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

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On un Saturd a y a f ternO6n, an i nterest i ng ceremon y t oo k Pacei near the,Eagle Tavern, Snaresbrook, Essex, on the eAenamen of l a yi ng t h e first stone o f t h e I n f ant O rp h an ;' l ,,Ylani by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The net Orphan Asylum, was instituted in the parish of f r es b leb Middlesex, on the 3d day of July, 1827. Its ;h the is to clothe, nurse, and e duc a t e , in accordance t, the p r i nc i ples of the Church of England, infant or an.: who are under seven years of age, till they shall D!Ygible to enjoy th e a id of those institutions which elve the orphan at a more advanced period of life. I llentbers are constituted of subscribers ; the sub letiher • c,,, . 3 rod a Committee yearly to manage its con -.rat re-' an they are responsible to its constituents. _ 4 as building at Dalston being inadequate and insuffi `...l,at for the accommodation of the objects of the eha- Z ,the C omm i ttee have f or some time past deter en Zl i to erect a new and appropriate building in some im g r i , e situ a ti on , an d t h ey, w i t h t h at o bj ect i n v i ew , To e naged a piece of ground on the property of Mr. th: Wellesley, a short distance on the London side of /ro a ut tia at Snaresbrook, and a more beautiful spot it the be ' difficult to select within several miles of eve metropolis. Until Tuesday last nothing what iten,,was done to the ground but, notwith rerg the short space Of time which inter ,between that period and Saturdy, the most ample th e r r atiPifs'were made for the interesting occasion, and tiertions orMessrs. Piper and Sons, the builders, of •tgate-street, who have taken the contract for the h i . _ l6ll , was the subject of the highest commendation. li e ive'r of the intended ceremony having obtained .pub u4 / in the metropolitan as well as the provincial Jour eitikeeparations were made by most families within a tl e „,..•l'pritivfreliie . or fourteen miles to be present, and the f r a 7 jlor a fine day, as may well be imagined, was gene the' wished for. Fortunately these wishes were more thellifetilised, for, though there was not much sunshine, 1 4 , (1 aY in every other respect was most propitious and 0 , 0 arabl e to the occasion. At as early 'an hour as ten N.: ) ek (though the hour appointed for the ceremony was her s ti a le country people begun to assemble in great num fra„; different in about two hours afterwards the carriages w est utfferent parts of the country, as well as from the d o t en d'of the town, began to arrive in quick succes w s.so that at half-past one o'clock the seats, which 441iptovided for the accommodation of 1,200 ladies, pleterarl the same number of gentlemen, were eon-i -des I filled, and the scene was one of a most interesting r tueription. The committee having - completed their fo r tlhations on the ground, returned to the Eagle Tavern Alb e e Purpose of receiving his Royal Highness Prince 1 44 11 , and arranging the form of procession to accom- , Z t he Prince from that place back to the ground. ri vea 'fair -past one o'clock the Bishop of London ar the t _``, and in a few minutes afterwards the Right Hon. th e ''''° ll l Mayor, in a carriage-and-four, accompanied by t h e Word b earer an d ot h er c i v i c o ffi c ers, and escorted by aa t i e j t Y Alarshal on horseback, drove up to the tavern. Itl3 43 received by the co:nmittee. Mr. Sheriff Gibbs ee r riYed in his state carriage, and was followed la) 4e ` r atan Sir P. Carroll and a number of gentlemen o f tte nce in th e City. At two o'clock precisely the near to 7re ke l l of the Prince was announced by . the firing of ate i small pieces of artillery and the hoisting of thi , tajack n fiont of the Eagle Tavern. His Royal , fl ess, with his attendants, it appeared, had travelled I a special and express train from Slough by the Great hi e w st ern Railway to the terminus at Paddington, where u fts Met by a carriage-and-four, and proceeded with traders to Lea Bridge, which divides the county of Es sexp44from that of Middlesex, where he was met by a corn ka„):,of the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, under the com be;'" of Captain Palmer, who escorted his Royal High ithe remainder of his journey. 14, 13 1 s Royal Highness, who was accompanied by Lord ert Grosvenor, Colonel ' Bouverie, and G. E Anson. Esq,, th ei ° I I approaching the town was loudly cheered by ea c t -mr nense multitude that had by this time assembled, /iien alighting froM his carriage was received by the Co I °P of Lond on , D r. R ea d , an d ot h er mem b ers of the ~u n itzlittee, as well as severa l gen tl em en, amongst whom 3 4 i noticed thevenerable G. Byne., Esq., M.P. for Middle- AIJ• Masterman, Esq., M.P. for London, Col. Wood, t __ e for Middlesex, and G, Palmer, Esq., M.P. for South i t :, x, who conducted his Royal Highness to a marquee tile pleasur e. a hand pleasure 'rounds belonging to the garden, where his 'tne dejeuner was laid out for his use and that of plauttendants. His Royal Highness expressed great eas and saride In the day was so favourable to the occasion, pleti on. 0 hoped it would continue fine until its com- Iliad, ln the' course of this conversation, Mr. Byng and hi s his -, a PPearance a short distance from the Prince, first t i,"Val Highness having then seen him for the kincl es uie, 860 k him by the hand, and asked him in the The manner h ow he did. ~_ Procession being by this time formed, the above named gentlemen is proceeded with his R . oyal Highness to the : 7.te of the building, and during his progress he was lou dly cheered by the populace. Several cheers were Oren for Lord John Russell and her Majesty's present alinisters, which were cordially responded to. On arriving on the ground the Prince was loudly greeted, a nd was conducted to a chair in front of the stone by t he members of the committee. The ceremony commenced by his Royal Highness Patting various coins of the present reign, with the scrolls recording the nature of the charity, in a bottle, Ind depositi ng it, with a book, also descriptive of the e llarit • ), in an aperture of a large piece of Yorkshire stone. These he covered with a brass plate, containing" yh e following superscription : virp 2 s FIRST STONE WAS LAID BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS -IN CII ALBERT, ON SATURDAY, THE TWENTY.FOURTH ~,,it s'r 3 l) LT, THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND BICHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-OM—SCOTT AND MOF. ARCHITECTS." The stone, which bore within a handsome shield the r is of her Majesty . and Prince Albert, and which is the salve as that u s ed in the Houses of Parliament, was en lowered. The trowel used by his Royal Highness as „ of sil ver , an d t h e ma ll e t, square, and plumb were of . tu'hed oak, ma d e f ro m part of the ruins of the late acts Exchange, of r anch care and solemnity, were f o ll owe d by the loud c heers of the assemblage. t „ ,r he Bisho of London then offered up a pray er, in w "a4h he invoked the blessings of the Deity u p on the t' in l r k of charity which they had this day so propitiously , • illn, and ended with the Lord's Prayer. UP ads of 200 ladies favourable to the charity had Urldertaken, some time ago, to collect purses of not less tha n 3 1. each, and it was arranged that they should, on e Occasion, place each of their purses on the top of the 4°4 e• T • 1 d • his ceremony occupied some time,. and each : Y, after depositing the purse, passed his Royal High- Th " eB a, the Prince, who remained standing, bowing in the host Courteous manner to each, the military band playing all the time, " Here's a health to all good lasses," ' and b,, . 