The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-09 00:00:00

MORNING SUN 1 809, when he assisted in the Walcheren expedition at th e siege of Flushing. The capture and evacuation of Flushing, as appears from Sir Richard Strachan's de , - patches to the Admiralty, were, in no small measure, effected by the valour and bravery of Commodore Owen. Three consecutive despatches all bear testi mony to his zeal and gallantry ; the last in an especial manner, it runs thus s—" It is my duty to draw their Lordships' attention to the excellent conduct of Com modore Owen in the discharge of the various and arduous duties he had to perform ; and I beg, in the most earnest manner, to -ecommend to their Lordship: notice, the zeal, bravery, and perseverance of the cap tains, officers, and seamen, composing the flotilla under the Commodore's orders." Commodore Owen next hoisted his broad pennant on board the Inconstant frigate, in the Gulf of Mexico, where that dreadful scourge, the yellow fever, carried off many of his officers and crew, about the month of April, 1811. Subsequently he has commanded the Cornwall, of 74 guns, employed in the North Sea ; and at the close of 1813, distinguished himself by his ex emplary ccnduct at the head of the Royal Marines, which were landed from the British fleet to co-operate with the Dutch Royalists in the Island of South Beve land, which was soon freed from the presence of their quondam allies. For Lis services Commodore Owen received the command of a royal yacht. He was nominated a K.C.8., Jan. 2, 1815 ; obtained a Colonelcy of Royal Marines, July 19, 1821 ; and in Nov 1822, hoisted a broad pennant on board the Gloucester, of 74 guns, in which ship he proceeded to the 'Nest Indies, and was for some time Commander in-Chief on that station. During this period, the House of Assembly at Jamaica passed a vote of thanks to him for hi.; prompt attention to their commercial and naval interests while he was commanding among them. On his return to this country he was invested with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, in consideration of his avny emi nent services. Sir Edward Owen was connected with the Tory AOministration prior to 1830, and was, we believe, Surveyor of the Ordnance. He entered the Hon eof Commons in the Parliament which was called in 1826, and continued to hold his seat till the period of Re form. We can bestow no approbation on his senatorial conduct. He rather di.tinguished himself as the advo cate of Tory jobs, and spoke mor:: than once in favour of that disgraceful outrage to all humanity—that most horrid of all men-stealing, the brutal practice of im pressment. In the eyes of his profession. however, that is unfortunately a venial offence. Commodore Na7ier lately told us that the bulk of the naval officers are To•ic and that Sir Edward Owcn's beieg a Tory partizan—to which circumstance, we presume, he owes his appointment—will be no disparagement amongst his brother Tories. Accordingly the Vice. Admirl's appointment has given great satin/action in naval circles. Her Majesty's ship Queen is now fitting out with all expedition to carry his flag to the Mc'li terranean. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY, TIMES.—Our private l e tters from Amsterdam state, that many interesting fact a have transrired from the con troversy between the Goverhanent and the second Chamber of the States Ge - heral on the subject of the Budget. The basis assr :.ned by the Government for cal culatmg the neat PrrAnce of the Dutch East India pos sessions, has bee-., it seems, the colonial harvest in 1840. On thisassu'mption, the neat produce during the years i 1842'3 is estimated at 66,979,648 florins, out of which theye •would be an annual payment of the following sums: .'or colonial expenses in the mother country 2,075,800 florins, for the remittance of silver specie, 2,300,000 flo arias, for the remittance of copper fit for coining 11,611,111 florins, for the remittance of goods and pro -visions 2,500,000 florins, and for probable payments in India 5,700,000 florins, making altogether 14,386,911 florins or 28,773,822 florins for the two years. Besides these charges, there will be for interest and reimbursement to the Society of Commerce, in 1842 for 1841, the sum of 5,000,000 florins ; in 1843 for 2842, the sum of 2,500,000 florins ; and for dividends on the East India debt (New 5 per Cents.), during both yeari , , 19,600,000 florins, making, in addition to the other charges for the two years, 55,873,822 florins, which deducted from the amount estimated as the neat pro duce, leaves the sum of 11,105,826 florins, or about 5,500,000 florins per annum, as the remainder of the East India produce. 'The Dutch Government have promised to lay before the Chamber at an early period a new tariff, which is to give an increase to the revenue of 500,000 florins per annum. The law of last December on the sugar duty has answered so well, that it has pro duced an increase of 105,662 florins. A property-tax is regarded by the Government almost as an impossibility. POST.—i'r'e are sorry to have to notice that some further difficulties hare been experienced in the tallow trade. Besides the two houses alluded to the day be fore yesterday, as having been obliged to ask for time, and who have since stopped payment, we hear to-day ofthe failure of two other houses. In consequence of these mishaps the trade is all at cmce reduced to a state of total. stagnation, and the article has, for the moment, ceased even to be- quoted. The erniaarrassrnents of the firms referred to uvo not onclevstood to havo been brought on by any recent speculation, as has been stated, but to have resulted entiely from the heavy operations of last year, and from the impossibility of taking up the accept ances given at a long date for losses then incurred. The tea market assumed a different complexion this morning as SOOll as the particulars of the late everts in China became known. It was now dis covered that Canton had not been " evacuated," as the heading of the telegraphic despatch received yesterday seemed to signify, but that Captain Elliot had retired his forces from Canton and the river under cer tain condkions, and upon the payment of a sum equal to about 1,200,0001. sterling, as also that the British were at liong Kong planning further operations to the northward; the Canton affair being considered an iso lated case. The dealers yesterday thought that wh had really possession of the provincial capital, and that we were for the future to trade on an amicable footing; whereas they now learn that Canton had purchased its emancipation for a sum of money, namely, 6,000,001) dollars; and; as no stipulation had been made for the continuance of our commercial relations, no measure taken in fact beyond the throat of a blockade, in the event of any interference to our prejudice, the opinion of an average season's supply, which the last mail pro mised, is materially weakened. An advance of 2d. to 3d. per lb. has accordingly been paid upon the closing prices of yesterday, and 4d. per lb. upon the lowestpoint. RUMOURS ANENT THE KIRK. There were yesterday a great variety of rumours afloat in town, with respect to the measure of Church pacification, whieh Sir Wifliam . Rae alluded to in his speech at the late election for flufe. It was said that a Bill for accomplishing; this object was actually in the printer's hands—that it had been approved by the leading Nou-Intrusionists—that Sir G. Sinclair had gone to London in the end of last weak with full powers on the part of the Church"—(.as the Edinburgh clique calls itself)—that a call by the majority of pa rishioners was to be the requisite plaster foe all sores— that leets were to be introduced in the working of patronage, which, sinful though it be, and antl.scrip turel, is yet to be swallowed along with the temporal ities annexed to it—and, in short, that the Gordian knot is to be neatly and quietly untied by some magi cal hand, hithert o un t r i e d i n the f ash i ous j o b of sett i ng the Kirk to rights. All this, we have good reason to thick, is sheer romance. It was impossible for Sir W. Rae, who was at Rothesay on Tuesday last, to go thence to Lender, where he has since been, and from whence he has again departed, and to concoct even the rudest draft of an Act of Parliament in the course of two rapid jourreys within the week ; and, therefore, the printing and all the rest of it may be fa'rly thrown overboard as a weak invention of' the enemy. Sir William Rae is too discreet a man to co mpromise himself or his chief on an intricate subject o f t hi s kind ; and Sir Robert Peel stands on too high ground to commit himself (after the Renfrew affair) into the hands of such negc tiators as Mr. Alexander Dunlop, Mr. Candlish, and Mr. John Hamilton. It is not very likely that the Governmeat would commit itself ras hly in this matte r , w h en reserve and de lay, for t h e purpose of mat ure d e lib erat i on, is the line of pokey w hich has bee n a d opte d with regard to every other branch of national affairs. It is bruited that the Ainhassadors of the hi g h party who have ret urned from London, give out that they have not obtai ned anything by their voya ge , except that they have learned that the other party h ave not got the ear of the Government. Just so—Sir Robert Peel is not likely to make such ambassadors the dep o _ s itories of his State secrets , and, n the meantime, we shall continue to treat all the sinister reports spread abroad on this subject, for obvious purpngee, as the emanations of pious fraud.—.E'dinbui,,,4 Observer. 