The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-26 00:00:00

EVENING SUN SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. ' !RON THE nATT.Y PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The Corn - marketis , in the language of the trade, " creeping .up." Each successive market-day brings an advance of 2s. per quarter ; and as there ap pears no indication of settled, seasonable weather, fears begin to be generally prevalent that the crops will be seriously affected both in quantity and quality by the continued rains. Butchers' meat will also be yet dearer in price by the great quantities of hay which have been spoiled. Bread and meat, the main articles of consump tion for human food—the former essential to existence, the latter to create strength for labour—are thus likely to be for the next twelve months far above the average prices, and consequently difficult of access to the poor, even with sufficient employment at the ordinary . rates of wages. But the prospect becomes more alarming when viewed in connexion with the state of the labour market. The weekly trade-reports from • the different manufac turing districts communicate the scarcely varied intelli gence of "no improvement." Distress exists to a dreadful extent throughoutthe manufacturing districts. Thousands of families in the principal manufacturing towns of the northern districts, the seats of the principal staple pro ductions of the country, are reduced to a state of desti tution by want of employment. The demand for their labour has gradually diminished, under the baneful in fluences of the restrictions which were imposed on trade, for the imaginary benefit of the landed interest, • until the evil has become general, and is rapidly ad eatieing in its progress to those results which were long predicted as inevitable. Because these results :ere, for a time, slow in their movements, and were at intervals stayed in their march, and counteracted by circumstances extraordinary in their nature, and temporary in their duration, they were either sternly lemed as the inventions of sordid interest, or laughed et as c himerical—the dreams of dotage, or the pban tasins of insanity. Now that the elections are over, and the ecstasies of delight in which the monopolists were thrown be , their majority begin to subside, there are evident indications of a lurking suspicion that the tri esmpa is likely to be followed by a drawback upon the elories and the gains which were anticipated from it. The most obstinate incredulity begins to be shaken ; and the most inveterate sticklers for " protection to agricul ture," even though manufactures wither under its blight ing influence, begin to doubt whether the thing has not , ;been carried too far. The accounts from the manufae taring districts, it is now admitted, are of a description calculated to excite uneasiness. There is no reasoningwith -Olinger. A starving man has a summary argument with him who would attempt to convince him that he ought to starve patiently. " Hunger," says the homely proverb, "will ~real: through stone walla" When men are driven to despe eation by starvation, not only in their oarn persons, but in those dearer portions of themselves, their wives and children, it is in vain to talk to them of the duty of su boraination to the laws, arid the necessity of patiently `resigning themselves to the dispensations of Providence. Wiehave invariably insisted, that it will be found impos afe to maintain the existing Corn-laws in seasons of anmercial distress, arising, as that distress does, out of e:ose laws, without endangering the public tranquillity the security of property. IVescit plebs jejuna timere. i bs and popular outrages are the necessary cense . uences of deficient food. 'Were the restrictions and psohibitions upon foreign importation reduced, and a moderate fixed duty substituted for the present sliding scale, the supply of corn would bt regu eeed by. the demand, and its price would be preserved from injurious and sudden fluctuations,. which enable fraudulent speculators to tamper with the eeerket, while the producers and the consumers become, in ene. the victims of the system which is absurdly repre e !nod . as the protection of both. It is obvious to era one capable of understanding the most simple •esrangement of facts, that were corn allowed to be need from abroad at a moderate fixed duty, the price of an in a country so rich and industrious as England, .7-enable Of producing manufactures suited to the wants desires of every people, could neverrise to an seor •itant extent above the level of the surrounding markets. When, therefore, prices rise enormously above this, their e..tural level, as they are sure to do under our present stem, whenever the home harvest is in any degree de aaent, the cause of the high price will be obvious to tae whole world. Every one will see that the dearth is net real, but artificial ; that the famine is the work of _nese and not the visitation of Heaven. To assign such eonsequences to the dispensations of Providence--dis-, pensations which it would be unavailing to canvass, and ..impious to censure—is adding hypocrisy to cruelty : it is the attempt of heart-hardening cupidity to conceal the real character of its selfishness under the garb of eietY ; and will provoke, as it deserves, the contempt ,: man, and the indignation of the great Being whom i at once libels and insults. The suffering masses i' the population are too well instructed in the -awes of the distresses which they suffer, not to eee that it is by the perverse policy of the Legis aseere, controlled and coerced by the landowners, eet they are oppressed, and the means of their-exist ,. eee compromised. Those who are prepared to defend eteh a system must also be prepared to meet the coin- Lotions and outbreaks of which it will not fail to be 4 11a.luetive. It is not in the nature of things that a .t;t manufacturing population, like that of England, -hould continue quietly to submit to a system which ;Arrows the market for their produce, and thus "de etives -them of employMent ; while at the same time it compels them to purchase bread at a price so exor bitant as to force them to the confines of starvation. But a deficient or greatly deteriorated harvest will opetl the eyes of the farmers to the effects of the Corn :aws for the preservation of which the landlords com pelled them to vote at the recent elections with a rigour Stever before exercised. A wet harvest would work wonders in exposing the delusion of the " protection to the farmers" afforded by the sliding scale ! A wet har vest would open the ports at a shilling duty ; and thus _lie farmer be taught by the sharpest of all possible teach as—stern experience—that the system is unworthy of eenfidence which is inoperative for protection when most weeded. A prosperous manufacturing population will always. be the best protection to the agricultural interest, by consuming, in steady and constantly increasing quan teies, the different articles of agricultural produce. The landowners themselves will eventually be taught, al :.hough, possibly, not until they also have purchased •eisdom by calamity, that the state of things most likely to be put in jeopardy, the property they have received ,rein their forefathers, is that which turns the trade in fee first necessary of life out of its natural course. STANDARD.—Our question—" Upon what pretence 'lo Ministers retain office in defiance of a vote of Parlia ment now ratified upon an appeal' to the people ?" remains without an answer, or an attempt at an answer. If any inconsistency could seem strange in the politics of the Whig-Radical party, this obstinate refusal to meet so plain a question would excite astonishment. It will 4 - Pa remembered that upon the dismissal of the Whig- Radical Cabinet in 1834 the Government was for about a week or ten days conducted provisionally by the Duke of Wellington, in attendance upon the. return of Sir Robert Peel, absent in Italy, at the time of the dismissal of Lord Melbourne and his colleagues ;, and it cannot be forgotten with what affected horror and indignation all the organs of the Whig-Radical party denounced what they called the unconstitutional anomaly of a provisional administration. But what is the .anomaly of a provisional administration, compared with the anomaly . of an administration conductins , the • Government in defiance of a vote of Parliament ? In what position is the Queen placed by such a • proceed ing ? Her Majesty is plainly treated as a cipher, or if more, as the accomplice of her guilty advisers. But the Queen is not a cipher—her Majesty is, and we trust ever will be, the fir s t p ower i n t h e S tate ; not t h e so l e powe r indeed, but the first, and more than co-ordinate of either House of Parliament. It is no abatement of her high station and transcendent dignity to say that the consti tution confers this power with an expectation that it shall be exercised in harmony with the deliberate sense of Par !lenient. Her Majesty is now placed in that exact posi tion in which, by the spirit of the constitution, she d to act for herself ; properly speaking, she cannot be said to have any advisers in the crisis. The condemned Ministers must not be heard to advise in their own. ease. Her Majesty is, therefore, left t o t h e exer ereise of her own independent judgment--the only counsel that has been offered to her is that of her Par liament, suggesting the dismissal of the men in office, and that of the people echoing the voice of Parlia ment. How, then, can the most loyal and affectionate construction of the retention of the - present Ministers deny that the Queen disregards the advice of her Par }lament and the wishes of her p eo p le ? VP to the • 19th of July it was impossible to interpose • the hype_ thesis that the people and the Parliament were at va riance, arid it might be said that the Queen could not choose between them ; that hypothesis 'has, however, been extinguished by Lord John Russell's admission that the people have ratified the vote of t he House of Commons by " an overwhelming majority" at the elections. Her Majesty can, therefore, now have -ato difficulty—she now has to exercise her high function with a full knowledge of the wishes of her loyal and effectionate subjects. Were the Ministers loyal men — honourable men—gentlemen we should not have to write this at the present day. Before this they would have . given to their Sovereign the grace of an early and ge nerous compliance with the wishes of her people ; but that they are not loyal and honourable men, or gen . I nnen, is proved by the whole course of their conduct towards the Queen. They began by charging her ‘XajestY as a writer of election squibs to serve their . party ; when in difficulties they placed her Majesty and her household between them and dismissal ; and from first to last they have represented her as participating in their own mean desires and meaner resentments, until now, when they allow her to stand unconsciously her part, in open and declar e d oppos i t i on to the expressed wish of her Parliament an d people , in short, they have studiously laboured to incorporate . ei the Sovergn ' of the British empire as b oun d b y t h e lowest ie-id least respectable ties to the service of their party. 