1 this means nearly 3,0001. was collected. Mr. fo Ginn, a zealous supporter of the charity, called hir. i r h,ree hearty cheers for the Queen, and three also for w ° lloyal Highness Prince Albert, both of which were .1.a1111 ,.Y responded to, the ladies waving their hand eerehiefs. f i t . The children, 100 in number, here sung a hymn of --- e verses. Royal Procession of the stewards was reformed , and his Eagle Highness returned to the pleasure groun ds of the Tavern, where he sat down to a sumptuous lun • c ;n• On his right sat the Bishop of London , an d on -"' 'eft the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Byng facing him at the bet ool of the table. The Bishop of LONDON begged on his own part , and 4,„ rhehalf of the Presidents of the Charity and the a nd_ their Cmi- Initt ne of gentlemen present, to ex p res s his •' uc eP gratitude for his Royal Highness's condescension k id kindn ess i n a tt en di n g that day to assist them in the Work of charity, and he hoped his Royal Highness would ~I llin w the g en tl e men present to drink his health with the usual honours. b .The gentlemen present drank the toast, and his ROYAL : 11 _, a nNESS instantly rose and said, " My Lord Bishop a nd gentlemen, I assure you it affords me great pleasure t O assist in the work of charity on the present occasion : " Its Royal Highness, with his attendants, took his departure at half-past three o'clock, amidst the loudest • ebeers, CLERICAL ANTI-CORN-LAW • . AGITATION. • (From the Spectator.) Notwithstandinc , the lecture read to us by an Evening -raper, distinguished by the .zeal and often by the talent Of its advocacy of Corn-law,Reform, we remain of opi nion that the projected conference of " ministers of all denO m i na tions on the Corn-laws is inexpedient. We ( lid not volunteer that opinion—it was asked of us by the projectors of the conference. To be sure, it was asked much after the fas h i on of a g entle m an who, having been privately married in the morning, consults a friend in the afternoon as to the propriety of entering 1 10 matrimonial state. Had none been concerned but 4 Lney who were likely to perform a part in the confer ' e nce, we should not have taken the trouble to comply • with the request of those who had issued summonses to 11, to express our opinion of the expediency of the ste p . tut te progress of sound views of commercial policy — tile p h eace of society, threatened by an augmentation of the sectarian discord already too loud and grating amon g . us—were perilled ; and therefore we candi dl y stated our opinion, quite aware of the vituperation that might be showered upon us, by or on behalf of those who sought not a candid but a favourable opinion. • I '.' We are told that "we live under a Protestant Go ''veri.ment "—that " priests hold seats in Parliament" — 44Z that " our c l ergy are au th or i se d by law to take an active and Prominent part in secular politics ;" and it is hence 1 inferred t h at the Dissenting clergy ought to meddle in secular politics, in order to counterbalance the influence of the Established clergy, The cases are not parallel. The clergy of the Eila "l!shed Church, both in and out of Parliament, are diluted with an admixture of laymen when they take Part in secular politics. The projected conference is or was to be composed of an undiluted gathering of clergy !nen• The counterpart to such an assembly, met to issue its fiat on the Corn-laws, would be the Convocation as 6:tabled for a similar purpose. The Convocation has for a long series of years met only to adjourn ; and even . , the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, with all its tendency to - encroarh on the secular domain, has h i r therto confin e d it se lf to questions in which the Church enpcerned. Th e pr)jected conference, on the ot 1-nr hand, was • meant to bN a meeting composed exclusli ely of • eleFgymeri, assembl'd _to pronounce judgment in a question exclusively secular. 44 Q We. k'veral priests holt seats in parliament." True ; and e - bave always understood that this was an anomaly • seriously complained of by Reformers. We understood, too, that the o u t e r aainst Bishops having seats i'a the • use of L or d s was raised, not because these Binhops tl _Were members of th e Church of England, but because the function of a minister . of the gospel was conceived to - Incompatible with the function of a secular legislator. • „.„add • a political Dissenting clergy to a political Eata "s'•• b clergy is to double, not to re move the evil corn- - Plaided of, f iwo political parsons are two political par .!' na, even though-th e y should be of different sects ; and " V ° 1114seiees are worsetlisa one. • The allegation that the Dissenting clergy took an ac tive part in their corporate capacity in the struggle to ob tain a repeal of the Test Act, and that the Catholic clergy took an equally strong part in the struggle for Catholic Emancipation, is not, in point. The disqualifying laws were a brand upon their creeds, which they, anxious that these creeds should have a fair hearing, - had an es peCial interest in getting removed. Their struggle against disqualifying laws was a part of their missionary labour—a preparatory measure towards having their doctrine listened to without prejudice. They were in the strict line of their clerical duty. if the supporters of the Corn-laws advocated them, knowing—believing them to be calculated to impoverish the community and distress the pocr, they would be fair objects for the clerical battery proposed to be opened upon them. But whether the Corn-laws have that effect or not, is the very question at issue. You must convince the majority of the nation that they have that effect, be fore you can get them repealed ; and you must convince them of that by hard-headed reasoning, not by clerical denunciations. The Corn-law question is not a theolo gical question, but a