0 ITER y.,A few days A FORTUNATE DIsC age a poor labouring men, named Warre n, residin g at No. 3, Rose -street, Seven-dials, p ur chased, at a second hand boot and shoe shop, belonging to a man named William Mason, in Monmouth-street, Seven-dials, same he bluchers for himself and children, for three pairr felt one of wh eh he p a id e i g h t s hilli ngs , Yesterday morning of his b oo t s pi nc h hi m at t h e s id e , an d r ipping up the lining, f or t h e purpose o f removing some hard substance that he i mag i ne d h e f e lt w i t hi n, he was most agreeably surprised to find, between the side lining and the upper leather, ten iive-eound Bank of England notes. It is supposed that the boots in question formerly belonged to a miser rained Andrevvs, for many years a resident in the Vals, and who lately died, leaving property to the amount of several thousand pounds, the whole of which has fallen into the possession of his brother, a mechanic living in the same leeality. NEW INVENTED PIANO.—M. hoard, an Ob• scure workma n at Faris, who proceied, some six years ago, the appointment of a Commi ss i on by th e A ca d emy of Sciences, to_ examine the model of a new piano, has just presented to that Institution his inaention in a com plete state. By very ingenious mechanism a current of air strikes the wires as the hammers do, and continues the vibration, diminishing or increasing it at the com mand of the pedal. So me of the French nu,sicians w h o have heard the i nstrument are in raptures eith it, great powers, awl assert that it gives the player of this master insatrumenta ver perfect control upon th e vo l ume o f sound. I t y y usble, as it i s certainly a very inge- m be n'.otu contrivance, but we doubt its wonderful powers LAW INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES' COURT. Oct. 8. Clll3l. CON.-311TFORD V. MOLYNECTX. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, to recover damages from the defendant, for having had criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. Sir W. Follett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Chamber fur the defence. Sir Wm. FOLLETT stated the case to the Jury. He said they knew perfectly well that a person who had sustained an injury such as that of the plaintiff—an in jury so seriuus—thevnly course he could pursue was to bring an action for pecuniary damages, without which he could not obtain a divorce, nor be. guarded against a spurious offspring succeeding to his estates and property. In the present case there were no matters for them to decide, except the mere amount of pecuniary ( damages, as the case had gone in favour of the plaintiff by default, inasmuch as the defendant had placed no plea on the record, nor did he deny the fact of adultery. He would shortly state the case for the plain tiff, who was a gentleman of ample fortune, residing in Hampshire, and the cousin of Lord Redesdale. Lady Georgiana Mitford, his wife, was the daughter of Lord and Lady Ashburnham. The parties were married in the year 1828, and at that time their conduct led their friends to believe that the union would be a most happy one. For seve ral years they lived in happiness, and several chil dren were the fruit of that union, some of whom had died, but there were three sons still remaining. In 1838 it was deemed necessary by the family of Mr. Mitford that he and Lady Georgiana should reside on the Continent. lie need not mention the cir cumstances which required this step. Mr. Mitford and Lady Georgians removed to the Continent, and lived fur a considerable time at Frankfort, Whilst residing there the defendant, the lion. Mr. Molyneux, the son of the late Earl of Sefton, and brother of the present Lord, filled the office of Secretary to the Legation at Frankfort. Lady Georgiana had been acquainted with Mr. Moly neux in England, and that ' t acquaintance had been renewed in Frankfort. Mr. Molyneux visited the house of the plaintiff; and was frequently at their parties. On these occasions he showed great atten tion to Lady Georgiana, and the greatest friendship existed between the parties. The happiness of the plaintiff and his lady continued undisturbed till the autumn of the year 1840. In the autumn of that year Mr. Mitford discovered a difference in the manners of his wife, and was at a loss to account for the change. Mr. Mitford had occasion to visit Dresden shortly afterwards, and on his return he found that his domestic hap piness Ives entirely destroyed, discovering that the object of his previous care, solicitude, and affection, had left the roof of her natural protector, and was living in adultery with the defendant. Lady Georgiana was up to the present moment living with the defendant as man and wife. He (Sir W. Follett) was afraid he had not evidence to show the circumstances of Mr. Molyneux. He only knew him to be the son of a noble and wealthy Peer, but whether-he was possessed of estates or other property, he was not aware. He moved in a high station of life, and had filled the office of Secretary to the Legation at Frankfort, the emoluments of which were very considerable, but he had been obliged to resign the office owing to the unfortunate occurrence he was then detail ing to them. Had the plaintiff been deprived by death of his wife he would still have had the melancholy satisfaction, but gratifying thought, that the remembrance would be associated with virtue. But now his position was pure, unmixed misery. He would then proceed to call witnesses in support of the case, and leave it in the hands of the Jury to assess the amount of damages. Mrs. Farrall, the first witness called, deposed that she was the mother of the plaintiff, and was present at the marriage of her sen to the Lady Georgiana Ash burnham, which took place in the year 1828, with the consent of both families. Her son was 24 years of age at the time of the marriage. Lady Georgiana was about a year younger. After the marriage Lady Georgians lived en the most affectionate terms with her husband. She (the witness) never saw anything but the most perfect harmony existing between them from the time of their marriage up to their removal to Frankfort, in the year 1838. Several sons, the fruit of their marriage, were living. Lydia Royce being sworn, deposed that she had been in the capacity of lady's maid to Lady Georgiana Mitford. She accompanied the family when they went to Frankfort in 1838. On all occasions Lady Gcorgiana was most attentive and affectionate to her husband. During their residence in Frankfort Mr. Molyneux was in the habit of visiting them. In the Autumn of 1838 Mr. Mitford had occasion to go to Dresden, and on the evening of his departure Lady Georgiana told the witness that her brother had arrived that day at Frankfort, and that she was going to see him, telling her to pack up a small portmanteau, which she did,- and Lady Georgiana left the house with Mr. Moly neux in a carriage and four, and never returned. Cross-examined—On one occasion previous to this oc currence, Mr. Mitford was absent for some time in Eng land ; on another occasion he was absent for a fortnight at Brussels. Mr. 3lolyneux resided at Wiesbaden, which is about twenty-four miles from Frankfort. Lord Redesdale and Col. Thomas Ashburnham seve rally deposed to the affectionate bearing shown by Lady Georgiana towards her husband, after their marriage. This being the case for the plaintiff, Mr. CHAMBERS addressed the Jury for the defendant. He contended that the most blameable person in the transaction was the plaintiff,who was indiscreet enough to leave his wife, a beautiful woman, on the Continent alone for weeks together amidst all the temp tation that must necessarily surround her in the world of fashion on the Continent. He called upon the Jury not to give heavy damages as to persons in a sta tion of life whose every comfort was destroyed in the loss of his wife, and the estrangement of her affections. The plaintiff was a man of wealth, and allied by blood to a noble family. He had the means of purchasing pleasure, and of possessing all the enjoyments of life. Lady Georgiana was placed amidst temptations, and amongst a people where the foibles of the softer sex were looked upon as trifles. She was-neglected by her husband, and what more probable course, under such circumstances, and in such a land, than the one she had unhap . pily taken ? There was a mode of proceeding with these delicate flowers--if he might use the expres sion—a mode in which to bring them back to health when they were placed in an atmosphere which would make them droop and probably die. In foreign society nothing was so dangerous as a wealthy man leaving his wife alone amidst the world of fashion for so long a period as three weeks. Pity it was that Mr. Mitford had not had some kind friend who knew something of the world to advise him to remove Lady Georgians from this scene of temptation. He might have removed her when he found her manners alter. It was unfair to Lady Georgiana—it was unfair to Mr. Mo lyneux, not to have done so; because, leaving her open to temptation at the time when he knew Mr. Molyneux was within reach, and knowing that Mr. Molyneux had paid at tention to Lady Georgians, it almost amounted to an invitation to Mr. Molyneux to come there to console her for the absence of her husband. He did so, and in a hasty moment, perhaps, without consideration, Lady Georgians had taken that step which led to the present proceedings. It appeared so from the circumstances, because it was quite clear that the visit of Mr. Moly neux was not preconcerted ; and everything was done in haste, Lady Georgians taking but one small portmanteau with her. It was a case of sudden tempts tion—it was a sudden impulse of the moment — there was no intention shown of an elopement having been contemplated, but in an unguarded moment she had taken that step she never could retrace. There was no undermining the affections of the wife on the part of the defendant—it was a sud den impulse of the moment, which every one must blame and condemn. They had had evidence adduced to show the kindness and affection that existed between the plaintiff and his wife in England, but