1T Queen Victoria is popular—and popular, we rejoice-to say, she is in the highest degree—she owes her popu larity; altogether to her amiable and noble qualities, and to the gallant and generous spirit of her subjects ; for her Ministers have done all in their power to de grade her and render her odious; both as a Queen and personally. The crowning effort in the war against the Queen's influence and dignity is, howevresr, . :he now retaining office. For this there is no a co . A (V.;y which the criminals dare to offer to iihe public —none 'which they can dare to offer to the Queen. They ar e d ragging th e i r unconsc i ous S overe i 1 into a conflict with her Parliament and people. Th,l , y are depriving her of the grace of acting as every mei n eer of the house of Hanover has acted in circumstane es :similar to those in which her Majesty is placed—th ey we presenting to her use th e f a t a l St uar t p rece d en a . This is their presenting r—this is their claim to the charac ter of T heygentlemen will fi n d, h owever, trut h an al loyalty w ill find their IL way into the palace, des p ite of a the wa rds rds set for their exclusion and truth once pr nted to the clear and Powerful un d erstan di ng of the Queen, there can be no apprehen s i on as to the result. coiatnat.—There is, we believe, some hitch abaft the Speakership. There ought not, however, to be any. We are inclined to sneak as respectfully of Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and to subscribe as frankly to the gene ral ability and impartiality with which he discharged the duties of the post before, as any one, and f there were no Conservative Member equally, or even better qualified, we should be inclined to say, let well alone. ; But such is by no means the case. A dozen Conser vative Members might readily be named equally, some much better, versed in the law and customs of Parliament than Mr. Lefevre, with the recommendation, and a strong one it is, that as the majority of the House is decidedly Conservative in opinion, the Speaker selected should be one fairly representing that opinion. It should be recol lected,, moreover, that with the new Legislature Sir R. Peel's plan, agreed to by resolutions of the late House of Commons, for an improved mode of trying . and adjudging upon disputed elections, will first come into operation. Upon thisimproved system the Speaker is empowered to nominate absolutely the first committee of the House which constitutes a court of appeal in dernier resort, if we re member rightly ; and this committee, so nominated, is,in its turn, empowered to select and appoint all other committees for trying election petitions. As will readily be under stood from these circumstances the Speaker henceforward will be invested with a juristiction and powers greatly transcending those of all former occupants of the chair. Now it is not to be endured that there should be a shadow of a chance for the appointment on any committee of such people as Sir George Strickland, for example, ' whose conduct on the Hilll election committee was no toriously such, that with Mr. Thesiger we should in fallibly challenge him if found on any jury, before which a cause of our own was directed for trial. And then the Lord Advocate and the Elliotts again ; who can have forgotten the infamous Hawick case? One of these Elliotts, we see, has the assurance, in a letter in to-day's Times, to complain of the Lord Lieu tenant of Roxburghshire for, preserving the peace at the late election. He talks abOut " indignation" at " such crimes" as the employment of the military for that salutary purpose. Where was his "indignation" at the preceding election, when he and Lord Minto might have seen, and did see perhaps, the Conservative voters thrown into the river and treated with every violence and brutality by the Elliot voters and tenantry ? Were he and his lordly brother then " joking and laughing one moment, and speaking seriously the next," whilst their own ferocious mob was doing the business of the election for them ? No, no, we must have no Stricklands, Rutherfords, or El liotts on Election Committees. Let them give place to more honest and impartial men. MAR YLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday, at a special general meeting of the Marylebone vestry, Mr. Gomm in the chair, the ad journed debate on the final Report of the Oxford-street experimental paving Committee, and the resolution moved by Mr. Freeman in opposition to it, was resumed. The report asserted that some of the blocks of wood laid down by the Metropolitan Wood Paving Company, had either wholly or partially failed, and that the Company having refused to allow . the experiment to be tested for a period of another 12 months, the Committee could not approve of the specimen. The resolution condemned the premature decision the Coinmittee had come to, declared such a course not only unjust to the experiment, but to the rate -payers of Oxford-street, and moved for a Com mittee of the whole Vestry to investigate the matter, and report thereon. Mr. BIERS supported the adoption of the Report. He, was convinced that vegetable matter of any descriptiOn would never answer as a road paving, let alone the slip- . per.) , nature of wood, which was so dangerous and .liable to cause accidents. As far as its durability . was concerned, he was convinced that it would' not last six years, and all the expense would then have to be incurred again. It was said the cost would not be more than 12,000/. ; now he would show that it would cost upwards of 21,000/. There were 33,000 superficial yards in Oxford-street, which, at 13s. per yard, what the Company required, would amount to 21,450/. He had not the slightest wish to deprive the Company of payment for what they had done, but he considered there had not been a sufficient test of the ma terial to justify the Vestry in adopting it at once. Mr. GIBSON contended that the main facts had been studiously avoided by all the opponents of the wood paving. Mr. Biers, in his . calculations, had forgotten that there were upwards of 4,000 yards already done in Oxford-street. Ile would contend that the cost would not exceed 12,500/. ; and whilst the annual cost of cleansing and keeping Oxford-street in repair, for the last six years, had been 5,6001., if the wood were laid down, the cost, as proposed by the Company, would be only 3,170/., and thus it would effect an annual saving of 2,4301. to the parish. Of the durability of the material there could be no doubt whatever, and therefore he called upon the true friends of economy to support it. Mr. COMRANE really considered the Committee had rather been led away by their own prejudices than by taking a dispassionate view of the subject. One complaint against the wood was, - that it would not bear so much pressure as granite ; but gentlemen forgot that it had elastic properties which granite had not, and was there fore much better able to resist concussions. It ought to be the duty of the vestry to look at this important goes tiondispassionately. The inhabitants of Oxford-street contributed largely to the rates, and they were entitled to consideration. _ _ Mr. SODEN condemned the course the Committee had pursued in charging the wood paving with eausing acci dents, without bringing forward any data, such as coro ner's inquests and such like, to bear their assertion out. Mr. THOMAS thought the wood paving the most beauti ful he had ever witnessed, and desired to see it carried out throughout London ; but still he thought the Com mittee could come to no other decision than they had done. _ _ _ _ Messrs. GRANGE, JONES, and others having addressed the meeting— Mr. FREEMAN, in reply, showed that as a proof other parishes considered wood paring no failure, the entire of Holborn, St. Paul's Church-yard, and most of the lead ing thoroughfares, were about being laid with the mate rial. He objected to the Report, as it did not contain facts ; it stated that the experiments bed been repaired, whereas no repairs whatever had taken place. After nearly four hours' discussion, the question was put, when there appeared, for the Report of the Com mittee, 31 ; for Mr. Freeman's motion, 21 ; majority for the former 10. Mr. Joseph's motion, that the entire street be paved forthwith with wood, stands for next Saturday. The Ves try then separated. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday afternoon a highly respectable Jury was empanelled before Mr. Baker, Coroner for the Eastern Division of the County, at the Crown Inn, High-street, Kensington, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. William Cleke, formerly a builder in a large way of business, but latterly, and prior to his death, living upon his fortune, at 30, Robert-street, Hoxton. Previous to the evidence being taken, the Coroner stated the reasons for his holding the inquest in the district apportioned to his colleague, Mr. Wakley. The death having occurred in his own district, and the friends of the deceased, through their solicitor, having informed him that rumours were very rife in the district where he lived that his death had been caused by foul means, con sequent upon the unhappy way in which the deceased lived with his wife, he had determined, so as to quiet those rumours, on having the body, which had been buried in the Kensall-green Cemetery, exhumed ; and in order to prove the exact cause of death, he had ordered a post mertent examination to be made. The first witness called was police-constable Thomas Quinlan, 240 N, who deposed that on or about the 3d of June last he was on duty at the Robert-street station house, Hoxton, when an alarm was given of 'a disturb ance in the street. On going out he saw a great crowd round the residence of the deceased. The street door being open he entered, and on going into the back kit chen he saw the wife of the deceased, with her back to wards the fire, crying and greatly agitated. The de ceased soon after came into the room, and said that his wife had threatened to stab him with a knife. She did not deny it, but said that if he continued to aggravate her in the manner he had done, she should do so some day or another, at the same time taking a large knife from the table. The deceased flew behind him: for pro tection, and shortly after accompanied him into the front parlour, where he said that he went in fear of her, and was afraid to take any tea or coffee without she drank out of the cup first, and he was certain that some day or other she would do for him. The deceased, at the time he made the statement, appeared greatly agitated and terrified. The deceased Was sixty-five years of age, and his wife only thirty ; and when he left the house the deceased was in the par lour, and his wif e i n th e b ac k kit c hen. He had often inieeenwcasalled in befor e w h en they were quarrelling. When called i n health. the deceased appeared in very good who was present to of N j v u a l tc y h th the p ro ceedings on Mr. Nicholls, solicitor, of Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn, thatt h e deceased's e .ts.hseebehalf of daughter by showed a former . marriage, stated from the deceased good health, and on the . 13 e ot y hw etrideetetyeht that t e e d ch ee. a ivw c e o a sdmisuon information apparentcaa t t o o n n of his death. This, added to the rumour current in the neighbourhood, had induced the daughter to call for the present inquiry. It further appeared that the above f ra cas alluded to by the policeman took place on the 3d inst. and not in June. Pummell, one of the beadles of Kensington, having proved the exhumation of the body, and it having been identified, Mr. R. D. Thomson, of Gower-street, sur geon, said he had made a post-mortem e xam i nat i on o f the body that morning, but was unable, without analysing the contents of the stomach, to state the precise cause of death. After some remarks from the Coroner and Jury, the - Coroner adjourned the inquiry till to-morrow. In 1674 the summer in Scotland was remark ably hot. It is related that one of the minions of tyranny, who at that calamitous p eriod harassed the poor Presb y teri ans with captious questions, having asked a shepherd of Fife " Whether the killing of Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrew's (which had Intppenetrin May) was murder?" he replied "that he could not tell, but that there had be en fine weather ever since." The stormy weather during the week has con siderably delayed the arrival of the steamers from France, Holland, and Relgiutn. On Thursday several vessels were six and eight hours longer than usual on their respective voyages, and three steamers expected ou Thursday afternoon from Scotland, Dublin, and Rotterdam, did not arrive till Friday morning. ACCIDENT ON THE PRESTON —AND WYRE R XILAVA Y. —P ROVIIDENTIA L Eson PE. ---ALI. the train, which leaves Fleetwood at five o'clock in the evening, was proceeding on Thursday by Kirkham ttu full speed, the engine suddenly ran off the line and was overturned along with the tender into a ditch, and the caniages ran into each other, and were all more or less broken. The passengers on recovering from the effects of the Pock, extricated themselves from the ruins of the carriages, and proceeded to ascertain the extent of injury ,done. To their joyful surprise they found that not a single person was seriously injured, though several received bruises. It is supposed that the accident occurred from the points not being properly turned.—Lancaster Guardiz'z. ' LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, July 24. MILNER V. SINGLETON. This case came before the Court upon appeal from the ,decision of his•Honour the Vice-Chancellor, refusing to 'grant a new trial of an issue which the Court had di rected. The only question in the case was, whether the 'defendant Singleton, in negotiating with the Dean of York for the lease of a farm, occupied by the plaintiff, acted as his agent or on his own account, On the case coming on before the Vice-Chancellor, his Honour di rected an issue to try that question ; and the jury, upon that issue, gave a verdict, to the effect that Singleton in the transaction acted as the agent of the plaintiff. An application was' then made to the Vice-Chancellor for a new trial, which that Learned Judge refused to grant, and from that judgment the present appeal was brought. Mr. Wigram and Mr. Ehnesley appeared on behalf of the appellant, and Mr. Richards and Mr. Smythe were in support of the judgment below. The LORD CHANCELLOR, without calling upon the two latter gentlemen to address the Court, gave judgment, refusing the motion with costs, thereby affirming the de cision of the Court below, refusing to grant a new trial. ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE PEERS FOR SCOTLAND. In the course of the morning, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Leeds, and the Earl of Marchmont, appeared in Court, and took the necessary oaths to enable them to vote at the election of representative Peers for Scotland. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, July 24. HERRING V. CLOBURRY. The plaintiff in this case had been taken under an at tachment issued out of the Court of Chancery for the non-payment of costs, which he had been ordered to pay upon the dismissal of his bill, and having been brought up to the bar of the Court, was turned over to the Fleet Prison, where he is at present confined. The solicitor for the defendant had been unable to find the plaintiff for the purpose of serving him with the subpoena for the taxed costs, which is necessary before issuing an attachment ; and upon affidavit of the steps which had been unsuccessfully taken to serve the plaintiff personally by repeated application at a house, No. 66, in St. James's street, of which the plaintiff described himself, and also at Tattersall's subscription-rooms, which he was said to freqient, an order ATM made that service of the subpoena on his clerk in Court should be good service, and upon this order the attachment issued. _ Mr. WAKEFIELD now moved to discharge the order and the attachment, on the ground that the defendant's solicitor, being informed at 66, St. James's-street that the plaintiff did not reside there, but that any letter or message left there for him would be delivered, ought to have stated to the person residing there what his object for inquiring was, or ought to have left some letter or note for that purpose, which he did not do, as the plain tiff would then have had an opportunity of making an appointment for the purpose of meeting the clerk whose business it was to serve him with the subpoena. Mr. K. BRUCE and Mr. HARE, for the defendant, said the order for the substitution of service was not ob tained ex parte, but upon notice served upon the clerk in Court, and the plaintiff, if he had any objection to the order, ought to have appeared and opposed it. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said it was not probable that leaving any letter or message at St. James's-street would have facilitated the personal service of the subpoena. Everything that could be done appeared to have been done, and he refused the motion with costs. THE sing, LOSTDON, MONDAY, JITLY 26, 1841. ELDEUTON V. PETERS. This was an application that Mr. Bebb, a solicitor of the Court, might pay the costs of a suit instituted by the plaintiff against the defendant. Mr. KNIGHT BRUCE, with whom was Mr. Tripp, stated the circumstances of the case, which were of an extraordinary nature. It appeared that Mr. Bebb had been induced to commence an action for an alleged person of the name of Julian Hugh Peters against Mr. Elderton, for the recovery of the amount of a bill of exchange drawn by Julian Hugh Peters, and accepted by one Jones, in the name of himself, of a person named Heard, and of Elderton. A verdict was obtained in the action by means of the evidence of Jones ; Elderton filed his bill in the Court of Chancery to be relieved from the verdict ; Mr. Bebb appeared to that bill for Julian Hugh Peters, and shortly after the appearance by Bebb, it was discovered by Mr. Elderton that there was no such person in existence as Julian Hugh Peters. A rule nisi was obtained from the Court of Queen's Bench to set aside the proceedings at law, with costs, to be paid by Mr. Bebb or Mr. Jones, and while the sale was pending in Febru ary last, Elderton applied to the Court of Chancery for leave to dismiss his bill in that Court (he having discovered that there was no such person as Peters), and that Bebb might pay the costs of that suit. His Honour the Vice- Chancellor directed an issue in 'effect to try whether there was such a perion as " Julian Hugh Peters," the plaintiff in the action at law. Mr. Bebb appealed from that order to the Lord Chancellor, who reversed the same, but directed the motion to stand ,over until- the result of the rule nisi should be known. In June last the Court of Queen's Bench made the rule absolute, with costs to be paid by Jones to Elderton. Subsequently Mr. Bebb applied to the Lord Chancellor for the costs of his opposition to Mr. Elderton's motion in the Court of Chancery. Mr. Bebb *as unsuccessful in his applica tion, and the original motion now came on before the Vice-Chancellor. It was urged by the counsel for Mr. Elderton, that although there was no ground for main taining that Mr. Bebb was privy to the fraud practised upon Mi. Elderton, yet that he, having brought the action as the attorney from the supposed person, who in fact did not exist, and having appeared for him in the suit, was answerable to the plaintiff in equity for all the costs which had been incurred in consequence of Mr. Bebb having acted as the attorney and solicitor for Julian Hugh Peters. Exparte Bodenham 8, Adolphus and Ellis. 