question of pounds, shillings, and pence. It must be settled by profane secular logic, not by garbled and misapplied quotations from Scripture. The Corn-laws can only be put down by argument ; and of all arguers clergymen are the worst. Their educa tion is directed to making them dexterous supporters of a creed which they must adopt, not bold inquirers after truth. Their practice in the pulpit, where no one can gainsay them, encourages a dictatorial spirit im patient of contradiction. When they step out of their own proper sphere; they almost without exception turn out to be quibbling and unfair, declamatory and vituperative. It would almost seem that humbug has greater charms for the political writers on the side of Reform of our clay than common sense. If any unfortunate wight comes to the conclusion that the cause of good government may he better promoted by some new line of action than that which has hitherto been pursued, and back his opinion by arguments, he is assailed with abuse, contumely, mis representation, and called an enemy in the camp. If, on the other hand, some one, as in the present instance, rises up and proposes to settle the matter by pulpit ora tory—although every man among them will whisper you ur confidence that the plan is a gross desecration of reli gion, an unfair and disreputable substitute for reasoning --.4hey all assume a grave deferential face in public, and, even when some lingering remains of a conscience Teter them from advocating the project warmly, profess to think it an important suggestion and worthy of a trial. We cannot " teach our tongues to glaze," and there fore we beg to repeat, in still stronger language than be fore, that we think the projected clerical irruption into the field of secular controversy is calculated to do very great harm to the cause of rational politics and tiub religion. 1 THE SCRAMBLE. It is not so much that gentlemen and noblemen do not like to be advertised in this way for (Alice, for manyt of them do like to be advertised in this way, but tha those who are not advertised in this way are offended to the last degree at seeing the places upon which they have set their hearts assigned to those •who are adver ised in this way. From fir James Graham down to Hr. Benjamin D'lsraeli, a feeling of angry disappoint ment is excited, each measuring his own excellent claims against the pretensions of the advertised rival, and find ing a most injurious and ungrateful slight in the undue preference. With reason may Sir Robert Peel depre cate announcements of this nature—sufficient for the day of gazetting them is the evil thereof. He has thirty ap pointments to make, and three hundred expectants to disappoint. At this moment there are walking about three Chancellors in expectancy, five First Lords of the Admiralty, four Foreign Secretaries, ;even Home ditto, half-a-dozen Colonial ditto, two Presidents of the Council, three Speakers of the House of Commons ; and, as to the secondary appoint ments, the Under-Secretaryships are engaged 20 and 30 deep, and the Boards of the Treasury, Admiralty, India, are filled fifty-times over. When the day arrives for the bursting of all these bubbles, the judgment and gra titude of Sir Robert Peel will not be in very good repute with his party. He is much to be pitied, poor man ! How many are his cares in prospect ? How to govern Ireland ; how to govern the Duke of Buckingham ; what to do with the Duke of Wellington, so as to satisfy him that he is thought fit for a working office, though not put into one ; what to do with Lord Lynd hurst, so as to content him, without giving umbrage to Lord Stanley ; how to arrange the appointments of the Queen's Household, agreeably to the pleasure of all the Tory ladies, and all their husbands, fathers, brothers, cousins, &c., and a thousand more such perplexities. A fig is not more full of seeds than the head of Sir Robert Peel of troubles. What cutting his teeth is to an infant, cutting his colleagues is to a Minister forming a government, and there is no " soothing syrup" for the operation. Not the least obnoxious thing to the Tories, in the arrangement of places, is the preference which Sir Robert Peel must give to his pair of rats over faithful adherents of his party. Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham are interlopers who take the bread out of the mouths of better, because truer, men. They are both undeniably very clever persons, but the Tories could man their posts without them when they were foremost in the opposite array, and it seems hard, undoubtedly, - ,, that their apostacy should procure them a preference over consistency and fidelity. —Examiner. THE COUNTY REPRESENTA TIVES OF THE TORIES. (From the Examiner.) The Tory organs through the length and breadth of the land are rampant with exultation at the great triumphs which the English county elections have given to Conservative principles. We might, perhaps, suc cessfully deny that these elections prove anything except the ignorance, the bigotry, the power, and the tyranny of the landed interest and of the Church. If the propo sition be, that the peer, the squire, the parson, and the elderly ladies united, can overbear all opposition in the English counties, we fully . recognise the right of the parties who propound it to inscribe Q.E.D. at the end of the demonstration. We marvel, however, greatly at the moderation of these exulters, for they do not estimate their triumph at one half of its real amount. When Lord Camelford threatened to send his black footman to repre sent his pocket borough, he indicated the greatest con ceivable victory of boroughmongering over a representa tion of the people in Parliament. So, in the case of the counties, it is quite evident that the lower the quality of the persons sent to represent them, the greater is the triumph of Conservative principles. There fore we say that they under-estimate their triumph, for they have taken no adequate credit for the marvellously low quality of the county representatives, What Lord Camelford only threatened, those who control the county elections have virtually carried into effect. We do not deny that Lord Stanley is the keenest debater of the pre sent day, nor that Lord Francis Egerton is a highly accomplished gentleman. We admit that Sir E. Knatch bull has been a Cabinet Minister, and we see no reason why Lord Granville Somerset should not become one. We do not doubt that Mr. Miles, Mr. Patten, and Sir Eardley Wilmot transact county business in Parliament in a manner satisfactory to those who emploY them, nor that (judging from their style of parliamentary eloquence, for we do not know the fact) they are chair men of Quarter Sessions. We have named seven out of one hundred and thirty-seven English county Members who are claimed by the Tories, and we should be glad to be informed how many