The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-02 00:00:00

ORNING SUN lay before the pnblie this morning, we are now enabled to giVe the following authentic list of the new Ministry which ; Sir Robert Peel has probably by this time sub mitted for her Majesty's approbation. It will be observed that in assigning to the Duke of Wellington the Presidency of the Council we were misin forraed. The Noble Duke would not, indeed, withhold front llis friends the aid of his great name, but with that absence of self-interest for which he has always - been remArltahle, he will only occupy a seat in the Cabinet, without (rim and of course, without emolument. Sir, R. Peel, First Lord of the Treasury. Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Wharneliffe, President of the Council. LordLyndhurst, Lord High Chancellor. Duke of .Buckingham, Privy Seal. Earl : ,pf Aberdeen, Foreign Secretary. Lord Stanley, Colonial Secretary. Sir4araes Graham, Home Secretary. The,Duke of Wellington,in the Cabinet without office. LOid Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control. The yarl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty. The_EarLef Ripon, President of the Board of Trade. Sir, I', Pollock, A ttorney-G enera 1. Sir-3)l.,Wollett, Solicitor-General. Lird Lowther..POstmaster- General. Sir H. Ilardinge, Secretary at 'War. Sir E. KnatAbull, Pa VD . = ter-General. Earl de G 1 1 ,5 Lord Lienfenant of Ireland. Llinitliot, Secretary for Ireland. W. E. Gladstone, Vice -1 1 rebide4t of the. Board of Trade. The'reinaining appointments arc not. yet .finally ar ranged,, but there is no doubt that the, following Noble men-and 9!'itlerneri will hold office in the Ministry :- 1 or 4 Mahon, Lord ,Liverpool, Lpid G... Somerset, Earl of ell 4l4 fit'ld, LOrd rrgerten, Sir G. Clerk, Sir W. Rae; Sir E. Sugden, - It affords us much gin - tifleition 'fiCai - that his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in conjunction with her Ma jestyonanifested an 'earnest desire to act in strict ac cordance with the spirit of the Constitution, and to af ford tcrSir R. Peel every facility in the formation of his Government. Th e recept i on which the R i ght H on . Baro net met with from her Ma_ jest ywas most gracious and kind. Her Athiesty expressed her determination to extend to Sir R. I3el's Government her most implicit confidence and supporl, under the firm belief that no measures would be proposed to Parliament' that would not tend to maintain the dignity of the Crown, to conserve the institutions of the country;' and promote the happiness and prosperity of the people. CBE NEW MINISTRY. At. an . early hour on Tuesday morning Treasury mes sengers were despatched with communications from the Right-Hon. Sir Robert Peel to the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe Park, near Buckingham, and to the Earl of Liv, rpool,. at Buxted Park, near Uckfield, Sussex.. The Duke of Buckingham arrived at Buckingham House, Pall-mall, late in the afternoon, and immediately proceeded to Sir Robert's residence in Whitehall-gar dens, to have an interview. The Earl of Liverpool arrived at Fife House, White hall, on Tuesday evening. The Noble Earl is named as Lord Steward of the Queen's Household. On Tuesday the Right Hon. Baronet was busily en gaged7.from an early hour in completing the Ministerial arrangements. The:Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Ellenborough had audiences of Sir IL Peel on Tuesday morning, and the following Noblemen and Gentlemen had interviews with the Right Hon. Baronet by appointment :—The Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Viscount Castlereagh, the Earl a Hardwicke, Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Wharn cliffe,.,the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Thomas Freeniantle, Sir Frederick Pollock, Sir William Follett, Sir George Clerk, Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Lyndhurst, the Right lion. henry Goulburn, Right Hon.. Sir Edward Knatchbull, &c. _ . Shortly before five Mr. E. H. Anson, treasurer to his Royal. Highness Prince Albert, arrived from Windsor Castle, and had an audience of Sir Robert Peel, and we understand was the bearer of a letter from her Majesty to the Right Hon. Baronet. The Duke of Wellington received the chief members of the future Administration to dinner on Tuesday evening at Apslisy House. It was a select circle confined to the Right Hon.. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., the Earl of Aber deen, Earl of Ripon, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Stanley, Lorditllenborough, the Right lion. Sir James Graham, Bart., and the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot. On re tiring from the dinner-table the Noble Duke and his col leagues held a conference, which lasted several hours. The meeting at - Sir Robert Peel's on Monday night did not tweak:up until' nearly one o'clock. We learnt at a late hour last night, from an authentic source, that the Right Honourable.Sir Robert Peel, Bart., will leave town thiS*Voliini.TUr Windsor Castle, when the Right Hon. Baronet will submit to his Sovereign the list of his Ministerial appointnients. It is said that, in addition to the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Lyndhurst; Lord Ellenbordugh, Lord'Stan ley, the Right lion. Sir James Graham and the Right Hon. Henri Goulburn will form the chief members of the Cabinet. The household of his - R.l3yd Highness Prince Albert will undergo but a very trifling change, and we have reason to believe Mr. E. Anson will continue treasurer to his Royal Highness. THE MAGAZINES. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. The first article gives a continuation of the campaign in Syria, which, not on account of its length, or want of interest, we are sorry to see is not concluded. This is one great fault of this Magazine. The middle or conclusion of an his torical account is often brought out a month after the previous part, when the commencement is forgotten, or the. reader has had recourse to some other publication to ascertain the result. One bcod article complete is infinitely better than ten etter articles containing only the membra dis jecta of a narrative. There are not less than seven or eight of these mangled articles in this number. The series entitled "England's Wooden Walls," though somewhat partaking of that cha racter, bag not the same defects, as each part is complete in itself. The present part gives a his torical account of the " Vanguard," now a ship of the line, but in 1588 only a ship of war of 500 tons, and gives an animated description of the share she had in the battle of the Nile. The fol lowing account, though some of it has been given before, will be read with interest:— " During the heat of the action Sir Horatio Nelson received a painful, and as it was at first generally feared mortal, wound. He was struck immmediately over the right eye by a piece of langridge, the force of which was happily nearly spent. Although the pain was most intense, Nelson, on being led or carried below to the cockpit, desired, it is said, he might wait until it came to his turn, among the numerous wounded, to be attended to. The surgeon, Mr. Jefferson, however, on discovering his presence, immediately proceeded to examine the wound, and found that a piece of the skin of his fore head, which had been cut to the bone, was hanging down over the right eye, which for the time completely obscured his sight. Mr. Jefferson assured him there was no immediate danger •, bat Nelson, deeming his wound 'Mortal, requested Mr. Comyn, his chap lain, to - -convey his dying . remembrance to Lady Nelson, and at the same time ordered the Minoraut to be hailed, and Captain Louis to be thanked for Coining so nobly to • the Vanguard's assistance. The surgeon, having dressed and bound up the wound, re quested the Admiral lo"remaiiiquiet in the bread.room; but nothing could repress — hirTearons a'id enthusiastic disposition. He immediately' ordered' his Secretary, Mr. Campbell, to attend.him in the bread-room, that no time might be lost in writing to the Admiral ; but this gentleman, having himself been wounded, on be holding the blind and suffering state of the Admiral, became so much affected that lie could not write. The chaplainwas then summone d ; b ut t h e i mpat i ence o f Nelson increasin g every moment, he took the pen, and contrived to write a `fe w obtained. marking . his devout sense of the succes s he had FrSenhoiritlLaftfr\v,ardstbeing left alone; the news ' that the on was fire spread along the decks ' and d ni es i e r e a nle s d hl t p o the cockpit. Unassisted and unnoticed, amidst the general enthusiasaN . Nelson contrived to find his way up the lad ders, and tcothe astonishment: of , all, appeared aga i n upon the quarter-deck; and, int . en t . on the duty of corn . passion, quickly' despatched pe hl hing t Gal Way, to the relief of te. Frenchmen. ute -Lieutenant, A Z' remained on deck till the awful exp losion took place, which shciOkk each ship to her kelson, when he was re luctantly 'persuaded to go to his bed. Rest less still, he gat up, and, suffering as he did, he 'signed th commission of Captain Hardy for the Vanguar d,e acting lieu of Captain Barry, who was nominated to go h o me with the despatches, as well as Captain Capel , s, M for the utine. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. This number . contains a judicious and impar tial , review of the new tenets of the Oxford monks. With the 'conclusion we entirely con cur. " We repeat it as our conviction," says the Writer, ".!liat lithe sect whose principles are in culcated in theSe volumes (The Life and Ponti ficate of t aregory,Nll., by John W. Bowden) Were only powerful enough to do it after its own heart, it would soon - put a complete end to all liberty and all religion ; in the place of the former it would substitute the tyranny of feudal Churchnien, and in the place of the latter the illusionst‘of a frivolous and degrading supersti tion." The same gOod sense pervades an article on Temilerance Societies. The writer is no ad vocate of' the extravagant excess to which tea totalism is carried on in this country, and justly regards it as a sin to reject the moderate use of the good things which the Creator has provided for man. In commenting on a book written, by Dr. Thomson " on Digestion" he quotes the foilowingTaragrapk:— Suppo6e.a hundred individuals were to live on whole- Some food, and abstain from all alchoholic fluids ; and 4 uPpose another hundred, ceteris paribus, were to use . St imulating drink, which of the two sets should vve a nticipate - la. be most healthy at the end of a given pOMed ? 'We do not believe that there would be two "Pinions on the subject. 1) *. Thomson's incredulity is unreasonable. Most as ,sliredly there would be two opinions ; and not a few :" uld be found holding that opinion which Dr. Thom rel,7lpudiates. We confess ourselves to be among the n umber ; a n d earnes tly do we desire that the question W u _ u _ Id be. carefully brought to'the test of experiment. l ow er two hundred men, living in the same place, fol ., I ng the same employment, - of the same age, and in t x ,,uoil state of: health, to be chosen and divided into 00 1 2 ;ompanies, one-half of - them takMg notking amid tlie.other half 11.11110derate quantity 'of pure %sine daily, we should, with much confidence, expect the balance of health and longevity to be in favour of the latter ' • and the mow numerous and carefully col ected the data from which the decision was obtained, the stronger should we expect that decision to be in favour of temperate use of the fruit of the vine. In asmuch as God, who knows us altogether, has repre sented wine as a great blessing, we cannot but think that its use is conducive to the improvement of both body and soul ALEXANDER'S EAST _INDIA AND COLO- NIAL MAGAZINE. A somewhat intolerant article, entitled " Re sponsibility for the Government of India," leads the van of this month's papers. It assails the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and complains of the flagrant enormities com mitted under their arbitrary rule, and their al most total irresponsibility to the head govern ment of Great Britain, concluding with an opi nion of Lord William Bentinck's corroboration of these views. The common assumption that Herat as a defensive frontier is impregnable, and the " Key of the East " is next combated, where in the writer, apparently a military tactician, endeavours to show the fallacy of this position. Sedulous search is made by Lieutenant-Colonel PogSon to discover the lost tribes of Israel in Nepali], Cabool, Delhi, &c., in the persons of the Brahmins themselves, alleging their descent from Abraham quasi dicers a Brahmo. Many ety-' mologies are less cogent, and many an hypo thesis less tenable. " Moral and physical influ ence of Climate," goes to prove that the very at mosphere exercises an action on the sensations, and that climate wonderfully influences the mental powers, and the absolute intellect. In confirmation of this the writer remarks : I have just spoken of the influence of the confined air of the Swiss values on health—it is yet more re markable on mind. In the lowest tracts of the valley (if it be closely shut in), one-fifth of the inhabitants are idiots. 300 feet up, the peasant is weak in the in tellect, but idiotism rare—a little higher, he is a boor of ordinary capacity-3,000 feet up, he is peculiarly and strikingly intelligent—keen in his eye, firm inlis foot, healthy in his aspect, and powerful in intellect. In an, cient times there was a similar difference between the Boetians and Athenians—the sluggish and unimagina tive mind of` the one being exactly what we should haw expected from their breathing the air of bogs, marshes, and low land, while the mental glory and restless actif vity of the Athenian corresponded with the splendour and purity of the air of Athens." " The language of the Chinese" .deters us by its very titlefroTu further acquaintance, for we should utterly despair of ever mastering its bare 214 Radicals, much less their thousand inexpli cabilities and combinations. " The Transmigra tion of Souls" evinces that there is a split among the Brahmins on this article of belief, so that by reason of this division it may be piously hoped that we may yet see with gladness the souls of the Hindoo and Mahornetan, really and in effect transmigrating into the body of the true Chris tian. " Rough notes of a military trip in the Murree Hil!s " by some British troops is full of Belochee spies, gun-shots, and skirmishes, but ends in the singular capture of three Banyan donkies. ~' THE BRITISH MAGAZINE. The sands of Joppa had this peculiarity, that though they were arid, they nevertheless spark led. The British Magazine, in the case of many of its papers, possesses the aridity, but wants the sparkling lustre. " Reflections on Ruins," how ever, retrieves it from absolute dulness, and it even grows delightful as it bewails the decay of ancient beauty. From the controversy on "Law ful Baptism " we reverently refrain, leaving it to our godfathers and godmothers to adjust, whe ther we should be plunged into the water-pool, or be decently sprinkly at the font. A letter from a Country Clergyman treats on the prac ticability of observing daily service in our churches, but he fears that very often lie should have only the pulpit above and the clerk below, and nothing but his friend the clock opposite to him. A multitude of minor canonical matters, such as " On Wearing Hoods"—" Lights on the Altar," &c. &c., close the number. SPORTING MAGAZINE. This Number contains two engravings—one representing the " Interior of a Sportsman's Tent in India ;" and the other, " A Stricken Mallard." The first is a very lively picture, and exhibits two sportsmen amusing their evenings leisure by a game of chess in a canvas tent, the walls of which are thickly hung round with all sorts of sporting implements. Of the literary articles, the most generally amusing is the second series of " Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands." HALL'S IRELAND, Part IL How and Parsons, London, 1841. There is not the slightest perceptible falling off in this clever and impartial work, which, on the contrary, seems to grow in interest as it pro ceeds. The present part is chiefly confined to details respecting the County of Tipperary, of whose chief town, Clonmell, its antiquities, scenery, wealth, &c., the Editor furnishes us with some curious and entertaining particulars. Facing the title-page is an excellent map of the Queen's County and the King's County, with the addition of two plates, representing a view of Luggellard, in the County of Wicklow, and the the Abbey of Holy Cross in Tipperary. The first is the best, and with its luxuriant combination of hill and dale, wood and water, jutting capes and promontaries, realizes all that we can conceive of the beauties of that fairy scene which has been so elociuntly described by Olian. MUSICAL WORLD. A pleasant weekly miscellany, containing se veral musical criticisms and original papers con nected with that attractive science. THE LYRE. We have here the four first Numbers of a new musical and theatrical register, which is pub lished weekly, and from the skill and attention to details with which it is conducted, bids fair to become a favourite. The original communica tions are, in general, tersely and neatly written; one, in particular, on the' Scenery of the Olden Theatre," is full of curious and minute iufbrivation. THE MIRROR. No. 247. Hugh Cunningham, London. The monthly Part of this lively little melange appears with four wood engravings; the first of which is from Louis David's painting of the " Death of Socrates," exhibited in the Louvre in 1787, accompanied by explanatory letter-press. The remain►ng three are engraved from the jo cund scenes of Wilkie's "Village Festival." The articles are, as usual, sprightly and pleasing. POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL. No. 25. Wellington-street, Strand. The "Moral Treatment of Disease" is a medi cal paper, which endeavoUrs to show the. great instrumentality which the mindpossesses towards the cure of bodily disease. This the author styles the " Metaphysics of Medicine," and Kant has himself shown how powerfully the effort of the will can rule and conquer physical disease. To the secientific, hut to them alone, will the achievements of " Kieseritzkiz, the Livonian chess . player at the Paris clubs'," be acceptable. The articles of " La Trappe," and " Latin and Italian Litelltnre in the Fourteenth Century," lead the. rs#deqack into the dusky past, when all be engaged in pushing on into l the'ls A, subsequent paper on the, INT soin : w - h - t a i . t u n b n_o , th Iron . Steamer," squares some- Bain's El ectro-Ai etter with the wre and " Mr. , agnetic Printing Telegraph" better still. • FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT of WILLIAM FAWCETT: Johnson, -London, 1841. This is a full-length -portrait, engraved by Lupton, from 111 Original Painting by George Patten. mr e cannot unde rta k e to say ♦,/hetlier it b or not, a. work of art i t is creditable a likenessitabletotlie engraver's judgment. A NEW PROCESS FOR PURIFYING THE WATERS Sup plied to the metropolis , as described b y its author, T. Clark, professor of Chem istr y in the Universit y of Aber deen, consists mainly in adding quick lime to the water, which separates the chalk from it, and chalk, i n One shape or another, is the principal substance which con taminates the water. By Mr. Clark's process the water is rendered much softer, and a considerable quantity of soap may be saved. It prevents the water from furring the vessels in _which it is boiled, which , as all housewives a know, is great injury to kettles, boilers, and cocks, a perpetual source of expense, and is sometim es the cause of boilers bursting. The fur stops up the feeding pipe, and the boiler bursts in consequence. Mr. Clark's pro cess; for which he has a patent, is specious, and if it answers, it will be equally advantageous to himself and the public. GERMAN RAII.ROADS.