The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-28 00:00:00

MOR STING SUN. t* , (‘ Custom s as the g-reatost rogues in ( xistence. What history of fraud, exclaims our honest Contemporary, Z"'" ,l b , untotoett were the frauds practised in the River Thames alone, through connivance with the aerntntts'of the Custom-house, to be revealed ! There its hardb a widow of a waterman below bridge who does not receive a pension from some quarter or other of the Custom-house to keep her from divulging the secrets she might obtain a knowledge of during the life time of her husband. The'Post is as furious against the Chronicle as that Journal is against the delinquent Custom-house officers, and accuses it of a determination to conduct the opposi tion to a Tory Government in the Jacobin spirit of the I first French Revolution, and in resentment of the loss of °ffice, involve Great Britain in the horrors of a sangui- nary democratic revolution. Our Liberal Contemporary, the Advertiser, makes a violent attack on Lord John Russell for not following nut the principles of Reform laid down by his Lordship in the TrouSe of Commons in 1831. Considering the diffieulti,s in which Lord John was involved by Whig- Tory colleagues, Tory alliances, and Tory courtiers, the animadversions are too severe, but they are not destitute of truth. -- The Ipswich Express states that, when the present condition of political parties, and of popular ignorance, f l . l Cclo'sed by the elections, is considered, it is by no scans a subject or regret that the advocates of advance ment and civilization should be again in opposition, or that the maintenance of public grievanCes should once • more occupy the high places. The liverpoel Chronicle observes, in a leading article on the subject Of the Registrations—" We have no hesitation in prophesying that we shall have an elec tion almost immediately, and we can give precedents enou:2.ll to show that our late defeat is no reason for despair. The Cork Southern Reporter congratulates the Reformers on their not attempting in any way to extenu ate the victory of their opponents, observing :—" This is an intlicatiOn of an elevated and healthy tone of the Public mind, and so long as difficulties are viewed un shrinking,ly and calmly prepared for, there is no just cause for desponding." TBILLITntC.E. O6 . The two Grisis, Lablache, Puzzi, Benedict, and Loder, appear at Mr. Machin's concert at Birmingham, ° ll the 19th of August next. COUTL'T --711SI-IXONABLLIS. The Earl of Malmesbury has returned to White- Ilan Gardens, from Putney. The Noble Earl's health has but little improved. -- Lord Ormond and the Baron Rothschild arrived from Ostend on Saturday. A grand archtry fete will take place at the delight ful watering-place of St. Leonard's-on-Sea, on the 17th of Augps4 h when the Queen's St. Leonard's Archers will hold their anowa wand target-day ; her Majesty's prize to be shot for. ---- The Hon. Edward Richard Lyttelton, eldest son of Lord Hatherton, will shortly lead to the Hymeneal altar the Lady Margaret Percy, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Beverley. The Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane, eldest 'laughter of the Marchioness of Londonderry, is shortly to be united to the eldest son of Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., M.P., of Eawsley, Northamptonshire. numouns or THZ DAT. 7-- Earl de Grey, who was First Lord of the Admi ralty in Sir Robert Peel's Administration, is spoken of • " the future Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The report that Sir James Graham is to go to India is contradicted. The Right Hon. Gentleman's frie nds fear that his failing health, and not good c onstitution, might make the climate of India fatal " • to him ; and to preserve so very valuable a life for the '4.0 ? les, they are anxious to keep the Ri g ht Hon. Gen tl "btu at home. It is supposed, however, that he is not grateful for their care. Mr. C. T. D'Eyncourt has been labouring under severe illness for some time, and the general belief in the borou g h of Lambeth is, that, bring unequal to the fatigue of parliamentary duties, he will shortly resign. Mr. Robert Steuart, formerly a Lord of the Trea sury, and Member for the Haddington Burghs, has been appointed to a Consulship in Columbia. day of August, in tie year 184! (Signed) REGIST RATIONS TO BOROUGH AND CITY ELECTORS. The next General Election (should there be one) Within 15 months) will virtually commence on Sunday next, that being the day on which the Overseers publish the list of voters for the ensuing year. Every Reformer, should, therefore, prepare for the contest by carefully attending to the registration. Ist. lie should see that the Overseers publish their lists on all the Churches and Chapel doors on the Ist and Bth of August, their wilfully neglecting to do so rendering them liable to a penalty of 5001. 2dly. He should examine those lists either next Sunday or the following Sunday, or at the residence of an Ove rseer an y da y before the 15th of August, which any person may do without the Payment of any fee. He should see that his name, qua lification, and place are correctly described, and having ascertained if the names of any persons, who he believes to be entitled to be on such list, hate been omitted, he should induce them to claim to be registered on or before the 25th of August ; for this purpose the Reform Act Prescribes a form of claim which should be adopted, viz. A CLAIM TO BE REGISTERED. To the Overseers of the Parish of I hereby give you notice that I claim to have n my name inserted in the List m ade by you of persons e titled, under the Reform Act, to Vote in the Election of a Member (or Members) for the City (or Borough) of , and that my qualification co ns ists of a ish. at No. in in your Par day of 1841. Dated this (Signed) of Insert the name of the parish, and the nature of the Premises, as house, warehouse, counting-housean, sho the , workshop, stable, shed, or as th e case may be, d name of the street, court, &c. ; put in the date, and sign the names of the claimant, and his place of abode, at full length. If a scot and lot voter, instead of the words under the Reform Act," insert " In respect of the Scot and Lot Franchise." On or before the 25th August, give this cla im to an Overseer, and afterwards attend before the Revising Bar risters, who hold their Courts between the 15th Sep tember and the 25th October. A correct copy of this claim should be kept, and the party who serves the claim should immediately write on the copy to whom the claim was delivered, and the day of the month and year. He should then copy from the Overseer's list the names of any political opponent that he believes not be be entitled to a vote ; and, should he be disinclined to tithe the trouble consequent upon objecting himself, he should forward his information to a Reform or Regis tration Society, if there be one in that borough or city, or to some active Reformer residing therein,—as it is necessary that the objecto r, or some one on his behalf; should appear in the Revising Barrister's Court to sup- Port the objection, though the proof of qualification will fall on the person objected to. The following are grounds of disqualification, viz.:- Ist. Not having been in o::cupation of the premises for 12 months previously to the Ist of July. 2d, Not occupying as tenant, but only as director, se cretary, clerk, servant, &c. 3d. Premises not being worth 10/. per year ; or, if deseribed as a house, not having control over a separate door. This is not necessary for any other premis,es, as shop, warehouse, counting-house, &c. 4th. Not being rated, or not having claimed to be rated, to all poors-rates made since July 31, 1840. sth. Non-payment, 'on'or before the 20th of July, of window-tax (if assessed) due before the 6th of April,.or n of the poors-rates which have been demanded per sonallv, or by a notice left at the premises, before the 6th of April. 6th. iv o t having resided (slept) w ithin seven miles, since the 31st of January last. 7th. If in partnership, not having been so twelve months before the 31st of July, or premises not giving „ 101. for each. Bth. If an alien, infant, idiot, or lunatic, officers of excise, customs, stamps, post-office, assessed taxes (if appointed by Assessed-tax Commissioners), or new po lice, pauper, or if convicted of bribery, felony, &c. The following notice o f ob j ection can only be signed by a person whose name is on the overseer's list, and must be delivered to an overseer on or before the 25th of August : NOTICE OF OBJECTION. To the Overseers of the parish of I hereby give you notice that I object to the name of being retained in th e list of persons entitled, under the Reform A c r t, to vote in the election of a Mem ber, (or Members), fo the city (or borough) of ; and that I shall bring forward such objection at the time of the revising of such list. Dated the NEWSVENDERS BENEVOLENT AND PRO VIDENT INSTITUTION. —The Committee of this lau dable society have made arrangements for an aquatic trip this day. The Royal Sovereign steamer is en gaged for the occasion, and every arrangement that can conduce to the comfort and accommodation of those who may patronize the excursion, has been made, not with a niggardly or parsimonious hand, but in a spirit of perfect old English hospitality. James liariner,• Esq., the patron of the Institution, has granted permission for the company to land and spend the day on the beautiful grounds attached to his mansion at Greenhithe, and a commodi o us marquee has been erected in the Park, to shelter the visitors from the fervour of a summer's sun. In this tent a cold collation will be served, and those who feel disposed may devote their time to the shrine of Terp sichorj, an excellent band having been provided for that Purpose. Herr Von Joel, the sifleur, and a celebrated comic singer will be present. In fact, the Committee have no t omitted any thing calculated to enhance the Pleasures of the day, and we heartily hope the weather - may_prove propitious. The new steamer, Princess Royal, made her Passage from Greenock to Liverpool on Saturday in 15 4 91g 1 4 and 10 minutes , being the quickest on record, "~;~r x ;, „, THE QUEEN'S PROGRESSES. The preparations at Woburn Abbey fur the reception of the Queen and Prince Albert are admitted on all hands to be magnificent and worthy of the occasion. Those at Pansanger and Brocket Hall are on the same grand scale, and it may therefore be interesting to our readers to have a short historical account of these splen did mansions. The Royal guests will arrive at Pansan ger to-morrow, and on the followin7 day will honour Lord Melbourne with a visit at Brocket Hall. The ac counts which we subjoin are from actual inspection as well as from documentary records. PANSANGER.