The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-07 00:00:00

I I EVENING SUN lbe ( (Signed) CHARLES ELLIOT, it is distinctly to be understood, that all natives, in the actual occupancy of lands, in cultivation, or substantially built upon, will be constrained to establish their rights, to the satisfaction of the land officer, and to takeout titles and have the same duly registered. In order to accelerate the stablishment, notice is hereby given that a sale of town allotments, having a water frontage of yards, and running back yards, will take place at Macao on the instant, by which time, it is hoped, plans, exhibiting the water front of the town, will be prepared. Persons purchasing town lots will be entitled to pur chase suburban or country lots, of square acres each, and will be, permitted for the present, to choose their own sites, subject to the approval of the Govern ment of the isla'ad. No run of w•ster to be diverted from its course without permission of the Government, (Signed) CHARLES ELLIOT. Macao, lst May, 1841.—Canton Register. .4 • :.;s r A NEW MEMBER. f ~O~ r . 0 03 141 P a 4 8 e ' a 0 a 11 1, r. 10 4 CHINA. %APTAIN ELLIOT AND THE GOVERN:YIENT OF THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG. Captain PUBLIC NOTICE. William Caine, of her Majesty's 26th (or : ameronian) regiment of infantry, is appointed Chief 1 ; Ing;strate of the isla n d o f H ongkong, pending her fa• esty's furth er pl easure, and all persons repairing tiler are required to respect the authority in him god, agreeably to the annexed warrant. (Signed) CHARLES ELL IOT, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, chtr.ged with the government of the island of }long-kong. WARRANT. ly Charles Elliot, Esq., her Majesty': Plenipotentiary, &c. &c., charged with the government of the island of Hongkong. • Pending her Majesty's further pleasure, Ido hereby 7 constitute and appoint rtm, William Caine, Esquire, Captain in her Majesr • 26th (or Cameronion) regi ment of Inf antry to b C hief • .; Magistrate of the island of Hongkong ; and I to exerci se with(' - do further authori3e and require you, and usages of C ,qty, . according to the laws, customs, tion of tortur nine, as near as may be (every descrip + u Peace, and 1, a excepted) for the preservation of the the native w e protection of life and property, over all boors theme cb-f nhabitants in the said isl a nd, and the har- And T j " • case do furth er aut h or i se an d requ i re y ou , i n an y - invol ve ere the c r i me , accor di ng t o Chi nese l aw , shall follow -4f i ng se, ale in punishme n t s an d pena l t i es excee di ng th e th , e severity, t o rem it th e case for the judgment pi i; head o f t h e Government for the time being. ° -ale : — lmprisonment, with or without, hard labour, for more than three months ; or penalties exceeding 400 dollars. Corporal punishment exceeding 100 lashes. Capital punishment: And I do further require you, in all cases followed by ' sentence or infliction of punishment, to keep a record, containing a brief statement of the case, and copy of the sentence. And I further authorise and require you, to exerc;.se Magisterial and police authority over all persons w'itit ever (other t haanatives of the island, or persons si,bjeet to the Mutiny Act, 11leenaLth°f the or to the general law for the govern _ fleet), who shall be found c jmm i tt i ng isrland. es of the 1 , peace, on shore or in the har',,ours of this time to, otriurae.ches of any regulation to I- .,e issued from tom a this• Government, aeee - Aling to the cus- A s .nd n- `, ll #.lge s of British police lay, Poses here "i) hereby authorize y, for the police par before specified. to arrest, detain, discharge, an d Pilnisl,. such offender, ace.ording to the principles and A P , 1 it general British police law. Ala persons, sul.;ject to the Mutiny Act, or th e general .law for the government of the fleet, found coin mittin the'r g police• or other offences, shall be handed over to A l Pr oper military superiors for punishment. i"" r Ido further authorize and require you, to de . safe custody any pe rs o n w h a t ever found com p— t v ig crimes and off ences w ithi n th e Government of 3 ti/ ;kong, amountin g t o f e l on y, accor di ng to t h e l aw o f Z 1 , 141 and ; forthwith rep o rti ng y our procee di ngs h ere i n , f 7 (4 the grounds thereof, to the head of th e G overnment in t he time being. And for all your lawful proceedings t 1 to premises, this warrant shall be your sufficient pro tect'. .on and authority. _,C riven under myl hand and seal, office at Macao, this "iv tieth day of April, in the year 1841. PUBLIC NOTICE AND DECLARATION ; Arrangements having been made for the permanent eupation of the island of Hongkong, it tas become cessary to declare the principles and e;:inditions upon Which allotments of land will be made, pending her 3,1 ejesty's further pleasure. With a view to the reservation to the Crown of as 3,:tensive a control over thr.l lands as may be compatible with the immediate progress of the establishment, it is now declared that the ' , umber of allotments to be dis posed a?, from time to time, will be regulated with due regard to the actual public wants. It will be a condition of each title, that a building, of a certain value, hereafter to be fixed, must be erected, within a reasonable period of time, on the allotments ; and the re will be a general reservation of all her Ma jesty's •rights. Penedng her Majesty's further measure, the lands will be allotted according to the principles and practice of Britisli law, upon the tenure of quit -rent to the Crown. Eac h allotment to be put up at public auction, al a certai n up-set rate of quit -rent, and to 'be disi)osed, of to the h!,ghest bidder. But it is .tngaged,, upon tke part of her 3 lajesty's Government, that persons 4 ,,aking land upon these terms shall have the privilege of.purchasing in freehold (if that tenure shall hereafter be offered by her Majesty's Government) or of continuing to hold upon the original quit-re-at, if that condition be better liked. All arrar.gements with natives for the cession of lands, in cultivation, 01: substintially built upon, to be made on 13; through ar. officer deputed by the Government of the is'iand ; and no title will be valid, and no occu pancy respected, unless the person claiming shall hold under an instrument granted by the Government of the island, of which due registry must be made in the Go vernment office. EGYPT. ADDRESS OF THE 13RITISH MERCHANTS OF ALEXANDRIA T.O HIS HIGHNESS MEHE MET ALI, VICI,2OY OF EGYPT. The mer chants , Jf Great Britain, resident in Alex andria, have wittresr,ed with unspeakable satisfaction the re-establisl c.f their national flag, and the resump tion of ul restricted amicable relations between their Governor ant an d your Highness. On ret arnio g to their national protection they hasten to lay b eforc: your Highness the sincere expression of their g certitude for the protection which your Highness has ar.orded to their persons and property during the past of political affairs. Ir i time gone by they have witnessed the sincerity of S'o'ar Highness's wishes for their well-being, and the efficacy of the protection afforded to them by your High ness's Government, in occasions of trou and possible irritation ; and the y reposed in the seeu!! offered them lby the enlighten ad and generous character of your Highness. They have en o ,eavoured, on their part, by a well-regu lated and inoffe' .isive behaviour, to merit your highness's confidence. They have now to express their earnest good wishes for the pros'rrity of your Highness, and for th e we lf are of the peer whom God has committed to your care ; and they tr ust that the friendly ties that bind your High nessne to eir own country, to the a d van t age o f b ot h , may r again be severed. PAJELTY NEGLECT OF THE LATE MINISTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR —I have read, with much satisfaction, your article nn Sat urday's Sun, on the mismanagement of the leaders .of the late Ministry, which contributed so much to the downf; dl of their Government. But you might have car ried your case much further, because I have reason to believe that the personal demeanour of those leaders has been v( lry far from satisfactory to their political sup porters.. Men like civility in political as well as social life, an d that cheap commodity was too often wanting, I fear, on th e i r part. Lord John Russell's coldnessand reserve may be partly constitutional and, doubtless are are so, but they sometimes savour strongly rznrlstteoc,ratic hauteur, and I believe some of tsubo o rather ns )torious for their brusquerie. Not having been in the la it Rarliament, I cannot speak from v:z-rsonal ex perience or observation of what then took place ; but the complain Its I have heard are fully borne out by what I have sees z as a new Member of the present House. I believe I shall only speak the general feeling of the new Liberal )lembers when I say that the most of them on entering t Ile House on this occasion have been treated with entire neglect by the leaders of their party. On ap- Troaching • the House, for the first time, no person was to be found belonging to that party to offer them the slightest i nformation or assistance in respect to the forms of the Hot ise, - or the ceremony of taking their seats, nor any one to greet them with the faintest welcome. For my own -pa rt, happening to know several of the old Mem bers, and s , pine of the late Government, I experienced, myself, no )baconvenience from this neglect ; but I know some who did, and who felt it perhaps more keenly than they chose to express. What was the case on the other side of the House ? Let those who observed the activity 'And studied attention of Sir T. F—, and above all, th'Jse who experienced his courtesy and kindness, answer the question. Sept. 6, 184.1. A GOOD STORY.