The Sun. — London, England, 1828-08-09 00:00:00

t P SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The present seems to be a critical moment of the campaign between Turkey and her invaders. Although Silistria, Giurdzio, and Rutshuk re main unhurt upon the Danube, that river has in other points afforded a passage to the bulk of a which is fairly launched into Irkish empire, and is in deter scarcely interrupted progress :antinople side of the Balkan .rs as if the Emperor Nicholas :ous work upon his hands be er himself past the main diffi ,xtensive undertaking. The on the Danube s till occupy of his army, and weaken the le announces his intention of Hemus. The communications cad -quarters with the sea can any useful existence, until he the port and very formidable , which stands, according to le distance of 54 miles from !etion of E. by S., with Pra t, and about midway between .sons talk of the resistance :s in some affairs of cavalry, the which they have yet shown ?ir antagonist, as exhibiting nsuccessful, gallantry. One in the last bulletin (July 14) to hays occurred six or seven miles beyond Couslidjeh, was evidently nothing more than a cover for a reconnoissance made in great force (the bulletin says 8,000 men) by a body of ca valry under the command of Hussein Pacha, which had converged upon the advanced guard of the Russians from the two points of Shumla and Pravada, and after having felt the pulse of the invader, and ascertained the direction of his movements, retired with the speed of Turks, one upon Shuinla towards the west, the other towards the south upon Pravada. The bulletin describes a skilful and enterprising effort of the Turks to cut off a portion of the Imperial Hus sars, and acknowledges a loss on the occasion of from 70 to 80 men. The Russians have made a halt at Couslidjeli, some miles short of Jos sitepe, the scene of the sharp affair we have mentioned, until the head-quarters can be re inforced by the 9th division of infantry, and the 9th corps darne. Now the conjectural and hazardous part of this interesting subject begins. The Russians have it in their power to march to a direct attack upon Shumla, de fended, as report says, by 50,000 or 60,000 Turks, by an immense artillery, and by na• tiral obstacles, which, united, have invariably proved fatal to every former assailant ; or, while they mask this fortified camp in front, they may attempt to turn it, by moving nearly due south upon Haidhos from Pravada, which latter place is but a short march from Couslidjeh, the head-quarters of the Imperial army, accord ing to the last bulletin. The road from Pra vada to Haidhos lies through Topenitza, which two places are but 27 miles asunder—Topenitza on the north of the High Balkan ; Haidhos on the south of it ; but both directly between Shumla and Constantinople—Haidhos, more over, in immediate communication with the port of Burghez, on the Euxine, of which it is probable that a , Russian squadron might take possession without much risk or trouble. Bute the port—for there is also a town called Burghez—is little more than 80 miles from the capital, the straight road to which runs through kirklesi, and leaves another supposed rallying point of the Turkish army, viz. Adrianople, -about two days' march to the right. It would appear from the line of retreat pur sued by one division of the Turkish cavalry, engaged in the skirmish of ,Tossitepe, that the eaetern road from the present Russian -head quarters upon Constantinople is either to be de fended, or pretty closely watched. Should the :Emperor advance by that route, with a view to traverse the Balkan by Topenitza, and so get into the rear of Shumla, it is hardly to be pre sumed that a moderate force of Turkish soldiers will he able for any length of time successfully to obstruct his progress. The main hope of the Turks is placed, to all appearance, on the for tified position and numerous garrison of Shumla ; and with such a general disparity of strength as well as military knowledge, there seems ho reasonable ground for expecting that a succes sion of inequalities of surface in a apace of 30 miles, from Topenitza to Haidhos, will have any other effect than to secure a victory to the mose skilful of the combatants : at the same time we know nothing of the amount or disposition of the Turkish troops on this eastern route ; nor, to way the truth, do we believe that a still more im portant circumstance has been ascertained,—viz. the practicability of moving an army with its artillery and its equipments, even if unopposed hy an enemy, along the road from Pravada to Topenitza, the other route, namely, from Shumla thither, being the principal (and that an indifferent) avenue to the Turkish capital. —Of course, if the Russian Generals think fit to land the necessary guns and stores at Burghez, a great part of the above hypo thetical difficulty will be at once surmounted. It may be recollected that in 1810, when the Russians had been for five or six years in undis turbed occupation of the whole of Bulgaria ; That is, of the country from the Danube to the Balkan, they never turned the capabilities of this eastern road to any more profitable purpose than ;In incursion upon Roumelia by thee Cossacks. We are told, indeed, from all quarters, that the Emperor Nicholas has decided to assau l t t h e r i - sition of Shumla, i n stead of turnin g it, an ope ration from which his military advisers anticipate revere fighting, and copious bloodshed, and that continued for ',many days thro u g h ni nety miles o f m o untain passes. Unquestionably, if there b e b u t a c h ance of success, the prise is 7,tre to satisfy the most gigantic ambition. But the encounter of such a mortal hazard proves that there is no other alternative within the choice of Russia, and that Shumla is in fact what the Turks have always regarded it, the key of their European empire. The next despatches will he looked for with eager interest, as ap proximating to the grand conflict on which the 'Lite of Turkey may depend. O ne f ea t ure i n the war, and an awful one we consider it, is the abandonment of the country, as the invaders ad vance, by the whole of the Turkish population. This goes far to prove the degree of n a ti ona lity, and therefore of importance, affixed to the pre sent contest. In Persia there was no such dm,. If we are to credit the Paris Papers, a