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[s. had risen 0 re' liaise sur ords, er of •a nce up ntity was rain, !ll in turc, EVENING SUN. ;far' cteu hti ti '4e d ;Die the 0 1 ace• ,ing 6IIA.NCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MARLING V. KIRBY. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal Th°tiox occupied the Court the whole morning. DICE CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR took unopposed Petitions to-day, none of which were of any interest, ex vept to the parties concerned, SHERIFF'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MARSHALL V. CUMMINS. This was an action to recover the sum of 3/. ss. for use and occupation of part of the plaintiff's house, situate Clifton -street, Finsbury. The defendant took part of the house of the plaintiff at the yea r l y ren t o f 13/., and the present action was to recover the amount of one quarter in arrear. On 'the part of the defendant it was stated that the Plaintiff had been threatened by his landlord with a dis trcsg, and the defendant was requested by the wife of the 1 • 'ff p aintl to remove his goods in the early part . s ° ' the quarter, and a removal imm ediatel y took • place. 'Witnesses were called, but they failed to prov e this, And the Learned Under-Sheriff directed the Jury to fi nd a verdict for the plaintiff fbr the whole amount claimed. • SALISBURY v. 'WALKER. This was an action to recover the sum of 151. 3s. 9d. for goods sold and delivered. The defendant pleaded, first, that he was not in debted ; and, secondly, a set off. Mr. Thomas conducted the case for the plaintiff , and Mr. Payne appeared for the defence. The plaintiff is a jeweller in Tottenham-court-road, and also a licensed victualler ; and the defendant is a Jirery-stable keeper, residing in the same place. The present action was brought on account of several !alleles, consisting of brandy, wine, and spruce-beer, fl aying been supplied to the defendant by the plaintiff ; and also for the amount of a gold chain and sundry re- Pairs done to jewellery for the defendant ; one item in the account was for painting and lettering a gate of the defendant's, which it was alleged was performed at the instance of the plaintiff for the defendant, and for which 3/. 10s. was charged in the Particulars. To prove this item a witness was called, Who said he saw a man, who was called "Joe," painting l ha gate, and that he (Joe) had been working on the Pretises of the plaintiff. This being the case for the plaintiff, witnesses were called on the part of the defence, to prove the set-off. The principal part of the set-off was for money lent, but as the parties at the time were on very intimate terms, bo'aeknowledgements were taken. There were various sums of 11. and 21., but the only proof was that on one ._ i3 eeasion a witness heard the plaintiff ask the defendant fend him some money, and he (the witness) saw the deendant put his hand in his pocket and give some thing to the plaintiff. The ot her amounts of the defendant to the plaintiff. There was an article !I_3itrged in the particulars of the plaintiff for the mount -4n with silver a riding whip. To this the defendant stated th a t th e whip in question was a gift from t he plaintiff. to the defendant, and a witness :vas' Put forward to prove that the pla intiff had a pp lied * (11 him (the witness) to lend him (the plaintiff) the mould of a horse's hoof, to take a pattern for the mounting of ir'hip which he intended to make a present of to thede ,codant. A bill was also put in from the plain tiff to the defendant, in which there was no charge for the whips a lthough the whip had been delivered some time pre 'lions to the bill being deliverd. Mr. THOMAS having addressed the Jury on the evidence Adduced in support of the set-off, called witnesses in op- Position to the proof tendered for its support. The Learned UNDER-SnEnus then summed up the evidence and the Jury found for the plaintiff, damages 1 1/. ss. 9d. ALLDRADE V. BEPLON. ' ,This was an action to recover the sum of 41 . 7 5. 6d. - ` lll g a balance of rent due to the plaintiff. 4 It was att em pt e d in this case to prove that the defen dant was not the tenant, but that a female , with he cohibited, but who passed for his wife,"l had taken the house ; but no proof was shown that 811 ch was the case, and the Learned Under-Sheriff di -1 he the jury to find a verdict for the p laintiff, as in an ndefended action. BANKRUPTCY—(T II IS DAY.) ther,, Lpublic business was transacted in Court to-day, I an ; i5 " 6,1 1 ,, only six meetings of creditors in the private — 'ers of Mr. Commissioner Pane and Sir C.Williams GUILD HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Co number of persons were brought befor., Alderman ' L AN, charged with passing base coin, amongst w hom tue older offenders were severally sentenced to terms of Inlprisonment, varying from a fortnight to three months. A respectable looking man was brought into the office in custody of police constable 232, charged with assault . ing two female - chiklren, apparently about the ages of six years and nine. [We were unable to learn the name of the parties, or the result of the investigation, as we were decidedly, al ' ihough civilly, denied admittance, on our application to be . present at the hearing of the chargd.] - - SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN FLEET-STREET. — This a little after six o'clock, Robert Her- Cy, a labouring man, in the employ of Mr. Ward, of Iter-lane, Blackfriars, bricklayer, while at work in clearing away the ruins of the house in Fleet - street that hea vy down some w e eks since, was supporting himself on a ueavy beam of timber, when its hold in some brick-work gave way, and he was precipitated from a height of between t .7enty-five and thirty feet, into a heap of brick - rubbish , 'lle beam, which was sixteen feet long and eight inches ,B !leare, fulling on his head. On being raised up he was fo und to b e i nse nsible, and bleeding profusely from a ; fri ghtful laceration of the scalp, and on being conve y ed St. Bartholomew's Hospital, his skull was found to be sO . extensively fractured, that but sl i g ht ho p e is enter dned °this surviving. The unfo rtunate man is 47 years a ge, and has a wife, but no family . STOCKS OF OLD GRAIN. —So far as these T an be ascer t a i ne d, they turn out to be exceedin g l y light ; there being at the present time only 28,000 quarters of free wheat in Liverpool ; whilst at Wake- V,. the depot from which a large p art of the West I : d l i ng of Yorkshire and of South L ancashire are sup tLeu, there are only 6,800 quarters , and in Leeds onl y 1 3 1°. In all parts of the country , too, the stocks are L edevedto be on an equally insignificant scale ; and it 7_•,nmes tolerably clear, that a supply of for ei g n g rain 111 be required to eke out the consump tion until har vest. That supply is not likely to be obtained until the averages rise to 735. per quarter ; and, t h_,erefore the labouring poor of this nei gh bourhood, w hose earnings have been so fearfully dimin ished b y unfavourable state of trade, will have to incur the additional evil of paying a famine price for their bread. -- Manchester Paper. We are sorry to state that the numbers of u nemployed operatives are still on the increase. The t e mber of cases relieved by the Committee on Wed ineVY last amounted to 702. These represent 2,106 C vid uale ; about seventy of them are employed at e quarry breaking metal. The money distributed does Wednesday last amounted to 42 /. 17s. 3d., and this not include those persons employ ed at the q uarr y ; a greater sum will be required to-day. A number of ne e' -applications for relief have been given in to-day, c onsequent on the heavy failures w hich have latel y taken Place. The Magistrates and the r elief Committee are ex erting themselves to the utmost to p rocure funds to Meet this heavy expenditure, aided as they are by a !lumber of benevolent individuals in the town and neigh pourhood.—Renfrewshire paper. On Saturday last a very interesting and edi heng scene presented itself in the Episcopal C hurch , re, when there were present an American bisho p , I.l i'e clergymen of English ordination, and two of ocotelt ordination, all of whom took part in the ser vices of the day. This coincidence is worthy of being recorded, not only from its being quite accidental, but also from the well-known fact, that the Episco pal Church of the American States derived her episco pacy partly through English, and partly through Scot tish ordination. The perfect harmony in which all these met together on common ground, "in unity of spirit, and in the bond of peace," was pleasing and impressive in no ordinary degree. The American Prelate, we un derstand, was the Bishop of Virginia, and one of the English clergymen the Rev. Mr. Stowell, of Manchester. .---Inverness Journal. STATE OF TRADE.—Some excitement was created in this town on Monday morning, by the an nouncement of the failure of the long-established and well-known house of Messrs. Samuel Stocks and Son, manufacturers and merchants, of Heaton Mersey and of this town, against whom, we b elieve, a fiat of bankruptcy has be en issued. Messrs. Stocks and Son were, a few t e ars ago cotton-spinners as well as manufacturers ; lit their spinning mill having been destroyed by fire, y e th - had ceased to spin, and purchased yarn for the sup ply of their looms. They were also extensive purchasers of manufactured goodsfor export. We understand that the amount of their engagements is something under 8 0,000/. Th e ne cessary effect of this failure was to throw a very serious damp upon the market yesterday ; and the effect was increased by the unpromising appear 12,ence of the weather, which, after two t olerabl y fine days, showed manifest symptoms of deteriora tion. Under these circumstances, it was not surprising that the market S hould be, as in fact it was, one of the worst , i f not the v • ery Worst, of the present year. For manufactured .indeed, there was literally no demand ; and the f-, 0 2w - sales made were at a serious reduction o f p rices. r yarn, the market wits not quite so unfavourable ; a_ 11 : 1 some b us i ness wa s done, though with difficulty, and 1 , gradually declining rates. We are glad to state, how ever, that, with the exception of two small concerns at l3lackburn, no additional failures were announced ; and mischievous rumour of that nature, which was circu lated through the town in the morning, was ascertained to be. entirely unfounded.