959, was referred to in support of the argument. The VICE-CHANCELLOR rose without hearing the further arguments in this case. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT, Chelmsford, July 24. _ . . . . The business of this assize, owing to the heavy tithe case, has been of unusual duration, and it has been found necessary to make several cases remanets. Lord Chief Justice lindal disposed of the criminal business on Thursday afternoon, and he then proposed to get rid of some of the causes, but this was found to be impracticable, ewing to all the leading counsel being engaged in the other Court, and the attorneys in the different cases declined to go on with the juniors in their absence. On Friday morning his Lordship took his seat upon the Bench, and the cases were called on ; but the same difficulty still continuing, his Lordship found that it was no use to proceed further, and he adjourned the Court, and *soon afterwards proceeded to London, leaving Mr. Sergeant 'faddy to dispose of the rest of the business. Some of the remaining causes are of very public inte rest. The Commission will be opened on Monday, at Maidstone, by Lord Chief Justice Tindal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. GREAT GLASGOW ROBBERY.—It will be in the recollec tion of our readers that Gavin Scott, alias Charles Hamil ton Douglas, who lately absconded from Glasgow with 8,6001., the property of his employers, Messrs. M‘Gregor and Co., merchants, was traced by John Forrester, the City officer, to London, on the 31st of May, and from thence to Havre and Paris, at which latter place the officer ascertained that the delinquent had booked his place on the Bth of June, by diligence direct to Mar seilles., Forrester made application to the English Am bassador for his interposition with the French authori-, ties upon the subject, and at the request of the former functionary the Prefect of Police at Paris consented to telegraph Scott, which was done with great alacrity and promptness, and the authorities at Marseilles received full instructions relative to the runaway. Forrester and Mr. M'Gregor arrived in Marseilles on the morning of the 21st of June, at five o'clock, and immediately communicated with the Commissioner of Police, from whom they received the utmost attention. It then appeared that Scott had been arrested on the 15th of June at Marseilles. At the prison they were introduced to Scott, who was immediately identified by Forrester, who went to the Hotel de Paris, the abode of Scott, and there, after considerable difficulty, succeeded in recovering 4,390/. In his communication with Forrester Scott declared that part of the money had been abstracted from his drawers at the hotel, and upon that statement proceed ings have been instituted against the parties charged by the authorities at Marseilles. It is said that a further sum of 1,900/. will be recovered. Forrester returned to town a few days ago with the .4,390/. and accompanied by Scott, who was on Saturday brought before the Lord Mayor, by whom he was sent to Scotland in the course of-the evening. The officer stated to the Lord Mayor that he could not speak too highly of the French authorities, who ren dered him' such prompt and ample assistance. Felix Homo, the Frenchman, charged with running away from Rouen with property belonging to his cre ditors to the amount of from 16,000 to 20,000 francs, was brought up for re-examination. The gentleman who upon the first examination acted as interpreter, stated to the Lord Mayor that the prisoner had threatened, upon the first convenient opportunity, to murder him, and that there was no doubt whatever of the sincerity of the intentions of the man. The LORD MAYOR stated, that although the prisoner had committted no act of robbery in England, he cer tainly should be detained till he should find securities to answer for his good behaviour. Mr. Hobler, junior, appeared before the Lord Mayor to give publicity to a very scandalous and heartless act, committed by some fellows who evidently delighted in harrassing the feelings of others. A man of consider able talent, who was suffering very much from pecuniary embarrassments, and whose sensitiveness was so great under the infliction, that many of his friends appre hended that he would make attempts upon his own life, lay at that moment in a very precarious condition. A letter enclosing a check for 201. upon the house of Glyn and Co. reached the house by the penny post, and was opened by the son. It contained the following infor mation :—Sir, I beg to annex a check due this day.— W. Day." The young man did not know to what account the letter referr e d, an he mentioned the circumstance to Mr. Hobler, junior, who immediately went to Glyn s. and stated what had taken place. Upon reference to the books it was found to be all a hoax, no such name as W. Day keeping account with the house. Mr. nobler, junior, said that Messrs. Glyn expressed their readiness to do all they could to bring the writer of the letter to justice. Ori the envelope of the letter were the words " with care ;" and on the wax was impressed the words " God bless you." The Loan MAYOR observed that perhaps through the medium of the press, the writer might be detected and punished. Mr. Hobler said that the letter had cost the poor man twopence, which lie could very ill afford indeed. HATTON-GARDEN. SINGULAR CASE.—A gentleman, named Biggers, was charged with assaulting Mr. James Williamson, land- lord of the Crown public-house in St. John-street-road. The complainant stated that on Friday evening the de fendant had some refreshment in his house, which he paid for all but threepence. Witness in consequence seized his hat, when the accused immediately collared him, and, after shaking him, threw him from the bar into the street. For this assault he was given into the custody of a policeman. Defendant, in his defence, said that he paid for what he had. He had been in the plaintiff's skittle-ground with a friend, and when about to leave the pot-boy said there was threepence due. That amount had been had in by strangers to him, who had quitted the place. Mr. Williamson said the pot-boy should not be a loser of it, and that he (defendant) should pay. He, naturally in dignant, refused, and the complainant then took the liberty of snatching his hat from his head, for which he justly chastised him. Mr. COMBE (to complainant)—What right had you to take away his hat ? Mr. Williamson—l considered that the law authorised me. Mr. COMBE—lndeed it does not. An innkeeper has the power to detain the luggage of a traveller for neces saries supplied. If your notion of the law were correct, you would be equally justified in taking off his shirt or trousers. You commenced the outrage, and I consider he was justified in resenting it. He is discharged. Mr. Williamson—Then do you mean to say a publican has no remedy against a person who eats and drinks in his house, and then refuses to pay ? Mr. COMBE—You can detain property, such as a trunk, but you must not strip him. If it be an evil, you can easily remedy it by refusing to give up your articles until you receive payment. If you think my opinion incorrect, go to the Sessions, and indict him for the assault. Mr. Williamson said he would do so. GREEN WICH POLICE COURT. STRANGE DOINGS OF THE POLICE AND THE MAGISTRACY-CASE OF MR. WILLIAMS. On Saturday morning, Police Sergeant Lovell, R 15, and Police Constable Thompson, R 224, appeared before the Magistrate, Mr. Jeremy; to answer to a charge pre ferred against them of unnecessarily interfering with and taking into custody Mr. Charles Williams, of Friday street, Cheapside, on the night of Tuesday, the 13th in stant, in Union-street, in the parish of St. Paul's, Dept ford. The witnesses on both sides having been ordered 'to withdraw, Mr. Williams appeared in Court, attended by Mr. Wire as his solicitor, and Mr. Superintendent Mal lalieu appeared to watch the case on the part of the po lice authorities. ' Before the case was entered into, Mr. JEREMY addresSed Mr. Wire, and said hemished to inform that gentleman how the case had stoo4, when the charge against Mr. Williams had originally been heard before him on the 14th of July. On the morning of that day, Mr. Williams was brought 'before him, charged with being drunk and disorderly. On that occasion, he had heard the evidence of the two policemen Lovell and Thompson, who had taken Mr. Williams into custody, and also that of policeman Harvey, who took the charge at. the station-house. He, generally in such cases, examined the person who had taken the charge at the station-house with a view of ascertaining the state in which persons were when they were first charged. He would; if Mr. Wire desired it, have the depositions taken on the 14th July, read over ; they were in substance as followed :—One of the officers swore that he, when he was on duty, saw the gentle man and a female at a late hour at night knocking at a door, and that, in his opinion, the gentleman was the worse for liquor. He interfered with them by telling them they must not disturb the street. Some answer was made, but nothing was said of an angry nature on either side, and the officer went away. Another officer hearing a disturbance, shortly after goes up to the same parties, and the officer on his return about a quarter of an hour afterwards finds the parties engaged with his brother officer in discussion. The officer could not be supposed to know who the parties were, and it was his duty to interfere if he saw parties as he supposed annoy ing the inhabitants. Some angry feeling was created, and the result was, that abusive language, according to the evidence of the policemen, was made use of, and the officers took the party to the station. Here it struck me was one of those cases in which public justice did not require the infliction of any punishment. A gentleman not in a state of beastly intoxication but under the ex citement of liquor, although by no means incapable of taking care of himself; gets into an altercation with the police, and is taken to the . station. In such a case he (Mr. Jeremy) always considered that the inconvenience a person so