The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-13 00:00:00

EVENING SUN. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS• FLO3I THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel's position, over the heads of his party, reminds us rather strongly of a parrot's, hung out in his solitary cage ; whose sole solace is self-ap plause, intermingled with oblique objurgations at the • vulgar crowds beneath him, and tin reply to their upward jibes. " Pretty Peel ! Pretty Peel !" alternates with "Foul thief !" or "Foul witch !" There is an edifying recipro city of obliging terms between the leader and his party. Sir Robert, like his parrot-prototype, is determined to give his own account of himself, and indignant that any other should be taken to represent his sentiments. He is imperturbable in his self-ascriptions ; and not by any means particular in the phrases with which he re quites the tokens of from the Tory rabble. " Some vagabond" waving an Orange flag is not fergotten by those concerned ; and the Standard is justly anxious to have a large and thorough Tory majority to keep a -chief in order who has that way of talking of its prin ciples. In the mean time, Sir Robert Peel continues his solo of self-approval. " The principles I will ad here to," he says, " whether in opposition or in power, are in perfect conformity with the prevail ing good sense, with the moderation, and with the intelligence of the great body of the people of England." It is a good deal to say for one's own principles, that they are in perfect conformity with good sense, and mo de7ation, and intelligence. The assumption of these is softened by ascribing the same qualities to " the great body of the people." Everybody who agrees with Sir Robert Peel may henceforth rest satisfied that his views are in perfect conformity with good sense, mode ration, and intelligence ; and it will save a world of trouble to the good folks who have not many views of any sort, to take Sir Robert Peel's upon trust, as 'the Right Hon. Baronet assures them that in so doing, they will be sure to adhere to good sense, moderation, and intelligence. They will also be saved the trouble of com paring those views with others, or weighing them too scru pulously on their own independent merits, as Sir R. Peel studiously avoids subjecting them to comparisons (which are proverbially odious) by too explicit and distinct state ments of them. In this, too, be has attained the parrot's art of speakin without committing himself, and obtaining cre dit for " thinking the more" on points where he chooses to say nothing. The British Critic has justly exposed the offensive egotism of all this Peelotry. But perhaps it hardly givea credit enough to the policy which suggests it. That policy is one which is always, in a certain sense and degree, successful. Every clever man surrounded by foils for contrast L--let his cause be bad, and his party worse, and his relations with that party distasteful mutually—can secure the suffrage of a large and good easy part of the public, by making a skilful use of all his manifold disadvantages, turning " his diseases to commodity," and raising himself at the expense of his party, and at the sacrifice of i.s prospects, or of its predi lections. The Standard is perfectly right in supposing such a condition of its party possible, that the best thingits leader can do for it is to betray its interests, while govern ing-in its name ! We only differ from the Standard, in believing that state of things real, not hypothetical. And the conclusion we draw is, that as its party cannot, in effect, at present govern at all, it would have continued more wisely to acquiesce in the part of an Opposition. COURIER.—The querulou's curiosity of the Whig- Radical press, as well as of Whig-Radical speakers, as to the principles on which Sir Robert Peel is to conduct his Government, and the measures which he is pre pared to propose for the alleviation or cure of the present difficulties of the country is sufficiently amusing, al though more hypocritical and affected than real. Above all they pretend to he most in the dark, or most puzzled, as to the mode in which he may deal with that deplorable deficiency in the Treasury, which is the na tural climax of the foreign wars and financial waste of the last ten years. In order to obtain a clue to the enigma we are treated day by day with different conjectures, or bold assumptions of facts, each varying from the other, in order to provoke contradiction in some quarter and'to give a handle for attack. Thus one day we have the Ministerial writers gloating over the sinis ter assurance that the first act of the Conservative Mi nister must be the imposition of fresh taxes to stop the Whig treasury gap ; whilst the next we are as confidently reminded that his only remedy for the provision of wanting ways and means must be by the levy of loans, or issue of • Exchequer bills, and in crease of the national debt. The example of the pre sent provisional Government may be quoted in favour of both these courses, for they have both imposed new taxes and multiplied "deficiency bills," and, singularly enough, both at the same time, so as more expe ditiously to burn out the Treasury taper by light ing it at both ends at once. The case of the Whig-Radical ridden country is no doubt deplorable enough, yet we do not opine it past the skill and mas tery of Sir Robert, who is not the man to apply despe rate and doubtful remedies upon the kill or cure-all sys tem of Whig-Radical quackery, whilst the regular re sources and combinations of art, which to all but learned and able practitioners are a sealed book, remain still un tried or unexhausted. Before he shall decide upon his remedial resolves in last resort indeed, lie will have to ascertain the causes of disease by a searching investi gation. STANDARD,—And now that the battle has been won, we must submit that a little discretion and a little patience in our victorious host will be necessary to secure all the fruits of victory. Already we have demands made for some emplieit declaration of his purpose upon certain points upon Sir Robert Peel. Sir Robert Peel being at present neither snore no less than the Right Honourable Member for Tamworth, and, although questionless the statesman upon whom the hopes of the country rest, really but oue of the :Members of the House of Commons—this surely is going something too fast. The Ministers are as yet to be put out of office, and from all that has been, seen of them, it is not unreasonable to expect that they will make a hard struggle before they can he ejected. It must be obvious, however, to every one, that by gi ring, as it were, a programme of his plan of govern ment, Sir Robert Peel would furnish these men with the means of resistance. For example, suppose them to adopt Sir Robert's promised measures—as for the sake of place they would adopt any measures upon what ground could they be displaced ? Besides this consideration, to which everyone who has observed closely the conduct of the Mel bourne Cabinet must allow some weight, is there not something urgenerous in thus early calling for declarations ? Do we not know Sir Robert Peel ? Have we not his Government of 1833 before us from which to anticipate the course that he will pursue when called to the councils of his So vereign ? We are aware that the impatient querists have no object but the common pod ; but we must think that they do injustice to them selves and to the great Conservative leader in the line they take. We expect everything that a reasonable Conservative can desire from Sir Robert Peel, supported as he will be by a great majority, and we cannot see the least justification for doubting him ; but surely such importunity as we complain of must be the result of a frivolous curiosity, unworthy of prudent men, or of distrust. What is wanted Two months ago we should have been all well con tented with such measures as the Conservative leader proposed or supported. Why do we ask for more now ? To allow an increase of power to suggest new desires is folly in the case of an individual, but it is utter ruin to a political party, because it is shifting of ground from that solid foundation upon which the edifice of power has been raised. GLASS-CLOTH.—We have had submitted to vur inspection about a couple of yards of this new spe, cries of cloth, woven entirely of glass, by a Mr. Richard Baker, a glass-maker, and a more extraordinary and beautiful production of the loo m i t h as never been our lot to witness. Our readers, who have never seen a spe-, a cimen, may be apt to suppose that glass- c l ot h must be a plain white glossy fabric, but we assure them they are much mistaken if they thi nk so ; the specimen w e have seen is partly composed of a beautiful di amond pattern, and partly in stripes and colours of the most delicate hues. It seems to us, if the texture were a little lighter (which we are assured it can be t m f a o d r e, e tli d at the cloth is • admirably adapted for gentlemen about town, w i ' l a d ist f e b o r a la s dies' r'eticantisng Young trust, for the benefit of the ingenious individual who will take the hint, and orderls exhihiting it, that not a some pieces immediately.e7 Mr. Baker, three years a a a had the honour of presenting her Majesty with a paij'oi glass-cloth slippers, and an apron made of the same ma aerial, with which she. was pleased to express her unqua lified approbation, and to order a sum of money to be - paid to him. He has likewise had interviews with Lord John Russell, and other distinguished individuals at the Home-otlice, on the subject. He informs us o T t a l t ee h t e ii i i s s the only individual in the kingdom who can pr I 'material. This ingenious man (notwithstanding the royal acrid distinguished patronage he has received), is, we .. I. o e sorry to say, in very embarrassed circumstances t i very recently lust the whole of his money.