design is entertained by Austria to obtain possession o f the dominions of the. King of Sardinia, on the death of the reigning Sovereign, under the pre text of the Prince of Carignano not being de scended, by the mother's side, from a Sovereign house. The ground is thus stated by the Jour nal des Debats :—" The elder branch of the House of Savoy has no male children the daughter of the King of Sardinia has married the Duke of Modena. The younger branch of i the House of Savoy is continued in the person of the Prince of Carignano. His rights, in the order of succession to the Crown, are incon testible ; but he is reproached with descend ing from a marriage contracted with the daugh ter of a gentleman of good family, but not of a Sovereign house. It is wished to ex clude from the heritage of his fathers a Prince who is called to it by the rights of blood, and rase from the rank of Sovereign families the noble race of Savoy, so fertile in great Princes and in great Captains." We are not of course, prepared to discuss the question of title, which must be determined by the under stood rule of succession in the House of Savoy, explained, where there is doubt, by the analogy of neighbouring States.—lf a Prince cannot succeed in his order because his mother was not of a Sovereign house, we may well question the wisdom of such a rule. A large octavo volume has just been published, under the title of " Commentaries on the causes, forms, symptoms, and treatment, moral and medical, of Insanity," by George Man Burrows, M.D„ Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London, &c. &c., in which we observe it is laid down, that—" Among the highest ranks, hereditary insanity is more common than among the lower; for the former most frequently contract marriage with their own rank, or even with their own family. Hence, wherever the system of clanship, or fa mily connexion, has been most strictly preserved, there it most prevails. Examples are numerous in ancient Scottish families; and insanity is more common in Scotland than in any country. So, likewise, in all nations or sects, whose civil or religious institutes enforce intermarriage." He observes, that " Insanity among the Society of Friends, who usually intermarry in their own fraternity, is very prevalent ;" and so much so, indeed, is this the case, that, according to the computation of Mr. Tuke, of the Quakers' - Re treat for Lunatics, near York, " one in two hun dred of the Society of Friends become deranged —a proportion so frightfully great, that if it were assumed for the population it would give up wards of a hundred thousand insane persons for the United Kingdom." The same writer ob serves, " when one parent only has been insane, or inherits the predisposition, some of the chil dren may partake of the constitution of the one and some of the other ; and those who most re semble the parent exempt from predisposition will be most likely to escape insanity." We quote these opinions of a physician experienced in the treatment of this most afflicting disease, without presuming ourselves to determine on the degree of authority to which they are entitled. But assuming their truth, anti that where one parent only has the disease or predisposition the children may or may not inherit it, we may thus account for the spread of the malady in illustrious families intermarrying with each other, as com pared with families in common life. As the numbers affected bear but a small proportion to the population, the predispositions are counter acted in low life by the marriage into sound fa milies,. by which they will often be extin guished. On the other hand, by the intermar riage of families closely connected with each other, the diathesis must be constantly propagated. It is, no doubt, owing to this absurd custom of a few Royal Families constantly marrying into each other that insanity or idiotcy has become so .Common a chgrp.obarietw nr cue. 11 families. Were a little more latitude in marriage allowed, instead of the disease spreading among them, it might gradually wear out. Independently of the con sideration of humanity to the individuals, na tions, which .era often involved from the follies ' of rulers, and contes;: for the care of them, have a deep interest in the estaiblishment of a wiser practice. The whole of the Northern King dams were at one and the same time afflicted by the spectacle of insanity on the throne ; we allude to the time when Paul reigned in Russia, Gustavus in Sweden, and the father of the pre sent Sovereign in Denmark. If Royalty be, as it is said, a trust fo;. , the benefit of the people, the people have an interest in seeing that an ab surd pride of family should not, by disregarding well-knowp physical laws, multiply the instances in which Royiltlty is incapable of answering the end for which it is ipstituted. It is true that, in modern times, the evils rsai)ting from the inca pacity of rulers are much diminished by the se curity of sa4ccession and the stability of laws ; so that, , in many countries, Kings are more for form s sake than any practical use. But the cases of Russia and Sweden prove, that, even in mo dern tirn,es, this melancholy malady is the cause of dreadful calamities.—Morning Chronicle. Considerable surprise and disgust has been most unreasonably manifested at the appointment of Lard Strangford (which we announced ex clusively three days ago) to the Embassy to the Emperor of the Brazils. The public, it appears, have not forgotten his adoration of the late Mr. Canning, when alive, and hie, star in the ascendant, And his truly prudential and diplo matic sneers at his policy and his talents when he was no more. Far, however, from yielding to the general prejudice in this respect, we are pre pared to vindicate the nomination of Lord Strangford by the Duke of Wellington, as not only in perfect keeping with the policy which compelled Sir Frederick Lamb to resign his Portugnese embassy, and which will render his Grace as much more immortal than Mr. Canning, as he :7 , ,f Ephesus, who burnt the temple of Diana, i,s more renowned in history than he who built it, The many an& highly important points to which it would be the duty of an Ambassador to .the Brazils to attend, could not have been entrusted to a wiser head, a warmer heart, or a more vera cious thedmexi dexterity With Vit a h regard to the affair of Por