The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-19 00:00:00

MORNING 'SUN. FETES AT BOULOGNE. THE COLUMN AND STATUE OF NAPOLEON. MONDAY, Ano. 16.—The fetes on the inauguration of the statue of Napoleon are continued with increased energy. The town to-day . is, if possible, more crowded than yesterday, and the inhabitants and visitors appear to-day as fresh as if pleasure were no fatigue. At an early hour this morning the streets rang with the beat ing of drums and the clangor of trumpets. Troops were marching in all - directions, and spectators hurrying and crowding to see what was to be seen. At half-past eight o'clock all the military bands and the numerous detach ments of the National Guards assembled, as on yester day, at the bathing establishments, and thence proceeded to the Place d'Armes. Here, at ten o'clock, a sort of in spection of their general appearance was made by persons appointed as judges. This lasted about an hour, after which the procession proceeded in the following order to the Tintellcries, as the place is calla, on which the bands were to contend in musical skill for the prizes :—First came a body of Sappers and Miners, then a corps of drum mers drumming away most valiantly, then the band of the National Guard of Boulogne, and two companies of the Guard. These were followed by other bands of other corps of National Guards, and detachments, and by the judges of the day, the authorities of Boulogne, both civil and military, public functionaries, &c., the whole being brought up by a detachment of the National Guard of Boulogne, consisting of two companies. The pro::ession passed through the Corn-market and along the Grande Rue in gallant style, reaching completely - from one end of the town to the other, and affording from the top of the hill, beyond the church, a fine mili tary saectacle, the whole being visible to the spec:ators at one view. A gay octagonal pavilion, supported by Corinthian pillars, was here erected in the Tintilleries, a large open space under the ramparts, in which . the various contesting bands should display their musical pretensions. Another gallery of an oblong form, also supported by Corinthian pillars, was erected for the ac commodation of a jury, specially appointed to judge of the merits of the performers and to adjudge the .prizes. It bore sore strong resemblance to the orchestra at Vauxhall-gardens, with the exception that no pait of it was enclosed. Around the orchestra- were placed, on the turf, seats and forms for several thousand persons. These were surrounded with rails, connected together with wreaths of leaves, and beyond was standing room, within another enclosure; for several more thousands of spectators and auditors. The houses on the two sides of the grass-plat had their windows provided with seats, and many scaffoldings were erected in front of them for those who chose to pay for places. There was-no charge for adnission within the great enclosure, but tickets were liberally and grataito‘Usly supplied by the Mayor and tho authorities to all respectable applicants. It might be twelve o'clock, or something past, before the business of the day. as it is appropriately termed, commenced. Eight Judges, called the .Jury, amongst whom were Mr. Cramer, of London, were appointed. to decide On the merits o: the respective bands as musical per;l)rmers, and on their claims for general apr , eitea , .: , ., The rulei laid down in the prorrarnele were e! ,, Tir, and the inn - lost fairness of decision prevailed Cironiont, 4.3 flu- as we , • • were r.b:e to learn. At one o'clock the enclosure was one immense mob of many thousands. Those who were fortunate enough to get seats close to the orchestra had no reason whatever to complain of the manner in which the overtures, airs, and marches were played. The various military bands fully answered the high expecta tions formed of their professional knowledge, and ac quitted themselves excellently well. There were two prizes of 300 francs each, three of 150 francs each, and others of inferior value ; these were distributed at eight o'cloek in the evening. The "Contours d'Harmonie 3.lilitaire," as it was called, lasted nearly all day, and most astonishing it was to see with what stoicism men, women, and children bore the burning rays of the sun, which during the greater pert of the time descended on their heads. At night there was a ball and fireworks at a place of public amusement, called Tivoli, which was well attended, and to-morrow the process of amusement will bo diversified by races on the usual course, about five miles from the town on the Calais road. Many of the houses surrounding the ground, beSides being decorated with the tri-colour, exhibited effigies of Napoleon, with eagles and other allegorial accessories, upon a scale of grandeur and expense which Would shame many of our theatres. As another i n st an c e o f the taste of the people for gimcracks of this sort, w h a t think you of a woo d en co py o f the famous Luxor obelisk, erected in the midst of the market-place, painted to imi tate red granite, and with all the hieroglyphics elabo rated in extensu, for the edification of the apple-women and dealers in fish and butter ? The entertainments concluded with what is called an extrabrdinary, representation at the theatre, where Daja zet, the Parisian V e si r i s , d e li g h te d the Boulognese with her piquant performance, in a piece abounding with those double-entendres, in which the French so much delight. It would be vain, however, to attempt giving you any ac count of the affair, as, if translated into another lan guage, it would lose much of the force, and acquire still more of the indelicacy it bears in the original. All par ties to-day must be considered as resting on their oars. They are girding up their loins, or rather bracing their stomachs for a great public feast, which is to be given to-morrmv—a species of feat in which the French can play their part as ably as the first-rate cormorants of the London Corporation. We have learned to-day that the falling of the scaffold ing on the outside of the enclosure on Sunday was at tended by more serious consequences than we then heard of ; several persons were severely bruised, and a French lady had her arm broken. She is, we are happy to say, doing as well as she,can, after so severe an injury. We ' alluded to the presence of thieves from London. These fellows were in considerable force, and committed depre dations on the unwary with their usual adroitness. An English lady was robbed, by her own account, of 2001. in bank notes, which she had foolishly placed in her pocket. If this be the fact it verifies the old proverb of the parting of a certain class of persons and their money, and shows that England sent fools as well as rogues to the inauguration. These fetes have been distinguished by two things, viz., the great politeness shown to stran gers by the authorities, both civil and military, and by the good humour and harmony with which they have been conducted throughout. There has not been the slightest offence to anybody, none of that sort of minor rioting called " row," for want of a more elegant term, by which in England large congregations of the people are too frequently rendered nuisances ; no drunkenness, and none of that sort of annoyance which arises from the folly of the blackguards both of high and low degree. The non-appearance of his Majesty at these solem nities has been a great disappointment to the worthy Boulonnais, who religiously expected him up to the last moment on Sunday. We were amused at the simplicity of an old gardening labourer, who, bursting with ex ultation announced to us on Saturday evening, that the King had just arrived in the disguise of a peasant ; " Corinne ca," added he, pointing to his own casquette and fustian frock ; and that u p on hi s M a j esty ' s identity being recognized, te guns were immediately set a-firing. The guns were firing, indeed, but only in accordance with the announcement laid down- in the programme. AUGUST 17.—Preparations are making,- by everybody' to go to the race-course on the Calais-road. It is ex pected the running will be of a better character than that of last week. The prizes are higher in value, and the horses in reputation, than on the first day. In the evening there will be a grand ball in the saloon of the theatre, for which some thousands of persons have re ceived invitations from the Mayer and his co-adjutors. The crowd will, of course, be immense, and from the size of the building in which the ball is to be held, we do not see how accommodation is to be afforded to one-quarter of the persons who will attend. The town last night was as full as on the night of Saturday. As yet no di minution in the thirst for pleasure, and no lack of strength to support its results, are visible ; everybody is as fresh for the operations of the day as if the fetes had only commenced, and full of anticipations of fur ther amusements. WEILMAN, THE CONDEMNED CRIMINAL. Since his condemnation this wretched . man ha s con ducted hims e lf w i t h t h e grea t es t propriety, and has en tered with be com i ng earnestness u p on h i s religious exer cises. Anxious, h owever , f or a prolongation of luslife, he has been engaged in writing letters, and amongstst others he has add resse d t h e D u k e o f Wellington, in the hope that the favourable impression he created for bravery on several trying occasions during the Peninsular war may induce an effort to he made on his behalf. It appears that at an early period of life be entered the Infantry, but shortly exchanged into the 2d battalion of the Royal Artillery. He was present at twelve regular engage ments, and, it is said, was in four "forlorn hopes." He distinguished hi mse lf at t h e retak i ng of Ciudad Rodrigo, one of the moat brilliant exploits of the British army. It may be recollected that after an advanced work had been gallantly stormed by the 52d Regiment, under Li eu t.