—This elegant mansion belongs to Earl Cowper, and is situated about three miles from Hertford. It has only of late years become the family residence of the Cowpers, their more ancient seat being Coln-green, at a little distance to the south-west. Lord Cowper. however, in 1801, pulled down the old house at Coln green, which had been erected by Lord Chancellor Cow per in the beginning of the eigh teenth century, and built the present handsome house in the Gothic style of architecture upon the site of the manor of Pansanger, on the north-east bank of the river Mimeram. It has, moreover, been recently considerably enlarged and im proved, and now forms, with its beautiful park, one of the most delightful objects in this part of the country. This manor, variously called Pansanger, Blachmene, and Blakemere, lies in the parish of St. Andrew, Hert ford, and was bestowed by William the Conqueror, at the time of the Conquest, upon Geoffrey de Beet', one of his followers. It is thus recorded in Domesday Sur- rey • Geoffrey Runeville holds of Geoffrey (de Bech) one hide in Blachmere. There is hind to two ploughs. There is one to the demesne, and another may be made. There is one villane with two borders, meadow for to ploughs, pasture for the cattle, and pannage for the forty hogs. This land is, and was, worth fifteen shillings ; in King Edward's time, forty shillings. Two of King Edward's Thanes held this land, and might sell it." Any further acount of the descent of this manor is not to be met with among old records, till the reign of King Henry the Eighth, when it formed part of the possessions of Gertrude Courtney, Marchioness of Exeter, upon whose attainder it came to the Crown. Afterwards, King Henry the Eighth, by his letters patent, dated the 18th of June, in the 38th year of his reign, granted it by the more modern name of Pansanger, to Nicholas Throg morton, RA., in fee. Pansanger, afterwards, by means which are not ascertainable, became the property of Su- Stephen Slaney, who was knighted in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and chosen Lord Mayor of the city, in the thirty-seventh year of her reign. From him it con tinued in the family till it became by descent and pur chase entirely vested, by intermarriage, in the hands of Elwes, a merchant of London, by whom it was sold to William, son of William, first Earl Cowper. This nobleman was sprung from an ancient family, seated at Strode, in Sussex, in the reign of Edward the Fourth. The place of his birth is not known, but it is supposed that he was born in the Castle at Hertford, which his family occupied for several years previous to their erection of the family seat at Coln-green. He was brought up to the profession of the law, and on the 4th of May, 1707, was created Lord High Chancellor. Upon the removal of the Earl of Godolphin, on the Bth of August, 1710, from the post of Lord Treasurer, and the resignation of the other Whig Ministers, Lord Cowper waited upon the Queen to resign the seals, which her Majesty returned to him three times after he had laid them down. At last, when she could not prevail by entreaty, she commanded him to take them, adding, " I beg it as a favour of you, if I may use that expression." The Chancellor was twice .married ; by his second Wife he had two sons, by the eldest of whom, William, the purchaser of this manor of Pansanger, he was suc ceeded in his titles and estates. After two descents, Pansanger fell into the hands of the late Earl, fifth of this title, and who in 1805 married the first Viscount M e lbourne's daughter, by who m he had a son, the pre sent Earl. He succeeded his father in 1837, and married in 1833 the eldest daughter of Earl de Grey. In the pleasure-grounds at Pansanger is a most superb oak, as remarkable for the largeness of its dimensions as for the vigour of its growth. It measures upwards of seventeen feet in circumference, at five feet from the ground. It was called the " g reat oak " in 1709 ; it is very healthy, yet grows i n a g ravel surface, apparently as sterile as any soil whatever ; but it undoubtedly ex tends its top roof into a soil of a ver y different quality. By a measurement taken in the year 1719, this magnifi - cent tree was found to contain 315 cubic feet of timber, and by a subsequent one made by Mr. Edward Ellis, of Hertford, on the 29th of May, 1805, by the direction of Earl Cowper, it contained 796 cubic feet, including those branches w hich were sufficiently large to be considered timber. BROCKET HALL—This seat stands in a beautiful park on the north-east bank of the River Lea. It derives its name from its ancient proprietors, the family of Brocket; of whom, Sir John Brocket served the office of Sheriff for the county in which it is situated, in the years 1566 and 1581. Thisgallant soldier in the year 1577, received the honour of knighthood, and in the year 1585, was en trusted with the training and inspection of the men who were levied and trained in these parts at the time of the Spanish armament, in Queen Elizabeth's reign, and whence they were forwarded to the camp at Tilbury. From the family of Brocket, this estate passed into that of Read, upon the marriage of Thomas Read, of Barton, in Berkshire, with Mary, fifth daughter and co-heir of Sir John Brocket, Knight. Passing by several minor descents, we find it come at last into the hands of the Lamb family, who at present hold it, and who became possessors of it by purchase about the year 1755. Sir Matthew Lamb was succeeded in the possession of the estate by Sir Peniston Lamb, who, after having served in Parliament for three several places, viz. Laggershall, Malm esbur y , and Newport, was, in the year 1780, created Viscount Melbourne, of the Kingdom of Ireland ; and, by patent, dated the 11th of August, 1815, Baron Melbourne, of Melbourne, in the county of Derby. The conjunction of the Mel bourne and Cowper t'amilies took place in the year 1805, by the marriage of Emily Mary Melbourne to Peter Leopold Lewis Francis, Earl Cowper. The present. seat of Brocket Hall was begun by Sir Matthew Lamb, from the designs of Mr. James Payne, architect, upon the site of the ancient manoigiouse, and completed, in its present form, by his son and successor, the present Viscount Melbourne, who has enlarged the river in front of the house, into a spacious sheet of water, by throwing an embankment across the valley, over which the principal approach to the house is car ried, by means of a handsome stone bridge of three arches. LONGEVITY IN SKYE.--The population of parish of Snizort, according to the recent census, is 3,177. The proportion of sexes is 1,406 males and 1,77 f females. Of this number there are now living 46 indi viduals above 80 years of age, 7 above 90 years, and 2 have even attained the patriarchal age of 103 and 104 years respectively, whose united acres amount to 3.875 years, a decided proof of the salubrity of Skye, and of the bleak hills of Snizort in particular, notwithstanding its general humidity. There is one couple in the southern end of the parish, of the name of Mackinnon, who have had 16 children, 14 of whom are now living -7 sons and 7 daughters—and the youngest son is clanishly named Kinnon M'Kinnon. The prolific mother suckled 15 of' them. The population of Snizort in 1831 was 3,487, showing a decrease of 310. SALMON FISHING.—The exertions of the salmon fishers in this quarter have hitherto been attend ed with very considerable success. The number of fish taken is much greater than last year, and large quanti ties are from time to time shipped for the London market. A vast number of salmon has been caught this season at Hopeman, where the fishing is prosecuted with great spirit, under the auspices of ,Admiral Duff, the enterpris ing proprietor of the harbour. —Elgin Courant. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. — In reference to the interdict which has been granted by the Court of Session, against the Board of Directors of this Company proceeding to act under the resolutions of a meeting of the shareholders, held on the 22d February last, by which difficulties in the future management were intended to be removed, we understand that the interdict is restricted to the first.two resolutions ; the first author ising the Board to take upon itself the superintendence of' the whole affairs of the Company, remitting only matters of a purely local character to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Committees, and the second, authorising the ap pointment of certain Committees to expedite the busi ness of the Company. The Court has not extended the interdict to the other resolutions of the shareholders, one of which is to erect all the workshops at Glasgow, in stead of dividing them between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The decisions of the Court, and the opinions of the Judges, as reported, leave still undefined the powers and duties of the two statutory Committees, as distin guished : from the powers and duties of the Board of Directors, and leaves uncertain whether the in terdict refers to the Committees as deliberative or execu • tive. The Act of Parliament on - the points in dispute, it would soon seem, like most Acts of Parliament, admits of two interpretations ; meanwhile, we understand, that in order that no obstruction be made to the opening of the line, the Board, at a meeting held this week, consist ing of most of the Edinburgh and Glasgow members, unanimously agreed that the superintendent, and other officers of the line, be immediately appointed by the Board, and that it proceed to enact the regulations for the management of the whole affairs of the Company. — Glasgow Herald. GUANO AND NITIIATE OF SODA.