—lllanchester Guardian. DEATH OF LADY PRIDEAUX.—We have re ceived the melancholy intelligence of the death of Lady I n r ideaux, who expired at Netherton , this (Tuesday) l erning at six o'clock. This lady, who was the daughter • of the late 13,ev. James Bernard, of Combe Flory, So merset, was married to the Hon. Baronet on the 29th of April last, so that scarcely three m onths have ela p sed betwee n her nuptials and her death. — We stern Luminar y . We experienced a shock of earthquake at Cricff en Thursday afternoOn last, at half-past two o'clock, . which cou ld only b,r rivalled by that which ha pp ened in the latt er en d of 1839. I n Cowrie, same .day, it is said about eleven shocks took place, and the people were in great consternation.—Seettish Guardian. PARLIAMENT.—The late Session of Parlia ment was of the shortest duration of any that has oc .. curr .1(1 fur many years. During the last two w eeks up wards of fift y com p ositors have been discharged from the printing-office of Messrs. Hansard, printers to the " 13 uso of Commons, LITERATURE. SPORTIIVG REVIEW. This Number contains two Plates—one, a por trait of Ghuznee, the winner of the Oaks; and the other, a view of Cowes Harbour—the well known place of rendezvous of the Yacht Club, during the autumnal season. This last forms a very cheerful, animated picture, and is engraved with passable ability. The literary department is, of course, almost exclusively restricted to sporting matters. SPORTSMAN, The Sportsman is cleverly embellished this month with an engraving entitled " Starting for the Moors," which exhibits a very picturesque back-ground of moor and mountain. Among the literary articles we may single out for praise some intelligent observations on the Turf, by a writer who signs himself " A Looker-On ;" and an account of sporting " Wanderings by the- Lakes and Rivers of Ireland." SMALLWOOD'S MAGAZINE. This periodical improves in interest, the anti Iles in the numbers before us being as lively, various, and well chosen as could be desired. The most entertaining is an account of Russia in the years 1835, 1830, which seems to be drawn up by one who has been a resident in that country, and is familiar with the manners and institutions of the inhabitants. CRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUS. The third Number of this smart and humorous Miscellany has just made its appearance, illus trated by several capital plates, one or two of which are as ingenious and fantastic as any that the artist (Cruikshank) ever executed, even in his earlier days. The " Discovery of Van De mons' Land" is of this description, and represents a crew of grinning imps, making every effort to oppose the progress of the Flying Dutchman, who is advancing, under a heavy press of sail, towards the shores. The figures and faces of some of these imps are replete with the most grotesque humour. Of the literary contents we may say with perfect truth, that they will richly repay perusal. " A Few Notes on Unpaid Let ters," in particular, are singularly terse and fe licitous in their point. COURT CIRCULAR. - - - WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. — Tho Queen and Prince Al bert took their usual walk this morning, and the Princess Royal has been taken her accustomed airing. Miss Anson, Lady C. Barrington, and Mr. G. E. An son, joined the Royal dinner party last evening. Mr. and Lady Mary Gertrude Vyner, and Sir Henry Wheatley, arrived to-day at the Castle. Lord Byron took his departure this morning. The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Elea nora and Constance Paget, and the Right Hon. Sir Wil liam Fremantle, will have the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner this evening. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back in the afternoon, attended by Colonel Wylde and Mr. George E. Anson, and returned soon after five o'clock, when the Prince drove her Majesty out in a pony phaeton. The Duchess of Bedford, Lady Olivia Tayleur, and the Marquis of Headfort followed in a carriage and four, and the Hon. Harriet Pitt and the Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish in another carriage. Lord Alfred Paget, Col. Wylde, and the Hon. Major Keppel attended on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Baron Knesebeck, honoured the performance of the Italian Opera on Tuesday evening with their presence. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by they Prin cesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, took an ring yesterday in a carriage. Monsieur Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council will meet in the Council Chamber on Mon day, the 16th inst., at three o'clock in the afternoon, to deliver judgment in the appeal of " Wood and Others v. Goodlake," relative to the will of the late Mr. James Wood, the banker, of Gloucester. The Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday morn ing for Ryde, Isle of Wight. POLITICAL TRACTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l have long been of opinion that a Political Re form Tract Society would be of incalculable benefit. I propose that the tracts be written in a plain, forcible, and easy manner, so as to convey to the uneducated sound political doctrines and forcible truisms. I am accustomed to meeting and conversing with many in my own neighbourhood, both above and below myself in society, who are as ignorant of any political know ledge as children, and all for want, in my opinion, of ac tivity and earnestness being . displayed by those who feel the necessity of promulgating sound doctrines in poli tics, equal to religious bodies in diffusing their doctrines. Newspapers have undoubtedly done much good, but there is a large class of persons among whom they do not circulate, where tracts would do. Should this letter be noticed, I shall be happy to do all in my power to assist its object. I am, Sir, your's, &c., BALLOT. P.S.—Could you, or any correspondent, favour me with the various modes of taking votes by ballot, that have been published ? INCREASE OF LETTERS. WEEKLY STATEMENT OF LONDON LETTERS. THROUGH THE GENERAL POST. NO. OF LETTERS. Four weeks, ending 31st July,lß4l Corresponding period of 1840 Ditto as nearly as can be given of 1839 Increase since 1840 on the four weeks' letters 1,622,598 Ditto 1839 Ditto 3,817,856 • THROUGH THE DISTRICT POST. Four weeks, ending 31st July 1841 1,743,268 Corresponding period of 1840 Ditto as nearly as can be given of 1839 ' 1,021,386 Increase since 1840 on the four weeks' letters 150,788 Ditto 1839 Ditto 721,882 This argues well for the speedy realization of Mr. Hill's most sanguine expectations. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic Returns for the Week ending August 2, 1841 : Passengers Merchandise £1,457 It 2 Darlington, August 4, 1841. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY•I,ANE.----CON-. CERTS D'ETE.—This theatre was elegantly and numer ously attended last evening. Among the distinguished parties who occupied the dress circle and private boxes we noticed the following:—The Ladies Fitzpatrick, Lady Grantham, Countess of - Paulet, Lady Anstruther, Lady Cockerel], Lady Cross, Lady Woolmore, Lady Plumer ; Lords Burghersh, Fitzclarence,; Hon. F. Stanhope, Mrs. Biddulph, Mrs. Charles Calvert, &c. Mr. Par sloe, the old and well-known prompter of Covent-garden and Drury-lane theatres, takes his an nual benefit this evening at the Haymarket Theatre. In addition to Mr. Macready and Miss Helen Faucit, in the play of Money, Mdlle. Celeste will appear in her original part in The Child of the Wreck ' • the little - M ars hal's will dance in their own unsurpassed style, and Mr. Rayner comes up expressly from Southampton to give comicality to the attractions of the evening. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT EDGWARE..--..011 Monday a very shocking accident happened at the Bald faced Stag, Edgware. A young man named John Clarke, who is in the employ of the landlord of the house, was with others forming a hay rick, when he fell from the top, having at the same time in his hand a pitchfork, which in his descent to the ground perforated his side. The poor sufferer was conveyed to a surgeon's in the neighourhood, who advised his immediate removal to St. George's Hospital, which was done in a cart in as expeditious a manner as possible. Such is the nature of the injury he has received that very little hopes are en tertained of his recovery. Clarke is a young man of steady sober habits, and has a wife and two young children. --•- PARISH OF ST. ANNE, WESTMINSTER Last evening a large meeting of the electors of the above parish was holden at the Golden Lion, Wardour-street, I Soho, to meet Mr.G. Huggett, the Secretary to the West minster Reform Society, who attended for the purpose of supplying claims to all persons who were improperly omitted from the register last time, and of giving infor mation to all persons who might require it, on matters connected with the registration. Several of the inhabi tants came forward and made inquiries regarding their claims, which in many instances were declared to en title them to vote, although they had never been on the register. Meetings of this kind are being held in all parts of the Borough, at which Mr. Huggett attends, and the system cannot be too highly recommended. If gen tlemen of talent were appointed by the different Retbrm Societies to meet the householders, the next election would no doubt give a very different result to the last one. S ILKWO RMS. Most kinds of caterpillars spin the silken thread