situated had been put to was quite punish ment enough, and never inflicted any further punish ment, more especially where, as in the case then under his consideration, theperson was not knont to the police, and had never been in custody before, and so he was prepared to have acted; but what had the person charged done when before him? He had called no witnesses, not even the person who was with him, and who had wit nessed the transaction • but he said ' that the men were swearing to that which was untrue. Now that gave rise to different questions, and when he found that there were two persons each of whom swore distinctly to the occur rences- which had taken place, and that they were charged with having sworn to that which was not true, he felt bound to inflict the penalty out of justice to them. Mr. Wire would, before going into the case, make one or two obServations. -116 had had the pleasure of Mr. Williams's acquaintance for some years, and he knew him to be a 'post highly. respectable gentleman, and a man utterly incapable of the conduct attributed to him. Such being the case, his friends had advised him to have the case re-heard. Mr. JEREMY7—YOU cannot have the case re-heard. The question to be tried to-day is, if the men improperly interfered or not. Mr. Wire never was desirous of pressing too severely on police officers. It was undoubtedly their duty, if a breach of the peace were committed, by a drunken per son creating a disturbance, to take that person into custody. M r . JEREMY--I go further than that. If they think any disturbance likely to arise, they are bound to re move him. After some further conversation, Mr. Wire called the following witnesses Mr. Charles Williams—My name is Charles Williams. I reside in Friday-street, Cheapside. lam a w h o l esa l e furrier. I have resided in the City for seven years, and carry on an extensive business. On the 13th of July last I was requested, by a lady of the City, to see her sister home. .. Mr. Wire—At the time you undertook to see that lady home, were you in the slightest degree intoxicated ? Mr. JEREMY—You cannot ask that question. He has no right to prove his own case. Mr. Wire—l will put a case, Sir. Suppose a person is taken into custody by a policeman on a charge of drunkenness, and no third person is present, and th e po liceman is a fterwards charged with improperly interfer ing, how is it possible to get at the fact of drunken ness or no drunkenness except from the person himself? Mr. JEREMY still objected to the question being put. Witness—When I undertook to see the lady home, that was from the City. I was requested to do so on account of the lateness of the hour. We left the City at five or ten minutes past eleven. We left Gutter-lane. It was from eleven to a quarter past. We left walking. The lady had a basket and several small parcels. We walked to London-bridge, and there took a cab and drove to Deptford, near to the top of the street where she lives. We there got out and walked. Mr. Wire—Now describe what took place. Mr. JEREMY—Before you do so, tell us what o'clock it was, for the officers, in their evidence, represent that it was between one and two in the morning. Witness—lt was a quarter past twelve—not more I should think. We walked down the street. I carried the parcels and the basket. We walked two doors past the lady's door. Having discovered our mistake we re turned to the right door and knocked and rang. The knocker is a very small one, and could not make much noise. lam sure it could not disturb the neighbours. We had knocked and rung twice when Thompson came up and threw his light in my face. He said something, and I thought from what he said that he was a Scotch man. I said Ah ! policeman, you are Scotchman, what part of Scotland do you come from ? He replied, Ayrshire. I said lam further north than you are. lam only see ing this lady to her mother's house. We have knocked and rang twice. We have not been more than five minutes at the house. The house is Union-street, No. 9. Thomp son then went away as far as the top of the street, and met Lovell. They talked together, and came back, and Lovell threw his light to my face. I believe we had knocked again. I think the lady said, " How dare you, fellow, insult this gentleman ?"—and she looked behind. She then said, " Your name is Lovell ; you know me very well ; lam at my mother's door. You know my brother to be a respectable tradesman in Deptford, and you know that lam at my mother's door." lie said, " I know nothing, Ma'am, ibut my duty ;" and she said, " How dare you insult this gentleman, who has brought me home, at my sister's request, to my mother's house ?" He said, " How do I know what you are ? You may be:thieves, and I shall take you' both to the station house. What do you mean by calling us fellows ?" ' I said, " Mrs. Jennings, never mind the man ; he is tipsy or drunk." I forget which expres sion I made use of. He replied, " You are beastly drunk—l will take you both off to ,the station-house." I was afraid that he would take the lady and myself off too, and I said to the lady, " Mrs. Jennings, take these parcels ; I dare say you will get in in a few minutes, and I will see if these two men, or two fellows (I don't know which I said) dare take me to the station-house." The moment I said that, Lovell collared me, and Thompson seized my arm and pulled me along as if I had been a thief. I was irritated at this usage. and said, " How dare you use me in this manner ? I am a respectable man, and I will walk quietly with you ;" but they shook me about from side to side, and dragged me along. After I had begged them to let me walk quietly they knocked my hat off. Mr. JEREMY—You must not make use of expressions that you do not mean. They did not strike you. "Witness—l said the last time I was here that they did •not strike me, but they shook me so violently that they shook my hat off. When I got to the station-house I was placed at the bar, and gave my name and address theD c o u y n o d u u e t h t i u n f k t l b u a s m e iudrunkeu, but ? am greaenatlsyeeexlciatmed notby properly. I said to th e p ers on who receiv e d th e c h arge , drunk:' Lovell said, " Give up what you have about you, or else I'll soon search you." I took out :what I had in my pockets and gave it to them—a few shillings and some halfpence. I had not much money about me ; a pencil-case, my card-case, some letters, some keys. I had a toothpick in my pocket, and took it out, and told them they might take that also, if they wished it. On my giving up my card-case and my letters, I said you will see by those that I have not given a false address. I was then put in a cell with another person, and kept looked up until half-past five in the morning, when I was . bailed out. - I Mr. Wire—What occurred here subsequently 15 within your Worship's knowledge. Mr. JEREMY—Had you been spending the evening in Gutter-lane ? Witness—Part of the evening only. I went between nine and ten. There was no party. It was merely at a tavern. The sister of the lady I brought home is the landlady. I was spending the evening there, and took the sister home at the landlady's desire. There were other gentlemen there. The landlady and her sis ter were the only ladies. The landlady would have been here . to-day to prove that I was perfectly sober when I left the house, if she had not been taken ill (a medical certificate proving the landlady's illness was ready to be produced if required). We did not stop on the road from Gutter-lane to London-bridge. Mr. JEREMY—Is Mrs. Jennings an old lady or a young lady ? Witness—l should say between 30 and 40. I am no judge of ladies' ages. Mr. JEREMY—I did not ask for curiosity. Mr. Wire—The lady is here, Sir, and will be examined before you. Mr. JEREMY—It is a pity you cannot speak more accurately as to time, because on the sheet it is stated that the charge was received at half after one. Were there a great many parcels ? Witness—l carried two small ones. Mr. JEREMY—How soon did the lady get in after you left ? Witness—l believe she got in directly after she saw me dragged off. Cross-examined by the defendant—Did not say here comes another d—d policeman when Lovell came across. Cannot say whether Lovell was in the road or on the path. Did not say to them before he was seized, he did not care for them, and they had better take care what they were about, for that he was a Common Council man of the city of London. Lovell—Did you say you belonged to the Common Council ? Witness—l may have said so when I was going to the station-house. Lovell—lt was not I that shook your hat off ; it was the other constable. Mr. Wire considered that Thompson was acting under the orders of his superior officer ; he had no wish to press heavily against him. Mr. JEREMY—Then I shall dismiss him, and call him as a witness for Lovell. Mr. Wire—l did not say I would withdraw the charge. I said I would not press for a severe punishment against him. Mr. JEREMY would dismiss Thompson, and take his evidence as a witness for Lovell ; if nothing more were proved against him they must show that Thompson acted illegally and beyond his duty. Mr. Wire—We shall do so.—The Learned Gentlemen then called Mrs. Jennings.—l am married, my husband lives in town—his name is James Jennings, he is a schoolmaster living in Newington, near Camberwell. My sister is Mrs. Burton. She is a married person, and keeps the Horns' Tavern in Gutter-lane. Ihd been spending the evening of Tuesday, the 13th, with her. There was a party of friends there. Mr. JEREMY—Were they treating you ? Mrs. Jen: nings—Certainly not. Mr. JEREMY—Did you take any refreshment your self ? Mrs. Jennings—l did. Mr. JEREMY—Did the gentleman pay for you ? Mrs. Jennings—Certainly not. Mr. Williams came in at about a quarter past nine, and drank some brandy and water. I was going away that night. I left about eleven o'clock to go to Deptford. My mother did not expect me home that night. Friday street is not far from Gutter-lane. My sister asked Mr. Williams to see me home, and he acquiesced. We left at eleven o'clock and took a cab at London-bridge. When we got to Deptford and my mother's door was opened it was half past twelve by our clock. The cab set us down at the top of Union-street, about six doors from my mother's house. I noticed the hour when I got in. We were kept at the door some time ; we knocked three times ; neither myself nor Mr. Williams called out. I had passed my - own door, being uncertain as to the door. It was very dark. Thompson threw his light round and said that is Dr. Atkin's, without any person saying any thing. There is a surgeon named Atkins living near there. I said " Thank you, police, that will do. lam yet two doors too low."