(amoun hands to , about 901.) by the failure of his employer, in whose anc . ls lie had lodged it, and having a wife and a family of six children, - he is under the necessity of exhibiting the pro cess of spinning. the silk and weaving the cloth for a sus tenance. We are assured the exhibition will well repay a visit. —Hull Advertiser. CAPABILITIE S OF GREAT BRITAIN FOR NIIII,BUILDINCa—No country in the world afilirds a parallel to ;.ireat Britain in the skill of its artisars. As nmchiansts and engineers they are unrivalled ; and, if 'th.iy excel in one department of mechanical construct tion more than in another, it is in ship-building. This may, probably, in a great measure arise from the na tural necessities of the country, from its insular position, consequent demand for that species of labour arid which such a position requires. But inde iaentica'a'y cf such a stimulus, ship-building, from the comlanation of great strength, manual dexterity, and 41echanical intuition which is necessary to perfection in the n7t (for it is an art), seems as ilk were chalked out by nature for English and Scotch operatives. Caterisparibus —that is, nut thi•Englishman or Scotchman on even terms with the Dane or Norwegian, and (to use, perhaps, a rather hyperbolical phrase) they would knock a ship's knees together bek)re their rivals could saw them asun der. It is a traderequiring, as we have said, that com bination of head-work and handy-work peculiar to the natives of this country ; it is a species of labour, too, in which, as at once recluiring strength and skill, they de light ; and, if they possessed equal advantages with the artisans of other countries, they ought to be ship ildera for the whole world. The question is why are they not so 2. The answer is, they want the prime requisite, tie raw material. They have heads to think, hands to labour, tools to - facilitate and shorten their labour—cven nwhincry to ri-lieve them of the mere drudgery of la `'i Ot. y waat wooa.—Journtl of Commerce. A FACT l=ot; THE N't. TURA LIST -A lady narles Liii•ar Torquay, g ' , to lien ca- Tit S, rat; y''side, w each on hcr and very Tuetly toge th:v.-- Western mes: HERTFORDSHIRE ELECTION. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. HERTFORD, JULY 12.—This day -having been ap pointed by the High Sheriff for the official declaration of the numbers polled for the respective candidates at the late election, from an early hour the town of Hertford presented an aaimated appearance, bands of music pa raded the streets, and the colours of the successful candi dates were exhibited in all directions, with flags and banners bearing the usual loyal and patriotic devices. A splendid procr.‘ssson was formed by the friends of the Conservative candidates, or rather members, and they were escorted to the Plough Meed, where the declaration was appointed to be made. Mr. Alston was also accom panied to the hustings by a number of his friends. But as the High Sheriff was about to commence the proceed ings the rain came down in torrents. and continued to do so during the whole of the proceedings. The HIGH SHERIFF, soon after twelve o'clock, came forward, and declared the numbers to be— Grimston Ryder Smith 2,525 Alston And he also declared that Lord Grimston, the lion. Grenville Dudley Ryder, and Abel Smith, Esq., were duly elected to represent the county of Hertford in the next Parliament.—(Great cheering.) Lord GRIMSTON then came forward. He said he must be indeed insensible if he did not feel highly gratified at the electors of Hertford having again re turned him to protect their interests in Parliament, and they might rest assured that he would do so to the best of his ability. They had fought the battle, and had gained the victory—(Great cheering)—and he should now do all in his power to convince their opponents that the Conservative party desired only to do what was right, and to make England what she had been, great, glorious, and free.—(Cheers.) He had no feeling of hostility to those who were opposed to him in political opi nion, but he would cordially join with them in support of any good measure, and in doing that which was right. 'Whether Tories, Radicals, Chartists, or Whigs, they were all in the same ship, and they must all swim or sink together. These were not times when any party should abandon their duty, and plunder the store-room or sacrifice their vessel—they were bound to support the Captain so long as he was placed over them. It was true they had no con fidence in their present Noble Captain.—(Cheers and laughter.) They considered that while he had the helm he had run the vessel among quicksands and had nearly overset her, and that he had turned her at all events into a free trader, and by the last rig very nearly into a slaver. —(Cheers.) However, the people of England had sent such a memorial to head-quarters, as he had no doubt must have the effect of removing the present Captain, and substituting one in his place who would enable the vessel to weather the storm. The Noble Lord concluded by again most cordially thanking the electors for the ho nour they had done him by returning him to Parliament as their representative.—(Great cheering.) _ _ Mr. RYDER next addressed the electors, and he was received by his friends with the greatest enthusiasm. He said he hoped they would pardon him for making use of a metaphor, in stating that the political storm had passed away, and that Hertfordshire now basked in the sunshine of three Conservative representatives.—(Loud cheers.) They had conferred upon him the most im portant, arduous, and honourable trust that an English man could ever receive at the hands of his fellow countrymen. They had entrusted to him the task of protecting their interests, of advocating their opinions, and of advancing the welfare of their common country, and to those who had returned him to this honourable office, lie tendered his best thanks for their cordial and willing support. He should be false to his opinions if he did not say that he rejoiced in his and their triumph, but at the same time he could not not help regretting the personal mortification to which their opponents were subjected by their defeat ; but he hoped that all such feelings would speedily be removed, and that no ill-feeling or animosity would remain, but that they should all return to their respective duties, en tertaining those kind feelings to each other upon which all human happiness depended. He could assure them that he was deeply sensible of the importance of the task he had undertaken as their representative. The great party he was pledged to support must soon have the reins of power in their hands.—(Great cheering.) They would take office with such a legacy of mismanagement and discord as had never yet fallen to the lot of any Government ; but he was sure that they would undertake it, actuated only by one grand single object of pro tecting and advancing the interests of all classes of that great community—(Cheers)—and England under their guidance would still be governed by those institu tions that had made her the greatest and the most free among the nations of the earth.—(Great cheering.) He could also assure them, that in his place in Parliament he should do all in his power to extend the blessings of a moral and religious education among the people, but he was quite sure that no education would be of any purpose unless, at the same time, the principles of the Gospel of Christ were implanted in their hearts. Mr. A. SMITH said, that although he was satisfied there were many more entitled to the honour of repre senting the county of Hertford than himself; yet he would yield to no man in devotion to the great princi ples they entertained, and which they had elected him to support. He could only assure them that he should never be found wanting in his duty, but that he should ever be ready to do his duty to his constituents.—(Great cheers.) Mr. ALSTON then came forward, and was received with great enthusiasm by his friends. He said that he joined most cordially in the wish that had been expressed by his honourable opponent that all animosity upon the sub ject of the election might cease from that moment. He also, like his opponents, must return thanks. They did so for their success. He had a different task to perform. He must return his sincere thanks to those honourable electors who had supported him ; and when he found that out of the votes he had received no less than 1,446 were phunpers, he put it to them all whether he was not bound to re turn his most sincere and cordial thanks for such support.—(Loud cheering.) He could assure them that although he was defeated he was not at all mortified. His friends had stuck close to him, and had done their best to return him; they had failed in so doing, but neither he nor they were at all mortified at the re sult ; but although he should retire into private life, he could assure them that he should be happy at any and at all times to do anything in his power for the benefit not only of his own supporters but of all who were connected with the county of Hertford.—(Loud cheers.) A good deal had been said against the present Government, and he should be neglecting the principles he espoused if he did not again, on the present occasion, express his opinion that they were entitled to the support of every well-wisher of his country. What had the present Ministers done ?—(A voice in the crowd, " Nothing.") They found the country burdened with heavy taxation, and what did they do ? —(A voice, " Put more on.") They found that from circumstances of expenditure over which they had no control, that the revenue of the country was insufficient to meet the necessities of the public service, and they had no alternative but to resort to increased taxation, or to resort to some other expedient, and they had nobly proposed a plan by 'which all classes of the community would have been benefited, and at the same time the revenue would have been increased to the necessary amount, and no fresh taxes would have been required. If this scheme were not carried out, new taxes were inevitable, and they would very shortly, in all proba bility, have again to pay a house tax.