- Colonel Colborne, whi c h allowed the first parallel to be driven within 530 yards of the wall, the siege was carried on by the four divisions alternately. After incredible la bour and fatigue two breaches were declared practicable, and the assault was committed to the elite of the army, to a party of volunteers, and a " forlorn hope" of twenty-five, led on by Colonel Gurvvood. Sir Thomas Piston and General Crawford, two of the most gallant and intrepid officers that the age produced, led their respective divi sions to the breaches —the former survived to share the honour of victory, but the latter was struck by a musket ball in the hottest of the fray, and fell into the arms of the murderer, Weyman. In drawing attention to this and to other instances of devotion to a soldier's duty, Weyman hopes to excite a sympathetic feeling towards him in the breast o f hi s surviving officers ; and h av i ng , he states, on one occasion been severely wounded on the head, he thinks the circumstance will not be with out its weight when the details connected with the la mentable act for which his life has been forfeited to his country are considered. A petition, we understand, is in course of signature in this city in his be half, but the result of course cannot be predicted. In the mean time the miserable man is preparing for the worst.. He wrote his 1%111 yesterday, bequeathing such articles of wearing apparel as are of any value to his re:ations. His mother is 86 years old. He has a brother and two sisters, one of whom visited him yesterday. The execution is expected to take place this day week, should a postpoNement not take place by order of the Home :.ie cretary.—Gloucester Chronicle, Saturday. THE FREENIASONS OF PA HlS.—The Free masons of Paris have had no hall exclusively appropri ated to their meetings and therefore are obliged to hold theirsu. lodges and chapters in private houses, not always to the institutton Thanks, however, to the coil sideration o f ar Thomas, the pr o p r i etor o f extens i ve Plivt% Marai s , a'' ror -, ouct . near the bonding-w use arehos of the ason, i the izne i templ e is about to be raised in ith all (Lit, Tri4s3,4,'l/,• The first stone was laid last .ciserenionie4, an:L.l. the direc tion of a cl,putatioa France, tusisted by other . a -;,,„- A " , 0 ( .,:"• ,1 4 Orient. Lodge of the fciAternity, t(,) the, number of between 200 ix;i:.2-3-'OO%- SLAVE TRADE. TO J. 11. TREDGOLD, ESQ., SECRETARY OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. Havannah, June 28, 1841. SIR—In my last of the sth and 13th of May, per Pigeon packet, I informed you that the Portuguese slaver Aguila (the property of Messrs. Fernandez, POzo, and Co., hardware merchants of this city) had been wrecked at the port of Cabanas, in this island, and about 470 of the surviving victims had been seized by the authorities, and conducted in safety to this port. I now beg leave to communicate to von some further particulars relative to this unprecedented occurrence. It would appear that many of those persons to whom the Captain-General's circular was addressed had believed that his Excellency was sincere in ordering that every thing possible should be done for the effectual suppression of the slave-trade ; the consequence was, that the order was seconded by the Captain-General of Marine, and by the Intendent, who directed the subaltern officers of their respective departments to yield implicit obedience to the very letter of the order contained in the circular. It had scarcely been issued when the brig Trueno ar rived, atter having landed 450 Africans on the coast. The captain of the port, and the health officer, Doctor Francisco de Orta, immediately repelled to the Captain- General the arrival of the Trueno, and informed him that there were strong suspicions of her having come from the coast of Africa, and of her having landed negroeS on the island. The vessel was subjected to quarantine by the captain of the port, at the sug gestion of the health officer, until the Captain- General should detetmine on what course to pur , sue. Two days were allowed to pass over without anything being done by the Captain-General towards instituting an inquiry into the case; in the meantime the owners of the vessel were enabled, through the conni vance of the authorities, to discharge every article from on board which could tend to prove the fact of her being actually a slaver ; and when the inquiry was instituted,' as was anticipated, nothing was proved. This vessel has been again fitted out, and is now ready for sea. A very few days had only elapsed after the case of the Trueno when the Aguila was wrecked at Cabanas, or, as it is positively asserted, was chased on shore by one of our cruisers. In the attempt to land the negroes upwards of thirty were drowned, and the re mainder were seized by Don Jose Lunar, the command ing officer of the Intendant's revenue guard stationed at Cabanas. Don Jose Lunar immediately despatched an express to the Intendant, giving him information of their capture, and the Intendant, without loss of time, com municated it to the Captain-General, who sent the steam boat Tacon to Cabanas, and had them brought to this port, where they arrived the following day. On their arrival here the Captain-General summoned the Mixed Court to assemble, and offered to hand over the negroes fur adjudication by that Court, according to the regula tions of the Treaty; hut, strange to say, the English Com missary Judge. Mr Kennedy, in conjunction with his Spa nish colleague, the assessor Pinanso, refused to admit this most laudable offer of the Captain-General, declaring that the Mixed Court had no power whatever over them, nee had it any right to interfere with them, in consequence of their having been seized on shore by the authorities of the island. This is the substance of the opinion expressed by the English Commissary Judge at the meeting of the Court, and I am credibly informed that he was the only mamber who evinced any desire to prevent the Court from in terfering. This most extraordinary proceeding, if not in direct opposition to the letter of the treaty ( ?) is certainly-opposed to the object and spirit of its regulations. The mere cir cumstance of the Captain-General's having addressed himself to the Mixed Court on the subject is sufficient to prove that, if Mr. Kennedy had wished to do so, the Court might with every propriety have taken charge of and passed the sentence of emancipation on those unfortunate persons, by which they would have been placed under the protection of the British Government, in conformity with the 13th article of the treaty. But now, in conse quence of the Mixed Court not having considered them-. selve4 bound to t a k e cogn i zance o f the case, it becomes purely a Spanish question, with which, perhaps, it may hereafter be contended that we have not a right to in • terfere, because the English Commissary Judge had already decreed the non-interference of the Court of Mixed Commission. The Spanish Commissary Judge is the Captain-Gene ral's Lieutenant-Governor and Assessor-General, and it is by no means probable that he would have opposed the interference of the Mixed Court, particularly after the offer which was made to it by the Captain-General. This deplorable event, proceeding, no doubt, from a want of proper zeal on the part of the English Commis sary Judge, has caused the Captain-General to emanci pate these negroes on his own authority, and in his own way. Forty-eight hours after the sentence of emanci pation was passed, his Excellency, in defiance of all laws human and divine, caused them to be reduced to the very worst sort of slavery which the world has ever known, by selling them to planters, owners of sugar estates, for a term of five years, for nine ounces of gold for a male, and seven ounces for a female. To whom shall we appeal for redress, when English men, who are sent here for the special purpose of sup pressing the slave trade and watching over, the fulfilment of the treaty, contribute, by their own con duct, to deeds so prejudicial to its object ? It iS rumoured that the case of the negroes, by the Aguila, has caused a misunderstanding between the Captain-General and the Intendant, and that the result will be that he will not again interpose his authority to wards the fulfilment of th e C a pt a i n -G eneral ' s jesuitical orders. Indeed, it is said that the revenue coast-guards have already received a written order to wink at the dis embarkation of negroes. There were thirty-eight Africans drowned on board the wreck of the Aguila at Cabanas. These unfortu nate victims of the cruelty and cupidity of the slave dealer, were the finest and most robust of the men com posing the cargo. Their unprincipled oppressors, who had not forgetton the case of the Armistad, fearing a similar attempt on board of the Aguila, had secured them in the hold in fetters, attached to a heavy rod of iron, and when the vessel struck the reef she filled so fast with water that these poor creatures were allowed to perish without an effort being made to save them. I cannot refrain from calling your attention to another circumstance, extremely prejudicial to the cause of African freedom in this country, and which I submit is well deserving the attention of your society, in order, through its influence, to cleanse from the pollution of slave-holding the British name in this countr,y. allude to Mr. Clarke, th e C onsu l at S ant i ago de Cuba, who is also the principal manager of one of the copper mines in that place, which is worked at this moment by 400 of the unfortunate victims of slave-dealing cupidity. With what grace can we appeal to the world in behalf of this interesting race of persons, when our own public officers contribute to the continuation ofslavery anti the consequent degradation of our fellow-man '? Surely • it must appear clear to the British Government, as well as to yourselves, that the man who is either directly or indirectly the holder of slaves cannot be a fit person to represent the British nation in this country, where, his most active and untiring exertions are daily //Ad hourly required to suppress the frightful progress of the slave trade ? What was the use of removing Mr. Hardy, if you were to appoint his successor in the management of the copper-mines at St. Jago in his stead ; and, above all, why'remove Mr, Tolme from the Havannali, a Mtn remarkable for the suavity of his manners, end gentle ness of his disposition, if not ' for the attSterity of his abolition principles, when at the other end of the island such men as Hardy and Clarke Were left at full liberty to wield the cart-whip and the cow-hide ? It was only yesterday that I heard a worthy native s an abolitionist of my acquaintance, declare that the greater part of the British functionaries resident in this island migtet be compared to the priests, who preach the morality they do not practice. "Doas I bid you, but do not follow my example, is a doctrine from which no good can come, and such practices afford an obvious ex cuse for these of the slave-holders. I have just been informed that our Gensul has suc ceeded in rescuing from slavery a British subject, a native of Jamaica, originally of free condition, who was stolen at that island about ten years ago, and brought to this by a Spaniard named Jose Antonio le Desma, and who has held him in bondage ever since. It is to be hoped that the z ea l an d activity for which Mr. Turnbull is so well known amounta exist m,rte i h n sp t pe h ire i s tot Id I Sid y t h o u e r s ame most will ena b le him to rescue many others who still skate 2 obedient of dseegrrvaandattion_.