tugal, a ll reflecting persons mutt have admired and thR government, which at cne same moment denounces to the world the crimes of Migu e l, an d p l ays off in his fa vour the much-abused underplot of Beresford l If wh a t we have now more t il ia d ii jm o e n r c u es e t n a la. t i ed be correct, the resolutions of Don Pedro have become embarrassing to our ; and as it has been r P e r s e uTt i s e o r f that profound policy upon the ;re s s il u i which has contributed so much to our glory at single-minded' be Ivitlioutitseffects who, let Lisbon may not less practicable Court of Rio Janeiro, ask, can be so fit to carry it into effect as the veracious anti truly diplomatic Stran g f or d ! It is the determination of the English Govern ment either to flatter or to bully the young Em peror into a reconciliation with his flagitious brother ; and his crimes are to be pardoned, be cause, as our Foreign Secretary has justly ob. ' served, " many of his adherents are the best ' friends of England !" Sir F. Lamb would have been notoriously unfit, from his chivalric, un compromising, an'l truly English feelings, for such a mission ; but Lord Strangford, who in one Ehort twelvemonth (\lr. Canning died yes terday twelve months), has shewn such an apti tude both for the criminatory and complimentary style—who can almost exalt the living, and twice slay the slain, in one breath—is the very man for the purpose. A better could not have been selected, and, as we have already observed, the reconciliation between the brothers may almost be . considered as certain. Again, with respect to the Brazils and Buenos- Ayres, where the re-establishment of peace is the only object, and where men of merely common sense understandings would have per haps foolishly imagined, that a Diplomatic Agent, who was equally acceptable to both the contending parties, would have been most suc cessful in accomplishing the object in view, the Duke of Wellington has shewn equal sagacity and discrimination. For the purposes of peace and conciliation he selects an Ambassador, \Nilo has notoriously and irrevocably insulted and offended the Argentine Republic, and acted contrary to the express wishes of the Em peror of the Brazils at Lisbon. If the maxim be true that the best mode of securing peace is by going to war, his Grace has in this instance proved himself an apt pupil by the selec tion of Lord Strangford ; for who is so fit for carrying such a measure into effect as the man who has denounced the amity and connec tion of the South American States as valueless —who has branded them as destitute both of principle and shame—and declared them to have swindled by wholesale the people of England What boots it that these bankrupt republics— comprising in South and North America twenty millions of the best customers Great Britain now can boast—have the effrontery, to fling back the charge of swindling to this side of the Atlantic? What avails it, that unprincipled loan-jobbers have spoiled them of millions and are in acknow edged debt to them ? what would suffice for the satisfaction of the unpaid dividends of all of them ? Valour is never so safely displayed as against the weak ; and Lord Strangford has had some experience in► diplomacy. Such, we imagine, will be a part of the triumphant vindication of the new system of political tactics adopted by the Commander-in-Chief of the Mi• litary Government with which we are now blessed. The results hitherto have only tended to exem plify his Grace's Christian charity. Russia has cheated and defied him—France has followed boldly, and in his despite, schemes of ambition and aggrandizement—Spain, impotent Spain— beards and plunders us—Portugal seizes our ships, and consigns our fellow-cOuntrymen to loathsome dungeons—the name of Englishman —once so honoured, now— " None so poor to do it reverence." But let us not despair ! Lord Viscount Strang ford, blushing for, or with, his red riband, goes invested with full powers to bluster away the wrongs and the shame suffered by the Duke in the Old World upon the weak and unoffending Governments of the New ! And is not this enough ! ! • / I —Mo rn in b O . Advertiser. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Office of Ordnance, Aug. 7, 1828. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Lieutenant Ed ward Fitzherbert Grant to be First Lieutenant, vice Wat kis, deceased. April 30. Second Captain Edwin Cruttenden to be Captain, vice Barlow, retired on half-pay. June 30. Captain George Browne, from unattached half-pay, to be Second Captain, vice Cruttenden. June 30. Second Captain John William Spellen to be Captain, vice Thompson, deceased. July 6. Uaptatn Runt unattached half-pay, t 8 be Second Captain, vice Spellen. July 6. Second Lieutenant William George Chart to be First Lieutenant, vice Bisshopp, deceased. June SO. Ordnance Medical Department. Second Assistant-Surgeon William Richardson to be First Assistant-Surgeon, vice Barlow, resigned. .1 tily 22. Charles Dempsey, Gent. to he Second Assistant-Surgeon, vice Richardson, promoted. July 22. Whitehall, August 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Mayhew, of Saxmundham, jn the county of Suffolk, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Jeremiah Thompson, New York, United States of America, merchant, from Sept. 5, to Nov. 5 at twelve, at the Clarendon-buildins, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. Daniel Fowler, Fuston•square, St. Pancras, builder, to surrender Aug. 12, 19, and Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Sharpe and Field, Bread-street, Cheapside. George Ford, Wells-street, Oxford-street, jeweller, Aug. 15, 26, at eleven, and Sept. 19, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Norton, Jewin-street, Aldersgate-street. Charles Cox, St. Martin's-lane, tailor, August 15, and 26, and Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Tanner, New Basinghall-street. Thomas White, Manchester, hotel-keeper, August 27, 28, and Sept. 19, at two, at White's Hotel, Manchester. Hurd and Johnson, King's-Bench-Walk, Temple ; Wood, Manchester. George Horrocks and Robert Martin, Ardwick, Man chester, dyers, Aug. 27, 28, and Sept. 19, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Milne and Parry, Temple; Potter, Manchester. John Berry Jacques, Bristol, biscuit-baker, Aug, 27, 2S, and Sept. 19, at one, at the Rummer