—A letter from Baden states that the railway on the left bank of the Rhine is procecding with activity. At Carlsruhe they have com menced the works on the place where the station is to be fixed, outside thei Ettlingen gate. On the 16th inst., a contract for furnishing 80,000 quintals of rails was adjudged to Messrs. Ilmsch brothers, at Duren, between Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle, at 17f. sc. the 50 kilogrammes, to be delivered at Manheim. The number of offers were considerable, from Germany, Belgium, England, and even from Sweden. The rails for the line from Manheim to Heidelberg cost 22f. 30c. the kilogramme, the difference in the price causing a saving to the Baden Government of more than 400,0001. The section from Kehl to Appenwighe is ad vancing rapidly ..that'from Heidelberg to Carlsruhe; it is &tight, will b e the evi of 1848. - • Ati4,ll,l"iil4. ;or; THE SUX,*LONDON, Trt-u-tt,StA - Y, SEPTEMBER FLUCTUATIONS IN PRICE. TO SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART. SIR—You have the reputation of being an exceed ingly clever man, and I dare say with truth, but the more, therefore, is my wonder, that in your speech, in the House of Commons on Friday evening last, you should have given the smallest importance to the fluctua tions which sometimes take place in the price of corn in the United States of America ; for it cannot but be known, even to such blockheads as myself, that a country entirely depending upon herself for her supplies of corn, will be subject to these variations, just as the season may have been favourable or otherwise. In naming the fluctuations in America, you afford a good reason for free trade ; for if these variations take place in a country which generally grows corn, as well for exportation as . for the use of her own people, and which, - therefore, even in bad seasons, must be suffient for her own consumption, how much greater are these fluctuations likely to be. in Britain with her most un steady climate, and with a demand for corn in general more than equal to her supply? And the matter is likely to be made worse as time shall move on, with our annual addition of four hundred thousand bread-eaters, unless by some extraor iinary good luck there shall rise up every . year some few thousands of acres of good wheat land upon our sea coasts. My wonder at you, Sir Robert, is the greater, as , I plainly see, that to depend for a supply. of, corn from any. one spot on the globe, is to be liable to great fluctuations,, owing to the uncertainty there,is, in weather. Free trade would render the price steady in making wide the field whence the supplies would come ; for God Almighty in his kindness to man never inflicts a general scarcity; he do so in England he does not in Russia, or if he should do so in both these countries he does not in America. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, JOHN GREEN. Petersfield, Hants, Aug. 31, 1841. SPANISH DEBT• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sift—Do you not consider it an outrage on all sense of justice that the Spanish Government, which cannot bor row for less than five or six per cent., 'should persist in consolidating the arrears of interest it owes to its un fortunate creditors, into a THREE per cent. stock. In the name of consistency and common honesty, let Spain, if she cannot pay in full all the arrears of inte ''rest, not be so lost to all feelings of honour as to be guilty of another put off towards the holders of the New D'eferred Debt, which is the only portion of the Cortes 'Lothris that can now be distinguished from the infamous loans contracted by Ferdinand alone to put down and keep down a constitutional firm of Government. • In 1834, 'l'oreno threw all the unpaid Coupons then due and owing from 1824 on the Old Cortes Loans into a New Deferred Debt, subject from the year 1838 to twelve annual drawings into a Spanish Stock, which was to pay FIVE per cent. interest. By this arrangement the bond holders had to wait four years before the first twelfth of them had even a chance of receiving one farthing of their Coupons owing to them from 1824. Four drawings have taken . place, but not one farthing of interest has been forthcoming. And now, instead of paying the trifling interest on the four drawings of the years 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, it is proposed to capi talise the interest due on these four drawings into a THREE per cent. stock. The effect of this will be that as long as the stock is in existence it will be a perpetual moment() of Spain's bad faith and bad policy, in order to save two per cent. on the trifling amount of interest due on these drawings. Why should the Old Cortes bondholder—the most legal and liberal of all Spain's foreign creditors—who advanced fourteen per cent. more to the Spanish Govern ment than the Messrs. Barings advanced to the French Government of the Restoration—be treated worse than the subscribers to the loans contracted by the despot Fer dinand to put down and keep down a constitutional form of Government? I beg the aid of your powerful pen and influence to expose this unfairness towards the. ORIGINAL CORTES BONDHOLDERS. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. SAILINGS. AuG. 25.—Midge cutter, John Petre, Esq., for Ports mouth, left for the season. 26—Arrow cutter, Lord Godolphin, for Exeter, light breeze S.S.E., and hazy ; Kestrel yawl, Commodore Earl of Yarborough, for Plymouth and other ports. 28—Rostellan schooner. Thomas George French, Esq., for Cork, light breeze N.N.W. 30—Brilliant schooner, G. IL Ackers, Esq., for Cher bourg and western ports ; Cynthia cutter, R. Frankland. Esq., for Cherbourg and Guernsey ; Peri schooner. Captain Bulkeley, for Cherbourg and Guernsey ; Ariel cutter, Earl of Coventry, for Southampton and Brighton; Nymph cutter, John Bayley, Esq., for Plymouth and Cherbourg ; Hebe cutter, A. W. Corbet, Esq., for Southampton, left for the season. ARRIVALS. AUG. 25.—Merlin schooner, William Lyon, Esq., from .3 North Yarmoutu an d Por t s mouth. 28—Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilchester, from Weymouth ; Camilla schooner, Thbnias — Halifax, jun., Esq., from Weymouth. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Crusader, Gem, Hawk, Camilla, Wan derer, Xarifa; Janette, Merlin. , Yawls—Alarm, Falcon; Breeze. • Cutters—Nautilns, Sparrowhawk, Lord of the Isles, Petrel, Reindeer, Naiad, Forest-fly, Phoebe, Talisman, Witch, Ariadne, Will-o'-the-Wisp. Colonel Sykes has taken Rose Lodge ; Mr. Newnham Cannon House ; Mr. Lister and Lady Theresa Lister the Parsonage ; Mr. Mullins Gothic Hall ; Sir Ralph Howard has applied for the King's House ; Lady Sey mour has taken the 10th Cottage ; Lady Shuckburg the 11th Cottage ; Sir Bellingham Graham has taken Nor folk House for September ; Sir James Graham Beach Villa ; Lord R. Grosvenor the 9th Cottage ; Lord and Lady Boyle are still at Harriet Lodge ; Lord Congleton and the Countess of Darnley at Woodvale ; the Earl and Countess of Belmore at the 6th Cottage ; Mr. Con greve and family at the 7th Cottage, with whom Lord Clonbrook is on a visit ; Mr. Cole and Lady Henry Moore at the Bth Cottage ; Lady Cadogan and family have left for the season, as has R. B. Sheridan, Esq., and family, Lord and Lady Sydney, A. Corbet, Esq., Colonel Knox, and many other families, but the town is again filling fast for September a,ud October. General Richardson has purchased Mill Hill estate, near Cowes, the property of the late Admiral Osborne, for 6,0001. Vast quantities of whiting have been caught off Cowes during the past week, and have been sold at from 4d. to t;d. per dozen. Some boats have taken from twenty to thirty dozen a tide. With A view to try the validity of the Cowes votes for the return of Members for the Borough of Newport at the last election, Mr. Gisborne's friends have objected to every voter on the register for river property, whether Liberal or Tory.. The battle will, therefore, be fought before the Revising Barrister. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S. ) LONDON, SEPT. I.—Wind this day at noon N.W. DEAL, AUG. 31.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Arrived the Henry, Janner, from India. Arrived from the River and sailed the Nautilus, for the Mauritius ; Angenoria, Lisbon; Tennessee, Boston. Sailed the Charlotte, for the Cape of Good Hope, and the outward bound. OFF DOVER, AUG. 31.—Arrived the Teesdale, from Boston, and sailed for St. Petersburgh. PLYMOUTH AUG. 31.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the Lalla Rookh;for Sydney. LIVERPOOL, Amu. 31.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Stormont, from Honduras; Elizabeth, Orr, St. Domingo ; Shabo, Schoof, New Orleans ; Orozembo, Mobile ; Emma, Daphne, and Eblane, Montreal ; Iris, Hender son, Malta. The Frederica Amelia, for Stettin ; and Mary Alic, for Pernam, grounded on Burbo yesterday afternoon, but got off on the flood, and proceeded. PORTS3IOUTH, AUG. 31.—Sailed her Majesty's ship Scout, for the Mediterranean. FALMOUTH, AuG. 30.