from an orifice just below the mouth, in which, in the pupa state, they envelope them selves. The insect, on breaking the shell, before it has touched food, will throw out silk. The colour of silk depends partly on kind, and partly on food and health. Wild silkworms, which usually feed in the open air, are of many varieties, each feeding on its suitable leaf. In China, one feeds on the pepper-tree, one on the ash, and another on the oak. One of these spins a silk which, when woven, will not crease, although folded and pressed. The Indian tussah spins a cocoon, hanging upon the jujube tree (upon the "leaves of which it feeds) by a silken cord, so as to swing in security for ten months, till the tenant within forces itself out as a moth. cloth th produce made is They are attended by day and nig ht in the j un g le, to keep immense,of f birds, and w shoi cheap htehapey, that, cet and when sp i n spun,. Th e from it, heavy and durable for thi rt y years, is sold at 6d. a yard ! The arindy feeds on palms christi leaves, producing a cloth which, if washed in cold water, will wear from 50 to 100 years ; but if subjected to the ac tion of hot water will tear like blotting p a p er. The efforts which are making to place this production in the hands of the negroes of the West Indies are likely to prove etiocessfel. AFFAIR OF TOULOUSE. The. Provisional Municipality ofToulouse prote3ted, on the 30th ult., against the dissolution of the Munieinal Council of that city. That document, signed by M. Arzac, the Mayor, and Messrs. Gase and Roaldes, the adjoints, appeared in the Emancipation of the next day. Those three functionaries rested their opposition on a manifest violation of the 27th article of the Municipal Law, which provides that the Ordinance of dissolution should alWays specify the period at which the re-election of the municipal officers should take place, a formality which had been omitted in the Royal Ordinance pub lished on the 30th at Toulouse. Immediately after sign ing this protest, the Mayor and his two Deputies de clared themselves in permanence at the Capitol. They dressed themselves in their official costumes, and deter mined to await the result, and not resign their functions until compelled thereto by force. Several members of the Municipal Council came to congratulate them on their noble attitude, and urged them to persist in their resistance. At eight o'clock hi the evening of the 30th the new municipality presented itself to take possession of the Capitol. 31.* Arzac haying by his side the two adjoints, received them standing. I.f. Gase then addressed them in the nairie of the Mayor, and pointed out to General Lejeune, the new Mayor, the illegality of the Royal Ordi nance, together with the protest of the municipality. The envoys of the Prefect, who did not expect to meet so energetic a resistance, muttered a few words of excuse and retired, and, on their way back to the Prefecture, were hooted by the people. An hour afterwards they returned to the Capitol, but found the municipality as determined as ever to yield only to force. It had even made preparations to spend the night in the Capitol, when M. Delaralde, the principal commissioner, accompanied by M. Segond and the other commissaries of police, came to summons M. Arzac, M. Gase, and M. Roalde, to vacate their municipal functions. M. Gase then called on M. Delaralde to draw up a protest of the whole transac tion •, and the latter having acquiesced in his demand, the Mayor and his two adjoints left the Capitol. The Municipality of Toulouse was justified in its oppo sition, and the Government itself has admitted it, by the insertion in the Royal Ordinances, published by the Mo niteur, of the paragraph relative to the convocation of the assembly of the municipal electors. The Messager says, " According to accounts just re ceived from Toulouse, every thing there is perfectly tranquil. The new mayory formed by M. Maurice Du val is composed of Baron Lejeune, as provisional mayor, and Messrs. Leon Ducos, Florentin Asre, and Jean Do minique Larigandere, as his deputies. M. Maurice Du val has published the following proclamation : Inhabitants of Toulouse,—Two Royal Ordi nances pronounce the dissolution of the Municipal Council and National Guard of Toulouse. France has her eyes upon you. You will prove to . her, by your respect for the use which the Govern ment makes of its constitutional rights, that you un derstand what liberty is. By your choice, and by he mandate which you will give to those whom you shall elect, when the legal period for the reconstitution of these two bodies shall arrive, you will not place the Royal prerogative in the impossibility of choosing your Magistrates amongst citizens who would not see that election alone imposes the duty of accepting functions to which they are called by their position, as well as by the law. Do not give way to the falsehood which seeks to disfigure the most pure actions and intentions. Show to the country that Toulouse, the city of learning and trade, faithful to the principles which triumphed in July, will strengthen the powers of the laws by patriotic obedience. " The arrest of M. Lenormand, the ex-Commissary of Police of Toulouse, was immediately made known by telegraph to the authorities of that place. On the approach of General St. Michel to Villeneuve d'Agen, says a letter from that place of the 26th ult., the inhabitants went out in crowds to meet him, and sa luted him with cheers. The Mayor of Le Mans had charged M. Girard, a member of the municipality of that place, to accompany the Inspector of Taxes charged by the Prefect to con duct the census, and to make observations upon the pro ceedings adopted by The inspector and the dele gate of the municipality not having agreed upon certain points, the Mayor had written to the Prefect to say that he has withdrawn from the delegate the authorization which had been granted, so that the inspector will pro ceed with the census alone. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 1841. RIOTS AT ROME. A horrible tumult, with great loss of life, took place at Rome, on the 20th ult. An execution is an unusual thing in that city. Three criminals, of the name of Ritcozzi, Were executed on that day, being a man and his sister and their nephew. They had got into the house of a rich watchmaker, of the Piazza Colonna, and had mur dered his wife and daughter, and then robbed the house. The Gazette des Tribunaux gives the following account of the execution : " An immense crowd was assembled at eight o'clock in the morning, but there was no symptom of disturbance during the execution of two of the criminals. When the third, however, was brought upon the maffold, he uttered the most horrible imprecations against the crowd, and, pointing to it, said to the executioner, Oh, if I were but amongst them, how I would punish them. I regret life.only on that account.' As if his words had found an echo in thecrowd, no soonerhad hisheadfallen, than hor rible cries were heard, and thousands, struck with terror, but scarcely knowing why, sought safety . in flight. A set of wretches immediately took advantage of the flight and disorder, and fell upon the fugitives, tearing the rings out of the ears of the women, and openly snatch ing the watches of the men. In vain did the police attempt to interfere. The thieves and their victims were involved in a general pele-mele with dragoons and in- . fantry, and cries of savage ferocity were mingled with those of distress, whilst the tolling of the church bells drowned the voice of the commanders of the troops, who were endeavouring to rally their men. The tumult was so great, and at one time so alarming . that at the Castle of St. Angelo the guns were loaded, and the gunners stood with their matches lighted in their hands. The panic spread to both banks of the Tiber, the Piazza de Popolo, and the Capitol, where persons were running about crying for aid. The crowd increased at every instant, and several dragoons were so pressed by it as to fall from their horses, and be compelled 'to use their arms in their defence. At length, how ever, the crowd dispersed, and bodies were seen lying in the streets as upon a field of battle. At one o'clock in the afternoon the number of persons killed was ascertained to be 12, and 200 wounded, 50 of them severely. The wounded were immediately conveyed to the hospitals. More than 300 personslacl been arrested by the police and the troops." The Augsburg Gazette has a letter from Rome of the 22d ult., which states the number of persons killed to be nine, and adds that seve ral threw themselves from the balustrades of the bridge into the Tiber, and were drowned. This letter adds, that some persons ascribe the commencement of the tu mult to the throwing of stones at the heads of the exe cuted criminals, N% hich were stuck upon pikes ; others say that the populace attempted to get possession of the bodies, to drag them through the streets. The Diarie of Rome says, " that it has been proved that the panic was caused by premeditated design to create a tumult, in the midst of which robbers might reap a harvest." The same paper adds, "it will not re ply to reports that attribute the event to political or dis affected motives." DUTCH. MAIL. THE HAGUE. AUG. I.