—One day, a sturdy peasant, fin the environs 'of Evreux, was at work in the fields amidst storm and rain, and went home in the evening, thoroughly tired, and drenched to the skin. He was /liet at the houSe-door by his'iOvilig wife, who had been at home all day.' "My dear;" aid she, " it' has . been raining so-hard-that -I could -riot fetch_ water,., and so I hav e not been able to make T,rou any soup. As you are tvet through, I shall be obliged to -you to fetch me a 'couple of buckets of water ; you vvillnot.get - any wetter." The argument was striking "; so the'Mari took the buckets and fetched some water fi.om the well, which was at a considerable distance. Oa reaching the house he found hi s wif e co mf or t a bly seat 3,d by the fire ; there, lifting one bucket after the other, 1 -, .e poured both over his kind and considerate partner. " Now, wife," said he, " you are ( Mite as wet as I am, .3o you may as well fetch water for Yourself ; you can't get any wetter."—Excursions in Normandy. The & rounds of the petition against Sir Thomas Winnington's return for Bewdley arise from fourteen persons in the Fair Forest having voted for Sir T. E. Winningti,u,,y.ho had no k , ).al right to do so, inasmuch ns . they resale in a detached part of the parish of Ribbes tord, which has been recently discovered to . form no tart of .the, Parliamentary b oroug h . —Kidderminster afeliger• STATE OF THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. (FROH THE LATEST PAPERS.) We have had a good deal of sunshine this week, but rainy weather, especially at night, has predominated ; and much of the crop is in a very precarious state. There is a considerable quantity cut on early farms, but the harvest will not be general for at least a fortnight hence.---A berdeen Herald. The weather is still unpropitious, and reaping has been considerably retarded, even where it had already begun. Wheat and oats seem late. The former is evi dently i'ar from productive in grain, though sufficiently bulky in straw.—Edinburgh Chronicle. The fine weather towards the conclusion of last week considerably advanced the ripening of the crops in this district. The week commenced propitiously on Monday, but it rained during the whole of Tuesday. This state of the weather did not prevail far to the south; but in the west there must have been heavy rains, as the river has since come down much swollen. On Wednesday the cutting was recommenced, and there is now a consi derable portion of the fields in the neighbourhood cut down. The report of the crops is much more favour able than was anticipated a few weeks ago. The winter wheats are spoken of as likely to turn oat remarkably well ; barley also is a fair crop, but oats are likely to be deficient.—Berwick Advertiser. We have had, generally spes' A ing, fine, though rather threatening weather for the ,ast week. For the last ten days the glass is at change4ble, though the rain has not descended. This is a ' A -torious harvest day. But, not withstanding these favourable prospects, we shall be obliged in Dublin % and throughout Ireland generally, to eat foreign wheal principally for the next twelve months, as we have - PA' the last.—Dublin Post. The weather since our last has still shown a -prepon derance of moisture, but favourable intervals ham oc curred, and a pretty good breadth of wheat and oats has been c• a t down. We are glad to learn that the fields ge nerP:dy in this district are stooking well. Ad ver.liser. Since our last, the weather has remained unbroken, and the harvest has made rapid progress.—Edinburgh Courant. Great progress has been made in the saving of the harvest, the accounts of the state of which in these dis tricts are much more favourable than bad been looked for some three or four weeks since.—Cork Reporter. HANTS AND SOUTHERN COUUTIES.—SiDefi our last report the weather has been exceedingly fine, and the harvest has proceeded without interruption. Nearly the whole of the wheat, and a considerable portion V. barley and oats, have been saved, and with the colnu ance of a few days fine weather the great IRO!: of the crop will be secured without any material "injury. In the neighbouring counties the crops are Plioken most fa vourably of, and although in Wilts, J;orset, Gloucester, &c., they are not in the state of for.vardness that we are, the harvest is progressing sltisfPittorily, and promises a fair average, both in quanta: and quality.—Harnpshire Advertiser. THE LATE * THUNDER STORM. Last evening (:..ays the Ha m p s hi re Ad vertiser of Satur day) one of th',-; most fearful storms, for the short time of its duratior, we ever witnessed, occurred. The sails of vesse' o7 ere shivered t o r ibb an d s; b oats swamped, houses ls Par.t?.ily unroofed, trees torn up by their roots, and land tv.d water exhibiting in a few minutes only, an extensive scene of desolation. We have witnessed several heavy storms here, but they all fall into insignificance when compared with this. It lasted just one hour. To detail a twentieth part of the damage done would occupy a column. The great tree at the Deanery, and one in Three-field-lane a ere torn out of the ground ; the streets are sprinkled with tiles, and the water with wrec k. Th e Ariadne yacht, whil e her sails were being furled, had two men washed overboard, but with enormous exertion they were saved ; the gig was upset ; a brig brought up, but before the sails could be got in they were shivered to ribantls ; a vessel is sunk off Chapel Wharf, and we have just received the distressing intelligence of a fisher man's boat having swamped off Calshot and four lives lost. The whole district is one scene of frightful devas tation, not a house has escaped, and all accomplished in less than an hcnr. On Friday evening last we were visited by a storm of thunder and lightning, which lasted upwards of an hour. The lightning was awfully vivid, and the thunder peals r..imost continuous. We have not heard of any serious damage having been thui occasioned. --Salisbury Journal. THUNDER 'STcaut.—;Yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'cloCk, \v were visited by a terrific storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of rain. The peals of thunder shook many buildings to their foundations.—Dover Chronicle of, aturday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WATERLOO-BRIDGE REGATTA. The annual scullers' contest amongst the watermen plying on the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge, for some prizes given by the inhabitants of St. John, Lambeth, came off yesterday. The first heat consisted of C. Col lier (white), H. Caston (pink), T. Eyre (blue) ; and the distance in this as in the other heats, from Waterloo bridge, round a boat moored off Maudsley's factory, down to Corry's roads, and up to "Waterloo-bridge to finish. The first heat was won by white and pink. Im mediately after this W. Watts (green),. H. Barrow (yel low), and C. Stevens (red), went away for the second heat. It was won by Watts and Barrow. A little after six, the two first men of each of the preceding heats started for the third and grand heat. They went away well together ; but after a few strokes Watts took the lead, closely followed by Barrow, in which order they came in, Watts winning by five or six lengths. Collier did not row the entire distance. The match was very indifferently attended. LAMBETH FISHERMEN'S REGATTA. A very pretty and highly-interesting rowing and sail ing -match took place yesterday, amongst the very in dustrious and hard-working fishermen of Lambeth, who work in peter-boats. The contest was for a purse of sovereigns given by the ladies and gentlemen of St. Mary, Lambeth, and the vicinity, and it was most nume rously attended. Just before four o'clock the following took their places for the start off Goding's brewery' : Favourite, Dunkley, blue cross ; Lass of Gowrie, J. Stubbs, blue; Mary Anne, James Grant, green; Brothers, C. Miney, red ; Industry, R. Hearn, tri-colour ; King of the Coblers, W. Hosier, red cross ; Surprise, T. Hatherill, pink ; Brotherly Love, J. Webb, white ; Per severance, W. Darnham, yellow ; Happy-go-Lucky, S. Perry, red cross, white ground ; Success, J. Perry, red star. As they got under way the little fleet presented a very pretty appearance, with their main and fore sails set. The King of the Coblers took the lead, but lost it in less than a quarter of a mile. The wind was easterly up the reach of the water, and Happy-go-Lucky soon took the first place, and the Lass of Gowrie shortly after took the second. The distance-boat was moored off the new Tivoli Gardens, in the upper part of Battersea, and Happy-go-Lucky first rounded, followed by the Lass of Gowrie, Mary Anne, and the Brothers. As the wind had died away, the whole party took to their oars, and a smart contest ensued between the three first boats. The King of the Coblers came in first, Happy-go-Lucky se cond, the Brothers third. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN BY DROWNING.-ENNISKILLEN, WED NESDAY.—A messenger arrived here express from Bun doran, bringing the melancholy tidings of the death by drowning of the Rev. Felix Keon, P.P. of Ballibay, and formerly curate of Enniskillen. On Monday, about three o'clock, he and the Rev. Mr. Maguire, parish priest of Maguiresbridge, and the Rev. Mr. O'Reilly, parish priest of Lowtherstown, went to bathe at the Boat-quay of Bun doran ; they all leaped in, and the tide being at ebb, they were carried out to sea. A fisherman fro:i the ',. shore observing their danger put off; an d si' seeded in rescuing two of the reverend gentlemen ; ut the virtuous priest and pure patriot of Balhbay never reached the were used to restor e anima shore alive. Every means tion, but unhappily without - ..:lfect. His demise has cast a gloom over the mhabltants of this town, where he was well known and much admired for his many virtues.