jury considered it highly necessary that the Coroner should severely repri mand the partner of the deceased for working a still of so bad a construction, which was done. GUY FAWKES.—As every one knows, this romance has continued for some time a leading feature in Mr. Bentley's Miscellany. The chapters, scattered throughout that periodical, are now collected, and pub lished in the regular form of a three-volume novel. This might have been anticipated, not only from the reputa tion of the author, but from the intrinsic ability and in terest of the work itself ; and there is no doubt that it will be still be more extensively read and circulated than it has been in its detached condition. It will be read again by many who have perused it piecemeal, with re newed appetite ; and this is a compliment which we think it merits, for Mr. Ainsworth, both in the concep tion, construction, and development of his subject, has exhibited more care, and we are inclined to add, more ability, than in any of his other productions with which the public are familiar. —Edinburgh Evening Post. MESSRS. DAIN TRY, RYLE, AND CO.'s BANK- RupTcy.—We understand that the total number of proofs of debt under this fiat is 589. The amount of the debts proved again st the Macclesfield Bank i 5116,902/. 198.2 d.; against the Manchester Bank, 48,571/. 6s. 11d.; and the private debts proved amount to 3311..185. 3d. ; making a grand total of 165 Whitmore. 4d.; besides which, the as signees of Messrs'. . and Wells, on whom the bank drew in London, claim to prove for 218,5081.55. 3d. Manchester Guardian. - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was expected to arrive in this country owi pFevious to th ly e to the e unsettlen suing week ; but we learn, that ng d state of the weather, it is probable her Royal Highness may prolong her stay on the Continent a short time longer. At the date of the la st letters we rejoice to state her Royal Highness continued in the enjoyment' of ex cellent health.—Observer. BRUSSELS, AUG. 7.—lt results from the ave rage prices of wheat and rye la st week in the ten pro vincial markets, and from the law of the 31st of July, 1834-1. That wheat will be exempt from import duty, dating from the 11th of this month; 2. That the im portigo mr d a uty me o s n rye remains fixed at 25f. 50c. for 1,000 an d r y e is ; 3. That the export du t y on both wheat 25c. for 1,000 kilogrammes. The average prices of wheat is 2if. 60c. ; that of rye, lit 1/5e7 THE SUN, LONDON, MONO- Y, AUGUST 9, 1841. DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT THORNLEY COLLIERY. MELANCHOLY SACRIFICE OF LIFE. (From the Northern (Sunderland) Times.) Shortly after our first edition had gone to press this morning, the lamentable intelligence of an expli;sion having taken place in Thornley Colliery, was communi cated to our office. Our reporter hastened to the spot, a distance of about fourteen miles from this town, and on our arrival we found the town of Thornley enveloped in gloom, and at the corners of the streets were to be seen groups of the colliers congregated together in gloom and dismay. Thornley is an important colliery, which has been in operation about six years, and this we understand is the first serious explosion which has occurred. The popula tion, according to the 'recent census, is about 2,700, chiefly colliers' families. To give our readers a better idea of the nature of the locality of the accident, we must premise that the Thorn ley colliery contains three seams. _ The first is called the five-quarter seam, and its depth is 85 fathoms • the se cond is the Hutton seam, which is situated at a ; depth of 145 fathoms ; and the third is the seam in which this most melancholy and unfortunate accident occurred, viz., the Harvey seam, which is at a depth of 166 fathoms. This is certainly a great depth, but it is only trifling when compared with the Monkwearmouth Colliery, which is upwards of •270 fathoms. The accident took place at fifteen minutes past four, immediately after the principal part of the workmen in the Harvey seam, the hewers, to the number of fifty, had left the pit, and the putters and trappers above were left to attend to the ventilation, &c. The putters and trap pers alone were left in the pit, with one unfortunate in dividual, Thomas Haswell, hewer, who is lame, and who has on two occasions been before most seriously injured. Information was immediately given at Thornley Col liery-office, that a 'serious accident had occurred, and Ali% Hecklesithe resident viewer, Mr. Carnes, together with the under-viewer and overman, immediately resolved on descending the shaft, in order that every assistance might be given to any parties who had escaped the ex plosion ; which was only known to the workmen in the other seams by a rushing of the air in .the staple, which led them to the conclusion that something was wrong in the Harvey seam. In the meantime the news 'of the fatal accident spread like wildfire through thoyillage, and even to the adjacent district, and the , whole popula ftion had assembled at the bank of the pit. Mr. Heckles and the gentleman who had descended the pit, had, by this time,.ascertained that the accident had originated in the 'north-west direction from the shaft. Mr. 11. however, despatched parties in different. directions, himself and the overmen examining the dis trict where the accident had occurred ; and, accordingly, his party found the bodies of those who had been killed confined to a space of 200 yards in the north-west dis trict of the Harvey seam. Two horses were also found dead. The villagers remained in anxious suspense for the period of one hour, during . which Mr. Heckles and his party were engaged in bringing the bodies up the shaft. It must not be imagined, however, that those who had been only injured, remained so long down the shaft ; for it is due to the activity of the parties con cerned, to say that in a quarter of an hour they were all "at bank." They were all able to walk to their respec tive homes, excepting Jonathan Gardener, whO died in about five hours after leaving the pit. The following is a correct list of the unfortunate suf feeers : —Killed—Thomas Haswell, overman, 42 ; Peter Graydon, driver, 11 ; George Ord, flatman, 17 ; Robert Gardener, trapper, 9 ; Thomas Hall, putter, 18 ; John Graham, putter, 16 ; George Graham, do. 17 ; John Armstrong, putter, 15 ; Jona Gardener, putter, 16. Seriously injured—George Crozier, wayleaver ; James Maudlin, overman ; Thomas Pile, trapper. The following, though in the same division of the pit escaped uninjured :—John Humble, trapper ; George Gillings, driver ; R. Palmer, putter ; J. 'Wilson, trapper ; Wm. Willis, do. ; M. Gardener, hewer ; Thomas Welch, putter ; W. Eltringham, do. ; Andrew Bor.es, water leader ; Wm. Woollett, do. ; George Hogan, shifter ; Thos. Atkinson, do. With respect to the condition in which they found the pit, little difference was observable in its aspect. There were a few board-end stoppings, or wood partitions, which had been violently knocked out of the ends of the galleries which they inclosed. These were immediately restored in order to renew the ventilation, and this was effected in about three-quarters of an hour. The greatest praise is due to the faculty, who lost no time in being present to render their last services to the poor fellows. A coroner's inquest was held to view the bodies on Sa turday. • The pit is ventilated on the same principle as the best collieries on the Tyne and the Wear, viz. by an up-cast and down-cast shaft. The blame, so far as it can be as certained, there is little doubt will be found to rest with the boy Gardener, who has already suffered. One week's traffic on the different lines of rail way now open, as 'reported in the Railway Times of Saturday last, amount, within a few pounds, to the enormous sum of 99,0001. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The half yearly meeting of the Grand Junction Company was held on Friday at Liverpool, when a dividend of 51. 10s. per cent. on the half-year was declared. Three new direc tors were appointed, and the proceedings were very una nimous. The cost of the Grand Junction Railway (in cluding land and all expenses). 78 miles- of roap, was 1,644,435/., or 21,0821. per mile. The purchase of the Warrington and Newton line (44 miles) was 65,4631., or 13,781/. per mile. The purchase of the Chester and Crewe lines (21 miles), 270,1151., or 12,8631. per mile. The total cost of 1031 miles of road was 1,980,014/. The stock of engines, carriages, &c., was 258,2061., making a total cost of line and works of 2,238,220/., equal to 21,5251. per mile for the whole 10:31 miles. The capital in shares of 1001.. 501., and 251., was 2,203,3001., and the land unsold, &c., 30,0001.; making altogether 2,233,3001. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.—A Philadelphia correspondent writes us as follows :—A very amusing in cident occurred in this city a few days since, which I must communicate for your paper. A venerable *gentle man, of respectable appearance, under a sudden inspira tion of the tender passion, stopped, on Wednesday morning, at the corner of Walnut and Broad-streets, an elderly lady, and, without the formality of an introduction, tendered his hand in marriage. It must be mentioned that they were strangers to each other, never having met be fore, and both of respectability. A bystander, who over heard the conversation, thus relates the dialogue :—Mr. A.—This is a very warm morning, madam. Are you not fatigued? Miss G. (in a pensive tone)—The day is warm, Sir; but lam not fatigued. Mr. A.—Mgy I ask if you are married ? Miss G.—l am not, Sir. Mr. A. — Would you like to have a house of your own? Miss G. —I would—very much. Mr. A.--What is your name, if I may presume to ask ? Miss G.—Miss G. Mr. A. —Where do you reside ? Miss G.—ln street. Mr. A.—l have a friend who would boueld pleased like with to you, and wants an establishment ; w you see him ? Miss G.—l would. Mr. A.—l am the gen tleman. I have seen you before, and admired you. I would wish to make you comfortable. When can I call on you ? Miss G.—(With maiden coyness)— Next Saturday. Mr. A.—lt is too long—it is an age —I am impatient—name this afternoon. Miss G.—l can't, for an engagement ; but I will see you to-morrow after noon at five o'clock. Mr. A.—l will call at that hour and know my fate. Good morning. May you make me happy.—l have given you an unvarnished account of this singular case of wooing, as it actually occurred, and assure you that it is not romance, but reality.—New York Herald. SUDDEN DEATH.—An awfully sudden death took place at liorncastle on Friday last. A pensioner named Pacey was assisting in loading hay in a field of his brother's on the Wong, when he was seized with a dizziness in the head and got down from the load, but before medical assistance could be procured he was a corpse. The deaths of his father and sister were also equally sudden.—Lincoln Mercury. WALSALL.--On Wednesday afternoon, about one hundred and fifty electors met Mr. Scott, the Mem ber for the Borough, at dinner, Mr. R. A. Kettle in the chair. RETORT COURTEOUS.--A Russian lady being engaged to dinner with M. de Talleyrand, at that time Minister for Foreign Affairs, was detained a full hour by some unexpected accident. The famished guests grumbled, and looked at their watches. On the lady's entrance, one of the company observed to his neighbour in Greek, " When a woman is neither young nor handsome, she ought to arrive betimes." The lady, turning round sharply, accosted the satirist in the same language, " When a woman," said she, " has the misfor tune to dine with savages, she always arrives too soon." DINNER TO THE HON. MR. MOSTYN.— On Tuesday last a public dinner was given to the Hon. Member for Flint, at tha Town-hall, at which about 90 gentlemen sat down; the evening passed, off with great conviviality. The Hon. Captain Maurice Berkeley has pub lished an address of thanks to the electors of Gloucester, dated on board her Majesty's ship Thunderer, off Gib raltar, in which he declares that on " the all-engrossing subject of the Corn-laws he shall give his most cordial support to her Majesty's present Ministers." His creed, he says, is, " Live and let live"—" Do unto others as you would they should do tint!) you." ALARMING STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—NAR now ESCAPE.—On the return of the Richmond steam boat from Putney, on Saturday afternoon, the vessel struck against Putney-bridge with a very great force, to the great alarm of all on board. In a very few minutes it was discovered that the machinery was so much injured that it was found impossible to proceed any further, and in order to prevent the vessel driving against Battersea bridge, the order was given to let go the anchor, and the passengers were obliged to be conveyed to London by other steam-vessels. INTERESTING TO GEOLOGISTS.—On Mon day last . the workmen engaged in the stone quarry of Mr. Littler, in the neighbourhood of St. Helen's, unco vered two trees, embedded in the stone about fifteen feet below the surface of the earth. The bark of the trees was carbonized and covered with perfect impressions of the leaves, branches of plants, &c.—Liverpool Chronicle. SUDDEN DEATH.—On the night of Wednes day week a nurse girl, Mary Ann Stanley, in the service of Mr. Laxton, Darlington-street, expired very suddenly while taking the children to bed.—Staffordshire Examiner SHOEMAKING AT GUATEMALA.— At the moment of starting, our remaining attendant said he could not go until he had made a pair of shoes ; and we were obliged to wait; but it did not take long. Stand ing on an untanned cow-hide, he marked the size, of his feet with a piece of coal, cut them out with his machete, made proper boles, and passing a leather string under the instep, around the heel, and between the' great doigt ; [ du pied and the one next to it, wag shod.—Stephotes Travels in - America. DUTCH MAIL. to T p; I i I r E do i n rA A G I I . TE' Vryheid, who was cond ib e r mn m e r d ly t a o AUG. 4.—llis Majesty has bee n pleaS ed Meeter, m f ' o ri u t r er y i e n a t r l s - T imTporlkisodner ment. Mrs. Elizabeth Fry arrived at the Hague yester day with relatives and attendants. TIIE HAGUE, AUG. 5.--The statue of ])e Rueter is to be inaugurated at Flushing on the 18tb. It is hoped that his Majesty will be present at the ceremony. NIMEGUEN, AUG. I.—To-day at noon a most tremen dous storm of hail and rain passed over this city ; the hailstones were of extraordinary size. It is to be feared that it has done great damage to the stcnding crops. The heavy rains have already done great injury - to the crops in most parts of our country. Some public works have also suffered severely. KAMPEN, AUG. 3.—A1l the accounts from the banks of the Rhine hold out very unfavourable prospects of the vintage. The last hurricane has destroyed all hopes of even a moderate vintage. DUTCH FUNDS.—.AIIIITERDAW, Ave. 6. • Mon.. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 52 1 4 52 % Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. ..... ...... 100% 1101% Amort syndie,434, per cent......... ......... 91)4 91 % Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 7.1 73% Commercial Company, 4t per cent .......... 