- He then said something to Mr. Williams, but Ido not know what. He then went away. We were then at my mother's door. In a' very few minutes I saw two pOlicemen whispering over the way. Thompson went over and spoke to the person. Lovell came across then, and said, " Who are you ? What do you want ?" I said, "lamat my mother's door." (Witness then confirmed the evidence given by Mr. Williams as to the assault of the police, and distinctly stated that she believed Lovell was drunk.) Lovell seized him by the collar of his coat, Mr. Williams begged of him to use no violence, as he would go quietly. They then took him away I was let in in less than a minute. I rang and rapped first. I told my mother they had taken Mr. Williams to the sta tion-house. I heard Mr. Williams continue to beg them to use no violence until they got out of the street. He said, " I am a respectable man, and will not run away." He told them at the door that his name was Williams, from Friday-street. In answer to Mr. Wire witness said that Mr. Williams was sober when he left Gutter-lane ; that they took no thing on the road, and that her sister had requested Mr. Williams to take her home, because Mr. Burton (her sister's husband) had come home unexpectedly, and she consequently could not be accommodated at her sister's. Henry Sharpe, a tallow-chandler, living in High street, Deptford, said .he was out on Tuesday evening, and described all the circumstaeces nearly as related by Mr. Williams and . Mrs. Jenning. By Mr. Wire—From the general conversation and manner of Mr. Williams, my, opinion is that he was not the .worse for liquor. I never saw Mr. Williams before. The witness then withdrew. William Harvey—l was acting inspector at the station on the night in question. The charge was brought in about half-past one in the morning. We make our en tries from reference to the clock. It was a gentleman brought by Sergeant Love it and Thompson, charged with being drunk and obstructing the police in the exe cution of their duty. I consider Mr. Williams was the worse for liquor. He was excited. It might be partly from feeling, but not the whole. On my oath I consider he was partly excited from liquor. After some other questions of no importance, Mr. Wire said, " Did he give you a card case ?" Witness— No ; he said he had no card. He threw a letter on the table, addressed " Mr. C. Marshall." Mr. Wire—Did you enter his name in the charge sheet from that letter, sir? Witness—No, Sir; I took it afterwards from what he said. Mr. Wire—Did he throw down the letter ? Witness — He threw down two. I took up one, and it was ad dressed " Mr. C. Marshall, 9, Friday-street." I said, "Is that your address ?" He said, "Itis ;" and I en tered it from that. Mr. Wire—Then you entered the charge on the sheet as against Mr. C. Marshall ? Witness—l believe I did ; I always considered his name to be Marshall. Mr. Wire—Did you say he ever gave his address by word ? Witness—l asked for his address. He put his fingers in his pocket, and said he had got no card, but he threw down two letters on the table, and I took up one of them, and asked him if his name was Mr. C. Mar shall, and he said " Yes." Mr. JEREMY—Did you give such a letter, Mr. Wil liams ? Mr. Williams—l never had such a letter in my pocket. Mr. JEREMY—It is most extraordinary that he should be inventing a name. A discussion followed which was interrupted by the Witness—After he had heard Mr. Jeremy address Mr. Williams as Mr. Williams, saying that he recollected the name was Mr. C. Williams, he could not think how the name of Marshall came into his head. Mr. JEREMY—YOU entered the name on the letter on the charge sheet. Witness—l did, Sir. Mr. JEREMY—Here is the charge sheet, and the pro perty taken from him is entered. The Magistrate then read over the list. Mr. Wire—There is no watch in the list. Mr. JEREMY—No, there is not. Mr. Wire—The witness has sworn there was a watch taken from him, although Mr. Williams carried none. Mr. JEREMY—How came you to say there was a watch ? Witness—l thought there was. Ido not • re collect. I cannot tell. Sergeant Osborn—l was on duty on the night in question. My duty was to visit the cells. I saw nothing of what took place between Mr. Williams and the officers. I saw Mr. Williams in the cell after he was locked up; he was sitting on a bench, with a handkerchief over his head. He said, "Ah ! is it you, my bonny . lad, come often and visit us." I said I shall come again, I dare say. This was about two o'clock. He seemed to be excited, to totter like as if he had been drunk ; he appeared to irritated a good deal. . Mr. JEREMY—You can't say if it was from excitement of mind, or from liquor ? Witness—lt appeared to me from liquor ; I can't exactly say. After some other evidence of no importance as re garded the question at issue, , - Mr. Wire addressed the Magistrate, and contended that the police had acted improperly, that there was no foundation for the charge against Mr. Williams, and that as the falseness of the charge had been `shown, the Ma gistrate would reverse the decision. Mr. JEREMY said he had, on the former occasion, given his best consideration to the case, and his opinion then had been that it was a mixed case ; that Mr. Wil liams was acting under excitement, partly occasioned by liquor, and partly by the situation in which he had found himself, in consequence of the angry discussion with the police. There was not the least slur to be cat. on Mr. Williams's character ; he never considered that' he was drunk, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, that is to say, he never thought him to have been . incapable of reasoning in consequence of having taken, too freely of liquor ; be did not even consider, him to have been what might be called intoxicated, not that he had been drinking to a criminal extent, so as to incapacitate himself, but that .he was slightly excited' only by what he had taken, and that that excitement had been increased by the angry feeling which had been created by what had passed with the police. There was not, there 'could not be, the slightest imputation on Mr. Williams. He knew • hoiv irritating it was to a respectable person to be stopped and ques tioned by the police, but it was what persons must ex pect, and be prepared to submit to, who chose to be out late at night. On the whole s he did not think the charge of improper interference had been made out, and he must dismiss the case. Mr. Wire must .protest against the principle of police law laid down. If tbat were correct, every man's liberty was in danger who was out after nine o'clock at night. Mr. JEREMY—Every man so situated is liable to be questioned, and to have his business made the subject of inquiry. Mr. Wire again protested against such a princiPle as that, and the proceedings terminated. THE TORY SPEAKER.—A correspondent of the Standard states that .Sir Eardley Wilmot is to be 'the Speaker of the Tories. Colonel Sibthorp and. Mr. Hater Borthwick are also talked of,, and it is hard' to say whether the Colonel's manners or Peter'S - character will render the•one or the other the more eligible, and worthy to represent the dignity of the Tory Eguse of Commons.—Examiner, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.—The Sappho, 18, _Captain Frazer, was at Barbadoes, on the 31st of May. The Prince Regent transport arrived on Tuesday, from Quebec, after a fine passage of 29 days, with a wing of the 24th Regiment, and the following officers :—Captains H. W. Harris, Lutman, and Riley ; Lieutenants Preston. James, Travers, and Harris ; and Ensign Fitzgibbon, of that regiment ; Lieut. Mein, Ist Royals, in charge of in valids and convicts ; Lieut. Grimstone, of the 83d Regt. to join the depot; Assistant-Surgeon Bevan, 7th Hussars, and Dr. Churnside, 23d Fusileers, on sick leave. Assist ant-Surgeon Graham, R.N., came in charge of the troops, whose skill and humane attention to the sick was felt and acknowledged by every one on board. The Boyne trans port, with the head-quarters and remainder of the 24th Regt. arrived onThursday, and both ships sailed yesterday for Plymouth, where the regiment will be stationed.— About 200 men were left at Quebec, having volunteered into • other regiments on that station. The Cornwall transport, Lieutenant Black, agent, and the Aber crombie Robinson transport, arrived also on Tuesday, from Quebec—the former with the 34th Regiment, and the latter with the 65th Regiment on board. The fol- lowing are the names of the officers of the 34th Regiment who came home in the Cornwall :—Lieut.-Colonel Ancy, Captains R. W. Byron, J. H. Mathews, and Eustace Heathcote ; Lieuts. H. J. Hutton, R. D. Kelly, H. F. Lang, and John Gwill ; Ensigns onfoy Rooper, A. C. Robertson, W. B. Money, H. R. Norman, and J. Still ; Adjutant E. P. Talbot, Surgeon W. Bain, and Assistant-Surgeon H. Curry. Of this regiment (the 34th) about 300 men were left behind at Quebec, having volunteered into other regiments on that station. Of the 65th Regiment, 80 men were left at Quebec to join the Canadian Regiment, and 300 others, who had volun teered into other regiments. The 65th Regiment pro ceeded yesterday to Plymouth, where they will be dis embarked. The 34th Regiment disembarked yesterday at Hasler, and have taken up their quarters at Forton. The Somersetshire transport, Lieutenant Hemsworth, with invalids from the various regiments in Canada, arrived yesterday morning from Canada. The Hastings, 72, Captain Lawrence, arrived at Ply mouth on Tuesday from Malta. She is ordered to refit and return to the Mediterranean. She spoke the Ver non off Cape Finisterre, on her way to Malta. The Jaseur, 18, was at Gibraltar on the 4th inst. The Andromache, 28, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, from St. Helena, on the 9th May. On Tuesday her Majesty's war steamer the Growler; 1,500 tons burden, was launched from Chatham ilia yard. The Growler is a first-class steam-ship, and is intended to carry several guns. Her dimensions are stated to be the same as the Devastation war-steamer, launched from Woolwich Dockyard a few days since. Another large steamer is to be built in the dock *cm whence the Growler was launched, and preparations for laying the keel have already commenced. At Spithead—Monarch, Indus, Somersetshire trans port. In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Princess Charlotte, Excellent, Dublin Royal George, Electra, Bit tern, Rapid, Sapphire, and Atholl troop-ships, Corn wallis transport, Adventure naval transport, Cracker ten der. Echo steam tug. The supernumeraries of the Royal Marines at Malta are ordered to return to England—the fleet previously completing their complement of this corps. OPERATIONS AGAINST THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.