— Morning Regiskr. --- JJETER.:AINED SUICIDE OF A Boy.--Yester day afternoon an inquest was held at the Bird-cage, Bira-cage-walk, Hackney-road, before Mr. Baker. on the body of James Herridge, aged 17, of No. 19, Crabtree row, Bethnal-green. James Herridge. a carman, said that the deceased, his son, had been lately em pl o y e d at a fancy-trimming -manufactory, in Bunhill-row, St. Luke's. He had been in a very melancholy state for the last fortnight, and not so attentive to his work as for merly. On Monday week last deceased was told to buy some bread in the City-road as he returned home, but instead of d o i ng so he spent the money (two shillings), and mor e n m g a o i f n e t d h eout week all night. until Saturday Deceased Ia s left t home h e n witnessvery told him to return in the evening and bring his wages with him. At about seven o'clock the same morning de ceased was found in a room . adjoining his bed-room sus pAefntedredhebrlatdhaehnseecoknfittei.davfiz the wall, and quite dead. money on Monday, he was found by the police thewandering about Upper Clapton, and being apparently destitsuttre6e.ey_took him before the Magistrates at Worship r''ather amusing statement of the majority t Verdict—Temporary appeared in the insa A nit against Ministers on the recent division, third edition of a York newspaper last Saturday a cv s e h ning f . The result of the debate had been p:ninet,edthoen caper, and pasted upon a paragraph in one of thenceoxlitiplinoes of the journal ; and, after duly announcing that the select for twelve ma jority against Ministers was,6to ninety-one," imprisoned months." THE they were THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAM-SHip.__T his splendid partyof steamer gentlem e s n ail l e v d en ) t 'es i t n er h da e y r f o o n r aAvnit:ivtetrop. Belgium. Theßritish Theßritish and American Steam Company have, his said, received for her the sum of 60,0001. from the Belgian Go vernment. For the President the same Company received upwards . of 70,0001. from the mulerwriters. The losse s sustained by the Company since its establishment are supposed not to be leis than 80,0001. nor more than 100,000/.--Li.eeDy.t.AlGion of Monday. SUDDEN,,DEATII OF J. JOHNSTON) ESQ., THE LATF,...LHEMBER FOR CLARE.—This gentleman ex pired . .at his apartments, in Bury-street, St. 4Arlies's; on SatUrday evening last, it is supposed from "affection Of the heart. At the inquest held before Mr. Higgs on the body yesterday, the Jury returned a ver dict of" Died by the visitation of God." STETTIN, AUGUST 30 —The weather con tinuing to be fine and dry, very little.bas deen doing in our corn market since Friday. The Smyrna Journal statitS;''tht, according to the returns made up at the British Consulate, the num ber of houses destroyed by the late fire 4 had been ascer tained to amount to 7,284, and the total loss 125,850,000 piastres. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. This theatre opened last night for the winter season at a time of year somewhat earlier than it has hitherto been the custom for the great theatres to commence ope rations. We think, however, Madame Vestris has shown her usual excellent judgment in commencing the cam paign thus early. In consequence of the scenes which are now in the course of performance on the political stage, London is unusually full, while the number of theatres now open is unusually small, even for this time of the year ; and as it must necessarily be some time be • fore Drury-lane can open for dramatic performance, not only will Madame have the field to herself, for a much longer time than she would have had had she deferred the opening of the theatre to the usual pe riod, but the public will have acquired the habit of going to Covent-garden—a matter of more importance to the well-being of a theatre than the uninitiated can imagine. Madame takes the field this year in great force, with one of the strongest companies for comedy we ever recollect to have seen collected within the wa l ls o f a t h eatre. It is true that Keeley, Am l :ason, and Mrs. Brougham are no longer members ef, garden ; but anio-_, g th the corps dramatigue of Covent e reinforcements which the com pany have rep; „Ived during the recess are Oxberry,Walter Lacy, Mrs:tiT.West, Mrs. Glover, and Miss Murray, so that the ccinedy force of the company has been strengthened by the changes which have taken place. In the operatic department the only change of consequence is the en gagement of Mr. Clement White in the room of Mr. Binge as second tenor. The piece-chosen for the open ing was A Midsummer Night's Dream, produced in the same splendid style as last season. The only change of importance in the cast was the substitution of Oxberry for Keeley, as Flute, the bellows mender. Oxberry's quaint manner and shrill voice told excellently in this part, and elicited roars of laugh ter. At the fall of the curtain Madame Vestris was loudly called for, and was led in by Bartley. On her appearance, the pit (a bumper) rose to greet her, and she retired amidst the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, accompanied by the most enthusiastic expressions of con gratulation and applause. Between the play and the after-piece the national anthem was sung by . the whole company, the solo parts being sustained by Miss Rain forth, Madame Vestris, and Mr. W. Harrison. The evening's amusement concluded with The Critic, in which the pungency of Farren, as Sir Fretful, and the bustle and whim of Charles Mathews, as Puff, kept the audience in a continual roar. The house was exceed ingly well filled, and everything seems to promise a prosperous season. " THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT EMBER 7, 1841. LITERATURE. ALISOIV'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. Vol. IX. " A great book is a great evil," says the old adage,., and in nine out of ten cases the re /Mae/mod, Edinburgh, 18 41 . re mark 4olds good. The present, however, is an t . exception; for, though in his History o Europe," Mr. Alison has undoubtedly writt€ a " great book," yet when we take into considera tion; the period of which hs: treats, and the al vful_ event She narrates that he discusses a p er iod, not only of change, but of almost universal 4.:on vulsiort ; when the hurricane of war swept . far and wide over Europe ; when (101;tical instatu dons that had lasted fur centuries, w ,:ere thy .m orris down,: as though they were the Me:es flimsy 'structures of yesterday; when the hugt. 7 toit; wide spreading fabric of monarchy was shaken ~,n centre; and the thoughts, opinions, and fee. 11 gs of civilized man underwent a change so st:2 ll ling and violent that the records of ancient his tory have nothing to compare with it ;—vvhen take these things into consideration, we feel every disposition to except Mr. Alison frohni the number of those who, in producing . " a ccreat book," ,have inflicted " a great evil" on. the reading" community. Still, though we do not quarrel k with his matter, his manner is liable to objectio i n. His language abounds in Scotticisn ; is frequently diffuse and turgid; disfigured wi . th tinsel Metaphors; and sometimes slovenly to e: t cess. It is but justice, however, to add, that ,it possesSes many redeeming qualities; and that ii some Of his descriptions Mr. Alison evinces elo• • quence'of a high order; and generally through. out big/work maintains a tone of moderation highly creditable to him. It is evident indeed that he is a Tory, but he is not a purblind or in corrigible one. He can afford to give fair play to even the most determined opponents of his political creed ; speaks justly and generously of Mirabea.o ; and finds much to praise in the bold, uncompromising energy of Danton. The . present volume commences with an ac count of the resurrection of Germany in 1813— the year after the disastrous Russian expedition— and terminates with the proceedings of Welling ton in Spain at the commencement of 1814. There is not much in Mr. Alison's details of this memorable period that calls for particular notice —for who has not got them by heart ?—but one chapter in the volume deserves special consi deratiop—that, we mean, wherein our author attempts an analysis of the character of Napo leon. His analysis is an elaborate one ; displays wonderful attention to details; adduces the evi dence for and against the Emperor with temper and impartiality; and is deficient only in the summing up. In many of the opinions we cor dially concur. It is perfectly true that Bona parte " united to a degree, which perhaps was never before equalled, the ardent and impassioned templa.ment of southern, with the cool judge- . anent a i hd intellectual force of northern Europe." His pa‘sionate ardour was only equalled by his cool sagacity; but it is remarkable that he •evinced most judgment in his youth, and most headstrong impetuosity in his matured years. 