—The whole of the Royal family, except Prince Henry, is again among us. The King and the Queen, Prince Alexander, and Princess Sophia returned from their excursion to Friesland and Groningen on the 30th and 31st of July. The Prince and Princess of Orange, whO have passed some time at Ems, returned to the Hague yesterday. The Groningen Journals give further particulars of their Majesties' visit to that city. It is reported that the King will shortly honour Delft with a visit. The ?0111 der Vryheid states that on the 29th of July, while the King was at Groningen, one of .his Majesty's Aides-de-Camp was sent to the wife of J. H. Belt with the joyful intelligence that his Majesty had been pleased Ito remit the punishment to which her husband was sen- tented. It is now confidently said that his Excellency General List is appointed Governor-General of our possessions in India, and his Excellency General Nepveu as his suc cessor to the post of Director-General of the War De partment. It is affirmed that the Government is occu pied with projects of a constitution for the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and with the best means of pro tecting commerce and manufactures in the Grand Duchy. M. Van Schasff is appointed Charge d'Affaires at Frankfort, in the room of Count Van Grunne. The Princess of Orange on her return from Germany was accompanied by her sister the Countess of Nieppey who has apartments in the Palace of the Prince Orange. It is said that her Majesty the Queen of W' .emburg is expected shortly in this town. NIMEG UEN, JULY 30.—The Prussian Custom-house Officers are strict in enforcing the Tariff ; travellers not sufficiently acquainted with this matter, not imagining that they have any prohibited articles among their ef fects, make a declaration to that .effect; and if the slightest irregularity is discovered it is inevitably pu nished. Thus, a traveller had lately an old pack of cards in his trunk, for which, being prohibited in Prussia, he was fined 10 dollars. Yesterday a lady from Rotterdam being asked if she had anything liable to duty, declared some articles of silk, and said that the other articles in her trunk were necessaries for her use in travelling, but the Custom-house officers found twelve new muslin handker chiefs, seized them, and the lady with some difficulty got them back on paying a fine of seven dollars. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMayEaDAM, Atm. 2 Money. Bids. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. - 101 Alpert Sendic,4% per cent ' 91% Ditto, ditto, 3% percent. 74% 75 Commercial Company, 4% per cent 15 5 14 1565 4 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ...... Loan 1837, 5 per cent.. ........... ..... 97 97% Exchange on London, One m0nth....... Twomonths 95 Hamburgh, One month 37 :6% Two months l6 50 Dutch Papers, Aug. 3. BELGIAN le UNDS—BaussILII, Auc. 3. Actual Debt 254 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per • 3 per Cent ..... 70% _ ----(140) Loan of City, 1t32, 4 per Cent. ........ Society of Commerce, 4 g per Cent 93% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... ..... 74 N at i ona lSeciety. ..... Exchange on London (shoi t) Brussels Papers, Aug, 3. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Awe 26 Mew Crate. Four per .............».«....« 981,6 Three p,r Cents. Bank shares —4llgonci.e Zeituag, July 30 Thirty.wveh• LIMERICK, --The oat • crop promises a very fine and full produce this season. The rain, which may have affected the wheat, has improved the oats.--Lime rick Chronicle. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 3.—The ad journed meeting of the General Committee was held yesterday afternoon, when, a series of invitations from Manchester having b een read, including the town coun cil, boroughreeve and constables, commissioners of and all the literary and scientific bodies of that town, it was unanimous) resolved that the meeting for ne xt y ear should be held in that town. It was also resolved that the meeting be held in June, as most convenient for the local officers. The business of the sections yesterday was of a more important character, but they were thinly attended. The following were the communications : SECTION A.—MATHEMATICS AND PHYSlCS.—Profes sor Kelland's report on Heat. Mr. de Moleyn on a new Voltaic Combination ,of extraordinary energy. Profes sor Phillips on the Internal Temperature of York Min ster. Mr. Snow Harris's further Account of the Work ing of Whewell's Anemometer, erected at Plymouth, &c. The other papers and the discussions which took place were Olt° of a technical character. SECTION B,—CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY.—Lir. Dana, of Lowell, MASS..; 'United States, read a paper on a Practical Method of Determining the Quantity of Real Indigo in the Indio of Commerce; the indigo being dis solved by means of carbonate of soda and muriate of tin, is precipitated by means of the bichrornate of potash, washed with diluted muriatie acid, filtered, dried, and weighed, the, precipitate being, that of pure indigo. A paper was read from Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, enti tled, " Some Experiment s ," showing the possibility of fire from the use of hot water in warming buildings, and of explosions in steam-engine boilers. The paper detailed a number of very curious experiments, which went to prove that steam under high pressure was partially decomposed, and that in a state of gaseous vapour it was capable of heating the iron flues to such an extent that linen was charred, gunpowder fired, and fusible metal melted. The author suggested the use of fusible metal in some parts of the pipes as a preventive, as melting when the flues become too highly heated it al lows the escape of the vapour, and, of course, assists in cooling the pipe. Dr. Daubeney read a paper of much interest on the Disintegration of the I)olomotic Rocks of the Tyrol. He suggested, as a practical appli cation of his observations, that their disintegration might be much assisted by sulphuric acid, and being thus converted into sulphate of lime, it would afford an excellent; soil for vegetation. Mr. Predeau related some results of experiments conducted with a view to the protection of Copper Sheathing -. of Ships, iu which he proved that the modern copper sheathing from the im purities it contains, is less durable than the copper pre pared many years since. He also suggested the applica tion of coal tar as a coating to protect the copper frem the action of the saline matter of the sea. SECTION C.—GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. — D. E. Moore described a raised beach, under Plymouth-hoe. Professor Owen gave a RepQrt on Fossil Reptiles, pre pared at the request of the Association. He entered very fully into the Osteology of these remains ; but the paper, which was a very long detail, is not susceptible of abridgement. SECTION D. ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.—Effect of Ani mal Exhalations on Plants, by Mr. Ball. This paper proved the:injury, and often destruction, to plants in green houses, from decomposing animal bodies. The other proceedings of this section were unimportant. SECTION E.—MEDICAL SCIENCE.—This, the first meet ing of the Section, was well attended. The communica tions made were—A Statistical Report of Patients.of the Plymouth Public Dispensary during the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, by Mr. Samuel Derry. Facts as yet unnoticed in the Treatment of Squinting, by James Vose Solomon. SECTION F.— STATISTICS.—These papers were all of a local character, and the discussions that ensued. of trilling interest. SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE. Mr. W. S. Harris exhibited and explained a model of Capt. Couch's Chock Channels. The improvement consisted that the channels were made solid, and fastened to the ships' side by means of a bolt, which, if necessary, might be un clenched, when the whole would fall off, and. thus the danger to be apprehended from the old channels would be avoided. A report on the Steam-engine Constructs Indicator, by Professor Mosley, for which 1001. was awarded by the Association. The machine, it was con sidered, would produce correct results, a desideratum long sought after. Sir Isambard Brunel gave an in teresting explanation of the Construction of the Thames Tunnel, which he illustrated by a series of drawings, but nothing novel was elicited iu the details. The great object of attraction in the afternoon was the launch of the Hindostan, a knowledge of which drew together thousands from the surrounding country. The afternoon turned out very unfavourable, the rain pouring in torrents, but this was far from damping the ardour of the spectators. The whole interior of the shed had been fitted up with seats, in which five hundred mem bers were accommodated, whilst upwards of a thousand persons were admitted on board. The San Joseph guard ship was moored opposite Xhe dock-yard, and the mem bers of the association were admitted on board that vessel and the Caledonia, on the exhibition of their tickets. This part of the Sound was crowded with boats, and the opposite heights of Cornwall with spectators, and the scene, notwithstanding the impetuous torrents of rain, was most imposing. At a few minutes past 5 o'clock, the ceremony of christening having been performed by Mrs. General Ellis, the vessel was committed to her na tive element amidst the plaudits of the assembled thou sands. Soon after 9 o'clock another interesting object was exhibited, in thejllumination of the Caledonia flag ship with port fires. At the ordinaries in the afternoon, which were well • attended, Professor Buckland presided at Davenport ; and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P., at Plymouth. A MAN DRoe,,,7S HIMSELF AND ANOTHER LOOKS oN.--Considerable sensation was excited in this city on Tuesday afternoon by the report that a man had thrown himself into the Basin and was drowned, and that his companion, instead of rendering assist ance, stood coolly smoking his pipe. The report turned out to be true. The man who committed the rash act, was John Hill, a shoemaker, and the person who accompanied him to the fatal spot was a poor rag of a creature named William Brown, a tailor. They had been drinking together the greater part of the day, but separated about five o'clock, Hill leaving Brown about the premises of the Swan and Falcon public house. About seven o'clock Hill returned and asked Brown to walk with him towards the Basin in order that he might receive some money due to him by a ship captain. On reaching the Basin, Hill all of a sudden threw off his waistcoat (he wore no coat) and *hat, and exclaiming, "Good bye, Bill," threw. himself into the Basin. Brown wen t to the edge and looked at the drowning man, then picked up the hat, putting it under his arm, and sat down quietly on a convenient resting place, smoking his pipe with as much indifference as though nothing particular was going on. An. inquest was held on the body on Wednesday, when, after Brown and several witnesses had been examined, the Jury re turned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had drowned himself, being at the time in a state of tempo rary insanity, with a strong expression of censure as re garded the conduct of Brown.