—PROPOSED EXPLOSION.—On the 17th inst. an iron 32-pounder was got up, and afterwards the Ar mourer's vice, the latter, with the exception of the steel spring, in a very perfect state, both slung by Mr. George Hall. The military divers also have not been idle, so that a good deal of timber has been recovered during the neaps ; but on the 19th instant, the diving was dis continued and the raking commenced on account of the spring tides. On the 20th, a violent gale of wind stopped the work altogether. On the 23d, a piece of timber was caught and pulled out of the mud, in which it had been buried, by one of the half-anchor creepers, from which it broke off, and rose to the surface; this proved to be the remains of the mainmast, the only part of the wreck that ever floated ; all the other fir timber, from being so long immersed, having become heavier than water, so that none of it was got up without being regularly slung. On the 23d, the removal of the wreck was renewed by five divers as usual. On comparing the soundings taken on the 14th and 15th days of this month, by Lieutenant Hutchinson and Mr. Clewitt, with their soundings in May last, it appears that the height of the shoal of mud in which the remains of the wreck are imbedded, has been reduced about two feet three inches in the space of two months, and in proportion as more timber is pulled out, it will be reduced still lower. At present the highest part of the shoal is only seven feet above the general level of the anchorage, which is 13 fathoms under the low water of neap tides. On Wed nesday next the 28th inst., it is proposed to fire another charge of 6501b5. of powder, at one o'clock p.m., which will be announced three hours before hand, by the usual signal of red flags from the Success frigate hulk, and the two lumps. APPOINTMENTS.—Commander Edward Barnett, re appointed to the Thunder surveying vessel. Mates—H. Micklethwaite, to the Dublin; W. Cashman, to the Electra; W. P. S. Morton, to the Belleisle. Second Masters—J. Laffer, from the Dublin to the Calcutta, vice Whiting, to the Dublin. Master's Assistants—A. J. Barnard, to the Queen; B. Woolley, from the Lucifer to the Dublin. Assistant-Surgeon—Nicholas L. Dolling, to the Ca ledonia. Midshipmen—Salik Effendi (a Turkish gentleman), to the Monarch; Charles Rowley, to the Electra. Gunner—John Napleton, to the Champion. Mr. William Elphinstone is appointed Volunteer of the First Class, to her Majesty's ship Queen, from Dr. Bur ney's establishment, Gosport. PLYMOUTH, JULY 22.—The Belleisle, 72, sailed on Wednesday to Cork, to complete her ship's company. The Raven sailed on Wednesday to the westward. The Savage sailed for the Mediterranean. The Cambrian frigate arrived on Monday, from Pembroke. The Hast ings arrived on Tuesday, from Gibraltar, to have her defects made good. The Saracen, 10, was paid off into ordinary on Tuesday. The Sovereign transport sailed on Wednesday, with stores, for Malta. The Tortoise lighter, arrived on Wednesday, from Pembroke. The Alban steamer, arrived on Friday, with the re_ mainder of the 24th Depot, for Dublin. 'The Raven, cutter, arrived on Friday, With super nutheraries, from the eastward. The Malabar, 72, i s fitting for the flag of Sir C. Adam. The laindoostan, 80, will be launched on Monday, August 2, at 5 p.m. In Harbour—San Joseph, Caledonia, Champion, and Avon and , Carron steamers. In the . Sound Impregnable, Hastings, and Numa transport. A Court-martial, of which Rear-Admiral Sir. J. Om inanney was President, was held on board the Rodney in Malta Harbour, on the Bth ult., to try Mr. William Stuart, gunner of her Majesty's ship Daphne, on a charge of having absented himself from the ship with out leave, on the night of the 21st of February. The charge not having been proved, the Court acquitted the prisoner. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN wtru.—John Pate, from Alexan dria to Liverpool, on the 15th inst., in lat. 42, lon. 11, by the Jane Maria, arrived in the Creek. William, Bombay to the Clyde, 16th, lat. 45, lon. 38 ; Catharine, Mauritius to London, 18th, lat. 46, lon. 23, by the Shel drake packet, arrived at Falmouth ; Julia, of Jersey, Lis. bon to Trieste, 27th ult , lat. 37 N., lon. 2 E., by the Nora Creina arrived off Falmouth. Mary Eliza, Bristol to Marseilles, 15th ult., lat. 37, lon. 3;' Michael Wallace, Aberdeen to Cuba, 13th, lat. 43, lon. 13, by the Pem brokeshire Lass arrived at Milford. Congreve, Liverpool to Jamaica, lat. 46, lon. 16 ; Eliza Heywood, from Dublin, 22d ult., lat. 12 N., lon. 27 ; Auriga,' 28 days from London, same day; Stokely, of Stockton, 12th, lat. 40, lon. 32 ; Superb, of Liverpool, out 13 days, 15th; lat. 45, lon. 32 ; Donald, from Berbice, 16th, lat. 45, lon. 28 ; Spencer, for Newfoundland, same day, lat. 46, lon. 24 ; Vermont, New Orleans to Liverpool, 18th, lat. 47, lon. 21 ; Thames, from Jamaica, 19th, by the Thomas Coutts, arrived in the Downs. Peter Proctor, London to Launceston, Feb. 22, lat. 40 S., lon. 60 E. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—The Thomas Coutts, Warner, from Bom bay, arrived in the Downs—sailed 9th March, Colombo 24th March, Cape 16th May, St. Helena Ist June ; Sir . Edward Paget, Campbell, from Bombay, off Lymington —sailed itth March, Cochin 21st March, St. Helena, Ist, June ; Alfred, Eastmure, Trom New' South Wales, in the Downs—sailed from Sin4ney 10th April ; Roy a l George, Richards, from New South Wales, off Margate —sailed from Sydney 21st March ; Caroline, Hawks .s from Bengal, in the Downs—s a il e d 25th February,t. Helena, 'l9th May ; Spencer, Corbett, from Benr", l l, o ff Liverpool—sailed 3d March, St. Helena 30th M. 4. Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales, prVious to April 4.—The Mary, Taylor, ' from New ZepL an d Crisp, from Launceston ; Argyle, `f rom from Plymouth ; StqW,art,fyom Portsmouth at ii. the Cape; Caroline, from Manilla; Adele, MarqUard, from Calcutta ; Anne, from Port hilip ; 'Avon, frOni the South Seas ; from Stockholm Janet, from . Ntt. Philip ; Justine; frqm Bay 'of Islands ; Marchioness of Douro, from' Lon 'don ; Australasian racket, frcinv. "Port Philip ;' Kin •near, from London ; Margaret, froin Liverpool and the Cape ; Susan, from Plymouth ; Cleopatra, from New Zealand ; Leiina, April 4, from Hobart Town ; Orwell, .frOM China, and Manilla; Perseverance, from Launceston ; Dorset, sth, from Adelaide •, Premier, from London ; Porter, from Launceston ; Abbotsfcird, froin LondOn Bassorah • Merchant, from Plymouth and Hobart Town ; George, from Liverpool; Bristolian, from Bris tol and Malaga; York, from Port Philip; Rose (steamer)," 6th, from Plymouth and Cape; Chilmack, from the Cape; Harlequin, from Glasgow; Christina, froth London Renown, from Manilla; Tuscan, Batavia; .Alcide, from Mauritius; Christina, from Port Philip; Water Lily, re turned to port; Marian Watson, from Hobart .Town; Nero, from Hobart Town; William, from Laimeesto n . Arrivals at Hobart Town, Van Dienien's Land, pre vious to the 6th of March—The British Sovereign, from. Kingstown; Lady Raffles, 'from Plymouth; Mary Ann, from Kingstown; Mayflower, froml,ondOn; Glen malier, from Liverpool. Departures from Sydney—The Palestine, 'Spartan, and Louisa Campbell, in May, for London; Columbian, for Valparaiso ; Hope, for Guam; Betsey and Sarah, April sth, for Java; Mary Redway, for London ; Th os . Ki ng, fOr China; Sir Charles . Forbes, sth, for Guam; Richard Webbe, for London; Barretto, jan., for• China; Tarn o'Shanter, fur' Manilla; Fabian, and William, Stoveld, 10th; for' Loiidon ; "Honduras, to sail 15th. IRISH LoykiTY.—An extraordinary instance of th'e enthuSiaitic and devoted loyalty of the Irish people oc curred last Wednesday in Dundalk, during the election for the county of Louth. When thwband struck up the national an them, the immense inultitude'with one accord knelt (Town, and rettained;in 'that posture till the anthem was concluded, after which they gave three hearty c h eers f or h er Majesty the Queen.--roghedce Argus. F,VF,NING SUN. CONDITION OF THE LABOURERS Pc I •:,'," _ • • to,yisit , a lyint , between Hatherleigh and Holsworthy, 111 ou e the feast frequented and populous parts of the county , the opportunity was afforded me of seeing, under bla own roof, an able-bodied labourer living upon the ordi nary wages of the district. His family consists of him self, age 32, his wife, age 29, three girls, aged respec tively 8 years, 5 years, and 7 months, with one boy , aged 3 years. I had known the man and his connec tions for several years—was aware that his character wa,s excellent ; and in the belief that his mode of living all,'; forded a fair specimen of that of his class, I made mysel his guest at two or three of the cottage meals , and then obtained some particulars, for the accuracy of which lon vouch. The cottage, built of cob, or mud and straw, h as two t rooms, each being about fourteen feet by t welve ; hu the sleeping-room being immediately under the thatch and without ceiling or plastering, is always penetrated by currents of air, and not unfrequently by rain die snow. They told me it was impossible to keep a ca n there burning in winter. In this ro om there are three bedsteads, one without bedding. The floor of the lovver room is of hardened mud and sand, one window admits the light. A deal table, a bench, two chairs, a s ettle, $ cradle, some earthenware on a rude dresser. wi th two or, three simple cooking utensils, made up their stock 0! furniture. Built against the gable end of the house is sty, in which ho feeds one pig ; but if through disea.n or accident this prop fails, animal food is their reach for the rest of the year. In the pigsty my honest friend also contrives to keep two or three ferrets,: and the penny per tail for rats and vermin destroyed.. brings him, on the average, 15s. per annum, after deduct._ ing his loss of time. These odd shillings suffice to stoFt, and manure a bit of potato ground behind the house, for which he pays six shillings ; thus making his total rat 48s. per annum. The wages, 7s. a-week, are paid monthly, and usu ail l in money. The outlay for the four weeks stands as nearly as possible thus : £ • d. 4 weeks' rent 0 4 ° Placed beyona 2 bush. barley.. 