Tavern, Bris tol. Langley, Bristol ; Rosser and Son, Gray's Inn-place. the invading army, the body of the Tut mined and hitherto towards the Consta However, it appear will have some serif fore he can conside culties of this el strongest fortresses c.onsiderable corps force with which h. ssaulting Mount I of his Majesty's he not be said to have - gets possession of : position of Varna, Dr. Walsh, at the Shumla, in a direct vada on the road, them. Some pers, made by the Turks only occasions on themselves to thei much, though un which is reported it DIVIDENDS. John Abbott, Conduit-street, Hanover- square, auctioneer, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Na thaniel Mence, Hanwick, St. Clement, Worcestershire, porter-brewer, Aug. 29, at one, at the Star and Garter Inn, Worcester—Henry Mullins, Beverley, Yorkshire, linen draper, Aug. 30, at ten, st the King's Head Inn, Beverley —George Phipps, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, vic tualler, Sept. 1, at one, at the White hart Inn, Evesham, Worcestershire—Richard Gibbeson, Lincoln, wine-mer chant, Aug. 29, at one, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston upon-Hull—Thomas William Williamson and Edward Jones, Packer's-court, Coleman-street, merchants, Oct. 21, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—John Cooper, sen. and John Cooper, jun., Trowbridge, Wiltshire, linen drapers, Aug. 30, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Bath— Samuel Hooper, Leigh, Worcestershire, carpenter, Sept. 1, at one, at the Crown Inn, Worcester—John Randall, Kentish Town, auctioneer, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—William Hunton, Leeds, James Britton, and John Hunton, Borrowby, Yorkshire, linen-manu facturers, Aug. 30, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds —William Parsons, Vauxhall-bridge-road, coal-merchant, Aug. 29, at one, at the Court of Commissioners---Thomas Cox, Ensham, Oxfordshire, innkeeper, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the house of Robinson Bartram, Oxford—James Master man, Hatton-garden, music-seller, Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—William Burraston, Wor cester, hop-merchant, Oct. 6, at one, at the Hop-pole Inn, Worcester—Thomas Barnard, Strand, silversmith, Aug. 26, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners—Thomas Ed monds, jun., Steyning, Sussex, timber-merchant, Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Abel Arm strong, Penrith, Cumberland, grocer, Sept. 5, at eleven, at the office of Mr. John Jameson, Penrith—John Hodg son, Birmingham, and Henry Thompson, Baltimore, North America, merchants, Sept. 27, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham—William Bancks, Brierley, Staffordshire, dealer, Sept. at twelve, at the George Inn, Bewdley, 'orcestershire—John Staniforth, Chas. Staniforth, and John William Gosling, Old Broad -street, merchants, Aug. 29, at two, at the Court of Commissioners—William John Robson, Oxford-street, grocer, . Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Henry Reynolds, Cheltenham, saddler, Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Ram Inn, Gloucester. CERTIFICATES—Auc. 29. Thomas Brant, Hatton-garden, lamp-manufacturer— William Jessup, jun., Broad-street, Rateliff, victualler— John Nightingale, Alsop's-place, New-road, tailor—Wm. Reid, Lombard-street, watch-maker—William Booth, Li verpool, boot-factor—Robert Bolton, Liverpool, merchant• PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. William Thackwray, Henry Wilson, and George Wilson, Brompton, Yorkshire, linen-manufacturers—Elizabeth, Jolinand Mary Ann Rulie , :y, Birmingham, parasol;manufav turers—Wm. Dumvill and Charles Cooke, jun., Man chester, engravers—John Grace, Henry Steele, and Josiah Grace, Bristol, corn-factors—Charles John Shebbeare and Henry Martin, Temple Bar, attorneys—Andrew Dobbie and John M'Cutcheon, Manchester, wine-merchants— Matthew Stodart and Adam Stodart, ;Buenos Ayres, mer chants—Ralph Oakden, Roger Oakden, John Oakden, and Nathaniel Higgins, Black-Ridings Colliery, Chadderton, near Oldham, Lancashire, colliers—Roger Ashworth and Robert Ashworth, Wadsworth, Halifax, cotton-manufac turers—James Mottrain and John M'Dougall, Manchester, tailors—William Arundell and Henry Arundell, Con naught-terrace, coal-merchants—Samuel Johnston and John Wilkinson, Wood-street, Cheapside, woollen-manu facturers—John Parkin and George Ingall , Sheffield, manu facturers of fenders—W. R. Birt and Thomas M. Heinle bourck, Mile-end-road, managers of the Brunswick School —James Fletcher and Adam Fletcher, Bottom of Green acres-moor, within Oldham, Lancashire, cotton-spinners— James Forbes and John Balbirnie, Mark-lane, ale-mer chants—Thomas F. Morris and Mary Ann Morris, Lewis ham, Kent, coal-merchants. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Friday.) SUGAR.—The demand for Muscovades continues on the most extensive scale, and, notwithstanding the large supplies, good and fine Muscovades are again scarce. The total sales of the week are esti mated to exceed 5,300 hhds. The Market is ex ceedingly firm, and the prices are rather higher. In the Refined Market the transactions are extensive, but the demand is not quite so brisk as the preced ing week; the prices, are, however, fully supported. Molasses are rather dull. Rum, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—The transactions in Rum are again considerable; the purchases cannot be made on such favourable terms as last week ; under-proofs have been sold at 2s. ld. and proofs at 2s. 2d. ; some five and six over 2s. 3d. ; some small parcels fine Jamaica are also sold, but tile advance generally demanded for Rum has rather checked the request. In Brandy or Geneva there is no alteration. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW.—The demand for Tallow early in the week was general, and the mar ket was firm and advancing, but we think the re quest yesterday and to-day is not so brisk. In Hemp or Flax there is no material alteration. The letters from St. Petersburgh are to the 23d ult. ; Exchange 10i-d.; Tallow 100; quantity of Tallow bought 400; ditto shipped 72,000. Hemp 97 a 98. Flax 92 a 95. COTTON.—The Cotton Market is without altera tion. The purchases for the week ending yesterday, inclusive, consist of 270 Bengal 44d. a 44d. ; 90 Bowed bid. a 7hd. ; 580 Surats 31d. a 51Ad. The India Company have declared a Cotton sale for the 29th inst. The accounts to-day from Liverpool are more favourable for Cottons. TEA.