grains, even of the slender est corn, the most careful winnowing could redeem from the chaff which remains. Of thirty-four new county Members it might be unfair to pronounce any decided opinion, though, in the great majority of their cases, exhibitions on the hustings have been quite s:ith cient to moderate our expectations of any latent statc,i manship. Ninety-six tried men remain, and with re- . spect to eighty of them at least, we will, after having carefully examined the list, venture to assert, that no mechanics' institute in England would, out of 137 of its members, furnish eighty so little marked by talent or in formation. The qualifications for an • English county member are to inscribe Church and Corn-law on his banner, to be sufficiently " fat in die head," and to be ready with a tew thousands in case of a contest. None )f your thinkers or reasoners ; stupidity and igno rance are recommendations to his patrons. The Church requires no clerkship in her lay tools ; ignorance is the best security for submissive obedience ; and the cue was kindly given to the landed interest by the. Duke of Wellington, when he declared that we ought not to be dependent on foreigners'for our food. The county constituencies were thereby admonished not to tolerate any man who car ried his reasoning on the Corn-laws beyond that dictum. It would be difficult to over-estimate the obligation under which the Duke of Wellington laid the supporters of the Corn-law by thus offering himself up as the victim of their cause. Any mere politician would have been swamped by the utterance 'of so childish an absurdity ; but the Duke of Wellington's reputation rests On a firmer basis than the wisdom of his political aphorisms. , He is the only man in Great Britain who could afford to ' say in 1830 that the country wanted no reform, and in 1841 that the Corn-laws cught to be maintained because it would be unwise to depend on foreigners for our food. Under the agis of the Duke of Wellington, Sir E. Knatchbull and men of his stamp are emboldened to re tail an argument which would have been poh-poh'd in any society but at the tea-table of a cathedral town, if it had emanated merely from themselves. But the whole amount of the county Conservative triumph is not yet told. About twenty-two Liberal county Members who sat in the last Parliament have been defeated at the present election, or having been forced by the hopelessness of the case to withdraw with out venturing, on a contest, have in every instance been replaced by Tories. Among them we find the names of Lord Morpeth, Lord Howick, Lord C. Russell, Mr. E. J. Stanley, Sir 11. Vivian, Sir C. Lemon, and Mr. San ford. We limit ourselves to seven, because we have pre viously given the elite of 137 Tories amounting to that number. We challenge comparison between the two lists. The Conservative triumph might be carried much further, for we have no hesitation in saying that the list of twenty-two rejected Liberals contains in it more talent, more Parliamentary knowledge and industry, than are to be found among the 137 accepted Tories. If we had not sufficiently established the shrinking modesty of the Tory exulters, we might, with great advantage to the Conser vative cause, pursue the inquiry by comparing the un successful new county candidates with the successful Tories. Mr. W. Gisborne, for instance, in South Derby shire, with Mr. Colville; but "forsan sat grata biberunt." This State of things, however, opens wide considerations, to which we may advert on a future occasion. THE Tong SPEAKER.—A correspondent of the Standard states that Sir Eardley Wilmot is to be the Speaker of the Tories. Colonel Sibthorp and Mr. Peter Borthwick are also talked of, and it is hard to say whether the Colonel's manners or Peter's diameter will render the one or the other the more eligible, and worthy to re resent the dignity of the Tory douse of ComnuB3.—.zominer. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 26, 184: GREEN VvICH POLICE COURT. . , STRANGE DOINGS OF THE POLICE AND THE I MAGISTRACY—:-CASE OF MR. WILLIAMS. On Saturday morning, Police Sergeant Lovell, R 15, ; I 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, 01 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 he wished to inform that gentleman how the case had stood, 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 lie (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, the person was not known 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 befbre 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. He had had the pleasure of Mr. Williams's acquaintance for some years, and he knew him to be a most 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. JEREMY—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. - Mr. 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 wholesale 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 the po liceman is afterwards charged with improperly interfer ing, how is it possible to get at the fact of drunken ness or no drunkenness *xcept 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 I 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." He said, " I know nothing, Ma'am, but 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. 01.'d said, " How dare you use me in this manner ? I am a r espectable man, and I will walk quietly with you ;" but trey shook me about from side to L side, and dragged me aloi:g. After I had begged them to let me walk quietly , trey 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 oft. When I got to the station-house I was placed at the bar, and gave my name and address properly. I said to the person who received the charge, "Do you think lam drunk ? lam greatly excited by the conduct of those men, but you can see lAM not 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 permn, and kept locked up until half-past five in the morning, when I was bailed out. Mr. Wire—What occurred here subsequently is 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 n o party. It was merely at a tavern. The sister of the laity I brought home is the landlady. I was spending the evening there, and took the sister home at the landlady's de sire. 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 per fectly 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 3C , 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 upeak 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 dragge . d off. Cross-examined by the defendant—Did Lovell here comes another d—d policeman when came across. Cannot say whether Lovell was in the road or on the path. Did not say to them before ho was seized, I he did not care for them , an d the y had bett er t ake care I 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-4 may have said so when I was going to the station-house. Lovell—lt was not. I that shlok your fat 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. —I 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 i n G utter -l ane . I habeen 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 46t. Mr. Williams came in at about a q uarter 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 M r . 