—Wind S.E. to S.lV.—Arrived the Dundee, from Memel, for Rio de la Plata. Sailed the Royal Tar steamer, .for Vigo. • JERSEY, AUG. 25.—Arrived the Argus, from Gaspe. Sailed the Hero, for Rio Janeiro ; Centurion, Mauri tius; Guernsey Lily, Gaspe. BRISTOL, Atm. 31.—Arrived the George, Roberts, from St. Vincent's; Clinton, Virginia, and Julie, Lynn, Montreal. Sailed the Burlington, Baltimore; Rowland, —, and Mary's, Nevis. PORT TALBOT, AUG. 29.—Sailed, William, Alicant. KINGSTOWN, AuG. 31.—Arrived the Hampton, Janet, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Coax, AVG. 20.—Arrived the Prince Albert, from Miramichi. Sailed the Idea, for Quebec. Arrived off— Rebecca, Pickers, St. John's, New Brunswick. HtrLL, AUG. 29.—Arrived the Sir John Ogilvy, Strachan, from Leghorn. • SIIIE - Lim,. AUG. 29.—Arrived the Europe, Brodie, from Buenos Ayres; and Arcadia, Robinson, Pictou.• VESSELS SPOKEN Wrrn.—Three Sister, Jersey to Aricati, 15th ult., lat. 39, long. 13 ; Blucher, Liverpool to Jamaica, 24th ult., lat. 48, long. 9, by the Crescent, arrived at Liverpool. Edinburgh, Bremen to New York, 19th ult. hit. 42, long. 42 ; Oberon, bound to Rio Janeiro, July 2, lat. 16 S., long. 38, by the Amiable, ar rived at Bordeaux. Dalhousie, bound to Trinidad, 23d ult., lat. 55, long. 10, by the Coquette, arrived in the Clyde. Fanny, Liverpool to Quebec, with loss of fore topmost, 29th July, off St. Paul's. Marquis Wellesley, of Dublin, for ditto, 2d ult., lat. 46, long. 58 ; Charles, Stornoway, ditto, 3d ult., lat. 45, long. 28, by the Scipio, arrived at Whitehaven. DONYBROOK FAIR.---On Thursday, the fair day (26th August), the proprietors took measures to ascertain an average of the number of persons who entered th e t own of Donnybrook, between the hours of nine, A.M. and six P.M., the period specified by the police regulations. The result of this calculation was the almost incredible number of 74,792, an enormous pro portion of the adult population of Dublin. The quan tity of cows, heifers, sheeps, pigs, St - ,c„ which entered the "custom gap" was very considerable. The number of horses present was supposed to be upwards of 2,500. They were mostly adapted for the saddle or draught of the lighter description. _M any nags went off at prices w hich might well startle " the knowing ones." There were agents present who purchased horses for the cavalry ; of these eleven were for This fair is one of the most twenty-six the year 1205, when he em powered a b ye s gr r oci o ni of nn Great w ?Je e uoa n a:t t Britain cr Ireland, having been Myles Fitz Henry (then " Justyce of Irelonde") to institute tine fair at John's Well, and the other at t iat o nhn sec:, ancient e4t e nut htnt instituted ni t Donny Bourne." This, if it proves nothing else, proves at least the antiquity of this. locality.-Saunder's News Letter. THE STATUE TO DE RUYTER. We have received by the - Dutch mail the following account of the inauguration of the statue erected at Flushing, on the 26th August, to the gallant De Ruyter. The King of Holland, with his three sons, were present on the occasion, and though 200 years have passed since De Ruyter was the • Nelson of Holland, his deeds appear to be still fresh in the recollection of his country men. This is honourable to them, and we have on this account, as well as in admiration of this celebrated Naval Commander, subjoined to the intelligence from Flushing a faithful account of his life and naval actions. _ _ _ FLUSHING, Amin' 27.—Yesterday was the day fixed for the inauguration of :the statue erected in this town in honour of the brave Michael de Ruyter. This na tional festival was honoured by the presence of his Ma jesty, our beloved King and of his three sons, the Prince of (range, .and Princes4lexander and Henry. His Majesty. who arrived • early. from Middelburg, having reviewed the garrison and the Civic Guard, went to the e Town-hall, where 'he' gave audiences to the civil and military 'authorities; and 'then proceeded to the church, where a very excellent inaugural discourse was delivered by Professor Van derHoon. The King, the . Princesund suite, proceeded to the square in which tlie•Staftie is erected, which was uncovered on a signal being given i‘and this' 'fine work of M. L. Royan cast in iron.by ..11tIkarsl'atil Van Vliessinger and Dudok Van Heel, was exposed, to the admiration of the specta tors. His Majesty` was pleased to express his entire sa tisfaction to all the'persOns concerned in the arrange ment, and the execution of the national solemnity. His Majesty afterwards visited ..tbe exhibition of paintings executed by Zealand artists and amateurs, in honour of the great seamen and officers of Zealand, who distin guished themselves in the arts and sciences. The King then went to the dockyards, and set out for Middelburg amidst the loud acclamations of the people. LIFE OF DE RIJYTER. Dear to the Dutch is the name of 1)e Ruyter. When mentioned, it summons up before them bright pictures of . their old naval glories, when their cannons were heard in distant seas, and their flags won garlands of oak leaves. Yet who would have believed that in the figure of a little cabin-boy, who in the year 1607, busied him self about the ports of Zealandovas the embryo seaman who, at a future day, was to be a ruler on the waves—a victor on the waters. Do Ruyter was born at Flushing, and at the age of eleven began his seafaring life on board of a vessel at thatplace, and soon rose to the rank of an officer of the first class. One of the earliest engage ments in which he displayed the determined bravery that made his name so feared, was in his repulsing the Irish, who attempted to take Dublin out of the hands Of the English.. Scarcely, however,.• had the noise of this transaction passed by, hefore ,his,,adventurous spirit led him info the broad seas that'skirt the shores of the West Indies and Brazil. After running like wildfire through these seas, he made sail fo,..A.lgiers, to which port he had been ordered, when he i‘an ashore a vessel belonging to Tunis, consigned to perdition its Algerine Corsairs, and had the high satisfaction of releasing forty Christian slaves.De Ruyter was, indeed, the true sword in the scabbard of Van Tromp, and they two together swept the seas of Europe in the time of our Second Charles, with power almost irresistible. The English found him a powerful and perilous antagonist. In 1653 he distinguished him self in the terrible battle near the mouth of the Channel, amid the cold , storm-winds of February, when our re- . doubtable Blake commanded' the English, and Von Tromp and 1)e Ruyter the Dutch. Again, too, at the great battle fought in the Downs, June 1666, against Prince Rupert and the Duke of -Albemarle, 1)e Ruyter showed a bold and unflinching front. In this action it was that a beautiful and generous trait was developed on the part of the younger Yon Tromp, which shows what confidence may be placed in brave minds, despite of party differences. De Ruyter was a stout Republican—young Tromp, his rival, an inveterate adherent of the House of Orange. Nevertheless they went to sea together. In the three days fight, the Dutch had the best, but it was at all events as severe a fight as could be, from the inflexible valour of the English squadrons. Both De Ruyter and Von Tromp were obliged several times to shift their flags from ship to ship, and the latter having been borne down to the centre of the English, was reduced to the utmost extremity, and in dread of being crushed, when his rival and political foe, throwing to the winds all party animosities, nobly ran to his rescue, and saved him from ultimate destruction. De Ruyter, too, was no less high-minded, and it is on record, that in an ensuing ac tion with the English, De Ruyter, when obliged to re treat, did so, exclaiming, " How wretched am I, that not one bullet of so many thousands will free me from this disgrace." But De Ruyter made compensation afterwards to the English for this defeat. In 1667, going up to Sheer ness, he committed g reat havoc among the English fleet, and the insult which he heaped upon them in that me morable expedition up the Thames, was further aggra vated by his destroying Upnor Castle, and burning the ships at Chatham. The Royal Oak was one of the vessels thus consumed, the intrepid commander of which, Captain Douglas, perished in the flames, though he might readily have escaped, exclaiming, as he consumed in the fire, " Never was it known that a Douglas left his post without orders." It was at the attack upon Messina, in Sicily, that De Ruyter met his death-blow. The Frenchmen knew his invincible courage well. " I would purchase with my life the glory of De Ruyter," wrote d'Estrees, the French Admiral, to Colbert. But "glory," in this Syracusan affair, demanded the life. of Ruyter. On the morning of that engagement the French came out to meet the Dutch, led on by • the celebrated Du Quesne ; the Spaniards, with their customary caution, kept at .a distance ; bat De Ruyter rushed into the centre, broke the French line, and was in the act of chasing, when a' cannon-shot wounded him in the left heel altd right leg, and a fever came on, which closed his spirited carter. When Louis XIV. was congratulated upon, : the death of so potent an enemy, he replied, " Every one must be sorry at the death of so great a man." Dignities, sad to say, were ready Waiting hint at the very moment of his death. The Spanish Council •had bestowed on him the title of Duke, and transmitted a patent investing him with that dignity ; but he breathed his last as the footsteps of these bearers of the dim world's honours were treading up the staircase of his house. His remains were magnificently interred at Amster dam, at the public expense, and a superb monument erected to his memory. Flushing, in the statue she has just decreed him, has honoured him late, but perhaps that lateness best bespeaks the uneffaceable effect with which his long-past glory- acts upon her mind. DUTCH MAIL. Tun HAGUE, AUG. 29.