—l edeurbryenttklye sa reported jeofA a fri nd can b s el b ie y ve t d he th A a g t u t i h ia e has been handed over to Messrs. Fernand e z, P ozo , an d Co., as a remu neration to them for their losses. SHIP PING INTELLIGENCE t LLOYDS. LONDON, Arc. 18.—Wind at noon, steady, moderatt breeze at W.N.W., wi t h dark heavy passing clouds at times, PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 17.—Wind W. t o S . W . —A rr i ved 1 - ____lv her Majesty's steamer, Sanittrangilafyro, urelia, F or b es, Quebec. 111 Macao,SLlle sailed 29th ult., a M nd arc A h s , cen M si a o u n riti 7 u th s ; 231 Sailed the Warrior, Danthwaite, for Calcutta. COWES, AUG. Hinchnarsh, from Matanzas rived th e James Freeman, LIVERPOOL, AUG. 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Olive Branch, Lindsay, from Bombay ; c otirtena Brown, Mobile ; Emerald, Fligg, Montreal ; North ern Conference, Jude, Quebec. Sailed the Al er t, Barr, for Jamaica. Put back Bonausa, for. Buenos Ay res , DARTMOUTH, Auc. 17.—The Mermaid, of Brixi nun, for Guernsoy, is renorted to have been run into. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 17. Wind W.S.W.—Sailed the Calcutta, Chalmers, for Hobart Town ; Ida, Passmore, Jamaica ; Victoria, Quebec ; Concord, Lobb, ditto ; Twins, ditto. FALMOUTH, AUG. 16.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Sailed the Harvest Home, Thompson, Miramichi. Off port th e Indian, C arr , from Launceston, sailed April • MILFORD, AUG. 16.—Sailed the Maria, Corrigoll, for Quebec; Pembroke Castle, Stansbury, do. DUBLIN, AUG. 14.—Arrived the Emerald Isle, M'Claude, from St. Sebastian. Sailed the Lord Seaton, Talbot, for Quebec. CORK, AuG. 15.—Arrived the Belle Barbaric, Barron, from Honclur, sailed June 28 ; Henry and Mary Ann, Charles, Newfoundland, sailed Ist inst. SHIELDS, AUG. 16.—Sailed the Imoggne, Bassett, for Calcutta. Virginia Water and the adjacent grounds are be come places of Royal recreation. It is not generally known, but it is nevertheless a fact, that the extensive sheet of water presents the largest lake within one hun dred miles of the metropolis, which, with its picturesque banks, is become very attractive. The grounds and lake are open to the public, who avail themselves of the pri vilege in great numbers during the summer. Isr or TFIANET--The crops in this island arci very good, harvest is in full 'operation, and, if the weather continues favourable, most of the wheat, barley, and oats, will be carried by the end of the ensuing week SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROS. THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Tories have a sad knack of anticipating in some instances, however they may delay in others ; and though very backward in declaring their own views, they are exceedingly forward in construing the motives and intentions of her Majesty. The other day they wanted to write • the Queen's Speech—an arrangement which they hinted would have been in the highest de gree acceptable to the Sovereign, who, it is alleged, is so well disposed towards a Tory Ministry, that her private wish was to have said, on the opening of Parliament, exactly what Sir Robert Peel thinks she ought to say. This morning we are told that her Majesty's neces sary absence from the House of Lords arises from nothing at all but a determination not "to be dragged through the mire " by her present Ministers. We are at a loss to conjecture where " the mire " is to be found which her Majesty would be compelled to encounter, un less it be the Tory majority in the new Parliament ; but we suppose we must regard the expression as one of those " lively " metaphors which our polite contemporary , has the unhappy propensity of bringing up from the I depot at Billingsgate. Where our contemporary gets his information of the personal wishes of the Sovereign, we should be glad to learn; for if there are any of the servants of the palace, who make up stories to tell 'the. footmen, who tell the housemaids, who tell the butchers' boys, who tell the omnibus cads, who tell the newspaper boys, who tell the Post's printer's devil, who tells the Editor, the practice ought, for the sake of our gullible and gos siping neighbour, to be put a stop to as speedily as possi ble. But let us seriously ask the Tory organ what would have been the nature of its contents if, in the present situation of her Majesty, she had been advised to meet in person the new Parliament ? No insults would have been too gross, no allusions too indelicate, to have been applied to the act; and even the vituperative faculties of the Tory Journalists would have needed refreshing at these fountains of coarseness and impurity which flowed daily and nightly through their columns at the period when the unfortunate affair of the late lamented Lady Flora Hastings gave an excuse for calumny against the Queen and the Court, under the pretext of sympathy. STANDARD.—The Globe of last evening contains the following apparently official announcement As, in her Majesty's present condition, any under taking involving anxiety or fatigue might prove inju rious, we understand that Dr. Locock has interposed his veto ; and that the new Parliament will be opened by Commission, instead of by the Queen in person," It would thus appear that her Majesty 'will not open th e fi rs t sess i on o f th e new' Parliament in person. We rejoice, however, that we are enabled to alay the anxiety which ' the above intimation is calculated to excite, by,' stating, which we do on unquestionable authority, • that her Majesty is in the best possible health, and that there is no more pretext for the apprehension that the fatigue of opening Parliament in person will be more injurious to her now than there has been on any of the previous occasions on which she has proved herself so fully equal . to the exertion. Last year, it will be remem bered, her Majesty prorogued Parliament in precisely the same " condition," without sufferinc , the slightest inconvenience from the effort ; and the anxiety she has manifested on all similar occasions to undertake this duty in person, and the energy with which she has invariably performed it, forbid the belief that she would not deliver the Speech from the Throne herself, on Wednesday next, did not circumstances wholly uncon nected with the state of her health preclude her from so doing. It is, indeed, most agreeable to her Majesty's loyal subjects to believe that she has been deterred from appearing in Parliament in person, not by the state of her health, or by her ; apprehension of fatigue, but by her unwillingness to perform the unpleasant task her Ministers have imposed upon her. It is not improbable, moreover, that her Majesty may have been further influenced in her determination by the im pudent and indecent boasts of the Ministerial. journals, not only of-the certainty of her appearance in the House of Lords on Tuesday, but of the " marked `manner" in which she would declare her approbation of the late budget, and commend it to the notice of • Parliament. However great the disappointment to which her absence will give rise, the consciousness that s h e h as b een spare d a portion of the mortification which her Ministers would have imposed upon her will fully compensate for it. 'MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPHRS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—Those who have,watched the movements of the tea speculators since the commencement of hosti lities with China, must have observed that scarcely a month has passed without the appearance of some fabri cation likely to cause an increase of business. The time selected for such fabrications is invariably about a fort night after the arrival of the overland mail, and when the excitement which the intelligence really received may have produced has in some measure subsided. Some times Russia is fixed on as the medium of communica tion between. this country and China ; sometimes a Lou don merchant has by some unaccountable means or other been the fortunate receiver of a letter containing exclu sive intelligence of some barbarity committed by the Chief of the Celestial Empire, which, while it is of the greatest public impo r t ance , if t rue , h as b y some curious contingency been sent to him alone. To such let ters, in addition to the valuable political information they contain, is generally appended a postscript of a commercial nature, wherein the writer dwells with apparent regret on the circumstance that the stock of tea is fast decreasing, and that further supplies must not he looked for. In one or two instances enou g h ingenuity has been exercised by the fabricators of "later news" from China, to render the receipt of the letters just possible, though exceedingly improbable, while, in Most cases, there is a total absence of such tact, and the discrepancies of dates render the attempts Utterly harm less, especially as the public hare continually been ac quiring fresh expetielite in similar manoeuvres. A great deal of amilseMent was occasioned to-day by a fresh im ! port of such Chinese intelligence, which, judging from the extraordinary manner in which it is stud to have been received, and the wholesale manner in which cala mities affecting the commerce or the country are an nounced, particularly in reference to the important article tea, has all the features of its predecessors, with the addition a l c h aracter i st i c that it seems dit. tigHed to give a little impetus to the rhubarb trade. The letter containing this Intelligente Was, it is an nounced, slipped into the Bombay steamer on the 19th of June, and after lying harmlessly at Paris ever since the erect el of the overland mail, suddeny made its ape pearance in that m e t ro p o li s yesterday. The