The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-27 00:00:00

upon the 'thy ---Docset I to old ;awe be, liout wait" as this act e rational and called in address i es. The w ilt kite •t that an inverted .". ..ti will be oil threads, iv/ be inune:ida a non° P•"" " o 2 ki Tifir ° s d tAti vilifi IT • ~, ~ig 74; Yrn zi --- 1 ;life& iiiit" , ,ettia6k_fry— 'firide''W''S ki6gliii#S w r,, igtaaWiP . )ftio iot le l i lf,;r ,§tirtli . tiAltl e p; e:aulja9J o be l l ' ifilf lb d duk E l brai, ,44g,c ~.. gNi il ir c g,. ipil e Name' Ito ow i WA re4 . l . 1 101 h Itly - lion rgr ' to shf itevib e " 10 01/41 ` 1 v g_i=the baugh. 11 OR KING SUN. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Putatt Opinion. " liTho run; may read." . ABROAD. r ortzzaN—COLONIAL. otrnts.. - New Treaty of Loudon will oe found in an it et: column. The preliminary doubts of its authent, - 11 , 1 3 : are copied from a Ministerial Contemporary. By it ~ most important objects are effected—viz., an end i, , L',"..u.).t11,e isolation of France; and the Treaty of Unkiar o.kitgotessi, which constituted Russia sole gua . rd . ian of the blowilla4 empire, is entirely abolished. This is ‘.‘ a heavy at eL lild n great .dizcourarrenient " to Russian intrigues vehr us e j o , taulti nople, as., it destroys ' the moral influence tte rd .... "rc , Ny of Unkiar Skelessi enabled the Czar to 111 4 - , 4o icivery, resolution of the Porte. The spell of ,; ''"CeXclusive, d om i n i on in the East is broken. b ' ''Q u een, Christina has formally protested against the Urn Coxtes, declaring the office of guardian of e ,r i 4 Della and her sister void by their mother's ° t ' L and appointing U., Arguelles to that im- Port bt „, titi` aatil-" office. • They are no true friends of Chris lipo-I,,ZU.ar advise her to provoke animadversions fe st l l ds _rsetli, et . public or her private life. In her pro tla4i74lnli for ' that to marry while guardian of her tis e h 7 45 WOuld disqualify her by the laws of Spain b 414ju as . and she adds that neither by her flight nor 4 1 6 t ' :: ''Other act, is she legally disqualified. Are tin ; Q 4-4 . .1 1 t . ri , , of her morganic marriage with the Life sze kv ....! l an,"MtNos, without foundation ? Is her so lP4t 'nth that . minion of Royal favour i t ?: -.4 / 1 1114 i.nA . :,.filte , ,thus, indirectly, , represents - A , ," T 1,4.. 1 6 ,„ L ' stsfid f , 1 -- , ......eui:1i woman a fit or proper guar- C o ., ' - ', l * Ate : futniti TSdivreign , of Spain ? Hitherto the (.6"ete:, out of respect to the feelings. of their infant to Win ' !lave treated the fame of Christina with much r ob : Me ss ; should they ever be induced to publish a e x ` - 41 ,: " a Commission of the ChaMbers, founded on the o ;; lt n ntion: of documents .already in the hands of the i ba: ment, her appeals to Europe will rather prier.ke 7 .... 8 7n than sympathy. She had better be q tabl e 'lng Ernest Augustus, whom. Heaven in its inscru denbe,wistioxn permits to wield the sceptre of llanover, 44 .bies, in _ i , Punishment of the sins of a past generation. Ivid - ,1 -11e d a Royal decree regulating the manner in , ii ea the P r i nce Roya l i s to si gn public documents SSUS decree, his thri ce renowne d s i re i s "gathered to his fathers.' utn is d ecree, and th e proc l ama ti on noticed in our Foreign Th e Rl s ft u r n Y . of Saturday, will be found in another part of p i ; °ne topi c o f di scuss i on no l onger occupies the Paris th e . s v ' e The D e b a t s o f S atur d a y is melted into tears at i liii F Y sight of Queen Christina's protest. The dis hosoes of Royalty find a responsive echo in the loyal rt witil lk i ln i,, t 3 ; i f ir t ha editors of the Debats. There was no such Rh_ ,s. lowever, for poor little Isabella and her sister, Royal mother abandoned them to the guar -74.....nbir of the Spanish people. a , t ranquillity i s restore d a t Toulouse. The Presse k i e "le . 21 iessager thro w a ll th e blame of the disturb -1)-4".11Pori the late officials. Is the Government then . r e less i n l eaving them for twelve days w i t h out in ,. tie nst after they had implored them to be sent ? ili :', he Fra nce g i ves an amus i ng accoun t of the wit o T f A IS " a l• Plou gou l m f rom T ou l ous e. M. Plougoulm Pith translato r translator of Demosthenes, and the France, a droll ery i rres i st ibl y l u di cro us, compares r"'Olt v%ith that of th e G rec ian orator from the battle _C•lie. er onea. M. Pl ougou l m, t h oug h no Demosthenes ih forum, is quite one in the field. at The Quotidienne has not yet done with Lord Palmer the P 3 r sPeec h at Tiverton denunciatory of the atrocities of die nne en i l in Africa. By way of retaliation the Quoti clinux w-n4B , u P an abusive article with the following all oth rfi . '" far as crime is concerned England . eclipses l times itu ised States, for massacres , and revolutions have have es been her policy." The Quotidienne should . / a , said our policy, for in the article of domestic g 'elle France beats us hollow in massacres and revolu rharl horrors. England at home has revolution 4zed a throne ,•and a creed, but France revolu !jolted 'the throne, the altar, the whole frame- N.Ork of society, and even the very calendar. No, ~,i . must really decline the compliment which some ' e eenchmen would intend us in allowing us to be gigan liettily wicked. England is bad enough, but not quite so 'id as several of her neighbours, France not excepted. ' --- The Courrier Francais and the Siccle have articles " the Tory majority in the new Parliament. The 'f°rille r says, justly enough, that had the Whigs not dis gusted their best friends, the people, by doing for two l e nrs the dirty work of the Tories, they would be still as MII Y in office as when they passed the Reform Bill. It L ,grntifying to find French Journalists thus rightly ap .lZeiathig the errors committed by the British Cabinet. t' e fea r their result will prove no warning to the Whigs. • ---.-. Battles were fought between the Cretan insurgents 4 ," the TUrks on the 19th, 20th, and 25th ult., the advan .:..-t's from whi c h, were all on the side of the Christians. the Greek inhabitants of the Islands of Zante and cel.erts.render all the assistance in their power to the It is rumoure d at C ons t an tinople that should the s ul tan die, as is expected, a plan is in contemplation for • h iVnintin g M e h emet Al i guar di an o f the Ottoman em :. ' r e thtring the minority of the Sultan's brother. f --- Ille Sultan has dismissed three officials in Syria Qt. their oppression of the Christians. Nothing will ' re medy thi s evil but the conferr i ng t h e P ac h a lic of the o c r tiris liaa territory upon one of the Christian Princes Iv . Leba non. While the Turks adm i n i ster t h e l aws they • 111 be administered unjustly and oppressively, as ' re yards the Christians: Equal justice is a luxury quite known in Syria. ~._"` Neith er f rom P ortuga l nor Sp a i n have we news of 'neh interest as to demand a notice here. --- 'the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, were at Brussels on Friday, on their way to England. h o s : - P rince Metternich has recovered from his recent uLsPozition. AT HONE. MISCELLANEOUS. --. A n i t collision took place between two foreign vessels on Saturday, by which eight lives were lost. b e --" the Surrey Zoological Flower-Show this day will O w n grand scale. Nearly , a hundred prizes will . 4. be distributed. di e d ---- An old patriarchal shepherd at Tobosa, in Spain, In hi '`ely. For 100 years he tended his flocks, and died s 105th. He must at one time have been a very I "ng shepherd. Iv -- Purcell's Sacred Music, - annually performed at "ttninster Abbey, will take place on Thursday next, .4e 29th inst.. at ten o'clock. Eton school broke up yesterday for the summer holi aYs• Fireworks ox Saturday celebrated the fourth en tccary of the establishment of this renowned school. Mr. Dyer, who committed suicide at Sydenham, had actually issued printed circulars, calling a meet ' i ng of ministers, connected with the Tract Society, to meet at the very house at which the Jury were sitting On his body. 11e had lost much through the recent failure of a publishing-house in Paternoster-row. A large extent of vineyards in the commune of Leutesdorf has been completely blighted as if by frost. The leaves and grapes have fallen, and left the vines leaked as in winter. Yesterday of this month, in the year 1815, was executed Eliza Feaning, whose melancholy fate excited /s uch general sym'lathy. Some offic , Lrs in Ghent have introduced umbrellas Into the army, e yen when in full uniform. The grea 4 i, iron steamer at Bristol will probably combine a greater number and variety of untried princi- Ples than were, ever yet united in one enterprise of the sante magnitt .de.. The vessel herself—her enormity — her materia'L (plate-iron)—her engines, nearly 1,2001 ho rse-power —her cylinders, 120 inches in diameter—no p i ston -rode.—no beams—the connecting-rod laying hold ! n lmetlia . ..ely on the piston, and a moveable hollow cast mg playing through a box in the top of the piston—no Paddle-wheels, no paddle-boxes, but an unseen agent revolving ; under her quarters, instead of any apparent Propellb ig power. Lard Motpeth has forwarded a second donation of 10/, for the relief of the sufferers by the awful calamity at notheram. F LECTION.