—Gloucestershire Chronicle HINDOO WIT.—A Hindoo woman having been summoned to give evidence before the Court of Judicature in Calcutta, deposed that such a circumstance happened in her presence. The Judge asked where it happened. She replied, in the verandah of such a house. " Pray, my good woman," said the Judge, " how many pillars are there in that verandah ?" The woman, not perceiving the trap that was laid for her, said, without much consideration, that the verandah was supported by four pillars. The counsel for the opposite party imme diately offered to prove that the verandah contained five pillars, and that, consequently, no credit could be given to her evidence. The woman, perceiving her error, ad dressed the Judge, and said, " My Lord, your Lordship has for many yearspresided in this Court, and every day that you come here, ascend a flight of stairs : may I beg to know how many steps these stairs consist of ?'' The Judge confessed he did not know. " Then," replied she, " if your Lordship cannot tell the number of steps you ascend daily to the scat of justice, it cannot be asto nishing that I should forget the number of pillars in a balcony, which I never entered half-a-dozen times in my life ?" The Judge was much pleased with the wo man's wit, and decided in favour of her party. FIRE WITH Loss OF LIFE.--Tuesday last between one and two, p.m., a fire broke out in a stable at the Bell Inn, Horndon-on-the-Hill, which at once threa tened destruction, not only to the whole of the premises, but to several adjoining houses ; but from the very efficient aid rendered by the whole neighbourhood, whose exer tions were indefatigable; the flames were got under before reaching the house, not however without great destruction of property, and, we lament to add, loss of life. Mrs Dixon, the wife of Charles Dixon, whilst busily em-. toyed in removins_ some of the furniture from t souse, was knocked-downby the horse of the person who was despatched for the engine, when she received such injuries that she expired the same evening. The origin of the fire is not known. The property belongs to Mr. Mott, who resides in premises adjoining the Crown , aid is understood to be cove red b y insurance.— Essex Herald. ANTI-CORN -LAW MEETING AT ISLINGTON. —A preliminary meeting was held on Tuesday at the Thatched House Tavern, in Islington, for the purpose of taking the necessary steps for the formation of a branch Anti-Corn-law Association. A deputation from the Society attended. Mr. Richmond took the chair, and shortly stated the object of the meeting, and his hopes that the great measure they were struggling for would soon be carried triumphantly. The parent Society at tributed some importance to the formation of a branch society in Islington, as the character of that district was in general Tory, and they hoped that the formation of such an association would act as a beginning to a more liberal state of feeling and opinion. Mr. Wickham, of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association, then addressed the meeting, and stated the desire of the Asso ciationl eal of the Corn-law s . Already which he repres ented to organize the metropolis into regularly-constitut ed ass ociations, having for their great object a three fourths of the Metropolitan districts were regularly organized, and the system was being carried out in the neighbouring counties of Kent and Essex. The ques tion that an auxiliary association be formed, was, after some discussion, triumphantly carried. The necessary arrangements having been made, the meeting separated. AN ANECDOTE ABOUT SEA FISHING.-Sir Hussey Vivian, accompanied by his son, Major Vivian, were crossing the English Channel in a sailing vessel, and a went fish, hook, and amusing themse lves at t he same time in fishing for mackerel ; but being unprovided with fish bait, a six pence was used in stead, which, indeed, is a very common plan. Major Vi v i an, as I unde rstood, was the first who hauling away too eagerly, succeeded six pence and all ; bu t, stran ge to say, having shortly after baited another h ook with a piece of mackerel, he actually h o oked the same fish, which this time he had the fortune to secure, and thus recovered back his lost hook and six pence.— hiisnta hooking iknga a broke, when, wy The Sportsman. IRELAND. KING'S COUNTY ASSIZES.—AimusT 2. - _ DUBLIN, AUGUST 3.—On Saturday Baron Foster en: tered the Crown Court at about half-past three, and the Grand Jury having been sworn, his Lordship addressed them in a few words, and stating that there were thirty six prisoners upon the calendar—two for rape, two for throwing down houses, some for grievous assaults, and the remainder for larcenies, &c., besides these, there 'were the three persons who were tried at the last assizes for the shooting at Mr. Bidslulph, J. P., upon which occasion the Jury disagreed. His Lordship then adjourned the Court until Monday. On this day Baron Foster took his seat in the Crown Court about ten o'clock. The only case tried up to the hour of post, was one 'for an assault upon a process server, who went to serve a writ at the suit of Messrs. Lewis and Co., for the amount due for their celebrated "Topographical Dictionary." - The prisoners, after a lengthened investigation, were found guilty of a riot and common assault. s It EC ORCOURT—REGISTRY APPEALS. Chief Justice Bushe took his seat in the Civil Court at a few minutes after ten o'clock, and called on the re gistry appeals, of which there were fourteen. Two cases were argued, but the Chief Justice postponed his deci sions in both. _ _ The! men for shooting at Mr. Biddulph will be tried to-morrow morning. The Solicitor-General is expected down this evening to prosecute. THE VACANT CHAIRMANSHIP. Mr. Newel Barron has obtained the chairmanship, ren dered vacant by the death of Mr. Fallon, Assistant Bar rister of the County of Limerick. CITY OF DUBLIN REGISTRY. The registry for this city recommenced yesterday. The numbers admitted were—Reformers, 12 ; Tories, 8. • REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The following - is a report of the proceedings at the Corn Exchange, after the despatch of my letter yes terday : Mr. O'CONNELL again rose and said—l now wish to give notice, for the next day of meeting, of the basis which I wish to recommend as that on which the Re peelers, both in and out of Parliament, ought to conduct their future operations. We have hitherto supported, to our utmost, a Ministry that have outlawed the Repealers, and I am now going to Parliament to give them that sup port for the last time. In the struggle which will en sue the Tories will obtain a victory over them, and must then come into office ; and from that time my connection with the Whigs totally ends on the present basis,(Hear, and cheers.) At the present election it was mutually understood. Ido not know that there was any direct agreement entered into, but, at least, it was understood that the Repeaters were not to disturb the return of any of the Whigs to Parliament, and that the Whigs were, in their turn, not to disturb the return of Repeaters in possession of any seats in the House of Commons. I believe I was the only man who spoke of this as a compact ; but, at all events, the Whigs most honourably supported their part of the arrangement, and the case of the county of Mayo is one of the strongest proofs that they behaved with the very best good faith. —(Hear, hear.) I submit that we have done the same. —(Hear. hear.) It may be said that my unseating Mr. Corbally from Meath was an infringement on our side ; but that could not be the case, as the whole thing was done without my knowledge.—(Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more delightful to me than to have.snch a com pliment paid me ; but, at the same time, I could not but regret that so excellent a man as Mr. Corbally was to be set aside, even for a moment, on my account. —(Hear, hear.) I accordingly looked about me for another constituency, in which the candidate, as was the case with Barry in Cork, would not have any objection to retire, so that I could continue to keep my compact with the Whigs free in all its operations.—(Hear, hear.) lint let be remembered what our support of the Whigs was. We supported them not for any benefit they were doing to our cause, for they were going too slow for us, but to keep out the Tories from office, as in the present state of the bench in Ireland it is most material for the good of the country that the Tories should not get in at present. The stream of justice must continue to run sa cred; no mephitic mixture should be allowed to again mingle with the,' water which was beginning to arrive atsa state of purity, a mixture alike destructive to life andiffight ing to property.—(Loud cheers.) No, we struggled to keep in the Whigs, but we have been defeated ; the Tories have gained the ascendancy in the Government, bat that ascendancy cannot continue long.—(Hear, and cheers.) I think it is utterly impossible that they could continue long in power.