'We do'Oot, however, agree with Mr. Alison, that his judgment was characterized by profundity. This is too exaggerated a term to -use. Most of his serious reverses proceeded from his deficiency in this respect—as when he tampered with the affairs of Spain, invaded Russia, and refused the terms of peace offered him by allied Europe at Chatillon. His restoration of nobility in France, too, was a decided error of judgment, for it placed. a gulph between him and the revolution, of which he was the self-elected champion, and estrartged from him the hearts of such men as Carns , t,,, Constant, an d L a f ayette, t h e want of whose ii?fluential support he f e lt d ee ply w h en hi s empire ',was tumbling in ruins about him. Mr. Alison adds that he " was brave without being chivalrous." His conduct to the Queen of Prus sia was certainly not marked by. much.. chivalry of feeliri.!3• ; but nothing could surpass the grace and detacacy of his behaviour towards the old Austriab General Wurmser, whom he compelled to capi - tulate. at Mantua. Out of respect to this veteran's feelings, he purposely absented himself when toe laid down his arms, lest the old man's humiliation might have been aggravated at finding himself vanquished by so young a soldier. " Napoleon never forgave Moreau for the vic tory of. Hohenlinden,' says our historian. On the contrary, lie was enraptured with his success, says I3ourrienne, and paid him, the most marked and flatte r i ng attentions. Air. Alison's remarks on the restle ss an d i nsat possessed one peculia r i',, historyes tin Able character of the EmperOr's am bi t i on arey , forcibly urged; but he in a still more marked .: n st nt eg th ot e ist oi o w f ht w e l s i t om i hi teak t a h n e d in to te n : , degree-=namely, ego '..i sm. He was without ex nter makes mention. 'tie could neve r t rave l out of men or things, except as th ey ad reference to his own- personal fortunes. He loved France, but he loved her on l y as identified with his ow n glory. He would fain have rendered her happy and proSperous, but only because the rendering her so would have redounded to his own credit. In the Whole wide range of creation he consi dered AC, individu-sl worthy of a serious thought but hitnself. 17r, e was jealous of any one who called off publ'Ac attention—though it were only for a passing• moment—from his own claims to unrivalled homage. Even the comparatively in ferior cele..ority of Madame de Stael was worm wood to him ; an d h e d i d his best to ext i ngu i sh it_ by 'banishing her f rom t h e sa l oons o f P ar i s . Tho - agh h e was capable of generous actions, yet the highest generosity was a stranger to his na t tire. He rarely forgave, and laughed at disin terestednesii, as the fond dream of enthusiasts. This utter want of a kindly and ennobling faith • ' in humr, n i t. -- y was one of the chief causes of his ' fall, f , • • Jr it alienated his subjects at a time when he s . i of their hearty ood most in nee d support. In . i • • ange of capacity he was unrivalled. He Corn- Jailed the imagination of the poet with the cool, calculating qualities of the mathematician—the sagacity of the statesman with the ready fore sight of the soldier. •We may add that his sun h. shone brightest at its rising and its setting, ias.naost wonderful campaigns being his first in it . IY add his last in France, both of which are with _ without a parallel in history. All things consi d..enred, may justly be called the most extraor w Man of an age fertile in great men but vast as ,were his resources, and tremendous the power 'vhich he wielded, he lived to see all pass away 1i e a dream; his empire vanished like an exhalation ; his vassal kings. from being his slaves, became his masters and the arbiters of his destiny;; and all that remained to the once might?, Emperor of France at the-close of his meteoric career, was a mean, half-furnished dwel ling on is barren rock in the Atlantic! As every anecdote is interesting that relates to Napoleon, we quote the following details of some of his per sonal habits, which Mr. Alison has gleaned from a great variety of sources : His restlessness of disposition was such that he could not sit Still, even when carried at the gallop on horse back. Thin officers who rode before had come by long habit to know so well what he wanted, that he had rarely to direct their course, but his own horse followed mechani cally the direction they took. He was passionately fond of riding across the country, through fields or woods, and over heaths; and in a difficult path where riding was hazardoui; and the whole party was obliged to"dismoant and lead their horses, the Emperor was always in spirits. If he car 4 to any place where a disaster had . btten in curred, on which was associated with painful n ;collec tions, he tvushed on at the gallop, and fell into a perfect fury if a.ittything then checked his progress. On one occasion,in the autumn of 1813, he had occasion to pass a place 4 ere seventy caissons, of great import: ince to the armyi, had been blown up the day before by tl ie Cos sacks. On seeing the ground covered with tile fra:;ments, he immediately set off at a gallop, to get over it as fast as possibly ; and a little dog having followed his horse barking, ie was seized with such a fit of fury, that he drew onepf his pistols, fired at the animal, and, h aving missed, dashed the pistol itself at it, still hastenit mg on With breathless speed, while Rustan, who was no str anger to such scenes,_ quietly fell behind and picked i ip the weapon thus thrown away by his infuriated master The unceasing restlessness and indefatig a bl e a 2tivity of his disposition were strongly e'vinced in the irregular hours during which different things were done, at id the rigorous manner in which, nevertheless, instant ()be dience was enforced to his commands. Often the i naxch of head-quarters was delayed for some hours, or ha If a day beyond the time fixed, while the Emperor was eictatin g or reading despatches ; and at the laSt word h e would call out--- 4 The carriage—to horse !" These words acted like an electric shock• to his attendants, who straightway mounted, the carriage was instantly at the door, and the whole set off at the gallop. Caulaincourt generally rode on the, fight the carriage, General Gliyot on tl he left ; and theofficers on sersiee, , pages,attendants,and grooms, with the led' horses, rattled on as hard as they could drive, followed by a ,squadron of the guards on horse back. The whole pushed on at a quick trot. or the gal lop, often for a' day or a night without halting ; and where the road was!ntirrow, or a defile or copse was to be traversed, the vehemence with which fiey rode drove them against each other, at the imminent hazard of their legs and necks. If the Emperor halted to make an ob servation, .h(i immediately mounted one of the led horses, and four chasseurs, with fixed bayonets on their carbines, formed a square round him, which advanced, always keeping hiin in its centre. If a distant object was to be examined,i a page brought up the telescope, a very fine one being always at hand ; the maps were frequently called for, and spa ead out on the ground, and the Em peror, lying down upon them, was soon as completely absorbed in his plans as if he had been in his cabinet at St. Cloud. _ When the Emil« -Tor passed through a divis ion of the guards, all the ban Els of the regiments came tc the front, the troops.fell back , and formed line on either side, and great pomp WAS obi ;erved ; the cortege passing' through slowly, and salutin i the officers. But no such wremony was observed in t caversing the ord;nary corps of the army ; and the pu t sago through them was oiler/ forced couRruCIRCULAR. A Cabinet Counciiwas - beld at twelve o'clock yester day, at the Foreign-office., It was attended by Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Wharncliffe, the Didic Of Ruckingham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham; Mr. Goul burn, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Ellenborough, and Sir Henry Hardinge. The Council sat an hour and a half. • After the Coun c il th e E ar l of ‘...4{1A Aberdeen, as her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, received visits from the Forei gn Diplomatic Corps at his office in Downing-street. Their Excellencies, with one or two exceptions, attended the reception in their respective uniforms. Among those present were the Turkish Am bassador, the Belgian, Buenos Ayres, Bavarian, Nether lands, United States, SaOinian, Portuguese, Venezuelan, Russian, Brazilian, Hanoverian, Wurtemberg, Grecian, and Saxon Ministers ; the Mexican, French, Prussian, Danish, Swedish, Siollia4, and New Granada Charges d'Affaires. After being , presented to the Noble Earl the Members of the Diplojmtic Corps severally took their departure. Viscount!Canning attended at the Foreign office yesterday as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the room of Lord LeieSon. The Marquis of Exeter, Earl Delawarr, Lord Forester, and Mr. Emerson Tennent, visited Sir Robert Peel yes terday afternoon, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. Sir Stratford Canning, Mr. H. Manners Sutton, Mr. Bonham, Mr. D. Bethune, and Mr. Burgess had inter views with Sir James Graham at the Home-office. Sir Charles Bagot and Sir Stratford Canning had in terviews with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial office. Sir John Pelly, Governor of the Bank of England, and Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had inter views with Mr. Goulburn yesterday at the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the Governor of Malta, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office., The Marquis of Londonderry has arrived in town from Wynyard Park. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne arrived at Lansdowne House yesterday, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. LEEDS-THE UNEMPLOYED OPERATIVES. MEETING OF DELEGATES.—A meeting, which took its rise from the present depressed circumstances of the working population of the borough, was held in a large room at the Old George Inn, Briggate, on the evening of Tuesday. It was called by circular, and was com posed of delegates from the different factories, mills, and workshops in the town and neighbourhood. About sixty individuals attended. An address was agreed to be issued to the workmen of the United Kingdom, calling upon them to adopt measures to ascertain the number of operatives who are out of employment, in order that the result may be laid before the Legislature of the country. STATE OF TRADE. We are sorry to have again to mention the distress at present prevailing in this neighbourhood. Groups of people are seen standing in almost every street in the town out of employment. Some of the factories are working short time, and the poor hand-loom weavers are almost at starvation point.