they had had no eviderce as to their domestic felicity abroad. If the history of this family on the Continent were to be gone into it would be found to correspond with the history of one-half the families from this country on the Continent. On the Continent they knew not what a domestic fire side was. They did not understand it, and when people went abroad they must dO as the rest. The manners of this country drop, and they found themselves different persons—all was gaiety and temptation. Mr. Mitford and Lady Georgiana were like all foreign visitors ; they had no domestic comforts, their chief pleasures were visiting, routs, and balls in uninterrupted succession. With re spect to damages, let them consider the state of the parties ; the plaintiff was a man to whom money could be no object, the defendant was the youngest son of a large family ; and they knew that the youngest son of the richest nobleman was not a rich man. In con sequence of this unhappy transaction the defendant had been compelled to reign his situation as Minister at Frankfort, and he had nothing to subsist upon except the small pittance usually dolled out to the younger son of a nobleman. He left it in the hands of the Jury, but they were to consider that while the plaintiff was asking damages at their hands, he was a wealthy man. Mr. Secondary Porrza summed up the evidence, but in so low a tone that he was quite inaudible at the place Jury th a retired verdict fo o.. , enpied by the r e p orters. forr plaintiff—Damagesand ,00 07. re turnedl:he IN We cannot ref ra i n f rom adverting to the conduct of the officers connected with this Court with respect to the accommodation for reporters. Every obstacle that could be thrown in the way of the performance of their duties was resorted to, insomuch that from the I earnd Under-Sheriff speaking in a low tone of voice we were quite unabl to catch a word. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 8. :N RE WM. NEW. The insolvent had been a coach proprietor on the Brighton line of road, and attributed his insolvency to the establishment of the Brighton Railway. In March, 1340, he had passed through the Court, and since that time, up to his pre:tilt insolvency, had done very little bu siness. The Learned Commissioner ordered him to be discharged. IN BE FRED. WALSR. Mr. WoonnurFi applied to have Mr. Davis, a solici tor, residing, in the . Albany, appointed assignee. The Learned Gentleman stated the insolvent had been a bill broker and money-lender, and, as was usual in the case of such insolvencies, many of the debts were bad ones. Mr. Davis was a creditor to the estate himself in up wards of I,OOOL, and, being an attorney, was likely to be successful with the "gentlemen" debtors for whom the insolvent discounted bills.—Granted. MIDDLESEX COURT OF RE - QUESTS. " There's not in this wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet." And so, no doubt, the 'nooks of Whiteiriars in days of yore sung in jovial " roundeiaie," of the pretty little valley %Mai, in the language of Fitzstephens, received the " choice fountains of water, sweet; whgluotrie, and clean, springing forth among the glistening pebble stones," from " Holywell, Cierkenweli, and St. Ce ment's well ;" and it would not be altogether wicke.l to opine that as their holinesses, after indulging in a joy ens gaze upon the then delightful uplands of Hemp stead and Highgate, sunk into delicious repose to the murmurings of " the River of Wells," they dreamed of other things than that " Their souls, like its waters, might mingle in peace." The most prophetic of that idle folk, however, never dreamed of the mishap that would befit' Master Frederick Gulley in the waters of the said valley when " the River of Wells' should be metamorphosed into—Fleet ditch, and the " ver dant slopes" and " sweet-retiring walks" should be " transmogrified " into Saffron-bills, Beck-hills, Cow crosses, Field-lanes, and Farringdon-markets. With out attempting to unwind a most learnedly and in tricately spun discourse upon the strange and innumer able mutations of our metropolitan streams and valleys, let the case of " Gulley v. Frampton" furnish an ex emplification of the vicissitudes to which they are sub jected. _ _ - Mrs. Gulley's son Frederick had " just had all his clean things put on," and gone out to fly his kite in the neighbourhood of Battle-bridge, when the son of Mrs. Frampton joined him. The kite was 6' rose," as Mrs. Gulley described it, and Mrs. F.'s son wanted to send " a messeni. er " up to it ; Mrs. G.'s son relused permission, and a bout of fistycuffs ensued, during which the latter was by the former rolled into the " River of the \Veils," and got a soaking in its " sweet and wholesome waters" far his juvenile urbanity. Herc, Gentlemen," said Mrs. Gulley, who had be come animated as she proceeded with her tale ; " here, Genfernen," said she, "is Master Freddy's white trousers," untying a bundle which she bad placed on the green-baized table, and holding up to the view of the Court with as much tenderness as if they had been tinder, a pair of blue-black miniature unmentionables. " White trousers, ma'am, did you say ?" inquired a half-dozing Juror. " Yes," answered Mrs Gulley, " white trousers, clean on the very afternoon he went out with his kite." " And where was it he fell in, did you say ?" asked the Juror. " Fleet Ditch," answered Master Frederick Gulley, stepping from behind the protection of his mamma's petticoat. The Juror—What the Fleet Ditch as runs down agitz Blickfriars-Bridge into the Thames? " The identical ditch," replied Mrs. Gulley. " It's a wonder he warn't smothered," ejaculated the Juror—" a reeler wonder." " And yet I've heard," observed a second Juror, " that ships of war used to go up it, and that there was a Ea'tle fought upon it somewhere near the Small-pox Hospital." A third Juror—l've the whole history of it at home, from the hills at Hampstead down to Chatham-place. " Indeed,".said the two other Jurors, in one voice. " Third Juror—Yes ; I bought it for fourpence. There's the full particulars-about what Hatton-garden and all Clerkenwell was before ever Queen Etizabt.th was thought of, and But the colloquy was cut short by the Commis- SIONER calling upon the three learnud pundits to attend to the case. It was admitted by Mrs. Frampton that her son rolled Master Gulley into the ditch, but she pleaded provocation Much was said on both sides, and ulti mately the parties retired to settle matters. " If you two gentlemen will meet me to-night at the -," said the fortunate .possessor of the tourpenny pamphlet to his brother Jurors, " we'll have a pipe to gether, and go through it." Agreed neat. con. The Jurors are, doubtlessly, by this time, as well ac quainted with the ancient beauties of the " vallies com mencing at Battle-bridge, and extending to the banks of the Thames," as Fitzstephens•or the Danes themselves. POLICE IN TELLitiENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Thomas Webb, the driver of the cabriolet No. 1,233, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwicke, the pre siding Magistrate, on a charge of stealing two parcels containing sets of valuable drawing-room and other moreen curtains, which had been left in his cab on Thursday week, by Madame George, of No. 3, Charles street, Berkeley-square, milliner and dress-maker. The two parcels were forgotten in the hurry of alighting, and the prisoner having been paid his fare, was noticed to drive off at a very rapid rate. The number of the cab was not recollected, and prosecutor, therefore, gave information of the occurrence, with the description of the prisoner and the cab horse, which was a white ont:, at Vine-street police station. A policeman arrested him on Thursday, when he re peatedly denied that he knew anything about it ; but on his way to the station•house confessed to having driven away with the parcels and taken them home to his wife, who, by his directions, subsequently pawned them at the shops of Messrs. Lindner and Brown, of Gray's Inn lane, and Messrs. Moore and Humberstone, of Leather lane, Holborn, for 345. _ _ _ The stolen property, valued at twelve guineas, having been produced and identified by Madame George, the prisoner was committed. PARES CORRECTIONAL POLICE. A LUCRETIA (NOT BORGIA).—The hero of a case which was beard a few days since, by name Guillaume Lebeau, had little to thank Dame Nature for in the configuration of his features, for he was assuredly one of the ugliest of her productions. Strange to say, however, this Quasimodo bad ingratiated himself into the good graces of a very pretty young girl, who, after due court, he had prevailed on to be his "for better, for worse," and they lived very happily together. The extraordinary disparity in the appearance of this worthy pair, induced a gay Don Juan, of the Faubourg to ima gine he might make an easy conquest of the lady. The name of this Adonis, for so he considered himself, was Anatole ; and, for the furtherance of his scheme on the wife, he sought the acquaintance of her husband, and became in a short time quite a friend of the family. Finding himself thus situated he began to consider of the means of carrying his plan into execution. While thus pondering, fortune appeared to favour his views by giving him an opportunity, euring the absence of the husband, of " unbosoming" himself to the lady, and of " unfolding his talc" of love into what he hoped to find her willing ears. But in this case he had reckoned without either his host or hostess. The lady immedi ately threw a damper on his ardour, and told him that if he persisted in such language she would inform her husband of his intended treachery. Anatole was not, however, to be discouraged, and at another interview resuming his addresses, she really car ried her threat into execution. The husband, as may he supposed, was in a frenzy at this disclosure, and