—(Hear, hear.) The only reason, in his opinion, why the Tories had op posed the Government scheme, was because they would not permit them to have the glory of carrying such a noble project ; and, at the tame time, they hoped through that opposition once more to obtain power. It was quite clear that they must have a change of Government, and it was, in his opinion, equally clear that, when too late, the country, which had been the cause of that change, would regret deeply what it had done. Mr. Alston concluded by exhorting his friends to exert themselves in their respective localities, and to be as well prepared at the next election as their adversaries had been at this ; and he said he had no doubt that they would then see a different result. W. PHILIPS, Esq., a County Magistrate, then briefly addressed the electors, and said, that, as a friend to Conservative principles, he begged them to remember the advice of Sir Robert Peel, to " register, register, register." In his district, at the last election, the Con servatives were in a minority of four, and at the present they had a majority of upwards of a hundred. The lion. Mr. CowpEß then briefly addressed the electors, and said that to the friends of Liberal prin ciples he could only repeat the advice given by Mr. Philips, and he advised them all to register ; and he said he was assured that if they were as ac tive as the Conservatives in this respect, that they would not again suffer defeat. The Hon. Gentleman added, that although he should wish to see the Liberals imitate the Conservative s in this respect, he should not desire that they should do so in other proceedings that had taken place during the present election, where he said it appeared to be thought that a tenant was bound to vote according to his landlord's wishes.—(Cheers.) Lord GRIMSTON came forward on this, and with great warmth denied the truth of the insinuation that had been made, and defied any party to produce proof in sup port of it, or to name any party who had been coerced to give his vote in support of the Conservative candidates. A vote of thanks was then carried to the High Sheriff, and the electors separated. A splendid procession, comprising upwards of five hun dred horsemen, and a great number of carriages, with bands of music, banners, &c., was afterwards formed, and the Members were carried through the town of Hertford in trinmph. THE WEATHER.—The weather during the early part of the week was wet, cold, and ungenial, and the quantity of rain that fell on Monday night, and Tues day morning, was so heavy that the low lands on the margin of the river Lostock, in the neighbourhood of Leyland, lilnes Walton, Eccleston, and Croston, were flooded ; and also the meadow lands in the neighbour hood of Sowerby and that district were under water, and much damage in both districts has been done to the hay grass. We are happy to state that since Thursday the weather has been more genial.—Preston Chronicle. THE BE NC H.-The Scottish Pilot of yesterday says, " A rumour has been current in Leith for the last two days, that Air. Rutherfurd will be immediately raised to the bench in room of Lord Jeffrey, whose decli nin g health has rendered him unable to perform the duties of the bench. In anticipation of this, the Tory hangers on and canvassers have been busy soliciting votes, but for whom they cannot, or will not, tell." We have pretty good reason for believing that the first part of this statement is unf.t.nded. It may be true that the prospect of Lord Jef f ey's retirement has set the Tory canvassers in motion t , but even though the country were to lose the services of tha excellent Judge, it is extremely improbable that Mr. Ruther; urd would be his eticcesser.— Seaman. GROUNDS AND OBJECTS OF THE BUDGET. The Edinburgh Review, No. 148, just published. con tains-an appropriate article on the Ministerial proposi tions, from which we make the following extracts : OUR MANUFACTURES. " In Britain, particularly in England, • the very large majority of the population consists of labourers hired by the week or by the day, dependent for subsistence solely on their wages, and for their wages solely on the will of their master. Both the skill and the diligence of the British workman are unrivalled ; hence, when these ad mirable qualities are well directed, the high value of his labour, and the large amount of his wages. But the skill and diligence of each individual can be applied to only a few purposes, and are useful only under numerous and complicated conditions. The Continental workman may in general be compared to the tools which he uses—his axe or his spade—an instrument of no great efficiency, but always fit for independent use. The British workmen, and more especially the most nu merous classes, those employed in manufactures, re semble the component parts of the vast machines which they direct. Separately taken, they are as useless as a single wheel or a single roller. Combined with many hundreds or many thousands of others, each helpless when alone, a hundred families can produce results which could not have been obtained by the individual labour of a thousand. But the instant the moving power that animates one of these great bodies ceases to act-- the instant the engine ceases to be supplied with water, or the factory with capital—the component parts lose their mutual support, and, with that support, their va- Ine. The engine becomes old iron, the spinners and weavers become paupers. " It might be supposed, that classes exposed to such contingencies, would save in their prosperity a fund to support tbem in adversity. But such is not the habit of the English. They have not been accustomed, like their continental rivals, to treat their earnings as the means of further production, or even of future support. When wages are high, they work fewer hours, and inhabit better houses ; and if there still remain a superfluity, the women and girls waste it in dress, and the men in drink or luxurious living. When wages fall, they en deavour to increase their earnings by more assiduous la bour, and to economize, first in house-rent, then in dress, then in fuel, and ultimately in food. When their earnings become insufficient for a maintenance, they throw themselves on the parish. The virtue which they possess the least is providence. We have already remarked, that the greatest of all improvidenCes is improvident marriage. But among many classes, perhaps among most classes, of mere labou rers, although it may be clear that the usual period of marriage is far too early, and that the welfare of the whole liod3 would be much promoted if that period were generally retarded, it is difficult to say that any given marriage is improvident. The great object of machinery is to supply strength and skill ; its great triumph is to render the labour of women and children as efficient as that of men ; and in many extensive branches of manu facture this has been effected. A girl of eighteen can attend to a power-loom as well as a full grown man ; a child of thirteen is more valuable as a piecer than an adult—its touch is more sensitive, and its sight is more acute. A factory lad of eighteen who marries a factory girl of the same age, finds himself immediately richer ; and although he may be pinched during some of the fol lowing years, yet as each child attains the age of nine years it can earn more than its support ; and the earnings of three children between the ages of nine and sixteen can, in prosperous times, support the whole family. It was under the influence of this enormous stimulus, with some assistance from immigration, that the population of our manufacturing districts increased during the thirty years that elapsed between 1801 and 1831, the last period for which the returns are published, at a rate equalled only in some portions of America. During the ten years between 1801 to 1811, the population of Lancashire in creased at the rate of 23 per cent. ; during the next ten years at the rate of 27 per cent. ; and during the last ten years also at the rate of 27 per cent. That of Lanark increased at the rate of 31 per cent. in the first period ; of 27 per cent. in the second ; and of 30 per cent. in the third. At the beginning of that period, in 1801 the two most populous counties in Scotland were Lanark and Perth ; the former containing 146,000 inhabitants, the latter 126,000. At the end of the period, in 1831, La nark contained 316,000, and Perth only 142,000. While the population of the manfacturing county increased at the rate of more than 100 per cent., that of the agricul tural district increased at the rate of less than 14 per cent. During the same period, the population of the North Riding of Yorkshire, a district chiefly agricultural, rose from 158,000 to 190,000 ; that of the West Riding, a manufacturing district, from 565,000 to 976,000. " It is scarcely necessary to remark, how much the habits which we have described must aggravate the suf ferings incident to any serious interruption of our manu factures. The millions whom we have crowded into densely-peopled districts are accustomed not merely to prosperity, but to constantly-advancing prosperity. All their calculations assume a constantly-increasing demand for labour—a demand which shall absorb a supply quite unrestrained by any prudential checks. A painful ques tion follows, as to the temper and the conduct which may be expected from them under a reversed state of circumstances. If the demand for British manufactures, instead of increasing, should diminish ; if the new swarm of candidates, which every year throws into the labour-market, should be rejected ; if the employment of all should become precarious ; if many establishments should be discontinued, and others give work only for three or four days a-week ; if the wages for this dimi nished and irregular work should themselves be dimi nished ; if a family, accustomed to earn forty shillings a-week, and to a proportionate expenditure, should NI to an income of nine or ten shillings, and no prospect of improvement were afforded—what, we repeat, is the temper and the conduct to be expected from the suffer ers ? Are they likely to treat these evils as mere ca lamities, or as injuries ? If as injuries, are their habits likely to induce them to patience, or to attempts at re dress, or resistance ? If patience is not to be expected from them, are their struggles likely to be formidable ?" is sugar. We imposed on all foreign sugar prohibitory duties. The north of Europe, then the great market for our manutlictures, and within a week's sail from our shores, sold to us the best timber and at the cheapest rate ; the Canada:, a distant, thinly peopled country, offered us timber almost worthless for building purposes, And at a much higher price. By imposing differential duties, rising from 100 to 500 per cent. we forced the community to resort to the bad customer instead of the good one—to use the distant market instead of the near one—to take the inferior instead of the •superior corn moditv, and to pay for it a larger price. We repealed in words most of our prohibitions, except where - food was concerned ; lsut still subjected foreign manufactures to duties scarcely ever falling below 20 per cent. on their value—that is, on their value here ; all expenses of com mission and conveyance being added to their original cost, and. generally rising above that extravagant rate. "It is difficult to say what would have been the whole effects of these regulations. it' foreign nations had sub mitted to them. That they must have been highly mischievous, is indeed obvious. As every regular trade is a trade of barter—as every thing that we regularly import is, in fact, received in exchange for British manu factures which we export —every obstacle to importa tion must be an obstacle to exportation. Every diminution of demand for foreign commodities, must he a diminution of demand for the British commodities with which the foreign commodities wonld have been purchased. They must, therefore, under any circum stances, have retarded the growth of our manufactures and commerce. Still, if we had been able to force foreign nations to take our commodities, and to .pay for them in the forms which we chose to approve, our condition, though far less favourable than it would have been un der a system of free trade, would still have been safe. But for this purpose we must have been able to apply to them the treatment which drove our North American colonies to resistance and separation. 