—(hear.) , It is not in the nature of things that they should ; their own party disaffections cannot allow them to keep altogether; the links that now bind them are a national antipathy against the Irish, and a bigoted hatred towards the religion of Ireland. That chain must soon burst, and the result will he that the Tory faction will be scattered in the winds, the Radi cal Reformers will obtain the helm, and England, Ireland, and Scotland will once again have a chance of ranking foremost in the history of the civilized world. —(hear, and cheers.) I mean, therefore, to propose, on the next day of meeting, the plan which I intend should be the basis of our future proceedings. I intend, by this plan, to point out what species of Minis try it is that we will in future support, and what Ministry we will not support. Lord John Russell came forward lately with an admirable paper ; it was clear, distinct, and manly. I admire that paper as far as it goes, and I admire the principles on which it has been founded, and as far as they extend; but I say that it is too narrow, that it will not do, and that the principles must be extended. Parliament is now too long, and the period of its dura tion must therefore be reduced. The principle on which the representation is arranged must also be altered. It cannot be endured that Harwich is to have an equal num ber of representatives as Cork, with its 750,000 inhabi tants. The franchise must be also extended, so as to afford an adequate representation for the whole people. Above all things the ballot must be introduced.—(Cheers.) The Ministry who shall have my support hereafter must purchase it. They must bribe me.—(Laughter.) My bribe is extended suffrage—my bribe is amended repro. sentation—my bribe is the ballot—my bribe is, shorten the duration of Parliament.—(Cheers.) I will support no Ministry that does not promise to support these mea sures.—(Loud cheers.) Ido not want to bind a Minis ter down to my particular definition of the extent of the franchise. lam for every mini having a vote—l am for household suffrage. I mean by , that, that every man who owns a house, or is a lodger in a house, should have a vote. Ido not want that persons having no permanent residence should have liberty to vote, wherever he wished to go, but that any person having a fixed resi dence, whether he be a householder or lodger, should be entitled to vote.—(Hear, and cheers.) When I avowed it as my deliberate opinion that the best of the English constituencies were for the most part swayed with a feeling of implacable hatred towards the people of Ire land—when I averred that the great majority of the English nation were essentially our enemies, I was taunted by some, laughed at by others, and occasionally, but rarely, I was met by arguments. My Lord Char- . lemont condescended to canvass the question with me, and he referred with pride to the great constituencies of England as falsifying my assertion. " All these," said he, " feel for our sufferings and compassionate our sorrows—all these send men to Parliament who are the friends of Ireland." And he instanced London then. But let him remember that two of the representatives that sit for London now are our enemies. He instanced Westminster then, but one of the Members for Westmin ster is now against us. He instanced Leeds then, but in Leeds there is now one Member an open enemy, and the other but a half-and-half friend. He instanced York then. but York, to its eternal dishonour be it spoken, has discarded the most amiable and talented man of all who sit in the British House of Commons, in the person of Lord Morpeth.—(Hear.) Well, then, I now emphatically repeat what I have before uttered again and again, that in English hearts we vainly look for sympathy. England is now more than ever degraded by that hateful spirit of bigotry and intolerance which for ages has debased and dishonoured her national character.—(Hear.) In all ages England has been degraded and disgraced by her bigotry. —(Hear.) They have got a great doctor among them, to ha sure—Doctor Peel.—(Laughter.) I fear the Irish children, when they see him pass in London, will be una nimous enough to cry " Quack !" " I am not," said he, in his great speech the other day—" I am not going to say anything to you."—(Laughter.) So on he went, and continued, in a long speech, to explain to the people that lie didn't intend speaking a word.—(Hear, hear.) The fellow spent half an hour actually in telling these he wouldn't say anything.- —(hear, hear, and loud roars of laughter.) "Ah, cunning little Isaac"—but he managed for all that to slide in something by way of parenthesis ; "change the physician," says he, "for he has not the confidence of the patient. They found England in health, bat they left her in sickness." Why, the man's demented.—(A laugh.) What was the condition in which the Reform Ministry found England ? ...In the towns there .:was disaffection—(Hear, licer)—in the agrarian portion of the kingdom neither life nor pro perty was worth a day's purchase, and burnings were car ried on to such excess that the southern counties were in one blaze. Special Commissions were of daily recur rence, and it was deemed expedient to prevent the King from proceeding to London to dine with the Lord Mayor. Yes, surrounded though the Monarch was with his guards —environed on all sides with the staff of the loyal hearts of all the subjects in his household —Wellington, the great Wellington, almost fainted at the thought that the King should be rash enough to expose his life by going into the city of London. In the thowns there was, as I have already remarked, combination, tumult, discontent, and distrust—in the fields there was rapine, fire, and sword—and this was the state of being which Doctor Peel called health.—(Laughter.) The quack, he but displayed his own ignorance. Health, indeed I Such a state of health as Tory misrule will again bring upon the country. He talks of the corruption of the Whigs, forsooth 1 Did he ever hear that at the late election the Tories gave two thousand five hundred pounds for ten votes ? It is well known besides that three other Tory voters were pro vided for by the conscientious ?.'orymen.—(Laughter.) Peel says the Whigs found England in health I Can he forget that Chartism convulsed the land at the time ? (Hear, hear.) Does Peel fancy he can make the patient well ? Can he give food to the starving operative, or work to the unemployed artizan ? Is he aware that in Manchester, Liverpool, Stockport, Leeds, and all the great towns of England, , a degree of wretchedness exists, unparalleled in the history of the kingdom ? In Glasgow, too, and in Paisley, things wear quite as sad an aspect. Banks are breaking hourly, and day after sy after . day the manufactories are closing. Neer was there a time so fraught with distress and poverty, and yet this is the express moment when the intellectual and dis cerning countrymen of Doctor Peel turn out the Minis try who were kindly disposed to them, and who were willing to alleviate their sufferings, and in their place they let in those who are proverbially the oppressors of the people.—(Hear, hear.) At present there is no symp tom of a reformed society in England ; but when I - gO there"l shall again blow the trumpet of Reform. (Cheers.) From their present acts they must be labour ing under the greatest insanity ; for I ask, was there ever greater insanity exhibited among Statesmen than to think of going to war with the people of Ireland ? To Sir Robert Peel, I say, quack doctor I thank you, btit it is a quack medicine you oiler us, and it wont do.—(Hear, and laughter.) I admit the high qualities, in many instances, of the English people ; but there is nothing I admire them more for than this—when they go to battle, it has ever been the determination amongst them, as it should be (for every man ought to go into battle with, the deter , minatroli), to die, but not to yield. Their most glorious victories, Creasy; Poictiers, and Agincourt, were all gained on that principle. They went to battle not to be conquered—they went to battle to die,, if necessary, but never to go back ; and, acting on the same principle, Ire land on a m or e recen t d a y helped th e m to gain 'Waterloo. No, my friends, the time is oome when every man in Ireland, when h e goes to bed at night should lay his head on his pillow, not so much to sleep as to ruminate. Nothing would your enemies desire more, in any one way they view it, than a precocious insurrection. No thing would they more anxiously wish for than a prema ture tumult, even though they forced you to do it. Let no man, therefore, be mad enough to indulge them until they actually compel him to it.—(Hear.) Le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle. The game isnot worth the candle they would burn in playing it.—(Laughter.) If they declared war against Ireland to-morrow, what would be the value of their Three per Cent. Consols ? and how much of the national debt would they get for Bir mingham shillings ? Why, not the value of a copper farthing.—(Laughter.) Let me whisper John Bull, and say a word in his friendly ear. Let me tell him that the steam-boats which they say bring us near England can come in ten days from America.—(Tremendous cheer ing, which lasted for several minutes.) The hideous Times newspaper has had the audacity to talk of the crimes committed in Ireland during the recent election ! I did not hear that a single opponent of ours was as saulted in the slightest manner—l did not hear of a single case havinc , been brought to the police-office. I believe not a single case of any assault or outrage was committed by the people.—(Hear.) To be sure there were scenes of turbulence at Waterford and at Carlow, but who were the atrocious perpetrators of the horrible out rages which took place ? The Orangemen.—(Hear, hear.) Thu Times says that a man named Dwyer was killed in Carlow, but I never heard of it before, and the statements put forward in the same paper regarding Cork are utterly false.—(Hear.) The Times comes out and ac cuses us of turbulence and crime, and the shedding of human blood ! Oh, yes, blood was shed, but it was shed by Orangemen—the blo od of the little innocent children was shed at Waterford, and a woman was shot in Carlow, who fortunately did not die, and the fellow was acquitted because he oily shot a woman.