Anatole entering most mat apropos before the first burst of passion had gone off, was immediately assailed by the enraged husband, and soundly reminded that it was not handsomeness of features that could command success with a virtuous wife, and the would-be Don Juan retired from the scene of action with a face so disfigured as to prevent all his schemes of seduction for some time to come. It was for this assault and bat tery the husband now had his place among the prisoners at the bar. On being questioned by the President what be bad to say to the charge, Lebeau answered—Yes, I did commit the assault, and let him state to the Coust why I did so. Anatole—Because he imagined that I was paying court to his wife. Madame Lebeau—There was no imagining in it ; it was truth, and it was I who told my husband of it. Anatole—But a wife has no business to set on her husband to beat one in this way. Madame Lebeau—l told you several times to be quiet with your nonsense, and it was not until you had persisted the third time that I did tell him. Lebeau—And I soon put an end to it ; and that is the whole of the affair. Anatole—You beat me to a mummy. Lebeau—Not at all. I only gave you a gentle tap on your nose to spoil your beauty and prevent your being so vain of yourself, and trying to seduce other men's wives. Anatole—You pummelled me all over. I have the certificates of the medical men who saw me. Lebeau—Well, well, with ail - try heart. Let the Court condemn me if I am in the wrong, but although I lose my trial, I have saved my wife. The Court, however, did not condemn hire, but, ap preciating the manly conduct of the husband, acquitted him of the assault, and condemned Anatole to all costs. The pretty and virtuous wife took her husband's arm and tripped gaily out of Court, saying to the chagrined Anatole, " You see what you get by attempting to re duce other men's wives, although their husbands may not be an Adonis." THE WEATHER.—The remarkable fall of the _mercury on Tuesday has been followed by high winds and continued heavy showers throughout the country. The provincial papers give accounts of great floods in several districts. The Exeter Gazette states that the rain which had fallen in that city during the last month ex ceeded that of the corresponding month in any year since 1818, and that the quantity of rain which fell last September is double that of any other month of the pre sent year. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The last month had been rich in presents L--particularly in two lions and a lioness, from Sir Thomas Reade, her Majesty's Consul at Tunis ; and amongst other presents announced were ti green and an Alsace monkey, two golden eagles, an Australian dog, There were also presented to the Museum six Ains of rare monkeys from Fernando, by G. Knapp, Esq., and 57 specimens of birds, and three quadruped.; from Australia, from G. Knapp, Esq. WOOLWICH, OCT. 6.—First Lieutenant Cour tis, one sergeant, four corporals, and fifty privates of the Woolwich division • of Royal Marines, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embarkation fur Plymouth, where they will bt appointed to a ship under the charge of a Lieutenant from Anoth9r division, as Lieutenant Courtis, after accompanying' them to Plymouth, will return to head-quarters at Woolwich. Th e men and their necessaries were examined this morning barracks, '- on the parad e ground of the Royal Marine THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1841. THE FRENCH PRESS AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. (From the Paris Journal La Prcsse.) The American Union, the constitution of which has been so much boasted of as admirable, is a singular country. Disturbances are breaking out on every point, and the gravest symptom connected with them is that they meet with no repression. The odious - Lynch Code is likely to ha substituted everywhere for regular legislation. It is the invasion of barbarism over civil . zation. The President, that chief elected by the people, is decried, spit upon, and insulted even in his own house, by a mob of women and street-porters, who burn him in effigy, whilst they are waiting for the op portunity of doing it in reality. In Congress, the American Lycurgians from time to time strip off their coats, and argue with their fists ; and these are the most moderate some there are who prefer a contro versy with the knife. In the Government, the anarchy is still greater : we see Ministers presenting important measures to the Chambers,and exerting all their eloquence to have them adopted, and, then, after their labour the President, of whom they are the representatives and the organs, destroys all their work by a stroke of his veto. The Ministers then naturally withdraw ; but in the United States changes of Ministry are effected in a pecular way. Before they retire there are Ministers who con sider it indispensable to the dignity of the Government to treat the President, the depository of the Executive power, the living personification of the majesty of the people, like the lowest of clowns. Mr. Ewing, the Se cretary of the Treasury, reproaches the Chief of the Executive with having neither law nor faith in putting his veto upon the very measures which he had advised and called for, with being more changeable than a wea thercock, or more deceitful than hypocrisy in person, or more silly than all the imbeciles whose united suffrages made him the first authority of the State. This is very flattering for the sovereign people is it not ? But this is not all. If there be Ministers who retire when they are turned out, there are others who prefer remaining. This is what Mr. Webster, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has done. He is a Whig, and all the new mem bers, who replace the retired Ministers, are Jacksonitea. Mr. Webster, however, does not consider himself mis placed amongst them, and gives a curious reason for his obstinacy in remaining at his post. He says he has at heart the termination of the affairs which he com menced ! as if all the ether Ministers could not assign a similar motive ! Amongst these riffairs is that of M'Lcod, which specially affects the question of the sovereignty of particular States. The Cabinet to which Mr. Webster belonged fell into disgrace in public opinion chiefly be cause it was desirous of arranging this affair amicably with England, without allowing the pretensions of the State of New York, by which M'Leod is prosecuted. No matter ; it is precisely for that that Mr. Webster remains. This is a strange spectacle ! What would the admirers of the American Constitution say, if such anomalies were seen in the constitutional monarchies of Eurepe ? Let us add to the above, that this moral people have three or four times committed bankruptcy ; that this economical people, who three or four years ago did not owe a single dollar, arc now obliged to bor• row sixty millions to cover only a portion of their de ficit ; that this philanthropic people have not less than three millions of slaves ; that this enlightened people resort to the prohibition of foreign products to augment their Customs revenue, the most stupid piece of in consistency that could enter the human brain; that this people, with all the thane; s of prosperity, are daily on the brink of dissolution, so much so that the other day, they were nearly falling to pieces on the question of the nomination of an Ambassador to England. We have had in France, for a time, Republicans, who, wish ing not to be confounded with the democracy whose exploits had been witnessed on this side the Atlantic, solemnly called themselves disciples of the American school. We should like to know what they think of their school now. The theory may perhaps be good, but the practice is certainly detestable. MARSHAM. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE by POLICEMEN. This hitherto peaceful and quiet town was, on Friday evening last, the scene of great riot and disorder, from the following circumstances, which have been detailed to us by a correspondent, upon whom we can rely. On the Thursday evening, some idle boys assembled to perform what is not an unusual ceremony in country towns, to " ride stang," as it is called, in consequence of supposed ill-treatment and assault, by Swiuburne, the police officer, upon his wife. To say the least of it, it is a foolish and at the same time a harmless proceeding, and would doubtlese be more honoured in the breach than in the observance, Swinburne was, as might be expected, much annoyed at this proceeding, and after some altercation with the parties, succeeded that evening in puttipg a stop to their sport. On the following night, about nine o'clock, the accustomed ce remonies were resumed, and Swinburne, with a police officer from Bedale of the name of Macpherson, whom Swiuburne had brought to the town, immediately sat about with groat violence to disperse the persons who were assembled in the streets, and their manner of doing so excited general disgust and indignation. These peace officers had each of them a brace of pistols in their hands, and, in a state of great excitement, were presenting them at any person who dared to remon strate with them upon their mad career. A young man who was crossing the street, and taking no part whatever in the disturbance, was instantly seized try these fellows, and was about to be dragged to the lock up, when many respectable bystanders remonstrated with the officers upon their behaviour, and desired them to release their prisoner. rine only reply given was a determined threat on the part of these men, that if any person interfered with them th e y s h ou ld h ave th e contents of the pistols, which, by th eir owe con f ess i on , were loaded. By this time the people were so exasperated that an outbreak was momentarily expected, which, in all probability, would have ended