—In booth K., a Catholic Clergy , n . I "Inc ijAp to vote ; when one of 'West's agents said to 01,, here is one of the surpliced ruffians !" An "'Unlit to the fact was :worn, and laid before the sheriff. MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. -- the amount of the fish-sales at the . different marks its in Paris during the past year, is as follows Fresh, -water fish, 564,245 f. ; salt-water fish, 5,098,872 f. ; ° Yst. ere, 1,191,874 f. ; poultry and . game, 7,457,041 f. NAVAL AND WILITARY. -,-- Accounts were received on Saturday from Jama (ha t the crew of her Majesty's ship Skilljack, lost on the 2d of Julie on the Caymans, were saved, and that the Ifornet had sailed from Jamaica to assist ia saving the Mores. t LAW AND POLICE. k An action has just been tried before Lord Denman, at the assizes of the Northern Circuit, whereby the Plaintiff charged the defendant with maliciously imput il lug forgery to bim. Perjury - , however, was proved upon acceptor of the bill, cad 5(.11. damages were found for .1) he plainti f f. Th e "sweeptor, a wuu of the name of 4145 'S 14(114,teck well, was conunitted to prison. issues dixveted by the AuiWr of Ole Rolls to be tried at the approaching Gloucester assizes respecting the will of the late James Wood, have been delivered, and the notice of trial has been served on the parties. It was bad enough to spend thousands upon thousands in the Courts in London, but to carry on this wilful destruc tion of the old miser's property in his native city is enough to rouse the dead. --on Saturday the case of Mr. Williams, the Common Councilman of the City, who was so brutally treated by the Greenwich police on the 13th inst., came again before the Magistrate on a charge preferred against the police for unnecessarily taking him into custody. The evidence given by one of the inspectors will excite public indignation. The charge was dismissed, though the Magistrate, after s most searching investigation into Mr. Williams' habits, and how and where he spent the evening, declared that there was not the slightest slur to be cast on his character. SPORTING. Cootes, the pedestrian, completed his Herculean task of 1,000 half miles in 1,000 half hours on Wednes day last. The feat was performed in the Green Hills Garden, Norwich, and doubles the labour of Captain Barclay's celebrated match. Brighton races take place the week after next, which time unfortunately, is fixed for the assizes. The entries are numerous, and there is prospect of good sport. LITERARY. Messrs. Goschen, booksellers at Leipsic, have lodged a complaint against the Bibliographical Institute for publishing a spurious edition of Weisland's Observtr, and seizure has been made of all the copies. PUBLIC OPINION. The Times contains in its Irish leaders an account ,f sundry election outrages committed in Ireland, being , continuation of a series of articles on the same subject. Our Contemporary culls from the exaggerated report', of thC'Orange press of Ireland the most exaggerated and 'harrdwing -- descrititiOns, and, exaggerating them still more, serves up these be-devilled bits, to stimulate the appetites of its readers, saturated and disgusted with simulated horrors. It happens, however, that while the Orange voters are always, according to the statemints, the waylaid and assaulted party, they are always armed, and the Catholic peasantry are always the persons who are wounded and slain. The others are at the very worst only waylaid. Without quoting a word from the Irish journals of the opposite party, this circumstance is sufficient to show that the tales of the Times are calumnies of the Catholics, in tended to gloze over the outrages perpetrated on them, and deceive the credulous public on this side of the water. Our respected Contemporary, the Advertiser, is justly indignant at the conduct of the psalm-singing Conservatives of Wigton during the late contest, which ended ao signally in their defeat. Lord Galloway, it ap pears, is as great a persecutor of his tenantry as Sir Wm. Maxwell. No one who is a Liberal or a Dissenter is allowed to remain on his Lordship's estate. Both these functionaries, the one Lord Lieutenant, and the other a Deputy Lieutenant, have the character of being very pious. Can men who punish their dependents for their religion be entitled to this epithet ? The Herald is furious against the Chronicle and Globe, and, alluding to a remark made by these journals respecting budgets and barricades, thus politely describes them :—"'Those who labour to promulgate such senti ments as are conveyed in the above passage, are traitors and rebels in their hearts, and net guilty of overt acts of treason and rebellion merely because they are also cowards." The Scotsman is unwilling to puzzle itself about Sir Robert Peel's financial plans, being impressed with the idea that he will trust to the chapter of accidents, and leave matters as they are, at least till February. Touching upon revenue matters, it suggests that if he must beat about for some tax, that will not at least be unpopular, he might gain some applause by extending the inventory and legacy duties to heritable property. Will the landlords, his masters, submit to anything of the kind ? The Dublin Evening Post, in commenting on the proposed Members for the New Cabinet, touches on the qualifications of Sir James Graham for office. " Sir James," says the Post, " has every pretension that Sir Robert Peel could desire. He is a huge rat—he was a Radical— he would have sponged off the national debt for the sake of the landlords, and his own sake—he would st arve a host of Privy Councillors as you may re member—he was a Whig, a Reformer, and he is now a Tory and an Orangeman—what would you desire more?" —Speaking of the rains in France, it apprehends the consequences of a short supply, and there a Bread In surrection has been always most formidable. The Somerset County Gazette suggests, for the pur pose of uniting the Liberals, that a meeting of the party should be convened in London before the Session in January next, to which the Liberals of every borough and county in the kingdom should be requested to send Deputies, to determine consentaneonsly what measures ought to be carried out, and a standing Committee ap pointed to watch them. The whole Liberal Press, Lon don and Provincial, should also be invited to attend. - Because (says the Monmouthshire Merlin) we will not admit the corn of America, she is determined to do without us and our products. Iron, for example, which she almost refuses to take. From what a vast field of labour does the infamous bread-tax exclude the miners of this kingdom. RUMOURS Or THE DAY. A telegraphic account appears in one of the French papers that the Saone had become again flooded, and overflowed its banks. The repeated rumours in the Times respecting Mr. Scholefield's retirement from Birmingham are tor tally without foundation. A serious split has taken place among the Con servatives of Lincolnshire, about the division of 10,0001. sent down by the Carlton Club to defeat Lord Worsley. There will be many more splits when the scramble for plunder takes place in the autumn. COURT CIRCULAR. Wrinson, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert escorted by a party of the 11th, under the command of Lieutenant Forrest, left the Castle at twenty minutes past one o'clock for the seat of the Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and Colonel Bouverie, occupied the next car riage, and another carriage and four conveyed the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady in Waiting ; lion.: Miss Sarah Mary Cavendish, Maid of Honour in Waiting ; Marquis of lleadfort, Lord in Waiting ; and Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer to Prince Albert. Her Majesty and the Prince are expected to remain at Woburn Abbey until Thursday morning, when they will proceed to Pansanger, Herts, to honour the Earl and Countess Cowper with a visit. On the following (Friday) morning the Royal party will honour Viscount Melbourne with a visit at his seat, Broad, Hall, Herts, to partake of a dejeune, returning to Pansanger in the evening. In the forenoon her Majesty and Prince Albert walked for some time in the Park. His Royal Highness the Duke de Brabant is better, and now takes an airing every day. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians remains at the Castle. Mt Lad of Fingal arrived at the Castle tm-day, to be in attendance on her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal takes her usual. dicing. Tier Mkj , :sty the Queen Dowager, attended by Vis count and Viscountess Barrington, arrived at her re sidence Marlborough House, Pall Mall, in an open barouche and four, at twelve o'clock yesterday from Bushy Park. Her Majesty went at two o'clock to Cam bridge House, to pay a visit of congratulation to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had previously ar rived at Cambridge House from her residence, Bagshot Park. Soon after two o'clock a dejeune was served to the illustrious party. The Duchess of Gloucester took her departure in the afternoon for Kensington, and the Qum' Dowager re turned to Marlborough House. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Vis count and Viscountess Barrington, left town at five o'clock for the Lodge in Bushy Park. The Saxon Minister, and the Danish Charge d'Affaires and the Countess Bille Brahe, were among the Diploma tic corps who called at Cambridge House on Sunday, the birth-day of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam bridge. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, took an airing to Kew yes terday evening. Viscount Melbourne left town for his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts, on Sunday. His Lordship left Brocket Hall yesterday, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford, at Wob irn Abbey, Bedfordshire, to have the honour of meeting her Majesty. The Marquis of Normanby left town :resterday for Goodwood, Sussex. LAUNCH OF COLLINGWOOD" MAN OF WAR. — Orcl':rs have recently been received at Pembroke Royal Dockyard, from the Admiralty, to launch that nagnificent vessel, the " Collingwood, ' on the 17th of August. This ship is pierced to carry 80 guns, and is a beautiful specimen of the perfection to which the art of shipbuilding has attained. The ceremony will take place in the afternoon, about half an hour before high water, and it is expected to be a very gay scene. It i s now six years since a vessel of he: magnitude was sent off the stocks from Pembroke arsenal, namely, the Van guard, 80-gun-ship, which was launched on the 25th August, 1835.—Welshman. In the different lists of the Tory appointments which are handed about we do not find the name of Mr. Bradshaw in the Household, nor that of Mr. Roby. Nor do we hear that the Rev. Reginald Chaudos Pole Is to be one of the Court Chaplains. how are these extraordi nary omissions to be accounted for ? Can such services be forgo4e4 iu the hour of success ?----.E.runtiner. DRURY-LANE THEATRE, CONCERTS D'ETE. The Concerts d'Ete commenced .at this theatre kit evening upon the same splendid and magnificent scale as lest season, both with regard to the orchestral arrange ments and to the decorations. The stage is fitted up as a swoon, in a most gorgeous yet chaste and tasteful style, adorned with mirrors, statues, fountains, and flowers. The effect produced by the statue of Eve on the fountain is one of the most beautiful we ever beheld. • l'he Eve is an exact copy from Baily'sexquisite statue; .:he reclines on a mossy bank in the midst of a parterre of flowers, and is gazing into the fountain which occupies the foreground. The light, which is thrown on this tableau from above; produces the softest effect that can to imagined, which heightens the whole, being seen through an enormous sheet of plate glass. The promen tde is also surrounded by flowers. The orchestra, rhich is under the able.direction of M. Jullien, is on the same effective scale as it ever has been at this theatre, and among the solo performers we recognized all the favottrites of last season. Several aspirants for public favour are, it appears, also engaged among them. J ancourt, trout the Opera Comique at Paris, natio his first appearance before an English audience in a solo on the bassoon ; he made that usually gruff aid growling instrument discourse most excellent uusic, and was loudly applauded. Among the tew pieces performed was a quadrille by Jullien, and a grand fantasia from La Sonnam ',lda, arranged by Mr. W. Childe. This last, which includes all the gems of that most delightful opera, was most effective. Mons. Dantonet gave the beautiful air, Vi raviso," on the alto-trombone, with exquisite taste Ind pathos ; indeed, until we heard Mons. Dantonet's ,terformance last evening, we had no idea that that in strument was capable of so much expression. The fan- Asia concluded with " Alf non giunge uman pensiero," in the cornet-a-piston. It is sufficient to say that Koenig vas the performer for every one who recollects the concerts of last season to know that all that the most perfect mastery of the instrument, combined with the utmost taste, could do for 4 that beautiful air was done. ft was indeed a great treat. The feature of the evening, however, was Beethoven's symphony in C minor. It was tetighttut to see J ullien conducting this symphony ; he seemed so thoroughly to enter into the spirit of the ;nighty master. There is something in Beethoven's nusic more imaginative, more poetical, more creative han in that of any -of his predecessors. His cumpo ;itions are as capable of pictorial illustrations as the works of the highest poets; in fact, he was a poet, and one if a very high order, and among the many obligations which the English musical public owe to Mr. Eliason,. terhaps the greatest is for his having by means of these ;oncerts caused the magnificent creations of Beethoven he justly appreciated in this country. The works of .feethoven's disciples are not, however, as yet sufficiently mown here. May we indulge a hope that during the season Mr. Eliason will enable us to hear and judge of he productions of M. Berlioz, and some of the other fol lowers of the mighty founder of the romantic school. rho theatre was crowded to excess, and every thing be mkens a prosperous season. One alteration has been introduced of which we cannot but highly approve. The programme will be changed every evening. MR. MACAULAY AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.—A dispute has arisen between the Secretary at War and some of the electors of Edinburgh, in consequence of an applica tion to him by the Town Council for a subscription to wards the support of the races at that city. The follow ing extract from Mr. Maeaulay's reply has been submit 'ed to us :—" in the first place, I am not clear that the thject is a good one ; in the next place, I am clear that by giving money for such an object in obedience to such 1, summons, I s h ould completely change the whole cha racter of my connection with Edinburgh. It has been usual enough for rich families to keep a hold on corrupt boroughs by defraying the expenses of public amuse ments. Sometimes it is a ball, sometimes a regatta. The Derby family used to support the Preston races. The Members for Beverley, I believe, find a bull for their constituents to bait. But these were not the conditions on which I undertook to represent Edinburgh. In re turn for your generous confidence, I offer faithful Parlia mentary services, and nothing else. I am, indeed, most willing to do what I can towards assisting your registra tion. lam willing to contribute the little I can spare to your most useful public charities. But even that Ido not consider as matter of contract. Nor should I think it proper that the Town Council should call on me to contribute even to an hospital or a school. But the call which is now made is one so objectionable, that I must plainly say I would rather take the Chiltern Hundreds than comply with it."—[Having felt it our duty to ani madvert s9mewhat freely on the supineness, or negligence, or abstraction of the Right Hon. Gentleman who is the subject of the above paragraph, we must say that we think this letter does him honour. His conduct is straightforward and manly. It ought to be imitated by every other honest and independent representative.— ED. Sun.] The Poll-book, which is just published, is so far gratify ing that it does much to dissipate the feeling of something like despondency entertained by many Reformers respecting the next municipal election. From the analysis at the end of it, we find, that, of the electors who voted as householders , at the late election, 3,936 voted for Sir Joshua Walmsley, and only 3,875 for Lord Sandon, leaving a majority of householders for Sir Joshua of 61. In the different wards Sir Joshua had a majority of householders in seven, while he was exactly equal to Lord Sandon in two, within one of him in another, and within three in a fourth. So that there are only five wards in which the Tories had a decided majority of that class of electors who alone have votes at municipal elections. Surely here is no cause for despair. —Liverpool Albion. FATAL OCCURItENCE.—On Wednesday, Da vid Steel, a collier, belonging to Whitletts, lost his lite at the Fulshaw pit, in that neighbourhood, under the follow ing circumstances :—A man of the name of John M'Cul loch, ploughman to Mr. Gordon, Newton Lodge, was at the pit with a cart for coals, and happening to have been followed by a dog' belonging to the farm, _ he ex pressed himself to some of the men employed at the pit-head as desirous of getting rid of the animal. The reply was that he might speedily do so by throwing it down the shaft. This thoughtless advice was adopted by M'Culloch, who immediately seized the dog and pitched him into the pit. Unfortunately four persons— the oversman, with a young lad who had got his hand injured, and Steel and his little boy, who assisted him at work—were in the act of ascending at the mo ment in ono of the buckets. They were within a few fathoms of the top—the shaft being in all about fifty three—when the dog in its descent struck Steel somewhere on the shoulder or back of the neck, by which he was instantly precipitated, head foremost, to the bottom, the whole party narrowly cs taping a similar fate. The unfortunate man was killed on the spot, his body being greatly mangled by the fall. The dog, strange to say, fell into the bucket, and was brought up unscathed. On 'kerning what had been the result of his thoughtless conduct, M'Culloch was very much grieved The case has been investigated by the Fiscal, who has admitted him to bail. Steel has left a wife and family.—Ayr Observer. It is understood that the Queen was so pressed upon and crowded on Sunday week, as she passed from the orangery on to the private terrace at Windsor, by the throngs that were in the gardens, that her Majesty came to the determination not to promenade amongst the public as heretofore. It must be admitted that her Ma jesty is frequently subjected to annoyances of this de scription, from the unruly portion of the strangers who visit the gardens and new terrace on Sundays.—Courier. Yesterday having been set apart by the General Assembly as a day of fasting, humiliation, and thanks giving, was observed with . decent outward solemnity in this town, nearly all the shops being closed during the whole day. In all the Established Churches but one, divine service was celebrated, and the attendance was respectable. By a number, however, the day was kept as a holiday, and the steamboats and railway met with great encouragement, the fineness of the weather inducing Dissenters, and not a few of the more lux Churchmen, to take a trip to the country. The down trains in the early part of the day, and the up trains in the afternoon were lung and well tilled. At half past six 22 carriages, and at half-past seven 14, were de spatched up, while at the departure of the latter a crowd. of many hundrads was waiting in the streets for the next train.—Greenock Advertiser. I DON'T LIKE TO SEE—A dirty shirt covered with a clean dickey ; a working man, who has two hats, wearing the best every day ; the windows patched with paper, rags, or turf ; a sweep or baker passing through the crowd ; a woman's boot-lace dangling loose ; orange peels thrown on the footpath ; an orphan girl tempted to walk the streets for the purpose of prostitution ; good meat thrown to the dogs ,• a workhouse funeral nearly without attendants ; a rich man's :funeral blocking up the streets ; a woman beating her child Noun it had nearly got run over ; a country overseer putting fait a poor woman by the shoulders ; two men fighting a pitched battle on Sunday afternoon, with a large attendance of men and women ; a Methodist parson, with stentorian lungs, holding forth to three indivi• duals ; a man, after breaking a square of glass in a ing for l ii i c o loc u o r ui s t i to onf g a e h t e h ltt,i e , li r tnht i e n ras a int e llo r a a rn d il l ia e ntgu ; window, running away to esc a pe d e tection ; a child cry= ,tg a e do p i o z o gi r t ht l o a t d i tel l e r ffoa girl, oed. t a o t ry fi - v i e nu o e until his legs are obliged to be tied up ; a bed-rootn comb left full of hair ; a servant waiting at the table with dirty hands ; a woman slipping in at tile back door of a public) house, with a little jug, at tea thne ; justice fining persons for Pottin w o ttrint,,, W : 10 crequentiy gets it fresh" himself I a tegslll ekhibititig his wounds and defiirmatioli bll tlit4 ittitl 616.1 Mil old iritimi of aetitity g married nrrLY;ttindgrultl of 6t rikene% ‘ ac ti bt li ti dgr6iiviiiii to churchiigliish lifgs t ff oget t full gallop down a narrow street i eiothk§ Myth , eatens while there .arc so imatiy books Without ; a coach-loom ;vith bleedirig it d og poor Man's botise; AVM getri felld Mil the iNflfilis r}iti tai's shoes unibottomed, and stockings out at the heel ; umbrella on a wind:: day with two broken bones ; a shop with dirty window's; the baliffs carrying; the bed and chair of a poor widow to the obelisk, to sell for rent ; a poor rc.ggai wiCe seeking her ioust and at twelve on Saturday night ; a man exceedingly drunk and noisy at a temperance meeting ; a tee-totaller coming out of a " Tom and Jerry" wiping his mouth.—Educational gazine. ORIGIN OF THE MALT AND BEER TAXES.--- The following memoranda may not be uninteresting to many of our readers :—Ale-houses were established in this country as early as 721. and are mentioned in the laws of ina, King of Wessex. Public-houses were first licensed in 1621, authority being granted for that pur pose to Sir Giles Dfontpessan and Sir Francis Michel, for their own emolument. In 1553. the number of taverns in London was limited to fr.ro - . The malt tax was esta blished in 1697, increased 1760, ttnd new odelled in 1766. An excise duty ot as beer and ale w' m fir6t imposed in 1660. • t. •`- • < I 1 • THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1841. „„.. . • . TURKISri SAINTS. ' 1 • suppressed Asiab a superior tll ere o once d . (Translated from "Th e B oo k o f a H un d re d Strange Anec dotes,” printed in Tu r ki s h a fe w mon ths ago, and then totally sheikh. lie resided in th e tur b o ( mauso l e um) of a saint, whose origin no ene knew, b u t w h o was universally ?- In lived a celebrated a country of f pro nounced to have been a most holy man, a pattern of Moslem virtues. The thou san d s o f visitors who annually flocked to the turbe left their offerings in abundance. One brought olive oil, to feed the lamp which night and day shed its lustre over the resplendent tomb of the saint ; another a fatted calf ; a third poultry ; and a fourth sheep for his own consumption. Thus the sheikh was relieved from the necessity of earthly anxieties, and had full leisure to devote himself to the laudable and all -absorbing con templation of futurity. His fame increased daily, and the young dervish, who succeeded in becoming his ser vant and disciple, esteemed himself most happy ; he par ticipated to a certain extent in the glories and good living of his master, and on the strength of having served so eminent a sheikh, he, after a while, went forth into the world, and set up for his own account with complete cer tainty of success. It so happened that one -# Of the disciples of the sheikh, who was a lazy and stupid fellow, had remained at the thrhe for ten long years, without having once shown the slightest inclination to make way for others. The sheikh , therefore, one day called him, and putting into his hand the halter of an ass, he thus addressed him :—" You ca n learn nothing more here, my son, go and travel. Moun t the ass, and may Allah and the prophet guide you , vorler ossoon (bon voyage)." The disciple most respectfully kissed the hand of the holy man, and taking hold of the halter, he, without uttering a syllable, led forth his ass, with the intention of mounting it as soon as he was clear of the premises, but failed not, cre he had gone many steps, to perceive that the animal was dead lame, and so weak that to mount him was out of the question. He therefore renounced all hope of that, cut a thick stick from the first hedge, and commenced urging on his ass in the most persuasive manner possible. Thus he continued his journey for a fortnight, and would have gone on still further, but the days of the ass were numbered ; the animal, worn out, fell down by the road-side, and died. Th e dervish began to think what. he had best do. "If I leave the dead ass - here, the flesh will soon become corrupt, and I, being a stranger, am sure to be ill-treated, perhaps bastinadoed and put in prison, loaded with chains." He therefore determined on burying his ass just .where it had fallen ; this done he heaped the earth over the grave in the usual orthodox way, and, greatly fatigued with his labour, sat down near the g rave, lamenting over the cheerlessness of his prospects. W hilst thus occupied ha observed a number of men coming over the plain ; they were•well dressed, mounted on beautiful horses, richly housed, and their attention was attracted to the dervish seated at the head of a fresh made grave. One of them remarked, " There must have been two der vishes'; one of them having died on the road has been buried by his surviving companion." To this they had so completely made up their minds, that without asking any needless questions, they respectfully approached the traveller and said, " God give you health ; we see you have lost your brother, but let your grief cease ; we are, thank God, pious people here ; we will build a turbe over his sweet-smelling ashes ; you also shall be cared for, therefore give not a thought for the future." The dervish saw it would not be for his interest to undeceive them ; he consequently remarked that it was indeed hard to lose a companion with whom he had passed so many years, and who had never, during the whole course of their acquaintance, uttered an offensive word, or an untruth, whilst he was a real pattern of patience ; but that when he saw honour prepared for his remains it was indeed consolation of the right sort—he was rejoiced. In a word, a splendid turbe was speedily built, a lamp burnt constantly over the tomb, the dervish was. installed as sheikh, the faithful crowded in from all quarters to visit the tomb of the new saint, and, in the course of time, the mausoleum became the most celebrated in all Asia. The reputation of the sheikh was unrivalled. It was deemed scarcely a miracle if wonders were worked over the remains of so holy a saint. The old sheikh, the former master of the new one, at last perceived that his glory was eclipsed, and lie determined on haying a visit to his successful rival, with a view of acquiring a little of that real knowledge, of which he felt he stood so much in need. The journey was long, but he performed it with pleasure, and, on entering the turbe, what was his sur prise, on perceiving that the shiekh, whose renown was so great, was neither more nor less than his old servant, whom he had discarded. many years before for incorri gible stupidity l The other also knew him, but neither gave signs of recognition, and the new sheikh began to hope that his former master's memory was not so good as his own. The old sheikh became the musafir, or guest of the other ; and several days having passed, one evening, when they were quite alone, he asked his quondam disciple to relate to him by what wonderful turn of fortune he had acquired such reputation. The other replied, " I owe it to the wretched, lame, and dy ing ass you gave me when I left you. There lies his tomb—the merit be on him !" " Vai," exclaimed the first sheikh, " that is, indeed, adjaceb (strange), for know, that in the turbe, in which myself have gained such extensive honour and profit, repose the remains of the father of your ass." THE FOREST OF PEACOCKS. An officer of the 30th Bengal Native Infantry writes thus—" On the 6th of April we arrived at Chatteer, and ' entered upon the skirts of the great Moburbunge, better known as the Forest of Peacocks. The jungle hereabout g 1 1 a . I s V s e pl e a n i c n, m si situated e a d t runs excessively heavy, and the hills, which arc chiefly composed of laterite, a species of compact iron sand stone, are rugged in the extreme, and are studded up to their e mi r , om favourite va rk. a v b e 7 11 ts seven t o s ,cl i o v i c t k h , A t e .2, a r k . trees. u al p i o d n s a au s l nlai between two lofty heights, embedded in limest, ;laving pitched our tents contiguous to an old disused water tank, which ryas completely choked with the lotus (Indian water plily j, e r c a r s e l h, l a io d m t i h h e a rlb misfortuneroti gh o u t t ' s ) v i l t o h s m e worth, who, in the act of slaking his thirst after a long and hot morning's march, was carried off by an alliga tor. Although the heat of the sun was excessive, never theless myself and two brother officers ventured, after a coc double-barrelled slender breakfast, to take Oe field, and equipped with three foot of gu t n l s i nearest fiutthe b village coolies as our guides, entJed the Forest of Pea e seemed to pervade ' these deep rocks mi d solitary glens. m;nition. and a few ill. uttered to death-like silence Not a leaf was seen to move, nor a 6!:9 11 d awaken the ear, save,. ever and anon, the harsli sz;:ealn.9f the peacock, or the sonorous grunt of some half frant:f. elk, as the latter lay encouched in his lair, impatieni .`.`f the annoyance of the myriads of mosquitoes which worry these animal's during the day almost to madness. In descending a defile we perceived, on a small green patch, about eighty yards from us, four wolves greedily picking the skeleton carcase of a deer, or other animal, which had, no doubt, fallen a victim to the predatory appetite of some marauding leopard or tiger. On reaching the terminus of a slope we came upon a spacious valley, in which were feeding some hundreds of peafowl. We contrived to get within sixty yards of them before they attempted to - retire into the bamboo thickets, which were profusely distributed throughout this retired spot ; and as they gracefully paraded, in the act of with drawing themselves from view into the jungle, their rich luxuriant plumage, played upon by the sun's beams, ap peared like so many moving bodies profusely studded with precious gems of the most surpassing brilliancy. The work of slaughter now began. Every thicket fur. nished six or more birds for our marks, and, with three double-barrel guns, charged with No. 2 shot, you may imagine that the havoc among them which followed was terrible. We succeeded in bringing down twenty seven of these noble birds, and might have considerably exceeded that number had it not been that the subduing influence of the sun prompted us, against our will, to seek the shady covert of the forest, and to make our best way back to the encamping ground. We crossed several mullahs, on the muddy banks of which were visibly im pressed the telltale footsteps of various tigers, leopards, and other like wild and ferocious animals, which, during the still hours of night, were in the habit of repairing to these haunts to quench their burning thirst. This forest is an unexplored wilderness as to the interior, in which some of the largest rivers in the south-western parts of India take their rise, and inhabited only by the most ferocious beasts that are indigenous to that exten sive tract of country. . . THE FAST DAi . .--Yesterday was the day ap pointed by the General Assembly to be observed. as a Fast Day—we forget the terms in which the reasons were couched—but really and truly for the hinderances and troubles experienced by the Non-Intrusionists from 1 the Government on one side, and still more from Tories, Moderates, and Voluntaries, oft the other. Happening to be the half-yearly sacrimentat fast both of the parish church and the secession and relief congregations in this town, the day was of course universally and reverently observed by the inhabitants. But for this circumstance, , I) is s e n s te n t r e s m , p t t h . c s a o p appointment i l ri v t a m s eanttcwolodusltdreahma:e whereb cen, we have no doubt that, by most Churchmen as well as . ~ ,- ergy a observed a public service 1 superiors,.e m sia n sti n c o rd .:torerespe t c h t e to tho b tarl y e - tial t ,te. h m e dowt in obedience $o his et,. . t' i l i d d i c g i ii i4 lxi l ls l" , 6 ln the t:s . shops and labour carried on as i t t l h le c ;aris.. .! were all Upend, find bugines. , 111.4 1 fl i kf ere It it* not the sfteilinrn `-- -11;l w , entry parishes f tl a a:s o il t u h n i tia ti tt u ie s • , 1 fast e hear that no better respect Was paid to the Am*, Y, : i s appaiiittuutit 1 and we may :afely affirm, that by 74.- . ' legislittieit the Church of Scotland is destroying inste a d of ntigideitting its au thority, On fitting occasions the people of Seottod Jive ittl reluctance to spend a day in religious services ; but religion eeght not to be dese crated to political and factious purposes, as we hold it 11t5 baen in this instance.—Kelso Chronicle. hint OF BounFION AND THE FAIR SEX. ~ 4 01111 the &cond, Duke of Bourbon, instituted in the felt 1369 an Order of chivalry. One of the statutes of 8 is curious, and sho ws the hi gh opinion he entertaine d of t h e i fi li ti ox e of the female sex upon the virtue and Virss Of within& According to this statute, the id - it§ NO obliged to pay due respect to the ladies, both marflefi Mid tlittnatrred, and never to suffer any thing derogatory to their reputation to be said in their presence. "For," adds the statute, " those that speak ill of women have very littl,2 l ionour, and, to their dis grace be it menti oned, sa y of ita.t aox, which cannot re venge itself, what they would not dare to say of a man ; for from women, after God, arises a great part of the honour that there is in the world." TESTIMONIAL TO ME. BAINES.—The public breakfast to Mr. Baines, at the Bell Hotel, on Friday, was num erously and respectably attended, the Rev. E. Miall in the chair. Abou t two hundred, amon g w hom was a la r g e sprink ling of ladies , sat dov.n on the o ccasion. The meeting w as ad dressed by the Reeds. G. Legge, J. E. Giles (of Leeds). S. P. Mursell , J. Webb (of Arnesb y) , Toiler (of Harb orou g h). ai.d Mr. Ch ilds (of Bunga,v). &c. &c. A splendidly bound Bible was presented to Mr. Baines by th e chairman,Who re turned thanks for the testimonial of respect thus shown- to him n in an appropriate speech. The . .. meeting broke up abo ut two o'clock.—Lescoler ,Chronicle. THE LATE ELECTIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—l have lately returned from a tour in the north, and in my course having visited several families where the principals have been actively engaged in the business of the lags elections. I have become more than ever con vinced of the impossibility of ascertaining the real sense of the country on questions submitted to its judgment, till the voter shall be protected by the great measure of the Ballot. In repeated instances which have come to my knowledge men have been literally carried to the poll in such a state of intoxication that they could not walk without support, and were scarcely able to utter the names of the candidates they had been prevailed on to vote for. An argument I have been constantly met with in my advocacy of the necessity of secret voting has been, that if it were in force this class of men could never be induced to take the trouble of going to the poll, as no candidate would pay for the mere pro mise, when it would be impossible for the voter to prove its fulfilment, and that thus the constituency would be much diminished. Surely nothing stronger can be urged in favour of any system than that it would ex clude those who have no opinion to express, from ex pressing an opinion on the most vital of all subjects, the government of the country. In many of thej recent con tests in the cities and boroughs, where the elections have been carried by such trifling majorities, it is this very class who, without any other reason than that they have been paid for it, have decided the fate of the candi dates, and virtually returned the Members. 'When we connect with this fact another, no less indisputable, namely, that numbers of electors abstain altogether from voting, knowing that they will sustain injury from the conscientious exercise of their privilege, I think no mind unbiassed by party prejudices can come to any other conclusion than that, under the present system, it is im possible the honest opinion of the constituency can be expressed. Your steady and patriotic support of the popular cause has induced me to hope you might not judge the above remarks unworthy a corner in you r invaluable paper. I itm,Sir, your obedient servant, London, July 26. J. S. P. MILLERS, BAKERS, AND:LORD STANLEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I • feel grateful, as every one of our fraternity must feel, for your able strictures in defending the poor millers and bakers from the unjust assaults of my Lord Stanley, who, if he had known the ruinous losses to which we are unavoidably subject in our trade with the bakers in the rural districts, in consequence of their supplying the agricultural labourers with bread and flour to keep them from starvation, would have paused before he brought into public odium a respectable class of trades men to serve a political triumph. Yes, my Lord Stanley, the millers are the very people who, without any "pro tection," enable the farmer to pay his rent, which he could not do with all his protection if we did not stand in the gap between him and the consumer My Lord should have known true nobility of charac ter consists in the support of a manly dignity on all oc casions, and if he could not have spoken a word in favour f the helpless and unprotected, it would have been snore generous of him to have lost his election than to have won it at the expence of truth. If these virtues are lightly esteemed by the .privileged orders who force themselves forward to be legislators, how can thev expect the plebeians can have that confidence in them which their station should command ? The bare idea of the monopolists taking office with their large " pinchbelly" majority has already produced a lucky change in the wheat market. The very demon of selfishness could not have wished it more effective to his heart's content.* What we are to expect when these wiseacres realise power is not for us to divine ; their darling object, the sliding scale, the climax of their legis lative wisdom, is at the present moment in splendid ope ration. Here we are on the very borders of a famine in wheat, the vital support of life ; and we could well afford at the present time to pay Ss., 10s., or even 12s. per quar ter duty on foreign wheat to keep us on until harvest, and thus replenish the Exchequer. But " No," say the monopolists, " you shall have it before the time you do not want it ;" that is, when the duty is nominal, and the produce of our own new harvest comes to hand, you shall have an overwhelming quantity to fill our own pockets. Then follows a recurrence of a derangement )f the currency ; the little farmer almost ruined, for he must sell early ; the agricultural and commercial inte rest of the nation shook to its very centre. All this may serve as sport for the monopolists, but it must eventually end in death to the country. Their blindness is equal to Egyptian darkness, whose hearts are hardened, that they will not let go the freedom of trade from cruel bond age, until the plagues of Egypt come upon them. Yours, &c. A LARGE SOUTH COUNTRY MILLER. July 24, 1841. * The price of wheat has advanced in our markets 10s. to 14s. per quarter since the result of the elections has been known GREAT MEN. 1530.—1 n this year, a man named William Sutherland, died in Scotland, said to have been of the height of nine feet five inches. 1702.—Hugh Oge Maclean, a native of Rasharkin, died in that parish, who was nine feet seven inches high. Within memory, in making some alterations on the wall of the churchyard of Rasharkin, some of his bones were dug up, the great size of which confirmed the relations of tradition regarding his great height. The skull is reported to have been upwards of an inch in thickness. 1750.-Died, at Malden, in Essex, Edward Bright, who weighed 46st. 101 b. 1754.-Died, at Stebbing, Essex, Jacob Powell, who weighed 40st. 17 63.-Benjamin Bowen, died at Holt, Dorsetshire. He weighed 34st. 41b. 1766.-Died at Worcester, Mr. Baker. His weight is not exactly known, but he is said to have been some thing larger than Bright. 1775.-Mr. Spooner, of Shuttington, Warwickshire, died, who weighed 40st. 91b. 1778.-In July, a Young woman was shown in Belfast, seven feet six inches in height. 1780.-About this time, two brothers, of the name of Knight, natives of Moneymore, were exhibited in seve ral towns in the north of Ireland, as a show. They were each seven feet six inches in height. In Money more was also born Charles Burns, who measured eight feet six inches in height : he also travelled as a show. 1781.-Died at Ballynahinch,William Forgie. aged 50 years, who weighed 42st. 31b. His coffin was six feet L •-ro inches across. 178;.. -Died in William-street, Dublin, Mr. Goff, sup posed, at the ~..!•443 of his death, to be the largest man in the British domin;LZ7-2, His coffin was six feet eight in length, and one yard 4:thl a quarter over the breast. It took twelve men to carry hi., coffin to the grave. 1784.-Died, at Brookhill, bisburn, Lovelace Love, who weighed upwards of 40st. • nearl 1787.-A man named Barry died at Cork; Of y an equal size as Mr. Goff. 1793.-Died, in November, at Bcaumaris, Lewis, who weighed 40st. 1796.-Died, in September, at Cork, James Fitzge rald, supposed the fattest man in the kingdom. His waistcoat had frequently been buttoned round three men. 1798.-Died, in April, at Lambeth-road, St. George's fields, Joseph Leckey, measuring, when living, six feet six inches in girth, and six feet in height. 1798.-Died, at Nottingham, aged 49, George Mad dock. The breadth of his coffin was three feet four inches, and the depth two feet three inches. 1802.-Died. Samuel M`Donaltl, alias Big Sam. He was well proportioned, and was six feet ten inches in height. 1806.-Died, at the Hotwells, Bristol, Patrick Cotter, who travelled under the name of O'Brien. He was a native of Kinsale, and was commonly called the Irish Giant, being eight feet one inch in height. In his bills it was always given out that he was nine feet. 1809.-Died suddenly, at Leicester, Daniel Lambert, aged 39 years. He weighed 52st. 111 b. He measured three feet one inch round the leg, and nine feet four round the body. 1822.-A young Frenchman was exhibited in London of the height of seven feet four inches. 1829.-Died, in August, at Bolton, aged 34 years, Charles Hamilton, a native of the county Down, seven feet six inches in height. He was exhibited in Belfast, come years before his death, along with a Mrs. Cooke, an English lady, of nearly equal height. 1829.-Died, at Swansea, Joseph Sewell ; he was seven feet four inches high, and weighed 5181 b. 1840.—May, a young man, enlisted into the 79th re giment in Limerick, six feet seven inches high. 1840.—Novembev, at Llanlinan ' near Alnwick, a human skeleton was found in a kind of stone coffin, in a high state of preservation, seven feet six inches in length. HERRING FISHING. ABERDEEN.—The herring fishery has been interrupted here this week by the unseasonable weather, but on the nights that the boats got to sea, they all caught herrings. The fishery along the coast has now fairly commenced, and bids well to be successful. PETERHEAD, JULY . 22.—Our boats, including Bod dam and Burnhsven, are 408. Last night and to-night the boats have not got to sea, in consequence of the rough weather. Our average will not be above three or four crans per boat, but the fishing has been pretty general. itzsamount.—On Friday week only three boats . ea _;(l. returned next morning with from thre e vven. ~.. P 7 e ; , . On Tuesday and Wednesday th e y er to fi a v g e ed cra tw il: ana -pc crans each. In conseq uence o f thev sta te of the weathweatherWednesday night, none o f a the boats went to sea. HOPEHAN.—The herring fishing commenced here on Monday the 12th instant, and the take for the first week was pretty fair. This week they have been much better, and good hopes are entertained of a successful fishing. On Wednesday the boats avera g ed about six crans each. There are 26 boats belonging to this thriving port en gaged in the fishing. BANFF, JULY 22.—The fishing, though not heavy, has been pretty regular and general for the last few days. On the 17th, the average was about 5 trans ; 20th and 9 1s t , about 3 trans. Nothing this morning, the strong north winds having prevented the boats getting to sea last night. The demand for cured fish is very languid ; some few more sales have been made at 215., and at Wick at 20s. per barrel, but we believe the buyers will not come freely into the market till the prises are lower. STONEHAVEN.—The rough weather has prevented the boats from going to sea for some nights past. The Floating Island in Derwent Lake, Keswick was on the 19th inst. discovered above the placid sur face of that fur-famed sheet of water, by Mr. Wright. the celebrated guide and mineralogist. The last appe,aratio of this phenomenon, we b e li eve , wii , i ll t h e mouths o f July and August, 1837. THE PROGRESS OF MESMERISM. (From the Times.) We are not an imaginative people, though we are ' sometimes led away by fashion or the force of example, and therefore we require always that some proof that the pretensions of any man to any especial art or science should be set forth before proper alai competent judges, and examined by them before we admit his claims. But, on the other hand, the moment some person of supposed knowledge of the subject affixes his imprimatur, we run into the opposite extreme. We will allow no cavil, no question, no argument upon the person's abilities. We could illustrate this proposition by a reference to Dr. Lard nor's profound opinion that steamers could not cross the Atlantic ; or to the idea that prevailed previous to the establishment of railroads, of a physical impediment to the traction of the wheels upon the rails, which led to the patent of Mr. Blenkinsop for overcoming this supposed attfieulty. Those wno teavel on radroaus or in steam vessels at the present day arc apt to wonder how any doubts of the kind could have existed ; but that they did exist we can adduce,irrefragible proofs. Let us therefore now examine into the facts of a nim a l magnetism or mesme rism, without any reference to theory, or any appeal to reason. Certain effects are produced on certain indivi duals, by persons possessing a power little short of the miraciihnis. Of this fact there can be no doubt—nay, the effects are admitted, but they are ascribed to imagina tion, to sympathy, to nervous affection, or to some other cause, which leaves the solution exactly where the in quiry commenced. .Entering the field neither as a par tisan nor an adversary, we are only desirous of eliciting the truth. Either animal magnetism is, or is not, an imposition. If it be an imposition, let us scout its pro fessors from our shores ; if not, let us calmly and dis passionately examine into their merits. A few remarks, therefore, upon the earlier history of the science, will enable us to come to a more decided opinion as to whe ther the inquiry is worth the time that it must neces sarily cost. Mesmer. a native of Switierland, from whose cogno men the science has been named, was the first person is I...i:rope who attracted attention by the practice of the art. His exhibitions, however, were attended with a great deal of mummery, with the playing of musical instruments, and the manipulation of iron spindles issuing from a wooden circular box. This box, or tub, admitted round it about 50 patients, and each patient was connected to his neighbour by a cord, while, to render the chain of communication more complete, the one pinched the other's thumb. This new science produced so much sensation in Paris, that the Government ap pointed a Commission to inquire into its merits, at the head of which was the celebrated Benjamin Franklin. flic report was unfavourable to the pretensions of the new science, but it is worthy of remark, that Mesmer himself never came in contact with the Commissioners lie refused to explain the principles by which he ope rated ; but one of his pupils, Deslon, undertook to explain overything, but, as we have said, not to the satisfaction of the Commission. Nevertheless, they admit that 5 out of 14 sick persons experienced some effects from the operation, but attribute these effects to the influence of imagination. But, as we can only judge from effects, and allowing that mesmerism works only through the medium of the imagination, still are not the principles which govern so tremendous tin agency worthy of being inquired into ? Any objections urged either from analogy, from reason, or from experience, can scarcely be entertained : At first sight, who would suppose that the combination of certain plates of metal immersed in diluted acid would produce the extraordinary effects which we can sec daily demonstrated either by the electro-galvanic battery or the voltaic pile ? Or that the union and combustion of two gases should produce so great a heat as to consume iron, and reduce the diamond to its primitive elements ? Or that Hall's hydraulic machine should overcome the .laws of gravitation, and raise water in spite of its phy sical properties, simply by rapidity of motion ? Or that the violet ray of the prism should magnetize iron ? Yet these arc facts which no one ventures to ques tion, because they are daily demonstrated. Or shall we make any allusion to the daguerrotype, the elec trotype, and the wonderful powers of steam, with its strange faculty of electricity ? Why, therefore, with out inquiry, should we refuse to an individual the credit of possessing latent powers, which are not common to all our race ? All fish have not the property of the gymno tus—yet who doubts the power of the eel in the Adelaide Gallery to produce electrical phenomena ? We could multiply cases of extraordinary qualities possessed not only by animals but by men ? Does any one doubt the venom of the rattle-snake, of the copro de capella, or of that horrid reptile common near the mines of Choco, South America, whose bite is instantaneous and fright ful dissolution, when the body swells, and the whole frame in a few seconds is decomposed, and becomes a fluid mass of loathsome corruption ? Or does any man question the extraordinary faculty which that individual, pensioned at the Mauritius by the British Government, possesses of seeing vessels some hundred miles at sea? Or the fact of the Brahmin who could sit on air ; or of another Indian who could bury himself for a month, as witnessed by Lieutenant Boileau, and then resuscitate himself ; or of the case of Colonel Townsend, noticed by Cheyne, who could voluntarily expire and again return to life ? The power of the hazel twig in the hands of cer tain persons to point out the source of springs was long treated as fictitous ; but in the 22d volume of the Quar terly Review there is a well authenticated case of Lady N.'s exhibiting this power in the presence of Dr. Hutton and others, in a field near the new college at Woolwich. and subsequently at other places. THE CENSUS FOR PAISLEY. The result of the census for the town, as taken milder the new statute for that purpose, like every other document dint can be brought torward regarding the condition of this important manufacturing district, presents indisputable evidence of the resources and condition of the people being greatly on the decline. From that portion of the Abbey parish beyond the parliamentary boundary being now struck off from the town in the enumeration of the inhabitants, an apparent de crease of nearly ten thousand inhabitants will this year appear in the census of Paisley, and in place of ranking as a town with nearly 60,000 inhabit ants, the returns exhibit, as nearly as possible, a popula tion of 49,000. There being_ a real increase on that por tion of the town comprised in the present return, of 2,203 persons, over the census of 1831: This is, how ever, nothing to what it should have been had the mono polist restrictions on foreign trade not been operating against the improvements in science and art, and the in creased mineral resources of the district, which have been brought into operation during the last ten years. What, however, presents a more appalling proof of the declining state of our population than the small increase of the inhabitants, is the striking fact that the additional po pulation of 2,203 persons are huddled into less house-room considerably, than was occupied by the more limited popu lation in 1831. In the census of 1831, the total number of uninhabited houses in the four Paisley parishes, includ ing the town of Johnstone, was 527. In the census for 1841, the number of uninhabited houses in the town of Paisley amounts to 671, and as every person acquainted with the town is fully aware, that during the last ten years, when we take into consderation the total stoppage that has taken place in the erection of tradesmen's houses, : . .he small tradesmen's houses replaced by finer buildings, an d ,-ccupied by fewer families, we are short considerably of the f o ,7ner number of dwellings occupied ; while, at upw ards of two thousand are accommo dateddwellings, by two or th ree f am ili es tha sa i m n e th t e in these !:'te, one apartment, wh ereas every !louse for themselves. This being' now bundled tic' 1 -1 1 family formerly occupied ;i is one of the most important pr'Y)fs that can be a dd uce d of the evil influence of the Corn-i:ws on our manufac tures, and the consequent increase in the poverty of the people. The only other statement in the census we conceive worthy of notice, is a fact which is very apt indeed to throw a damp ovg• the prospects of the fair sex. We allude to the excess of females over males in the gross population, which will be found amounting to 3,932. This excess of our female population is considerably in creased by the number of heads of families, and young men Also, who have lately emigrated to America, and taking this into view, we beg of our fair rc:,iders of the present day not by any means to despond on account of the excess of their number. Their prospects are oven better than those of their predecessors ten years ago ;for in the census for that period we find, that in the four Paisley parishes the excess of females over males amounted to 4,422, leaving a comparative increase in the male population at this time, (notwithstanding the un favourable circumstances of the existing depression) and emigration to the amount of 490 individuals.—Renfrew shire Reformer. —_._ THE GREYS .01? HOWICK. The following historical facts afford ample testimony how little Kings and Queens are indebted to -thepatri otic and disinterested house of HoWick 1. Sir Thomas Grey, of Ilowick, executed for high treason (temp. Henry V.) 2. Thomas Grey, of Howick, put his name second to the death warrant of Charles I. 3. The present Earl Grey, when Member for Nor thumberland, was Chairman of a treasonable society, called the Friends of the People (temp. George MO He appeared in co l oured clothes in the House of Com mons in the ye ar 17 90 on the murder of the King an d Queen of France, every other member, without excep tion,. wearing deep mournino. ! ! I-IVewcasik Jou [Grievous offences, no doubt. If no opposi ir t . ' o . : r nna b i a ' a v d e been made to Kings and Queens should c e sma e cble Tory heard of our freeronstitution, which miserable rilegious Journalists say is so perfect that none hands would touch it, of course would, even in the resent I or Queens • Howick that they have It is honourable to the house of Howl that of Henry VIII. rather than offend .. lungs dsea;hesuNbmelcasbtotiteyranny- Journalistlike so long defended the cause of___liherty-] THE WEATHER.—NooN, JULY 26. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer ................. 30*12 In. Thermometer... 68 Hi ghest ....... 70 L0we5t.........51 Wind W. —Freezing Point 32 Deg. THE ROYAL. AGRICULTURAL ►SOCIETY AND THE PRESS.—The conduct of those who govern the pro ceedings of the Royal Agricultural Society towards the Press of this town has elicited loud complaints and strong censure from some of our Contemporaries. For our own part, as our paper would not appear until after the ter mination of the proceedings, which would allow us an opportunity of culling such information as we requirfl. from the columns of our fellow-journalists, we did notryel ourselves under the immediate necessity of taking c l y steps for the purpose of reviewing the events as they oc curred. It appears, however, that the executive cif the Association have treated those to whom the general public naturally look for correct information touching passing occurrences in a manner at once repulsive and annoying. We may safely say, that in no place in the kingdom are the histories of current proceedingsmore faithfully and, where party is out of the question, more impartially recorded than in Liverpool. Preparations were wade and palm were taken to lay before the world MOR NI NG SUN. descriptions and reports of all that could be gathered touching an event which those who promoted it area proud of calling national. When the parties who were• thus anxious to perform a public duty, to give intelit gence to thousands who could not attend the meotina-, sought in the proper channels for information, they were either entirely repulsed, treated with such freezing. cold ness, or subjected to such whimsical caprices, that fesne declined to press their inquiries, while others only severed, in the face of opposing difficulties, because they were unwilling to relinquish what they had already com menced. Though a knowledge of cattle breeding may be a very advantageous acquirement, there is another description of breeding, to which people usually prefix the epithet good, which is still more essential to those who would escape censure. In the knowledge of 1/4. 4 science, it would appear, some of our landed aristocracy, who claim to be the descendants of " fine old English gentlemen," and who, forsooth, will have protection at the expense of the manufacturing and commercial inte rests, have proved themselves lamentably deficient. If the Press of this town had returned these gentry per ex cellence contempt for contempt, and determined on not publishing one word relative to their proceedings, they would have treated them as they deserved.—Liverpool Albion. Peel will take office to uphold mischief—to prop up monopoly—to perpetuate starvation. The people have , become discontented ; they have become wild for social and political changes ; they want freedom—freedom for their industry and ford, heir religion—freedom in the exercise of the electorall'fanchise. Peel is about to take office to put a stop to all this. He is to try and dam up the current of national progress. But may it not break down all his feeble barriers, and overwhelm him among the ruins ? He may sit down upon the safety-valve of the social engine, and whistle to the boiling cauldron beneath him ; but the boiler may burst and blow him and his party to pieces. Peel knows all this, and he trembles. But the stake played for by the Tories is a desperate one ; and he must onwards. " Needs must when Devils drive."—Le3ds Times. A NEW PHRASE.—When any one wants a glass grog now, they go up to the bar, and cry out " Produce evidence."—American Paper. ANOTHER MONSTER.—The entire skeleton of a large animal has been dug up at the Big Bone Lick, which measures sixty feet long, twenty feet high, aLd twelve feet broad at the hips !—New 1 ork Paper. It is rumoured that Lord Melbourne, at no very distant period, contemplates a visit to the Continent, it hav ing been stated that his Lordship's servants have recei,-Ld instructions to hold themselves in readiness to quit Lo.:- don at the shortest possible notice. The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart., accompanied by Lady Peel, returned to town on Thursday evening from Drayton-manor, near Tamworth, and on the fol lowing morning went to Southampton by railway, and from thence to Portsmouth, to visit their third son, Mr. William rect., midshipman on board her Majesty's ship the Frincess Charlotte, just returned from Malta and the Syrian coast. Sir Robert, and Lady Peel returned to town the same evening. On Satur day afternoon the Right Honourable Baronet and lady left for Drayton. The Duke and Duchess of Leinster loft town on Saturday for the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, Beds. The Noble Duke and Duchess stay at the above seat until Thursday or Friday, and then go to Car ton, the family seat, near Majnooth, Ireland. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Ansley House shortly before seven on Saturday evening from Walmer Castle. His Grace has come expressly to town to join the circle at Woburn Abbey, invited by the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, to meet her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prixi2e Albert, to which seat the Noble and Gallant Duke procerala to-day. THE HAGUE, JULY 20.—His Majesty the Emperor of Russia has conferred on Baron Verstolk Van Soeler the Grand Cross of the Order of Alexander Newsky, and on General List the Cross of St. Ann in diamonds ; and also there are other Russian Orders on General liepveu de Lassaraz and Klerckx. VALUABLE Cow.—A Lancashire agriculturist, near Manchester, in a letter to the editor of the Mark lane Express, says :—" I have a cow in my st.ack which has had about five calves, two of which she has dropped. since she came into my possession. She is now giving not less than twenty-six quarts of milk daily ; and tllis appearing of a superior richness, induced me to try what welght of butter her milk for seven days would yield. The . trial was completed yesterday, and the butter weighed 221 b. 31 ounces. We make up our butter into printed lumps of Soz. each ; and to the half-pound weight . ; a halfpenny of the new coinage is added. I had a cow ten years ago, which gave 201 b. 6oz. in the week. Do you think the prize dairy cow at the Liverpool meeting will have such solid pretensions to distinction as either of these animals ?" On Wednesday evening, Mr. Wallace, of Kelly, the Member for Greenock, and Mr. P. M. Ste Wart, the representative for the county, were entertained at dinner in the Assembly Rooms, Greenock. The chair was filled by Provost Baine, who was supported on the right and left by Mr. Wallace, Mr. Stewart, and a number of other gentlemen, The croupiers were William Mactie, Esq., of Langhouse, and Robert Steele, Esq. STRIKE OF BRICKLAYERS AND LABOURERS % „, AT THE MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY" STATION.—The bricklayers on these works, who receive five shillings per day wages, and their labourers, who receive three shillings per day, struck work on Monday morning last, in consequence of a refusal to pay an ad vance of wages to three shillings and sixpence, demanded by the labourers. We understand that many of the latter are going about soliciting charity, with gross mis representations of this matter ; but the above is a true statement of the ease.—Manchester Herald. The Swiss papers state that, on the morning of Sunday last a hurricane, such as has hardly been remembered. broke over the lakes of Geneva and Neufchatel, the principal violence of the storm being concentrated round Lausanne. Se veral vessels a ere sunk, trees of great size rooted up, and seve ral buildings levelled with the ground. The road from Lau sanne to Villeneuve was carried away in several places. Heavy falls of hail and rain accompanied the wind, and the damage dine to the crops and the fruit trees was very great. The quay at Vevey was seriously injured. Died, at Crieff, on the I.sth inst., Flora Macdo nald, in her 100th year. She was a native of Kintail, in Ross-shire, but has resided in Crieff district for nearly the last half century. She possessed not a word of the English language, and her Gaelic was almost obsolete— those even of her own country not well understanding her. ALMOST A SHOWER OF EGGS.—It is stated in a Baltimore paper that a citizen recently car.ght in his hat, without breaking, a large egg which had de scended from a flock of wild geese, which were passing over at the time. This was probably the same flock which was seen some time since, and flew so low that a man might shake a stick at them.—Mechanic. CENSUS.—FALMOUTH.—This town contains 9,422 inhabitants, of whom 1,926 reside in that part of the town which lies in Budock. Former Census 7,281. PENZANCE.—It appears that the number of inhabitants in this town is 8,570. The previous return showed 6,562. • T ., . FALMOUTH PACKETS.—Captain Foote, R.N., Devonport, is appointed to succeed Captain Plumridge, as Superintendent of the Packets at Falmouth. TWEED SALMON FISHING.—There has been a very great improvement in the salmon fishing in Tweed within the last few weeks, but particularly within the last four or five days. The season, on the whole, has been above an average, but the take during the present week (so far as regards almost all the waters below the Union Bridge) has considerably exceealed the take of the same number of successive days for many years past. We can only mention a few of the takes at the different fisheries, remarking that all the other lower fisheries have improved nearly in equal proportions. In Wednesday morning's tide, Yarrow fishing had 40 salmon, 161 gilse, and 23 trout ; the Pool, 49 salmon, 200 gilse, and 27 trout ; English New Water, 30 salmon, and 150 gilse. In yesterday morning's tide, South Bells had 40 salmon and 200 gilse ; Ethermouth 27 salmon and 150 gilse ; and several other waters were equally successful. The fisheries above the Union Bridge have also greatly Un proved (especially yesterday), but not to so great an ' c::- tent as the lower waters. The number of fish less Company's fish house on Wednesday was It lc .i s s 9 d . 5,000. the retail prices to-day Gilse, sd. ; Trout and Whitling, vertiser. On Friday last, Sheriff lien debt Court, in the Guildhall he upwards of a hundred c N! of which caused ? Jerson held a Sinall "4l472EB erzt r" .;ch Ad hen he disposed of hie r h e ' came ly before him, one considerable excitement—Mr. Joi' et:l:Christian Chartist Congregation, Ross, preacher Daniel,r h . s p u tlis of h e s r i a n 6 d s . p 6 r( , ) l l:x l i o e r t o a r ed n li'm i that ph whie appear upo t n libellous parhe' oth of July. The complaint was grounded journal ou t of fa the v i t i gAsrub i r ri b m a, ;h a i j ed t o o 71 J rl t e i l John h heetli a h n a d vi 7 n t g b fit l i i e ll d ia t a , i , . after contained considering i defendern t the case, deiiided in /v., c h um 76,, . the Sheriff, a ppear, favour a the t evidence of his guilt, el en though there was pursuer, and said his , non-appearance was a suffieien ~, on the law of libel, and granted a decreet for the same.—Dundee Chronicle. nolhing more, and awarded the full amount, with coste THE WEATHER.—The fine genial heat by which the rain was succeeded last week, has had a won derful effect on vegetation. The pasture fields never looked better, and every description of green cropping is coming away in the most promising manner. Some fields of wheat in our neighbourhood are afroady assum ing the tinge of autumn, while, in several instances, the oat crop, which looked backward during the dry weather, is strong and healthy in appearance. Yesterday fore noon a very heavy fall of rain took place. It seemed quite a thunder plump, but we understand it was general over a wide circuit of the country.—Ayr Observer of Tuesday. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—At the Chichester County Bench, on the 10th inst., Mr. Green, ISuperintendent of Police, brought up in custody two re spectable-looking men, who had surrendered themselves to him on the previous evening, under the following ex traordinary circumstances. Their statement to Mr. Green was to this effect :—" Through our own gaiety we are become at variance with our. friends, and, conse quently, are thrown on our own resources, and haling no characters we can obtain no situations ; and being re duced to a state of starvation, we, about one o'clock this morning, killed a lamb in a field near this city, and we now come voluntarily to give ourselves up to the police, with a view to our obtaining transportation for the offence." Mr. Green stated that he went to the field pointed out by the prisoners, and there found a lamb, the property of Mr. White, killed. The names the prisoners gave were Henry Parker and Richard Johnson ; their statement, they said, was perfectly correct, with the ex ception of their names, which were.fictitious. The Ma tashuaepit do o ß n i e el n l oe l e ' l : n l i i i ,m c , t h ii o ft , Ma gistrates, after consulting together, determined on re manding 1 I *cpoeanirakmiree Parker earnestly seteaht t rehnameetms at l t .0i libertyl and ne t ed h wf e roef followingcl eshalltf u lbly e offence,iSmca compelled o r fp d ir)ee a rlid, y ; , I some other offence to insure our bein g . sent out of the p, O w n he S n a t t h ur e d e a v y id l e as ne t e tl w m as pris gon on:r f b u • werellinto 'mi n d 1 country." ou n t broughtry. ' u ' again t they were committed to Lewes to take f u lly into, ' ueXt Assizes, ~. e h ad h ioo.v , taVl' ineo -l". L6 O. car°