—The Java journals to the 12th contain a very long and interesting article respecting the events in the district of Padang. This article, dated Batavia, May 9, says :—" In the Java Courant, of the 20th of March last, we made mention of the troubles which had broken out in the Upper districts of Padang, but which had been speedily put down by the courage of the troops stationed there and the ability of their commander. The later accounts have confirmed this satisfactory intelligence, and gives many details of the insurgents, and of the movements of our troops." ARNHEIM, AUG. 27.—The Countess of Nassau (late Countess of Oultremont) arrived here this morning in the steam-boat Guttenberg. She took post horses to I)ieren, intending, it seems, to pass some time with the Countess of Wasscnar. THE HAGUE, Auc. 30.—Yesterday his Majesty visited the fortress of Bergen-op-Zoom. The Second Chamber in its sitting to-day adopted unanimously the project of law for the division of the province of Limburg into cantons. ROTTERDAM, AUG. 29.—We rejoice to learn that in consequence of the favourable change in the weather, hopes are entertained of a good harvest. Thus we should never forget the hand of a wise Providence, and give utterance to complaints (of which we have lately heard so much), as we rather have reason to rejoice and glorify that God who always intends our good.—Dutch Papers, Aug. 31. ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INSANE. (From the Medical Gazette.) We have just received, with very great pleasure, a translation of Dr. Maximilian Jacobi's work " On the Construction and Management of Hospitals for the In sane,"* and we desire to recommend it strongly to our readers, not merely because the arrangements of the in stitution at Siegburg, to which it especially relates, ap pear to us to be in general excellent, but because the whole work is composed with a rare practical know ledge of the subject, and with a regard for science, which have seldom marked the recent publications all the same class. The management of the insane in this country is at present, it must be confessed, in a most disordered state; it altogether systemless awl inefficient Considering that insanity is a diSease which it is scarcely possible to treat at the patient's home, and in which, therefore, all ranks are reduced to the condition of hospital patients, it is obvious that the most perfect scheme would be that in which, with such a diligent surveillance as would prevent oppression, all lunatics who are not manageable at home should be confided to persons authorized for their fitness' sake to their exclusive care. But what is now the case ? Of the lunatics among the poor, and even of some of those from among the middle classes, the great majority are commit ted to almost pauper asylums, where the effi cacy of treatment, and the fitness of manage ment, are, with few exceptions, marred by the necessity for economy. Excluded by the very nature of their disorder from hospitals whose ample funds might provide them all that they need, lunatics from these classes are consigned to asylums supported not by the liberal hand of private charity, but by the slowly-open ing public purse. And they live the lives of paupers : in most cases, the buildings provided for them, and all their domestic arrangements (in which are, in a great 'Measure, involved their therapeutic management), are ill appointed, and for want, or for economy of funds, cannot be mended. Yetit may be questioned whether, on the whole, the condition of the lunatics from among the poor is not better than that of patients of the same kind in a higher class. In the public asylums there are at least the advan tages of experienced attendants, of generally appropriate diet and medical treatment, and still more of the regular superintendence of licensed and competent medical prac titioners, including, in some instances, a physician, a surgeon, and a resident apothecary. But the lunatics from the class whose friends can afford to pay for at tendance by no means generally fare so well ; and in this consists the greatest anomaly of our sytem. There are around the metropolis, and, in general, in the neighbourhood of each large town, lunatic asy lums superintended, or, more properly speaking, kept by medical practitioners, who, devoting the greatest part, or the whole of their attention, to this department of their profession, must be regarded as competent to the charge of the insane; and some of them are undoubtedly eminently fitted for the office. But, the proportion of lunatics who are thus provided for is unhappily ex tremely small; the terms of maintenance in such institu tions as these are either absolutely more than the friends of patients can afford, or they are more than they regard as equivalent to the difference of the advantages between such an establishment and one of a lower grade in value and price ; and so, the comfort, or, it may be, the health and sanity of the patient, is made to wait upon the eco nomy of his friends ' • and that, though the mone y th e y expend upon him be his own. In these minor and cheap establishments, the superin tendent has rarely any knowledge at all of the proper medical, or even of the moral, management of the insane. Some of them are kept by gentlemen, whom we suppose we may call amateurs, and who take this mode of earning an income through an accidental preference for it before the pursuit. of , some profession or trade to which they -would be better suited. Others of these asylums are ma naged by ladies, who of course cannot be expected to be qualified for more than the duties of matrons or nurses un der proper government. Others, again, are superintended by retired keepers, who, having raised some money in their subordidate offices, lay it out to good interest in an esta blishment Of this kind, the low terms of which seldom fail to bring them patients. And, in addition to all these, a number more of lunatics are committed singly to the charge of keepers, who, for various reasons (their own profit, misconduct, or any other), have left authorized lunatic asylums, and taken up business on their own ac count. Now surely in all these cases there is grievous error. Till the condition of a lunatic is absolutely hope less he ought never to be removed from the charge of one who, by some test of his knowledge, has been proved competent to treat his case ! and, even when the incurable state is really set in, surely it is not too much to require that the guardians of those who cannot have safe charge of themselves should have some proved judg ment to guide them in the management of their patients' health and comfort. Such a condition must be demanded, unless it is to be admitted that the life of a lunntic is not worth prolonging. We have no intention of entering at large into the details of a measure by which these evils might be re medied. We will only express the opinion that the main feature in it should be, that no lunatic should be lodged in an establishment kept by any but . a licensed medical practitioner, till, on sufficient testimony, he can be re garded as positively incurable. Unless it can be proved that there is no hope of applying the knowledge of me dicine beneficially in the treatment of insanity, nothing can be more flagrantly wrong than that it should pass into unauthorized hands. It has happened unfortunately for lunatics that of late they have become too much objects for public curiosity; for, mistaking the softness of their feelings for the strength of their intellects, too many from among the public have lately interfered in this matter. ..Newspaper discussions, anonymous letters, magisterial suggestions, and books by authors of all grades but the right; have abounded far too much for the advantage of the patients. A certain amount of openness to the public is un doubtedly a necessary safeguard for the inmates of asy lums ; but such a safeguard is amply provided by the visits of authorized persons to see that no oppres sion is exercised • and it is altogether beyond the right of the public to force their opinions on any part of the therapeutic management. The profession has been de graded by this recent clamour about a non-restraint system : if, as we have said once before, it be the best adapted for the patients' good (and, on the whole, we belive that . it generally is), let it be proved so by the honest evidence of facts ; but let not medical men competent to judge have the system forced upon them by a mere popular cry—by anonymous and senseless appeals to feelings,-.by pathe tic books by ladies—or even by the ambiguous solemni ties of magistrates. No good can come of these : to every one who would study and practice his profession as t science, a scheme thus supported must appear, prima fircie, a bad one ; and no one can, without danger to his professional character, embark in a common cause with those that will sail with the wind of popular expres .sionS of this kind. Next to its falling into the hands of deSl;gning- quacks, nothing is more dangerous to the pro gress of a science than its becoming a subject of popular curiosity. Ii is this interference .of the public in the manage ment of lunatics which has led to the degenerate charac ter of modern publications on the subject ; but we hope that Dr. Jacobi's work will assist in calling medical pritc ' titioners to better thoughts. Much time and much energy are being now squandered in the discussion of a matter of detail, on which,.if there be any doubt, it is only because at present the facts necessary either to establish or to overthrow the supposed value of the new method are insufficient. But in the midst of this dis cussion, the spirit.of which is maintained only because it is carried on in the view of the public, the much more important general questions of the construction of asy lums, and the competency of their superintendents—of medical treatment—of morbid anatomy, and, in a word, of all . the real science of insanity, are almost utterly lost sight of. Yet on these, much more than on the kind and quantity of restraint to be employed, does the patients' welfare depend. Nor is his alone concerned ; for.while theSe things are publicly discussed, the medical man is, being gradually more and more supplanted from that fin- which he is alone fit, and which should, there fere be his exclusive privilege—the charge of cases of curable insanity. fWe have given this article rather as a proof of the sea?