in bloodshed. Swin burne and Macphers'on were, however, at last prevailed upon to release their unoffeading prisoner, and Messrs. Jackson and Ascougb, the town's constables, at the re quest of the respectable inhabitants of the place, under took to quell the riot which at this time had arisen to a great pitch. They immediately insisted upon Swin burne and Macpherson going home, assuring them that if they did not, they would not be answerable for the consequences, and that the peace of the town would be soan restored. To this they assented with much diffi culty, and in a very short time the persons quietly dis persed, and the streets were completely cleared in less , than half an h our. The two police officers were, how ever, determined to have their revenge that night, and about elesea o'clock, when all was peaceable, they proceeded to the house of one Robert Atkinson, who, the evening before, had taken some part in the pro• ccedings above alluded to, and with the assistance of Captain Harcourt's keeper and watcher, succeeded ;n gaining an entrance into the house. They immediately proceeeded up stairs, where some females of the family were in bed, and dragged Robert Atkinson out of his bed and took him, at that time of the night, to the lock up. It should be observed that this person had never been out of his house that night, and had taken no part in the affray whatever, except that on the Thursday evening he had refused to assist Swinburne to stop the proceedings of that evening, for which offence he had obtained a warrant. These ruffians then pro ceeded to the house of a person of the name of Benson, accompanied by their colleagues, the keeper and watcher, and there attempted to force an entrance into the house for the purpose of apprehending one of his sons. In this they were unsuccessful, though they broke the win dow to pieces and fired off their pistols several time, to the great alarm of the neighbourhood, presenting their 'pistols to the inn rtes through the window of the house. They remained about the house till two o'clock in the morning. Oa the following day the general feeling of disgust and indignation appeared to increase rather than diminish, and on hearing that it was the intention of Captain Harcourt to send down a number of his labourers as special constables to keep the peace, a meeting was immediately called at the school-room, at which all the respectable inhabitants attended, and it was unanimously resolved that no such step was at all necessary, but on the contrary, if taken, would lead to a more serious outbreak. Information was sent to Captain Harcourt that the respectable inhabit ants would be answerable for the peace of the town, and would undertake to stop the riot and confusion, which, in their judgment, was solely attributable to the officers. At this meeting a resolution was also unanimously adopted to the effect, that Swinburne and his colleagues were the cause of all the disturbances, and that he was wholly unfit to hold the office, and that application be immediately made to the inspectors for his instant dis charge and removal from the town. Alter this meeting the town became as peaceable as possible, and nothing could more clearly show the good feeling and peaceable demeanour of the inhabitants, than the readiness with which all parties cooperated in restoring harmony and quiet. A meeting of the inspectors would be held yeea terday, when we doubt not the decision come to would be such as to guard against any such turbulent and dis graceful proceedings in future. — York Courant. THE WATERMEN AND POLICE. The following case came before the sitting Magistrate at Greenwich on Thursday. We are glad to rind that Mr. Grove is not always wrong. It is certainly strange that the Commissioners of Police should allow a constable to interfere between the rival Companies, and be paid by one of them. 'We should like to know if the salary for the constable who receives 21s. a week for acting as pri vate Waterman, is also cliarwd to the parish rates. George Little, a waterman belonging to the steamer Waterman No. 3, was brought before Mr. Grove, charged with committing an assault on Joseph Holloway, a Police-constable 197 E. It appears that a furious rivalry exists between the original 'Woolwich steam boat Company, of w hich Mr. Nokes, Clerk of the Court, is Solicitor and -Sedretary, and the Waterman's Com pany, more recently - established. The Watermen's boats land and embark passen gers at the ancient plying place, called th e " Bell Water-gate ;" the Old Company's boats at Rofrs Wharf, adjoining to which there is egress from the street, called Bell Water-gate as well as from the High -street. Several persons were coming down the street towards the water-side on "Wednesday evening, and from the testimony of the policeman it seemed that Little went up to them for the purpose of touting for the Waterman No. 3, then about to depart fin- London. The policeman interfered, and told Little not to obstruct the passengers, het to let them proceed to which boat they pleased ; and observing a hostile movement on the part of Little, as if he was about to strike him, he collared him, and said he must take him to the station-house. Little resisted, and said he would not go, and a struggle took place, during which the policeman was struck ; and other watermen taking part with Little, who they believed was ill-used, doclareithat he should not go to the cage, and the. policeman was severely beaten and thrown down, and it was not until other assistance arrived from the sta tion-house that the riot could be put down, and Little secured. In cross-examination, the policeman said Mr. Rolf paid 2ls. per week to the Commissioners of Police, for him to be stationed at Roff's Wharf, to keep good order, and that Rolf - received pier dues from the old Company, and it was his particular duty to attend to Roff's Wharf. He swore that he never interfered with passengers for either Company, but he cleared the way as much as possible for people coming to the old Com pany's boats, at Roff's Wharf, and that Rolf employed touters," with whom he did not interfere. Bell Water gate was a plying place for watermen, and was marked with the broad arrow, according to Act of Parliament, but he did not consider Little was plying, although he knew he belonged to the Waterman steamer. John Young, a touter in the employ of the old Wool wich Company, swore that the passengers coming down the Bell Water-gate, which was the direct way to the Waterman No. 3, were on their way to the old Wool wich Company's boat, -and that he spoke to them before Little, who caused an obstruction ; and when the police man interfered, Little severely beat him, and other watermen joined in the affray. On cross-examination it appeared the watermen had a legal right, derived from immemorial custom and the statute law, to ply for hire in the plying place, and that all that could be charged against Little, who was a large shareholder in the Waterman's Company, and a very re spectable man, was that he was about to speak to the passengers coming down the plying place, previous to Holloway interfering with him. Mr. Grove said the policeman had mistaken his duty, and had no right to interfere, and that the assault he complained of was consequent upon the illegal caption. It was a great pity that policemen were employed in the matter, and they should only interfere when they saw a breach of the peace committed, and not act as partisans. He doubted whether there had been any obstruction at all. The policeman had no right to step any man from standing on the public footpath, or to push any man off the pavement. The defendant had as much right to stand on the footpath as he had to walk upon it. Although Holloway was not paid by the Old Company for his ser vices, the Commissioners were, and it was evident he had much feeling and partiality for them. Holloway had no right to apprehend Little, or to lay a finger upon him. Mr. Grove discharged the defendant. PRESENTATION OF PLATE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) On Friday last the clerks and work people employed at Cambridge-street Works, Birmingham, presented Mr. R. W. Winfield with a handsome service of silver plate, weighing 205 oz. 17 ciwts., manufactured by Messrs. G. R. Colles and Co., in their best style, on which was engraved the following inscription : " This testimonial, consisting of a salver and two dishes and covers, was presented to Robert Waiter Winfield, Esq., proprietor of Cambridge-street Works, Birmingham, by his Clerks and Workpeople, as a token of their high respect and attachment towards him, in creased by his enterprising conduct in so largely ex tending his business, and in admiration of his general de sire to promote their welfare and happiness. " oct. 1, 1541." An intimation having been conveyed to Mr. Win field of the intention of his work people, be very hand somely invited them to dine with him in the new build ings at the top of Great Charles-street. Two hundred and sixty individuals sat down to an excellent dinner, the rooms being tastefully decorated for the occasion. Mr. Winfield presided, and was supported by his son aaid the principal clerks belonging to his establishment. After the usual loyal toasts had been drank, an address to Mr. Winfield was read by the Senior Clerk, expres sive of the feelings which actuated the parties in making their employer so handsome a present. Mr. Winfield's health, with long life and prosperity, was afterwards given, and drank most heartily. The compliment was acknowleded by that gentleman in a feeling and ap propriate speech. Several other toasts were afterwards drank, including Mrs. Winfield and the respective mem bers of the family. The Band of the Fifth Local Mi litia were present, and pl ►yed many favourite airs, in ad dition to which many songs were given in good style. Several balloons