—Boheas and Congous continue steady, at about sales prices ; some few Twankays have been sold at a little discount. OILS.—In Oils there is little variation. RICE.—At public sale yesterday a parcel East India ; the cargo sold 9s. a 10s. 6d., the mid. Ben gal 12F. 6d., ord. at I Is. INDIGO.—Since the India House sale the Market has continued firm, the purchases are considerable, and there is a general premium of 3d. to 6d. per lb. The sales yesterday were general. SALTPETRE.—The Market continues firm. FRum.—There is no alteration in Fruit. This forenoon 32 butts 60 carroteels Trieste Currants 86s. to 895., 50 brls. Red Smyrna Raisin 425. ord., sold. SPlCES.—Spices are held with more firmness. At public sale 2,057 bags Malabar Pepper unsifted 2,1 d. to 2-id., good heavy 3d. to 3kd. IRISH PROVISIONS.—In Beef and Pork there is no alteration. Bacon is heavy at the reduced prices. HOPS.—There are no sales of Hops to report. The accounts from the country continue favourable ; the estimated duty is 175,000/. PRICES OF HOPS.—Aug. 8. Kent Pockets 2/. N. 31. Os. to Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto . 31. Os. 3/. 3s. to Farnham Ditto, Fine W. Os. 51. Os. to Seconds 0/. Os. 4/. :Os. to -- 21. 10s. 2/. 15s. to Ate :3/. las. 31. Bs. 2/. 10s. 61. 6s. 51. ss. 31. 3s. Kent 11: ktssex Essex Ditto 21. as. '2l. I'2s. to 21. lOs. 21. Iss. to Old Duty laid at £175,000. 21. ltis. 31. Os. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday a young man named Richard Eldridge, clerk to Mr. Griffin, of No. 25, Skinner-street, Snowhill, and two men named Charles johnson and James Edwards, porters to Mr. Griffin, were charged with having assaulted Mr. Hussey, a clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. The Loan MAYOa said the assault had been clearly proved, and ordered that Mr. Eldridge and Johnson should find bail; the other defendant was discharged. BOW-STREET.—TILE WATERMEN'S NEW ACT.— George Heath, a weather-beaten old sailor, mere generally known by the name of " The Thames Chancellor," in con sequence of his intermeddling with every nautical affair, in older to preserve the River from confusion, yesterday sum moned another waterman for neglecting, under the new Act, to have his name painted on a conspicuous part of his boat. George, who appeared a.s if something of a serious nature had occurred to him, after having proved his case, stated, that he was continually annoyed by the watermen who plied at the same place, and it was more for the purpose of checking that, than for the sake of doing an injury to the defendant, that he had brought forward the charge. Last night he left his boat safely moored to his son's ; but when be went this morning to use it, he saw not the least trace of it. However, he at last discovered it sunk a little way up the River under a barge, with a great hole broke in the bottom ; " and this boat, which to me," said George, " was really worth twenty guineas, being speck and span new, is now of the value of twenty-pence. A conspiracy, in consequence of my activity, has been formed. When a passenger comes they push me out of my turn ; in fact, they endeavour to bring me to the most abject poverty. This man is amongst those who insult me." The charge preferred was clearly established. . _ _ Mr. MlNsuuLL—Your boat has nothing to do with the present case. I shall fine the defendant 205., and 10s. 6d. for costs. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—_A NOVEL AND SIN GULAR CASE.—On Thursday evening, the following curi ous and novel case came before F. A. Roe, Esq., from St. George's, Hanover-square :—Four men, habited as master butchers, were brought up by Julian, one of the beadles of the above parish, charged with having obtained a sovereign from Sir Thomas Neave, Bart., under the following false pretence. The footman of Sir Thomas Neave deposed, that on Thursday morning, Digby Neave, Esq., eldest son of Sir Thomas, was married to the Lady Mary, (laughter of Eve rard, the ninth Lord of Arundel], at St. George's, Hanover square. While the family were at church, one of the de fendants came to the house and rang the bell; on his answering the door, he gave him a letter; witness asked him who it was for, when the defendant said, for the gentleman of the house. He then looked at the note, and saw it was addressed to Thomas Neave, Esq., o❑ which he replied there' was no such gentleman known there; when the defendant said, he did not know what it meant, but he had it given him by one of the gentlemen on their leav ing church, and he would call again. The letter was accordingly left, and shortly after Sir Thomas Neave and Mr. Sheffield came in, when he informed Sir Thomas of the curious behaviour of the person tsho left the letter, and mentioned that he had it from a gentleman on leaving the church, when Sir Thomas observed, that it was most probably'a piece of nonsense. It was then taken into the drawing-room, where it occasioned considerable merri ment. The letter was relative to the marriage, and re quested to rerfw the marriage epithalamium with those most classical instruments the marrow bones and cleavers. Sir Thomas spoke to his brother upon it, when it was proposed that a sovereign should he left for them ; he was then desired to be on the alert, for it was a trick ; in the morning they came again, when one of the party handed in a large silver plate, festooned round with blue ribbons, having in the middle something like a crown, and he be lieved some verses, and at the same time a hook was given to him, with a request that Mr. Neave would sign his name and the sum he gave. He told them he was certain that Mr. Neave would not sign it, when they asked him, and on his refusal Lady Harland's servant did it. He then told them they were to come at six o'clock for the money, and they then went away. At six o'clock they returned, and on their presenting themselves Julian took them into custody. Julian deposed receiving them into custody, and handed to the Magistrate the marriage offering book, which was a porter's book hound in sheep, extremely dirty, and cer tainly very unfit for the distinguished autographs which it contained ; the entry of which was—" Gentlemen are pleased to enter their names and the sums they order to be paid for the music on their wedding days ;" and, incredi ble as it may appear, the sums gathered as marriage offer ings, by those greasy fellows, amounted in one twelvemonth to the enormous sum of 4161., and the following are a few of the names which graced Hymen's Album :—Sir Ast ley Cooper, Bart. 11. Is. ; John Cant Hobbouse, Esq. M.P., 1 1. Is. ; Sir Thomas Claridge, 11. ls. ; Connt Gosport, I/. Is. ; Sir J. Johnstone, Bart. 1/. Is. ; Sir W. Pelkenton, 1/. Is. ; Sir E. Stafford Jerningliam, 11. ls. ; Sir C. J. Smith. 