—A speci men of guano, or of the dung of the guano, a South American sea-bird, was shown at the agricultural meet ing last week, by Mr. Shirring. It is likely to become a considerable art • icle of commerce, as it is found in great quantities on the rocky coasts of the Pacific, and is said to be the most powerful and concentrated of all manures. Applied at the rate of about two cwt. an acre it produces very fine crops of turnips and grasses, and is particularly suited for the light lands, on which tbese crops are usually reared. The wonderful effects of the sea-fowl's dung are mentioned by Sir Humphrey Davy, in his Ag, cultural Chemistry. Together with nitrate of soda, which is obtained from the same quarter of the world, it is likely to h ave a great effect on English agriculture. Some of the farmers who were at the meeting last week, spoke in the highest terms of the e&cts of nitrate of soda, particularly on their wheat crops.—Liverpool Times. The late county contests have presented a singu lar phenomenon. The hungry farmers (who devour each other by their competition for the hire of farms over each other's heads, and who oppress the poor by making their wealth out of them in the summer and autumn, and throwing them on the parish in the winter), these hungry farmers and their parish priests—the study of whose lives is, how to plunder and get the most out of each other—are to be found banded together in the struggle to maintain the iniquitous Corn-laws. It is a peculiar feature in the Popish-Protestant Church of England, that its tithe-fed priests and their country flocks are in harmony only when mischief and injustice to the com munity aro to be perpetrated. If we w proof that a law was bad, we should require nothing better than the fact that a grasping and over-paid priesthood ettlously supported it.--Dover Chronicle. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Piince Albert, a ttended b y th Dow-. 1 alter Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Sarah Cavendishe , Mar quis of IleaEort, Mr. George Edward Anson, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Woburn Ab bey, Bedfordshire, on Monday evening, having experi enced a most gratifying and enthusiastic reception throughout the whole of the route from Windsor Castle. The Royal party occupied three carriages and four. The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Earl de Grey, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and other visitors who had been honoured with invitations to meet her Majesty, ar rived at the Abbey in the course of the day, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford. After dinner the following Loyal Ode, in honour of her Majesty's arrival, was sung in the west front of Wo burn Abbey, to the tune of " God save the Q ueen:"— God bless the Royal pair, This is our midnight prayer, God save the Queen ; Nov stars their vigils keep, Now night winds around tti sweep, And now the world's asleep, God bless the Queen. Day's pageant now's away, Yet loyal hearts still stay, Prolong the strain ; Guard, Lord, the Royal pair, Thy mercies let them share, From every Lam and care, God save the twain. The Royal parents bless, Their child—our young Princess, Do thou defend ; And when life's day is done — Its course in glory run— () may their mortal sun In brightness end. Now let the welkin ring, While Woburn minstrels s'ng Their loyal theme. May Briton's sons prolong Our Woburn Park night song, And shout the anthem strong, God save the Queen. The unfavourable state of the weather in the early part of the morning yesterday, prevented 'the Royal party leaving Woburn Abbey in the forenoon. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, returned to town from Kew on Monday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left Kensington on Monday afternoon, on her return to her . residence in Bagshot Park. Their Royal highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, visited the Royal Academy in Trafidgar-square yesterday afternoon. Sir Martin Archer Slice, the President of the Academy, re ceived their Royal Highnesses, and conducted them through the different schools. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. The Earl of Liverpool, at Fife House, from 'hided Park, Sussex ; the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, in Portland place, from Goodwood, Sussex ; Sir George Talbot, Bart., at Mivart's Hotel, from Leamington Spa ; Lord Sondes, in St. James's-square, from Kent; Sir John Tho-old, liart., from Lincolnshire ; the Duchess Dowager of Richmond, from Good wool to London ; Mrs. Robert Markham, at Raggett's Hotel, from the Continent ; Captain and Mrs. Scott, at the Pulteney Hotel, from Windsor; the Rev. Air. Drake and Miss Drake, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, from Dover ; Cobb, Esq., and Mrs. Cobb, at ditto, from Hawkhurst ; Houston, Esq. and Mrs. Houston, at ditto ; Charles Fairfax, Esq., at ditto from Gilling Castle. DEPARTURES. Sir Philip and Lady H. Durham, from their house in Hill street, for their seat in Scotland; Mr. and Lady Louisa Alex ander, and Lady Mary Knox, for Brighton; Mr. East, M.P., and Lady, from Eaton-square, on a visit to Lord and I.ady Leigh, at Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire; Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, from Park-crescent, for their seat in Shropshire ; Ma jor Pugh and family, from Hanover. square, fur their seat, I.lanerchydol, Montgomeryshire ; J. Potts, Esq., and Miss Potts, from the Pulteney Hotel, for Ramsgate; Edw. Singleton, Esq., and Mrs. Singleton, from ditto, for Margate ; John Dosser, Esq., and the Misses Bower, from ditto, for Paris, the Earl and Countess of Beverley, the Ladies Percy, and Lord Lovainc, for Brighton; the Earl and Countess of Gallo way, from Grosvenor-square, yesterday morning, on a short tour; the Earl and Countess of Alanvers, and the Ladies Pier repont, from Portman-square, for Thoresby Park, near Oiler ton, Nottinghamshire; Charles Barr, Esq., and Mrs. Barr, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, for the Continent ; Langford Brook, Lg., and Mrs. Langford Brook, from ditto ; Dr. Hay, from ditto; Captain and 11Irs. Watson, from ditto; Mr. and Mrs. S. Schwabe and family, from Fenton's Hotel, for Man • chester ; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson (ol New York), from ditto, for Scotland ; Capt. F. Ives, from ditto, for Southampton ; John Latouche, Esq., from ditto, for Southampton; Sir Charles Scudamore, M.D., from Wimpole-street, for Buxton. CHANGE. Sir William and Lady Pole, from Cheltenham, to Wylie House, Dorsetshire, the seat of James Mortimer, Esq. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. PLYMOUTH, JULY 24.—The extensive preparations ne cessary for holding this (the eleventh) meeting of the British Association are now nearly complete, judging from what have been already made known. A visit to the town upon this occasion cannot fail to interest the curious or scientific inquirer. Plymouth and Devonport have for some years solicited a .visit from the Associa tion, and it was decided at the last meeting at Glasgow, in opposition to the solicitations from Manchester, Hull, and other places, that the request of the former towns should be agreed. Independent of the extensive local resources of th 6 towns in their naval, military, and ord nance establishments, which, by the permission of the Commissioners of the Admiralty and other authorities, have been thrown open for the inspection of members during the week of meeting, the large and valuable inin ing and manufacturing stores in the neighbouring vi cinities of the place of meeting, in Devonshire and Corn wall, afford vast opportunities for gratification. All these advantages have been liberally offered to members. Hitherto the expenses attendant upon providing ac commodations for the meetings in the various towns has been enormous, whilst many of the fetes have given them the character of a raree show, scarcely consistent with the dignity of science. At Liverpool and New castle the sums expended were more than 3,0001. each, whilst last year, at Glasgow, the sum of 3,4001. WA i charged " fur entertaining the British Association," of which no less than 8141. was for rent and fitting up the theatre for dinner, &c. The whole of the expenses at this meeting are under 6001., nearly the whole of which has been subscribed for ; and as the prices of lodgings have not advanced, as on other occasions, on the antici pated influx of visitors, the cost to each member will not exceed that of an incidental visit to the town. The local officers appointed tier the town, and under whose autho rity the arrangements are being made, are, Vice Presi dents, the Earl of Morley , the Ear l of Mount Ed g ecumbe, Lord Eliot, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., and Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. ; Treasurer, Harvey Woolcombe, Esq., Plymouth Institution ; and Secretaries, W. Snow Harris, Esq., F.R.S., Col. Hamilton Smith, F.R.S., H. Were Fox, Esq., F. 13. S., and Richard Taylor, Esq., jun., F.G.S. The first general meeting will be held on Thursday next, when the meetings of the different sections will commence. The General Committee holds its first meet ing on Wednesday, at one o'clock, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth, when the officers for the various sections will be. appointed. The sections will assemble for the read ing and discussion of reports, and other communications, on Thursday, at eleven o'clock ; and afterwards, at the same hour, daily during the week of the meeting, ex cepting Wednesday, 4th of August. The gene ral model room will be open ed ever y da y at the Naval Accountant's Office, in Ker-street. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have, at the suggestion of Admiral Warren, permitted an exhibition of models, relative to naval science, &c., in her Majesty's Dockyard at Devonport, and members, on producing their tickets, will be admitted to the model room, and allowed to in spect the various constructions and operations in the Dockyard, the subjects of which will be explained by the master shipwright. Captain Taylor, R.N., com manding her Majesty's ship San Josef, 112 guns, in Ha moaze, will also have an exhibition of models relative to naval science, on board the ship, which may be inspected by members. The evening meetings will also form a pro minent part of the days' proceedings, and will all take place at the Town-hall, Devonport, being the most suit able building in the two towns. The first general meet ing will be held on Thursday evening, the 29th instant, when Professor Whewell, the President, will take the chair and deliver an address. On Friday and Tuesday a soiree and promenade will be held at the same place, at the former of which Mr. Chatfield, of and her Majesty's Dock-yard, will explain t he constructing launching of ships, and at the latter there will be an exhibition of electro-magnetic and other clocks. On Wednesday, the 4th of August, the concluding general meeting will be held, when the proceedings of the general committee, and the proceeds of the several grants of money sanc tioned by it having :been explained, the Association will adjourn till the next year, at such other destination as may have been resolved upon. To add to the interest of the occasion, the launch of her Majesty's ship Hindostan, of 80 guns, which has been deferred to the period of meeting, will take place on Monday 2d August, at five, P.lll, preparatory to which she will be lifted by wedges, to which operation mem bers will be admitted. At least three hundred tickets of admission have been provided for members who desire to see the launch, on board her Majesty's ships San Josef and the Caledonia ; and on the same evening, her Ma jesty's ship Caledonia, in llamoaze, opposite Mount Wise, will, by permission of the Lords of the Admiralty I be illuminated with port-fires. 'ri- NEVER SATISFIED !—A man accidentally found a small bag, which he thought was a shot. bag; but on takitg it up, the bottom came out, and to his great surprise out rolled 500 spade-ace guineas. When he had counted them he was sorry he had not found them 20 years sooner, that he might have had the interest on them also during that period !—lpswich Express. AN EVERGREEN. —All old lady, residing in Exeter, a short time since eighty-three years of age, feeling a pain in her finger, exclaimed, on rising from her easy chair , "IN ell, if I live to be old, I do believe I shall be crippled in this finger."— Western Times. SUICIDE.—The town of Ledbury was thrown into a state of excitement on Wednesday evening last, by Mr. Thomas Taylor, a retired tradesman of the place, committing suicide. He had been long suffering from dropsy, and was nearly at the point of death. He had shown symptoms of temporary derange ment two or three days prevy)us, and while his attend ant was arranging sometlpng in the room, he nearly severed his head from his body with a clasp knife. — Cheltenham Journal. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY Q, 1841. nothing of the sort, but he thought he could show that the detention of it did him injury. In fact, he had ex pected to be connected more particularly with the bank. In answer to questions from Mr. Murray, Mr. Ste phenson said that Mr. Harris was his superior in office, and although not by any means authorised to discharge him, had given him his dismissal, by telling him that the establishment had no further occasion for him, an in timation given to others as well as to himself. Mr. Murray—Was it not on account of that letter that Mr. Harris discharged you ? Mr. Stephenson—l don't know that it was ; but I contend that he had no sort of right to take a letter from my papers not addressed to, or intended for himself. Mr. Murray How are you engaged now ? Mr. Stephenson I tried to form an insurance . com pany, but I did not succeed, and I am now connected with SPORTING INTELLIGENCE GOODWOOD RACES—TUESDAY. In consequence of the extraordinary number of races it was originally intended that they should commence each day at twelve o'clsek; subsequently, however, it was decided that the start should take place an hour later. This arrangement may probably suit those who by the. adoption of fashionable usages sit down to dinner ab3ut the time reasonable people are thinking of their pillows. but protracting the racing until late in the evening, will be found generally inconvenient. The change is made still more objectionable by the introduction of heats, abominations to be tolerated only at places where it is necessary to make a little money go. a great way, but quite out cf character at so aristocratic a meet ing as Goodwood, where the quantum of sport 'each day is more than sufficient to gratify the most inordinate ap petite ; the sooner they arc abolished the better. Owing to the alteration we are not only compelled to forward our express minus several races, but to curtail our re marks on those decided. Briefly stating, therefore, that the weather was favourable, that the company now as sembled on the course as numerous as, under circum stances painful to dwell upon, could have been expected, we will proceed with the racing in the order it came off. The Craven Stakes 4;10 sovs. each. 3 yrs, ist ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 6 yrs and aged, Bst 121 b. One mile and a - quarter. (9 Subs.) Mr. Etwall's c by Mulatto—Melody ...(J. Day, jun.) 1 Mr. Goodman's Belgrade ................................... 2 Mr. M. Jones' Portrait, 3 yrs ............................... 3 Lord G. Bentinek's Naworth, 4 yrs ...................... Lord Exeter's f by Reveller, 3 yrs ........................ 5 Duke of Richmond's ch h Bulwark, 5 yrs ............••• Betting.-10 to G agst Melody, 5 to 2 agst Portrait, and 4 to 1 agst Bel grade. Naworth mad e d the runnirg to the turn, when Portrait took it up, kept in front to the distance. Melody colt the n took the lead, followed by Belgrade, 50 sovs. each. 30 ft. for two y rs old. Half a mile. (11 subs.) The Lavant Stakes o and won easy by a length. Mr. J. Sadler's Passion, 51bs extra.. .......... (Conolly) 1 Duke of Richmond's Eaglesfield ........................... 2 Lord G. Bentinek's Misdeal ........ ......................... 3 Boning-7 to 4 on .Misdeal (taken), 2 to 1 agst Pas sion, and to 1 agst Eaglesfield. Misdea l made p la y for about 300 yards, and was' then headed by ` Passion, who went, on at a great pace to the distance, here Misdeal gave up. Eaglesfield made his rush at the Grand Stand, but was beaten by a neck very cleverly. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 s ovs. each, with a bonus of 10 sovs. each ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. The second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 25 sovs. to the Judge. D.S.C. 27 subs to the Sweepstakes, and 16 to the bonus. Lord Albrmarle's Ralph ............... Lord Exeter's Cesarewitch ............. Lord G. Bentinek's Mustapha 4 Mr. J. Sadler's Defy and Betting-2 to 1 on Ralph, 4 to 1 aurst Mustapha, 8 to 1 agst Cesarewiteh. Defy made the running at starting followed by Cesarewitch, the others lying be hind ; they ran so till near the turn for the straight finish, where Mustapha went in front, and made play to the distance, where Ralph passed him, had the rest of the race to himself, and won in a canter by two lengths. Match-50 sovs. h ft. One mile B s t Col. Gardnor's Dismal Jemm y , Mr. Goodman's Mungo Parke, B st 71 b 2 5 to 4 on Dismal Jemmy, who won easy, by half a length. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, for 4 yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b. Queen's Plate Course. the press. The LORD MAYOR—Is the bank of which you speak in business ? Mr. Stephenson—lt has given up busi ness, but I have every reason to suppose, from the com plimentary manner in which the Directors spoke to me in Dublin, that I should be elected by them in preference to Mr. Harris if it were going on. The LORD MAYOR—I hope Mr. Harris will have good taste enough to give up a letter which lie had no right to touch. Mr. Murray said that Mr. Stephenson had spoken of the letter to others (a circumstance not denied by that gentleman), and that Mr. Harris, as the superior agent in the concern, considered that he had a right to take possession of the letter, as well as any other papers con tained in the drawers of the establishment. The LORD MAYOR—I cannot see that he was at all justified, and I would advise that if the letter contain any thing offensive toMr. Harris it be destroyed in the pre sence of both. Mr. Murray—The letter has been taken away twelve months, and contains nothing of any importance to the writer ; hilt it is, I think, proper that Mr. Harris should keep it, as it was the cause of the dismissal, and is Mr. Harris's justification. The LORD MAYOR—Nothing can, in my opinion, jus tify this act of Mr. Harris. I speak from the influence of that feeling which has directed me through life. At the same time I do not see how I can interfere, except merely in suggesting the natural and honourable course of proceeding. Mr. Hobler, jun., said that the latter was a chattel, and that the case came properly under the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor, who had the power to compel resti tution. Mr. Murray saidlie had not the least objection to let the solicitor for the complainant see the letter, and he considered that it was not likely to be of any importance. Mr. Nobler, jun., read the letter, and admitted that there was but slight grounds for apprehension as to con sequences, but still urged the propriety of restoring or destroying it. The Lord Mayor's advice was not adopted in the pre sence of the public. Sir P. LAURIE came to the Justice-room for the pur pose of complaining of the wooden pavement in the Poultry, opposite to the Mansion-house. He declared that although the horses in the omnibuses contrived to get over the blocks, it was most dangerous for gentleman either to ride or drive on them. In fact, life and limbs of men and horses were in imminent hazard wherever the wooden pavement was laid down. For his part, he chose rather to undergo the inconvenience and danger of riding through narrow streets and lanes than the much more imminent peril of an experiment upon the wood. The LORD MAYOR said he was not aware that the wooden pavement was considered so dangerous as Sir Peter Laurie represented it to be. Sir P. LAURIE said it was quite distressing to see the falls of the poor horses on the wood. In fact, the horses which were not fastened up and protected in the un wieldy omnibuses were so perfectly aware of the danger of slipping, that the moment they got upon the wooden pavement, they trembled in every limb. The effect was quite palpable. On the granite pavement, the contrast was remarkable, from the firmness and security with which the horses passed along. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals would, he hoped, as they were bound, turn their attention from the com paratively frivolous matters in which they were engaged generally, to a subject of such paramount importance. He should himself mention the nuisance in the Justice room, as a notice of his future intention. The street-keeper of the Poultry said, upon being asked by Mr. Hobler Co state the result of his daily ob servation of the wooden pavement, that when the blocks were partly wet, the country horses, which were not used to such pavement, tumbled about in great confusion. THE STEAM- PIER NUISANCE AT BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.—Sir P. LAURIE said that he felt it to be an im perative duty upon him to persevere in calling attention, wherever lie could be heard, to subjects of great public grievance. He had alluded in another place to the dangerous pier at the cast side of Blackfriar's-bridge, and to the hazard which a gentleman had incurred in landing. He had received a letter from the ge n t leman who d nearly lost his life, and as the whole public were interested he should hand it in, although not aware that it was intended for more than his own eyes, and as containing suggestions directed to his own and the City Solicitor's attention Witley, near Godalming, " Tuesday, July 20, 1841. " Sir,—The urbanity and courtesy shown to Mrs. Taylor and me last week, induce me, now that I have reached home in safety, to write a statement of facts for your better information, and the guidance of the City Solicitor, whom you intended thatl should have had the happiness of seeing, prior to leaving Guildhall. " I attribute my dangerous and perilous descent into the Thames on Thursday the 11th, to the following causes : Ist. The Captain's haste to get rid of his pas sengers, of whom I saw several disembark, prior to my being sent to the bottom. " 2(1. To the medium of communication from the pier (Blackfriars) to the packet (Starlight), which was a board, apparently a worn-out door, minus any bolt, bar, or ether fastening whatever, to prevent it from being thrown out of position by the motion of pier and packet. " 3d. To the pier itself, at the end of the said medium, which presents to the eye of persons coming from the rural plains of Surrey. a mass of confusion jumbled to gether, which only watermen or persons wonted, could tread—i. c. the board from the packet not being in line with that part of the said pier, where persons who have just preceded stand to deliver their tickets, surrounded by vociferous fellows calling for tickets and giving pro miscuous orders, which prevent others disembarking from off the said board, so communicating with the packet, at an elevation above the flooring of the pier in general, " Then there are (or were) ropes obliquely crossing from side to side of that end i sf the pier adjoining the said board, and not clear frodfithe feet of passengers, when so preceded by and impeded by persons as above mentioned. It being a floating-pier, some motion must be given to it by the tide, which is directly opposed to that little motion which the packets still retain, however slightly, when put first along side, either to or from Vauxhall, which opposite motions are enough to dislodge such a medium of communication as was used that day, and, I am sorry to add, some days after. As I chose to recon noitre the pier before I returned to Witley, it was still there, perhaps still continues, to the future hazard of lives. Allow me, Sir, to inform you, that being recog nised by the parties who manage the business on that pier, I was insulted and accused of injustice in my com plaint before you. One of them said I should not have been saved but for his assistance. Let me never forget to be grateful. I beg to acknowledge some aid after I ascended to the surface ,in tending to swim ash ore,&c. Upon inquiry I found this man had called at the Surrey and Sus sex Hotel (where I was put in hot blankets, with bottles placed to my feet, and plied with brandy and water, &c., to recover warmth) for my signature to some paper that would entitle him to the reward. I would not give my signature upon finding that he was one of the managers, or mismanagers, of the said pier. No, I would not offer a premium for another individual's submersion in the Thames, off Blackfriars - pier. Allow me to assure y ou that I have a sincere regard fur your good offices as a Magistrate of London, and for your hospitality as an English gentleman ; and that I have the honour to be, " Sir, your humble servant, " GEORGE NELSON TAYLOR." Sir P. LAURIE said he trusted that the danger com plained of was nearly at an end, as the case was in the hands of :he City Solicitor, who was remarkable for the promptness, as well as the ability, with which lie as ;led all public nuisances. ...(Robinson) (19 Subs.) Col.. Anson's Black Bess Mr. Bowes' Black Beck Lord G. Bentinck's Capote • Lord Westminster's Launcelot Betting-6 to 4 agst Black Bess ;2to 1 each agst Black Beck and Capote, and 10 to 1 agst Launcelot, who had "a leg." Capote went away with a lead of several lengths, fol lowed by Launcelot, Black Beck third, and the mare last. In making the turn at the Clump, Launcelot broke down, and the second place was taken by Black Beck; in rising the hill to the last turn, Capote gave way, and Black Beck took the lead, which he maintained to the distance, where the mare challenged, and won cleverly by a length. The pace was very good for the first three miles, but slow at the finish. The Ham Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for two yrs old. T.Y.C. 41 subs. Mr. Wreford's cby Taurus, out of Victoria (J. Day) 1 Col. Peel's c by Colonel, out of Hester 2 Duke of Richmond's f by Eiis, out of Baleine Mr. Gregory's Barrier 4 The following also started :—Mr. Greatwiche's West phalian, Lord G. Bentinek's Firebrand, Lord Exeter's Albion, Lord Lichfield's c by Bay Middleton, out of Zil lah and Col. Anson's Elopement. Betting-5 to 4on the Hester colt, 3to 1 against Ba leine, and 6 to 1 each against Elopement and Barrier. Firebrand made play for a quarter of a mile, and then resigned to the Baleine filly, who was joined at the tance by the favourite and Barrier. These three ran nearly head and head till within ten strides of the chair, when the Victoria colt rushed in and won by a head. It was one of the finest . races ever seen. The winner was not mentioned in the betting. The Goodwood Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years old and upwards. Craven Stakes course. To be ridden by members of the Goodwood Club. (Eleven subs.) Lord Bcntinck's b g Naworth 4 yrs (Lord Maidstone) 1 Mr. Gardnor's Dismal Jemmy, 4 yrs, lOst 1016 Mr. Osbal•leston's Curry Comb, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 51b Captain Bons nd cby Taurus—Perfume, 3 yrs, lOst 51b 4 5t04 on Curry Comb. Dismal. Jemmy made the run ning to the distance, where the others closed with him, and a fine race home was won by a head only. Sweepstakes of 500 sovs. each, 200 ft, for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's c Johnny Faa (3lbs) (Nat) 1 Duke of Beaufort's cby Camel —Miss Craven's d (31b) 2 Lord G. Bentinck's b c Flytrap (allowed 31b) 3 Bettina;-6 to 4on Miss Craven colt, and 2to 1 agst Johnny Faa. A remarkably fine race between the first and second, and won by a head only. Flytrap was beaten off. Three other races were not run when our account left ,he course. LATEST CUP BETTING ON THE COURSE. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Greatrex's Pocahontas, 7st 111 b—t. t. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles XII. Sat 131 b.— 3 to I agst Lord Westminster's Maroon, Bst 51b—t. 10 to 1 agst Duke of Orleans' N autilus, 6st 121 b. Lantara is declared not to start. (Nat) LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, July 27. His Lordship the Master of the non Rolls was ?ecupere ied the whole day with;consent petitions, eof which w of any interest to the public. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, July 27. The Learned Judges arrived here yesterday, and opened the CoMmission, after which they attended divine service at. All Saints' Church. The calendar contains the names of 40 prisoners, of whom two are charged with rape, five with aiding and abetting one of the other prisoners in committing a rape, one with manslaughter, one with cutting the throat of his wife, with intent to murder her, five with felony, and the remainder with larcenies of various descriptions. Of these prisoners two only are well educated, twelve can read and write imperfectly, five can read imperfectly, and twenty-one can neither read nor write. In the Civil list there are 18 causes putdown for trial, of which one only is a special jury case. CROWN COURT. William Elry, alias .Foster, and George Butcher, labourers, were indicted for feloniously and maliciously destroying 30 hop-bines, growing on poles in a plan tation of hops, the property of Mr. John ;flames, ol Selling. Some witnesses were called, but the evidence against the prisoners not being co lL nclusive, they were acquitted , CIV SIDE. PARNCOMII V. DENTON. This was an action by the plaintiff,who sued in forma pttuperis to recover compensation for an injury inflicted upon him by the defendant. Mr. Chambers and Mr. Dowling were.for the plaintiff, and Mr. Platt for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff, who is an aged man, had some pecuniary transactions with the defendant, and the latter went to his house upon the subject of those transac tions, and an altercation taking place, the de fendant by some means got the plaintiff's arm jammed in the door and broke it in two places, and it was to re cover compensation for the injury that the present action was brought. Mr. PLATT, in his address to the Jury, remarked upon the fact of the plaintiff suing as a pauper, and said that the effect of such a course wits that he could not lose anything, and the defendant was compelled to pay heavy costs, although the Jury might think there was no ground for action. Lord Chief justice TINDAL, in summing up, said he did not think there was any ground for complaining of the plaintiff suing as a pauper. By the benignity of the English law, if a person was able to make affidavit that he was not worth five pounds, the law assi g ned him a ttorney and coun sel to assist his ri g hts, and he thought it was very proper it should be so, for, if it were not, a poor man might be compelled to suffer grievous inju y without hope of obtaining redress. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Pamages 20/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Harris, a gentleman connected with the Agricul tural and Commercial Bank of Ireland, was summoned before the Lord Mayor for having unlawfully taken pos session of, and detained, n letter, belonging to Mr. Ste phenson, a clerk in the same establishment. Mr. Hobler, jun., appeared for the com p lainant, and Mr. Murray ftr the lefendant. The case was remarkable for the uncere monious manner in which one person opened the desk of another, and took out, read, and possessed himself of a letter addressed to the brother of the party who was thus unceremoniously. treated with impunity. M r . Stephenson stated that Mr. Harris, ,on the 9th of July, 1840, deliberately went to his (witness's) drawer in the banking-house, routed about the papers in it. and possessed himself of a letter which witness had been writ ing to his brother. The letter contained imputations against Mr. Ilarris, but witness never intended that the contents should be seen, and regretted that he had writ ten it. Nevertheless, he considered that Mr. Harris had no right whatever to take a letter, which, if meant for any body's ey e, was not meant for his, and, least of all, had he a right to open the private drawer of another for the purpose of getting hold of the letter. Witness's ob ject was to have the letter returned or.destroved. The LORD MAYOR—Are you able to prove any in , jury to your self arisin g from the detention of this letter? . Did it contain a draft for money, or anything of that kind ? Mr. Stephenson replied that the letter coPtAilled him. - The complainant' stated that he was a glass-cutter, and resisled in Greek-street, Soho. Having a small decanter for sale he called on the defendant, who.is a glass-dealer in Long Acre, and offered the decanter to him for eighteen-pence. Upon this the defendant said, " That be d—d, I will give you 6d." The complainant upon this said that the defendant must take him for a thief to suppose that he could afford to sell an article for 6d. that was worth 2s. 6d. or 35., and he was about to leave the shop, when defendant came up to him, and without any provocation struck him a severe blow on the eye, and followed up the blow with another. The complainant called witnesses, who corroborated his testimony ; and the defendant being called on for his defence, said that he told the - complainant the de canter would not suit him, and on his pressing him to purchase he said he would give him 6d., upon which the complainant commenced abusive language, and he struck him. Mr. HALL said the conduct of the defendant was most unjustifiable. According to the evidence there was not the slightest provocation for the assault, and he should therefore inflict a penalty of thirty shillings on the de fendant, or, in default of payment, commit him for four teen days to the House of Correction. The fine was immediately paid, and the parties left the Court. The two young men, named Young and Williams, who were charged on Friday last on suspicion of having stolen twenty pieces of silk handkerchiefs, were brought up be fore Mr. Twyford, yesterday, and fully committed for MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED MURDER THROUGH JEALOUSY.-77tomas Edwards, a middle-aged man, carrying on an extensive business as a master bricklayer, at No. 18, Stacey - street, S e ven-dials, was placed at the bar before Mr. MALTBY, the presiding magistrate, charged with attempting to murder William Baker, a bricklayer, and a lodger in his house, by inflicting three severe cuts on the left side of his throat, while he was lying in bed asleep. John Brown, police constable, No. 142, of the F divi sion stated, that between seven and eight yesterday morning, a female came to the police-station-house in Bow-street, Covent-garden, and wished for a police constable to be sent with her, as she believed murder had been committed at the house where she lodged- Witness accordingly accompanied her to No. 18, Stacey. street, and on proceeding into the back room second floor, he found the man Baker lying in a state of utter insensibility on the bed, which was covered with blood, and entirely soaked through ; a large pool of blood was under the bed, which had dripped through the bedding. On the left side of Baker's throat, just underneath the jaw-bone, were three severe wounds, which had every appearance of having been inflicted with some sharp in strument. One of the cuts came completely through into the underneath part of the mouth, and on giving the man some water to drink, it ran through the wound, He was after some time restored to a state of conscious ness, and on witness asking him how and by whom the injuries had been inflicted, he replied, " I don't know a word about it ; I suppose it was Edwards who did it." The female answered, "Yes, it was Edwards." The female had her head cut, one of her eyes blackened, and was other wise severely injured. Witness having learnt that the pri soner, who is the landlord of the house, was in the front room on the first floor went there and took 'Jim into custody. He stated that he had caught Baker and the female in bed together, and had given them a jolly good hiding ; he was then taken to the station house, and Baker was removed to King's College Hospital. The witness here handed to Mr. Maltby the certificate of the house-sugcon, which stated that Baker had re ceived severe lacerated wounds, and was not in a fit state to attend. The prisoner admitted that he did " pitch into them both," but he denied that he struck them with anything but his hand—he had no cutting instrument about him Remanded until to-morrow. WORSHIP-STREET. CHARGE OF RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY.—Roberi Wilkinson, a well-dressed person, who has carried on bu siness as a haberdasher, in High-street, Shoreditch, for nearly two years, was re-examined before Mr. Bin;ham, upon a charge of having feloniously received several pieces of riband, of the value of 141., the property of Mr. Stubbs, a haberdasher, in Church-street, Hackney. Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, attended for the defence. It appeared that, on the morning of Saturday se'nnight, two young men of respectable exterior, called at the prosecutor a shop, and requested to be shown some pieces of riband, upon which the son of the prosecutor placed several boxes before them: They left the shop without snaking a purchase, and soon after their departure, it was discovered that two of the boxes had been taken away. Information of the robbery was given to the police, but no trace of the property was obtained until Saturday last, when the prosecutor, whilst passing through Shoreditch, observed one of his boxes, which was of peculiar construction, exposed in the prisoner's shop win dow. Having procured the assistance of police-constables Holland and Haywood, who are attached to this Court, the prosecutor returned with them to the prisoner's shop, and at his request the box of ribands was submitted to his inspection, and he identified numerous rolls of riband from which his private mark had been partly obliterated. The prisoner, on being asked how he became possessed of the property, said that he bought it about five months before front Messrs. Cheaper, Watson, and Co., of Wood street, but he was unable to produce an invoice ' and subsequent inquiry it was ascertained - that the firm ° il l -, question had had no dealings with him f or i t a N i ve l ll c re on m v o e3, n .e th d s. ti T ie he p p r o s l o ie n e e m ri a t_o n .sto t i l ni l e e e n r upwards of prisoner's station-house. c c t a i n s o r h i e i - d h o t h u e s e. property They a 15 02.9 sovereigns, e P i °, :n s s e: possession t ( ‘ ) N f .o t 1 5 17 . p .B r a i were numbered respectively n 8 k 9, 0 5 f 7 E ,) rgla d nd Ser geant Dubois, N 14, afterwards made- and 28,156. the place, and amongst several thousands and T numbers h e prosecutor identified torn o ri band, he