-sufficiency. of medical men than of its excellence. Bat for the Press, mad-houses would be the most hor rible places in the universe.] * Translated by John Kitehing, with Introductory Obsenittiens by Samuel Tuke, Treasurer of the " Re treat." London, 1841. Churchill. JUNCTION OF THit ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OLEA s.--The great natural advantage of Guatemala .is, but ready-made connection of the Atlantic and Pacific,Weans. The gr6at lake of Nicaragua, having an average • depth of fifteen fathoms, " is within sixteen milea of the Pacific. The only known outlet of this inland sea is the river San Juan, navigable for craft drawing four feet water, to the Atlantic Ocean, in de spite of rapids, and capable of being improved for the passage of ships. At present no commerce is carried on upon this line .of navigation ; it might almost be said H that nothing floats upon it. As soon, however, as a settlqd country and stable Government can give security to : commerce and capitalists, it is easy to - see that this water-lino will be the se#!,t of an extell4ivo transit trade ; 1 , whether it will, ever . answer the full expectations of Ean guiuo,men, iniiUsuperseCle'Cape-Hopr, - is -very queitiou able, as regards coarse , and bulky commodities. FREE TRADE. At a period when the attention of Parliament is di rected to the principles of free trade, with reference to the admission of foreign corn and other products, the letter of a correspondent, which we purpose embodying in our remarks, may be considered opportune, as afford ing evidence of the support given by other Governments to their home manufacture over that of foreign produc tion. We are not prepared to enter into the question, or to determine that the present Corn-laws have or have not produced the effect complained of—that of a pre ference being given by the Grand Duchy of Baden to the ironmasters in the Prussian dominioni over those of England and Wales, but • that the point raised by our correspondent may be better understood, we here insert his communication: - TO THE EDITOR OF TILE MINING JOURNAL. Carlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, August 16. Sir—One fact is worth a thousand theoretic argu ments, and, most assuredly, the fact lam now about to state, will fully bear out the adage. The Grand Duchy of Baden, one of the Germanic States, has this day de cided to give for 4,000 tons of iron rails, to two Prussian ironmasters, upwards of 12,0001. more, out of its very limited income of about 800,00 CL per annum, than the same were offered to be supplied for by the British iron masters. This contract has been advertised, and handed about Europe for the last six weeks, and twenty-eight tenders were sent in from England, Wales, Scotland, Austria, Prussia, France, and • Belgium. Such of the parties tendering, who chose to come ovet hera, were allowed to be present this day, .when the respective ten ders were opened by a Government officer, in the Go vernment-office, and read aloud. The most rigid, honourable, and scrupulous impartiality was observed, and the offer accepted was the joint one of M. Hoesch, whose works are near the banks of the Rhine, not far from Coblentz, and Mr. Springfelt, whose establishment is near Aix-la-Chapelle. These par ties, having no duty to pay, agreed to supply the whole of the rails, the delivery extending over 1843 ! at 131. I Is. Bd. sterling per ton, delivered at Mannheim, near this place, and obtained the order, -whilst the same might have been obtained, of at least equal quality, 'and from two British houses of unquestionable respectability, , at 101. 10s. per ton, if imported duty free—the State thus taxing itself to the amount of upwards of 12,0001., to support and " protect" the interests of "'domestic manufacturers," as a " set-•otf" against Ou r nefarious a C n o d r n-1 convincing as 'T is ne h o is , of I what ou cillYasa-mprle' but a' m os t' s t r iki ng British legislators in particular, and the system of miscalled •" protection" generally, are doing for our English manufacturers and artisans. I know your unwillingness to admit party po litics into your columns, and will, therefore, not pursue the subject further, but content myself with asking the favour of your earliest insertion of this " plain un varnished tale." I will just 'add, that the import duty here,- on small bar-iron, is 81. 15s. per ton, and on the Ist of January next the tolls on the all British goods, will be increased 13s. 4d. per ton above the pre sent rates. - • Yours, respectfully, • • • JOSEPIr JOHNSON, of Liverpool. —Mining Journal; The Duchess of . Kent steamer left Ramsgate on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock with about 200 paSsen gers, met with'an accident soon afterwards, and her ma chinery- got out Of order. The vessel came up a great part of the voyage with wily one engine going, the other being totally disabled, and she made a tedious passne of eleven hours before she made her appear ance at London-bridge-wharf, where she landed her passengers a' few minutes past eight o'clock at night. The detention of the Duchess of Kent, which is one of the 'most , regular steamers on the Thames, and gene rally makes the voyage between London and Ramsgate in six or seven'hours, cussed some &arm among the nu merous Persons waiting for their friends and relatives on the wharf: ACCIDENT At' Tiit NEW HOUSES OF PAR.. mENT.—yesterday AxkortiOv shout half-past seven, as George Butler, 4 1 410444 labourer, was at work at the building of the new'llouses ofParliament, a mass of stone, weighing between three and tit- tons, fell upon him ; he was with much- i:liff}stuo;extricated from un derneath the ponderous load; alicl was' found t o be dread fully injured, particularly his rigikt arm, whiAxia so se verely shattered, that it is grea;ly fetql4tl amputation will become neeess•try. Ile reaiovecl toprootminswr Hospital. HAYMARKET THEATRE. An original farce, from the pen of Mr. Bernard, was produced at this theatre last evening, under the title of The Boarding School. The scene is laid at a .village in Devonshire, during the reign of the redoubled Swing, in 1839, where Lieut. Varley ( Webster), Capt. Harcourt (J. Webster), and Cornet Kavanagh (F. Vining), .of ficers in command of the district, prefer raising the flame of Love to extinguishing the flames of Swing, and ac cordingly sit down in form to lay regular siege to a boarding-school for young ladies, kept by Mrs. Grosde nap (Mrs. W. Clifford). After making the regular ad vances by serenades, letters, &c., they each make a lodge ment in the heart of a younglady, the Captain taking pos session of that of Miss Caroline Blythe (Mrs. Stirling), while those of Julia Manvers (Miss Charles), and of Miss Mary Mite (Miss P. Horten), the daughter of a rich cheesemonger, are respectively surrendered to the Lieutenant and Cornet. The officers have just managed to scale the walls of the play-ground when Mrs. Gros denap, accompanied by Farmer Holly (Mr. Clark), the father of a pupil in prospective, enters, and at she utters the words, " And now Sir, you will see my pupils at their amusements," turns, and perceives each of these three young ladies with an officer at her feet. The si tuation told admirably, producing roars of laughter. The officers thus foiled send off Mrs. Grosdenap. on a fool's errand, by a pretended letter from the Earl of Aldgate, who is desirous of placing his daughter at her establishment, and then introduced themselves as deputies to the writing-master, the geography-master, and the dancing-master. These respectable gentlemen hav ing been waylaid and nearly murdered by a Swing mob on their way to the school, they make the most of their time, and have got the consent of the ladies to elope, when Mrs. Grosdenap returns and disconcerts all their measures. They escape out of a window. She raises An alarm of thieves, and the officers re-appear in their pro per characters, and are welcomed by Mrs. Grosdenap as her preservers from the villains who had entered her dwelling, evidently for some very horrible purpose. The Captain replies to her welcome, by a most flattering eulogy, and all the officers joining him in expressing a hope that every one will be as well satisfied with Mrs. Grosdenap's boarding-school as they have reason to be the curtain falls. The piece was most successful, and deservedly so. The dialogue is carefully written, and is full of good hits, and the in cidents and situations are broadly . humorous. The character of Cornet Kavanagh was evidently originally written for poor Power, and the melancholy thought of the unfortunate fate of that exquisite actor, and most worthy and kind-hearted man, prevented our en joying the farce so heartily as we should other wise have done. F. Vining