—Bolton Free Press. The labouring population of Merthyr Tydvil, and those dependent on them, continue to feel most acutely the effects of the late heavy reduction in the price of labour, and the enormous advance in the price 'of pro visions.— Cambrian. KIRKCALDY, AUG. 30. —Trade is still very dull. A few hands are out of employment. There is little prospect, in the meantime, of any improvement.—Edin burgh Chronicle. MR. JOHN S. WORTLEY AND THE £5O TENANTS AT WILL. (From the Leeds Mercury.) A careful examination has been made of the votes given at the late West Riding election, and the result is such as to throw great light both upon that individual contest and upon the merits of the famous clause intro duced into the Reform Act by the present Duke of Buck ingham and Chandos, for giving votes to the 501. tenants at-will. The following remarks and facts are from a correspondent, who has the very best sources of informa tion : " Mr. Wortley is reported to have said, in moving the amendment to the Address, that it was not long since her Majesty had put a question to the country respecting the conduct of her Ministors, and had asked the country to return an answer which would, in some measure, guide her in the course which she should pursue. He himself appeared there as the bearer of a portion of that answer. He had, indeed, the honour to bear not the least insigni ficant portion of that answer. " That Mr. Wortley is the bearer of the ar the landed aristocracy of the West Ridi --4 ' iv er which perfectly true ; b u t w h e th er h e i s -. 4 g have given, is which the people h av e gi ven iv.• - rnarer to the an s w er as will appear f rom th e a very different questi on , ..,cowing analysis of the poll : Total... ortley. Denison. Milton. Morpeth. Oecupi. - .s at 501 3,627 ... .3,566 ... 1,864 ... 1,871 Freeholders and.' Copy holders 9 , 538 ••• 9,224 ... 10,216 ... 10,160 " It is manliest from this analysis (which has been made with great care, and which may be fully depended upon), that the voice of the people of the West Riding was stifled at the recent election by the tenantry of the great landholders, whose representative Mr., Wortley undoubtedly is ; but that Lords .Morpeth and Milton are the chosen of the independent electors is equally clear.. Mr. Wortley is the offspring of the Chandos clause, without which he never would have been returned for the West Riding of Yorkshire." The above facts are to us most consolatory. They show that the independent part of the West Riding con stituency, by a decided majority, supported the principles of Reform, and their champions, Lords Morpeth and Milton. The independent electors, therefore, have main tained their consistency, and not dishonoured the Rid ing. But the 501. tenants at will have turned the balance to the other side, and have returned ,Mr. Wortley and Mr. Beckett Denison. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.-- This important national undertaking, which is rapidly approaching towards its completion, continues to increase in interest as the operations for its accomplishment seem drawing to a close. This observation was amply verified on Wednesday last, at Falkirk and neighbourhood, when the first locomotive engine which has yet traversed that portitm of the line made her appearance. On leaving the tunnel she proceeded in gallant style as far as the stu pendous excavation going on at the hill of Croy, ten miles further on, some idea of the gigantic nature of which work may be formed from the bare statement, that the cutting is upwards of 200 yards in length, and 70 feet in depth, through solid and tenacious whinstone, The operations in every part of the line are proceeding with the most vi gilant activity, and promise an early consummation to the Herculean task.—Caledonian Mercury. • EXPORTATION OP 'MACHINERY.---The Se lect Committee of the House of Commons, lately ap pointed to inquire into the operation of the existing laws affecting the exportation of machinery, have just pub lished their second Report to the House. This Report is much too long to allow of any detailed. reference to 'it, but we subjoin the final recommendation of the Com mittee on the subject, which is to the following effect, via.:—" That, considering that machinery is the only product of British industry upon the export of which restraints are placed, the Committee recommends that the law prohibiting the export of machinery should be repealed, and the trade or machine making be placed upon the same footing as ot h er d epartments of British industry." • A STRANGE EXECUTION,—In the year 1386, a sow at e part of the child of a day-labourer of Falaise, named Janet. This accident reached the ears of the Judge, who condemned the animal to suffer pub licly the penalty of retaliation, as prescribed by law. The face and one arm of the child had been devoured ; the sow was mutilated in the same manner, and then hanged by the executioner in the public place, amidst a con course of people. The Judge presided at the execuf..ion o n horsehack, with a feather in his hat. The father was forbid to attend, .by way or punishment, for not ta ki ng proper care of,, , his child. The culprit, %%len brought to the gallows was dressed like a man, wore a waistcoat, breeches, and gloves, and a human mask bigore her snout.—Excursions in Normandy. at the gallop, under circumstances almost amounting to violence. The imperial suite, like a whirlwind, swept thrcugh the columns, too fast for the men either to fall into the ranks or present arms ; and before the astonished crowd could find time to gaze on their beloved chi,A the cortege was disappearing in the distance. Room, hOw: ever, was always cleared ; the outriders loudly called on. to make way ; and at the magic words "The Emperor !" infantry, cavalry, and artillery were pell-mell hurried to the side, ofter, in frightful confusion, and with fractures of legs and - arms. Loud cheers never failed, to greet his passage tl'.rough the divisions of the guards, by whom 1.. e was ent'ausiastically beloved, and whose wants were se dition* attended to ' • but though the young conscripts, in aie beginning of the campaign of 1813 were prodigal of the same acclamations, yet hardship, disease, and tmegering, sensibly cooled their ardour, and before its close the imperial suite often traversed long columns of the army, without a single cheer announcing its pre sence. When despatches overtook the Emperor, as they often did, on the road, Duroc or Caulaincourt, who rode at the side of the carriage, received and opened the bag, 1 . u.1 preserktea the letters to the Emperor without stop p tog. Dire , :tly a number of envelopes were seen falling fr om the ly c indows of the imperial carriage ; and it was o 'dent, -frc.3m the .rate at which they were tossed over, th It the leetters Were devoured with the rapidity of light nit g. 9le usel . • despatches and covers were cut to pieties, IT id throe' gut in the same way ; often in such gum, titre s, as to strew the track of the wheels with little fragm en ts which, trodden under foot by the horses, or crushed. under the wheels of the !succee6ing carriages, ratoltiqa - white line along the road 4 Napoleon generally (:utrikese despatches to pieces with his own hands, or, if ltot se , employed, worked incessantly with the window sash sr carriage-door : he could pot remain a moment at rest. If there were no despatches or morning states to read, lie had recourse to the Paris journals, or the last publications of the day, with which the drawers of the carriage were always stored ; but they generally shared the fate of the unimportant despatches, being thrown out o. F the w.;ndows after a few pages had,been cut up. In E cch nut fibers were these discarded literary novelties th:ts tosse,l ovethoard, that the officers of the suite gene rally' contrived to collect no inconsiderable stores of di verting trifles, by picking them up on the traces of his carriage. The Emperor was insatiable for something new, and c pened with avidity every fresh publication ; but his tast, was for solid and well-informed writings, not amusing' trifles ; and he had an incrediblp tact in discovering, from a few pages, whether there was any thing worth roading in a book, so that, in his hands, the ephemeral literature of the day disappeared almost as fast as it wysiatroduced. WEDLOCK- —3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1841. "Wedlock" is not so muck a novel, as a series of personal anecdotes and reminiscences, strung together in a great degree at random, but all bearing, directly or indirectly, on the important question of matrimony. The author commences her narrative with recollections of the Court of George the Third, as it was fashioned in her ear lier days ; and dwells with particular animation on the great alarm created throughout England by Napoleon's intended invasion, when a military mania overspread the land; when even tailors affected the heroic ; and heavy, square-sterned Aldermen were transformed into Light Horse V.olunteers, and wielded the sword with as much alae:itY as if it had been a carving -knife ! Passing f rom these recollections--which, by the bye, seem a h:tle out of place—the author next pro ceeds to givt' some details respecting Shelley's first marriage ; ana ',then skips back again to old George the Third of wh..'se domestic habits she giv e s several interesting 1. - larticulars. Speaking of th e Princess Amelia's et: nfession of her secret mar riage with Colonel to the King in her l as t moments, the author assurt's us—and evidently states it as a fact—that "when his