0 bush. wheat 0 4 Candles, soap, starch, salt, soda, &c 0 3 I Wood for firing 0 2 Milk 0 2 3 Tea, 4oz 0 1 6 Sugar 1 lb. very coarse 0 0 10 Cotton, worsted, tape, &c -o 1 0 £1 6 8 i n deed there is little variety—milk and water, I need not describe the meals with minuteness ; barley bread, bacon broth, and potatoe pasties, ar i ,. tioa ordinary fare, now and then improved by the a dw i ille of a heavy pudding, and, at rare intervals. of a ' l- de . bea or coffee, with a few eggs and some butter as a i 9 licacy. An infusion of hot water upon burnt crusts commonly made. 1.; For garments they have trusted almost wholly to 1 - 1 0 , friends and relations a little better off than thei nse ' v •,-Correspondent of an Evening Paper. with j, deed THE WEATHER AND TO CORN-LAWS. .011 ',Jaz. • • If the present unsettled weather should contiunc f°rar! fortnight longer, we shall have another striking Int i t in g um of the injurious consequences which the SL tr y. scale of duty is calculated to inflict upon this coun tr y Already considerable orders for the purchae,l of ibr i . e lin . corn have been sent out ; and a few days more 0 ' t he favourable weather will cause a keen competition inv,sit nearest Continental corn markets, to which alone Nng os , buyers will venture to resort under existing cireur nstar ,,kets The necessary consequence will be, that in those nirr t iie the price will be very greatly enhanced, and, ni l be years 1838, 1839, and 1840, a very large sum- 4 . for paid to the foreign speculators beyond the rAlon,ll;,ise which the. necessary supplies might be procure , ' 'i n to where. But this, though a very serious evil,. sinil ent o insignificance, when compared with the misel l i r : t he consequences resulting from the deranr;ement e 'd t len , currency, which inevitably results fro - x. these ,ono' and forced purchases, all made in one part of the tivinii nent. When corn to the amount of: three or fou o r timt lions sterling is purchased at on-,-,e in this waL c r a r o ; can prevent a serious fall in the exchanges, sequent export of bullion to a large amount. Then f n od all the results under which we have recently indeed are now, suffering so severely,—a f°rel and traction of the currency, a severe shock to crew-, and general distress and suffering amongst the trading manufacturing classes. + I, pr How different would be the course pursued lit ` l ,lchn) . sent time if we had a free trade in corn, or if the fl oes was fixed ! and how different would its enn se p q r - n e i and prove to the country at large. Instead of n ge ne e, . al immediate rush to the nearest markets to Pn r ;; D o e rteci most at any price, all the grain that would be i 7 ported into this country within a short period,E g a l a is d " i-thregdie great would make their purchases cautiously, deliberation. It would be a matter of crapnr ati A ve i Eis ference whether corn purchaied abroad arri ve ' . ~- 1 1 1 1 er, weeks or six months ; and no man would giv e ,„ - v; oul travagant price at Dantzic or Rostock, because l'` to know perfectly well that his purchases would compete with others made under more favourable cumstances in the United States, the Mediterrane an ' e. the Black Sea. The consequence would be, that th e cesLary- purchases would be made only as the corn a A wanted ; they would be spread over a long time w e nt large extent of country ; an d th e means o f Pa) ,:or would be arranged, with ou t an y ser i ous disturbsa' Of the exchanges, or any derangement of the cur rent this country. Such are the comparative merits of the sliding and of free trade or fi xer ? d uty ; an d , if we are nob mistaken, they will se'ddily . force themselves up on t . s . attention of the Legi ',tature in a manner not to be taken.—Manchestr Guardian. , ait 1 , 1%" 41 conSsiUdepr—riabE) DEATH OF LORD ' der y', - W e sensation was created in Belfas t if i e-- erDO° l ' on the tr.Tival of the Reindeer steamer, &on! e r a Of' an airount of the sudden death, on boardp el) aition, ferl'a. His Lordship complained of indlaPl — c - te d r.,.aving Liverpool, on Tuesday night, and u ' e , - r phle th , steward of the steamer to bring him a dose of n igh' which he swallowed on goinc , to bed. During t 'i oc k 011 he breathed h e a v ily i n hi s sleep, and at seven neAtoioe Wednesday morning he was observed still asleep. sist er, s ister; A.m. he was found dead in his sleeping berth. 11 as via the Hon. Mrs. Ward, was on board. An inques t i w es ter on the body, but as the inquiry was not terminatou day, we defer giving the particulars till our nest Po e ot tion. This is the third death of p ersons holding th e ems' Baron Dufferin and Cl an eboye, within less than five] 1000% and there are now a li ve three B arones ses of tha t oe' two of them are ge nera lly res id ents o f the northrss'tjr land ; the third (now dowager and widow of the ceased) is at present i n It a ly. Th e l a t e Lord j o lt was born on the 6th o f M ay , 1794 ; an d, o n the 4101/?1,1 1825, he married Selina, one of the three beau° str j accomplished daughters of Thomas Sheridan, s i c icebo l ; consequently grand-daughter of the celebrated .Isorto Brinsley Sheridan, and sister to the Hon. Mrs' and to Lady Seymo ur (" th e Q ueen o f Beauty 4",. to t P :', is issue one son, F re d er i c k, age d fif teen y e ars, het title and large estates of Dutferin and Clanebo)l7, young noblem an i s now at E ton, w hil s t, as he le ,:d th e mated, his Noble m o th er i s a b roa d, an d ignoratpil e ies ° calamity that has befallen her, house. The Nod now deceased w as a T or y in politics, but a kluel an siderate landlord.—Northern Whig. ..•••• GOLD WATCHES, LONDON- MAc 00. fo i A. B. SAVORY an d SONS, Watchmaker*, N" „ ject l°- o f London, oppo s it e this Bank of England, submit far 1 e ., b0 19 very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES, the •ti s 3 experiencedwhi c h are is asr- mad wo e rk " me d n and eac h ranted for correct performance. - finished on th under ewn the rpremises, s ca refu l es , SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turne d 1 " ► engine-turn 5 gold cases and gold dials, warranted ••• •• Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double. backed engine -turned gold eases and gold dials, ° warranted ... ............ .............. ..... Patent detached Lever lii:atches 'ewolled . in four 0 holes, with double-Y, acked e 14 and 9ld 14 gold g dials, warrant e d , ... .... cases ............ • SIZE FOR . GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four 0 holes, seecrads, and double-backed gold cases, 13 IS warrante?, ........... Patent dr tached Lever Watches, capped , Jewel l • 0 in siY, holes, seconds, double:backed gold cases 17 17 , an'. enamel dials, warrant e d ..................... t l at.ent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled A • in six holes, seconds, d ou bl e -b ac k e d g old case* $1 - and gold dials, warranted ,. .................... bad i s g; s i Either of the Gentl emen ' s W atc h es may b • g .o od'h hunting cases for 31. 3 s . eac h ex t ra . N. 1 - Watches purchased in exchange.' PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS. OS ? theyoloo of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE.: Suije rs ' r • Sr°. Table Kniv es , w i t h i vory handles , 14s. per closest:, fo p Poles for Wi n d ow Curtains, inch iameter, ls • 3 11; 95.'" 2 inches, I s . Bd, per foot ; b ronze d fenders, 4 bi a . t rs' ' Catalogu es grat i s , conta i ning the pr i ces o f s toves,-% ing o lll ironi, Kitchen utensils, and every article in fura ls ni.,Leer v Oxford-striet. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Established 11'40, itk a doaun R. t h h t e 23. James; d .....- - BIRTH S. • . f , nt, VI On the 25th inst., at Bossall, the Hon. Mrs. Be au—° A l ter. On g the 23d inst., in Hatton-garden, Mrs. Hen , . o ,_f a j i ! f ulb el G• Esq.,inst o a f : a th d e au S g h h ru te b r b . ery, Walmer , u'e e _...., ------------ , On the' 20th inst, MARRIED.Mi tito,Lay Fanny Elliot ' sec°lw daughter of the Earl . of Minto to Lord John Russ ell, fo ie- On the 21st inst., at P.lackness House, Forfarshireiv m on of pant-Colonel John Campbell, 38th Regiment, "of cest' Lieutenant - General Sir Archibald Campbell, Ilart.,kid o f t h , e G. C.R., and K. C.r. S to Helen Margaret, mill c,„,„.pa111 ° late Colonel John Crow, . of the Hon. East India *du-- Service. ~.,. ilefli T _ h O om n atsheu2ic3k-cleninsotn.: at St. George's, Hanever -sc l u " . . l .Gen er.- Philip Hop!, Esq., second son of the late Lieutenant. the lo s Sir John Hope, to Mary Sophia, youngest daughter , 01 On the 24th inst. at St. Mary's, Dir Wi lli r Middlecoat, to Jane Pakeuhara, second daughter of tne Twynam, Esq.; K.N. ____..---.---------------' Haggerstone, . : ute ... -----:_-------- DIED. ail , On the 131 h of June, at.& , ut z, on his way home f rom . 111 • i loot; Algerntin G. Brenchley, Cornet, 4th Light Dragoons, son of John Brenchley, Esq., Maidstone, aged 25. G org e R 0 0 bi n n t so h n e , l E 6t s h q. i , n b s a t. r , ri a s t e Stone i-abuildings,'Lincoln's- ion , e ar h daub the 2.3 d inst., at Tunbridge-wells, Caroline, m•t - i ter of the Bishop of Chester. 1, ife ( " 1 " On the 24th inst., in Tavistock-square, Cecilia, the ‘ 4 Joseph Thomas Cantrell, Esq., barrister. at-aw. 1G d London: Printed and Publ ished by W IRD ' Strand' V Nu. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, the county of Middlesex, Monday, July 26, 1841; Pa ] Ca" into the krict or s aro,. T 1 ter , J osh 'll Ol Ai Ban 8014 N ei Ott ail `~