acted the character most judiciously. He was evidently aware of the disadvan tage under which he was placed, and, therefore, with excellent taste, avoided everything that could raise a comparison between himself and poor Power. Web ster's Dancing-master was the richest thing we have seen since Liston's Opollo Belvi ; and the Farmer Holly of Mr. Clark was a trifling part made of consequence by the excellence of the acting. This gentleman is exceedingly clever, and bids fair to take high rank in his profession. David Rees acted the part of James, a Billy Lack-a-day sort of servant with great unction. His appearance on the stage was the signal for a roar. Mrs. Stirling's naivette told excellent in the character of Caroline Blythe, the unsophisticated good tempered school girl, and Miss P. Horton and Miss Charles as the vulgar and the sentimental young lady were both admirable. Mrs. Clifford as Mrs. Grosdenap was the very personification of pompous ignorant quackery. At the fall of the curtain Webster announced the piece for repetition every evening amidst the most flattering of all applause, for a broad farce, the hearty laughter of a crowded house. CHARGE AGAINST THE POLICE OF ROCHESTER BY THE COMMANDANT OF CHATHAM GARRISON. (From the Maidstone Journal.) On Wednesday last Colonel Sir William Warre, Com mandant of the Garrison, attended by Colonel Weare, Garrison Adjutant Blake, and two other military officers, entered the Police Court, and addressed the Bench. The Magistrates present were the Mayor, Richard Winch, Esq., and Thomas Bentley, Esq.. The Court was very fully attended by persons to hear the case. The Colonel said he appeared before the Bench to make a complaint of a gross and unprovoked outrage having been committed by three of the police of the city on one of the officers under his command, who was in uniform and in the streets of Roches ter, in company with other gentlemen, early on Tuesday morning last. They had been to a fire in Strood, and were returning, when one of the officers was hand cuffed like a felon, and taken to the station-house. The conduct pursued by the police in this instance, was neither justifiable nor ought to be tolerated towards any person, more particularly towards an officer and a gen tleman. The case was one of so flagrant a character, that he was determined to sift the affair to the bottom, as the outrage on the officer committed by the police was uncalled-for. The Court said they would be glad to enter into the inquiry, and ordered the police to be brought forward : their names are Tiltman, Oram, and Askew, and the officer who was handcuffed was William Frederick Lowrie, ensign of the 63d Regiment. Mr. Lowrie, being sworn, said—l am an ensign of the 63d Regiment. On the morning of Tuesday, the 24th of August last, about half-past one o'clock, I was alarmed by my servant, that a fire had broken out in Strood. I was then in bed. I imme diately got up, and put on my regimentals and went to Strood, in company with Ensiirn Smith, of the 39th R4giment, who was also in uniform, and we were joined by four other officers belonging to the Pique fri gate, who were in plain clothes. The officers of the Pique joined us at the Swan Inn, Chatham. On my return from the fire about half-past two o'clock, being still in company with the same gentlemen and passing the Bull Hotel, Rochester, one of the officers who be longed to the Pique rung the bell of the Bull, to see whether any. one was up, but not getting any answer we passed on and were accosted by a policeman. I believe one of the three now present was the man. I think he had No. 22 on his collar, but will not swear to him. The policeman•said to us, " Gentlemen, you must not be creating a disturbance in the streets at this time of the morning. I am not aware which of us answered him, but after our walking about 100 yards, one or two of us nommenced singing. The police man came up to us a ! second time, and desired us to desist ; we did so immediately ; he then followed us closely, much to our annoyance ; we tried to evade him, by running across the road, and running back, but it was no use, the policeman still persisted in follow ing us, apparently listening to our conversation. When we arrived near to Rochester Theatre, the policeman stopped, saying he could go no further, as it was the end of his beat ; I told him if he did, I would report him, or bawl him up or words to that effect. I did not say, to the policeman "ii yen will come that further, I Will knock you down." I then ran away, and he fol lowed me at full speed. When I considered he had re turned, I stopped to join my companions when one of them said the policeman was still following me, and my companions told me to run. I believe by this time the policeman was joined by another, and they pursued me, sounding a whistle, and calling out " Stop thief." On my hearing another whistle in front of me, I stopped, finding it useless to proceed, as I was only running for my own amusement to avoid the police. I turned up into a narrow court ; the two policemen fol lowed me ; when I found I was discovered, I came out and said to them, " Remember, I am a gentleman, and I expect to be treated as such, for I pledge you on my word and honour, that I will walk quietly to the station house, but do not handcuff me." The police would not listen to me, one of them telling the other to knock me down if I attempted to move. They handcuffed me, and we then came out of the court. The, police were then joined by a third, and one told the other two to stand round, and that' if any one attempted to touch me, to knock them down. We then proceeded to the station house, my companions, following. me. On my arrival at the police station-honse;, r was immediately released from the handcuffs by the man who handcuffed me. The inspector of the police was very civil, and seemed to consider the charge as frivolous. lie did not enter the charge into. a book. I was charged at the station-house with having created a disturbance in the streets, for ringing a bell, and for having threatened to knock the police down, and forousing an oath. I think it was the policeman No. 22 that took off the hand cuffs. There was much confusion in the station-house. Could not swear to him. The policeman afterwards said he would go with me to Mr. Birch, of the Bull Inn, and if he did not feel aggrieved, he (the policeman) would withdraw the charge. We went together to the inn, but did not see the landlord, as he was gone to bed. The hostler we saw, and he said he had heard no bell, and the family were not disturbed. I was afterwards released. Cross-examined by Tiltman, policeman No. 22-1 cannot swear that you handcuffed me. I will swear that the No. 22 took the cuffs off in the station-house. I do swear it. Stop ! I don't think I can swear. I would rather not answer those questions. Mr. Batten said he attended as a member of the Watch Committee, and was very desirous that everything rela tiTe to this affair should come before the public. Mr. Bentley, to the policeman 22—Why, you have ad mitted to the handcuffing of the complainant. Policeman —I have not admitted it. Cruss-examination of the military officer continued by Tiltman the policeman—When I went to the fire at Stroud, I rode up on a stage coach. I was in my room at the barracks at the time I was called b}• my servant. I was not at the Sun with the other gentlemen who broke the windows when the constable was sent fur. Cross-examined by Oram, No. 10, police—At the late fire at Stroud I did not offer a sovereign to any person who would set fire to the place again. The Bench asked Ackew, policeman 120, if he had any questions to put to the officer. He said the officer being off his beat he had no questions to put, but informed the Court that the officers who rode up on the stage-coach made a most violent noise, hallooing out fire, tire ; and the neighbourhood in their route was greatly alarmed. Win. Cusick Smith, ensign, belonging to the 39th Regiment, was next examined, and corroborated Mr. Lowrie's statement. Mr. John Batten, a witness on behalf of the com plainant, sworn, said—on my return from the fire at Strood, on Tuesday morning, about three o clock, on horseback, I was met by two of the police and a military officer in undress uniform ; I stopped them and inquired for what they had the officer in custody. Tiltuaitn, . ;the plicernan; said the prisoner, with others, had been ringing bells and making great dis turbances in the street- The officer said "Sir, (holding up both his bands) they have put the handcuffs on me, which I consider very disreputable for a gentle man.". My reply to him was, I think so too. I then in quired of the police what eircumstance pstified the course he bad thus adopted. The policeman s answer was, that they had made grßat disturbance-hallooing out. fire through the street. I then asked him if he'couidideu tify the sis v ner as being one of t he individuals who had MORNING SUN so misbehaved themselves ? The policeman replied, he could not swear to him in particular, but that he was one of the party. 