11;, must have been able to prohibit them from manufacturing for them selves; or from trading with any manufacturing country except ourselves. To do this was quite in the spirit of our commercial policy ; but, luckily far the rest of the world, we .had not the power. The agriculturists whose produce we rejected, of course turned their surplus labour and their surplus capital towards manufactures. You New-Englander, into independence, taxed us,' said a you fought us into a maritime power, and you now enact that we shall be manufacturers.' _ _ " The new interests which our folly had created, fol lowed our example where we were wrotv , more eagerly than where we were right. They saw that our industry had flourished in the midst of prohibitions and restric tions, and they believed that it had flourished in conse quence of them. To these fetters they gave the name of protection, and called on their Governments to impose them. Their Governments, with the instinctive love of regulation and restraint by which every Govern ment is infested, were ready enough to answer the call. In one country indeed, whose staple produce, since it in terfered with no class interest of our own, we freely ad mitted, those who benefited by our commerce resisted the alteration. The southern Anglo-American States, whose cotton and tobacco we consent to receive, would have separated from the Union if the Anti-British tariff of 1828 had been persisted in ; and if we had continued to receive the flour of the northern States, that tariff would never have been imposed. But we deserved no such support from any European people. Foreign legis latures could lay no duties on our products, they could impose no restrictions on our commerce, which they could not justify, and more than justify, by our own ex ample. A network of tariffs is gradually excluding us from our nearest and natural customers, our European neighbours ; and confining us to our own colonies and dependencies, to the semi-barbarians of Africa and Asia, and to the young communities of America." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING. The following entries, made on Saturday afternoon, complete the list:— WEDNESDAY. The Croxtetl} Stakes of 15 . sovs. each, 19 ft, and 30 added. Mile and half. Cornuto, 4 yrs—Dr. Caius, 4 yrs—The Potentate, aged—b fby Colwick, out of Sister to Ainderbie, 3 yrs— Bloomsbury, 5 yrs—Orton, 3 yrs—ch c by Zealot, out of Zillah, 3 yrs. The Maiden Plate of 70/.; the second to receive 10 sovs. out of the Plate. Heats once round and a distance. Nightshade, 3 yrs—Gammon Box, 3 yrs—Georgiana, 3 yrs—Dervigild, 4 yrs—Barelegs, 3 yrs—Hawksburv, 4 yrs—Myrtle, 3 yrs—ch c by Bsttledore or Peter Lely, out of Augustina, 3 yrs—Muleteer. 4 yrs. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1841. CIVIL TRIBUNAL OF THE SEINE (From Galignanes Messenger.) -. i SOCIALIST EDUCATION. An interesting case was opened before the Tribunal Civil of the Seine on the 29th ult., and decided on the 6th ult. The plaintiff was M. Phiquepal d'Ai•usmont, the husband of Fanny Wright, who has made some noise in the United States, and also in England, by her public lectures on political economy, and her enthusiastic adop tion of the doctrines of Mr. Owen ; the defendant was the Baron de Beausejuur. The facts, as stated to the tribunal by . 111. Durand Saint-Amand, the plaintiff's counsel, were as follows :—ln the year 1823 the de fendant, who was at that time a Deputy and an intimate friend of Lafayette, of whose extreme opinions he par took, wishing to give to his nephew an education accord ing to his own views, placed him, with the plaintiff, who had strongly imbibed the Owenite doctrines, and was endeavouring to form an establishment in France similar to Mr. Owen's " New Harmony" in the United States. The Baron de Beausejcur was to pay for the education and board of his nephew 1,200 fr. a-year. M. Phiquepal, failing in his efforts to form an Owenite establishment in France, turned his eyes to America, and went thither with the nepheW of the defendant and other pupils. At New Harmony, the plaintiff formed an intimate connection with Mr. Owen, of whose character his counsel gave a most glowing account, de scribing him as a reformer of the highest order, with whom Sovereigns did not hesitate to correspond, and on whom the King of Prussia had conferred a gold medal, and became acquainted with Miss Frances Wright, the friend of Bentham, and the assistant of Mr. Owen in the propagation of the new lights. In 1830, M. Phiquepal thinking his presence necessary in France, and a mar riage having been decided upon between him and Miss Wright, quitted New Harmony with that lady, leaving his pupils under the care of the son of Mr. Owen, and, arriving in France, the marriage ceremony was per formed in the presence of General Lafayette. At this time the defendant, wishing to have his nephew at home, recalled him from America, bat gave a most friendly reception to the plaintiff, and settled his account, amounting to 7,200 fr., by a bill. When the bill given by the defendant became due it was dishonoured, and the defendant, not content with refusing to pay, brought a cross action against M. Phiquepal, in which he laid his damages at 25,000 fr. for the injury inflicted upon his nephew by a vicious system of education. M. Dufour, the nephew, had also demanded damages, - but this demand, said M. Durand, was refuted by the mere fact, that he was at this moment in possesion of a lucrative place, which he could not have filled, if his education had been neglected, as was pretended by the opposing party. " The ileienciant's - counsel, M. Flandin, in reply, stated that, when his client gave the bill for 7,200 fr., he had not seen his nephew, and was not aware of the neglect which had taken place. M. Sudre, -the counsel for M. Dufour, said that, previously to the departure of M. Phi quepal in 1823, the education of his client proceeded satisfactorily enough, and this was also the case for nine months after his arrival at Philadelphia ; but that, at the expiration of that time, he had conceived a passion for the social theories of Mr. Owen, and from that mo ment the education of his pupils took a vicious turn. M. Phiquepal, having resolved upon joining Mr. Owen, dismissed his American pupils, and embarked with those whom he had brought from France in a large flat bottomed boat, to perform a voyage of 500 leagues on the Ohia and Wabash rivers. They had hardly however, been embarked 24 hours in their frail vessel, when they were stopped by the ice, and compelled to winter for three months in an almost deserted village. Having at length arrived at New Harmony, the pupils were put to the rudest labour, such as ploughing, masonry, smiths' work, &c., and had to make their own clothes and pre pare their own food, everything else being neglected. Their food consisted of Indian corn slightly boiled, and made into cakes, to which was added, on Sunday, a little game when they were successful in shooting. Two years afterwards the printer of the New Harmony Gazette hav ing quitted the colony, his compositors were replaced by the pupils of M. Phiquepal. In the mean time, said M. Sudre, the pecuniary resources of M. Phiquepal being exhausted, he associated himself with Miss Wright, a female of fortune, who was a great reformer, and anxious to propagate her ideas among the blacks. The pupils of - M. Phiquepal were now embarked on the Mis sisippi for New York, where they arrived after a fatiguing journey, and were set to work as journeymen composi tors on a new journal called the Free Inquirer. During the whole of this time the parents and friends of the pu pils were ignorant of what was passing. M. de Beause jour, in his anxiety, addressed himself for information to General Lafayette, who made many fruitless in qu i r i es . M. do Beausejour, added M. Sudre, having learnt indi rectly that his nephew had been at New Harmony, wrote letter after letter, to know if he were still there, or what had become of him. It was not until three years after that he received the following letter : " New York, October 11, 1829. "My dear Uncle,—l hasten to reply to your last let ter of May 28, 1829. It only reached me last week, after having been taken to New Harmony, and brought back here. You tell me that you have written more than ten times, but I can assure you that those are the only two letters I have received from you.: M. Phiquepal has every reason to believe that his and our letters, during our sojourn at New Harmony, have b ee n inter cepted. We now reside at New York, on the bank of a. pretty river, five miles from the city, in the same house with Mr. Owen and Miss Wright ; you must know them, at least from reputation ; they edit a journal, which my comrades and I print. We have learnt a variety of little things which I think will contribute to render us inch pendent, in whatever position we may be placed. I shall find no difficulty in making my own shoes, my coats, my cap, my bread, butter, soap, candles, brooms, o r , in a word, to do anything useful in household