1554 /55% Ditto (18.35 and 1837) 5 pe r , cent . ..... 10134 102 Loan 1837, 5 per cent-- .................. 204 11 1% Exchange on London, One 'm0nth.... ... ..... ......... 12 02% Two months ......... 11 95 Hamburgh, One m0nth............ 8 11 4 Two months ......... 35 564 Dutch Papers, Aug. 7. BELGIAN UNDS—Battsetts, ALT. 7. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ..................... 52% Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Csnt ....... ...... 101 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent...« ..... 22% 3 per Cent. ....... .. 71 Thirty.aeven ,(1 , 440 ..... ........... RH% Loan of City, 1T32, 4 per Cent.... .... ....... 82 Society of Commerce, 4yi per 9 i% Rank of Belgium, 5 per Cent..................... 74% Nationa I Society . •••••••••••••••• .••• Exchange on London (short) ..... 11 95 Brussels Papers, Aug, 7. AUSTRIAN FUND3.—VlstrNa, JOLT 31 rive per Witt. htetalliques ........ ...... 105 Four per Cents........•••••••••••••«••••••••••«•••••• ........ 97 Three per Cents. .............»....».».•..«......» 74 Bank Shares ....... •••••••«•••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••• 1518 ...Allgemeine Zanotti. At.g. 4 COURT . CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and -the PiincesseS-Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, Baron Knesebeck, and Colonel Jones, left town on Saturday evening, for their residence at Kew. The I)uke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Baron Brunow, the Russian Ambassador, and M. Tri coupi, the Grecian Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Normanby arrived in town on Satar day from Ryde, Isle of Wight. The Earl of Albemarle arrived in town yesterday from Brighton. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has returned to town from Portsmouth. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and also from the Governor of St. Helena, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. AQUATICS. MATCH BETWEEN THE LEANDER AND CAMBRIDGE CLUBS. On Saturday this great eight-oared cutter match, which has excited so much interest in the sporting world, between the Cambridge and Leander Clubs, took place. For some time past this match has been the principal topic of conversation among the admirers of river sports. From the celebrity of both the Clubs, it occasioned con siderable speculation among betting men. In order to prevent either of the crews possessing ad vantage over the other, in having a superior boat, two cutters were, some time since, commenced by Messrs. Searle, the well-known boat-builders of Lambeth, of equal dimensi6ns, and constructed after the most approved principles, both being much admired, and measuring 53 feet 5 inches in length. From an early . hour in the afternoon, the river pre sented a most animated appearance, being nearly covered with cutters, boats, and steamers. Westminster Bridge, Lyon's and Searle's yards, and the whole of the river fronts on both sides of the Thames, were crowded with a fashionable company, amongst whom we observed seve ral elegantly-attired ladies; while the numerous steamers were well filled. A few minutes after five o'clock the start 'took place from Westminster Bridge, the Leander Club being in shore, which was considered to be a half-boat's length in favour of the Cambridge. The Leander Club, however, took the lead, closely followed by their opponents. The river at this moment presented one of the most interest ing spectacles which has been witnessed for many years. Both crews rowed in the most gallant styl e, the Leander keeping the lead about two lengths a-head, in which state they continued until they reached the Red House, when they (the Leander Club) improved their distance, and reached Putney Bridge a minute and a quarter be fore their opponents, amidst the cheers of thousands of spectators and the firing of cannon. The distance was performed by the Leander Club in 34 minutes which was a very short time, considering the wind in Chelsea reach. The Leander Club dined at the Star and Garter Tavern, and the Cambridge at the Bells Tavern. The whole of the bridges were covered with respect able company, and Wandsworth•meadows presented the appearance of an Epsom downs in miniature. We did not hear of any accident. The following are the names of the crew of the Cam bridge Club :—Messrs. Brett, Abercrombie, Ridley, Chadwell, Denman, Selwyn, Cobbald, and Nicholson ; steered by Mr. Egan. The Leander crew :—Messrs. Dagglish, C. Pollock, Ommany, Jenkins, Rornain, Wallace, Layton, and Julius , steered by Mr. Sheppard. LORD FRANCIS _EGERTON'S YEOMANRY " When we stated last week that we had heard of Lord . Francis Egerton's intention to raise a troop of yeomanry, we said we had no reason to doubt the truth of our in formant. We had, however, a faint hope that it might .prove he had been misinformed ; for in the present state of the country, and with the recollection of what the Manchester Yeomanry Corps was, we could not look, without apprehension, to the irritation which might be created by the formation of a new military force, com posed of hot-headed partisans. Our hope has been dis pelled by the Manchester Chronicle of Wednesday, which not only acknowledges the truth of the statement, no doubt from instructions received, but gives such an ex planation of the reason for raising the new force as greatly to strengthen our suspicions of a conspiracy amongst the great Tory landowners, to organize the means of repressing the ex pression of public opinion upon the great monopoly which is rapidly reducing great masses of the community to starvation." , An extract from the Manchester Chronicle follows, which has already appeared in The Sun, and then the Manchester Times continues :—" The whole story is ob viously a fabrication, especially when we consider the coincidence of his Lordship's determination with the re sults of the elections. Lord Francis saw that his party would be in office, and that consequently the Royal con sent, without which a military force cannot be raised, would be obtained. The determination was exactly con temporaneous with the ascertainment of Tory strength in the House of Commons. Had the elections been in favour of Reformers—had they secured the continuance in office of men pledged against injurious monopolies, is there any man besotted enough to believe that we should have seen a Tory Nobleman raising yeomanry ' in iiio nour of the Queen?' " The truth seems to be, that Lord Francis Egerton expects that the people will not peaceably lie down to die for want of food ; that he fears that a starving.popu lation may become a desperate population ; and that knowing that disaffection in Ireland may occasion a great draft of the regular army to that unhappy island, he has determined to be prepared for his own defence." SAXON NAMES.—An inference of some im• portance may be drawn from the fact noticed by Mr. Turner, in his " Manners and Household Expenses of England," that the household servants generally bore Saxon names, because it corroborates the opinion, that the Normans employed the people whom they had sub dued in menial offices—" hewers of wood and drawers of water :"—" We may note, as a striking peculiarity in this document, that the household servants are generally distinguished by Saxon names. We have Ilande and Jacke of the bake-house ; Hicqe the tailor, and Jacke the keeper of the Countess's harriers, Dobbe the Shep herd ; Diquon, Gobithesty, and Treubodi, who were often employed in carrying letters ; as well as Slinga way, a courier, whose name is most opposite, and was derived possibly from his gait and manner."