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 in less go t hanquietly.a m T i h n e n y te t . h en l tools him h a i n n i d a r w ap ay ped fi r st. Iwas le t in 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 "tame 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 11 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. Matshall, 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. William;—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 b enc h, w ith a handkerchief over his head. He said, "Ah ! i s it you, my bonny lad, come often and visit us ." I sa id 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 be 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 hiniself, in consequence of the angry discussion with the police. There was not the least slur to be cast 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 how irritating it was to a respectable person to be stopped and ques tioned by the police, but it VMS what persons must ex pect, and be prepared to submit to, who chose to be out late at night. On the whole, 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 that were correct, every man's liberty was in danger who was out after nine o clock at night. Air, 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. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.—The Sappho, 18, Captain Frazer, was at Barbadoes, on the 31 st of May. The Prince Regent transport arrived on Tuesday, from the 24th Regiment, and the f o llowing officers :—Captains Quebec, after a tine passage of 29 days, with a wing of H. W. Harris, Lutman, and Riley ; Lieutenants Preston. James, Travers, and Harris ; and Ensign Fitzgibbon, of that regiment ; Lieut. Mein , I st 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, every one on board. Th e B o y ne trans -quarters '. remainder of the 24th whose skill and humane attention to the sick was felt and port, h dg th ed e by ead and 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 eEy,nsllig.nsHß. o N n e fo r 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 ; H. J. Hutton, R. D. Kelly, JohnH. lv. B. " M ilt on ; J. Still ; Adjutant E. P. Talbot, Surgeon W. Bain, and A. Assistant-Surgeon H. Curry. Of this regiment (the F. Lang, L R a o n b g e; tasonnd,Ym Rooper,anc 34th) about 300 men were left behind at Quebec, having volunteered into other regiments on that stzti.m. 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 Haslar, 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 Qa Twoday from Malta. 81ze . is ordered to rent ana return to the Mediterranean. She spoke the Ver non off Cape Finisterre, on her way to Malta. PI ! The Jasenr, 18, was at Gibraltar on the 4th inst. The `Andromache 28, arriv e d a t th e C a pe 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 D.)01. - 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 from 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. APPOINTHENTS.—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--4. 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 numeraries, from the eastward. The Malabar, 72, is fitting for the flag of Sir C. Adam. The Hindoostan, 80. will be launched on Monday, August 2, at. 5 p.m. • In Harbour—San Joseph, Caledonia, Champion, and Avon and Carron steamers. In tho Sound Impregnable, Hastings, and Numa transport. _ _ A Court-martial, of which Rear-Admiral Sir J. Om manney 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. IRELAND. TRANQUILLITY OF THE COUNTRY. MYELIN, JULY 22.—The charges of the Judges of Assize, received this morning, afford additional testimony respecting the great tranquillity prevailing throughout the country, at a moment when the English Tory journals are cramming their columns with fictitious statements of crime and insubordina tion in various parts of Ireland. Judge Ball, in addressing the county of Limerick Grand Jury, on Tuesday, said—" I have to state my congratulations on the comparative lightness of your calendar, in point of numbers and heinousness. I trust this state of things will go on progressing, and that those who succeed me will have an opportunity of congratulating you in still stronger terms." In addressing the Grand Jury of the city of Limerick, 4.n the same day, Judge Ball said: " On my arrival here I have been presented with a calendar of seven larcenies, which comprises all the crime to be tried at this Assizes. Out of those seven there are two that ought to have been tried at antecedent ses sions, so that the calendar properly triable is only five larcenies ; and this announcement is quite enough to ensure the ready as. sent of every one to its being a matter of very great con gratulation for the residents and Magistrates of the city of Limerick." Baron Pennefather, in addressing the Grand Jury of the county of Wicklow, on Tuesday, said be had to congratulate them on the state of repose enjoyed in their county, and the calendar was no doubt a good index from which to judge of the peace which prevailed. I t was very pleasant to observe such an absence of crime, and, under the circumstances it Was quite unnecessary to detain the Jury by any observations. Baron Pennefather, a Tory, but a just judge, differs from/ser tain of his brethren on the bench in considering the calendar at the assizes as a good criterion of the state of crime in the district. COUNTY OF WEXFORD ELECTION. JULY 20.—When the hour of announcing the poll arrived, the galleries and the body of the Court were densely crowded. The Hon. Captain Gore was loudly cheered when he made his appearance. Anxiety appeared at the Ngllea on every coun tenance, when the High Sheriff, accompanied by his assessor, entered the Court, and declared the state of the day's poll to be:— Power Hatton Morgan Majority for the Liberal candidates on the day's po:1, 260. GROSS POLL. Power 727 Hatton Morgan Majority for Power and Hatton, 300. The cheering that followed this announcement was tre mendous. After it had subsided, JAMES POWER, Esq., came forward and addressed the elec ton-, thanking them for their firm and undeviating exertions, and soliciting what he had little doubt of obtaining without solicitation, its kind continuance for the few days more that the election would be likely to last. He congratulated them on the glorious state of the poll, in spite of the renewed efforts of their opponents to protract the contest. But their attempts at procrastinatination would have no other effect than ex posing them in their true light as the enemies of the people and their liberties —(Cheers.) They had, indeed, exerted themselves on the opposite side with an energy worthy of a better cause, and he hoped at the close of the poll to-morrow, which, probably, would terminate the election, he would still have to return them the same thatlis and congratulations, when their victory would be certain. Captain HATTON then came forward and addressed the as sembled multitude. He said--Gentlemen, I have likewise to thank you for the second time for the very high position in which soar support has placed me. The strength of our adversaries is daily on the decline, anti all their devices to delay us have signally failed. This election will have the effect of teaching at least one thing to Mr. Mor gan, it will show him a rather extraordinary anomaly in the county of Wexford, namely, that though very :,ieh in money, he is very poor in friends.