affairs ; to. cultivate my garden, or my farm, to.construct my hut, my boat, and to save myself by swimming, if it were necessary. This latter was of essential service to me on a late oc casion, when our boat having upset in a squall, it was not without great difficulty that M. Phiquepal and our selves were able to save our lives. M. Phiquepal and my comrades are very well, and desire;'to be remembered to you." As soon as M. de Beausejour was informed of these facts, he recalled his nephew to France. M. Phiquepal, after a voyage to St. Domingo with Miss Wright, where they had in vain attempted to inculcate the philosophy of Owen in the minds of the blacks, came to Paris, and having tranquillised the mind of the Baron as to his nephew's education, he received the bill for 7,200 E But the arrival of the nephew having dissipated all the illu sions created by M. Phiquepal, the bill was dishonoured when it became due. M. Sudre having thus stated the facts of his case, concluded by calling upon the tribunal to annul the demand of the plaintiff, and give damages to his client, M. Dufour. The Avoca du Poi followed M. Sudre. He censured in strong terms the conduct of M. Phiquepal, in giving to M. Dufour the education of a mere labourer, and recommended to the tribunal to an nul, or at least diminish considerably, his claim. The tribunal, having heard the parties, adjourned the cause for a week, for the delivery of the judgment. On the 6th instant it was delivered, to the following effect, viz.:—That the defendant, M. de Beausejour, might have authorised the plaintiff to adopt a peculiar system of physical education; he never understood that there was to be an exclusion of all those studies which develope the moral and intellectual faculties; and that M. Phiquepal having neglected all these bran c h es o f edu cation for a period of six years, could only claim pay ment for his expenditure in providing for the physical wants of the pupil. The tribunal, therefore, condemned the defendant to pay only 2,500 E, instead of 7,2091., the amount for which he had given his bill, but rejected the claim for damages made by the Baron de Beausejour, and his nephew; M. Phiquepal, however, to pay all the costs. THE YOUNG IDEA i—A few days since, in the neighbourhood of Dam , lish, a female s ervant w a s ou t with a little boy, three years old, when on seeing some black sheep in A field, divested of their fleeces, he ex claimed, " Oh, there's funny sheep !" " Why, said the servant, they have only been shorn." " What's shorn?" inquired the little fellow. " Why they've had their coats cut off," was the reply. The next day the maid heard a black kitten belonging to her mistress crying dismally in the court ; and on going to see ivkt was the matter, she found that the little boy who was sitting on a step, had the head of the kitten between his knees, having nearly finished the operation of sheering little puss on one side. On asking the little fellow why he could think of serving the kitten so bad ? he promptly answered, " If the sheep have their coats cut off, why, shouldn't the cat be shorn too?" The maid was dumb foundered ; and little puss runs about with half a coat.— Sherborne Journal. NORWEGIAN CLIMATE.--The coast of Nor way is remarkable for its climate and atmospheric phe nomena. Corn grows in the same latitude as in the most northern part of Iceland. At Alten, higher still than Greenland, there are to be seen both corn and larches. In Asia and America, countries in the same latitudes are covered with eternal snow, where man cannot live. Hammerfest, a town with 600 inhabitants, stands in lat. 71 deg. This is the most northerly town in the world. The copper works of Kaffiord are in lat. 70 deg. The coal mines of Spitzbergen are the only works under ground so far north. Human beings live even at the North Cape. In Russia; again, every harbour is blocked up in winter, whilst no, ice is to be seen in any port of Norway. At Tromsoe, in lat. 69 to 70 deg., the mer cury rarely falls, in winter, below 12 deg. of R. ; and even within the arctic circle, it is rarely lower than 2 deg. of R. It is a law of nature that heat increases as we recede from the pole ; how, then, is this exception to be accounted for ? It is explained as follows. A con tinual elevation process of the earth, such as can be proved to exist in Sweden, is also at work in Norway. A marine alluvial stratum, and extraordinary old water. marks are to be seen 500 feet above the level of the sea. The necessary concomitant, subterranean heat, is nearly the only solution of this remarkable phenomenon.— Athenceam. WHY ARE WOMEN LONGER LIVED THAN MEN ?-It cannot fail to be remarked as a striking tact connected with human mortality, that notwithstanding the peculiar and more severe diseases to which females are necessarily exposed, and their more delicate consti tution, they are longer lived than males. The average age of males in England and Wales in. 1838 was 44, while that of females was 47. giving an average of 7 per cent. of excess of mortality of males over females. This fact hi the more remarkable, when we consider that up wards of a hundredth of all the deaths in the metropolis arise from diseases peculiar to females, while they ars equally exposed to all other dizeaJ.es of a mortal nature. To what are we to ascribe the circumstance, then, that the lives of females are three years more valuable than those of males ? We believe that temperance and more regular habits are among the causes, and that our view will be borne out by the opinion of those who have eon sidered• the- subject with. attention.—Lecturf by Dr. R. D. Thompson. CONDUCT OF THE LEGISLATURE. " For centuries, the Government has laboured to fetter and mis-direct the industry of the people. Instead of confining itself to its true task of defending its subjects from foreign and domestic violence and fraud, it has taken on itself the task of rendering them, or of render ing certain classes of them, rich. It has dictated to them what they shall produce, and to whom they shall sell, and what they shall purchase, and to what markets they shall resort. It has considered the whole body of consumers as a prey to be sacrificed to any class, or to any section of a class, that chose to ask for a monopoly. And when one class has complained of the privileges granted to another, it has bribed it into acquiescence by allowing it to inflict a further injustice on the public. In order to benefit the class engaged in exporting supplies to the colonies, it prohibits or restricts the direct trade between the colo nies and foreign countries. In order to induce the colo nies to submit to these prohibitions and restrictions, it prohibits or restricts the importation into the British islands of foreign colonial commodities, the public suf fering by each set of rules ; first, by being confined to the market of the British colonies ; and secondly, by those colonies being stunted, and that market rendered still more unfavourable by the restrictions laid on the colonies. To benefit the lumberers of Canada, and the owners of some old vessels fit only for the American timber trade, it imposes duties from 500 to 100 per cent. on the best timber, bcause it is the cheapest ; duties not only not productive, but positively injurious to the re venue. To reconcile the shipowners to the additional ex pense of about 15 per cent. thus imposed on British ship building, it impoSes higher duties on the same commo dities wen imported in a foreign than in a British ship. To benefit the British tanner, it subjects foreign tanned leather to a prohibitory duty ; and it purchases the si lence of the manufacturers who use leather for their ma terial, by imposing prohibitory duties on almost every foreign commodity, of which leather forms a part. The favourites, of course, of the Legislature, have been the landowners, the class to which they themselves belong. The importation of cattle, sheep, swine, beef; lamb, mut ton, and pork, they absolutely prohibit ; and on grain, they impose duties which, on an average, raise the price of bread 20 per cent. ;—which cramp our trade, which convert our customers into our rivals, which lower wages, and, what, is perhaps a still greater evil in a society con stituted as ours is, render employment uncertain. " If this has been the conduct of the rulers of this country, we repeat the question, what is likely to be the conduct of their subjects if such a reverse as we have alluded to should occur ? When they are told, and told with truth, that the Government has ventured to assume the direction of manufactures and trade ; when they are told, and truly told, that it has used this monstrous usur pation for the benefit, or the supposed benefit, not of the many, but of the few ; when they find, that of all the monopolies which it has conferred, that which it en forces most rigidly, and maintains most pertinaciously, is the monopoly of food ; when they find that this is the monopoly . which inflicts on them the most suffering, and gives, or is intended to give, to the governing class the greatest immediate profit—are they likely to endure it as a misfortune or to resent it as an injury ? If they resent it, we repeat, what form is their resentment likely to take--sulky submission, or fierce struggles for re .dress ? and, in the latter alternative, to what degree are they formidable ? " These questions scarcely require an answer. The manufacturing population " of Great Britain consists of many millions of persons concentrated in towns, or in districts as populous as towns, accustomed to political discussion ; with their own leaders and their own press ; organized in combinations, with executive, deliberative, and corresponding officers ; with funds for the separate , purposes of each distinct society, and for the general purposes of the united societies ' • and trained, by a long and succ ess f u l con t es t ag ainst the Combination-laws, to elude or to defy the authority of the State. Such a population is formidable even in prosperity ; it would become doubly formidable in adversity, even though that adversity arose from causes involving no blame to the Government. But if it were miserable, and could trace its misery directly to the Legislature ; if it could accuse the governing body, not of error, but of oppression and robbery ; if it felt itself sacrificed to the rents of land lords, and to the profits of sugar planters