intelligence is to the effect that the Emperor has Ordeeed all tette, rhubarb, and other articlee necessary . for the English, to be destroyed, he (the Emperet) promising to indemnify the owners of Snell afticles out of his own pocket, with the fietthe.i telamities that tea-smuggling hag been me= tateteeekl, and that great activity has beta shoWii iii et tiding out fire-ship s . Th e s t ate d Caitiff* of the Wee smuggling at first gave a ettepieleliA ippeafahce to the intelligence. front its Vdeicepondence with the outcry letely raised here about the decreasing stocks in hand ; the gratuitous liberality of the Emperor in orderiteg his subjects to burn their property, while he lealet for ib, WAS id little in accordance with his ktiewn predifeetibil, taiieYeae , . silver that it m a d e it stillneereintieclilei Mee When it was reflected on that so irepoifin't it lettte was allowed to lie in ottsturity for tepeeeede et a fortnight, the flimsy fabri eettoll Was it '610'....;:, seen through. Some suggest that the Chinese atleices may have been concocted in. .li.fielit lane, and thence sent to Paris for thesal - ce Of inimetlette return, while the generality tietipaft eeffitielnPaik, irfeilg that the speculator's thee* %Aid hardly have been parties to so hungii**liba. At the Jerusalem Coffee-house, whee* perms of the greatest experience in Indian and Chinese business assemble, the announcement wits diebee lieved from the beginning, and treated with eidiciiite 111 Mincing-lane, however, there wits * geetet ANYositibii tte take it more seriously, and teesitiketinitiell about 2d. per lb. Susceptiblee heti-Ott, as this market has of late been, and ready td Move at reports which have the slightest tqlptOXimation to probability, it is evident the .110-5 was not much regarded even here, as tees titlieV*ite ithist have rise from 4d. t o 6d. per lb. We Mityeitd% :that iii the price of rhubarb there is 10 eedeiteie3o.lllg advance. HERALD.—The intellikei ere month later in date from Macao (Qhiett) received by extraordinary elm ss front Paris and Communicated in a second editien le - t AS Herald to-day, created a consideraiele tekeiteneerit ha t'6 city, and especially in the to t, seas ten Wong the deeleiei 1 The prices of - that teammodity adeieektd epoWEht tenth of it full 2d per lb. There Wes * leeteu deal of discussion about the pe4eble eaeiteettless of the news thus received and the possibility of its t ransm i ss i on in i t tklky 'd'e scribed, It was observed that, if put ea lee - WI-1e e t teaMer, ne Stated, the advices must hetet lettee jeCeleeetKe'CCAt.6l4 with the rest of the oeteeleed Mail - , and thee'Aiii V 44 e;`,l,u have become known., At eete leW:xee'Ll however that such immediate o.ls4s'eiety trio not necessarily follow, as, astsnAt* ih4 , trst premise, the party exclusively in eresseeeion U the advices, a party not ifnpeobribly 'don_ earned in mercantile speculatioes, might lee herereeeted in keeping them private until his 'OM cepOetiotee * completed. Such was the teak* Set Qity discussion on the subject, about which it is the less necessary to offer any observetionS or to arbitrate in any way in tee mutter, as the, regular express from Paris in to-sititteees Herald will, in all probability, put an Nut to all eineee tainty upon the subject. It may he retiree:lced, hoeeeeeie that there is no impossibility in t 6 case 'OA lett& lien so despatched and received: On the arrival of a vessel from Macao, as stated ill'ete could be no difficulty in despatching adeitta express by dak from Calcutta to Bombay, *Molt might reach just as the steamer wtte under weigh with its mails on board. The re pote ikl tho. City is that this Chinese news is taken front Wiftfhttds Messen g er at Paris. CHRONICLE.—We have on several occasions lately alluded to the critical position of the Bank of Eneelenel, with little over 5,000,000/. of gold in her coffers, exposed to a drain to pay for more than two millions of quarters of foreign grain, if the weather should continue unfa vourable ; and, under tiny cir cums t ances , b e i ng ca ll e d upon t o find gold equivalent to the price of 1,000,000 of quarters, at 50s. per quarter, which would place the Bank precisely in the same peril.as in November, 1839, when the stock of gold was reduced to 9 ,500,000 e, and bankruptcy avoided by a loan of 2,000,0001. from the Bank of France. The truth of our remarks begins now , not only to be felt, but fairly acknowledged ; for not ; withstanding the propitious advent of the " new moon," and somewhat better weather, the organ of the Bank I parlour admits, in a long article this morning, they do not know that any well-grounded argument can be (T -posed to the genera l force of such conclusions. " Our , contemporaries are i mpressed, " says the " accre dited organ" of th e Ol d Lady, " with the conviction that every quarter of wheat imported must be paid for in hard cash ; and this within so short a period, that is to say, immediately upon the termination of the conti nental harvests, that without a:most circumspect and pro vident Administration, the coffers of the Ranh must in evitably be drained of their last sovereign before the end of the year." The organ of the Bank admits.there i 3 no good argu ment against the general force of this very startling con clusion. He attempts, of course, to sneer at the writors " whose views are identified with the masterly financial THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 184 L position of the present Government," but he is com pelled to own, notwithstanding, the general correctness of their views. The writer in the Post owns, too, that the Bank of England cannot reasonably expect any further temporary metallic accommodation from the Bank of France, and that the supplies of gold and silver from the mines of the Western World will be just now less than what they have been. After making all these admissions, however, our contemporary finds new and sudden solace in the hope that the continental merchants "will receive payment of the car goes of wheat sent to the British ports in good and valid foreign bonds, "a safe," he sagely remarks, " and convenient mode of exchange to resort to on the part of the shippers." But "the shippers" will not try it while they can get solid food for their cargoes ; they are not the men to be satisfied with paper ; and as they made this country pay 7,000,000/. in hard cash in 1839 for food to the people they will take payment in the same me dium in 1841-2. They have no inducement to do other wise. As to the miserable conceit advanced by our Contemporaries, that they will be cajoled with Austrian, Russian, or Prussian Bonds, it is really too absurd to deserve serious attention. The credit of the Continental States is by no means improving. After twenty-seven years' peace they have all, more or less, been lately in the market as borrowers. Their debts have increased instead of being diminished, and there is nothing suffi ciently attractive in any of their Stocks to make men prefer them to gold. WHAT ARE THE STARVING • LABOURERS TO DO ? Seriously we entreat the attention of all classes to this all-important question. At this moment, thousands of our fellow workmen, of the fellow creatures of the com mon family ; beings possessing immortal souls, bora for high and noble ends, arc literally dying in tha mid of plenty, although willing to labour for the scantiest remu neration. . Within the circle of our own individual I as vledge there are, in two districts of Manchester alons, u2wards of two thousand men wholly destitute of the means of livelihood. These men are walking in little knots up and down our streets with despair upon their spectre-like coun tenances and bitter hatred to their oppressors, we fear, strengthening in their raging breasts, Why not go to the workhouse ? it may be said. First—Because in nine cases out of ten they have no settlement. Second—Because by going there they consider they undergo imprisonment for the crime of poverty ; a crime not of their own voluntary perpetration, but of the mo nopolist's infliction. What must these men do ?• Must they die quietly in our streets ? They ought to live, to be happy. Must they beg from their more wealthy neighbours ? alas ! they, too, are sinking. Must they steal ? No, it would be a crime. What then are they t o d o ? Let us con sider a little. They are starving in consequence of the splendid pro fusion of the land-owning monopolists. The monopo lists around Manchester receive double rents as the price of the miseries of the poor. We hear the landowners are generous, we will test their•generosity. Thomas Trafford, Esq., a bread -taxer, residing at Traf ford, two miles from Manchester, gains about 20,0001. a year by the Corn-laws. Lord Francis Egerton, residing at Worsley, seven miles from this town, gaini much above 50,0001. from the bread-eaters. Lord Stamford, who lives at Dunham, ten miles off, gains by the same means 8,0001. a year. Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., of Tatton, fifteen miles distant, about 25,000/. The Earl of Wilton, Heaton Park, three miles from the town, about 15,0001. ••. Total gains, per annum, of the five . '" generous bread taxers" by the sufferings of the masses, 118,000/. Let the starving two thousand make personal applica tion to each of these mon for assistance, and let them offer to dig over and sow with grain their spacious parks and pleasure-grounds, as the only means they have of recompensing the landowners for their charity. By this plan the landowners will be no worse ; the poor men now starving will be fed, and Lord Francis Egerton will be relieved of the necessity of arming his tenants, to put down the starving weavers who may rise and demand the food they are unable to purchase.— From the first number of a publication called the Anti-Monopolist, published at Manchester. STATE OF THE WEATHER AND CROPS. (From the Latest Papers ) Thursday was fine and pleasant, with sunshine and warmth natural to the season. Yesterday the rain re commenced, and everything looked gloomy, without a gleam of Inthillitle. Symptoms of unsteadiness are still apparent. The prospects of the harvest, which has par tially commenced in this neighbourhood, are, we regret to say, not very promising.