— [From some of these names we now have Hanson, Jackson, Hickson, Dobson, and Dickson.] • THE HARVEST.—The hay harvest makes but slow progress in this part of the kingdom—the rainy weather offering frequent obstacles to the operations of the labourer. Many crops are yet uncut. These have been somewhat improved in bulk by the rains ; but the general return will be " light." The corn crops in ge neral are looking well since the late rains ; and should favourable weather ensue, we may hope for an average harvest. Oats have grown, very much within the last few weeks, and look promising ; though on cold lands there may be a want of straw. Barley looks well ; and wheat, though thin, is well headed, and appears healthy. Turnips got in at the proper season look promising ; and the later crops have improved with the rain. Pota toes, we are afraid, will not be an abundant crop. The late winds may have shaken .corn a little ; but, from what we have seen, the roots are not generally Much loosened.—Durham Chronicle. THE 131stwr OF LONDON.—A certain aged Rector, in Middlesex, has lately been summoned to attend his Lordship to give an account of his conduct on the following charges : —That he is in the habit of opening his window, and converting himself into what the Ame ricans call a trollop, viz., sitting in an arm chair and giv ing the passers-by a view of the soles of his shoes—that, in such unclerical p osture, he has been seen reading .a newspaper on the Lord's day—and last, b ut not l eas t in the Bishop's eyes, that his reverenc e h as a cas k o f a le (canon ale of course) on his drawing-room sofa ! The old gentleman, not a little annoyed at. being brought from a distance to answer such paltry charges, told the Bishop that he was not aware there was anything very heinous in any of the charges, supposing they were all true, but pleaded not guilty to the Sunday newspaper reading. It is really pitiful to find a learned man like Dr. Blomfield listening to the tittle-tattle of every busy fool. If a cler gyman is gu ilty of any immorality, it is a Bi s h o p' s duty to interfere, but the eccentricities of seventy may surely be passed over. It is too late at such an age to study Chesterfield or the dancing-master.—Sund ay Times. MEXICO.-FREE TRADE. We have.received by the favour of an eminent house at Liverpool in the Mexican trade, a copy of a very able pamphlet, published recently at Tampico, which contains some points strikingly illustrative of the blessings. of the protective system, and serves to corroborate very strongly observations made by Lord Palmerston in his speech at Tiverton. It is entitled " A Representation to the most Excellent the President of the Republic, by the Mer chants and Inhabitants of Tampico, praying for the Re-' peal of the law of 15 per Cent.,' and suggesting other measures in its stead." The following is a translation : " To the most Excellent the President of the Republic. " The commercial body of Vera Cruz, which sees ap proaching and imminent the ruin in which that popula tion essentially mercantile is about to be overwhelmed, has again raised its complaining voice in an exposition to his Excellency General Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, heseeching him, that, with the high credit and in fluence appertaining to his elevated position in society, he might intercede with your Excellency, and so induce you to propose to the representatives of the Mexican people the repeal of the law of the 26th of Novem ber, 1839, which increased the customs duty, in the amount of 10 per cent. above the 5 per cent., which had previously been deemed sufficient. " The subject is the srime upon which the merchants and inhabitants of Tampico address themselves to the Supreme Government, but, in truth, without flattering themselves of a good result; since they have observed the little regard paid by the Chambers to the previous publi cations of the press, to the representations of so many mercantile places, and what was still more, to the repre sentations made by several Departmental Juntas. in whose writings was pioved, beyond question, the ruin which must be produced, and has been produced, by an impost in no torious contradiction to the true principles of political economy. It was easy, however, to foresee that no fa vourable resolution would be adopted upon our solicita tion, although we ask with justice, at the same time with the abrogation of that law, other points advantageous alike to this population and to the Treasury; whereby, with a greater development of our trade the public re venue would be increased. But although we have been disregarded, we do not the less recognise in your Excel lency a decided inclination to justice and equity, and the truly anxious desire to promote the happiness of the.coun try. For that - reason we should console ourselves, and we do console ourselves, in . acquiring a new proof that it is a fatality which continually interferes to render nuga tory the best sentiments which your Upright heart enter tains, as well for the good of this port as for that of the whole Republic. " Tampico, Excellent Sir, like Vera Cruz, is essen tially, and almost exclusively, mercantile. So, at the same time that we adhere fully to the solid reasons, with which that place invoked the patronage of an illustrious General, we have recourse to your Excellency, with the conviction, that in the extreme affliction to which we are reduced, it is only the energetic will of two illustrious personages, equally interested in the prosperity and great ness of their country, that can apply .a prompt and effi cacious•remedy to evils of such magnitude. The urgent necessity for such a remedy stimulates us to state clear proofs, respectfully, yet apart from flattery, which a great and noble mind, such as your Excellency's, would re pudiate, and which, above all, would ill become our pre sent critical circumstances: The sufferings are extreme, comparable only to those of the sick at the point of death, who can receive no relief from palliatives, without the prompt application of the most powerful medicines. And how could a physician apply the fit remedies unless he thoroughly understood the disease ? How could he un derstand the disease, unless to the symptoms which he observes there be added the patient's exact account of the causes which produced his ills ? Why should tot we, therefore, reveal those to your Excellency ? Why should not we enlighten your mind upon the capital. errors in matters of finance which have been committed of late years, when there is not a single inhabitant in this most extensive country, who does nor, agree in ascribing to your Excellency the most pure intentions to establish the common good upon the most solid foundation ? Whence comes it, then, that those intentions so pure .do not produce their effect ? It must be told—your Excellency has had the misfortune of not meeting with ministers and councillors who knew or sought to maintain themselves in high views of the general good. They circumscribed themselves within a narrow circle, drawn according to ideas of miserable localism. This is a truth, evident and irrefragabl% even though the proposition may seem to your Excellency to be presumptuous ; and we shall prove it by explaining the errors which have produced such mistaken policy. • "We might cite as a grave error the creation of the Bank with part of the produce of the maritime customs, which above all ought to be applied to cover the ex penses of the State. To apply them to create a forced industry is the same as to commence building with the roof. It was more advisable, more useful, more