—(Hear.) Another mis creant wounded eleven children at Waterford, and yet we bear it while the rascally Times calls us turbulent. In the county of Cork they have murdered a man, and eight Protestants and four Catholics who were on the Jury have returned a verdict of wilful murder. The father, poor man, was beating in his little boys, that he might keep them away from even witnessing a scene of riot, ' and for doing that the Orangemen beat him to death.— Exclamations of horror.) A man was murdered in Kerry. How did that happen ! Mr. Herbert had to go to Tralee, a distance of twenty-five miles, and he makes it forty, by adding fifteen as a round to it. He got up a party of people, with whom he traverses the country to show his strength—he stopped at Mr. M'Gillicuddy's, who has no voters, thovgh possessing a large estate, and there gets a strong reinforcement. Mr. Herbert heads this party, and is armed, when a scuffle ensues, during which a stone is thrown, and a man unfortunately murdered. This is the cause, and the only cause. Mr. Herbert's man was a Catholic, of course, and was killed under the circumstances which I have related ; and al. tlicaigh I do not say that gentleman intended that any thing of the kind should occur, yet I cannot help saying that if he intended to create riot, the course which he pursued was exactly that which would bring such a scene about.—(Hear, hear.) Instead of goinc , the direct road which would carry his voters to Tralee, he makes a tour of fifteen miles through the country, manifestly to show his strength and that of his party to the people through whom he must necessarily pass.—(Hear, hear.) They knew that that party were determined . to take away our suffrages and extinguish our franchise ; but I say, let them do so if they dare.—(Loud cheers.) I have de tained this meeting at great length.—(No, no.) Let my voice go through the land ; be cautious of your enemies, whose wish must be that you place yourselves in the wrong ; violate no law, gi se them no advantage over you even by accident • respect the Queen, that amiable and beloved Monarch% keep, preserve for her, your allegiance un purchased and unpurchasable. She may, like another Monarch, have to fly among you for protection. — (Cheering.) Oh ! I was about indulging in the aspira tion that it might be so, and if it were, he mocks me much who talks of my advancing age.—(Tremendous cheering, which lasted for several minutes, and was again and again renewed.) lam older, to be sure, than when I commenced this contest, but my heart is still young, and my arm is as powerful and as vigorous as ever it was , and my heart and arm she shall have against every enemy.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL announced that op to-morrow (this day), at three o'clock, he would be ingttttendance at the Corn Exchange to meet the delegates from the various parish clubs on business of importance, The meetine , would not be open to the press.—(Hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman then announced the amount of repeal rent received during the past week as 2761. 16s. Bd. The meeting then separated. MESMERISM. We have 'written recently so much upon this subject, that we might be suspected of partiality, or, at least, of wanting that malevolence, which is regarded as an es sential of philosophy by those who think every man a rogue until he proves the negative, if we indulged our selves in a detailed account of the narrations made to us yesterday at the house of Dr. Elliotson, in the presence i‘f a numerous and most intelligent company, of cures al most miraculous, effected by that excellent and injured man, through those mysterious means, which we are at length compelled to recognise by the name of " Animal Mag netism." We, therefore, gladly avail ourselves of the testimony which we find in the following ingenuous and honourable report of the Morning Chronicle : " We yesterday availed ourselves of an invitation from Dr. Elliotson, to attend at his private residence the exhi bition of some illustrations of mesmerism. The recent arrival of M. de la Fontaine in this country has drawn to the subject of animal magnetism a very great degree of public attention. From the beginning we have looked upon the matter as hardly a legitimate one for newspaper notice, certainly a very unfit one for newspaper discus sion. Nor is the manner in which we have observed it treated by some of our Contemporaries, at.all calculated to alter our opinion. "It was impossible for any one to leave Dr. Elliotson's house yesterday, without feeling that he must be a very thoughtless or a very heartless person who could find, in the subject of that able and benevolent man's investigations, legitimate matter for the indulgence of the ill-timed pleasantry, still less of' the unqualified denunciation with which these mesmeric phenomena have been received in certain quarters. We pretend not to discuss the nature of them. We cannot say that we believe all that the Mesmerist says upon the subject; but with as little truth can we say that we disbelieve all. One cannot, for instance, refuse to assent to facts resting upon evidence infinitely stronger than that upon which some more important conclusions are adopted every day of one's life. There yesterday we saw a subject thrown by the mesmeric influence into a state of perfect insensi bility, and the body in that state following the operator just as a needle would the magnet. We examined the case with the care of an incredulous watcher, and are persuaded, as we are of our own existence, that to produce this effect there was no trick, no delusion. The patient, according to her own account, given with the most un pretending candour, had been for a considerable time subject to, or rather the victim of, epileptic fits. By the aid of animal magnetism she has been perfectly restored. Another patient, upon whom the ope ration produced no more marked effect than might have followed the administering of a gentle anodyne, had been relieved from the excruciating agonies of tic doloreux. Other patients attended, and each described the cure effected upon themselves. The account of one was cor roborated by his father, of another by her mother. The names and addresses of all were given, and the names of some individuals of the very highest respectability were mentioned as having witnessed some of the cases in the progress of cure. A number of letters, too, were read and shown by Dr. Elliotson, from persons who had been cured through the i n fl u en ce 0f .,, etlni.iascsonei uextraordinaryofferedsidvhtiheia agency. In short, a mass of evidence v‘ to the most incredulous, must havep fmittpsy particularly— e ordinary profes sional certain cases of nervous dis ease which had for years bid defiance to courses, had yielded, all partially, most of them wholly, to the influ:nce of animal m say 3u a t n % y . t e h an y th ing t s o u d r e e fe t we presume As to D to Elliotsons ay upon himself, the s j eiett:e IreetisininTsuhltistoishaills r o e f p li u n t p a reputation r to e d at h f i o l u r a t h i froml e tile doubts, charge th e discredit, the ridicule with which con tend, and for the losses, whichhe has had to n less—for all these he must have we f doubt not he regal compen sation in the undissembled rutitu o d u e nd ample hnl fee, we understand, he has ever reeled from l t e o or creatures t pc? whom he had rescued from one of the heaviest of bodily afflictions." SALTING MEAT. Tlle method for wh ich a patent has been taken l out u . t by Mr. n Payne is thus described: Thetreat to be s vessel, which i s closed ate ' is placed air-tight it and the „ air exhaust e d f rom i t by in amenanso hi f a n air-pump ; a com munication a manner,s strong iron is th en opened with a brine vessel, whence the brine flows into the receiver, until it is about half filled ; the air-pump is then again worked to draw off every particle of air from the meat , &c. The brine is then p erm itt e d t o fill the receiver , and a further quantity is inj ec t e d by means of a common forcing pump, the pressure being regulated by a safety-valve loaded with about 100 lb. or 1501 b. upon the square inch. After re maining under this pressure for about fifteen minutes the meat is cured, and may be taken out of the receiver. THE NURSES AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.—On Tuesday a Special Court of Almoners of the Hospital was held, which was attended by Mr. Alderman Lucas, the President, and a number of Go vernors, to investigate the charge of grossly improper treatment towards a child who was a patient, which was made against the sister anti two nurses of the ward, at an inquest holden at the hospital a few days since. The inquiry occupied a considerable time, and the Court were of opinion that no blame was imputable to the house surgeon, but that the sister and two nurses were unfit for their situation, and they were accordingly dismissed. The nurses urged that they felt they were doing wrong ; but could rot help obeying the directions of their supe rior, the sister. They were told they were not bound to do what they felt to be wrong , f or t h ey might h ave appealed to the matron, or the steward, or , the clerk, who all reside in the Hospital, and would listen to any com plaints. EVENING SUN. EXPENSIVENESS of the SLIDING SCALE. I am not aware, Sir, whether your attention has ever b3en directed to the great pecu n i ary l oss which attends the purchase of foreign corn, under the present Sliding Scale—a loss resulting solely from its uncertain action, unconnected with the amount of the protection to the landowner, or the quantity of corn imported. I believe that no return of the quantities of each de scription of grain imported for home consumption during the last three years, has yet been laid before Parliament; but this, so far as my argument is concerned, is of no importance ; the loss I allude to being in proportion to the quantity, whatever that may be. I shall, therefore, assume as correct, the quotations of Mr. Leathern, of Wakefield, which, he says, he received from a large corn-dealer in London. According to this authority, the importation which took place in little more than eighteen months, did not