'Well, I said, under the circumstances, think you were not justified in putting on the handcuffs, although you are fully justified in apprehending him. I advised the officer to go quietly to the station-house. The officer again intreated to have the handcuffs taken off. I told him I had no authority to order such a course, but he would find at the station-house an inspec tor, and the charge would be 'regularly entered, and the case properly inquired into, not only as regarded the police, but his cOnduct likewise. I then left the party. Inspector Anderson sworn, said—On Tuesday morning last, about half-past three, I was on duty at the station house. The officer, Mr. Lowrie, was brought in handcuffed in custody of Tiltman and Oram, No. 22 and 10, the charge was for ringing bells whilst in company with others. There were four or five other gentlemen accompanied the party. I asked the policeman if he could identify the per son who did it. He said he could not. I then inquired if Mr. Birch or any of the family had given the charge or made any complaint ; he said they had not. The officers ad mitted the bell was rung for the purpose of getting refreshments as they had been to the fire. Tillman and the officer went together across the road to Mr. Birchs's, and they had seen the ostler and there was no complaint. Tiltman then withdrew the charge. Mr. Lowrie gave me his name, and I then told them to go about their business. Fxamitied by the Conn.—Tillman said that the rea son why he put the handcuff's on was because the officer threatened to knock him down." I told the policeman to release the handcuffs. I thought the charge was fri volous ; that was the reason I did enter it. The police charged the whole of the gentlemen present with creating the disturbance. Cross-examined by Tiltman, No. 22—The reason I did not ask which of them rung the bell, was because I did not wish either to criminate himself. Ido not think any difference ought to be shown either to a poor man or a gentleman who commits himself. The case having occupied four hours and the police having been called on for their defence, they begged the indulgence of the Court to adjourn it till Saturday, as they were not provided with witnesses. The Mayor said csrtainly it was but a reasonable re quest. —The case was adjourned till Saturday, when it was proceeded with before ltichard Winch, Esq., Mayor, William Brisley, Esq., Thomas Bentley, Esq., and 'Tho mas Baker, Esq. Sir Wni.Warre, commandant of the garrison, attended by Colonel Weare and the Garrison Adjutant Black, and several other officers were present. The Court was crowded with respectable inhabitants of the city and borough. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Patten appeared on behalf of the police. The Clerk to the Magistrates having read over the depositions taken on the previous Wednesday, . _ _ Mr. Lewis raid that hj wished to cross-examine Mr. Lowrie. the officer, on one or two points. Mr. Baker and Mr. Bentley said the complaint was closed, and the police ►►ere now on their defence. .Colo nel Sir William Warre said he had no objection to the cross-examination of Mr. Lowrie, if that examination was confined to the circumstances at the Bull, but had every objection if it went an hour before that occurrence. Mr. Lewis said he would not be put down, nor be guided by the Court in the line of his duty ; but if the Court decided that he should not cross-examine the complainant, then he must bow to their decision. Mr. Baker—The police are before us to make their defence. Mr. Lewis—From what I know of the complainant it appears only to affect Tiltman, the other two officers are hardly affected at all, in fact there appears no charge against them. Mr. Bentley—The complainant in his evidence says he could not particularise any individual, and therefore it was on that ground that the whole three were placed in this situation. Mr. Batten, who was present here the other day, said on behalf of the watch committee, that he_wished the case . to be fully gone into. Mr. Batten said he wished - the case to be fully gone into from beginning to end—the police were not to dam nify themselves. Colonel Sir William Warre—Mv complaint on behalf of the officer is that of being handcuffed, and taken to the station-house unnecessarily and without provocation. The Court, after consideration, came to the decision that no charge was made out against Askew. 'Mr. Lewis then called Askew as a witness on behalf of the police, who beitig sworn, said, I am one of the police of this city. I was on duty . on Monday night and Tuesday morning, my beat was in Chatham intra. Recollect hearing the cry of fire. I was on. the banks, about the middle of my beat. Saw a stage coach come up from Chatham, towards the bridge. There were several persons on the coach; some of them were in military regimentals, those of officers. Saw two officers ; they made a great noise, calling out fire all up the street. The noise they made was cal culated greatly to alarm the neighbourhood. Their noise was disorderly. About three o'clock, which was afterwards, I joined Tiftman and Askew, from a cry of "Stop him." I beard also the whistle blow. From the cry I knew it was from some of our men of the police. I blew my whistle aad ran to meet them. When 1 came near to an alley between Bethel Chapel and the Hare and Hounds, I met with two of the police, Tiltman and Oram. They said to me he is gone up this alley. I could not tell who he was, but supposed it was a person they were in pursuit of. I gave them a light and they pro ceeded up the court. I did not know what passed up it. They found the .military officer, and I saw him with the handcuffs on. I ibllowed them up as far as the Fire Bells. I saw no more of the party. Cross-examined by Mr. Lowrie—l cannot swear that you were one of the officers on the coa c h. I canno t swear that only two • officers in uniform were on the coach. It was here observed that Colonel Sir lVm. Warre was speakinn. to, Mr. Lowrie, when the police man, No. 22, said he objected to the conduct of Colonel Warre putting queries and telling the complainant how to act. Mr. Baker, with warmth, addressing Tiltman, paid— " Hold your tongue, Sir ; if I were Mayor I would com mit you." - Mr. Cork, the Superintendent of the Police, proved the disorderly conduct of the officers at the Stroud fire, and said he had remonstrated with them. Mr. Patten also spoke to their violent conduct. Also several other respectable householders. The Magistrates retired into the Council Chamber, and after an. absence of some time they returned, when the MAYOR, addressing the Commandant, said, the Ma gistrates bad Considered the case fully, and the decision they had come to was to dismiss it. Colonel Warre said that he should apply to a higher power. The parties then left the Court. GREENWICH AND WOOLWICH POLICE CouaTs.—A Correspondent calls our attention, and the public attention, to the fact, that the Clerks to the Wool wich and Greenwich Police Courts are engaged in pri vate business, and are solicitors to some Steam-boat Com panies, which brings their public and private duties into collision. We shall not publish the communication, but we notice the circumstance in order to warn the parties that the eye of the public is on them, and also to in form those in whose hands are the appointment, that they will be held responsible. In short, the public interest suffers from their employing pluralists. - - - • PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 29.— Th e P ique fri gate, Captain Yates, arrived at Spithead last night to receive the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, ap pointed to the command in the West Indies anti North America. The Pique will receive the flag to-lnorrow, and sail forthwith. The Belvidera frigate ot' :38 guns was commissioned this morning by Captain George Grey. The Electra, 18, Commander Gosling, sailed ) esterday for the West Indies. She has returned again to Spit head to wait further orders. An official letter has been received at Castlehar Gaol, , annouueing that the law must take its coarse rela tive to the persons sentenced to be hanged for the mur der of Hallinan at Claremorris. Stanford, ex-policeman, relied on the recommendation to mercy, but the Execu tive could not, under the circumstances, commute the sentence. Stanford, and the woman Mary Hallinan, had conspired to murder the husband of the female, which they perpetrated. in order to gratify an illicit amour. Friday, the 24th of September, is the day named for Stanford's execution. The sentence of death on the woman will not, in consequence of her pregnancy, be carried into effect until after next Assizes ' • ROYAL ARTILLERY.--Such was the attach ment of the officers and men of the Royal Artillery to Lord Vivian, that when he left the niess-rocm 911 Satur day evening, on paying his last visit fOlthe r of corps over which he' has so long presided, a f „ be G o d officers followed him to the door, with e'ri es 1 o f th e bless you, my Lord ; God bless you." Se vc 1 ' .2 with more homely of the men saluted him as he departeuo shouts of " Good luck to you, my Lord ; g' s )t, ldier. , 1 luck t you." He had alvrays been the friend of the o rr e ishe CORPOREAL PUNISHMENTS AT POLICE-07- taken before the Moore, about fourteen years of age , wal.. . d with Haling stolen eices.—A few days ago a lad of the name of Peter Magistrates at Union-hall, charg e d 1 re -examined .he Was or for waste paper. Upon being t : to flogged and dis charged. some account books from his m aster, and selling them accordingly a tenback, and the The boy was h constable e to inflict the . dered by the Sitting Magistrate bet into custody constable who had taken the his duty was i"- y itl‘' a ‘h. p aes plied to the worthy M a ' not approving of thus being made to perform executive part of tit* form punishment ed b t ep gaolero Ji the law, refused, and nit whenhe was that it in thati m a the • _ informed as his duty to flog the boy. Accord ingly he carried the sentence into effect, entertaining at 13 the same time strong doubts as to the legality of what he gwiasstrial place e n a t s he we su i bject , . had done, and a statement was subsequently made to the Superintendent of the Division of the circumstances, au d which was afterwards communicated to the Commis sioners of Police. 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