immediately a necessary to the public good, that whenever there was surplus it should be applied to open good roads, whereas there are none in this vast territory better than broken paths. Circulation would have been facilitated, and the means of transport rendered more economical. This would have been a general good ; but to apply a part of those maritime revenues to thOcreation of industry was erroneous, even if, with the_ remainder, all the expenses could be covered ; since one part of the contributions of the people was destined to loans, which could only be advanced to responsible persons, which was the same as lending the sweat of the poor to -the rich to enable them to grow richer. It was above all not only an error, but a flagrant injustice, to persist in favouring industry in that way, since the mo ment the revenues became insufficient to cover sacred income's - of the widow,;the soldier, and every class of public servants and creditors are impaired ; and ' this only because of the inconceivable enterprise of sustaining a forced industry, which has produced other errors. " One of those, deeply disastrous, was that which was committed in prohi biting the importation ofcommon cloths, and of fine and common thread. With both prohibitions the Government deprived itself of no less a sum than five millions and a half, whilst in the meantime the charges of the State were increased on the other side. A consider able error was committed, operating against the very principles upon which the system of indirect taxation is founded, and which is intelligible to the narrowest com prehension, that the fewer the number of articles legally permitted to be imported the less they will produce to the revenue. If that truth is plain to every one, how much may we be surprised at the prohibition of those two articles of importation, of which the duties were the most productive ? Will your Excellency believe, then, or can you be persuaded that we exaggerate in stating that the prohibition of those two manufactures has diminished the maritime customs in an amount equal to five millions and a half ? As your Excellency may distrust this truth, or the manufacturers may in terest themselves to maintain it in disbelief, we shall establish it, by the result of the calculations which they themselves have published. When they solicited per mission to import 50,000 quintals of cotton, they affirmed that they wanted that quantity to keep their machines in work for six months. Then, according to their own showing, they employed in one year 100,000 quintals ; and granting that one-half was converted into cloth, and the other half was employed in thread ; it being on the other hand certain that a piece of our national cloth dons not weigh more than 71bs., we shall have it the 50,000 quintals, (or take 42,500) will produce 607,143 pieces of 31 yards, or about 18,821,436 yards. If an equal quantity of foreign manufacture were imported it would produce to the Treasury, Dollars. For the cloth ;.. For the thread 1,372,749 T0ta1........... 5,692,266 " No one could deny the evidence of that calculation, and if the manufacturers cry out against it, or, for the sake of distracting your Excellency's imagination, pre tend that so enormous a sacrifice is compensated by the good which it produces, you should not listen to them, for it is only another of their sophisms. " The foreign cloth goes into the markets of the in terior at three reels per yard, and it sells for not less than three and a quarter ; and the shopkeeper cannot dispose of the national manufacture at less than 2:1 reals. Then the saving to the consumer is but half a real in the yard. and on the whole it amounts to 1,177,589 dollars, which the consuming class economises in the cloth. But the foreign thread when it was admitted sold for from 6 to 6f reals the lb.; whereas the national, at the average of all the markets sells for 11 reels, thero being some instances as high as 12 and more. Thus upon the whole consumption of 4,250,000 lbs., making allowance fer the saving in the article of cloth, there is an actual burthen of about a million dollars. Far, therefore from benefiting the country upon the existing prohibi tive system, the nation and the treasury lose more than 61 millions annually to enrich ten or t*elve manufac turers, who maintain miserably the limited number of families whom they employ. Here, Sir, is the truth, free from all illusion, and resting upon that, we might apply the proverb, " Cry ravens, and they will pick out your eyes. The only gain which the country derives is, that about three millions less are exported, which went to pay for the foreign cloths and thread ; and the onerous system only benefits two or three departments, with the ruin of the remainder, especially those of the north. See then to what disastrous errors in politics and economy your Excellency's counsellors, and persons of some name, have been led by a miserable spirit of lo calism, cloaked under the fascinating names of patriotism and public good. " Thus, your Excellency will observe, that the only good which is obtained by the nation in general is, that three millions less of hard dollars are exported ; and it can scarcely be said that this is a good, when tg obtain it the treasury and the consuming class make an annual sacrifice of Or millions, which go in a very small quan tity to the a griculturists, and the rest to the manufac turers, to the loss of the army, the widows, and the whole class of employed, who groan under the enormous arrear of their salaries. „ A l i tt l e t i me ago, the General of the army of the north, on account of his urgent necessities, had recourse to the expedient of seeking permission for the importa tion of prohibited goods in limited quantities, to be regu lated so as to bear proportion to the indispensable sup plies. And what happened ? That the manufacturers raised their cries to heaven. They assailed and censured this prudent measure, and misrepresented the question, with the farmers crying by their side, until the authori ties in various places, and (what is most strange of all) the Junta of one department of the north, obtained a re vocation of the permission. On all sides, having once . put the question out of the true point of view, they have no t ceased to deafen the ears of your E xce ll ency - until they could procure a revocation of the contracts. These have been withdrawn, upon conditions of indemnification to t h e contractors, of which the manufacturers paid no thing, but only the poor exhausted nation, which had to cover and satisfy the indemnities ! Now, most Excellent Sir, the measure to which recourse had been had was just and-beuetioial--it was just on account of th e object I to which the duties to be produced from it were destined, ' namely, the subsistence of the army of the north, which, fur certain, was as deserving of attention as the manu facturers. It was beneficial, inasmuch as it would in dispensably have lowered the price of the articles released fr o m prohibition, in all the markets, and the consumer would have enjoyed the benefit of that cheapness. Only under. that point of view it ought to have been considered by the counsellors of your Excellency, and by-the re presentatives of the nation, who should have maintained and upheld the measure, without listening to clamors, hypocritically cloaked with ideas of patriotism. And where is that patriotism ? Did the manufacturers and the farmers say to the Government of your Excellency, " Withdraw your contract, which is prejudicial to us, and we will give you a sum equal to the duties which it would have produced to you ?" Oh, Sir, their patriotism did not come up to that ! The mea sure, therefore, was just and beneficial, and it was an error not to maintain it. That which is repugnant in it, is the condition of specialty in favour of a single port, and of a limited number of importers. The measure ought to be general for all the ports of the Republic, and not by way of a particular permission. " It is also known that not many months since, when it was ascertained that the crop of cotton was not suffi cient for the supply of the manufacturers, permission was asked to import it from the foreigner, and the manufac turers thought it was only justice to make that solicitation. The excessive price to which this national article had risen, was the greatest proof of the bad quality or great defi ciency of the crop. But the required permission attacked the farmers, and they addressed lively remonstrances to the Government of your -Excellency. The permission was, therefore, not conceded • and thus another error was committed, because the refusal was a benefit only to one or a few localities, and wes an injury to the majority of the inhabitants, to the whole class of consumers, and to the Treasury, which would have been able to derive a large sum from the duties. . " When it is proposed, in the Republic, to protect any branch whatever of industry, that middle course, which is the only ono capable of reconciling the general and very divergent interests of the country, is not adopted. The truth that they are so is lost sight of, and thus trade takes, and is fixed in, a vicious extreme. The article.which it is sought to protect, for the sake o; encou raging it, is declared free from every duty . ; and, as itl that were not enough, the foreign importation is prohi-' . hited altogether. . This is another error, and one of the greatest that could be committed in politicateconomy. 4 Government should never lose sight of this principle, that the rights of all the citizens are equal ; and that with the same solicitude with which he is regarded who de votes himself to the branch requiring to be cherished, they also should be viewed who constitute the class whd are to consume the products. That is attained only by measuring the two conflicting interests. He who is fa voured on account of his industry, is inclined to turn it to the most profitable account in his reach ; and he who is to consume the production is equally inclined to obtain it on the most equitable terms possible. To reconcile the two objects, let there be imposed a moderate duty,—let exact calculations be made of the cost of production, of the cost of transportation to the place of sale, and allow ing latitude for a gain of 20 or 30 per cent.—(certainly a decent profit)—let the price be estimated at that which it can be sold to that advantage. Granted that this may be stated at ten; let the Government fix by law, that so long as the price should be raised to twelve, in any ] three markets whatever, the importation of the fo reign produce should be permitted, undergoing a ' fixed duty, double that which is imposed upon the na tional production, and let the foreign importations cease on the very day when the price revolves to that which has been fixed upon as level. The good which is effected thus is palpable. For the vendor there is imposed a check upon his unmeasured avarice, and he is kept in his , just limit, for fear of what may come to his prejudice by the importation of the foreign article ; hence the se curity of the consumer that he will never .be required to pay an excessive price. In seasons of bad crops the manufacturers and the consumers have recourse to the foreigner ; the former that he may obtain the prime ma terial upon fair terms, the latter to obtain the benefit of prices being kept from an excessive rise. If this princi ple had been in operation in the Republic, there can be no doubt that cotton would not have made so great a rise a few months since. The manufacturers would then have demanded, with justice, the importation of the fo reign material ; at the same time, it would not be a ra tional condition that the article should be imported only at one port, a condition so much the more unnecessary, as the importers would have had recourse to Vera Cruz as the point nearest to the manufactories, and conse quently the one from which the land carriage would be least expensive. " The system which we suggest is applicable, with small variations, to all the prohibitions ; and, on account of its importance, we will mark certain prejudices which would not be experienced if it were adopted in this country. " As we have said the importation of threads is to tally prohibited, as is also that of ' ordinary' cloths. This latter description was confused and required a definition, by which those are declared to be ' ordinary,' which do.not consist of thirty-one threads In the quarter inch ; and those are ' fine' which exceed that number. The latter are received upon payment of duty ; but not threads so, which are prohibited, whether fine or ordi nary. If the fine cloth be permitted why not the fine thread ? There is no reason for, the distinction. The regulation in respect to cloths is in analogy with the syeteen which-we suggest, and the absolute prohibitidn 'of thread is opposed to that system. Your Excellency may see the effect. which those two opposite arrange ments 'produce. "In consequence only of the fine cloth being allowed to reach the markets of the interior, the manufacturers, in order to exclude it from those places, curb their co vetousness, and contenting themselves with a more rea sonable profit (although at the same time it is more than decent), give that article at a price which causes the con sumer to prefer it, because he saves half a real in the yard ; and the fine cloths (foreign) do not go into the .interior, because they are sold at a loss. From the pos sibility, however, of that competition a saving in the consumption of the country is effected (as we have proved) of more than one million of dollars. It is not so with the thread, which is so charged as to im pose a burthen upon all the inhabitants, which amounts to more than two millions. What is the cause of this ? It is none other than that the manufacturers can put upon it what price they please, since they have no competition in that branch, and they have it in their power to sacrifice with impunity the whole class of consumers. Let the thread be placed on the same footing with the cloth, and your Excellency will see that the manufacturers, restraining themselves in their • immoderate ambition, would sell it with much greater fairness. And now, Sir, what shall we say of the pretension that has lately been put forth, that cloth should be excluded which contains less than 40 threads in the quarter inch ? Let the Chambers accede to it, and you will quickly see that the yard of cloth will cost the consumer four reels. Thus it is demonstrated that the protection given to the manufactures by the total prohibition of foreign 'threads is excessive ; and your Excellency will be con vinced of the imperious necessity of correcting an evil, by which the Treasury i 4 deprived of five and a half millions annually. It were fortunate that so great a sum had been diverted to cover claims more sacred, and that an expedient had been devised to compensate the deficiency in whole or in part. For that purpose an ef fort was made. in 1839 ; that fatality which governs commercial laws prevailed in the most disastrous manner, and, adding error toerror, a monstrous law was passed— the law of 15 per cent. ! It would be difficult, in the limits of one exposition, to