favourite daughter made her confession, the astounded Monarch clenched his teeth, and hiding ibis face in his hands, he tore himself from the alms of the dying child, and screaming words too dread ful to repeat, left the apartment 1" In the second volume, there is much amusing gossip respecting George the Fourth's early amours—especially his liaison with Mrs. Robinson—and anecdotes respecting his reported marriage with Mrs. Fitz herbert, who is described as having been very cold-hearted ; and his infamous behaviour towards the unfortunate and imprudent Queen Caroline. The work is written , with ease a t i.d vivacity, and closes with the author's account of her own wedding. SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS. Cctddi. London, 1841. We have received three more Parts of this series of republications of Sir Walter's Scott's Prose Works, containing his " Antiquary," in one volume, and also in the pamphlet form in one number ; and a portion of his well-known " Life of Napoleon." They are all carefully got up; and we are glad to learn that they fully answer the expectations of the enterprising publisher. ANTI SLAVERY EXHIBITION, EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-A paragraph having appeared in most of the daily papers, stating that a gratuitons admission to the exhibition of IlAydon's Anti-Slavery Picture would be given to any school whose conductors might apply to the managers fur an order, I have the pleasure to con firm this statement, and to inform your readers that I shall be glad to forward such order for either Sabbath or day schools, on application being made to me, speci fying the name of the school, the day on which the order is desired, and the number of children, with their teachers, who _will attend. _ _ _ As the exhibition will shortly close, these applications should be made as soon as possible. Biard's celebrated picture of the African Slave-trade forms part of the exhibition, together with specimens of the whips, chains, gags, thumbscrews, fetters, palmatorias, &c., used in slavery and the slave-trade. Trusting that you will give insertion to the above in formation in your widely circulated Journal, and that many schools will avail themselves of the privilege now offered to them. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 27, New-Broad-street, JOSEPH SOUL. September 4, 1841. P.S. The Orphan Working, and Borough-road Schools and several private seminaries, have already visited the exhibition. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-I observed in the Times of Sept. 2an article, and rather wonder it has escaped your notice. The sub ject was the completion of the first contract and esti mates for a second contract for the building of the Royal Exchange; and after announcing the successful contrac tor, Mr. T. Jackson, it goes on to state that the Com mittee are pretty sure of securing a rental of 10,0001. per annum for the parts to be let out to different individuals or companies. Mr. Editor, after the fire you must recollect the citi zens coming to the House and getting a Bill passed to levy 150,0001. by extra tax through their accursed coal monopoly, to enable them to rebuild their Exchange ; is it not rich that the poor of London and environs should be thus plundered of 150,0001. to raise a building to enable the mean plunderers to receive a rental of 10,0001. per annum ?—Your constant reader, Sept. 4, 1841. A. P. THE TORIES AN]) THE POOR- LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Some few years ago, when the Tory press and the small fry of the Tories were making such a hubbub about the atrocities of the Whig Poor-law Bill, it was prophecied that all this show of humanity had reference to party purposes more than to any real feeling for the poor, whom the Tories, when in office, had invariably oppressed and despised. It was observed that the landed aristocracy, who have ever a keen eye to their own inte rest, found in the stringency of the Poor-laws a consider able saving in the poor-rates levied on the farmers, and as they were thus enabled to obtain a higher rent for their land, it was not to be supposed that they were really anxious for a repeal of laws which worked so well for them. That the Tories made excellent use of the unpo pularity of the Poor-laws, as a lever to oust the Whigs and install themselves in " the pickings of office" and the plunder of the country, is a well ascertained fact. Hav ing now completed this patriotic object, it would appear by the altered language of the Tory papers, that the poor having materially assisted in pitching the Tory faction into the Treasury, are now to be thrown overboard. Com pare the mild language of the Standard of September 4, 1840, on the subject of the Poor-laws, with the following extract from that journal, under date October 29, 1836: " The Ghbe asks us, Would we have it believed for ourselves, that in supporting the Conservatives, we sup port those who would not, were they in power, permit those laws to continue ?' We unhesitatingly answer— Yes. We do most firmly believe that a Conservative Ad ministration would either wholly repeal the new Poor-law Bill, or at least so modify it as no longet to leave the li berty of the humbler classes of Englishman the enjoy ment of their families, or their security from the death of starvation" (Query, by the landlords' bread-tax) " at the mercy of any Prime Minister." Sir Robert Peel, with all his cunning, may perhaps find it a more difficult task to play " faSt'and loose" with the Poor-laws than he seems to suppose, Mr,izeargus O'Con nor is reported to have addressed . ' the Chartists at York, where a man opiliiSed the Poor-laws in the following words:—" Now, thank God, we have triumpliCd over the party in advance, a*l the Tories having triumphed over the Whigs, and taken up their position in the front rank, show me the man who Nvill keep up upon the Tory p ar ty a more continued fire than I will."—Your obedient servant, LUBIN LOG. We are authorised to contradict the announce ment of the death of the Rev. Dr. Foord-Bowes, Rector of Cowlam, Yorkshire, which appeared in The Sun of the ult.. The Rev. Gentleman, we are glad to say, is in the enjoyment of good health, though suffering under the effect of a late heavy bereavement. FORCE OF IMAGINATION.—A short time since a poor, woman in the neighbourhood, who was near her confinement, was frightened by the fighting of two doffs, one of which was spotted, and such an impression had the circumstance upon her mind, that two nights pre vious to her accouchement she dreamed that she had a spotted child, and upon her being delivered the chili was considerably spotted, and upon the back of the neck there is the figure of a dog's paw, and some marks like the teeth of a dog when in the act a worrying another. --Cambridge Chroick. of Lordstthe fir p t , r e e s e h a a t s e COl just b y Et. the,ej e N noprintedrYd Chancellor, C for ° the tj t H a T n u d S s e read. Till bill (pi time on the 27th t lt.), entitled "A n act to i mprove and Extend t ho Jurise i ct i on of County Courts. " The pr 'amble s ats forth th a t, w h ereas t h ere i s much need o cc WO of summary jurisdiction for the recovery of small de htf.!., an( I for other purposes hereinafter speci fied, to be tista blished throughout England ; and whereas the Sheri ff of every county hath authority in his county c ourt to hold plea of personal actions where the debt or damaA'd doth not amount to 40s. ; and it is expedient th at the jurisdiction and practice of the said , •ourts be ex tended :aid improved, and that provision be Nla for :ho lding the county cou r t f or t h epurposes afore- Zi a • babe( a . judge ofrompetent knowled ge; b e i t enacte d by the Q u. ee n's Most Excellent Majesty, b y an d w i t h the advice a l ac , c onsent of the Lords Spi r i tua l and Temporal, Chancellor of ,;f. th _ nglund to a pp o i nt through out Engle and Coi non 4 1S. in ti.r:s prose Parliament assembled, and bt. ' l ka Authority -lumber not more t h an 2 5 persons to e same, that it s h a ll b e l awful for the L, ~rii • Id and W a l es any E -l bo judges of th e coin .'ty courts, e ver y one o f whom shall be a. sergeant-at-law or barrister- a t-l aw , who shall h; we be en call e d t o the ..bar and pr ac ti se d as a barrister for seven years, or an attori, ey of one of her Majesty's sups rior .eourts of common law at ;Vestminster, who shall have .prac tised as an attorney for t e ..-1 fears ; and it shall he .lawful for the Lord Chancel. ` l r, if he shall t kink fit, to remove any judge of the county court for misbehaviour, or for any sufficient .lause to be stated in a petition to be preferred to him f or e that purpoc e by tho justices of the county in ge neral or quart er ;session assembled, and every such judge :hall be e ntitl :d to hold his office until he shall b e so re moved; provided always, that no sergeant or barrister . shall practice as such during th e cont i nuance of his app. lintment as judge of the county court, and that every at torney who shall be appoint e d one o f t h e said judges sh all, ir t aon his appointment, and before he shall begin to a et a s judge of the county court, procure his name to bey :struck off the rolls of every court of which he shal l , th tic be an attorney, on the ground of his appointment as i;11,34 t i. judge, and shall not thereafter dur ing the continuance • (31 f such an appointment be, directly or indirectly, con: - er. tied in any business as an a tt orney or agent for any oak 'r person, for g a i n , i n any court, cause, or matter what soever, with libe r ty, nevert h e l ess, on ceasing to hold the t. ffice of judge, t o a p p l y for re-ad mission to the rolls of t. Lie court, according to the prac tice of the court. Clause 2 prescribes the j , " edge's oath. Clause 3 provides that tut Iges shall not sit in Parlia ment. Icre Clause 4 provides that the jut bma y appoint a deputy. Clause 5 enacts t i :lat more than one judge may be ap pointed for each cow, ty. when and where coun bf di)urts Clause 6 provides shall be holden :—viz. r i hat a county court shall be holden this act in every place i n w hi c h under the authority of . her Majesty, with the ad, vice of her Privy Council, s h a ll -ourt shall be hold en un d er be pleased to order that a rt shall be holde n ,i ii eac h this ii - A ; and every such Ja... 1 place at such times and foristie.as her tkfaje s ty 1 district and it 'shall b e with the advice aforesaid, shall order ; lawful for her Majesty, with the a... 