found nearly 300, from box no c te on s ta , u i i i l i i n e g h a further search of of pieces of fr which the shop marks the riband box, with the greater portion of its contents, his property. The prisoner w as remanded' as , tents for a week, and the Ma gistrate refused to accept b a il f or hi s appea rance. BOW-STREET. Emma Watson, aged nineteen years, was brought be fore Mr. HALL, by Read, 94 A, charged with being found in King-street, Westminster, at one o'clock on Monday morning in a state of destitution. The constable said that after conveying her to the sta tion-house he was directed to take her to the workhouse of St. Margaret's parish, in Dean-street, to be lodged for the night, until it should be time to have the charge preferred against her at this Court, but the master of the 'workhouse refused to admit her, saying he would have nothing to do with her, or any other person similarly circumstanced, and she was locked up for the night with out any refreshment. She was very quiet, and had com mitted no offence whatever. Mr. HALL expressed his astonishment at such conduct on the part of the parish authorities, and inquired what account the poor girl had given of herself ? Inspector Partridge said she had, until within the last fortnight, lived as servant in the frmily of Col. Daniels, at Kentish-town, and had been seen for some nights past wandering about St. James's Park, and the neigh bouring s t re ets, apparently without a p lace to shelter herself. ' He begged to add that on all occasions of a similar nature relief had been refused at the same work house, although the persons brought there by the police were evidently reduced to the utmost destitution, as would appear by the minutes entered on the books at the s tation-house. • Mr. HALL said it was a most infamous proceeding, and after ordering the poor girl to be provided with refresh ments, directed the constable to accompany her to the workhouse to be admitted as a person who had been brought before him no for being found destitute, b u t w h o had been guilty of offence. Sh or tly after the officer returned with the girl to ac quaint the Magistrate that he had delivered the message, i but the person wh o had answered hi m seemed to doubt the correctness of his statement, as he - had not brought letter, and the girl being refused admittance he conveyed her hack to the Court, for he was told he might have trumped up the story, M r . HALL said such a system should not be suffered, and he should see some person to explain such Unwar rantable conduct. A person, who said he came from the overseers, stepped forward, requesting to know if the policeman had been sent from the Court, for it was usual to send a letter in cases of destitution to direct proper attention to them. Mr. HALL said he had sent the policeman, and wished to know by what authority the overseers or master of the workhouse refused shelter and other relief to persons found destitute in the streets. The messenger said he understood the bow 4) hive THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have days had no rain of in Friday and an consequence since Thursday last, and Saturday thee last were brigh.teeaondr bril lianttrilmlooswt,,and; but the weather altogether temperature liketure has b October tha e n y July. On Tuesday and Wednesday last we had a great deal of rain, but since the latter day the weather has been favour able for securing the hay crop, of which, however, a great quantity is still out, an d even uncut. So far as the hay harvest is concerned, the season, which pro mised to be very early, has been very late, and the earn harvest will also be late in the north of England. The accounts of the grain crops are very c ontradictory, but we b e lieve that all average crop is the utmost that can now he hoped fort—Liverpool Times. T HE WEATHER. — Th e weather continues to be beautiful, and five days have now elapsed without a drop of rain htt.ing fallen in this district. Friday, Sa turday, and yesterday, were worthy of the palmiest time of high summer ; with the exception of a slight haze in the morning. the sky after noon has been un clouded, and the temperature high and growing. yes terday the barometer stood at 30 inches, and the ther mometer at 100 degrees in the sun, and upwards of 70 degrees in the shade. This splendid tid of weather will e nable the hay harvest to be brought to a satisfac tory close, . v hich in s omeplaces has been long exposed, and much beaten by . the ram. The furrow ploughing o f potatoes, and the singling of turnips, goes on exten . sively. The grain crops are losing the green, and as sum i n g the yellow tint every day, and should the pre sent weather continue, we are not without hopes that the first, or at all events the second week of August, will see at least the be, rrirnin,o• . of harvest in Clydesdale. — Glasgow Heruld, made such regulations that persons were never admitted A. GENUINE PATRIOT AND PO. without due inquiry being made, and Mr. Elliot, the LinclAN. master of the workhouse, never admitted them. nour in his eye, 110 opponent could dispute hi i s - words, no , 'With candour in his heart, truth on his lips, and ho- Mr. HALL—Then I can tell you the board has acted The great mission of - his illegal l y in refusing casual relief,. and the master of the- supporter distrust his designs. workhouse must hen heartless fellow to shut the door of calling, the advancement of justi2e, morality, ' • •'• an establishment expressly intended for paupers against zation, would demand none but the and civil' most simple as wall such as are most in want of relief. I must see some per- as the most honourable assures, for purity son in authority before I have do n e with this case, in or- „ of motives presupposes, purity of means. His ambition would be to der to put a stop to such a system of oppression and in- found an empire of superior intelligence and happiness ; justice, and the girl in the meantime must remain within to dispel error would be his particular talent, and at his the precincts of the Court. approach, cunning, duplicity, ignorance, suspicion, and An overseer stated that had the girl applied to him fear would depart in dismay ; honesty and knowledge during the daytime she would in all probability have re- would be the attributes by which he would cause his a( , e ceived relief. and his country to shine brightest above former days, Mr. HALL—We must not now cavil about the time, and he would bequeath to future times the difficult task for the girl must be totally ignorant when she should of rivalling excellencies which had hitherto been deemed apply, being •a native of Herefordshire ; but I want to unattainable.' know, is she to be told in the middle of t h e ni g ht that Such a one might, perhaps, tell us, that. legislation was nothing would be done for her ? • not intended to be applied to the minutiae of man's daily Overseer—The porter was quite right to refuse her ; pursuits, wants, and enjoyments; that legislators rendered but if the application had been made to ma in the day themselves liable to suspicion when they meddled with time she might have been admitted. matters evidently most profitable to themselves. That those Mr. HALL.—Am I to be told that the poor are to die governments were most perfect whose interference was bat in the streets, when they are refused relief at the only rarely needed in ordinary affairs; and that'in bumble imi place they are entitled to receive it ? tation of the allwise Ruler of the universe, human rulers Overseer.—There is no provision made for such cases should aim at simplicity—not at complication; at liberty— • as the present at the workhouse. not at restraint; that too little legislation was the prefer- Mr. HALL.—Then you maintain that the poor are to able extreme; that unnecessary legislation generated dis-- be told there is no relief for them ? respect to the makers and administrators of laws, and: Overseer.—ln this case I should have afforded relief, challenging infringement became a fertile source of new but the inspector was decidedly in error in not coming crimes. to my house, for then I should have asked her where she Of monopolies like the Corn-law, he might, perhaps, slept the night previous. say that they would generate, if effective, a preponde- Mr. HALL—The rule acted upon by other parishes is ranee of political interest, frequently unmanageable, and to take the destitute poor into the hou se for the ni g ht and threatening to disturb the equilibrium , which the vast remote them to their proper parish in the morning. variety of mental and bodily powers, the constant - The Strand Union has always acted admirably in such development of fresh intelligence and skill, new wants cases, as also did the parishes of St. M artin's and St. and new gratifications, seemed best calculated to main- Giles's. • tain, as in the universe so in the state. That laws, re- Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk—Such is the substance of gufating the supply of food—that the Corn-laws might the orders issued by the Poor-law Commissioners. not inaptly be ranged with the melancholy musings of Overseer—The porter had no power to admit any the learned friend of Imlac and Rasselas I—that then pauper, except in cases of illness, and the inspector must attempt, justly to apportion the supply of food to the! have known it. wants of a constantly fluctuating mass of people, -wouldL Mr. HILL—Why the parish authorities of St. Margo- presume the regulation of the weather and the distri ret's should show no humanity to the poor lamat a loss bution of the seasons, and the insane fancy, that the to know, although I am quite aware the officers arc occa sun would listen to our dictates, and pass from tropic sionally liable to be imposed upon. to tropic by our directions—that the clouds, at our call, Overseer—l think you will agree with me that the po- would pour their waters, and the Nile overflow at our lice inspector was to blame in this case. command—and that we could restrain the rage of tie, Mr. HALL—He could not suppose you would get out dog star, and mitigate the fervour of the crab. Alas :' of your bed at one o'clock in the mornin g to attend to in mere fond delusion might we not find (as has been this poor creature's case, and he knew where the work- found in the administration of all such laws) that some house was. I know that several poor persons would have of the elemental powers would refuse our authority, and perished in the streets during the winter months had it that (how true is the application) multitudes had penis al not been for immediate assistance. by tempests which we found ourselves unable to prohibit The overseer then consented to take the defendant to or to restrain. Alas ! do not let us lay the flattering: the workhouse. unction to our souls, that we could administer this gric In answer to further questions, the poor girl said she office with exact justice, and make to the different nation::' had no mother, and her .father was in the East Indies, of the earth an impartial dividend of rain and sunshine but none of her friends were in England. 