1/. Is. ; Captain P. E. Sidney, the son in-law of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, 11. Is. ; Sir Thomas Apreece, 1/. Is. ; besides an innumerable number of Right Honourables, Honourables, and Es quires—the sums are invariably the same. Mr. noe—Did you pay the money to any of the party'—Footman : No, Sit'. Mr. ROE inquired of the prisoners what were their mo tives for going about to collect money in this way ?a 1 One of the party, in reply, stated that it was a custom which had been handed down to them from time imme morial, to celebrate every nuptial ceremony with the mar rowbones and cleavers. They did not consider it begging, for they gave for the money an instrumental epithalamium, as a nuptial invocation, which custom existed from the most remote ages. The parties were then discharged on their own recog nizances, to appear as yesterday, and as a kind of security for their pledge the Album was detained. _ . _ Just before the close of the office Julian came in with the charge book, and informed the Magistrate that none of the party had come forward, when the footman was ordered to re-state the case, which he did. Sir G. F.I.R.RANT (laughing)—The way those fellows do in St. George's parish is, they constantly attend at the church, and, upon a wedding taking place, if they cannot learn who the party is, they follow the carriage home; and if the party should leave the church in a hack-tiey coach, one of them gets up behind, and continues there until the party are set down. The Album was placed in the archives of the office. MARYLEBONE.—Ann.fohnson, a dashing courtezan, who were a magnificent bonnet, covered with artificial wheat and feathers, was charged by Robert Rownsley, a watchman, with being drunk and disorderly, i❑ Russell place, Fitzroy-square, at midnight, on Thursday. Mr. RAwLiNsoN sent her, with tears in her eyes, to the treadmill for a month. Two Irish labourers were charged, before Mr. Hos lc/Ns, with a crime of the moat heinous kind, and were fully committed for trial. ITNION - HALL , ---MosT DARING ROBBERY.—Yester day James Wigg and John Atkinson were charged be fore Mr. SIVABEY, with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, and other valuable property, from the house of Mr. Myers, surgeon, Kennington. They were both fully committed for trial. While the depositions of the witnesses were being taken, Snow, the constable of Newington, entered the office; and as soon as he saw the prisoners, said he had been in search of them for some time, on a charge of breaking into the house of a gentleman, whose name was Jones, and steal ing a quantity of articles. The property was traced to the premises of one of the prisoner's father. Wigg has been already capitally convicted for horse-stealing, buc escaped with two years' imprisonment. The loss of property resulting from the late inundations is expected to turn out very extensive indeed. It has been stated that injury to the amount of ten thou sand pounds has been sustained by the tenants of one estate alone, that of R. BETHELL, Esq., of Rise.--Doncaster Gat:ette. \VHITECHAPEL HAY M A RKET.—Aug. Hay Od. to 955. Od. I Clover Od. to 1153. Od. 335. Od. to 3tii. Oct. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 331. U. Refined 0 Linseed Oil 22 6 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 10 10 Rape Cake, per ton -- 5 5 PRICE OF POTATOES.—Aug. 8. New Ware 2/. 10s. to 31. 10s. per ton. Middlings PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Batts 50 to 561 b.... l) 21 Ditto 60 to 661 b.— 22 23 Dreislng 15 111 Fine Coach Rides IS 20& Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 15 171 Ditto 45 to 501 b. 171 20 Ditto l9 22 LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Tanned Horse Hides.— 15 IS Spanish Ditto 22 27 Per dozen. Calf Skins,* 36 to 401 b. 19 24 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 2t 28 Ditto *7O to 801 b. 22 23 Small Seals, Greenland 18 19 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Best Heifers& Steers:3 4 3 S I Ordinary 2 2 2 4 Middlings 910 3 2 Market Calf 8 0 each. PRICE OF TALLOW, SI Town Tallow 425. Oil. Yellow Itussi, 3Bs. tid. White* 39.. Od. Soap Ditto 375. Od. Melted Stull' 33s. Od. Ditto Rough —s. Od. /AP, See. per 1121b.—.Aug. 8. Yellow Soap 74, Od. Mottled--; —80 s. Od. White— SU. (kl. Graves 20s. Od. Good ss. (Id. PRICE OF RAW FAT, Price of Tallow (as stated by the COAL I%IAlt Adair's Beaumont. 3l 6 Burdon Heaton Hebburn Ma: n 31, Killingworth Liddell's Mail Pelaw 32 6 :3b 9 30 3 31 0 Pontop Windsor 31 3 Tanfield 32 9 Townley 31 9 Willington 35 6 Wylain _ 32 9 Walls End Bell and Co. 35 6 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 35 6 Ditto Bewieke and Co.— 37 0 Ditto Brown's 34 0 Ditto Carr and Co. 32 6 Ditto Crandington--.. 30 9 Ditto Hilda 32 9 Ships at market, 8314--Shit KET.—Aug. 8. Walls End Newmarch— 355. 6d, Ditto Hotspur :-33 9 Ditto Perkins and Co. 35 0 Ditto 11 35 6 Ditto Russell's 37 0 Eden Main Russell's Lyon's 33 6 Walls End 37 0 Walls End Lambton.,.... 37 3 Walls End 36 0 Walls End Stewart's 37 3 Ditto Springwell—.—,— 30 0 Ittissell'sHetton'sW.E. 36 6 Hartley 32 II Dee Green ----- 29 0 Walls E. Old Etherley 30 0 Welwood Main 20 0 Tanfield Trader 32 3 Durham W. E. small—. 18 0 Walls End small 18 0 ips sold, 68—Unsold, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING TH. Per Quarter. Ashburn_ - Basingstoke —... Bath Bridgewater -- Bristol Chesterfield Derby Devizes Doncaster Dorchester. Exeter Gloucester Hungerford Newbury Romsey Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet ... Taunton --,—. Yeovil, Per Bushel. Shrewsbury Wheat. 56 60 58 '7l. 52 56 54 66 52 66 58 64 6t 66 50 60 56 67 44 62 62 64 52 58 48 63 Barley. 28 3'2 30 32 30 32 26 32 28 30 26 28 30 32 36 44 26 32 41 80 55 58 30 33 30 33 .... 