—Tipperarp Free Press. The strong chill wind and heavy rain which prevailed during the week, have considerably increased the danger of the crops, and augmented the well-grounded fears of the agriculturists. Wheat and oats, which, during the earlier months, promised most luxuriant crops, are now creating serious apprehensions, and the potatoe fields, in many districts of the King's and Queen's Counties do not indicate either an early or plentiful supply. The hay, even at this advanced period of the season, lies in a most precarious state, and in many places we fear the low meadows are irrecoverably lest.—Leinster Express. Yesterday and to-day indicate a take-upin the weather. We have heard but little complaints front farmers of in jury to the crops. Oats are fine and potatoes abundant, but soft, We find other parts complain touch of the wheat erbp, but here that grain is but little sown in comparison to other places, and we are, therefore, un able to say muck on its quality, nnder the effects of the season. —Enniskillen Chronicle, of Thursday. The rain, as we anticipated in our last, continued throughout the whole of Tuesday night and Wednesday. Heavy showers also fell with but slight intermission during the remainder of the week. On Monday for the first time we had fine harvest weather, which still con tinues, and we trust that, from the change of the moon on Monday night, we may hope a continuance of it. A RTeat deal of corn has been cut, and some carried ; and we are assured, on what we hold to be good au thority, that the wheats never looked better, and that a good general crop may be confidently expected, should we be favoured with a continuance of tine weather, The clovers, turnips, and potatoes are in fine order, and Under all these circumstances, we cannot b u t ex p ress tier astonishment and regret—astonishme n t, th a t t h e farmer should be sd blind to his own Interest, as to wish to maintain the present endrritously high pr i ce o f corn ,_ regret for the wide-spited evils which such unjustifiable conduct ddliset Thu LtindOtt aterage of lest Week *tts hi yd: WSW tit cdtilbrid g e, S s . 11d. ; th e ltide tir bread remaining at 10d. and 94d. the quartern oaf.—Cambridge Advertiser: The weather during the last few days is eAtremely wet ; when We have not heavy rain we have mat - Melly a very atniospherel The crops must suffer. it o r64 'the Weather during the week has been for the most part wet and cold, with the exception of Wednesday and Thursday, particularly the latter i which was an exceed ingly fine titql alit Was taketi ftdrftfiteige of by the fartileft .get t crop On Monday fildfiting the rani 11 1 1110 . tot*eritS; evriOtts spi7o4l gads iif Oiit'2: tie s ii;t4 ai-e Talented With "Some weeks of dry warm weather, we fear that the crops will greatly disappoint the hopes which we entertained' at the commencement of the summer of a favourable her veske.--,-SP.;llty fttfintt. t'e las llirtt,iht kill tit hitt 110 b 3 Bight rid sei lops agreileilsiong iVere entertained that the ,crow would stiffer td any extent ; but on the night Of Thursd4 arid the entire of Friday and of Friday night the rain BitS edine itifferit§ tnb greatest aia,rni aiholir st. the farina's: . Very inch that CdrisNiierieb tit flee imail rain t '0 this 111'61 tbWiri Dig eftillA Eliffef gniffnlY; the tses iii several fields about tti6 ttitirit being quite kid down, and hayniaiiiiik cO4dcjitentiy siispteided j. but perhaps, the gregest it tity of all is deft tti the tiiff; ttfi Whieh. diqriforts of the plOr people df the country . „. itAiltEliktiiM Oki ANtiENt StAtUES.— In specimens of statues left us by , the ancients, we see something that alwaYS fasEinatcS tis; dt ilib same time that We Pid , iekytiling, eiaMet'ated 14 them: The re t. V,34 is ilins happily . eXplanied bi . Mr: Abeinetliy:-- .‘' The AnCieiitA did ekaggeftit6 bi tiolBii gtAitied ; hilt tiiigti th . i. vase ti iii;ti;l l "6aq 7 'll itch' exaggeration that you t,i ‘ ' "6r'! cc 1 -ii not see it, but you were fascinated ; their foreheads, for instance. Look at them; and you, see them coming forward, the.yOverliana the, rest a ilie ‘ ffide; TM see thq a7l hot glielie ixtraY; they af,e broad Mid expanded: Anita*, the 13itites: have itfti-c3ly AO fdreheadl ; the e l l,li't'a fs3jAeild iii4tWi Arl the: ddeN lieAd fails ae,:.. cOmpletely. The ancients; theref .re; with rea son, gave a full projectin7 forelie4d td their statues to dignify thelg-46 iiv t La It iit tel t tsl, Ftpk hiti• tklitTeEt , tliel l ,6. Was i;eti;Wen iiian „a"il O i t '''-t . L' 44 ..i . ;, iii4l4. NO* the eYebi-OIV is ciiii r te ,peOlik 4) 1 : 1 # 7-1 , '604 aninial liAi it t the aiieletith lABailied. tliiit p4ii, 0 i tlió lq!iiii ' l ;6iikhii4illiii 41ill ali:adi=tliiiiij ! al:e;1.12. !, 1 is particularly adapted to convey expression. The eyes, too, they managed in the same way. Some or the inferior animals have , their, eyes se hi-Might fOqatd On the surf ace of their fa,Cei,_ that ,ilie l 4:- eat,t . lig ildiliakit tV.ST 'lh ti AM6O. ka'llt, i'tza even behind them ki. IA ti t. 'sign of a siispieimis, appi - Oiensive; aL.i.dits; disposition.. The anci e nt' OW tb the ciiCes a ilit4 statutes eyes thAt to'lkd,SiiiitclhO ithd tib- 0 - 1044 i- 1 0 1 ) 4 01. - - - thikt l'00)i t'..l'ai'hi'y torwarp ';_ and they did this Iti bider to convey to the beholder; that the originals felt the very ,rovet•se Of t tiwidity i bf apprehension, and suspicioii: 'Tlie,ti. the idiso, Hitt;; 1110 it peculiar one ; it had h hticlg•e in it i all other animals want the nose as it is in man. Those attintals; instead of a nose, hay.c a snout-=it is a sneliiti iicit, A ild.W. ..N . nif the ancients, hi mote hemts, attended greatly to the nose ; they placed the bridge of it very high in the fitee; they placed it above the centre of the orbit Or the eyes; The Greeks brought the nose straight down—the lto= mans gave it a bend upwards ; they arched it thinking that to be the handsomest form. The 1it:1.4141s they ittadi as little like a snout as possible. In the statues of the ancients you see the mouth made in a peculiar way 1 it is, so to speak, as little like a devouring aperture as posy sible; they knew it was made for articulating, for express ing thoughts by langua.-e ; and they made it as expres sive as they could. The lips were m a d e mu scular an d strong. Brutes, we find, have no chins ; that is a part of the face peculiar to men. The ancients were very par ticular aboouutcoitu,ld put and formed fe!u i r t es la o r n pap gea e n r d , you expressive.would have the counten ance of Jupiter Olympus himself. The No ancients, however, did not give the same face to all their statues ; it is quite true what Dr. Spurzheim said of them, that they knew much better than to place the head of a ' philosopher upon the shoulders of a gladiator.” The sister and the brother-in-law of the Pre- ! sident of the United States have embraced the Roman, Catholic faith. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—Croydon August 18. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Special Jury.) RENNS V. BENNETT. This was an action brought by tlfe plaintiff, a seaman, against Mr. Bennett, a merchant of the City of London, to recover the amount of wages alleged to be due to him for his services on board one of his vessels, and also to recover compensation for having been illegally removed from the vessel at the island of Java and left there un lawfully. The defendant admitted that a contract had been en tered into with the plaintiff, but pleaded that he had acted cautiously, and that what had been done in re moving him from the vessel was a necessary proceeding to ensure its safety. Mr. James and Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Platt, and another learned gen tleman for the defendant. Mr. JAMES, in stating the case, said that the plaintiff had to complain of serious injury that had been inflicted upon him, and he sought compensation at the hands of the Jury for that injury. Having detailed the circum stances of the case, the Learned Counsel called a num ber of witnesses to prove it. Mr. TIIESIGER then addressed the Jury, and said the cafe was one of very great importance, not only to the plaintiff, but to the maritime interests of the country. It was highly essential for the protection of both life and property that strict discipline should be kept up on board vessels navigating the ocean, and, although any undue severity or harshness, on the part of a commander of a vessel, ought not to be countenanced, still great al lowances should be made for him in cases where it was quite clear that he was only actuated by a desire to do his duty to the owners and to those whose property was entrusted to his charge. It was admitted that an agree ment had been entered into, whereby the defendant undertook to give the plaintiff a certain share of the profits if he served him well and faith fully through the voyage ; but he should show that upon the original captain dying, and the first mate, according to custom, taking the command, the plaintiff and sevAal others chose to consider them selves aggrieved, and refused to do any duty unless the vessel were taken to an English port, which, if it had been done, would have entirely destroyed the voyage, and that they manifested such a mutinous and insubordinate disposition that Captain Smith felt he could not safely proceed with them, and he therefore left them at Java, and took other men in their place. As to the excuse that had been made that Smith was a foreigner, and that the men did not like to sail under him, it was ridiculous. They knew, when they signed the articles, that he was a foreigner, and that was the proper time to have made the objection. He submitted to the Jury that what had been done was necessary for the safety of the ship, and that therefore the defendant was entitled to a verdict, when he had satisfied them, by the evidence, of the truth of what he stated. After witnesses had been called, _ _ Lord Chief Justice TINDAL, in summing up, said it appeared to him that the plaintiff in refusing to work the vessel had committed a direct breach of the con tract that was entered into. He did not see that the plaintiff had any thing to do with the fact of Smith being a foreigner ; and when the captain died, he being the next officer, was entitled to the command, and the crew were bound to obey him. The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict for the &fondant. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS The adjourned Sessions for the county of .Middlesex for the present month were yesterday held at the - Besgotis House, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Sergeant Adams,• the Chairman, ftnd a bench of Magistrates. The:Magis• trates assembled at ten o'clock. The business:o the paper consisted exclusively. of appeals and mitions, and the Court was engaged the whole morning in hearing" appeals in cases of disputed settlement of paupers, none of which presented any features of interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. The LORD MAYOR was occupied a considerable part of Tuesday in hearing the case of Scott, the private of the British Auxiliary Legion of Spain, against Alex ander Somerville, who was charged with having received tile instalments due upon the complainants certificates, and appropriating them to his own purpose, and also with detaining the certificates. Somerville having summoned Signor Castaneda, the agent for the Spanish Government, Mr. Dufour, of Lin coln's Inn-fields, solicitor, attended for that gentleman, who was himself prevented from attending by his en gagements in paying the instalments duo to the men em ployed in the Legion. • Sir Peter Laurie, who had heard the former state ments on the subject, was compelled tobe absent in the country on business. The LORD MAYOR addressed Somerville, and asked him whether he was ready to pay Scott the money re ceived upon the certificates, and to deliver up the certifi cates, according to the positive promise made by him. Somerville said that he was perfectly ready to pay the money, but he begged that his Lordship would consider that he was charged with having forged Scott's indorse ment to the certificate, and he could not think of paying a farthing with such a charge hanging over him. That accusation must be first withdrawn. The LORD 111Avort said that he was not hearing a charge of forgery. It was true Scott had declared that he had never indorsed the certificate, and that he had never given such an authority to anybody, and there fore the indorsemsnt was made wrongfully. At all events it was Somerville's duty to pay the poor man, who Wits 111 it deplorable condition, the instalments received, and to return the certificates. Somerville said he had documents and witnesses to prove that he never committed the forgery, if forgery it could be called. The LORD MAYOR—You acknowledge that you re ceived the instalments, and that you have the certifi cates?--Somerville admitted that he had received the in stalments, and that he was in possession of the certifi cates, but he suddenly shifted into a new ground of de fence, by asserting that Scott had sold him the certificates. Scott solemnly declared that he had never done any thing of the kind. It was true after he had met with the accident which disabled him, he had expressed his willingness to dispose of his certificates for ready money, his sufferings and afflictions were so much aggravated by the delays which took 'place, but he had never sold them to Somerville. Captain Roberts assured the Lord Mayor that no cre dit whatever was to be given to the assertions made by Somerville, the nature of whose character and principles was to be estimated by the very last excuse uttered by liini ; and for which there was not the shadow of a foun dation. Eforriertille was exercising all his ingenuity to give the case a civil law complexion, but he would not succeed. Somerville said that lie was most wrongfully accused. He had shown that his intentions were unexceptionable, by torporting Scott in London for several days, in order tHdt ilid litflfi misfit riot have it to say that he was pre vented by want from feftittltilttg to prosecute for the al leged forgery. He now courted prosteution, and was convinced that he should not act justly to himself if he tonsented to pay without the withdrawal of the charge of prcoecetion, Besides, there were a great many other ut fi lu iii ,L he a rn e wl tii , „, ,, tio rt , i v e it t h he sc rn ot o t ni , e m n i t t t h he al s l pa of nish Government acted fairly to hittf. Scott stated that it was fully evident that Somerville never intended to let him have either money or certiti ettteg; hitting offered to compound for 13s. in the pound, Gild fifteti+ards told the certificates for 10s. in the pound ill (Abel' pittliesi i •iiitliont having received any authority or permission whateVet Somerville—Why, I have evidence to prove that you sold them to me, and I have evidence to prove that they eft flat a Marketable commodity ; and, suppose I did trii fait Ow instalments, what security have I that the Rjtdiiigh Ottftffididit will stand two years, or whether ESparterti t f figgiiiittia will pay me what is due to me ? Mr. Dufour, the solicitor to Signor Castaneda, stated that the Object of Somerville palpably was to depreciate the dathitUritii which the poor adventurers possessed, Mitt rid effed of the kind would be produced. The certi- Oettte§ tere twenty shillings in the pound, as +VOI kftet NIA the instalments would be re gularly paid. IL tiaa 14 hit hand ES document to prove that Somerville had received t.!.!a unfortunate complain niteB two - instalments when they were due , . Sivrildffilie then requested that the Lord Mayor would feiid ijedit'g *Midi were in the writing of an amanuensis, to prove trust Me' eoMillicetes were regularly and bona fide made sale of by the thtifiEls The LORD MAYOR, having read the letiersi, tAlgerved that they made the case against Somerville still wUn'e for they expressed extreme anguish and destitution, and glicived that the person who could read them and con tititle td clettihi the poor property mutt be heartless indeed. His Lordship said that the lOW'S contained nothing like a sale of the certificates, thotigh OM tie= tdOrtible condition in which Scott was, would evidently sale, even at a sacrifice, for ready money, • accgp . a Ssce; totd; drat !t received letters kO>titiktOigii entreaty fruit Me. 1 declare in the presence of ui i Ct tiefef wrote a word fit answer to any one of ;hem, and you :`,qll td 'OW ease' he tte* endpavgurs to turn them. Thei, ltOor an Captain Roberts again called upctn sdnieiiill6 Eli pay thei l&tob.rnts, and return the certificates; fir the detentiOri of *ldeff there eobila be no iEW flati# 4lief 41 1 ,4Kga rest tire Spanish atititori ties, and referring to topics W111t. 4 11 tiled what ever to the cruel misappropriation of the path' mates Ray ? spoke in most insolent condemnation of Signor citikittrteda, and provoked the Lord Mayor to say that the defendant was merely speaking against time and with the flew of pouring embarrassment and confusion over the simple question of the base treatment to which the disabled complainant was subjected. His Lordship, haring expressed himself with great indignation, Stittlertille assumed the air of a deeply-injured man, and asked whether he was to pay upon a doubtful docu rtiettt• because the applicant happened to get himself half desire - d - , in a menacing tone, to know why Castaneda himself was not present to give evidence as to the practice of defacing. the documents, for the re ceipt of the pay, and other mysterious circumstances connected With the subject ? Mr. Dufour said that ho was ready to answer any question that might be put to Signor Castaneda, and he had with him a certificate of Scott's to the endorsement, upon which the name of Somerville appeared as a wit ness. That document, he apprehended, it would bo dan gerous to Somerville to have exhibited. The LORD MAYOR, after looking at the certificates, asked Somerville whether lie had not said that he never was at Belfast ? Somerville said that he never in his life was at that place. • The LORD MAYOR—How then does it happen that your name appears to the certificate as if you witnessed the indorsement at Belfast ? Somerville—l have always signed in that way. It was requiredby those for whom I acted as agent. The LORD MAYOR—Here is the name of Scott on the back of the certificate. Scott says that he never wrote that or authorised it, and you sign your name as having witnessed the indorsement. How is that.?—Somerville said that it was in that document the alleged forgery lay, and he should call a witness, the very man who had sup plied Captain Roberts with a list of claimants upon him (Somerville) for the amount of instalments, to prove that the charge of forgery was wholly unjust and untenable. He admitted that the case was a clear case of debt against him, and that there were very many other cases of debt against him, all of which he should liquidate when the Spanish Government should act as it ought towards him. Robert M'Cormick was then called by Somerville. He stated that he belonged to the Spanish Legion, and that he had seen a man of the name of Anderson write some of the letters addressed - from Scott to Somerville on the subject of the cortificates when Scott was in the hospital on account of the injury done to his arm. Witness said Anderson inlorsed the certificates with Scott's name, upon the recommendation of witness and the family of Scott, in order to make Somerville agent to receive the instalments. Witness said distinctly upon the occasion that if the bills wAT not endorsed the money could not be got. He had been materially served by Captain Ro berts, to whom all the poor men were under obligations ' for kindness and sympathy, but justice demandel that he should come forward and make the statement he had just uttered. Ia answer to questions from Captain Roberts, M'Cor mick stated that he had never said that Somerville had forged the indorsement. The Lone MAYon. observed that whatever effect the evidence just given would have upon the imputation as to forgery, everything that had appeared either by docu ments or by oral statements, admissions, and assertions, made the claim of the poor complainant more undeniable, and more strongly marked with tli character of unfair dealing the course pursued by the defendant ; and now he (the Lord Mayor) again called upon him to give up the instalments and the certificates. Somerville—My Lord, it was asserted in this room that there was a clear case of forgery against me, when there was nothing but a clear case of debt. lam willing to take my trial, if your Lordship thinks proper to com mit me. The Lon]) MAYOR—If you do not pay this poor dis • abled man, and return him his certificates immediately, you are wholly unworthy of the notice of any one, ex cept as a person to be carefully avoided. Somerville—Why, my Lord, the documents are not marketable. • Mr. Dufour then, in answer to Somerville, stated that he was not aware that there were duplicates of any of the certificates, and that lie had never heard that there were forgeries of certificates known to Signor Castaneda. Somerville—l wish to know whether the charge of forgery is withdrawn ? Mr. Hobler—lt is admitted that you did not write tl'e the name of Scott on the back of the certificate ; but your name appears strangely as witness to the endorse ment at Belfast, although you declare that you never were at Belfast, and you prove that the name of Scott was written by a man of the name of Anderson. Captain Roberts, whose exertions for the benefit of the unfortunate claimants cannot be too warmly com mended, stated to the Lord Mayor his belief that Somer ville would not part with one shilling, or one certificate, however wretched might be the condition of the poor fellows who fought and bled for what he had in his pos session. He (Captain Roberts) declared that he would not take twenty-two shillings in the pound for the pay due to him. The LORD MAYOR then quitted the Chair, assuring those who were in the Justice-room that Somerville was whOly unworthy of credit or notice. Sir P: LAURIE, yesterday, mentioned that he had re ceiveil several letters from numbers of the Spanish, Legion, complaining of the conduct of Somerville in de taining their instalments and certificates, and stating that the " worthy agent," after having received the cer tificates, never took the - least c notice',of the letters be seeching him to take the miserable citenmstances of his clients into his compassionate consideration. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. William Bfi'fin, a master tailor; residing in Pugh's place, Carnaby-street, Golden-square, was charged on suspicion of stealing a walking-stick fishing rod, of the value of 135., the property of Mr. William Mann, of No. 43, Haymarket, boot and shoemaker. It appeared that the prosecutor is a member of the Philanthropic Anglers' Society, and that on the first Monday in July last he was present at the Society's Annual dinner, at the Welch Harp Tavern, in the Hendon-road. The prisoner, to whom the prose cutor was a customer, was also there, although he is not a member of the Society. In the course of the afternoon the fishing rod in question was stolen from out of a parlour to which no person but those belonging to the dinner party, or the servants of the house, had ac cess. The circumstance was mentioned generally before the company, the prosecutor stating at the time that, as several rods had been stolen from him in a similar -man ner, he was determined to give into custody any person in whose possession he should find the stolen property. On Tuesday the prosecutor's son called at the prisoner's house on business, and espying the fishing-rod in a corner, directly claimed it as his father's, upon which the prisoner said that it had been left there by a friend of his. On being informed of this the prosecutor went directly to the prisoner, and on request ing the rod to be given up to him, the prisoner said that the party who left the rod with him had called only a few minutes previously and fetched it away. The prosecutor then gave the prisoner in charge, upon which his wife said she would go. and get the fishing rod, and after being absent a few minutes, her daughter returned with it, and gave it into the charge of the police constable. The prisoner in his defence said, that a few days ago he was on a fishing excursion with an acquaintance of his, a young man of the name of Edwards, at the river Brent, near to the Welsh Harp Tavern, and that his companion there purchased the rod of a stranger for 2s. On Monday night, after having been out fishing with Edwards, the latter left the rod at his house, and called for it, and took it away but a few minutes before Mr. Mann came. Several highly respectable tradesmen spoke as to the prisoner's respectability and integrity, and they could not believe that he would be guilty of such an action. Mr. MALTBY said that in order to give him time to produce the young man, Edwards. and also his daughter, ho should remand him until Saturday next. COURT OF JUSTICE DE PAIX, THE DRAMATIC AUTHOR AND THE MONEY LENDER. (From L'Audienee—Paris journal.) Marie-Ange-Charles-Polycarpe-Desire-Lebattu, who described himself a banker, had lent money to an author, upon a very singular kind of security—namely, a five act play which had never been performed. He now appeared before the Court, much discontented at the result of his negotiation, and had summoned the author (whose name we shall abstain from mentioning) before the Court of Justice tie Paix. Lebattu (with warmth)—lt is abominable to cheat a man out of a hundred crowns in such a manner ! 'The Judge—Cabnez vous, Monsieur. Lebattu—Calm ! How can a man be calm when he has lost 300 francs ?—(Laughter.) The Judge—Be calm, and we will see justice done you. Lebattu—That, lam afraid, is out of your power, Monsieur, fur the defendant has an innumerable host of creditors. The Author—Would to heaven that I had a few more! —(Laughter.) Lebattu—Do you hear the heartless fellow ? I will tell you how he served me. About three months ago he came to me:breathless, and said, " Well, it is finished !" " What is finished ?" said I. " Oh, it is finished, and my fortune .is made," continued the man, in a sort of exstacy. "So much the better," said I, to the last part of the sentence. They will play it for me in two months at the Boulevard—it is all setted—a drama in five acts, which is received with the most overwhelming applause : you will, therefore," said he, jumping to a conclusion, " lend me a hundred crowns."—(Laughter.) " Yes, I say the business is done, and I will give you two bills, payable the day after the first representation of my play." The Judge—And you accepted them ? Lebattu— .Helas oui. Thinking the security good, I allowed my self to be influenced by my feelings of humanity, and the six per cent.—(Much laughter.) But there was one thing upon which I (lid not reckon—namely, the proba bility of a failure of his play. But so it was—the play was laid on the shelf, instead of being overwhelmed with applause. The Author—And I know why ! It was because I ha d sufficient it number of cre dit ors p resen t. Lebattu— ,: was not my f a ult if it did no t suc ceed. I clapped like a madman (naively). It was to my interest.—(Laughter.) The audience, finding that I tifpitftided incessantly, cried out---" a Lc porte, le cama rack, d r a Vit billet de, l'auteur."—" Turn him out ! He is a friend of the anther's, come in witik an order." I got up in the pit, and declared that the gcnt:rman who said that was not adhering to the truths The Judge—What, had you not got one then ? Le batta (with sang froid)—No, not one—l had two.— “mtighten) `life judge—What, two orders for one person ? Le- Mungiere. Two for fifty crowns each, which have this (lily Wen duly protested !—(Laughter.) In spite of the roornegs of the piece, however, je claquais kfjonrs—l continued to applaud, until at length I found myself handed to the I,;:lor•—(Laughter.) I noW insist upon the re-payment of my 2 10 neY• pa y the debt at the rate o f The Author consented to 30 francs per month, Lebattu sympatideied with him in the fau piece. The Author protested that it was his own lt ; di tors as " for had I (said he) had a hundred such cr you, the success of my piece would hav e been in phant."—(Laughter.) t he Court, in The contracting parties then quitted failure o f his usement. which their pr?sence had afforded not a little A DISASTROUS JOKE. --A young lady, whose name we forbear from mentioning, was brought before Mr. Duffy, charged with having sto l e n a ring from a person called a gentleman," whose name we also tuppress, lest the lady's name might thus be indirectly revealed. The facts of the case are these :—The accus ing individual, who resides in the neighbourhood of INfountjoy-square, went to visit the lady on Wednesday fi n ger, and jokingly observed that evening, when she, taking a fancy: to his gold ring, re moved it from his she would not give up the prize. lie left the house, and next day meeting her in the street, called a policeman and gave her into custody. The lady, who was much agitated and shed tears, stated ills she took the ring merely in joke and without the slightest intention of k ee pi n g. it. Her feelings had been greatly outraged by th e c h arg e, and her imprisonment in the station- house all night. The Magistrates instantly discharged the fair and injured prisoner. —Dublin Pilot. MORNING SUN DEATH OF A RED DEER. "In the morning, the mist was rolling lazily along the sides of the mountains in dense messes, and it was evi dent there would be rain before the close of the day. At was enough to damp the heart of the most ardent deer•... stalker, but I determined (having littie time to spare) to • abide by the forester's opinion. His answer was, that we would just do our best ; but if we were unsuccessful go-day I must e'en wait for to-morrow.' With this de termination we started for the forest, follow.ed by an un der-keeper, with one of Lord Breadalbane's tine deer hounds, led in a leash. A slight breeze at first spr un g up, and partially cleared away the mist from same of the lower hills. The quick eye of Robertson imnlecliately. discovered a deer lying down upon the ridge ot• one them. His glass was instantly fixed. There, .Sir , 1 you could manage that fellow, you would have one ch'ih: finest harts in the forest.' Well, suppose we go rot and by the back of the hill, and come down that hollow, should be within fair distance from the rock.' If he fit only lie still, and give us time enough.' This, however, - the stag had determined not to do, for when we came to the hollow, he had risen from his rocky couch; and was immediately detected by Robertson, quietly taking his breakfast, among his hinds, a considerable way below. The place was so open all round that it was impossible to get near him, and the mist soon afterwards came on so thick that we on knew that the deer were all round us by their incessent bellowing. The forester looked much disconcerted, for, in addition to the mist, a drizzling rain began to descend. We sat down behind a hillo and I desired the under-keeper to produce the pros i' sion-basket. 