sum up the innumerable proofs, the infinite arguments, the evident and number less demonstrations which have been published in the space of two years, to make ma nifest the ruinous effects of that law. But for what end should we occupy ourselves in that la bour, if to the above-mentioned proofs and demonstra tions no solid reply has been made, and they have been entirely despised ; those who, for the sake of badly un derstood interests, or, through erroneous persuasion, are or have been the partisans and maintainers of the law, contenting themselves with affirming that the commercial body opposes the law without reason, or that it does so through pure selfishness ? For what should we occupy your t • should power u7rleodr ourselves at this day; when . already the several allega tions with which the law was impugned have acquit from experience all the force of proph n ey we do so above all to your Excellency, if yon, far before hand, foresaw those destructive results—opposed the pub lication prevent f t the tle I p a n ab ii eaaTilosn i,nproposed'i . V eyoue it havel:.as gation to the Chambers, and have made great efforts to procure its repeal ? "But your Excellency may say : ' I have done all that was possible to me legally. I knoW th e ba d this law. I have initiated its repeal, That effects of has been de nied to me. What more could I do?' We shall discuss nat. The Chambers in our opinion have resisted because, in s , i v n h g i o t h h e m a i b g r b o t g b a abrogation, o n , substitutedn o expedient was presented to if a good recourse m h P out inconvenience ; and thefor the obnoxious law proposing been less, had been pointed out. There is no doubt, opposition would have people defend the law Sir, that of if the representatives of the prohibition of the goods l5 per cent, it is because the the Treasury of five_a we have spoken of, by depriving incapacity to acq u it ' nd-a-half millions, placed it in an itself of the most sacred oblig ations. The widow, the soldier, the magistrate, and all who re ceive public salaries, could not, without g reat loss to society, be unheeded groan in i or left to misery ; and it was the bounden d uty of the Chambers to kee p that in view • What then will your Excellency d o ? Will you propose th e abrogation of the 15 per cent, replacing it 3' a more moder a t e i ncre ase in the duty u p on importa t!ition ? Then, Sir, the same error will subsist, al though in diminished proportion. That expedient would not be just, when, as the merchants of Vera Cruz allege, cottons pay 224 per cent. upon their cost beyond the sea; woollens, 138 per cent. ; linens, 82 per cent.; silk, 33 per cent., and other goods could be added to that scale, which pay more than double the ad valorem duty of cot tons. If this .charge were put upon silks, it would be more reas onable, as the increas e of indirect contributions would be paid by the class most competent in the coun try. But the impost would eventually be unavailing, for th e co nsumption wo uld be diminished, your Excellency would be exposed to fresh reclamations, and, worst of all, we should have to wait six months before the increase would be effective. and in the six months' continuance of the 15 per cent., we all perish ! It would also be impo litic to augment the duty of importation, for it would only be effective in the ports upon the Gulf. In the Pacific, it would be illusory, and the great disparity which pro duces such a fatal order of things would be the greater in the proportion in which the supposed addition was im posed. If, paying what we pay at present, we cannot compete with the ports of the Pacific, still less could we compete with them, the duty being increased. .‘ That expedient cannot be recurred to ; however, granting that our misery has cherished the manufacturer of cloths and yarns, let us son what aspect that branch of industry preseats. EVENING SITN. --- . "Let us take at the highest--that - . Dollars Cents A Quintal of Cotton costs the manufacturer $3O 0 Waste, 15 per cent 4 50 Cost of manufacture. 50 per cent ' ' 17 25 A quintal, converted into cloth, comes t 0... 151 75 " The makers sell the piece atB dollars, Iv hich is equi valent to cents. per yard ; that is, they gain 121 per cent. ; and still snore on thread, because in it there is nothing to hinder them from selling it at whatever price they like. " After this demonstration, if your Excellency pro pose to Congress that a duty of 4 cents a yard be fixed upon the national cloth, and one real per lb. upon the thread, could the justice of the proposition be resisted 'for fear of prejudicing industry ? No, certainly ; and here is a calculation to show that the produce would be equal to that which is sought to be obtained from the 18 per cent.:— Dollars. 18 millions of cloth at 4 cents would yield 720,000 42,000 quintals of thread, at 1 real per lb Total 1,251.250 " To make this sum more certain, and to collect it with the greater facility, it would be. advisable that the con tribution should be direct, applying it in proportion to the number of splindles and looms which each manufac turer employ is " Moreover, with this imposition as proposed, there remains to the manufacturers a profit of 85 per cent-, which is scandalous ; and here your Excellency may leartl in what way to reduce them to a more moderate gain. Let in the competition of foreigners, qualifying as tine the cloth which reaches 25 threads ; and regulating that foreign thread be permitted from No. 21, per'arriba. If tha: be not done, the result will be, that the c:nisunier alone shall pay the new impost. Then, as it'ha.s been shown that foreign cloth of 31 threads cannot compete, as it is sold with little profit, the manufacturers , will be able to increase their prices Without any fear., If that competition be not opened, the sacrifice of the Treasury, even with the above stated'impost of one inilittai and a quarter, or what is the, same thing, those' fithrinillions and a quart*, with which then it will protect industry, no benefit will accrue to the country by the Customs ; and, as the illOacturers ill be able to selfthe:intd with as !Mich case - Is - the good, they Will; manufacture badly. hemnpetitioa, therif , r• liecas‘a.i4v even to Aire? - late the 'Manufacturers' to iinprovenient, and to secure that industry may not be stationary. In proof of our assertion, we would supplicate your Excellency to inquire, end you will be informed that, in fact, the piece of na tional cloth weighed two years ago 91bs., and now it weighs no more than 7lbs. ; so that not only is the con sumer sacrificed by being compelled to buy dear, but day by day the quality, of the article which he buys is de teriorated. " We repeat, then, Most Excellent Sir, that the imme diate repeal of the 15 per cent. is most urgent, substituting for it an indirect impost upon national cloths and threads, or a direct tax upon the manufacturers. With that mea sure alone an immense good will be done to the country. But it will not be complete, in order to our material in terests, unless the principle be adopted of removing from our tariff all prohibitions, except of those things which are opposed to the religiOn, morals, and manner., of the country, charging all articles with a duty greater (and prudently just) than is paid by our own corresponding productions. That good will not be complete unless the internal customs be abolished—it will not be complete un less, together with the above stated measures, the inter nal circulation be free, without which commerce could not acquire all that development of which it is suscep tible in a country in which Providence, with