and timber merchants—what limits can we assign to its passions or to its violence ? Are we sure that our wealth, our poli tical greatness, or even our Constitution, would come out safely from such a struggle ?" " Our first act was to establish a Corn-law. We say to establish a Corn-law ; for that which previously existed had, from the altered value of money, become nominal. By the memorable law of 1815, the law to which our subsequent calamities and our present dangers may be traced, the importation of wheat was absolutely prohibited when it was under the famine price of 80s. a quarter. Butcher's meat we absolutely prohibited, whatever might be its price. Next to meat and bread indeed, in as far as the majority of our populationis:cbn ii.xt to bread—the most important article of food THITESDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 sons. Two mile heats. Cornuto, 4 yrs—Fitzroy, 4 yrs—Vapour, 4 yrs—De ception, 5 yrs—Gammon Box, 3 yrs—Maroon, 4 yrs— Modesty, aged—Broadwath, 4 yrs—The Potentate, 4 yrs—Dr. Caius, 4 yrs—Ararat, 5 yrs—Massa, 3 yrs— b c by the Tulip, out of Queen Bess, 3 yrs—Kingston Robin, 4 yrs—ch c by Battledore or Peter Lely, out of Auguetina, 3yrs—Shadow, 5 yrs—Orton, 3 yrs—Tubal cain, 5 yrs—Neptune, 4 yrs—Bcggarman, 6 yrs—Wirre strew, 5 yrs—Sampson, 5 yrs—Semiramide, 4 yrs. FRIDAY. The Stanley Stakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft, with 30 added second saves his stake. T.Y.C. Lady of the Lune, 2 yrs—Portrait, 3 yrs—The Biddy 3 yrs—The Gipsy Queen, 2 yrs—The Precursor, 2 yrs— Misdeal, 2 yrs—Cerito, 3 yrs—Florence, 2 yrs—Camel ford, 2 yrs—Brother to Harpurhey, 3 yrs. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 70 added ; the second to receive 10 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, once round. Ch c, by Zealot, out of Zillah, 3 yrs—Kilmoylen, 3 yrs—Wee Willie, 6 yrs—Bushranger, 4 yrs—Hawks bury, 4 yrs—Apothecary, 5 yrs—Rough Robin, 4 yrs— Wirrestre, 5 yrs—Semiramide. 3 yrs—b c by the Tulip, out of Queen Bess, 3 yrs—Nightshade, 3 yrs. TATTERS ALL'S-YESTERDAY. The room . was very well attended for the season, and some spirit was thrown into the betting on the events to come off at Liverpool and Goodwood. For the Trade Cup at the former place the six principal favourites were backed in several quarters, and each was at one part of the day at less odds than we have given below as the final ones. A large field will start, and as nearly all the Lon don speculators will be present, it is likely to be a brisk betting race. Master Tommy and Eat had strong par ties for the Goodwood Stakes, and were backed repeat edly at 10 and 11 to 1 each, the higher quotation being the last ; in other respects the betting on this event was flat. Charles NIL was not quite so good a fa vourite for the Goodwood Cup, as at Newmarket last week, 7, and in three or four instances 8 to 1 having been laid against him. Nautilus was also less in demand, and a strong feeling was shown to lay against Scott's two, Colwick, and Maroon. Pocahontas had several friends, and nearly 1501. was laid out on Vapour, at the price mentioned below ; 10 to 1 in fifties was betted against Vendredi, upon which an advance of two points was afterwards volunteered. The general prices at the finish were as follow : LIVERPOOL CUP. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Johnson's Charles XII., 5 yrs, 9st 31b 7 to 3 / 4 agst Mr. Allen's Orelia, 5 yrs, 7st 61b 7 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Calypso, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 8 to 1 agst Mr. L. Hesseltine's Milksop, 4 yrs' Est 71b 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Naworth, 4 yrs, 7st 31b 11 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Rodanthe (t.) 4 yrs, Est 101 b 12 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's Ernest the First, 5 yrs, 7st 91b 12 to 1 agst Lord Eo o linton's The Young 'un, 4 yrs, Est 91b THE GOODWOOD STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Welfare 11 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Master Tommy—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Exit—taken 14 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Confusionee—taken 15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Carlotta 25 to 1 agst Mr. Beale ns Warton 30 to 1 agst Sir G. Heatheote's Valaincourt GOODWOOD CUP. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles Twelfth 8 to 1 agst Mr. Greatorex's Pocahontas 8 to 1 agst Duke of Orlean's Nautilus 12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Coiwick 12 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Maroon 12 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Vapour 12 to 1 agst Mr. Carter's Vendredi ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—takcn DERBY. 20 to 1 on the field 29 to 1 agst Lord Verularn's Robert de Gorhan—taken WOMEN D.O ALL THE WORK IN FRANCE.— In this part of France the women do all the work. Even on their way to market we see them carrying on their heads the heaviest burdens, and it is said they can carry as much as 1501bs. ; while the men go swaggering along with ndthing but a stick. It would be an easier task to enu merate the kinds of labour in which women are not em ployed than those in which they are. In the country they are to be seen every day at this season of the year, ploughing and harrowing, and spreading and carting manure ; at other seasons, mowing, reaping, and carrying the hay home on their heads ; while, in the market, we find them selling their corn, and every other produce of their farms. In the towns, besides being em ployed in sweeping the streets, and cleaning the lamps, they act as labourers to the paviors, bricklayers, and stone-masons, and carry on the work of gla ziers, and almost every other duty, both in doors and out, except] that of serving as soldiers. It may readily be supposed that the women suffer much in their appear ance from such habits of hard labour and constant ex posure to the weather. The consequence is, they look old before middle life, and, in real old age, the loss of their teeth, their naturally hard features and complexions, dry, leathern, and all over wrinkles, combine to render them hideous in the extreme. Still they seem to enjoy life, especially as they go home from market, munching their dry bread or roasted chestnuts along the road, and chattering, in noisy groups, about the business of the clay. Yet I must confess, when I have seen one of these old women riding like a man, at a hard launching trot, I have longed to place her in a comfortable arm-chair by the fire-side of an English cottage, to put a neat cap upon her head, and a Bible in her hand, and so leave her to pass the remainder of her days in peace.—Mrs. Ellis's Summer and Winter in the Pyrenees. A picture, by David, representing the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, one of two ordered, (this at the price of 75,000 francs), by the Emperor himself, the first for the Louvre (which is now at Versailles), and the second for the Milan Museum, was, last week, brought to the hammer in Paris, and knocked down at 2,300 francs. The picture in question, not having been paid for, remained in the artist's possession at his death, and bears an inscription and signature in his own hand writing. We may mention, too, that the picture by our countrymen, Mr. 'l'. J. Robins, representing the Veloce in her situation of peril last year, at Dunkirk, with the King of the French on board, and which the artist ex hibited at the Louvre, has been purchased by Louis Philippe, for the Historical Museum at Versailles.— Athenceum. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD eII?CUI7'.—OxFoRD JuLY 12. The C3mmission of this county was opened on Saturday evening. Mr. Justice Coleridge and 111 r. Justice Coltman took their seats in Court this morning at ten o'clock. Ihe ca lendar contains the names of only 16 priscners, andpressnts no case of any particular interest. - • CROWN COURT. ( Before Mr Justice COLERIDGE). Richard Taylor and Richard Tollett were indicted for having, on the 31st of October last, at the parish of En sham, feloniously entered the dwelling-house of Henry El tham, and stolen therefrom 17 sovereigns and a variety of other ari ides. Mr. Keating conducted the prosecution; Mr. Carrington deft nded the prisoners. The trial c f these men was to have taken place at the last A sizes. but Tailor, on the day before they commenced, broke his leg in the gaol. The prosecutor is a confectioner living at Ensham, and proved that, on the night mentioned in the indictment, about one o'clock in the morning, he awoke, and found his wife dressed, as if prepared for leaving home. On inquiry he found five boxes, contair.ing the articles mentioned in the indictment, and the whole of his wife's wearing.apparel, were gone, and that she (his wife) was awaiting the return of the persons who had taken th, m away, with the intention of accompanying them. From the evidence of Mrs. Eltham herself it appeared that, for some reason or other, discontented with her husband, she had determined to elope with Taylor, who was an old ac quaintance, and that she came over to Oxford, and had two in terviews with him in the course of last July, at which the plan for carrying her off, with all the money she could bring with her, was arranged between herself and Taylor. She gave her evidence with considerable coolness and effrontery, but de nied that any criminal intercourse had taken place between Taylor and herself, though she admitted that they agreed to go together to Gloucester to live as man and wife. Mrs. Eltham seems to have been forgiven by her indulgent husband, and has been living with him ever since; the boxes and their contents having been recovered by him uninjured. Mr. Justice Coleridge summed up the evidence, telling the jury that a man who carries off the property of another, by the d•rtction of the wife, is not guilty of felony, unless he be either the paramour of the wife, or unless he carries it off with the intention of living in adultery with her, and he left it to them to say whether there had, in fact, been any criminal inter course between the parties, or whether Taylor carried off the the goods with the intention of afterwards appropriating them to his own use, when he should be living with the wife of the prosecutor. The jury found the prisoner Taylor guilty, and acquitted Toll( tt. The Learned Judge sentenced Taylor to fifteen months' im prisonment. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) WEBB V. TRIPP. This was an action of trover, to recover possession of a sack of barley and a plank belonging to the plaintiff, and taken pos session of by the defendant. • Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. Gray were for the plaintiff. Mr. V. Lee appealed for the defendant. This action arose out of the dispute respecting the right of the public to land goods at a wharf at Shillingford, upon the river Thames, the Company, of whom the defendant was a representative, claiming a tight to receive tog upon all tessels unloading at the wharf. An action on which this right was raised was tried at the Assizes for this county last year, and a verdict given, establishing the tight of the public to un load their goods without any toll. The defendant, however, notwithstanding this decision, persisted in demanding toll on the occasion, and upon refusal took possession of the sack of barley an,l the plank. These facts were clearly proved, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Justice COLT3IAN certified (under Lord Denman's Act.) that the action was brought to try a right, the value of the barley and plank being only 19s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. George Everett, who stated that he was Superintendent to the New Greenwich Steam Navigation Company, ap peared upon a summons to answer the complaint of Thomas Samuel fir non-performance of contract on the day her Majesty visited Woolwich on the occasion of the late ship launch. The complaint of Mr. Samuel, which was against the Company of which the defendant was the representative, had been partly heard on Saturday, and the following are the particulars of the evidence on Saturday and yesterday. Mr. Samuel stated, that having paid half a crown each for his sister and himself for the passage to Wool wich, to see the launch of the Trafalgar, to the servants of the New Greenwich Steam Packet Company, and re ceived the tickets, he and his sister went at the appointed time to Ilungerford-stairs, where the steamers of the Company were stationed. They proceeded to go on board one of the Company's vessels, but were told that if they chose to be passengers in her, they must pay five shillings each. They tried another, and they learned that the same price was demanded, and witness, upon expostulating with the authorities on board, was threat ened with a turn out, if he did not at once leave the ves sel. To the third vessel he and his sister were admitted; but the steamer had not proceeded far when she ground ed, and a great delay took place ; and when at length she got to Greenwich, the launch had taken place. The LoRD MAYOR—Did they undertake to take you to see the launch of the Trafalgar ? Complainant--Certainly they did ; but their great object was to fill their two other vessels with five shilling passengers, and to have those who had already paid their half-a-crown each to take their chance. I contend, my Lord, that such conduct was unworthy of respectable men. Although we produced the Company's tickets, they told us, that if we wanted to get on board, either of the first vessels, we must pay five shillings each, and they were going to push me out of one of them. The Company acted shamefully by giving us tickets the day before, upon the faith of which we calculated upon seeing the launch. The sister of the complainant stated that the launch had taken place before the vessel in which she and her brother went arrived at Woolwich. They had got on board at the appointed time. Mr. Everett said that it was true the defendant and his sister had taken tickets, but not for the vessels into which they had first applied to be admitted, and which had been engaged by parties of limited numbers at five shillings each. The vessels in which the half-crown fares were received, and in which the complainant and his sister were, set off in proper time, but in consequence of the state of the tide, were stranded near Waterloo-bridge, and were not got off for a considerable time. As soon as she was free, she went down the river as rapidly as she could, and, in fact, she arrived at Woolwich just as the Tra fhlgar was " going off on the launch." He (witness) saw her go off, and called out " There she goes," and a great many on board saw her launched. There was no blame, he assured the Lord Mayor, attributable to the captain or other persons in authority in the steam-vessel, and he could bring forward persons to prove that such was the case beyond all question, and that the detention of the vessel was quite accidental. The LORD MAYOR said that he considered the Steam packet Company certainly in the wrong, and advised the. superintendent to return the two half-crowns which had been taken as the fare of the complainant and his sister. If the superintendant did not chose to get out of the business in that way, he might produce witnesses to prove that his employers were justified in the course pursued on a future day. The defendant intimated that it was his wish to have the case postponed for the production of witnesses, and it accordingly came on again yesterday. Mr. Samuel appeared, and so did Mr. Everett, but the latter upon being asked whether he intended to have the investigation recommenced, stated that although the Company and their servants were totally blameless in the matter, he thought it advisable to pay back the fares to Mr. Samuel. The Loan MAYOR commended the prudence of the superintendent. . Mr. Samuel requested that the expenses might also be defrayed by the defendant. The LORD MAYOR—Oh, certainly, the expenses must be paid. The defendant very reluctantly paid the expenses as well as ate fares, and Mr. Samuel immediately handed over the whole amount to the Mansion-house poor-box, requesting that it might be given to the objects of the charity, his object in prosecuting the case being merely to serve the public. A man named Bailey was charged with having broken a window in the shop of Mr. Dowdney, the " Reform your Tailors' bill" shop, in Lombard-street, value 151. The complainant said he could not account for the vio lent conduct of the defendant, who had formerly been employed by him. Bailey said that he had worked on commission for Mr. Dowdney, who refused to pay him 19s. 3d. due forlabour. Mr. Dowdney declared that he did not owe the man one farthing. The LORD MAYOR (to defendant)—Then pay Mr. Dowdnoy the 141. more which the window will cost. Defendant—No, not I. I have got no money. The LORD MAYOR—Then you must go to prison. Defendant—To prison! for what? The LORD MAYOR—For wilfully breaking a window. You must go to hard labour. Defendant—You don't mean that? What! to hard labour! The LORD MAYOR—Yes, you must go to the treadmill if you don't pay. Defendant—Oh Lord ! Oh Lord ! For breaking a tailor's window to go the treadmill!—(Laughter.) Committed to the treadmill. WANDSWORTH POLICE William Diaon, a dealer in hay, residing at Merton, was brought before Mr. Clive, charged with threatening the life of his wife. The prisoner, about a fortnight since, was charged at this Court with kicking his wife so violent!) , that her life was despaired of, and it was even reported that she died from the injuries ; she, however, partially reco vered, and then declined appearing, against the prisoner, who was discharged, after a severe admonition from Mr. Clive, to which he listened with sullen indifitrence. Yesterday Mrs. Dixon said that her husband had so often cruelly ill-used her, and had so repeatedly threat 'ed to murder her, which she feared he would some day do, that she had at last determined to appear against him. Police-constable Weatherby, of the V division, said that on the previous evening, about nine o'clock, he was on duty in Merton, •and in the act of passing the prisoner's house, when he heard blows and cries. He went in, but all the noise ceased as he opened the door. lie found the prisoner in a greatly excited state, and said to him, "So you are beating your wife again." The rejoiner was, " I'm not now." The wife made charge. He then persuaded prisoner to go to bed, which he did, and he (constable) sat a little while in the par lour with Mrs. Dixon, who was fearful of being left alone, when the prisoner came flying down the stairs, and threatened to murder not only his wife but witness, who then took him to the station-house. A letter from a surgeon at _Merton, who attended Mrs; Dixon when she was so brutally assaulted, stated that the writer was of opinion that the prisoner was in sane. The prisoner refused to say anything, and was com mitted, in default of finding 200/ bail, to answer the charge at the ensuing assizes at Croydon. EVENING SUN. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—The Maitland, Baker, from Bengal , in he sailed Feb. 15, St. Helena, D H o e ' l v e l n is a, Lockerby, from Bengal, at Liverpool, ailed Feb. 3, St' Liverpool, sailed' March 8, St. Helena, May 27 ; OPb elie. May 10 ; eh Willia nt and Anne, Barker, from Bombay, in the Downs, ,:tiled Feb. 6 , St. Helena, May 10 ; Alexander Robertson, May 8 ; 'Hindi)°, Mawson, from I3engal at May 1 ; Valleyfield, Joble, Brown, from Ceylon, in the Downs, sailed Feb. 23, Cap e, Downs, sailed March 3, St. Helens, :MaY 16 j Orator, Jerry, from Bengal, in the DOWDS, saile. February 17, St. • Helena, May 15 • Jupiter, fed_ man, from Singapore, off Portland, sailed 26th Jana? Cape, April 23, St. Helena, 14 ; Caleb Angus, 1 -°, l ° .j e ' from Singapore, in the from Manilla, off Cork, and proceeded forLowl°n, sailed. Feb. 17, St. Helena, May 10. Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Meteor. W a lker, gaY 16, from Manilla, and sailed 17th, to Colt • Caroli ne ' don ; her Majesty's ship Southampton, Hawkes, 16th, from Calcutta, and sailed, 19;h, to L o l l- Cape, and sailed, 19th, to Rio ; Woolsington, Pearson, 19th, from Ceylon, and sailed, 20th, to London ; r e , rs , e „ . t,‘ivi...; iNtelt_; veranee, Nicholson, 25, from whaling tiiiiLilolYnedr'onfr;l:: Bagshaw, lleddington, 26th, from 'Mauritius, and sailea, 27th, to London ; Shakspere, Henderson, 27th, fryr,ll Bombay, and sailed, 27th, to Liverpool ; her MaielYcs. ship Wizard, Lieutenant Somerville, 27th, from the west 'arts coast of Africa to Rio Janeiro ; the French barque 1 passed on the 16th of May. Arrival at Madeira—The Sarah, Heidrich, fropi Low don to Bombay. i i iver - Arrivals at Batavia—rhe John Horrocka. fkv al pool; Prins Frederick der Nederlanden, front RtAtertlanl' Gibraltar i icb e to Manilla Rio tl°- E l:E n :i t rs7B:llnOaKtt.lll'3eN, Stra its N l‘. , iT I o ir n ( : t9' ; _ , • ..._ ~..,roet, barque ß Aldermassher, hit. 9, lon. .93; Lady arham, London to Jamaica, 23d ult., lat. 24, lea 36, . 