amount to less than 10,380,267 quarters of grain of all descriptions, namely : End of 1838 1839 Six months 1840 10,180,267 The smallest cost of which must have been— Say, 7,000,000 qrs. wheat at 50s. £17,500,000 1,200,000 barley 1,360,000 oats 20 8,38 0 ,000 820,000 beans, peas 10,380,267 £20,880,000 Now, it must be remarked, in the' first place, that we paid for these 10,380,267 of quarters, at least 15s. too much for wheat, and ss. too much for the other kinds of grain ; that is, in round numbers— 15s. X 7,000,000 quarters = £5,250,000 ss. X 3,380,267 845,000 = 11 1 £6,095,000 But, for the operation of the sliding scale, which opens the ports only occasionally, for short periods, and under risk of ruin to importers (ruin, if they buy too soon, and have to warehouse for years ; ruin, if they buy too late, and, on arrival, find prices down, and duties up) ; all this quantity of corn, instead of being bought sud denly in near markets, and at high prices, wovid have been bought in many markets, at various times, and at low prices, and this enormous sum of above 6,000,0001. been saved to the nation. It has been entirely thrown away, or made a free gift to foreigners. What should we think of a law, framed for the avowed purpose of taking from us 6,000,0001., to give absolutely for nothing to foreigners ? What must we say of a law which has actually done this, and which necessarily entails en fre quent repetition of such a sacrifice ? This national sacrifice, constantly to be repeated, whenever we import foreign grain, is entirely owing to the operation of the sliding scale ; it has nothing to do with securing high prices to the agriculturist ; not one quarter of wheat, more or less, is introduced into con sumption ; it is a simple, gratuitous robbery of the na tional property, for which ignorance alone can be pleaded in excuse.—Mr. B. H. Grey's Letter to the Presi dent of the Board of Trade. BEDFORDA.DDRESSESTO THE QUEEN. TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MIJEWT. May it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's de voted and loyal subjects, the gentry, clergy, electors, and other inhabitants of the county and town of. Bedford, in public meeting assembled, venture most humbly to approach your Majesty to offer our sincere and heartfelt congratulation upon the occasion of your Majesty's ho nouring the county of Bedford by your present visit to the noble house of Russell. We beg to assure your Majesty of the loyal and duti ful attachment entertained by as towards your Atajeity's Royal person, while we fervently pray that Almighty God will continue to shower down his choicest blessings upon your Majesty and your Illustrious Consort, and that your Majesty may long be spared to reign over a united, free, and loyal people. HER 31AJL8TY'S REPLY. I thank you warmly for this loyal and affectionate address upon the occasion of my visit to this part of the country, and I receive it with peculiar satisf a ction under the roof of the ill us t r i ous and patriotic ftpuily of Russell. I rely entirely upon the assurance of your attachment; and to the prayers which you offer up for our welfare, I humbly join mine for the welfare of people. TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. May it please your Royal Highness,—We, her Ma jesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the gentry, clergy, elec tors, and other inhabitants of the county and town of Bedford, in public meeting assembled, beg leave most respectively to approach your Royal Highness with iaur sincere congratulations on the occasion of the visit of her Majesty and your Royal Highness to this loyal county. We humbly avail ours e l v e s o f thi s opportu i ty o f ex pressing to your Royal Highness our devoted loyalty to her Majesty the Queen, and offering the homage of our unfeigned respect and attachment to your Royal Highness. We fervently pray that your Royal Highness. may long live to enjoy the esteem and devotion with which your Royal Highness has so universally inspired all classes of her Majesty's subjects. PRINCE ALBERT'S REPLY. The very gratifying reception which. the Queen and myself have met with on. our journey to this plane, has already assured me of the kind feeling, which is again evinced by the Address you have just presented to me from the gentry, Clergy, electors, and other inhabitants of the county and town of Bedford. lam very glad that this opportunity enables me to express to them the lively satisfaction which I, as well as the Queen, have derived from their cordial welcome. ANTI-CORN-LA W MOVEMENT. It is gratifying to observe the success which attends the efforts made by the Metropolitan Anti-Core-law As sociation to enlighten the inhabitants of the districts surrounding the metropolis, on the advantages which they cannot but reap from a repeal of the bread-tax. Mr. Sidney Smith lectured upon Tuesday evening at Merton, in Surrey, to a most crowded audience. It was 34 first intended to have held the meeting in the open air, but from the very unfavourable state of the weather this was abandoned, and the large room of the Nelson Arms crammed to suffocation. Indeed many were obliged to go away from inability to find room. And such was the eagerness of the people for further information upon the subject, that Mr. S. Smith was obliged to promise that he would shortly deliver another lecture in the hall of the Victory. Knowledge of the widely-spread evil effects of the Corn-laws is only wanted among the people to render the outcry for their abolition too imperious to be long resisted. ALDERMAN HUMP HER Y. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Southwark, July 31, 1841. SIR-I am one of the electors of the borough of South wark, devoted to the Liberal cause, and as such greatly deplore that the least dishonest, or even. ungentlemanly imputation should be cast upon one of our Members. It was asserted by the Directors of the Black% all Railway Company, at a late meeting of the Proprietors, that Mr. Humphery, when invested with the trust and responsibility of office, had betrayed such trust in the selling of the Company's shares not belonging to him, for his own private benefit to the great injury of the Proprietors. _ _ _ Mr. Humphery, in his reply to this startling accusa tion, given in a letter from him, published in a late number of your Journal, unhesitatingly denies it : but I confess his explanation is not such as to insure him my vote, which otherwise he could have relied upon, ut the next election for this borough. Mr. Humph er y sa ys, on th e l as t occasion when h e was requested to join the Direction, then having r shares, that he _ purchased twenty, and subsequ ently twenty more. How then could dispose of one Mr. Ilumpheryod ,1:g . possessed only of these forty,h he bold which he admit s i n his communication to yon 'a just prior to his retirement from the C t ol i n .s p y i Company no doubt As many of my fellow Liberal electors it is only equally perplexed with myself on te.swilo_ su bject, (as I have little fair to Mr. Humphery to request he doubt he can) set us right in t he matter . disgraced unfortunate The critical state of o h u e r l ate ly Liberal cause should be country requires that h t ighest standing, ennobled as well sup ported by men of the hit the patriotism of . their by the virtue and pas end,y, by trusting you will give our characters. hitherto approlv'°edtand respected Member an opportunity of satisfyin, his political friends, "'I 9 .1 D, Sir, your obedient servant, A LIBERAL ELECTOR OF SOUTHWARK. VORACITY OF 'l 7---- THE 17OUT.—A curious in. stance of a trout's voracity occurred a few weeks ago when fishing in Warrington Park. I was trolling w i t h the diving minnow in a leet which commu nicates w ith the tunnel that supplie s the pond with water, when a trout laid hold of it, and having allowed him time to gorge, I struck, when my gut next the hook snapped off, and away went the fish. I did not, however, suppose it to be a large one, from his uneasy move ments after he had taken the bait, and attributed the breakage to some flaw in the gut that had escaped my notice. About a quarter-- of an hour afterwards I chanced to cast in again near the same spot, and instantly had another run ; this I missed, though not till I had pulled the fish, which was a small one, above the surface ; and yet the very next throw I made, what appeared to be the same fish rose almost the instant the bait touched the water ; and this fish I caught, when, to my great surprise, I discovered that this tierce and hungry little gentleman - -for jie only weighed three ounces and a quarter—had actually my lost gorge, hook, minnow and all, sticking in his throat„ in addition to the one I caught him with, each of which weighed one-thirteenth part of his own weight.—Corr.se pondent of the Sportsman. THE LOTUS BIRD.—The white tents thrown out in strong relief on the dark foliage of the forest, were pitched on a piece of open green sward, gently sloping towards a small but clear and deep sheet of water, in whose placid bosom was reflected the tranquil scene around, but broken here and there by a partial carpeting of the broad-leafed lotus, along whose wavy surface skimmed with fairy flight the beautiful birl which bears its name. So graceful is the flower of this plant, that the Iliudoos make it give birth to Camdes, the god of love. But let us return to the bird ; in shape it is a pheasant in miniature, but, if possible, with much more splendid plumage, which changes to every tint of the rainbow as it lightly runs along the surface of the broad lotus leaf, and the bright feathers catch the re flected rays of the sun. It is enabled to support its light weight on this frail tenure by the rapidity of its motions 4nd peculiar shape of the feet, which, although not webbed, have toes of such unusual length, that they cover a very large sp ace , an d , lelfl s in skater, it glides with ease ov er a surface apparently in a d equate to its support.—Scen es an d S ports of Foreign L an ds; b Major Napier, like a'