28 28 30 24 28 26 30 26 30 s. d. s. d. 00 00 Oats. .24 29 21 24 21 30 20 24 20 24 24 28 24 27 22 29 20 28 21 25 22 24 24 32 18 31 20 21 26 28 WEEK. Beans. 48 50 37 40 40 44 35 40 40 44 40 48 45 5 0 19 52 43 49 4.4 50 52 58 52 58 51 60 56 60 s. d. s. d. 100 106 20 BO 22 27 20 21 20 26 s. d. s. d. b 0 70 36 44 38 1)8 J• 2 42 35 40 41 44 41) 44 38 42 s. d. s. cl. 00 00 EDINBURGH CORN MARKET—Aug. 6. Our market continues to be thinly stocked with all sorts of Grain, which sold readily. Wheat is 2s. higher; all other sorts remain without any alteration from last market-day. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First 64s Od ats Od 28s Od second 55s Od 32s Od 21s 6,1 Third Pease. 383 Od 323 Od 263 Od Beans. 33s Od 82s Od t'fis Od • Men OF PROVISIONS, &e. Beef, per 1b..., Os. 4d. to 0.3.7 d. Fresh Butter,ll).os.9d. to s. 10d. Mutton,„....__ 0 4 .0 7 Salt 0.9 0 0 Veal---.. 0 6 0 8 Ditto, per cv.t.72 0 0 tl Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 Tallow,La mb, per cw t g . 3 0 1 06 313 3 0 W O t a t rta Ditto ) 0 6 Quarter') Loaf 0 8 0 9 Barley Ditto 6 0 0 0 Potatoes, 14th. 0 0 0 ,6 Flay, per 0 6 0 7 L MARKET.--Aug. 5. Oatmeal at this day's market, of late, and at last week's Per Stone 01 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £0 2 0 Second ditto ..... Peasemeal .-2d, 155.-3 d, 18+4.—Peat 1 245. CANDLES, PRICE OF The price of Store Candles, in t Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Os. Od. :he retail shops, i s as follows :- 1 Moulds, per dozen ....,... Bs. 6cl. .ers o t , onofBll. —Aug. :; ariv Melters ) . Od. :DINBURGH MEA: We had a large supply of which sold more readily that prices. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 15 0 Barleymeal 1 12 0 Peasemeal 1 6 0 Pot Barley —No. I, per cwt. 13 GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—Aug. 6. The speculative demand for Wheat still continues, and some parcels of fine British have been sold at an advance of ls. to Is. 6d. per boll on the rates of last week. Irish Wheat, which has been long neglected, now attracts some attention. Little doing in Barley, Beans, or Pease. A fair business doing in Oats at our quotations. Flour ra ther dearer. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. s. d. Oats, per `z64lb. s. d. s , d . British, old 6 0: 0 I B E l P r ie r n i l a s g ßi s i l l e ! , a hp e t: s ir. , oot p t e i b . 41 11 6 ; 6 006 0() t _ 4 20 1 1 : 8 000 00 new :2227 3 0024 0 60606 0 to 232732 32 31: Canada, free hish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish English Scottish 26 6 28 0 Oatmeal, per 1101 b. 14 6 1$ 6 Irish LARGE MELON.--On Monday, a melon of the netted species, was cut in the garde n o f Si r C HAR L ES lIALKET, Pitferrao, which weighed 19 lbs. This is con - sidered to be among the largest melons ever grown in Scotland, and our horticultural friend% may see it at our c ffi ce, Scot man. SUMMER ASSIZES. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—HEREFORD, Auc. 7. I Richard Lane was indicted for feloniously assaulting T. Sivel on the King's highway, on the 81st March last, at the parish of Eastnor, putting him in fear, and taking from his person, and against his will, a. silver watch, thirteel' shillings in monies numbered, and a one pound note, Ili/ property. The Jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to death without the slightest hopes of mercy. Mr. Lavender, the Governor of 'Worcester Gaol, and Mr. C. WVinnell, the Governor of Stourport House of Cor rection, have again come in here by the directions of the Magistrates,' with additional affidavits of the innocence of Cheese, convicted of a rape at 'Worcester. The result of their humane embassy to Mr. Justice Gazelee has not, 0 yet, been suffered to transpire. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DURHAM, Auc. G. SEDUCTION.-KILBURN v. SOWERBY. This was a writ of inquiry executed before Jobo Griffiths, Esq. the Under Sheriff. The damages were laid at 5001. Mr. ALFXANDER stated the case, and described it ao one of the most heartless nature. The plaintiff was a far mer and blacksmith, residing at Etherley, and he had been deprived of the services of one of his daughters, whom the defendant had seduced when of the tender age of about fourteen years, and after an intimacy of about eighteen months, during all which period the defendant had made her the most solemn promises of marriage, some time or other; and, under such promises, had effected his purpose but after that,when the defendant found out that the laugh• ter of the plaintiff was pregnant, and was called upon to perform his promise, he most heartlessly said, " No, I cannot marry a woman that I cannot love, and of whose person 1 have already had possession." There were var,- , ous grounds for damage—the law gave damages fur the loss of services. He should distinctly prove the pregnancy, and, that fact once established, the Jury, in estimating the damages, would have a right to take . into their considera tion the outrage committed upon the feelings of the pa• rents of the girl, and estimate their damages accordingly. For his part, he sincerely regretted that such cases were not by law subjected to another description of tribunal, and punished in some other - way than that of the purse ; from the bottom of his soul he wished it was so. Margaret Kilburn—l am the daughter of the plaintiff. I have known the defendant, John Sowerby, about three years. I was then about fourteen years of age. My father is a farmer and blacksmith, and lives at Etherley. Mr mother is living. I have two brothers and two sisterft. am the youngest but one of the family. I have a brother' who is a medical man. It was allout eighteen months he. fore any thing took place between me and Sowerby. used to come to the house when my father was away to see me, and sometimes he met me on the road when I ;vat going to Bishop Auckland. He promised to marry me.--• that was soon after our acquaintance —again, about half 3 year after. Between that time and the time he prevailed over me was about twelve months, and I became pregnant', and was put to bed on the 9th of May last. John Sowerby' was the father of that child. It was not possible that sal other person could be father of the child. He gave as a. reason for not coming to the house, that he was afraid oi t i my mother. I used to go to market f or my f at h er , a nd assist in the house. Cross-examined by Mr. J0Y...