ascended and fire works were displayed. Tea .and other refreshments n ere liberally supplied dur ing the evening, and the enjoyments were prolonged until a late hour with dancing. Nor did the festive scene close here ; on the following day the wives of the workmen assembled and enjoyed themselves with dancing. Tea was provided for a large number, and in the evening the party were entertained by Mr. Win field, jun., who gave a lecture, and several amusing phi losophical experiments on electricity, &c., &c., with which all present were much gratified. SEIZURES FOR TITIIES [We publish the following as a good specimen of the working of the State Church.] Mr. Lyon, (No. 407.) Rent•churge due to the lessee of the Vicar of Cam berwell, on the first of July, 1841, according to the price of corn, 15s. lid. Mr. C. Jones, lawyer. of Spital-square, accompanied by Mr. Harrison, broker, of the Old Kent-road, Ois day distrained upon the premises of persons, who, either from conscientious scruples, or from the feeling that the demand was illegal, refused to pay him ; in some cases he took plate, in my own two hall chairs were taken for Tithes lss. lid. Cost of distress The value of one chair might have fully satisfied the demand, had it been other than a religious one. For the year 1840 the cost of refusing to pay' Was— Tithe £0 7 5 D►stress Lawyer's expenses 10 12 0 ----XII 4 11 This experience has taught me that the State Church, backed with the civil power, is strong enough to ruin any one who may dispute its anti-Christian demands. 1840 was the first year of this detrand—an appor• tionment of the tithes having been made by virtue of the Statute of the 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 71, by which Act the landowners of Camber well (follow ing the example of the landowners of Great Britain, in their Corn-law) have exempted themselves from the payment of tithes and imposed it on the occupiers, who have not any voice in the matter, but who must sub• mit quietly to the oppression if they wish to avoid ruin. Last year the Vicar informed his parishioners by letter, that an apportionment of tithe had been made, and fearing that the collecting m'ght bring him into unplea sant contact with some of them, he had leased, at a loss, his just demand to Mr. C. J. Jones, a lawyer (who it must be supposed would hs.v2 no compuncton in forcing the demand), and hoped it would be paid quietly. The iniquity of the transaction is more apparent when, as iii my own case, the new tax is levied on houses and land which have not paid any tithe for snore than thirty years. I am informed by Mr. Jones that the apportionment is bad, and must be abandoned,—and that a new one will be made—telling me, at the same: time, that if 1 felt myself oppressed I must attend at the time of making. I asked him " that, as I was not a landowner, would I be listened to ?" he answered "he thought not." I asked him "if there was any chance of my having returned what bad been illegally taken from me ?" " Oh, no ! not the slightest." If the Dissenters object to pay Church-rates, which are only for keeping the building in repair, and supply ing the extras, how much more should they refuse the payment of tithe to the preacher, without whom, the building, surplices, wine, &c., would not be required ? It will be perceived by reading the notice of demand, that the income of the State parson varies with the price of corn, thus making it his interest to have corn in this country at its highest possible price. Corn can only be kept dear by stinting the supply. The landowners' Corn-law does this, by preventing the importation of corn, until our own has reached a price which . enables the owner of land and tithe to wallow in luxury, but which causes distress and starvation amongst the working population of the country. To call the Church of England a Christian Church, what a monstrous absurdity ! If it followed the pre cepts of the Founder of Christianity, should we have this continual fight for the pounds, shillings, and pence ? J. A. LYON. St. Mary-le-Strand House, Old Kent-road, Camberwell, Oct. 4, 1841. THE WEAMER.—N 00N, OCTOBER 8. ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer .... . 29.23 In. Thermometer... 53 I Highest 59 / Lowest .. 42 Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. WHEAT FROM SEED 3,500 YEARS OLD.— At a late meeting of the East Suffolk Agricultural As sociation at Sl.xmundham, by far the most inte resting object shown was a sample, of wheat grown from seeds taken fri: , in an Egyptian mummy supposed to have been incased 3 . , 500 years ! This was exhibited by W. Long, Esq., of H i lrts Hall. It was white wheat, the ears of which vivre cc,. nsiderably larger and broader than the cars of English s, 'heat' appearing to grow double upon one stem ; and . the straw was long and stout. The practice of the anciens'' Egyptians was to en close grains of wheat in the mummy cases before de posited in their resting places; but tt the wheat should retain its vital principle through so _many ages was re garded as one o f th ose great wonders ~: u th° econom of nature which have baffl e d th e s kill o f mt . Spa Chronicle. ~n . —,,,ccintington q.TFORD.-- MANSLAUGHTER. AT WEST R. Thomas Ward, a farmer's son, at the end 01. vo female rode down, while in state of intoxication,t a Mast weelz., on and servants of that p4ce, named Mary Ann Shre- . e 'died Ann Moss, aged 2s, the latter of whom has sint. A the from the injuries received. Au inquest was held O' ned body on Tuesday, and a verdict of manslaughter retur. , a ial against the prisoner, who was committed. 141 . take 1 11 ' - at the next NettinghitniAeizes. . MARKET INTELLIGENCE, CORN EX-CI.IANG.E. This week's arrivals of Grain were moderate, and of Flour good. The Wheat trade remained without altera tion, and little done. Barley, Ecans, and Peas as last reported. Oats rather better than Monday. Fleur as last stated. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little life in the Market, the trade being cautious in their operations, and holders . firm ; in prices little variation took place. The imports were fair. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of Cattle and Sheep was moderate, with a dull demand. Of Calves and Pigs we had a fair supply. The trade not so brisk for middling and ordinary sorts of Pork ; fine young porkers were much in demand, and sold well. Cattle, 609 ; Sheep, 4,840 ; Pigs, 310 ; Calves, 241. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. ; Pork, 4s. Bd. to ss. 10d. TEA MARKET. The market was quiet, and lower rates were accepted ; Is 100. taken for Company's Congou, cash. TALLOW MARKET. There was a good demand, and full rates were paid. 475. 3d. paid for P.Y. Candle. SPIRIT MARKET. The demand for Ruin was dull, but holders would not take lower rates. Proof Leewards Is. 11d. cash. Brandy in fair request. PRICE OF BREAD. the highes , . Lrb e of 14 IC. ti 1, the Maropolis Is 10d for the 41b, Loaf. Got.d Bread may be had at 80. PRICES OF SEEDS Per Cwt. I Per Quarter Sew English Reit Clover...sos 60s St. Fein —s —1 Old 1 Ur. , Dive) —s s a Rye Gass —, 251 4118 New Foreign Dito —s 56s SOs Pacey Grass — s —s —s 01:1 Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Linseed, for fe di,g ~.-3 505 511 New White Clover 48s 15s 72s Dit o, fo, sowing .......—s 80: eSs Old Ditt , Ditto —s s—s Ditto, for crushi..g ....—s 488 5.1 •ew Tre oil —s 26s 46s'H.•m ...—s 4Ps 5,3 Old Ditto —s 24s 453 Canary sl2osl:lss 'fr folium s 49s 70s1 Per &she!. E glish Carraway ......—s 46s 50st White Mustr.rd.... Qs Od to 15s C , Foreign Ditto . 44s 5003rown Ditto 14s Od to 17s rd Coriander ... —s —s siTares PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, ti.e. per 1121 b. loran Tallow ...£2. 10 6 Melting Stuff X l 17 0 Yellow Russia White u U C Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Drags 0 5 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Ms. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) '•a. 91d •PitICE JF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton .£52 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil B2 0 Linsnd Oil Cake at th, Mill (per IOW) l3 10 Rape . ake, per ton 7 10 COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 16 . d. Adair's Chester.. Hebburn Main l7 1 Molyweil Ma n l7 3 Nelson's We,t Harley l7 6 Old Tanfield Ord's Redhugh Original Windsor's Pontop 1 i 61 Pontop indsor Tanfield Moor )9 6 Wylam Walls End Clennell s7 Walls End Heaton l9 0 , Walls End Hedlcy lB 3 Walls End Hilda. Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarch 17 3 Walls End N .rthumberla:,d 17 6 Walls End Perkins l7 0 Walls End S. Killingworth 15 0 W. E. Braddyll'sH.vttou Walls End 20 9 Wall.s.End Helton 2l 0 5. d. Wall, End Larnbton Walls End North Durham 15 3 Wa.ls End rembertnn Walls End Russell's Hetton 20 9 Walls End Stewart's Walls End Whitwell Li 3 South l'elton Victoria Hartlep00l Walls End Caradoe '2l 0 Walls End Cassop l-1 0 Walls End Hartlepool . 2l 0 IWalls End Kelloe 2O 9 Walls End Adet,ide l9 9 Walls End Barrett Walls End karrington Tees 16 6 Walls End Bowburn l7 0 W ,115 End Gordon Walls End Seymour Toes lB C Walls End South Durham 18 9 Wal s End 'lees Walls End Tees Hetton 16 3 Blythe l5 3 Cowpen Hartley .... 18 0 (From the London New Price Current of October 8.) SUGAR.—The demand for B. I'. Sugar continues on the increase ; the market has been again nearly cleared, and the prices paid are 6d to is higher. For brown and common yellow sorts the rates previously established have been fully supported, indeed in some cases a slight advance has been paid. Barbadoes at public sale went briskly at 6d to is advance on the rates of the last sale ; fine yellow fetched 68s to 70s, good 65s 6d to 67s 6d, mid 62s to 64s 6d, and low 57s 6d to 60s per cwt. To day the market is firm for West India, and a brisk de mand existed for both grocery and refining purposes ; the rates previously established have been fully sup ported. The total sales for this week are 3,900 hhds and tree. At public sale 169 hhds 33 tierces 104 brls St Lucia were offered, and all sold at full market rates; fine yellow fetched 68s, good 62s to 635, mid and good mid 58s to 60s, good and fine brown, 55s to 56s per cwt. REFINED.