'vice aforesaid; to de scribe the limits and extent of the several districts for which courts shall be holden, and from time to time alte r such districts as to her Majesty, with the advice afore said, shall seem fit ; and the several courts 1.,' the ssame county may be holden either simultaneously befo.: i ~,,iffer ent judges, or by adjournment before the same or itiLlek ent judges, as her Majesty, with the advice aforesaid, from time to time shall see fit to direct ; and if the county court shall be holden under the authorty of this act in two or more places within the same county at the same time, the proceedings of each of such courts quA i toke„.as . valid as if each court were the only county' coniMiii sitting within the county. Clause 7 enacts that courts may be holden on the borders of counties for adjacent counties. Clause 8 regards the appointments of clerk, bailiffs, and inferior officers. ~, Clause 9, that the clerk may appoint a deputy. t - Clause 10, that the Commissioners of Treasury are to appoint a receiver-general. Cialse 11. .Aid it enacted, that every receiver general shall be paid either by salary or by a poundage on the gross produce of the fees of the courts of which e is receiver-general, or partly by salary and partly by poundage ; aad every judge, clerk, or other officer of the county court (except the bailiff) shall be paid by a cer tain salary, the salary of a judge being in no case more than 1,5001., nor 1€ ss than 800/., and the salary of a clerk being in no case In ore than 5001., and the salaries of the other officers being suitable to the duties they have to perform ; and the bailiffs of the court shall be paid by their fees ; and the judge, or, where there is more than one judge, the senior judge, subject to the ap proval of the CommisLioners of her Majesty's Treasury, shall frem time to ti me fix on the number of bailiffs and o. , ficers to be appointed to each court ; and the Commis sim:ers of her Majesty's Treasury shall fix the remune ratim; to be paid to the judges, receivers-general, clerks, and officers, except the bailiffs ; and from time to time the number of bailiffs and officers, and the remuneration to be paid to the judges, receivers-general, clerks, and officers, may be inc ceased, or, as vacancies shall occur, may be diaunished, by the same authority by which they were at first fixed. Clause 12 en= erates the duties of the clerks and Clause 13 relates to the fees to be taken according to the schedule. Clause 14 enact . that the fees and monies recovered be accounted for to tie receiver-general. Clause 15. And be it enacted, that subject to all de mands of the parties interested in any balances of mo nies remaining in court, and due to them respectively, the general fee fund shall be applied towards defraying the expenses of any court which shall be holden under the authority of this Act in the same county, the fees arising from which shall not be sufficient to defray the - penses thereof, and to the other expenses herein ••Ted upon the said fund, and towards the establish ineni" f additional county courts or debtors' prisons in any p i a & in that county in which her Majesty shall be pleased to (.:;reslt that a court be holden or a debtors pri son provided tZ,r• the purposes of this act. Clause 16 pro/.ldes that the receiver-general account to , e receipts shall exceed the disburse theClTareusaesiu7r,yt.hat if t, , '1 be paid into the Exchequer to ments, the surplus slim the consolidated fund. 1.11 be an issue of money out Clause 18, that there sh, of the consolidated fund if tt, e. fees are defi c i en t. • a,s Clause 19 enacts that the act. ounts be audited public accounts. . _ whenever' it finished Clause 20, that the fees may be dim shall appear that the monies paid into the said consoli dated fund have exceeded and are likely te continue to exceed the monies paid out of the consolidated fund on account of the courts holden under this act, &c. Clause 21 provides that upon the removal of any re ceiver-general or clerk, any balance remaining in his hands may be recovered. Clause 22 sets forth the mode of proceeding against the representatives of a deceased receiver-general or clerk. Clause 23 relates what shall be sufficient evidence of holding the office of receiver-general. Clause 24 enacts, that receivers and officers are to give security. Clause 25, that the receiver-general is to provide court-houses. Clause 26 empowers corporations and others to sell lands to the receiver-general. Clause 27 relates to the application of compensation when exceeding 2001. Clause 28 relates to the application when compensation is less than 2001. but not less than 201. Clause 29 relates to the application where the money is less than 201. Clause 30 enacts that upon question touching title to money paid into bank, the person having been in pos session of the premises be deemed entitled to the money until the contrary be shown to the Court of Chancery. 'Clause 31. And be it enacted, that for raising a fund for paying off any monies which may be borrowed as aforesaid for building, purchasing, hiring, or providing any court-house or offices, and the interest due in re spect thereof, and for the other purposes hereinafter mentioned, the clerk of every court holden under the au thority of this Act shall demand and receive from the plaintiff in any suit brought in that court, before he shall issue any summons in that suit, the sum of Is. when the debt or damage claimed shall not exceed 205., and for every claim exceeding 205., 1-20th part thereof, neglect ing any sum less than 6d. in estimating such . 20th part, which sum shall be paid in all cases in the first instance by the plaintiff upon the suit brought in the court, and shall be considered as costs in the cause; and the clerk of the court shall keep an account of all monies so paid to him, and shall pay over the amount from time to time to the receiver-general of the county court, and the amount thereof shall accumulate separately on accoent of each court, to form a fund to be called " The Building Fund of the County Court of ,at ," and shall be ap plied in the first place towards paving the interest of the several sums so borrowed, and in the second place towards paying off the several principal sums borrowed, in the order in which they were borrowed, and in the third place to wards defraying the other expenses hereinafter charged on the building fund ; and as soon as enough of money shall have been raised in any court to satisfy all the pur poses aforesaid, so far as that court is concerned, th e surplus of the building fund of that court shall be applied as the other fees of the said court are to he applied ; and no further charge shall be made in that court under this enactment, but the expense of repairing and upholding the court-house and offices shall be defrayed, with the other expenses of the court, out of the ordinary fees of the court. Clause 32 enacts that the receiver-general have charge of the courts. Clause 33 enacts that courts of request, &c., are to be discontinued. Clause 34 enacts that the chairman, registrars, clerks, &c., of these discontinued courts may receive compensa tion, if not re-appointed. Clause 35 enacts that the court-house, if discontinued, shall vest in the receiver-general of the county court. Clause 36 makes provision for outstanding liabilities of discontinued courts. Clause 37 provides that the jurisdiction of the county court be extended to 20, . Clause 38 enacts that the process of the court be under seal. Clause 39 enacts that the suits be by plaint. Clause 40 relates to where suits shall be tried. Clause 41 enacts that demands are not to be split. Clause 42 enacts that minors may sue for wages. Clause 43 enacts that no privilege shall be allon owed the to urisdicti of any person to exempt him from the j county court. Clause 44 enacts that one of several persons liable may be sued. Clause 45. And be it enacted, that the judge of the county court shall be the sole judge to determine all actions brought in the said court in the summary manner authorised by this act, and all matters and questions of EVENING SUI` ......