1, the fo Caleb Angus, arrived at Cork. Baboo, of Greoll u , r Bombay, 18th May, lat. 20, S., lon. 23, WI b Y q iiili Regulus,Sept., arrived off Weymouth. George Chatnlitel4- 't Apri • S with 800 blls; Brixton, of T d 2111 n of ,on on, 4 00 with r JOO blls.; Indian, of Lc:4ton, 13th June, ith blls.; Martha, of ditto, 6th July, with 1,600 blls. Nathar,r, THE MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. m i MT th e in' The highes` eof we..tti ,he Aktroplis is Leaf. d Dre-d may be had at 71. • PRI. ES OF SEEDS Per Cwt . . Per Quarte r —s Sew E , :gl sh Reo t4s St. Fein ............ — 5 , Old . it.. - Dic o —s s—s Rye G ass ......... New Foreign DIA° —s 56s tiffs P..eey Grass .......... Oh Di to Di to —s s—3 Di.seed, for te di. Jr, mss !s. ew White Clover 408 srs f:3s Dit 0, Ai. sowing 40$ 41 ; Old Di , t, Ditty tw 'Ere oil ... Old I itto —s s 425 .,1s D H it m to, ...... r . . c .. r . u .. 5 . ..... ... 4 0 1 1 4 00 a Stis Canary ............... _a Er Whim s 4Ss 70s! l'cr 13- 0 „ u ,"(xl to 1,., 3 ((j E, gli&h Larraway —s .Os 5. s:White 0 .1 to ' 5 o i l .. Foreign Li; to Corianaer —s —s —srfares .................. PRICE../F OIL. .43 Bane Oil, brown, per ton ............................. 0it. , 0, refined ............ ................................ ,5" ) 0 Linseed Oil ............... . ......................... .......... Ig Lins ed Oil Cake at tn, Mill (per lOW ............... 60/ Ita,e eke. per to.i ..................................... PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. p er 1111% (C U Town Tallow .. .£2 S C Melting Stuff ...... ••• .„ Yellow Russia White Graves Soap Ditto rincE 01 7 . 11 6 ' A1 Ivl C O F O Price of Tz..llow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ............ COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, el s. d. Adair's Carr's Hartley S Chester.. Old lantield M00r.... Pontop Windsor Smith's Pontop l4 6 o• 19 0 Walls EndBelt:110ot ••••'' P 4 0 Walls End East Hetto • ' ••• Walls End Hetton ............ l 9 0 Walls End I-AMMO .......... Walls End t'eniterlon .. j Walls End flus,ell's Het Walls End Stewart 's ......... Walls End Carsdoc ............ gic Walls End tiartlepool ........ JO End Sey all ..... 1 8 8 I Walls End A :, mour Toes. Ivp Wvlaa. Wills End Clennell Walls End:Hedley Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End N. r huh berla„d 17 0 Wall, Ens( Waiker lB 0 W. E.l3raddyll'sHettogi 19 9 COUNTRY CORN Wheat. F Barley. Oats. Per Quarter.) s. to S. s. to s. s. to s. s. to 46 Carlisle Hexham 52 ( 6 28 3' 20 24 -- 4 0 Morpeth 54 63 .9 23 .5 3 8 51 ""' Penrith 6B 32 24 4O 0; Sheffield — 68 32 t 3 41 3 5 4.u' Winchest r 163 64 26 t 9 20 2S 40 d s.v o 0 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. S. 8 . g o 0 0 0 11 ,, Carmarthen 4,0 73 0 40 00 23 5b 5$ 0"0 0 " Cowbrhige iwansea 76 84 40 44 2 6 30 5 ! to Per 81. , 0 Barnardc ol astll4 01708 0 9 3 6 76 9 6i g 1' m i Ourham l4 0 170 80 90 56 6 00 1.) 1 0i 9 n' Richmond l6 0180 70 86 56 A 0 96 015 Stockton 15 0 16 6 9 0 91 , 5 0 6 8 " MARKETS. AIN. h le s Barley, Walllah or , s 06 t o Magdeburg 1; ti - 13 Holstein ........ tgb o Suintner ......... to Oats, Eider ........... t o t o -- Mecklenburg i. ; 6 to Holstei» .......... to Est niep :joito,% Pease, Mecklenburg.. 45 I_'9s Beans .................... tu,o Buck Wheat ...,......•"•' 6 00 ' o t liape,ced, ilanover ..• Malt .................... , 50 to Tares . ................... 'ON. t°si Mar•nham . ............... Madras . ........ .... A A Swat.; ...................... dii Doming) ........ 5t FEE. 45 ° '1 Dulling() ................... 74 Lr tinayra ........ ti% Prato Rico ........... Ilavannah ................. WA h a .04 24 D is count.) 0. .. 4 Bahia, White ......... ..9 3 r own ...... ! ...... Pernambuco, White Brown • 2(4 to 21i HAMBUR G It Wheat, Manta 1.5 i to 'V, --- Magdeburg .... fla , t to 39i11 - Anlialt, white 3Z4 to :tt,Cl - red ... 245 to 31)01 -- Brunswick 13! to 337 j - Mecklenburg 312 to :i9Ol ---- Polish 354 to 402 - Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg ..., let; to 213, Dantzic -- Elbing and Ko nigsburg 195 to 213 - Upland llitpt Cori Carolina and Tennessee 7 , ito Georgia, Ist suit 7% 7% 2d 7 7 l • hi and 4th , (11,4 Rjy Mncha !I to 1314 Batavia Sumatra fin . 4 34 Bahia SUGAR.— (Wit Havanna!), :; to 4 Brown 2 2}4 Flo, White 24 4 13rown 2 UN Manilla. Brow .................................- ~..," [ADVERTISEMENT.] .., Frk i '',.'S HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND . it ht-id. A CERTAIN REMEDY FOR SCROFULA (h- mr, ive - or EVIL.—A child, aged seven years, the son of ,„ for f° ol of the Carron-wharf, Upper Thames-street, 1 " 1 :'' out ls" 0 years so dreadfully afflicted with scrofulous i'', d sb.': is his thighs and legs, that he could only . be °l t has ) a in a small cart, he being a complete cripple, , t he 11 ,i, been radically cured in about two months. "_),. 1 . 0 1 In pt, alone of the Ointment and Pills. These wonebtii,htor"d. tines may be had at the Proprietor's es t3 v o i ere ` b le 244, Strand, seven doors from Temple-bar, opectse, vice may be had gratis ; and at every r s 'd 1,0 .. Chemist's throughout the Kingdom, in p ots each' 0 at is. 14d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., I ls., 0 1s., and '-'"". as *-- . Last night, about eleven o'clock, ,r,..titin.g: Charles Bowyear, of the Coach and Ilorses,Zjitcnr, was returning to his home from the Grand Stti ll oo c0.,', 1 e ,i croft, where he had been assisting his brother's OW', s ing the first field leading to the Moors, he 1 1 ',,, 0 1. b. j by three fellows, one of whom knocked him 'T o , 0 1 : 0 blow on his head, and all three then MI 111 r o bb e d 11 00 after beating him in . a most savage man ner ! eft 1,01 .00 of a sovereign and some silver, and then le i IN t ha t the ground in a state of insensibility._ ssii ,g 0, fortunately . discovered by at person IT iii tirnv 4 , L 4l way shortly after the affair, and taken to t he , s con' ° ea t where his wounds having been dressed , he w ,`, l trea t re' his home, suffering greatly from the brut)i I'Vf ii to he had received, but it is hoped he will do "l'obtalo' Bret we cannot say that any clue has been aid. the detection of theruffians.-IYdreester 1-1 GP s, SILVER TEA and COFFEE Sed,po4ll7,ar- Drawings of the newest patterns, will be forward w ith lll ,4, l ci any part of the country, in answer to a paid letter.._ ,il 4,0 culars of size, weight, and price; or Purchaseis. t he '' o . most extensive assortment of the Silver Services`` or Co' Rooms. Either Tea-pot, Sugar Basin, Cream 1:% put, may be had separately. bar et,' T. COX SAVORY, rrado' Silversmith, &c., 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from -3 0; street), London. 1 tjet .3 ,, STEEL FIRE-IRONS, with Bronz.' ty , Of 10.,e Iss. per Set, Bronzed Fenders, 9s. A v i a :i l e c h li_r ic a t.re'' terns and prices, from the above to 305., at,! . 0 . 0 117 .4 , or fenders are particularly handsome, with sPlen al ", ', En d Wi t ioil °l richly intermixed with steel, the ends are steel, 6te' l i porters for the fire-irons bronzed. Polished sty A rticl e.° from 4s. per set. f every Catalogues gratis, containing the prices °f t, Furnishing. Ironmongery. tor d..stre e RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, OP _.-- Established 1820. . b'erd' BIRTHS. owns' 5111 Os the 7th inst., at Beverley, the wife of d a ttif' Esq., of a daughter. a g. P •ar On the Bth inst., at Peckham-rye, Mrs. ( i' s fla ps' of a daughter. Of P 7 d .E'q ' On the 11th inst., the lady of John M oo t f f e eri place, Sloane-street, of a son. t CA r s ' On the 12th inst., in Upper Grosven or Kingscate, of a son. ell' __ _ MARRIED. 3 rtev John 11'. On the 6th inst., at Clapham Church , the -:fllest 5 0 1 tio linson Day, Rector of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. o l. o 4 , o:, I only daughter of J. T. Dawson, Esq. , of /17 elll°' same county. N•Lle`lugli a d a On the 6th inst., at Cwm Avon, Glamorgon,secon Prichard, Esq., of Margam, to Caroline Fanny , e ite rk s ; o der ter of the late Francis Bramah, Esq., of Wa i g t a b v . 'CoreT u ee o On the 7th inst., at Storehouse, Ply mini , Y 1 1 9 William Fanshawe Glanville. R.N., to Alary, sto ebo . 0 a t daughter of the late Vice-Admii al Bedford,.o,le sec ond,_: r ine , On the Bth iiist., at Farringdon, George,,,t,Z , 11.1 0 f F 3 r- Samuel Bevington, F.sq., ot Neckingt.r-roi"-_ E, 5 q., ° the only child of Benjamin Collier IR Horne, t e H. ringdon. r-e/ 1, '' ett ' Comb"' 0 01 ' On the 10th inst., at St. George s %) martl ,,, , e vio t• Octavius Sankey, Esq., of Margot". ' o f the ' 3°l oll ol daughter of the late Thomas Edwards Eitl: s burp ~.a ne i y , On the 10th inst., at St. George's, bl o om o ari et r ,r _OO - Esq., of Gibson-squire, Islington,,.t " o cror ix* second daughter of William Henry Acret, L'q , __________./ square, London. _______----- _______ gat lw ---:,_ D. cha rlotte On the Ist inst., at Lee Priory, `Kent,t) ~sq. %co, rine, the wife of Frederick Dafhwood Salrtatrian,pton, On the Ist inst., at Upton Hall, nti IN°' man Langham Watson Stmweil, Esq: of Vans. bf Ili unswick-terrace, Plymouth, aged -i a - , fort ioier , On the 6th inst., Miss 'Caroline August oi oeciale, hall-brid•re•road. istos, nor A, On the sth inst., Elizabeth, the wife..)o.f Charles r el' s'74.' man , 000 - Yorkshire, John Weston, Esq., aged Gerson, II On the 6th inst., at the Vicara,g‘ea. On the 6th inst., Nir. Andrew Hen Oda via, Edgeware-road, aged 82. r Leiceser. , s hires On the 7th inst.. at Ulverscro,t, ed pi. - ~ o n, Juba second daughter of Thomas Pares, Esq., og L..enui,,,,t .... On the 9th inst.. at Newington-plo07„ ag ea ti r e _op, Breet, Esq., formerly of the East India e tt.. , , , : t A llug ht a e ,,c o a i i). 7 B L urn On the 9th inst.. Harriet Butler. the t IY „..io,n, _____:i Robert Seldon of the Vassall-road, Dior II DI ____ .. ,..wo , ~ ----------_!--------- ---,..,-;0 Y D U` 0 4 . t o No. 112, Strand, at The Sea _ ll . 3 _ the county of Middlesex...-Tueidays J 1 ' London : Printed and Published by 310,,, , 11 2, Office, l'-'• itioStran , ',,_,,.;,. t o r, th 11 • +,ll