'lf there was only a breeze,' says Robert son, and Ido believe it's combs', for the draps o' rain are much heavier.' And so it proved. for the mist again partially cleared. We hastened to take advantage o f the change, and Robertson, ten yards in advance, mounting every knoll and 'searching every hollow with an eye tha t seemed to penetrate the very mist, suddenly threw him" self upon the ground, and signaled us to do the sanle* - A roar like that of a bull presently let us Nnow the cause, and on a little amphitheatre about &re Jinn,' deed yards off, his profile in full relief, stood as amble a stag as ever tossed his beamed - frontlet to xu e A sky.' There he was, like knight of old, every now r'X'" then sounding his trumpet of defiance, and courting t battle and the strife. Nor did he challenge in vain, ft while we were admiring his majestic attitude, anothe.7 champion rushed upon him, and a fierce encounter, followed. We could distinctly he ar th e cras hi n g °I their horns, as they alternately drove each 'other to the extremity of the lists. I wish the ball was througy the heart o' one o' ye !' muttered the under-keeper' His wishes were soon to be realised, for the younger knight, who seemed to have the advantage in courage and activity, at last 'fairly drove his adversary over the knoll and disappeared after him. Robertson now rushed forward signing to me to follow, and peeping cautiously , over the scene of contest, slunk back again, and era.irieu on hand and knee up a hollow to a hillock immediat - e l y blond : I following his example. When we 11 1( ( l i gained this point, he took another wary survey, an whispered that the hinds were on the other side 0 • the knoll within thirty yards. It was now a nervous time, but I could not help admiring the coolness o f the forester. Without the least appearance of flurry, he lout both eyes and ears open, and gave his directions with dis tinctness and precision, That will do ; there goes a hind: the whole will follow.' Place your rifle on that stone, you'll get a famous chance about eighty yards.' He'll come at last,' he again whispered, as hind after hind slowly passe' in review, when a roar was heard immediately below ns . As sure as I'm leevin' he's comin' on the very tap 0' tt s ' Hold the rifle this way, Sir, and shoot him between the , - horns the moment his head comes ow'r the knowe• I had. scarcely Altered my position when head, horn: .and all appearect.in full view. Seeing us in a moment,. he was out of sight - at a bound, but taking a direction round the base of the hillock, presented his broadside II beautiful .ero . ss-shot. I had plenty of time for deliberate_ airs, and:,th'p . Red 'Knight of the Wilds lay low and bleeding. J 'Cokulutyn's Moor and Loch. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDA CORN EXCHANGE. 4t.e Since Monday we have had fine weather, which caused trade to be dull for all kinds of grain. Very few tales were effected in either Free or Bonded Wheat, but the currency re" mains without alteration. Oats were held firmly, b u t the oh% • was very limited at the prices of last Market day. In other articles no alteration. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. f• as 01- Meat was in large supply, trade very dull, and prices lows :-Beef, 3s. 2d. to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. Lamb, 4s. Gd. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. ; Pork, 4s. to 55. 2d.. per stone of Sibs. Poultry of kinds was dull of sale, the sup plies large, and prices were a shade lower. Eggs in good 10 ' ply, trade dull at 4s. 6d. to is. per 120. COLONIAL MARKET. There were large public sales of Produce, s till prices Weir: firm, and the demand good for most articles. Th e public sal' announced are large and important, The arrivals small. TEA MARKET. 1 There was little business done, and the Market wand s j r ._ quiet state. Holders were more disposed to realise, we ll cepted 2s. ed. for Company's Corigou, cash. Public sales take place on Friday. TALLOW MAI : MET. 0 bil uu. l, i i,n s Prices kept up, but the market was quiet, the trad 49'' only for their immediate wants. P. Y. CI on the spo t, and 495. 3d. for delivery in last three mon;hs. PROVISION AIARKE'T. Butter in good request. Fine Dutch at Os. to 1005. awl the beet Irish, 931. to 96s Bacon sold freely.. Prime at 61s. to 645., and inferior 58s. to 60s. per cwt. Lard in brisk request at 708. to 765. for the best. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 16. . d.l Carr's Hartley ........ .7 I.lolywell Ma=n lB 6 Hebburn Main l9 0 Ord's Reflinigh Original Windsor's Pontop 16 3 Town:ey..... Wylam West Wylam .......... Walls End Hilda.. ...... Walls End Killingworth Walls End Lambton 2l 3 A. d Walls End CaradOc....... ..... 21 3 Walls End Adelaide ... 21 0 Walla End Itichardson'sTees if %%alla End Seymour Tees 19 3 Wal s End 'Tees Walls End West detton ii CI Blythe l4 3' Cowpen Hartley ~ .. jg 0 Standrig IRISH MARKETS. iMBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Week ending AUG. 6. 339 Wh eat, per barrel%3l.ol/e...“. o Mere .. Itistone.... 372 Barley 16 stOne....• 418 Oats ..... .... ...... l4 steno... n Flour, per cwt. 8 stone.... Sold to Bakers B o ,o n 19 1y ; 423 0atmea1 ..,,,.,,,,,.,,., , 8 stone.... Fans.... 3,579 Cwt. F10ur.... ..... ............1 . 10 U 1 26 0 I 23 3W- Reccip A ts r o er f a n ge o p u r r i i ce " .;f Wheat awl 'lour 51. f3d per sack. Cities of Do. 10 Oil seconds ....:.:. f i r r i i ; i n t i t 92 itis s.. Od od. to o 26 ..:2 : .ooo Od d • Tnird/ ....„,..„, from 105. ed. t 0,165 I'MCR or BRIM'. Quartern [.oat ......934d. 1 half Quatte:n ....4Nd. C MARKETS,—Ang Wheat (per 205t.)28s Od ORK . tu 355. 0 1.1"" i per 14st. , ...1 14. 15,0 d. to 133 . 0 ' ' • Barley (per 1651.)12 6 13 0 klot.r (per cwt 5...11 it k 0 °. Oatmeal (per cwt.)............"... Od to 16s Pd Beef, 4d. to 7(l—Mutton, sd. told.--Veal, 4d to Od York, 41d. to 5d.--Fresh Buttes, 10d. to Ild pt' its. PRICE OF RI.TrTER. To the Merchants. To the (qlin tr i ; First Qua1ity................... 04................... ..... ... :Ala . Second B5 .......•.....• ..... ........ WV . Third ... ......... ... es ........ ... 83 1.1.,11.... .0 .10.1111 0 • 73 Fourth Fifth ............. 71 •••••••• Ng .111 . 4 •••••• ‘,,,?. Sixth - CLON NELL Iv,;, it RKETS Aug. 14 Peel wt. ( 4 . s . d. 1 ; 0 New Butter ..... ...VS 0 win ti Hider fr0w1............ ULe 1 Oatmeal. 13 0 13 6 8ac0urg1..........41 C 4i* a Rendered Lard 0 52 tl Head5............. 99 I; Per Bat. 26 . 0 fleur,Second .....- 0 : . 6 : - I , lotir,Thirdit .......—. d - 0 --Hclisehold...— 0 34 0 1-- Fouttra....l9 0 Per Barrel. 13 f i Rapc5evd.......,20 0 - - 0 1 Barley ...... IT u 0' 8ere................ -- 10 0 I Ca.lls ••••••••••••••114•41" .. '... KILKENNY MARKETS. n._ 04 Wlieat don harrel)2B/ 04 . 10 335. Oil. Beef ;?er 11 - , ..... Os. Od. so ~--8 Barky 12 0 13 U 51utt0n........". 0 5 u,, / Oats ......... ..... ll 0 15 1. Pork .............„ 6 4 u ~., Flour (per hag) 20 0 28 0 Ve5...,..........„, 0 6 I? ~` Butter (per ceet4 90 0 1119 0 bresh Butter .... 0 0 ± ,',, Bacon Pigs 18 0 42 6 Salt Ditto . .0 6 0 '', Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes (per et.) 15 9 U ' From 33 0 0 0 14 0 11 6 42 0 0 0 16 0 14 0 A rev. gr. 35 10 0 15 I 13 5 a 12 le 11 6 14 0 The Grand Signor is obliged, by an express command in the Alcoran, to learn and practice son ac handicraft trade. _ DENT'S LECTURES ON WATCH.C.S, AND OTHER TIME-KEEPERS.—An Illustrated Abstra from TWO LECTURES on the Construction and Manage ment of Chronometers, Watcher, and Clocks, delivered by Alr• DENT, in May, 1841, before the Members of the United Sell : - vice Institution has been arranged for the information of g efleve readers. The Abstract contains a statement of t he relative merits of English and foreign workmanship, and an ezplanati‘ln of the different Escapements, with instructions for the choice... regulation, and mana,gercent of all kinds of Time-keepers. Pamphlet is published, by the Author, at No. 82, S tran d, pc: One Shilling, but gratis to customers on application. and Covers, without Warme SETS of PLATED CORNER DISHES, with or without Warmers. The prs,rice of the Set of Four Dishes Guineas. The Warmers are from Five to Nine Guineas the varies from Eight to Test Set. Engravings of the various patterns will be forwarded, pos - free, if application is made, pest paid. The dishes are complete in themselves without warmers, and the handles take covers thus forming four extra dishes when required. ," T. COX SAVORY, offs the Silversmith, &c., 7No. 47, Gambill (Seven doo rs f rom Graeochurch- s treet), London. -------- . col . TH ENGRAVINGS, POSTAGE SUBSTITUTE FOR SILVER. A PERFECT CATALOGUEteriaI is so l ike silver that it can only be told FREE. -Thy eferenee to thestamp persons well aequainted from it on r by ataislY SPURIOUS IMITATIONS • are being with it. ."•-- • e me t a l, which we EE._ Tiiel,i aa sold. The genum _ _ _ warrant more durable , is only to be had at our Warehouse. It is the! than same co lour througho ut, and can be engraved the same as , silver. Asa criterion, spoons and forks, full sized table, 12s. ; desserts, 103.; tea, ss. per dozen. The Catalogue contains the prices, with engravings, of every IRONMONGERY ARTICLE necessary to the furnishing a house of any size, 25 per cent. under any other old established house. RIPPO.N and BURTON, 12 , IV ll 0 f d t t c s-street, x or -s ree • Established 1820. BIRTHS. On the 12th insf.., at Liverpool -terrace, Ramsgate, the lady of Stephen Winkworth, Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at r,oblentz, on the Rhine, the lady o Jordan, Esq., of a daughter. MA R,TURD. • On the 3d inst,, at Himley, the Rev. Kyrle Ervile Aubrey Money, eldest son of the Rev. K. S. Money, of Much Marcie, to Emma Kemp, widow of the late Rey. J. R. Mitfurd, Ma naccau, Cornwall. On the 14th inst., at Cobham, Surrey, Henry, second sou o f the Rey. Isaac Hill, A.M., to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. T. Crawter, of ( obham aforesaid. On the 16th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Mr. 0- T. Williams, of Camberwell, to Sarah, youngest daughter ef the Bey. R. H. Shepherd, of DIED On the 12th inst., at Debden-green , Lough ton, Essex, Mr. John Witherby. On the 13th inst. at Cow+lip Cottage, near Dork in g , E. Bourn, eldest son of tile Rev. E. Tagart, of BaymNater. On the 13th inst... at Ila6thigs, in Sussex, William JanoP Esq., surgeon, late of M ou nt-Are et, Grosvenor.tquare. ------- _ _ _ London: Printed and Published by M f URDO YOUNG' f' N0..112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Straa, to the county of Middlesex, Thursday, August 19, 1841, ~~. , i t 1 11N tr. y I Al e , Pori i. ex: