The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-03 00:00:00

EVENING SUN. AK U%v (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) °jilt, Polling booths were opened at eight . 'nz yesterday morning, and at ten o'clock the 11flatbers were=- 'Willi ams . 132 Hampden Clayto n • BQ At twelve o'clock there appeared for Williams Hampden ~ Clayt on Ine L. A... therals now came forward in support of -,,,,1r candidate, and at one o'clock they had sue `Zeded in bring rig him level in numbers with 44. Hampden, there being for Williams - 217 r humpden Clayton This do.._ ann ouncement was received with tremen s" hi cheering, an d i n sp i te o f a ll t h e exertions o f cre ss °l P o nents, Sir William Clayton went on in inajorityg his numbers. At two o'clock he had a of eight, the nurabors being William s Clayt on V e , j iai npden at half lew v oteswere palled after this period, and pnst three the - te appeared for— Williams Clayt on Th e liampden who T°ries now .Pjade a great effort, and all those h av would not laave come forward if it could th e e been avoided, were compelled to " come to iv ia sicratehz" wad among these was the Vicar of den r "v ii, , ,, w hc , recorded' his vote for Mr. klamp- Itaan,, ue efrext was, that at four o'clock Mr. Ilkunren armi Sir Wm. Clayton had an equal er f °` Vl:Aes there being for— , Willi ar as ' 231 Clayt o n This .h den • 169 - i tai e most severe contest that has ever taken ex etA p l a t e in Marlow. Amid the confusion and rice -n i, cnt that prevailed it was impossible to pu rs r :T- 1 exactly what course was about to be W ould - 1-,' ( =K I but it was expected that no declaration - -e made until to-morrow (this day). MEMBERS ELECTED. Anti- Mono- Monopolists. polists. Cla Esq. TOWER HAMLETS. 1 Vol. Fox* 8413. MARTLEBONE. Hl...• Sir Charle al s Napier* .. T. Willia ms Esa MARLOW. ••• 1 1 •••• Six W. Clayto n , Bart C. Protheroe, Esq. C. Wood, Esq. HALIFA.M . . R. Price, Esq.. Lord Seymour C. B. Baldwin, Esq TOT NES. J• IL viviati, Esq.. RADNOR.. W A R W ICKbtilith ( nomination, July 6. ABERDEEN.—Nomination day, July 6. Candidates— ..... iivisuoN).—Day of W. Junes ; A. Bannerman. WILTS (NORTHERN DivistoN).—Poll day, July 9. Can didates—Sir F. Burdett, W. Long. ABERYSTWITH.—Nomination day, July 3; polling day, July 5. BEDFORD COUNTY.—PoII day, July 7. CORNWALL COUNTY (EAST Divistox).—Nomina tion day, July 6. Candidates—Major Vivian, J. S. Trelawney, W. Rashleigh. DERBY COUNTY (Souza DlvisioN).—Poll-day, July 13. Candidates—C. R. Colville, E. M. Munday, M. Gis burne. KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—PoII-days, July 7 and 8. Candi dates—A. Murray, W. Maxwell. STAFFORD COUNTY (NoaTla DIVISION). —Nomi nation-day, July 5. Candidates—C. B. Adderley, D. W. Russell. BOLTON.—PoII day, July 6. Candidate—T. Wood. ELGIN and NAIRN (Counties) —Election day, July 9. Candidates—Sir Alex. Duff and Major Bruce. CARNARVON (County).—Election day, July 7. Candi date—Pen;ant. STIRLING (County).—Nomination, July 10. Polling days, July 12 and 13. Candidates—Sir M. Bruce, Bart., W. Forbes. FLINT (County).—Nomination, July 5. Candidates—S.ir S. R. Glynn, Hon. E. M. Mostyn. CORN WALL ( WEsTx it 14 Drum ).—Nomination, July 8. BANFF (CouNTY).—Nomination, July 10. Polling, 14th and 15th. Candidate—James Duff. DUNDALK.—Nomination, July 5. Candidate—S. N. Redington. LOUTH (County).—Nomination day, 12th July. Can didates—R. M. Bellew, Hon. V. Dawson, M. Fortescue. FA RMANAGH. (County).—Polling da - i, July 15. Can didates, M. Archdall, Sir A. B. Brook. ENNISKILLEN —Polling, July 5. Candidate—Hon. A. H. Cole. ARMAGH.—PoIIing-day, July s.—Candidates, Lieut.- Colonel Rawdon, Charles Fox, Ese i , ARMAGH ( County ). — Por...rog-day, July 9.—Candidates, Lord Acheson, Lieut.-Col. erner.—No opposition expected. WEXFORD ( County ~=polling day, 16th July. Candi ates—H. K. G. Alore . 6t , n , Esq., Captain V. F. Hatton, F; s q, WEXFORD.—S,Ar T. Esmonde, James Bourne, Esq. Election day not ined. WICK 11UV.IGH.—Poll-day, July 7. Candidates—James Coch ; James Dempster. WICKLOW COUNTY.—Election, July 12. •Candidates— J. Grattan, Esq., 'Sir It. Howard, Colonel Acton, and Mr. Tyutt. TIPPERARY. COUNTY.—Election day, July 10. Can didate—W. 13 - Barker, Hon. C. Maude, R. 0. Cave, and V. Maher. BEP AST.—Election day, July 5. 'Candidates—Lord Bel fast,,, ' 3 , E. Tennent, W. Johnson, and R. J. Ross. COUNTY.—Election day, July 13. Candidates -A. D. Browne, M. Blake. WATERFORD.—EIection day, July 7. Candidates—J. Wyse, H. W. Barron. WATERFORD COUNTY.—Election day, July 12. Candidates—W. V. Stuart, Hon. it. Carew. WICKLOW COUNTY.—Candidates, James Grattan, Sir R. Howard, Col. Acton, Mr. Tyn e . Nomination July 12. BELFAST.—Candidates, Lard Belfast, J. E. Tennant, W. G. Johnson, R. D. Ross. - Nomination July 5. MAYO COUNTY.- —Candidates, R. D. Browne, Mark Blake. Nominatio - . , J u l y 13. TIPPERARY, COUNTY.—Candidates W. B. Barker, Hon. C. 111a , ... ue , R. 0. C ave , V. Maher. Nomination July 10. WATERFORD.—Candidates, T. Wyse, H. W. Barron. Nomir.Ation July 7. V.; ATERFORD COUNTY.—Candidates, W. Villiers r.,tuart, Hon. R. Shapland. Nomination July 12. DUBLlN.—Candidates, D. O'Connell, R. Hutton, J. B. West, E. Grogan. Nomination July 5. DUBLIN COUNTY.—Candidates, Lord Brabazon, G. Evans, J. 11. Hamilton, lion. Mr. Taylor. Nomination Julylo. DUMBARTON COUNTY.—Election 7th July. Candi date—A Smollett, Esq. No opposition. DUMBARTON BURGH.—Election sth of July. Can didates—J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., A. Johnston, Esq. HEREFWADSHIRE.—EIection Bth and 9th July. Can didates —Lord Grimaton, R. Alston, Esq., A. Smith, Esq., Holt. G. Ryder. WORCESTERSHIRE (EASTERN DivisioN).—Election 12th and 13th July. NORTHUMBERLAND (NORTHERN DivistoN).—Xlec tion 6th July. LANARKSHIRE.,-Polling day, July 7. Candidate—Mr. Lockhart. No opposition expected. SOMERSETSIIIRE (Wxsr DivistoN).—Polling day, July 10. Candidates—W. Dickinson, Esq., and T. D. Ack land, Esq. NORWICH ELECTION. Ll S T tjECTIONS TO COME. -P CANDIDATES, NOMINATIONS, AND vi L ANCA DAYS OF POLLING. •-s e ti„ COUNTY (Souttmos UaY, July 7. ni 'AST SUFFOLK. -Candidates-Right Hen. Lord Hen klyeb. S i" C. B. Vere, A. S. Adair, Esq. Polling day, EST tut Wtot 11IarshKENT.-Candidates-Sir E. Filmer, Bart. , Vis %lad l oth. am, T. Hodges, Esq. Polling days, July 9th k. EAs• b r N ORFOLK.-Candidafes- o chouse, E . e"4,!YoUglies, Esq. Nomination, July 10. Polling, d July 12. COUNTY.-Election day, J uly 8. and n eOL N-(Nowett DivisioN).--Nonnnaton day, July . Candidates-Lord Worsley, R. C. Christophe r, C lust (NORTH DivisioN). - Election day, July 5. ;,adidates Sir R. Hill, Bart., W. Ormsby Gore. 6. viidati:oP-(SouTH DIVISION). -Election day, July Ca ns• RAM SHIRE Earl of Darlington, and Hon. R. Clive.. -P SIIIRE (SouTte DivisioN).-klection day, July yr,andidates-J. Fleming, H. C. Compton, Esq. "9.IIESIIIRE-(WEST RIDING). -Polling day, July 8 didl2,4l‘llll.Gll-(CouNTE).-Nomination day, July 7 . Can cY. l e t Sir W. W. Wynne, Hon W. Bagot. Jul ESIII RE-(Sonnt. -Polling days, 13t h and _l_ , l a th . G r r• -a udidates-G. 'Wilbraham, ) Esq., Sir Philip de M WEReiLEgerton John Tollemache. ' I OREL ' AND.-Election day, July 8. Candidat es Ai;IT GOMERYSHIViscount Lowther, Hon. Col. Lowther. 1111 te , .:RE.-Election day, July 6. Candi- J Sir vir STIR •W. Wynn. No opposition expected. STIR LING tt (COUNTY).-Election day, 12th and 13th of day, J 113 ERLAND (WESTERN DIVISION).-Nomination IciAlo. Candidates-E. Stanley, S. Ii:ton! July 5. V4 rldid (EASTERN Dtvistow).-Nomination d ay, Sup kt es- Sir E. Knatchbull, J. P. Plumptre. ; ° LK ( WEST).-Poll day, July 9. Candidates-A. Nar n , Lord Henniker, Sir C. 13roke ' ere. , July 5 ' .CIN GHAMSHIRE (NoRTH).-Nomination day, PERTHndidates-Earl of Lincoln, C. Rolleston, Esq. OR D(CouNTy).-Election day, July 6. 3111 1 R .4EN OCK.-Nomination day, July 5. Polling day, Wl\ „Ca ndidates-R. Wallace, Sir Thomas Cochrane. n • date7oESHlDay of nomination, July 5.. Ca di tu Lord Al_ of rd, W. Astell, Lord C. F. J. Rpssell Jaly , eI S N GHAMSHIRE COUNTY.-Election d ay, J l „...,'CAi‘Lkua.b tes-Mr. Young, Dupre, Mr. Scott Murray. 11.DGE COUNT Y.-Day of election, Julys. 4.P."liglit Hon. E. Yorke, IL J. Eaton, Esq., P . Ls t„,a(l. date. (Noßxx).-July 5, at Knutdord. hCandi tii;' J. Stanle W T. Erton, Cornwall Leg . lit tes ' SH IRE (SOUTH).-Ju ly 10, at Chestor. Candi ...tll?,; Wilbraham, Sir P. Egerto,.- . Tollem . ache iul Esq s .. u ERLAND (EasT). Nomination da ba%,s-Mr. Jaraes, Hon. C. Howat d, Mr. S y teph . en ) s r on. i. luttion `-',-"SHIRE (SOUTHERN DIVISION). - Day "rn DGi l d s tlY 6. .. -14 °rd COUNTY.-Electiou day, July 6. Candidates ,ptictis H. C. Sturt, Esq., G. Bankes, Esq. '" l4 t b l, (NRTR).-Day of polling, July 7. Candi .l-.SP.--I.t'airibton, Hon. H. Liddell. 7 ,--- ` ) ('ooTH) -Day of nomination, July 5. Candi 7-1. Br s t . o n G. Palmer. Polli 4 (c o Brams t on, o f nomination, July 5 ; days ?f n .F • al • u utY 8 and 9. Candidates-Hon. E. L. Mostyn, Sir )-•• 1 111e. Lo,' .(2,13; C ESTERSHIRE (EASTERN DIVISION.) - D_ . ay vv o . f -3 r 1 1 1 L4 -°n ' July 5. CancliOates-Hon. F. Charteris, C , I. n o" - tj °4 , 1 EN., Sir John Wright Guise. Aiornir, L ESTERSHIRE WESTERN Divisiox..)-Day o July 8. Candidates-Hon. Grantley Berkeley , R. Blandon Wall, liso 44 1 ANT S (N°ant ) Day o f nomination July 6 ; polling , a P. -01ANTs (SouTii) -Day of nomination, July polling, 5; 1 te Candidates- :Hon C. Lefevre; Sir W. Heat cp • 0. el e , t -LIEFO RDSHIRE.:Day of nomination, July 5; day . 1 uI V• Candidates-T. B. Baskerville, Joseph tiE RT •, • Hoskins. 4 04 RD (COUNTY).-Day of election, JulyB. Can- Ryder.'--Lerd G emstone, Mr. Smith, M r. Al s t one , Hon. G. HB 411 a 9 "'MED.-D a y o f nom i na ti on , J u ly 5 ; polling, july Can didates--lion. 11. Cowper, Lord Mahon, S ir Al.o • kt, r- '„,OF WIGHT.-D a y of nomination, July 5. Ip, (WESTERN DIVISION.)-Election days, July 9 and ‘iandidates-T. L. Hodges, Sir E. Filmer, Lord Marsham. (Souni).-Lord Francis Egerton, R. 13 : j u r r l ara, E!q., Charles Townley, Esq. Nomination day, LEi c ttatio, TERSIIIRE (SouTri DivisioN).-Day of noini llaekel 'ulY 10. C an did ates -H enry H a lf or d, Ch ar l es W MON A did at COUNV.-Day of election, July 5. Can xr„t-Lord Granville Somerset, Octavius Morgan, Esq. "uoY.THAAIPTONSHIRE (NORTHERN DtvistoN).- ufTeLection, July 8. • Candida,ANDSHlftE.-Days of polling, July 9 and 10. Supp‘'oB-Heathcote, Hon. C. J. Noel, Hon. Mr. Dawnay. Isl, July 1 1 ',, K (WEST). -Day of nomination, July 9. Poll *„. s. *-..,ie.nngtitoln6.. Candidates-Lieut.-Col. R. Rushbrooke, A _BUss ‘ l4 the ( WlrsT.-The nomination takes place on Mon ter sth of Jul ) y, at Chichester. ter ELLS (So uzitsrr.)-July 9. Candidates-W. G. Hay- Richard Blakemore. .141 .(11EY (WESTERN Dtvistox.)-Day of nomination, igis Ca ndidates-W. J. Denison, James Protter. 6 ; da'4I(SHIRE (WEST RIDING.) Day of nomination, July P e thil; of P °ll ing, July 8 and 9. Candidates-Viscount Mor bEv polling, Milton, Hon. J. S. Wortley, E. B. Denison. Ca °N. " -(NORTHE RN DIVISION ).-Polling day, July 5. DU RHAM_ T. D. Ackland; L. W. Buck. in, 9 t h "In"-(SouTH) -Day of nomination, July 6. Poll- J and 10th. Candidates-J. Bowes, Lord H. Vane, weer, BU NTINnn Candi c h t -- ON (CoUNTY).-Polling day, July 10. Nr,,,„:„.5-E• Fellows, G. Thornhill. 11U.N1BERLAND (S ) Day of nomination, Sl'lLe,„ d • , (Sourer). -Day I " te S-- 11 1. Bell, S. Ogle. NG., L.-Poll-days July 8 and 9. 44 1---- I T . I I ( „ S VR).- - rjay of nomination, July 7. Candi- Woi tc , c , u sworth, H. Knight. ditte s .,_ j (EasT).-Day of election, July 7. Candi. o W AßVirl a c i r. b k. J. Taylor, Hon. S D t. George Foley. R on , j 4 "4 6. 1 RE (Sounizßy. ivisioN).-Day o -•--- • - - - Dover, the Chartist, after the conspicuous position in which he placed himself at this election on Monday morning, at tempted on his withdrawing his nomination of Mr. Eagle to retreat from the hustings., but the crowd without loaded the poor wretch with reproaches, bustled and assaulted him with such severity, that he took shelter in a house in the Dove-lane, from which he was torn out, and it became matter of difficulty to get back to the Hall. Dover remainedensconced in his sanc tuary, but at night the populace re-assembled in stronger force, pelted the police with stones, wounded them severely, and broke the windows of the Hall. Mr. Hudson, who had come to the scene of action about nine o'clock, deemed it in dispensable to have recourse to the military, and having de spatched a Inessage to the Commanding Officer at the barracks for a trotp of horse, the Mayor read the riot act, and directed the market to be cleared, which we should have previously stated the police had attempted with great courage, but which their numbers could not effect, for though driven from one point, the crowd immediately returned to another. Under cover of this protection, Dover escaped by the Fish-market,and peace was restored. During the whole of Tuesday the same stormy agitation and swell was perceptible iu the Market and in different parts of the city. The vengeance against Dover was unappeased, and at night a meeting of Chartists was held in the market, where they were addressed by men who imputed to Dover the failure of the whole plan. It was soon announced that he had taken refuge in a public house (the King's Head), in Middle street, St. George's. Thither the populace hastened, and many thousands occupied that and the adjacent streets about nine o'clock. Accounts of the tumult being brought to the hall, Mr. Hor. Bolingbroke despatched a small body of the police to the spot, and, further aid being re quired, the Mayor and Mr. B. headed the whole force. In the mean time a furious encounter had taken place at the King's Head, St. George's, Middle-street, - where Dover defended himself desperately against his assailants at the top of a nar row stair 'with a sword, and there is little doubt wounded some of them. But he was taken in the rear by a party who broke in at the windows, and driven into the streets. Hence he was hunted like a wild beast to the top of Elm Hill, and his clothes torn from his back. He was tossed into the air, suffered to fall with his unbroken weight upon the stones, and being a bulky man, received some severe wounds and contusions. Here he was res cued by the bold efforts of the police, and got into a house. The Dragoons again were called out, the Riot Act read, and under their escort, headed by the Mayor and Mr. Boling broke, he was conveyed to tile 'hospital in the gaol. Several persons were taken into ',, , Ustody, who were examined by the Magistrates on Wednesday. GIBSON AND CAMPBELL v. JAMES BRAND, OF THE FIRM OF HARVEY, BRAND, AND COAPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,---our attention has just been called to the short report of this case in your Paper of the 24th inst. That report contains several inaccuracies. The first is, the statement that the defendants' witnesses spoke to a series of experiments made by different persons, but that it did not turn out that what they did was carried to a successful result. The witnesses here referred to are Mr. Pattison, the late Member for the City of London, and many others of the highest respectability, who proved that the process in question had been extensively used for more than twenty years. The second and more serious error is in the statement of the verdict. The Jury did not find that the plaintiffs were the first who successfully ap plied the invention ; nor did they find a verdict for the plaintiff as stated. Of the five issues left to the Jury they found for the plaintiffs the first, viz., that f the patent was good the defendants had infringed it ; the fourth, viz., that the process was useful ; and the fifth, viz. that the specification was sufficient to enable opera tives to work from it. The most material issues were the second and third, viz., whether the invention was new, and whether the plaintiffs were the inventors ? On these the Jury found a special verdict in the words fol lowing, as taken down by the Lord Chief Justice : " The Jury are of opinion, on the second and third issues, that the invention is not new, but an improved process, not a mere combination." Whether this amounts to a verdict for the plaintiffs or for the defendant, the Court of Common Pleas will have to decide. We are advised that it is a verdict for the defendant. We are, Sir, your's obediently, WALMSLEY, KEIGHTLEY, and PAKKIN, Attorneys for the Defendant. 43, Chancery-lane, June 30, 1841. [We have published this letter in order to give the defeated party a hearing, though we cannot see what service it can do. The verdict published in The Sun, we have every reason to believe, is perfectly correct.] MR. BRINDLEY, THE LECTURER ON SO CIA.LISN.—This gentleman, who has been lecturing in this town, was presented on Monday evening last, at the conclusion of his series of lectures, with a purse contain ing sixty sovereigns, in tiptinaony of the approbation with which the public in Drby have viewed his labours. Verb Reverter. ATTEMPTS AT BRIBERY DEFEATED GUILDFORD. — On Tuesday evening it was remarked that a total stranger to the town arrived, and was in close communi cation with the Tories at their head-quarters (the White Hart Inn). Consequently about thirty Liberals volunteered to keep watch and ward all night, to prevent their bribing the poorer class of electors. Soon after nightfall he was traced to a jour neyman bricklayer's, where the offer of money was distinctly heard made to buy his vote for the two Tories, which he most virtuously rejected; and the parties watched him so closely, that he was obliged to retreat to the White Hart Inn. Various other persons were out OR the same disgraceful errand, who were all watched, so closely that they could not accomplish their wished for and detestable purpose of corrupting the poor voters byany amount in money they would accept to vote for the two ories. There is no doubt that this stranger was sent by the Conservative Club in London well prepared with the sinews of war. About two o'clock in the morning the party, consisting of Mr. Scarlett, agent, Mr. W. H. Smallpiece, S. Heydon, Esq., banker, &c., were traced to a poor voter's house in Mill-mead, and followed, where three or four bullies were placed, to protect them from disturbance in their work of iniquity ; but so determined were the Liberals to unkennel the corrupters, that they com pletely beset the house, so that no one could escape without detection ; and it was not until near five in the morning that the young banker was seen skulking out of a back window, and scrambling over garden fences, until he reached Mill-mead House, the residence of his worthy and deservedly respected father, no doubt highly delighted with his escape. But for the careful watchfulness of the Liberals, there is little doubt but they would, in a great measure, have influenced a con. siderablo number of the electors. We have, however, fought and conquered manfully, and having relieved the borough from the coercion of the Tory Town Council, we are as determined it shall never again fall into such unworthy and disgraceful hands. Mr. Gordon, sen., who for many years fulfilled the duties of British Consul at Flavre in 4 the most exemplary manner, died there on. Tuesday, aged 69, and universally re fretted. The office of Con has been for some time held by mr. G. Gordon, son of the deceased. SWANSEA ST. IVES. W. Pr ae d , Es ST. 5 HAFTESBURY. I Lord H oward* J. B rotherton, Esq. SALFORD. _ .. 1 T. liawkes, Esq.. Holdsvvorth, Esq.*wAxErsELD. 1 DUDLEY. FALMOUTH. cam Vivian* Capt. Plumridge* S ir DOVER. 11 .2 Reid R. Rice, Esq UNIVERSITY. R on. F. shaw pUBLIII . Lpiroy ••• PERTH. 11 °n• Fox Mauls* BODMIN. Major Vivian Lorii Leicester ...... . • . Wason, Esq' 'G. R enn i e , E sq * 1 ••• CHATHAM. Hon. G. Bog INVERNESS. J. Mo rr i son ... 1 ... EDINBURGH. 1 ..• Right Cra i g hlacauley 1 W• G. EN nestl e , E sq • PAISLEY. ... 15e Which marked with an asterisk are new Members for the • ••• wnth ey represent. [ORTHERN TEE SUN LONDON, SATURD AY, JULY 3, 1841: AIIVIAL STA'I'IS'I'SU S of - - The Ilioniteur publishes a Ic!Ig report, addressed by M. Martin du Sad f Minister of justice, to the King, and containing it general account of the administration of civil and Cdranaercial Justice in France during the years 1837, 1831, and 18i39. Tha 2,846 Justices of the peace throughout the kingdom were called upon, in 1837, to deckle on 603,898 affairs ; in 1838, on 655,046 ; and 702,423 in 1839 ; in all, 1,961,367 affairs. The proportion of affairs, as respected the population, was 1 for every 32 inhabitants, Of these affairs, 496,927 were adjudi cated upon after discussion; 289,150, by default; 842,534 were terminated by a transaction or arrangement is Court, and 309,695 were abandoned by the parties with-. out trial. The affairs carried before the Justices of the' Peace experience little or no delay, for only 8,368 re mained unsettled on the 31st of Deeenaber, 1339. The 786,077 judgments, after discussion aizci by default, gave rise to 13,580 appeals, or 1 for 58 S!-Idgment s • 9,007 of those appeals, however, were alone follouTd up, 5,244 of which were confirmed and 3,763 set aside. The Councils of Prudhommes, sixty in number, who are appointed to decide in contestations arising between merchants, manufacturers, foremen, workmen, appren tices, &c., pronounced during those three years on 44,531 affairs, or, on an average, 14,844 per annion. 40,208 were amicably arranged by the private boar a, and the 4,323 remaining were referred to the general board. .There were but sixty-two appeals against these judg ments. Before the 361 civil tribunals of first instance 372,153 affairs were entered for trial in the same interval-viz., 126,634 in 1837 ; 126,086 in 1838 ; and 119,373 in 1839. If to these be added the 60,379 lying over on the 21st of December, 1836, the total will amount to 432,532 affi&s. Those Courts terminated 127,548 affairs in 1837, 132.111 in 1833, and 124,454 in 1839-in all, 384 , 113 . Thepro portion of suits was one per 270 inhabitants. Of these affairs, 196,907 were adjudicated upon after discussion, 83,817 by default, and 103,389 were terminated by trans action, renunciation, &c. On the 31st of December, 1839, 48,419 civil cases were lying over unsettled. The increase of commercial affair?, already noticed in the statistical account for 1835 and 1836 still continued in the three following years. The 390 tribunals, both special and civil, appointed to try commercial cases despatched 156,875 in 1837, 147,280 in 1838, 162,487 in 1839, or 466,642 during those three years, or on an average 155,547 per annum. This average had only been 112,362 in the preceding triennial period. Of these, 126,581 were adjudicated upon after discussion, 270,334, by default, and 67,727 by transaction, renunciation, &c. ; 8,847 were still pending on the 31st of December, 1839. The average of commercial cases, which was upwards of 40,700 per an num in Paris, 8,000 in Rouen, and 6,900 in Lyons, was only 155 in the department of Finisterre, 146 in Morbi han, 147 in the Lower Alps, &c. Before the 27 Royal Courts 11,064 cases were entered for trial in 1837, 10,622 in 1838, and 11,095 in 1839. It to those 32,781 affairs be added the 9,179 pending on the 31st of December,. 1836, the total will be 41,960. Those Courts terminated 11,303 in 1837, 12,259 in 1838, and 11,460 in 1839-in all, 35,022. 24,234 affairs were ad judicated upon after discussion, 2,885 by default, and 7,903 by transaction, renunciations, &c. ; 6,961 remained unsettled on the 31st of December, 1839. The Chamber of Requests of the Court of Cassaticn received 573 appeals in 1837, 588 in 1838, and 550 in 1839-or 1,711 during the three years. It delivered 443 decrees in 1837, 614 in 1838, and 519 in 1539-in all, 1,576. Of these, 864 rejected the appeals, and 712 ad mitted them, and sent the parties before the Civil Cham ber. The latter pronounced, during the three year?, 655 decrees, 248 rejecting the appeals, and 407 breaking the judgments. The demands to be separated addressed to the Courts were 643 in 1837, 807 in 1838, and 772 in 1839 ; in all. 2,222, or, on an average, 741 per annum ; as compared with the number of marriages, returned in 1836, the proportion was one demand for every 8,360 mar riages annually. During the three years only one demand of separation was made in the department of the Landes, two in the Indre, Corsica, and the Lower Alps, five in the Correze, Ardeche, and Upper Loire ; four in Arriege, five in the Lot, Lozere, and Centel ; 113 were instituted by the husband, and 2,109 by the wife ; seventy-three were entered into against the wife by the husband, on the plea of adultery, four on account of her having been condemned to some degrading penalty, and thirty-six for illtreatment and severe injury. Of the 2,109 applications made by the wife ninety-five were grounded on the adultery of the husband, forty-five on his having been sentenced to a degrading penalty, and 1,969 for illtreatment and serious injury. 430 were with drawn before trial in consequence of the reconciliation of the parties, or the death of one of them ; 1,618 were admitted, and 174 rejected. The number of legal adoptions during the three years was 257. The applications addressed to the'Courts to the effect of interdicting persons from managing their property were 2,583 ; 978, in 1837 ; 986, in 1838 ; and 619, in 1839. Of the 2,583 applications 1,568 were made by re latives, 1,279 of which were admitted and 289 rejected ; and 1,015 by the Attorney-Generals, 708 of which were admitted and 107 rejected. Only 70 appeals were en tered into against those 2,583 judgments. The marriage dispensations granted under the law of the 16th of April, 1832, was 251 in 1832, 686 in 1833, 692 in 1834, 549 in 1835, 516 in 1836, 457 in 1837, 571 in 1838, and 597 in 1839. EVENING SUN. PrEgEN 1) ITT (From Tait's Edinburgh M agaz i ne f or J u l y .) to l G oo o k ve a r r n o m un e d nt th has em h , hardly g t ix; a t r h e e p e a e l op e l d e The very agreeable surprise p re p are d b y th e u t i p m o n e to act. Fortunately, the line Qf public duty was never more clearly defined, never less perplexed by clashing interests, than at present. Were nothing more to be gained than merely keeping in the Whigs that they might proceed upon the unmeaning policy of the last five years, we should not consider it worth while to bestow a thought upon the coming contest. But circumstances have materially changed. There is renewed hope; and much at stake, in the flirtherance or retardation, for, it may be, a series of years, of great and tangible measures of improvement, essential to the prosperity of the country, and to the well-being of every family in it. We, of course, except that limited class who directly profit by those abuses which are undermining the strength of England, while they inflict an immeasurable amount of suffering upon the people. Our present, our urgent, - and immediate duty is therefbre to seize the opportunity offered. This is applicable to Reform ers of all grades, and of every varying shade of opinion. Since the memorable defeat of the Duke of Wellington, on the Reform measure, and the dissolution which followed the resigna tion of the Tory Ministry, the duty of electors has never been SD simple. The Whigs distinctly promise a great and tangible good—and much greater advantages are involved in the principle of the revolution contemplated by their amended fiscal-;scheme,—while the Tories, so far as has yet appeared, shelter themselves under svecious generalities, where they do not openly defend the existing abuses. Their wary leader, on the idea, as some one has hnmourously said, 02( a coaxing nurse with a wayward child, bids us " shut our eyes, and open our mouths, and see what luck will send us," but the Tories, as a party, promise nothing, and for the good reason that they are aware the time has arrived when, if rulers pro mise, they will be forced to keep their word. They will concede nothing ; and affect to treat the people as ignorant or mad in their demands for the abolition of the Corn Tax, and a change in that monopoly system under which they have thriven, whatever the nation has suffered. Many of them frankly avow as much; and whether they avow it or not, they will grapple their pil lage to the last; die in the last ditch in defence.- tizeir right to tax our food, as they had nearly ci d tw 4 , 1 their struggle to retain the monopoly of' which gave them the power to go lroad was ten years ago made by a willing v 7 rn the co ontry for their own aggrandizement. G ovvri cnent and a determined people upon the Le A successful i.. org a ty.an Monopoly. The people are, in nearly-sunillar cii•eamstances, again called upon to make a similar energetic assault. The same inveterate opposition may be anticipated, or hostility even more pertinacious ; for of what comparative value was the monopoly of legisla tion to the landed aristocracy, and the East and West India interests, save as it offered an easy and safe means.of putting their hands into other people's pockets It is for- an onslaught, and it may be a final one, upon this most precious privilege, orginally obtained through the corrupt monopoly of legis lation, that the electoral body, that the whole people, are now called upon to man themselves. The Reform Bill, by breaking up, to a consider able extent, class legislation, armed us against class monopolieS. W e are now called to make trial of our strength--to prove our weapon ; nor is there a doubt of its being, if promptly and dexterously employed, effectual for defence. It were, ho never, as idle as unwise, to underrate the streng th of the enemy. Jt is still great; al id it is put forth under skilful generalship. There are no weakening intestine divoions in the camp of the Tories. Like a dishonest trustee, with an oppressed and wronged suitor, they are in a con dition to battle us, and keep us out of our rights, with our own money ; nor will it be spa ed- This cannot last fiw ever—nor for any long peciod, un less the people choose to submit to it. A combi nation of untoward circumstances, which aye mainly to he imputed to the imbecility which has long prevailed in Whig counsels, is at present against us, and temporarily favours the unholy league of the combined monopolists ; but oppo sition must give may, we would fain hope speedily, if we really will it. To this great object every effort should now be bent; nor is an hour to be lost. Our enemies,. long and silently recruiting strength after their defeat in 1830, are already in the field, in force not to be despised by a yudent antagonist. Like the maniac in the access of his malady, despera tion lends them preternatural strength; and though a protracted struggle mast induce even tual exhaustion, it may also give temporary power to the madman to do a world of mischief to him self as well as to others. We say himself, for we have never yet taken the question of the Corn-laws into con sideration without looking to the real inte rests of the landowners; of the lunatics them selves, who, under a pitiable hallucination, cannot perceive that though not the first and greatest victims, their Order, their de scendants, must, as surely as that two and two make four, be the ultimate sufferers from a system which has crippled the energies, and in flicted cruel wrong upon the most industrious and enterprising nation on the face of the earth. What figure among the aristocracies of Europe would English landowners make, if again re duced, by the decay of manufactures, to their original condition ; left in their glory with their retainers, their peasantry, and their priests? If their understanding were not darkened by in tense selfishness, though they may have no heart for mercy, no conscience for justice, they might yet reflect upon the amazing wealth, the unequalled splendour and luxury, to which the industry and skill of their humbler fellow citizens have elevated them. What without this were the value of their acres any more than those of the Russian or Hungarian noble ? And now in riches and luxury, what nobility can vie with that of England'! If they do not know, all the world besides is well aware, that the far spiad roots of their prosperity lie in the work shops and shipping ports of their country; in its manufactures and commerce. If they can not feel iztgratitude, let them of their selfish interests lear:, prudence. They cannot kill and eat the goose-5t emblem for those who have been their dupes:---and continue to gather its golden eggs. Some clf the more intelligent and right-minded of the order now perceive this; and some of those who do nOt, yet conscientiously feel and own that they have no right to tax the food of their countrymen for thesr own exclusive benefit. But whatever course the Tories acd monopo lists may pursue, the present duty of the elec tors, and of the non electors, —of every man, woman, and child whO lives by bread, and uses sugar)--is very plain. It is to speak can vass for, to vote for, the candidate who rand. y pledges himself to the total and imme diate repeal of the Corn-laws, and for, to uf all that if this taxes ; but on the understanding, the instalment et cannot all at once be carried, present Ministers in obtainiengfied. This distinct Justice which they he will support the of reform which, if delayed, important measures pledge should by d Civil and religious are never to be aband onseboavipeeasris exclude those other ung attached to the specific but there is mea l „ Universal Suffrage, of measures of Household or . Abolition of Church Rates. liberty are vague phr ase s, often used to deceive ; the Ballot, arALl.le________ TORT NOBLEMEN AND THE WESLEYAN' METnooreTs.—" Do the Wesleyan Methodists know of any Tory nobleman giving money and land for a chapel m o r school? I do not." Thus said a very respectable ~n t ieman, who also gave me the followin g statement Th e present Earl Fitz william and his late father have e so sie m y e an ins e r ape ces le and schools schools in the also, for the ne i g hbourhood of his own seat in Yorkshire, and also of o and nine inw sev eral in Northamp tonshire. The Noble Earl and Lord g er i e v c en tio jannd f, Milton, in one instance, if not more, have become co trustees with the Wesleyan to their chapels. Often, after leaving Wentworth church, Earl Fitzwilliam calls at one of the schools; and though a poor collier may be giving out a hymn or praying, he devoutly joins in the worship, and afterwards seats himself down to teach a class of children." Surely the above is worthy the atten tion of the Wesleyan electors, especially when contrasted with the conduct of a Tory landlord a short time ago, who prohibited the Methodists from preaching. on his estate.—A Wesleyan Elector. BOMBAY.—A singular revolution has lately been produced here in the newspaper trade, PO to speak. The preparation of newspapers for European circulation, now occu pying more of the time and attention of the_publishers tha es n tae getting up . of papers fur readers in India. The principal- blishment here, that of the Bom ba y, Times, began t home monthly summaries for the first time i e n Octobr last, and then despatched betwixt 300 an d 400. It now issue resses to times this number ; and find in g ordinary printing p tally inadequate toAupply the demands of the p ublic, is about to introduce a priOng machine. Two years since a few hun dred n ewspapers only were sent heme from India altogethe eamer. r ; no w there'are from:8, 000 to 10,000 despatched by each st This should by and by come to produce important effects at home. It is to the press of India that .people at home must look for information on the affairs of India. FAIRLOP FAlR.—This fair, which is annually held on the first Friday in July, on a spot of ground in Hain auk Forest, Essex, took place on Friday, and a thinner attend ance of persons was never known on a like occasion. Formerly Fairlop used to :be honoured by a numerous company ti fashionables, and, in fact, was considered a respectable place resort ; but of late years it has extremely degenerated, an. those who assemble are chiefly of the lowest grades of seciet) Indeed very few respectable persons were to be seen there o• Friday. A body of the metropolitan police was on the green , and rendered efficient aid iu preening order. IV AtiES PRI ES In order the more clearly to see how little connection there is between wages and prices, let us suppose, for a moment, that the contrary was , the case, and that wages and prices rose and fell together. When corn is unusually dear, it is be cause the quantity in the market is smaller than usual; and when the stock for the consumption of a country is unusually small, it is pretty evident that some part of the community must consume . less than usual. Now, the question is, which are the classes that must submit to this denriva-, tion ? It cannot be the poor? for, altb is dear, the rise in their wages P.i.orrhloread c ff ,' Ives them more money to buy it with ; ar:,,, as they arc not likely to go without thei: usual quantity of bread, as long as they can afford to buy it, they, no doubt, continue '.,0 eat as much as before. But, as the labour.ng classes form by far the largest, as well as the hungriest part of the population, their r...nrestrained consumption would make fear fill havoc in an originally deficient stock of corn, r..nd would leave but a very scanty supply for the use of the rich and. middle orders, who would thus be condemned to suffer all the inconveniences of scarcity, from which the poor were happily exempt. This is an advantage, strangely omitted by Xenophon, from the list, given in one of his small pieces, of the blessings attendant upon poverty; and it is equally remarkable, that it should not have been pointed mitby some Chris tian writer, as one of the most striking among the merciful dispensations of Providence. The generosity of the employers of labour, in thus raising wages, is also deserving of the highest admiration :-: tor is their liberality more wondrous than th .`,:ir ability to exercise it on so large a s . cy... 1 1e. The population of England and Wales being, probably, about sixteen millions, the number of labourers for wages cannot be less than tWro millions; and if the family of each of these consume, on an average, eight quartern leaves a-week, or 416 a-year, the whole quan tity consumed in a year will be 832,000,000 quartern loaves. A rise of threepence per loaf would raise the price of this quantity of bread by .10,400,0001. ; and would render it necessary for the employers of labour, to make an addition to the wages of their labourers to that extent. Surely, it is no sign of scepticism, to doubt whe ther charity was ever carried so far. But some of my readers probably pique them selves on being practical men. They may admit what has been said to be very good in theory ; but they want to see how it works in practice (just as if theory and practice were two distinct things, and as if one were any thing more than a description of the other); they want facts, and it is but right that they should be satisfied. The price of corn in this country has fluctuated very considerably during the last ten years—it has never been the same two years together—and, in 1835, .it was 395., and in 1839 70s. per quarter. Now, let it be asked (and the question is one which every body, who has arrived at years of discretion, may answer for himself), whether wages, in 1835, were lower than in 1839 ? On the contrary, it must be fresh in every one's re collection, that the first was a year of unprece dented prosperity to all but the agriculturists; that our manufactures were highly flourishing, and every one who desired it obtained constant employment, at wages as high at least, and often higher, that ever before; whereas 1839, al though corn was nearly twice as dear, was a year of commercial distress, when many manufac turers stopped work, and the condition of the la bourer was depressed, either by a positive re duction of wages, or, which was the same thing in effect, by impossibility of getting full em ployment. In America, and in all new colonies and newly-peopled countries, corn is cheap and wages are high. When a famine takes place in India, men die, not because there is no food in the markets, but because their low wages are not sufficient to purchase it. How can these facts, and hundreds of others of the same kind that might be cited, be explained upon any other hypothesis than that of the total wane of con nection between prices and wages - I —The True Consequences of the Repeal of the Corn-laws, by William T. Thornton, Esq. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians rode out 'esterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four. The I.adics in Waiting followed in another open carriage and four. Prince Albert visited Prince George of Cambridge yesterday, at St. James's Palace. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four. The Duke of Cambridge visited his Majesty the King of the Belgians yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday afternoon. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen yesterday. Earl Grey had an audience of his Majesty the King of the Belgians ;yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured the perform ance of Mademoiselle Rachel, at her Majesty's Theatre, with their presence last evening. The Royal Suite in cluded the Countess of Sandwich, Countess Vilain XIV., Hon. Miss Paget, lion. Miss Anson, Lord Byron, Gene ral Goblet, Sir Robert Otway, Colonel Buckley, Colonel Bouverie and M. Van Praet. Colonel Buckley has relieved Colonel Wemyss in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, ho noured the Duke of Devonshire with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at his residence at Chiswick. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left Gloucester House yesterday morning for the Lodge in Bushy Park, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Prin cess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury with their company at dinner on Thursday evening, at their residence in Gros venor-square. 'The Committee on Education of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, held a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Council Office. The Lords present were the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and Mr. Lahouchere. The Earl of Fingall, and the Earl of Altamont had interviews with the Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Captain Bernal had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The Lords present were—Lord Brougham, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, Mr. Baron Parke, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Sir E. East sat as a Privy Councillor. The following appeals were heard :—" Rajah Pedda Vencatapa Naidoo Bahadur," appellant ; and " Arosvala Roodrapa Naidoo and Paupa Naidoo," respondent, from Madras. Mr. Miller, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Jackson, were heard for the appellants ; Mr. Sergeant Spankie, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Edmund F. Moore, appeared for the re spondents. ." Sheik Imdad Ali and others," appellants ; and " Mussumat Rootby Begum," respondent, from Bengal. The same Counsel appeared for the respective parties as in the former case. THE " CONTEMPORAINE." To THE EDITOR OF THE EUROPEAN COURIER (COURIER DE Visurtore), IN LONDON. 14th June, 1841. am not unwilling to believe that the intelligence transmitted to me from Paris concerning yourself, consists of reports destitute of foundation ; and, prior to my embarking in any course with a view to obtain justice, as to the articles which are attributed to you, it is , my wish to make applica tion to you for your own admission, or disclaimer. I have in no way to trouble myself with the motives of your silence re • specting the letters, not by any means attributed to, but most positively in the own handwriting of Louis Philippe, as an emigrant and a King. I pay for and read your Paper without busying myself any further with it ; but what I owe to my self, Sir, is to ascertain whether you are or are not the author of the articles in the Morning Post of Jan. 20, and in the Times of May 31. Concerning these letters, a mere written disclaimer of your part will be deemed sufficient by me ; but in case that that should not be forthcoming the author being sufficiently pointed out' by your silence, I am, Sir, under the necessity of informing you, that prior to my applying for a remedy to the slow operation of legal proceedings, I shall appeal for support to the daily publicity which both the English and the French press will afford me, in order to mark you out, and prove you to be a base and cowardly calumniator, a man sold over and over again, a venal pen, in short, hired by the French Police, iSw., a detertniFlA and extreme course, which I sincerely trust may be saved the necessity of adopting, by your early, very early reply. I remain, Sir, yours, obediently, The Editor of the Courier de l'Europe having inserted my letter in his number of the 12th instant ( No. 54), but without any satisfactory reply, I here repeat what I have said, that my letter having remained unanswered, he is, in my estimation, most positively a dastardly, vile calumniator, a man sold over and over again, with his mercenary pen, to the French police, and that from this very day measures are efficiently going to be taken by me, legally to compel the Morning Post and the Times to give up the names of those correspondents who have supplied them with these base and calumnious articles, with which they have disgraced their columns. LA CONTEMPORAINE, Responsible Authors of these Articles. 24, Tuubridge-place, New-road. son of a n ex t ens i ve Gardan T , h t u h ray, at th e S ess i ons, e sd THE LATE MURDEROUS ATTACK UPON A for E G r e , u ph o l s t e rer in High-street , Epsom; George Ecks, tile-maker, rrg3et.—On James Phipps, and Jo hn Ratcliffe, recruit s in the 89th Foot; hAel P d o a t t icLa u s i t f rr and Charles Fetcher, labourer, were indicted for a riot, and assaulting and wounding Joseph Russell, police constable 269 V. The circumstances of the ease must be fresh in the recollection of our readers. After a very long examination, in which the constable and his witnesses were severely cross examined, the Chairman charged the Jury, and they returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. The sentence of the Court was, that Gardan was to be confined in the House of Correction for twelve months and hard labour, and the others nine months each with hard labour. . . At Winchester assizes, in 1 763, a soldier ob tained 3001. damages against his officers for his having been flogged without just cause. Had the punishment taken place on the Sabbath it would. have aggravated the offence, and the man would probably have. got , greater damages. AGRICULTURAL REV() R'l' IVOR JUNE This season lia.s- C) and most striking fdaiti t p ina re toti o o f trk s hse o o f df e t t h a c ei : l i l ik b + l .4 tt i h ;i e g rio.. e:e d c ou.sf ts iy which are produced by these .kill e it ff iti ec a l k w i e ha t t he r ll ow e .t le r i: sons, We imagines rett'fice so protracted a course of brilliant SPriiig - weather. We say. spring, because, ac t raing to calendarial authority, we have scarcely ad vanced a week into summer—though, in point of fact, the three. Summer months should commence with the Ist of June. Frost left Us on February 11, since which there has not been an appearance of it during three successive hours. Three months of most seasonal alterations —vivifying showers, and powerful sunshine—had brought vegeta tion to such a condition of powerful luxuriance, that every report from all parts of the United Kingdom was consentient. During the last week of May, however, the heat set in with all the fervour of July—evaporation was intense, and the crops received a check, for the high temperature was unseasonable. The atmosphere was surcharged with electricity, and this was strikingly revealed • on the 27th ; subsequent to which, the heat declined, aifft the second week of June became gloomy, cold as March, with a cutting east wind, which was productive of a still further check. Had this cool, parching season occurred in place of the great heat of May, everything would have been propitious; but con trasts and drawbacks have ever existed. ..ihe crops were a month in advance of 1840, till the drought and conse quent burning n ae itng wheat heat occurred on the Ist ; a as it June ; t h e plant has was, we saw the first gone on yrOgressing gradually, but without inte rru p tion or injurious casualty that we • have oh-s e rved, but the flower cold week of June barred every approach to rapidity. Hence, we presume that we are now about one fortnight earlier than in the three or four past years. In proof of the great degree of cold on the nights of June 14th and 16th, we were informed that the pota toes had been touched by frost, near Hertford ; an? we certainly saw, in the low valleys close to the Lea, a field or two, where the summits of the plant, just b3lo w the first or second joint, were seared to a reddish brown. During a month, exceedingly dry weather prevailed,, and the alarm cry was abroad.. Even the dolefill for lorn note of a hope that the crops might be saved, were rain to come in the critical period of a few days, was: sounded ! • Haymaking, however, was going on rapidly ; vast breadths were carried, and ricks thatched in security. Clover, lucerne, Saintfoin ' are in great abundance and fine condition. Beans, of which there were comparatively few in 1840, were and are, in prime health. Peas good and abundant ; and the potatoes were promising—though doubtful, because of the scarcity of moisture—since much of their yield depends chiefly upon a due supply of water in June, or just before the blossoming season. But rain did come, and with a degree of temperature (minimum 55 deg., maximum 68 deg.) which gave it every advan tage. The Barley was coming into ear at a foot to 16 inches above the soil. Oats were scarcely progressing ; but since these rains of June 24, 25, and 28, the same fields exhibit a totallyaltered appearance ; everything is rushing on, growing is a term too. inexpressive. The Wheat is in many places nearly six feet high, and breadths which were looking rather weak and stunted, are now extremely strong. Turnips (Swedes) have been hoed out, and are now secured by this most seasonable supply of water, and the meadows promise an abundant lattermath. During our late inspection, we observed many fields of wheat assuming that hoary shade, between green and yellowish hick indicates a " turning off" prior to ripen- ing. This is very early, but it is merely local. - The crop, however, appears everywhere to be fine, if not pro fuse ; for we believe that the plant has received no check during the stages of flowering. Potatoes, we have seen, oenefited very sensibly• ' in fact, it cannot be otherwise, for if, after the plant has formed the chief of its herbage, the tuber-bearing pro cesses meet with a warm and moist bed, this secondary process goes on most rapidly, and dry weather, after mid-July, does no injury ; but an arid June throughout ripens the small half-formed tubers, which then produce a second progeny at the expense of the first, and thus both are comparatively worthless. Final results are still hidden to us, but from personal inspection and comoarison of data, we hope the very best ; and if a spirit of harmony equivalent to our other prospects could but prevail, we should have cause for more than rejoicing. WHO PAYS THE TAXES ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—English landowners have so frequently asserted that it is by them the taxation of the country is chiefly paid, that sonic over-eonildhig persons hare, without in quiry, credited that assertion, though the whole tenor of Tory policy, for the last sixty years, has in fact been to throw the burden of the State on the shoulders of the middle and lower orders of the people. Have they (the Tory landowners) for example, within the period stated, added one farthing to the amount of the land-tax ? Have they ever imposed a probate duty on the descent of landed property similar to that which they have imposed on personal ? Have they not, in truth, taken every oppor tunity of annulling all those taxes which press either on agriculture or themselves, leaving at the same time every other burden to be still borne by the middle and lower classes ? If we examined, furthermore, all those lead ing articles of importation from which the revenue of the country is mainly derived, it will be found that they are such as are principally consumed by . the inhabitants of the towns, and perhaps more especially still by the commercial and manufacturing classes. It is by them, for example, that the tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, spirits, and beer, the duties on which form the chief sources of national revenue, are consumed. The agricultural classes, on the contrary, live chiefly on the produce of their own farms, and thus contribute almost nothing to the public revenue. It has also been habitual with the advocates of mono poly and injustice, while extolling the importance of the home market to the manufacturing interests, to en deavour to make it appear that a chief part of that de mand arose from the agricultural population. This hollow argument has, however, been happily disposed of by one of the speakers at a late Lancashire meeting, who truly stated that the only demand for manufactured production from that large body of people, the agricultural la - ' bourers, is to the extent of one fustian suit, worth about 3/. in the year, with, it might have been added, a Sunday going suit, once or twice in a life-time. Such is the boasted agricultural portion of the demand from the home market, while, on the other hand, it is assuredly by the commercial and manufacturing classes that the agricultural produce of the country is chiefly consumed. If we analyse likewise the false and deceitful cry . of agricultural taxation, we shall find that the complaining class has, as nearly as it is possible, in a united commu nity specially exempted themselves from its Surely no Tory. landlord will be found Heterodox enough to call tithes a tax, or to assert that these do not of right belong to the church—again, few, even of the Tories, w4ll be found unreasonable enough to deny, that the burtheit of the poor , rates, as well as all the frightful beggary arid destitution which flow afiliett the land, is mainly created, the extravagant price of food, arisitig out of the landowners' iniquitous monopoly of food. Were that monopoly to be entirely done away with, none but the helpless and infirm would require parish relief, for should that blessed period ever arrive, labour would be abundant, food would be cheap, and the labouring classes of England would again be blessed with grateful hearts, and con tented minds. Futher, it is unquestionably the operation of the Corn laws, which has driven nearly a hundred thousand British subjects to reside abroad, seeking cheaper food for their families in the kingdoms of the Continent ; and proba bly ten millions of English money are in consequence annually carried out of this country. It is well known that over the Continent generally there exists no laws, artfully devised to enhance the value of agricultural pro duce, as is the case in England, notwithstanding which the landowners both in France, Germany, and elsewhere, contribute, in the form of a land-tax, a very large pro portion of the public revenue in each of those States. In unhappy England, on the contrary, which has so long been governed by an oligarchy of landowners , the land-tax only amounts to a million and a quarter out of fifty millions of national revenue. It might probably be of much use, and tend to the in struction of our task-masters, if some great political eco nomists would inform the public what proportion the land-tax bears to the general revenue, in each of the other principal countries of Europe. In the mean time I am able to tarnish one striking specimen of this descrip tion of information, derived from the Montily Magazine for May, which, in an article on Sweden, states from au thentic documents, that out of 19,465,970 rix dollars, which formed the total revenue of that kingdom in the year 1829, no less than 12,622,621, or two-thirds of the whole, arose from the land-tax. When the landowners therefore talk of protection, it should be remembered how they have hitherto evaded all direct taxation on their property ; that England is blessed with the best soil in Europe, and that conse quently its agriculture stands in need of no legislative protections and further, a s the ex p ense of br in g in g corn from abroad amounts Loinos. per quarter, that alone is an ample protection, bg about 30 per cent. on its foreign value. Though unprincipled selfishness may explain the oppo sition which has been offered by Tory landholders to the proposals of her Majesty's Ministers, yet how they happen to have been joined in this opposition by the shipping interest, is a fact that seems quite inexplicable. The Ministerial Budget offers to that interest cheap timber, with which to build their vessels, cheap pro visions, and lower wages for their sailors, with a re gular carrying trade in corn, and a geeatly increased freightage of sugar, as well as of general merchandise ; yet all these good things they indignantly sacrifice at the shrine of party politics. I am, Sir, &c. AN ANTI-MONOPOLIST. Conduit-street, June 29, 1841. A GREAT CONVENIENCE.—To my surprise and pleasure, I find that a usage exists at Paris which I have nowhere else met with, namely, that of letting out rich quarter, half, or whole foryear, even the largest e stablishment, and on the shortest notice. We have a i n a d an fine y furniturequantity r b e y lu t i h i e e d made an arrangement, that if we decide on remaining in Paris more than a year, and wish to purchase the furni ture, the sum agreed to be paid for the year's hire is to be allowed in the purc hase-mo ney , which is to be named when the inventory is m ade out. We saw the house for the eYest niho yesterday engaged it t o -d ay f or a year ; upholsterer will comm ence pl ac i ng the it ; and to-morrow night we are to sleep in expeditious, and saves to-m furniture firstorr to-morrow, the ,• iwt: Phiso rldo ftr is ou s b u l r e el t ) as ' a being s er o r f waiting.—Lady Blesing . ton's Idler in France. The actual number of convents for Monks iP Bavaria is 30; for Nuns 30 ; and of Hospices 22. • • white, ANN. Cole sthl,kei .t st abbin g with his knife, and his daughter mcceed.9clin uul ling the man off who was endeavouring '„o strangle The men, finding themselves so effectually opl ed, quitted the hut, a nd m a d e f or .th e ' boat, while Cole 1. in search of his own men, who, 'nearino- hi s c alls :Tor assistance, wer e a l rea dy ma ki ng towards him ; ibuti .the bushrangers had gained their boat and put off bef ore C :ole and his party could reach them. Mr. Cole ye sterc tay gave notice of this attack to the police station a t Bi rch's Bay. and the constables from that stetio;t wen t n immediate pursuit, and discover e d three of tho men - . ;in its vicinity, nearly exhausted from the wounds iven.. to them by Mr. Cole. The fourth man they ret.osed. to give any account of, and a party of cinstabulary ibas bean dispatched from town in search of him. The wound ?.d me n wore conveyed yesterday evenin g to the colon. al ho vital, and two of them are so des perately wound 'ed as to give little hopes of their recovery. The gallant ( told uct of Mr. Cole cannot be too highly lauded, and we doubt not the Government will fully evince their sen so of it. The fate that has attended these misguided men will have the effect of deterring others from pur; u the same course ; and if equal gallantry were dis t laved in similar cases it would be the means of effe ?tunny checking all attempts at bushranging. he names of the o •aptured men are Mobley, Yarwood, Ilium Eastcourt is the name o f th e a fo n , cl irt J h arism v all, and l l whet is still at large.—Hobart Town Ac: - =User. LLOYD'S iCAPTAINS' ROOM. TO THE ED. ITOR OF THE SUN. 5m.... - m Permit eto call ,your attention and that of your com mercial readers to the m anner is which Llo y d ' s Ca p tain s' Room is conducted, that is, totally unworthy of that branch of the institution of Lloyd's. The Chairman of Lloyd's, the ex- Min r , e be for Worcester , Mr. Robinson, has , lam fearful , since i i ` cony to Conservatism, left off reforming, otherwise au excellent opportunity has lon g p resente d itself of placing t r l a i c i s te , r 7 at . on a par of usefulness w ith the room similar in cha - Liverpool. The one at Liverpool is most abun rUed with newspapers from all parts of the United dantly RI F- • well as with publications of all descriptions relat- Kingdom, a, -e. The liberality displayed by the subscribers ing to commery - example at every commercial place in the there is worthy 0, , ce, should a gentleman arrive there on kingdom ; for insta.. ,an offer pressed upon him to have his 's a visitor for three months, or a business, he would have name inserted in a book , ' , I not experience the slightest dif shorter period, and you woe..: of a commercial v i s it or u p on ficulty in ascertaining the addre4. - I as a place of resort it is going to the Exchange Rooms ; an, on account of the great superior to any in London, and chiefly ' , n, whereas Lloyd's facilities afforded for mercantile informat, -.sing Papers, the Captains' Room is only supplied with six Mo._ Skipping Gazette, and the Public Ledger, ant. ' • resort at no Evening Papers whatever, and is only a place of partieula. art of 'Change hours; and is, therefore, during the greater 1.. the day almost worthless to subscribers. One particular improvement I beg to suggest is the furnish ing Tide Lists of arrivals and departures of vessels at Graves end, as is done at Liverpool; and it is really astonishing that it has not long since been done in London. I remain, Mr. Editor, sour very obedient servant, July 2, 1841. NAUTICUS. MR. PETER BORTHWICK. BUM-MANGE - RS. (From the Australian Chronicle of the 16th of January., A noted bushranger, a runaway from the service of Mr. King, of Lake George, and who is better known by the cognomen of Jacky Jacky—though a native of the British capital—was captured on Thursday last at Bun gendore. Jacky Jacky appears to have taken the bush early in the month of December. Shortly after he had done so he became connected with another ruffian, now in Sydney gaol, who disgraces the honoured name of Curran. It was Jacky Jacky who robbed the Quean beyan mail a few days before Christmas last. Since that he commityl various robberies between Marulan and Ra zorback. It would appear, however, that he preferred high to low ground ; and he left the county of Camden, intend ing to visit his old haunts and pals. On his way up he called at the station of Mr. Hannibal Macarthur, at Wollondilly, and took from there, not the eternal black mare of which the public heard so much during the last year's debates in the Legislative Council, but a noble young animal. After procuring her, the first exploit of Jacky 's with which persons are acquainted, was his at tempt to rob the mail between Marulan and Bungonia on Monday morning, the 12th instant, and his attempt to shoot Mr. Corbin, the mail-contractor, who very fortunately had charge of the mail bags on the morning in question. The bushranger was traced to the imme diate neighbourhood of Bungonia, by which place be passed on Tuesday ; a pistol, which he is known to have had, was found close to Lumley. After this he proceeded to a spot called called Deep Creek, no great distance from the Long Swamp, in this neighbo ur -hoed he robbed a store, and dressed himself in a long frocit mat and black cap. He next called at Mr. Hyland's inn, where , it would appear, he pssed himself off as a person trafelling on his legitimate business. Having noticed a gig at the door of Mr. Hy land's house, the bushranger, supposing that its owner wits tti itis iyay to Sydney, went some distance an the road towards the Deep Creek, with the view of stopp in g the occupant of the gig, %At/ i'as the Rev. Mr. M`Grath, the Catholic clergyman of this district. This gentle man's duty, however, taking him iii the direc tion of Bungendore. and in an opposite direction from where Jacky had placed himself, he, find ing that he: had missed the object he had in view, galloped over the ranges, in order to cut off Mr. M‘Grath's route. By the s p eed of the latter's horse the bushranger was again thrown out in his calculations. Jacky then rode his horse into the village of Dungen dere, and took refuge in the house of a person named Eggleston. Mr. Powell, J.P., having got im mediate no tice of the bushrangers being so close at hand, went Ruin pursuit of him, accompanied by Messrs. Balcombe, ledge, and and Powell, jun. The bitshranger mounted his i horse, and galloped off , th e gentlemen n aose pursuit of him. He was armed with a g un, which fie esented s everal times at Messrs. Rud led g e and Powell. Jacky was evidently much better mounted than any of bus pursuers, and, had the mare ridden by him not been f a tigued, he would have m ade the ranges being captured. The gentlemen at length surrounded him, and about this time Mr. Balcombe came up in a gig, armed with a musket. Jacky perceiving that there was little chance of his escaping, laid down his gun and sur rendered. He had on Ids person when taken between 601. and 70/. in checks and orders. Great credit is due to Mr. Powell and the other gentlemen for theirpra'.sc worthy and spirited behaviour upon the occasion, as, owing to the hurry in which they were obliged to sally out after_ him, and other circumstances, over which they had no control, they were neither well armed nor well mounted. On the following day Jacky was con veyed to Queanbeyan, where he was identified by fel se veral persons whom he had robbed, and was say lodged in the lockup at Goulburn, on Saturday oun afte ted r noon, Lieutenant Christie and a party of m police, who had been in pursuit of the prisoner s Bungen ince the previous Tuesday, .baying guarded him from dore to Queanbeyan , and from the latter place to Gout burn.--Correspondent, Jan. 16. HEROIC CONDUCT AND CAPTURE OT FOUR BUSH RANGERS. Four of the convicts at Port Arthur absconded on the 14th December; and, after losing themselves for two days in the bush, succeeded in stealing a whaleboat from Dr. Imlay's establishment, which which they endeavoured to reach Maria Island. Being baffled in this attempt they ran round to Brune, and went to Mr. Mansfield's, and, findin:r a whaleboat there more suitable for them, took her and t ' proceeded down the channel, with the intion of capturing some ef our colonial craft, to getaway from the island. On Tuesday evening they landed at Mr. Cole's, at Snake Island, formerly a boat builder in the town. Mr. Cole met them at the door of his house. They domande,: the number of men in his esta blishment, and finding they were• at some distance from the house, demanded provisions, which Mr. Cole refused. They insi s t e d on having, some , and two of them desired Mr. Coles daughter (the only other inmate of the house) to show them the store-room.. She did se, and they proceeded to ransack it. The other two men remained outside, one armed with a musket standing at the front door, and the other armed with an axe being stationed under the verandah. Mr. Cole seated himself,. and deli berated as t o what course he should pursue, when it . ,onurred to him that a knife was lying upon the table, — and, having succeeded in securing it unobserved, he arose under the excuse of wishing to go to bed, stating that he must go outside first. This the man at the door refused to permit, and on Cole persevering he levelled his musket and drew back the lock. Cole instantly stabbed him, ana a scuffle ensued. One of the men rushed out of the store-room to the assistance of his comrade, and was instantly wounded by Cole. The man with the axe rushed .on Cole, and in the struggle the latter fell. One of them tried to strangle him. but (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) EVESDAM, JULY 2.—The following are the names the of Reverend supporters of Peter Borthwick (seven mile Freemen the old Corporation), who, against the earnest entreaties of the partisans of the unsuccessful Conservative Candidate, Capt. Rushout, recorded their suffrages in favour of this absentee candidate as being fitly qualified as their own especial represen tative, though declared by some of his former supporters to be --- : —Rev. H. P. Cooper, Rector of Willersey, Glou cestershire, single Borthwick; Rev. John Marshall, Vicar of All Saints and St. Laurence, Evcsham, divided for Borthwick; Rev. Joseph Hailing. Curate of St. Laurence, Evesham, ditto; Rev. Wm. Digby, Rector of Oppeham, and Prebend of Wor cester, ditto; Rev. John Shaw, Vicar of Bayworth, Evesham, ditto; Rev. Benjamin Preedy, Incumbent of Hinton, Glouces tershire, ditto. DEVONPORT ELECTION.—We have received from our Plymouth correspondent some account of the proceed ings which took place at the close of the election, but the words imputed to Mr. Dawson, andthe attempts by the defeated party to get up a disturbance, are of such a character that we must pass them over for the present. WooLwicii.—The firing of the percussion shells took place, as we gave notice, in the marshes yesterday. The first fired was Mr. Napier's, which struck the bulk-head, and passing through both sides exploded. Mr. Wilkinson's struck, but did not explode. Mr. H. Reece's was fired, but the gun was depressed so low that the shell struck the ground and exploded, the fragments passing onwards. At the second round Mr. Napier's again passed through both sides and ex ploded. Mr. Wilkinson's struck the ground, richoched without exploding, and passed into the river. The elevation of Mr. Reece's gun having been corrected, this shell struck the bulk-head, and exploding the instant of striking, the flash being distinctly marked, the fragments alone struck the inner side. The effect of this shell appeared to give great sa tisfaction to Lord Bloomfield and the other officers of the Se lect Committee. Here the firing ceased, the trial of these most important experiments being indefinitely deferred, be cause a bargeman, in defiance of the notice-posts, chose to an chor his barge in the line of fire even while the flag for firing was flying. The Trinity Board, who have no power, have most absurdly issued numerous orders, which are never attended to. The evil has been increasing, so that practice, without which artillery are useless, has been completely stayed, and yet the authorities at Woolwich have never applied to Parliament for a grant of money to purchase a proper firing ground, without ' interfering with the river. The trial of these important pro jectiles had better be continued at Portsmouth till tkis most glaring evil has been remedied. Between seven and eight o'clock on Thursday evening last, the inhabitants living in the quiet village of Ospringe, near Faversham, in Kent, were greatly terrified by an explosion at one of the powder-mills connected with the extensive premises of Messrs. Hall and Co., situate about a mile and a half from that village. The explosion was one of considerable magnitude, and the mill in which it happened was a small wooden building, wholly detached from any other premises. It appears from inquiries made, that it occurred in consequence of the carelessness of a workman, who left what is called a " green charge" exposed. He was the only person at work in the place, and had not quitted the premises more than three mi nutes before the accident occurred. Fortunately no person was near the spot at the time. The mill was blown to atoms, and remnants of it were found scattered in all directions. A Toulon letter says—" The numbers of con victs assigned to this port are about to be increased by 1,000 or 1,200 ; and orders to this effect have been sent to the different prisons of the kingdom. A certain number are to be trars terred here from the hulks, at the different ports of the ocean. This augmentation is caused by the works on the fortifications, the forges about to be erected on the shore at Castigneau, and the buildings for the construction of steam-vessels, which have created as extraordinary degree of activity here pi DOINGS IN KENSINGTON GARDENS. — FRENCH TEACIIIEU.S.—A CAUTION TO PARENTS.—COUSi derabIe conversation has been occasioned within the last two days in the neighbourhood of Kensington, in consequence of the following occurrence :—On the morning of Wednesday last, between seven and eight o'clock, as one of the patrols under the Commissioners of Woods and Forests was on duty in Kensington Gardens, his attention was drawn to a beautiful girl, about seventeen years of age, who was accompanied by a fashionably-dressed foreigner, much older than herself. Some peculiarities in their conduct induced him to determine to watch their proceedings. Having done so for some time, he followed them into a secluded part of the gardens, known as the old or nettle wood, where, witnessing convincing proofs of what their object was, he suddenly presented himself before them, and acquainted them with what he had seen. Both in stantly denied the truth of his statement, but he soon con vinced them that their secret was known to him • upon which both of them fled—the lady in the direction of Buck-hill gate, Bayswater, and the foreigner towards the bridge. The patrol followed the lady, calling out to a man at work in the gardens to stop the foreigner, which he did, and both were taken to the lodge at Buck-hill gate. On their arrival there the young lady was recognised by the gatekeeper as the daughter of a gentleman of large property and high connections, occupying one of the mansions in Hyde park Gardens, opposite Victoria-gate, Bayswater, whom he had noticed for several mornings frequenting the gardens at an early hour. The father was immediately sent for, and on his arrival the denouement which followed may be better conceived than described, the gentleman turning out to be the young lady's teacher of music. At the earnest entreaty of her father the lady was allowed to accompany him home, on his under taking for her production when required. The foreign offender of public morals was detained until the arrival of Inspector Col vick, by whom, we un derstand, he was ultimately liberated e without being taken before any of the authorities. C ORON ER'S INQUEST' — A C o r one r's inquest was held yesterd ar y an a g ft e e - r s o tr o e o e n t, be ß fo l r o e om M s r b . u Nt ry 'a , k o ' n ey , M.P.,.loseph Rous, at a T ed a l e. i ears,tree' o who hung himself. Mr. John Cheetham, of 10, Kimegate-str...t, H olborn, harness - maker, had known th e de ceased between sip a n d seven years. He w as an organ builder, and occupied ~small room on the secon d floor in witness's llama. On his (w - . itnessis) return home at eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, ha; wife gave him a note, which she had found about live o'clekl i t on the stairs. It was in the deceased's handwriting, am contained the fol lowing words :—" Mr. Cheetham, Mr. Rota.` will be much obliged to you if you will open his deer." Witness and tried th e d, or, but im mediately went up stairs, as h e could only partially open it, and thinking that the de ceased had put a box against it, he pushed it violently, who: it flew open, and the deceased, who was hanging to it by a ro pe, swung round, and came in contact with his face. Wit ness being very much terrified, had not sufficient presence of mind to cut him down. He ran into the street, and called two men, and they took him down. He was dead, but not quite cold, and a handkerchief was tied over his eyes. The deceased had been nearly three years without any employment. lie had pawned and sold all his tools, and nearly all his clothes, and had latterly been without any means of subsistence. Witness had frequently advised him to apply for parochial relief, but lie had always said he never would, and that he would rather hang himself. Verdict—. Temporary insanity." Viscount Villiers has arrived at Drayton Manor, on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel, from Weymouth. We ire informed the nuptials of the Noble Viscount and the fair and accomplished daughter of the Right Hon. Baronet was to be solemnised in the course of the week after next. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE.—It is with feelings of the greatest indignation that we ar call u pwo hick to record a scene of the most outrageous 1 d o a e n l e a s e 't. Be - took place at Kelso on the evening of Fri twixt ten and eleven o'clock, blackguards, apparently by re . n as ee y s r e t, m a b p l p ag ee e re o ( f i in the streets of the town, bearing. of the Duke of Rox a gigantic figure, which they declared to be anheeffm burghe. With this figur e parts of the town, and exclaiming amidst in front of the house the of Bailie Main, and at other " turn coat, turn coat;' di procee ng , s the gang proceeded some more tumultuous amidst groans and othe; marks of disrespect ; after d-like yells consigned the effigy to amidst the most fie to the market place, where they soon kindled a fire, and That such an insult should have • of Habbie Ker." mains the flames with exclamations of " Here go the last re d 11 entitled to the affectionate regard and re. so we . been offered in the town of Ke_lso, to a nobleman in every • which every respectable person in character of the place, esteem of its inhabitants,. is indeed a stigma upon the the Roxburghe and his is called upon to exert himself to the uttermos • the most munificent contributors to every c omna t u to nit w y i family are wipe off. The Duke of useful institution in the town, to the poor of which they have ever been most bountiful benefactors.—Kelso Matt. C