'What must be the misery of half the globe, should • She was then removed. we limit the clouds to particular regions, and confine J daz M'Allan appeared before Mr. Hall to answer to the sun to either side of the equator ? What must, le complaint of William John Cox, for having assaulted be the suffering of half the people, should we confine plenty to the other-half ? What the pinings arid miserie6 of the sucking babe, the sickly mother, the famishing poor, the aged, tottering, and hungry, the feeble in mind and body, when we let the interests of the strong, tho bold, the pursuing, the vigorous, the power Ail, and wealthy prevail, and by the nice adjustment of a halt penny in the average price of 735., prevent the enjo.- meat of wholesome bread for a whole Week, as was the case in September, 1838? What our repentant pane:,, should we finally discover the impossibility of making i. disposition by which the world can be advantaged, though we turn the axis of the earth, and sometimes va , vied the ecliptic of the sun! Quitting the mighty lessons of the great moralist, he might tell us, " Look around, and ponder on the inces sant change of every thing human," before we persevere in rules and laws affecting every grain of wheat that is grown, and every mouthful of bread that is eaten. Be hold the rapid whirlpool of events, the quick succession of unforeseen circumstances, the daily birth of hidden causes and effects thought impossible. Printing, an art once unknown, now furnishes .in a few, hours and for a few pence an unmeasured supply of mental food, such. as the power of Alexander or Cmsar could not have procured nay, which even the mightiest imagina tion of ancient days had not extent to conceive Law has not protected—nay, it has opposed with all its delays and oppression—the progress of rail roads, yet we roll in a few hours from one end of the kingdom to the other ! Ten thousand glide now in splendid barges daily along our rivers and seas, where formerly a few individuals could scarcely be collected, to maintain a slow, a perilous, and an incon venient weekly traffic. Far mightier powers than steam are as yet more or less dormant—carbonic gas is kept as a giant sleeping, chained up in safety, until more ma nageable, but galvanic action serves us with the speed of thought as a means of transmitting news, and assists in reducing the perilous and poisonous toil of manufac turing processes to safe and easy performances. " Na vigation, mining, engineering, and architecture, have ad vanced more by means of steam in a few years than they did under the fostering patronage of princes and sove reigns during us many centuries. Every minute we live, every breath we draw, every hour that passes by, every season that rolls on, must convince us that we foresee little, know nothing, and legislate in the dark— that the world runs on with railway speed, 'and that we fol low with the silly solemnity of a Lord-Mayor's coach ; for such is the true 'nature of the sliding rule, by which you measure out distress and famine to the people with the exact nicety of a half-penny in seventy-three shil lings."—Morning paper. A BADGE FOR CORN-LAW RE- PE ALERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siu,—The Tory landlords argue that wages depend on the price of corn ; while now, they have artificially raised that price, without adding one farthing to wages ; and, apparently, their corn-tax will filch forty millions from the gentry, traders, workmen, and military, before another twelvemonth is passed. They forget the wealth of Antwerp (133 millions in gold, without reckoning the bank) ; Antwerp, where John Miens ' a merchant, after feasting Charles the Fifth, threw his bond for a million of money into the fire before the face of the astonished Emperor—into a fire of cinnamon that had been burning during the Whole enter tainment ...... _ Yet all this wealth departed the instant trade was per secuted ; for the capitalists fled to Amsterdam and the Manse towns ; while the Spaniards starved or slew the workmen. Our trade will disappear as suddenly if the landlords' oppression continue ; and maritime power must cease with mercantile superiority. To prevent this catastrophe, a line must be drawn be tween the bread-tax payers and the receivers. The Ta:- tar who conquered China perceived that he could not hold the natives in subjection while daily reminded of their superior number, therefore be made both nations dress alike ; but we willingly assimilate to the bread taxers who hold us in thraldom (although unconquered), and who, by assuming their hired voters to be the nation, have almost persuaded John Bull to believe it. Now, if you, Sir, exhort all who desire cheap bread. to mount a scarlet cockade, the colour of the Queen's livery, millions will adopt the suggestion, the Tory Corn.:aw will cease immediately, and the fictitious famine will be averted. Jacob, though cunning enough to cheat his brother of his birthright, did not send fir corn until the famine waxed sore ' • while Joseph, being wiser, prevented the calamity by foresight ; but how can Ministers prevent a fictitious scarcity here if we appear indifferent ! THOMAS MORGAN. 5 Up with the scarlet cockade, and make the Tories , afraid ! t [We beg to recommend the suggestion to the consi r deration of the Anti-Corn-law League,—ED. Sun.] her Royal fete on Monday, in honour of the birth -day of than 4,000 VAUXHALL GARDENS. —There was a grand Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. More ere His Rovql visitors attended ; amongst Viscount Castlereagh, and suite, the Count (I'o'l3 , _ Highness the Duke of BrunswTc'hko,mthewTorkish Ambas sadorrederiekCa, Lord Earl Craven, the Honourahur ble ee Sombre, Lord G. Fit - Lord Sandys a'nd party, Vernon Smith, RB 1 E eina , Esc_., gerald and party, d Dudley Stuart and party. l M.P., and party, La I C V oI o P n a e g and d L t o h r e d l A I o r n t Y This convict left Ipswich yes• ISAAC mo ndrningthe custody of Fletcher , the gaoler , and Supe A in ri e tts, by the "Orwell," for London, from Inducted to P or tsmouth, from whence h( wi ;1 t h ence to bee Inducted for 15 years. His companion w as yoin. W lea ve this country H with the Pnlfers , was con v i cted of he: l st:- arvey, 10, Pear, previously to quitting his cell, scribbl e d breaking . . rmteleo'Ert o e wall the following lines : Ill" t . ll, I have travelled the country round and round, And always went quite safe and ,ound ; Until at Banbury I got, Little dreaming of any plot, Where a fellow by the n ame of C rab , • Recognised me and h a d me g ra b'd." —lpswich:ExprcEs. SIR R. PEEL. AT TAMWORTH.—Sir Robert, it seems, cannot always do what he likes with his own. During his late canvass he called on an elector named Robinson, who keeps an inn in the town, and the following dialogue took place :—" Well, Mr. Robinson, I am paying my respects to the electors ; and, although I know you are on the other side, I do not pass our door ; I wish to shake hands with you, to show I ;et , ' nothing but friendship for you." " Very good, ;•:•ir Robert ; then, perhaps, you'll pay me that sixteen and sixpence you owe me." " Sixteen and sixpence, Mr. Robinson ? "What sixteen and sixpence ?" "0, your steward knows very well ;he ordered a rent-day dinu,r for some of yourtenants, and because they did not alieon%e he would not pay for the number I provided for." " Mr. Hill" (turning to the steward, who accompani, - the great man in his canvass), "pay Mr. Robinson, all means ; and pay him interest. Good morning, Mr Robinson." Mr. Robinson, however, was not paid, ar. being a sturdy fellow, and knowing something of Sy Robert and his steward, he attended at the nomination- - to Sir Robert's no small annoyance,Pr at the end o f a , of his well-turned periods about his love for his nci. - you turn your hours, kindly feelings for the poor, &c., the portly Heart saluted him with "Why don't you pay me my a>,- teen and xarirlie?l'l'aealmndas",laVnidly ( s i( e ) nd them upon tin. parish, instead of keeping them all the year round ?" This was too much. "Gentlemen," exclaimed the proximate Premier, with his usual dexterity, but wit!: not quite his usual dignity, " that foolish overgrc w: I -. fellow thinks by these interruptions to alienate my uff;t•- tions from the people of Tamworth (1 ! !) ; but I can 'tell him." &c. The laugh, of course, was turned against Mr. Robinson—if not the virtuous indignation of the people of Tamworth ;" but he gained his paint. The chances are, that he will be paid his 0 Sixteen and Sixpence:',"-Globe, MORNING SUN. ..• •ing ved weir the ~ ay, was , oo tore lot ['his [, to the ru , t ,Dt l fo r car" '0135' ,the l th e . the . Do' t e 0" Or s ' low° a t he ora te ;eas e th (,4 , t he et; ed t° o b 9 .pr; ,ireo' I Oe ri sly rig ill ; 0 004 ,00, , n ter' ober AO: SO (11 ol dAi , Oa rs 1° 0 1 : icte" I V ued► i for cc, a ill i; "' 4 ." ) 11 cOr p c I , r•