--(Cheering.) The electors of this county wilt I trust, persevere, with exertions, if possible, more earnest, more vigorous, arid more unceasing ; and record in the triumphant return of the two candidates of their choice their determina- tion to obtain civil and religious liberty. One day's good work, like those that have preceded it, will effect the triumph of_ your friends and the defeat of your enemies ; and, electors of Wex ford, let me urge you on, then, to the poll, and relax not till you have nobly conquered. —( Cheers. ) 1 he Court adjourned until nine o'clock next morning. WEDNESDAY, J 21.—The following were the numbers on the gross poll up to five o'clock : Hatton (R) . Power (R) " - -•n (T' ~... 865 ~... 849 Morgan( t) S. C. Hall (T) ••• 0 JULY 22.—The election closed by the return of the Re- formers. EXPERIMENTS WITH PERCUS- SION SHELLS. W ooLwlc H, Ju LY 23.—Application having been made by the Duke of Normandie, Mr. Smart, and Mr. Howard, the Master-General granted permission and the use of the guns in the marshes at Woolwich, and ordered that the experiments should take place to-day. At one o'clock Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield, G. C.B. and G. C. H. ; Major-General Drummond, C. B. , Director- General of Artillery ; Col. Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C. 8., De puty Adjutant-General; Col. Paterson, Lieut.-Col. Dansey, C.D., Dundas, C. 8., Lieut.-Colonel Cruttenden, Major Chalmer, Major Romer, and Brigade-Major Cuppage, arrived in the marshes ' and shortly afterwards detachments of the Royal Artill er y, u nder the command of Major Belson, com menced practice. No. 1, a shell invented by Mr. Smart, on being fired, ex ploded about nine or ten yards from the mouth of the gun, or rather it may be said to have exploded in coming out of the mouth of the gun, as pieces were dug up out of the earth about nine y ar d s in front of the platform from which they were fired. No. 2. A shell invented by the Duke of Normandie, ex ploded exactly in a similar manner on emerging from the mouth of the gun. No. 3. A shell invented by Mr. Howard struck and went through both the bulwarks, exploding in the butt or mound of earth at the back of it. No. 4. Mr. Smart's burst on leaving the mouth of the gun in the same manner as No. 1. No. 5. Duke of Norraandie'i exploded on being projected from the mouth of the pun, same as No. 2. Croucher, the electioneering agent, pointed out to the Duke that the heads of his shells were broke off in emerging from the gun owing to their construction. and, is the others were exactly similar, he thought it was of no use to try further experiments with them. Mr. Croucher appeared to belong to the Duke's party, as he went home in the same carriage with them. Nos. 6,7, 8, and 9, were shells invented by Mr. Smart; three of them burst at the mouth of the gun and only one went through the bulwark, but it was very effective, spreading in all directions betwixt the two erections. Mr. Howard only fired one shell, as on opening the six brought to the marshes to place the composition which caused them to burst, within them, he was unable to replace the screw in their proper places, as they would not go home. While waiting for the vessels in the river passing so as to afford a clear range, the Duke of Normandie introduced to the notice of the officers and numerous spectators who were present, a figure covered with a white sheet, and on tying it to a post with a rocket at its side, and on uncovering it, it appeared like a Guy Fawkes, having a mask for a face, sur mounted on the part which might be considered the head with an old-fashioned French-shaped straw hat. The figure was stuffed with wood shavings, and the Duke said he in tended to show that any person firing a common musket ball could do no harm to it, but if he fired at it with balls he had invented he would set it on fire, and then it would set fire to the rocket, but not before the rocket struck the ground or some hard object, although the rocket might be sur rounded by such great dames of tire as he would produce. A gunner and driver of the Royal Artillery fired two balls, and both went through the figure without effect. The Duke then fired two balls invented by him, but whether they entered the figure or not it was impossible to ascertain correctly. The Duke had his arm in a sling and complained of its being still sore from the effect of injury it had received while he was making some former experiments, he accordingly asked Lieut.- Colonel Dundas to fire for him, and the Gallant Colonel sent five out of six balls through the figure without producing any effect. The Duke then went to the figure with a lighted squib in his hand and endeavoured to set fire to the figure, but the squib went out. Having no more combustible materials about, he, with one of his assistants, was able to light a cigar, and with it set fire to the figure, having first torn the cotton to get at the shavings : the grotesqueness of the scene for full halt an hour caused the most serious to laugh outright almost during the whole time, and when the rocket exploded, on fall ing to the ground a great portion of its contents fell amongst the spectators, several of whom ran for it in all di rec tions. At about five o'clock the Duke proceeded to the butt or mound, on the top of which a hole had been previously dug to the depth of about six feet. Into this hole a box was put with which he was to blow up the whole mound. The operations of placing the mine occupied about half an hour, and he said he had set the train to explode in another half hour, to afford time to get out of its way. When six o'clock struck no ex plosion took place ; and on one of the officers asking the Duke how long it would be before his invention would have effect, he said he had set it for half an hour, but as it had gone past that time, it was very possible it would not go off before three o'clock to-morrow afternoon. On being again asked if it would not go off before that time, as they could not