—For Refined Goods this week, higher rates have been paid. Standard Lumps at 80s 6d to 81s, Tittlers and Hambro Loaves ordinary and middling 803 to 84s, good 85s to 89s, fine 90s to 995, very fine 100 s to 103 s, brown lumps 74s to 765, good 77s to 79s Gd per cwt. Treacle, common, at 25s to 25s 6d, Patent 26s to 27s for ord, and 28s to 29s for good, best old make 27s 6d, and golden syrup 30s to 31s. Pieces, good to fine 65s to 745, low mid 55s to 645. Bastards low at 41s to 435, mid 45s to 465, good to fine 47s to 545. In Bonded Crushed Sugar rather lower rates have been accepted ; first quality at 29s 6d to 29s 9d per cwt. Loaves cheaper, 10 lbs at 32s 6d to 335, and 141bs 31s 6d to 325. For Treacle there has however been a good demand at 13s 3d to 13s 6d. Bastards and Pieces at 12s to 19s 6d. per cwt. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 27s 3d on board in MAtTarrius.—This afternoon at public sale 6,482 bags were offeled, an indifferent parcel ; grocery sorts went at full_ rates, but common brown kinds sold at low rates, good to fine yellow sold at 59s Gd to 635, low to mid 53s to- 57s Gd, very low brown 34s to 36s Gd, low middling -40 s to 41s Gd, mid to good 44s to 47s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—Of Bengal none has been offered at pub lic sale, but by private contract a good demand has ex isted, and rather higher rates have been paid for white sorts ; good to fine 68s to 735, mid to good mid 64s to 675, and low 61s to 63s per cwt. Manilla at a decline of is per cwt; fine brown at 16s to 17s, mid and good yellow 18s to 18s 6d ; low, 17s 6d; damp and washed 13s 6d to 16s per cwt. Java at a reduction of Is. Siam is rather cheaper. This afternoon at public sale 560 bags (an indifferent parcel) were sold at the full value; good free brown at 41s to 435; damp, 40s to 40s 6d; mid yellow, 54s 6d to 55s Gd per cwt. FOREIGN.—The demand kr white Havannah has fallen off, and the operations have been upon a small scale only this week; holders, however, are firm, and the rates pre viously established have been supported. In Brazil the decline this week has been 6d to is on all sorts. This afternoon there was little desire evinced to ope rate ; at publie sale 241 cases, 56 brls, and 874 bags Ma ceio were offered, and all taken in above the value—viz., at 15s to :7s for ord to fine brown. MOLASSES.- -This afternoon the demand was steady for West India, and 6 puns St Lucia, at auction, were sold at 21s 6d to 24s per „w . f. b4ing steady rates. COFFEE.—lmporters of ritish Plantation Coffee have evinced less desire to realise, and having brought for ward only small parcels this wt2ek, have kept prices pretty steady for all sorts, but the ma: ket has exhibited a tranquil appearance, the trade operating with much . caution, taking only ample for their proent wants, being of opinion that a decline •in prices will take place when the market is better supplied. This afternoon the demand was limited front the home trade for both East and West India Coffee. At public sale 225 casks, 37 bags British Plantation, and 100 bags Ceylon were offered ; the former only partly sold at lower rates ; good to fine ord Jamaica sold at 63s to 85s, the latter fetched 68s to 68s 6d for good ord pale. COCOA. — This afternoon the home trade operated with caution ; and at public sale 101 bags Trinidad sold at 41s 6d to 44s 6d fur fair to good red, being is to 2s lower. TEA.—The demand wasgood at the public sales, which commenced on Friday and finished on Monday; the rates previously established in the market were fully sup ported, and the better kinds of Congou brought Id to lid advance, but Gunpowder went 3d to 4d cheaper. On Tuesday the demand was active for free trade Tea, and an advance on the rates of the sale of ld per lb paid, common Congou produced is lid cash. In the specu lative market a good deal of business was transacted at the advanced rate of is 1 lid to is 111 d cash, but since that day the market has been in a very unsettled state for Tea, and prices have fluctuated considerably. To-day much heaviness was produced in the market by the private letters received from China, stating that a great quantity of Tea had been - got out on English account since the last mail, making the total quantity since the Ist July, 1840, 27,197,0771b5. holders were in consequence desirous to sell, and a reduction of full 2d per lb took place, but buyers operated with much caution in the morning. Is. - 9d. ac cepted for Company's Congou cash. The price after.- wards advanced to is 10Id, then declined to Is 9i-d, and closed at is 94d ; in free trade scarcely any purchases have been made, and prices cannot be quoted with any degree of accuracy : altogether the market for Tea is in a very uncertain state ; the unexpected quantity of Tea shipped for England has caused a complete panic in the market. BUM, BRANDY, AND ITOLLANDS.—In the value of Rum little variation has taken place this week—proof Lee wards at is I Id. Calcutta is sd, and good Jamaica 30 per cent. overproof suitable for the home trade 6s 2d. The Market for Brandy is firm. Cognac Ist brands of the vintage of 1836, hhds at 5s 10d, puns 5s 8d ; 1837, hhds 55 6d puns 5s 4d ; 1838, 'hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d ; 1839, hhds 4s 1 Id, puns 4s 9d • 1840, hhds 3s 10s, puns 3s 8d per gallon. Geneva has become dull of sale. Bri tish Corn Spirits prices firm at lOs 4d cash. RlCE.—Middling White has been disposed of at lOs 6d to Ils, good middling to good I Is 6d to 12s 6d per cwt. Java has sustained the former value. Carolina has brought 30s to 365. Patna at 18s to 19s. This afternon Be'gal sold at I is for good middling White. INDIGO.—To-day the biddings were languid at the quarterly rale, and but a small part of the quantity offer ed found buyers at uneven prices ; 735 chests have passed the sale to-day. TALLow.—A greater desire has been evinced on the part .of holders to realise, who have submitted to a reduction on the rates of this day week of Is per cwt., on the spot 47s to 47s 3d, hare been currently accepted for I'. Y. Candle; in one case 46s 6d was accepted for 200 casks for cash, but this was under peculiar circumstances ; for delivery 46s Od to 47s have been accepted up to the end of the year, and 47s 6d for January, February and March. South American at reduced rates ; Toan Tallow has moved off slowly, and 47s the value for cash parcels. This afternoon there was a better demand for P. Y. Candle, and a fair business was transacted at 47s to 47s 3d on the spot, and 47s for delivery up to the end of the year: at public sale 114 pipes, 53 hhds, 4 brls South American, went off quietly at 38s to 46s for low to g(iod quality. OILS.—For common kinds of Fish Oils, prices con tinue on the advance; since our last report for all de scriptions, buyers have been compelled to pay an advance 1 of lOs per tun. Pale Seal, at 36/ lOs to 371, yellow and straw colour 321 lOs to 351, brown 301. -to 321.; Cod 281. lOs to 281 15s, Southern low to fine 301 to 331 lOs per tun. For sperm full rates are paid. Linseed Oil :It ndvance a6d per cwt., 3 9 s 6d having been cur rcntly paH. Oil at 54s for pale , an d 53s for brown. F or Nut Oil rather lower rates hes hew n acceptcd. Palm on the decline, 331' to 33/ lOs ie the .t : 9 11 2 1; s li: f s o t r s fi or n t e . Olive Oil is firm. Gallipoli'has unou Fish Oils were ren i l . ::icd 79/ to 801, and Spanish 771 to 781 per tun. 921 his afternoon at public sale 80 tuns ,Sperm sold at t, , Southern 331 for ord to re p o ui ff li , t r y ; 1 2 . O s o to t t h is er v n ar s t o o l t d is fine quality. t s o 3 r et tl to: MORNING- SUN ~.,~- ~, ARKETS COUNTRY MARKETS _ —.--- 1.....5e Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. i deal'• .......... Per.,._ .7-- -.--,...-- .------- ---- I. to ,. uit...r er. 5. to 8. 'B.to 8. S. tO 8. S. to S. ~, :,i6 7lalatill'dford 62 52 7 7 2 2 35 31 3 38 2 23 25 '1 2 0 6 .. „ 1 1 g, ': 4 2 ~.. ..1 u ...- .... Bridport ...........- - 68 - - - - .- -,„ :L 42 '.hard......: 56 72 28 32 22 26 at" '' - .. Exwer filoucester 62 76 28 37 23 28 40 42 .., 6 4 duildford 162 71 30 35 ;4 30 40 45 ~,,4 4 4 4 Newbury 149 72 26 23. 24 no 4 0 45 '',„, 4i Reading,..._ 's' 78 20 36 24 32 36 40 .'-' „... Salisbury ..- '52 62 '27 34 20 25 4 0 50 --- Sherborne ,68 72 28 31 24 32 40 1, 4 ; - iii Shepton Mallet 50 72 32 37 a 3 28 44 ov .; .-- Uxbridge •-•-..• ! - - 37 43 23 28 -- --- 43 9 .... Warminster 152 70 20 35 25 30 40 48 --' , Winchester 45 66 ---. _ - - -'' -- .0. s'eovil 156 74 132 31 21 30 i4O 44 .." LEEI)S CORN MARKET. tol o, . I Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 h........... ..... . ....... .. cog. , g to "" York. and Lincoln. 601 b. •"*"'"*" st, 551 - tOSlk'' .... P" Slrley, Norfolk and Suffolk 3r` ' ‘,,,,, 0 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 255. 40 r a , ; Grinding , ....... ... 40s. to ' ''" -- 1' Beans Oats, Potatoe Alealing, For. lld. tol2d Eng. lid. t^ % 241. ' t°14 -.. 11. 1 1 1 ,44" sh e lli ng 255. to $7 4 .4 - DEVIZES CORN MARKET. d; OA Per Sack. s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. . I. - 34 " gi n : 0 to First Wheat 35 oto 26 0 Oats... .............. .... • n, 24 0 Second SO 0 32 6 Beans (per sack)... YO .7, - , a ( I, Third aarley 3l 0 41 0 Bread tpergallon!. A . . CHELTENHAM MARKETS. . :ii. tc , d• Per Bushel. s. (I. to s. d. Per lb. .8 7 Wheat 7 C 8 6 8eef.............. ......... .... 6 z Barley . Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal ,....... 6 8 Beans ecase 5 0 8 0 Lamb. ... ".." .. ;. .. ......, , Hay 41.05. to 41. 