-•-.1 shall be 18 years of age next November. It is about three years since that 1 first knew the defendant ; I was therefore about 15 yearl old. I had known him about half a year when the misfoe tune happened. I did not tell my mother that he had pro' mised to marry me, because I was afraid; I thought she would think me too young. I never told my father or mother of his proposal ; he has been at my father's house more than two or three times; more than a dozen time, he has been there, and those were when my father all° mother were out; he had known me before he promise , ' to marry me. The misfortune befel me near our 00! house, in a field near the house, at about six o'clock in the evening; it was in the winter; it was not during day light; it was in a farm yard in the field, with 1 1 ° other shelter than thelhay-ricks. He came to see me abouta week after, and then it was that he promised O s marriage. I had known him about a year when this bar pened. I was at the time about 16 years ohl. My fathe r farms about 10 acres of land, and is a blacksmith. The wicked young man was then about 20, he is now 23 yea rg of age. One of my broth e rs slept i n th e same room with me; ho is since married. There was an apprentice of i 1 father's who also slept with my brother; his name is Booth. , he was about 17 years old. I know a person named Pe!' kinson, but not very intimately; he used to call when 04 father and brother were at home- I have not sworn the child to the defendant, but I mean to do it. During the 18 months I used to see him as often as I could, but I did not tell my father or mother, or any other person, ab out my seeing him. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER-It was about twelve months after I first became acquainted that he pro mised me ma rr i age . I cannot reco l lect where it was thta. he first promi se d me . I un d erPtan d t h e mean i ng of tue word connection. There are three rooms in my father house, a kitchen, parlour, and an upstairs room. MY father and mother slept in the parlour, and after my bro ther's marriage I slept in the kitchen. By Mr. JOY--I did tell yen that it was about a we e after the misfortune happened that lie promised me Or riage ; whether it was twelve or eighteen months after n'Y first acquaintance that the misfortune happened, it Was 3 week after it that he promised me marriage. Mr. Neesbam, a schoolmaster, deposed to the prope r conduct of the girl while she was at his school, and siP ee that period ; and another neighbour stated to the salv e effect. Another sa id, " t h at s h e was very agreeable," °- , never saw any thing but what was very well of her. Sarah Patterson, an elderly personage, had known he r about three years. Margaret lived near to her as servant' She never knew any other than decent and proper b e " haviour on her part. 13y Mr. JOY—How long is that since? Sally—Ab" t three years. Mr. JOY-You kn ew th en th a t s h e was pregnan t abou t that time, and had no husband to father the child. Sall}'.'"" Wed, I believe she was'.—(A laugh.) Mr. JOY-And that you call decent and proper beba viour ?—(A laugh.)—No answer. Other witnesses were called, who proved that the fattier of the defendant had two farms, of the value of 6 ° / ' a-year ; but there was no evidence of the defendant beifl in the possession of any property himself. Mr. Joy, on the part of the defendant, contended that there had been no case made out that deserved at the hands of the jury any other than nominal damages. It was merely a case of affiliation. His Learned Friend had told them that he wished such cases were subjected to a penal law, and made subjects for criminal justice; he had heard hint say so before—and it appeared to him that the speech he bad that day made, was one which was a second time bashed up ; part (Allis own, and part of Mr. Brougham's s piced up to suit some palates; but be hoped not those of the jury he had the honour to address. - The Jury retired from the Court for a few minutes, and then returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 1001. ; which appealed to surprise all those that were present. The 13usiness of the Assizes here finished last night, and to-day the Learned Judges will open the Commission at Newcastle. There ore several important cases for trial there, and one prisoner is charged with murder. BIRTHS. On the 7th instant, i❑ Craven -street, Strand, Mrs. Stewart, of a daughter. At his house in Cornwall-terrace, the lady of J. Thorn hill, Esq. of a daughter. On the 6th instant, at Deptford, Mrs. T. Marchant, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the sth instant, at Hadl ow , K en t, J o h n R ou tl e d ge Majendie, Esq. youngest se n of the Lord Bishop o f Br.,i g°Harriot M ary, second daughter of the late G. Der in; Emq. of Barham C ourt, K ent. O : n to the 23d ult. at Cheltenham, Edward Dundee, E.:q• of the 47th Regiment, to Eliza, eldest (laughter of J o liiA Icon, Esq. of Bournbrook-house, Worcester. DIED. On the 6th instant, at Nun Green, Peckham, aged 3t3 years, Mrs. Elizabeth Dendy, widow of the late Mr. Rich. Dendy, of Monument-yard, and second daughter of the late Mr. Peacock, of Salisbury-square, and Peckham, Surrey- . On the sth instant, at Margate, Mr. Thomas Francis Dollman, of St. James's-street, aged 53. On the Sth instant, in child-birth, Jane, the wife of Mr. Joshua Hart, of Queen-street, Cheapside, in her 29th y e ar. On the 7th instant, at St. Mary .Cray, Kent, the infant son of David Howard Morgan, Esq. aged five months. On the 29th ult. aged five years, Clara, third daughter , and, on Sunday following, aged three years, Fredeit : 11 ‘' fourth son of James Locke, Esq. surgeon, of Upper Ber keley-street, Portman-square. On the Bth instant, at his residence in the Regent.circiis , aged 45, William Horne, Esq. of the Golden Cros s , l eav ing a widow and a large family, as well as a numerous cir cle of friends, to lament his early death. On the Sth inst. in Howland-it - feet, Mrs. Mary Douglas. PRINTED, and PUbLaSHIJ byITURDO YOUNG, at the Sur; Orricy, iie l sinAsP, loipozT. T by th, bit e d Th, Offi t ,, E a , and h, and th hi s be ED/N T 1 31, forth wo" r 111 r. Gene•! An eb arg Y ard , n,, ar) ( D 0... Pei Yard. 1) 0 .. 1) o Hale: D 0.., Half. Kind TAl t Na g ] Holla I th e r ecce Belie !aeYi ca the the a INC 'lora the Tral of w p pr o en F;~ . ~j~, At, th