wait, he said it was very possible it might go off this evening sometime, but he thought it would be to-morrow. Mr. Belson then gave instructions to place sentries at the entrance of the marshes until to-morrow afternoon, to prevent any person from going near the mound where the Duke's in vention is buried, and the question now is, who will go and dig it out, if it does not go off at all. THE WEATHER AND THE CORN-LAWS. If the present unsettled weather should continue for a fortnight longer, we shall have another striking illustra ti xi of the injurious consequences which the sliding scale of duty is calculated to inflict upon this country. Already considerable orders for the purchase of foreign corn have been sent out ; and a few days more of un favourable weather will cause a keen competition in the nearest Continental corn markets, to which alone English buyers will venture to resort under existing circumstances. The necessary consequence will be, that in those markets the price will be very greatly enhanced, and, as in the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, a very large sum will be paid to the foreign speculators beyond the amount for which the necessary supplies might be procured else where. But this, though a very serious evil, sinks into insignificance, when compared with the mischievous consequences resulting from the derangement of the currency, which inevitably results from these sudden and forced purchases, all made in one part of the Conti nent. When corn to the amount of three or four mil lions sterling is purchased at once in this way, nothing can prevent a serious fall in the exchanges, and a con sequent export of bullion to a large amount. Then follow all the results under which we have recently been, and indeed are now, suffering so severely,—a forced con traction of the currency, a severe shock to credit, and general distress and suffering amongst the trading and manufacturing classes. Ilow different would be the course pursued at the pre sent time if we had a free trade in corn, or if the duty was fixed ! and how different would its consequences prove to the country at large. Instead of a general and immediate rush to the nearest markets to purchase. al most at any price, all the grain that would be imported into this country within a short period, English merchants would make their purchases cautiously, and with great deliberation. It would be a matter of comparative indif ference whether corn purchased abroad arrived in six weeks or six months ; and no man would give an ex travagant price at Dantzic or Rostock, because he would know perfectly well that his purchases would have to compete with others made under more favourable cir cumstances in the United States, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea. The consequence would be, that the ne cessary purchases would be made only as the corn was wanted ; they would be spread over a long time and a large extent of country ; and the means of payment would be arranged, without any serious disturbance of the exchanges, or any derangement of the currency of this country. Such are the comparative merits of the sliding scale, and of free trade or fixed duty ; and, if we are not mistaken, they will speedily . force themselves upon the attention of the Legislature in a manner not to be mis taken.—Manchester Guardian. EXTENSIVE FIRE. On Friday evening, a few minutes before fire, as police constable Burnham, 58 H, was going his rounds, he observed a quantity of smoke and some flame issuing from the upper floor is indews of a lofty and extensive building in Wentworth street, Whitechapel, in the possession of Messrs. Maltby and Sons, of No. 34, Old Broad-street, which has been employed by them as a shot factory and lead works. The officer in stantly rang the bell of the premises, and gave the alarm of fire, and found that there were two men and two boys employed in the lower floor of the building. One of the men so employed, w hose name is Harrold, ran up stairs as fast as he could, and on reaching the sixth story, he discovered that a great portion of the flooring above him was on fire, and particularly that part cf it which was situated near a flue which ascended from the lower part of the building to the roof. The engines were quickly on the spot, and the supply of water was abundant, but owing to the extreme height of the building the engines did not appear to be of sufficient power to force the water to the upper fl oors . To counteract this, the firemen, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, carried the hose and branches through the lower part of the building, and in about two hours succeeded n extinguishing the flames, not, however, before the immense pile of building, and some beautiful machinery, which has been erected within the last eighteen months, for an improved method of casting shot, and executing all sorts of lead-work, at an ex.. pence of over 2,0001., were very consid era bl y damaged. Mr. Gill, the foreman of the works, and who lives on the prem i s es, states that for the last week or ten days, in conse quence of the very advanced price of lead, the upper part of the b u ildi n g bad not been used, but a fire was continually kept up in u fie nace on the lower floor. On Monday last it was found that the upper part of the flue, which carries away the smoke f rom the premises, was so foul that the fire below would scarcely burn, and means were taken at once to clear it, and the fire below but ned as usual, and nothing more was thought of the iisatter, but he ( Gill) is of opinion that the flue had again be come foul, and that that was the cause of the tire. Tho stock and building are i nsured, but not to an amoun t that it likely to cover the low 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 mortem 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 goin g out he saw a great crowd round the residence of the deceased. The street door being open he entered, and ott 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, s h e 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 de 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 wife in the back kitchen. He had often been called in before when they were quarrelling. When he was called in the deceased appeared in very gooa health. Mr. Nicholls, solicitor, of Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn, who was p resent to watch the procee di ng s on behalf of the deceased's daughter by a former marriage, e s a tat o ed that on the 10th o f J u l y th e y r e ceived a communication from th e d ecease d w hi c h s h owe d that he i o apparent s ys information good h ea l t h, an d on t h e 13th they re of his death. Thi s , added to the rumoureied to neighbourhood, had induced the daughter e that the above present inquiry. It further Appeared currentcal l i for the the fracas alluded to by the polieeman took place on the 3d inst. and not in June. proved the exhumation of T the Kanendsiitnghtoanvinhgabvienegn Pummell, one of the Thomson. identified, Mr. R. 1)- . cloy o f, f Gower-street, sur geon,unable,- in ortin withoutana examination analysing stomach, to state the preciso cause of the contents of the rks from the Coroner and Jury, g th e r bod sa y id th h a e t mhaodrnimngad, was p ost death. After some re the Coroner adjournedmtahe inquiry till to-morrow. Tilt' Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster have arrived at Cowes, Isle of Wight, trom Grosvenor-house. We believe the rumour that the Queen and Prince Albert would visit the noble Marquis and Marchioness at Moore-park this week, was without foundation. ARUNDEL CASTLE.