10s. Od. per ton;7' :i CANTERBURY 3IARKETI -,. •.- , 0 ..... s Wheat, white................ 60s. to 705...... Old .......... - .7 7 ' ' 7 . 5, red---...-.... 555. to 645...... 01d......"...:. __4. to ...„.. Barley, Malting ..... 325. to 37s ..".... Grinding.. -" 1 •4 t , ° ,...5. Oats -.......-.....--...... 21s. to 285...... 01.1....---... --ti n - se , Beans ..-...........,...----,... 136 s to 405. ..... 01d.....,....... „..,..:--**; ...s., Pease -...........--,--. 30s. to .-s. .... Grey...". W.,‘''T . ~. CHELMSFORD MARKET. . - -.!i3.t0 li Wheat, White ,9to 75 Oats ,..,....,..., .. Red . '''' .8 1 , 9 70 Pease, Gray 5 5...".. Barley Chevalier •ifi 36 Beans, Tick ............... • 1 9 4° Grinding Music.—Miss Romer and Mr. Will 9l / 1 00 the close of their Cork engagement, went to visit 0' rt . on of Killarney, and gave the Killarney folks a ra nce hl o l / Tuesday night, which was brilliantly and feuw- for attended, Killarney being fuller than it has °7,,,,t0r many years. The vocalists return to Loudon m•-• diately. 10 1 ' M. De'melte, responsible editor of th e , e;n tional, has lodged an appeal against the judgete ll Ane of demning him to four months' imprisonment And • 6,000 f 0 1 $ DUNDEE TRADE.—We have again to repf another week of dull trade, and though - the 5 °14 the raw material have for some days past been at trifling, prices continue to give way. Flax on theislea is only saleable in small lots, and the price is reg u o f 1 ,11 chiefly by the character of the buyer. Yer ne 10'0 sorts are in fair demand, but at prices so low as r m t of little or nothing to the spinner beyond the actual cl.itt spinning. Linens were in the early part of las t "log' improved demand, owing to some large b u yers for. s ince lish account having made their appearance , br ito 4*, then the demand has fallen away. By the . "Y o rk r-- 0 3 ' steamer from America, with letters from Ne w ill the 16th ult., we are informed that the Tariff "L' nt . oa passed, and that the proposed duty of 20 p er nit fail our linens had already been exacted, which cent met to produce an effect on our trade, which can only t of a fall in the price of the raw material, t he waving being as low as could either be desired a • petted.—Dundee Paper. • h L 1 THE WEATHER.—During the last etg-t. an unusually large quantity of rain has fallen in thls ter the adjoining counties, accompanied with cold alr o , o pestuous winds ; in one instance the rain came ' l° The torrents, as if a water-spout had burst over F.xet er ;..olo , rivers have, in several instances, ove rflown their %tfl. and hundreds of acres of the low lands have be en a l le° dated, causing great inconvenience and injury , w ,'" of cattle in several places.—/Vorth Devon Journ al, be' A few days ago, a singular case took PIT os e, tween Mr. Angrave, of Rushby Fields, near NV° l ' l , -° lO and Mr. Joseph Ward, gardener, of L oug hboreegr; o st° Ward having some manure to sell, Mr. Angrav e him about it, when Ward told him if he could IT, c " 1 0 1 ' l '' nine tons he should have it for nothing, but it , 41 . 1 sb' not, he was to pay Ward doubly for it. To the ment of Ward, Angrave took in one waggon 8 . 1° 1 4 ' tons, three cwt., nearly four miles.—Nottingli ale " .- fr Sh er A MOUNTAIN OF FAT,-.-alCkerStamp $ re . of the county of Antrim, died May 12. He W ito l/ puted to be, in all dimensions together, the tall ie, in Ireland. He was very nigh six feet tall, `w r i e lce - proiligiously fat that the skin of his legsc oat more than once with their eXtraOrdinariot 05 ,A ing. The fat of his legs hung far ° wow' shoes, and it was a miracle that his little feet44ool, support the huge body. When he is' 49 :4"focb ° the fat upon his thorax was found to be nigh sj- 0,10 17fe. deep—the muscles thereon being no thicker thn r the° blade, and the cavity of his chest being ne,,, 14 6 1. 1:t_ ef o l that of a child of nine or si t x en . r c ers old. The had 0 his abdomen was about one kidney, the other being q i uite_ e p s erl e st p e ' d, e1 1c ... .1 5 0 °/1 not to be found. He died in his 50th year. University Ma yazine. PATENT LEVER WATCHES.--Tbi s ' e A es% brated construction (the most accurate on which* l '1 1 . 1 " - isite ° be made) is now offered at the following prices, with t.Pl o. foet improvements, i. e. the detached escapement, jeWelle(! to c° holes, hand to mark the seconds, and maintaining povr e ' tinue going while winding up. SILVER CASES. .. a 0 . With double-bottomed cases, capped 6£6 16 - 6 With hunting cases, capped GOLD CASES. 0 Size for Ladies, with elegant gold dia1.....£12 1 2 0 Ditto, in double-backed cases.. 14 14 0 1 Size for Gentlemen, enamelled dia1......... 13 11 0_ . ,. Ditto, extra full size, capped.... 17 1 1 ,10.7";13 A pamphlet, containing observations respecting t .00 11 6 "" constructions on which Watches are made, with the g of tif: in gold and silver cases, and a variety of sketches.: , ~,,ill,g:, signs, which have just been completed in gold Chao:, of tt. o sent, gratis and postage free, on application by le i aP Cox Savory, Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Lomita , s e - from Gracechurch-street ---- - id C. J. DENT begs to acquaint his • ndo the Public that he has just had the honour of resel l ' subjoined letter from the Admiralty : (Copy.) s 4). , ber, ' f 10 " Admiralty, 29th Septem 0 " Sir—Thu annual trial of chronometers for the recce Majesty's Government having now terminated, I a ' t ' i inf. r r mended by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty W the Is,: you that their Lordships have directed me to f urchs' e lo ttb e r lowing chronometers at the various prices specified WI respectively, liz. : Dent, No. 1,571 ..... 55 guineas Dent, No. 1,606. Dent, No. 5,621 ;pocket) 3O guin eas o ll:ol " Their Lordships having been pleased, i -n order too Frte inc tb,, superior performance of 4571, to assign to it 1 prep enclosed price to that usually given. F. BEAUFORT, HY dr jl , ' ~ to " 1 am, Sir, your most obedient serval it ' o pbOr ' " To Mr. Dent, Chronometer Maker, 82, Stra ss- bieit7tlis Out of 80 Chrcnometers, by various Makers , L Ol 4. 0F,;, 0 J the late trial by order of their Lordships, the e mo tion, above three, with two selected for the Niger ElP`r,B Gordy others, enables Mr. Dent to affirm that he believes „* - 4 . • fl year supplied their Lordships with mere arum:o,e; of. use of the Royal Navy than have been furnisbeci ' ~ 4 0 any other Maker. hat F si n i4 , It affords Mr. Dent additional pleasure to es te . % t , hot '' to their Lordships' high recommendation he owesr. - plir having made a Gold Chronometer, presented t*"'''' to pedition by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. j w s tsp is Dent's Lectures on Chronometers, Clocks, al!! „ r oe be obtained at 8 2 , Strand, price one shilling , i" - . customers gratuitously. to o% o°. Present price of Two-day Chronometers,— ------_ .._l,- _of s BIRTHS. calla.' - .. On the Ist inst., at Croydon, Mrs. Felie" lid r i t e daughter. it Of t ad° On the 2d inst., at White Cottage, Shackleive,- ' Ar o - the lady of Major .C. Whitlock, of the 36th %-'•":"- Otts Infantry, of a daughter. Lo o dg n e, tb L e ud 7 l t o b w, in o a f t a ., so a n t . : CA' On the sth inst., the lady of James DaT' es ' ' • f ' GO nii'.t'heEbs'citl7 i o n f at a . , d a a t u A gh b t b e e r y . Hartwell-grove , the lady lOl 0- .._...„....0.0:1....„.....,, O. Bail of Charles Merrick Eldiston -E, Es , o f a aughter. et ..A SO MARRIED. • si.- gip. gob 0 f ~. i -place, St. John', -41 On the 2d inst., at Fordir gto , Lieutenant (4 ° Cole, of her Majesty's 6th Regiment in of Foot, only *e 3, G O- .4 tenant-Colonel Cole, formerly of the Blst Regir h eis Ile ' unattached, to Mary Ann, h o f " 0- ° second dsug ter JO .' Fordiuot „on House, Esq., Dorchester, Dorset. Al ban s' s e_ fr e On the sth inst., at St. Peter's Church, St• A reett d . e rie eldest son of Benjamin Hooke E q•, of Bernar-4t to ' sell-square, to Susan Binder, ' s 2daughte r a All'. a tie only Gough, of Cunningham-hill, St. Alban's. fo rt 0 1 ff On the 6th inst., Edward Alexander Frederick, icert,y piece, of late Benjamin Harenc, Esq., of Footscray- Emily Letitia, fourth lt °ol g' Esq.' 0 4 daughter of Charl es jle t wood House, near Golchester, Essex. , r , g t Itir• alit On the 6th inst., at St. Lawrence, Th an : bu rsts Av' Marshall Gisby, of Camden-park Farm, Chile' t , to „„gx son of Gisby, Fof 1-1 11 dane Th•lds ar• -• Henry • -.,(1., 0 ycon f iv 1 , , eldest daughter of Gilbert Bedford, Esq. , a ' els'. Thanet. oire r. re; " On the 7th inst., at St. George's Church, 0•11t.400_,, Mr. George Aylief, of Prince's-street, Hanove oti Mrs. Elizabeth Abigail Smith, of Watt's -terraces . • road, widow. al' to' „ at r. D IE D. il, 0 1 * - JO On the 6th inst., at his residence, in Stockweife of tracted illness of several years, Elizabeth, jot • re ,/ 10 Moore French, Esq., aged 49. , jos", . ~, On the sth inst., at Rose Cottage, Enfie ld , s 'ise` . ' . 0 10 the late William Monk, Esq. and only surviving 0 late Right Bon. Sir William Esq., aged 68 ' bert ° A 110 _S- On the sth inst., at Leamington, the Rev. fr Rector of Cotesbach, Leicester, aged 67. t he itef • . 0 On the bth inst., at Dorfold, Cheshire, 9 ° Ail Tomkinsun, aged 61. I s abel lg o ol , t ae On the sth inst., at the College, Warwick, .. s e b . ..all of the Rev. George Inner, Master of the KM; lira V . a On the 6th inst., at Dover, Charlotte Anne , "'" u i t re. of A. W. Rebarts, Esq. , Hill-street, Berkeley-01110OP" On the 7th inst., Maria Elizabeth White , Y ° g . g ia_ 9' of Mr. E. P. White, Coventry-street, aged '• .... JP — On the 7th inst., at Forest- lase LeytoustoP-, - p , venport Welch, Esq., aged 36. a . $ L. --f---------,nnf, , London : Printed and Published by MsAss-'',10,, - „ 0 " ) No. 112, Strand, at The Sue Office, Ile. ',, -. 10 1 ,' , ' - ' vi. the county of MidcUesea, Satardsy, atdber