-..... fact and l aw re l at i ng thereto, except where the at lount claimed shall exceed the sum of 51., and either oi.' the parties shall require a jury to be summoned as herciu after mentioned. Clause 46. And be it enacted, that in all actions where 1 the sum of money sought to be recovered shall exceed, 5/. it shall be lawful for the plaintiff or defendant to re quire a jury to be summoned to try the said action, and in every such case a jury shall be summoned according to the provisions hereinafter contained to try the action; provided always that the party requiring a jury to be summoned shall give to the clerk of the court, or leave at his office, notice thereof in writing, &c. Clause 47 enacts, that the party requiring the jury is to make a deposit. Clause 48 enacts, that two cause-lists (the " judge's. list" and the " jury list") be made. Clause 49 provides who shall be jurors. Clause 50. And be it enacted, that each juror shall re ceive for each day's attendanc e a sum not less than 55.; and if the sums of money . paid by the parties requiring juries shall not be sufficient for that purpose, the defi ciency shall be made up out of the general fee fund of the said court. Clause 51. And be it enacted, that from time to time, as occasion shall require, three suitors shall be em panelled and sworn to give their verdicts in such causes which shall be brought before them in the said court; and all such causes shall be decided by the verdict of the majority of the jury so em uan,'lled and sworn ; and no suitor, except those who Ill! he so empanelled and sworn, shall have any voice in notevnining any cause ; and any juryman who, after being 611 ) - summoned f or t h at purpose as aforesaid, shall wilfully negoct or refuse to attend the Court, shall be liable to the sa..rie fine, to be set on him by the judge, and to all other pains and penalties, to which he would have been subjected in case he had refused or neglected to attend any quarter session of the peace after being duly summoned. Clause 52 relates to the proceedings on hearing the plaint. Clauses 53 enacts, that no evidence be given by plain- tiff of any matter not stated in the summons. Clause 54 enacts, that notices be given of special de fences. Clause 55 enacts the mode in which forms of proce dure are to be framed. Clause 5G enacts the course of proceedings, if plaintiff does not appear or prove his case. Clause 57 relates to proceedings if the defendant does not appear. Clause 58 enables the defendant to pay money into Court. Clause 59 enacts that partics may be examined, and that witnesses are not incompetent from interest. Clause 60. And be it enacted, that every person who in any examination upon oath or solemn affirmation be fore the judge of the county court shall wilfully and cor ruptly give false evidence shall be li a bl e t o t h e pena l t i es of perjury. Clause 61 relates to summonses to witnesses. Clause 62 relates to fines, how to be levied and ac counted for. Clause 63 enacts how costs may be recovered. Clause 64 enacts on what terms plaints are removable. Clause 65. And be it enacted, that the judge of the county court shall have power, on application being made to him at the first court holden for the same district next after the trial of any suit, or otherwise, if he shall think fit, to order a new trial to be had in such suit, and in the meantime to stay the proceedings, provided always, that if a verdict be given for the same party on a second trial such verdict shall be final, and no new trial shall in any case be granted after execution. Clause 66 enacts what may be charged by agents. Clause 67 enacts that minutes of proceedings are to be kept. Clause 68 providt's that the court may make orders for payment of debt and costs. Clause 69 relates to cross-judgments. Clause 70. And be it enacted, that no suit shall be brought in any court for the recovery of any sum awarded by any judgment of the county court in any such action as aforesaid. Clause 71 enacts that the court may award execution against body or goods. Clause 72 enacts how execution may be had out of the county. Clause 73 gives power to suspend execution in certain•: causes. Clause 74 regulates the sale of goods taken in execu tion. Clause 75 enacts that distresses be within the provi sions of the 7th and ,Bth George IV., c. 17. Clause 76 enacts that prisoners are to be in custody of the shexiff. Clause 77 enacts that prisons may be provided. Clause 78. enacts that the gaoler receive prisoners com mitted. Clause 79 enacts that the judge may allow maintenance to sick or poor prisoners. Clause 80 enacts that the provisions of the Ist and 2d Victoria, c. 110, for removal of judgments of inferior courts of record, are to be applicable to county courts. Clause 81 enacts that execution be superseded on pay ment of debt and costs. Clause 82 enacts that a list is to be made out of un claimed money. _ _ _ Clause 83 enacts that the Commissioners of Treasury are to direct how the accounts shall.be kept. Clause 84 relates to plaints in replevin. Clause 85 enacts how actions of replevin may be re moved: Clause 86 enacts that possession of small tenements may be recovered by plaint in the county court. Clause 87 sets forth the manner in which a summons shall be served. Claute 88. And be it. enacted, that it shall not be law ful to bring any action or prosecution against the judge of the county court, or against the clerk by whom such warrant as aforesaid shall have been issued, or against the Sheriff or Under- Sheriff, or any officer or person by whom such warrant may be executed or notice posted, for issuing or executing such warrant, or posting such notice respectively, by reason that the person by whom the warrant shall be sued out bad not lawful right to the possession of the premises. Clause 89 enacts that where landlord has a lawful title he shall not be deemed a trespasser by reason of irre gularity. Clause 90 enacts how execution of warrant of posses sion may be stayed. Clause 91 relates to proceedings on the bonds in ac tions of replevin and trespass. Clause 92 gives the power of committal for contempt. Clause 93 gives remedies against b?iliffs and other officers. Clause 94 enacts that officers taking any fee besides the fees allowed are to be discharged. Clause 95 makes provision for the protection of officers of the c s rmrt. Clause t , t : makes further provision for the protection of officers of the Purl. Clause 97 seta P ut the consequences of bringing ac tions for small debts : n superior courts. Clause 98 enacts thts.t distress shall not be unlawful, for want of form, prn eeedings are not to be quash- Clause 99 enacts that ed for want of form. Clause 100 provides a limitation of actions for pro ceedings iu execution of this act. Clause 101 relates to the interpretation of the act. Clause 102 enacts that the act may be repealed or amended in the present Session of Parliament.. APPROACHING EXTINC.ITON ON TIM WRETCHED SOCIALISTR.—The following report, taken from the Anti-Socialist Circular, will be read with mucht interest, as it shows Socialism to be rapidly on the de cline :—" The New Moral World of June 12 contains a long statement of monetary affairs, by which it appears that in addition to the sum of 498 1. 14s. 9d., now owing, there has been expended on the Hampshire community experiment since October, 1839, 6,081/. 12s. 9d., — making in all an outlay of 6,580/. 7s. 6d. ' • while the/ present assets amount only to 3,8761. lc. scl. The re— port further states that, estimating the crops at the: same value as those of last year, there will be: a further loss of 816 L on the present pro-- ceedings. The same number of the New Moral World: announces " a levy of 2s. 6d. for each member of the society throughout the branches, for the purpose of meeting the deficiency in the general fund for tht?par" ment of missionaries." The levy was to have been segil, in by th e 24 t h o f J une ; up to t hi s d ay ( Ju l y 20t h) 0. 1 . 3 Y three members of the Reading branch have responded to the call. The New Moral World, their weekly organ'" formerly contained s i x t een p ages , t h e s i ze o f Chambers s Journal—it is now cut down to eight pages, while the leaders are quarrelling in the camp, the members in the branches are also disagreeing among thein sciv 7 0 The general secretary has publicly called Mr. Owee tos account, and required him, in presence of the deleg ate congress assembled, to explain the cause of the o , ~,..... ment he has latterly met with at the hands of 3rdluoif Owen ; while the New Moral World, the branches ; calling upon those who cann ot . July, deeply deplores the internal disseonfsiotnhs And the New with the general plan to secede at once. chiefly to these among Moral World of the 17th July attributes rte f as r d o i: ni d. , tr m a e l ntsof board, de claring condition. In dissensions the present fallen and falling without additional the same number is the addreslt r / ht daring they cannot proceed h u p p as a a s n t mong them,'" funds, and acknowledging that members " have fallen thhoalf: thdialuesrisgeogicvieltythyne some of their e o a y t rl i e ar i n e; the want of confidence tha t has &c. They also admit during the last two years— and have left them— t re l e m p c g e a n ) deterred from joining the and that many have b b er . n obloquy to vai . ch h - m , i t ose are on account of the pa i- , unite themselves with the society.—Tory the number of its branch es subjected who paper. REPRESE Lowther'' elevat i on t h e Peerage, w N TATION OF WEST MORELAND .-- • Lord to hich is to take p lace immedi atel y , will ne cessarily occasion a va cancy i n the representation of this county. We think there ca n i be but one opinion as to the choice of hi s suc cessor ; and we are confident we speak the sentiments of a g rea t majority of the electors, when we say that th e y would look with satisfaction to Mr. Alderman Thompson, to supply his place. In him the county of Westmore land would possess a representative of great influence, of varied information, having both the ability and the in clination to serve his constituents, and to advance the interests of his native county. We do not disparage the merits of any other individual, in asserting that no gen tleman combines so many recommendations to the elec tors of this county. After stating so much, it will afford our readers increased pleasure to find that he has con sented to be put in nomination, and that he is taking this step with the most perfect approval, and with the hearty concurrence of the distinguished Nobleman who is about to be elevated to the Upper House.— Westmore land Gazette. An Egyptian gorse—a very rare bird in this 1 part of the country—was, a few days ago, shot at War, on the south side of the Tweed, by Lord Ossulstons gamekeeper.-Liverpool Chronicle.