full hands, has distributed such elements of prosperity. Above all, it will not be complete if the Mines be not especially encouraged ; making some sacrifice for the purpose of obtaining a sufficient quantity of quicksilver, which should be interdicted as an article of trade ; any loss which might be incurred thereby would be compensated by the advantage to be gained in the other Metals. With an increased extraction of the precious metals, agri culture would flourish—indastry would flourish without artificial assistance—commerce would flourish with them, and in every quarter would be soen abundance, prospe rity, and enterprise. " We have indicated, Sir, the means by whose adop tion you may be occupied unceasingly in ameliorating the condition of all the inhabitants of this region, and your Excellency and the Most Excellentllon A. Lopez de Santa Anna, ought to arouse yourselves to realise the wealth of this country in those valuable materials as in former times—shutting your ears to all pretensions which are not in harmony with the general good. Thus you will secure the happiness of the whole Republic. Thus your illustrious names will be blessed. History will immor talise them, and, transmitting them to the remotest pos terity, will repeat them with the most honourable of all titles—that of the saviours and regenerators of your country " Such are the wishes which, with the most profound respect and the most anxious hope, we submit to your Excellency, of whom we are the devoted and obedient servants," &c. [Here follow about a hundred names.] GOODWOOD RACES. THE ORLEANS CUP. In our report of'the last day's races we stated that Hyllus' running had excited a good deal of suspicion, and that a Member of the Jockey Club (the Hon. Cap tain ROus), had expressed* himself in strong terms to wards the parties supposed implicated-in the tran saction. After the races, that gentlemanwrote to Ro binson, the jockey, for the purpose of ascertaining what instructions he, had given Buckle. 'Robinson stated, in reply, that "Mr. Liehtwald had applied,to him to ride Hyllus, which, from an unwillingness to take Buckle off, he had declined ; and that on the latter statinglhat.the horse was likely to bolt, he had recommended liim to make a waiting . race." Immediately on receipt of this statement, Captain Rous addressed a letter to Mr. Forth, of which the following is a copy : • " SIR,—On my arrival in London from Goodwood on Saturday evening, I wrote to Mr. Robinson at New market, to ask what instruction he had given Buckle re lative to riding Hyllus for the Orleans Cup. his an swer I have just received. As it exculpates you, Messrs. Litchwald and Buckle, I lose no time in acquainting you that its contents satisfy me that I have no grounds for substantiating the charge of dishonesty against you or any party. You may make what use you please of this litter.—l remain, Sir, yours, &c. " H. S. ROUS." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—knowing that many of your readers still cherish with friendly recollection the memory of the celebrated Curran, I am induced to enclose you for insertion the ac companying lines which were the effusion of his feelings in some of those moments of intense depression which un fortunately for him too frequently chequered the life of that extraordinary man. I believe that they have never yet met the public eye. lam myself indebted for their possession to the intimacy which for years subsisted be tween my late father and that eminent orator and patriot. These lines carry indeed within themselves the internal marks of being the composition of that fervid and impas sioned orator, breathing that deep-toned pathos which they, who like myself, have been privileged to be his guests at "the Priory," can well remember so thoroughly pervaded the character of his mind, and which, amid the corruscations of genius, and bursts of genuine wit and hu mour, still shaded his conversation with a mellowed tone of moral feeling, of which they only who knew Curran intimately can have any conception:-=I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM S. VILLIERS SANKEY. Aug. 7,1841, Hammond-street. TO A SIGH. BY THD RIGHT HON. JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN. Oh! give to sorrow momentary ease, Thou gentle tell-tale of a pensive breast, For thou, when cheating hopes no more can please, Thou canst afford, at least, a transient rest. Oh! then ambiguous, joyless, softly rise While the tear trembles on the pallid cheek, Severe the virtue that a sigh denies, To save a bursting heart that cannot break. part of BO W-STREET LAW- in the TO THE THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. the ln proceedingsyour paper of at 1:10 s v yesterdaystreelt perceives ee, a ease It a ppears that ,, a Mr. Wight - deserving of some notice. man was charged with resisting a police- If icer in the txe- I t wa s in evidence, and not attempted cution of his duty. to be denied, that the officer had taken into custody, on iaine of of the h provisions of the las t a charge of violating. Act for preserving t e Peacethe metropolis,cotmemion of t : person h offence. who had taken n o share in 1 a ll question was an illegal arrest, yet for This beyonc • ' 't the defendant was fined ss. • lf this be law, resisting i the sooner the grounds of such a decision are known the At co mmon law I apprehen d that the arrest- of better. De - n without a warrant is upon the responsibility aonfytile rsperson so acting. A cons t a ble witnessing the commission of certain acts contrary to law is bound to a rrest the offender, but not upon hearsay or presump tion, u nless by special provision of law, as in case of an assault, where the new Police Act! allows of such a course. The duty of a police officer is not to arrest. on suspicion any person merely because had he witnessed a particular individual commit the act he would have been a uthorized to interfere. The charge of resisting the officer in the execution of his duty appears to me to fall to the ground, because he was exceeding his duty and his powers. I trust that Lord Normanby will not allow Mr. Twyford to make out decisions for the future, other wise we have gained little by the decision, in the case of Wilkes, against general warrants ; since it should seem that, according to Mr. Twyford, every member of the metropolitan police has now a power not formerly pos sessed by the Home Secretary. By giving this communication a place •in your columns you will greatly oblige, Sir, yours ter- • truly, Westminster, Aug. 7. CIVIS. CONFERENCE OF :MINISTERS AT MAN CHESTER—CARMARTHEN, AUG. 5.—A few friends fit vourable to the repeal of the odious Corn-law met to gether last Friday, to take into consideration the question of sending a delegate to the Convention at Manchester, when it was unanimously resolved that Carmarthen should not be backward on such unimportant occasion, and that the Rev. 11. 11. Jones, Baptist Minister, should be appointed to represent the feelings of the anti-mono.. polists at the approaching assembly. Asubscription was immediately set on foot to cover his travelling expenses, and is progressing most favourably. It is hoped and ex pected that other parts of the county and principality will make a vigorous effort to assist the millions at this important crisis. British Queen. POSTAGE STAMPS.—It does not appear tole ufresechiiosidn suppliedga h s woseil y d r o e n d n o . w d is b t e ri Evert e p t generally known that twopenny stamps—labels and en velopes—printed na e d o pennypi,eoss—t-porc t ee stampsdi np in r b nh / te u e e aL m oi nn a with embossed envelopes as well labels fog sole ,