—The Duke of Norfolk is surrounded by a numerous circle at this princely scat. The Earl an d Countess of Suriey and Ladies Howard, Viscount and Viscountess Fitzalan, Lady Lyons, Miss Lyons, and Lords Edward and filernard Howard are ;toying there. MORN IN:I- SUN. TUE WEATHER.---NooN. .Tiny f.. ) 4. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADEL rt)E...; ; ;Tax, ET. Barometer Thermometer... 58 I Highest 64 1 Lowest 51 Wind S. E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. PORTRAIT OF A COUPLE OF PAISLEY WEAVERS, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.-7 , -Tiley wore some times a light green or black coat, white dimity vest, nan keen small clothes,fastened at the kneeswith fat icy-colou red ribbons or silver buckles, white stockings, and silver or bright steel buckles in their shoes, a great bunch of ruffles at their breast, trimmed with an edging of rich lace, with the same appendage running circularly round their wrists. The stock was made of the richest French cambric, and fastened with a silver buckle or clasp be hind, which, from the lowness of the collar, showed to great advantage. Their hair was richly powdered ; some times they wore a long que, and sometimes their natu ral hair was clubbed, and the whole was surmounted by a smart cocked hat. When will these times come again ? and echo answers. When ? These portraits were common, but the two we have in our eye deserve a passing word. One of them went to England, and succeeded in a respectable business ; 'mad we saw the other, a few days ago, sitting in his own carriage at tended by servants, and drawn by a pair of fine bay horses.—Life and Adventures of Peter Bernet. THE CENSUS, MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP.- The following returns of the census for the town of Man chester include the townships of: Chorlton-on-Mollock, Hulme, Ardwick, &c. ; and when it is considered iliat in some districts whole rows of houses have been pub,ld down, and their sites occupied by railways, &c., the in-- crease, it will be seen, has been very great. The follow ing account, - however, must be taken only as an approxi mation, the nearest at present to be obtained, to the census of this township :—Males, 78,983 ; females, 84,464 ; total, 163,447. The classification of the above returns is obtained from the five registrars' districts, which comprise the older, and better known fourteen police districts of the township. By referring to the official returns of , the census of 1821, and that of 1831, taking thence the populations at those periods of the several police districts, included in the above return, in one registrar's district, we obtain the following result -1821, 108,016 ; 1831, 142,026 ; 1841, 163,447. Thus it will be seen that the total -increase of the population of the township, during the ten years ending in 1831, was 34,010, or about 311 per cent. The increase during the last ten years ending last month, was 21,421, or little more than 15 per cent. DEATH OF LADY KAYE.-.—Her Ladyship died on Wednesday, at Coleby, near Lincolnshire, rather suddenly, at the great age of 92. The ab we estimable lady was widuw of the late very Rev. the Dean of Lincoln, Sir Richard Kaye, and was grandmother of Lady , Sutton. TILE l' E LATE LORD EVERSHAM.—The mortal remains of the deceased Lord were removed at an early Lour this morning from the family mansion in Arling ton-street, fur Duncombe Park, Yorkshire, preparatory to their interment in the ancestral vault at Helmsley, on Wednes day next. A special train will convey the body the greater portion of the distance. Lord Fevertham, the Hon. Captain A. Duncombe, M.P.,and other members of the family a tt en d i the obsequies. The owager Lady Feversham remains in town.. —•— MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. 7 --On Thursday last, at Uttoxeter, the Hon. Richard Cavendish, second son of the late and brother of the present Lord Waterpark, to :11i , ,s Elizabeth Maria Margaret Hart, only.daughter of Mr. Thomas Hart, and niece to Sir Thomas Cotton Shepl ard, Bert. A select circle of the relatives of both families were present at tie ceremony. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following calcula tion of the last weekly returns of 31 railways, 1,109 miles in length, given in our present number will, we believe, be of in.. terest :—Number of passengers . on 21 railways, 271,579, con sequently the total for the week must be above 400,000. The rece►pts for passengers on 32 railways, 70,9311. 7s. 11d. - ditto for goods on 24 railways, 14,1841. 10s. 3d. ; 85,1151, 18s. 2d. This is an average of 764/. per mile per week. The traffic therefore, is certainly at the rate of more than four millions a yea-, and carrying twenty millions of pas sengers.—Railway Magazine. CHANCERY SUlTS.—Every one has some vague and indefinite notion at least, of the number of suits in Chan cery that are ever keeping in suspense such thousands of per sons, and millions of pounds sterling ; but the following curious calculation will give a stronger and clearer idea of the extent of these fearful equity squabbles and proceedings. From 1529 to 1532, in Chancellor More's time, there were 133 writs is each year. In the first James's reign they averaged 1,500 per annum, and 1,461 under the Chancellorship of the great Lord Bacon. In the time of Chancellor Nottingham there were annually 1,650; and in Lord Hardwicke's 2,000; and latterly they have been from 1,500 to 2,000 ; and in 1749 to 1751, the number of equity decisions made by Lord Hare icke, was 1,264; and from 1808 to 1810, under Lord Eldon, they were but 962. In 1832 the property of wards, trusts, minors, suitors, &c., standing in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, was about fifty millions sterling. ANOTHER FEMALE SAILOR.—A considera ble degree of excitement was caused last week in the town of Brilham by the discovery of a female sailor on board one of the trawl boats, in which capacity she had been employed for some time with much credit. On Sunday last she accom panied two lasses to a fruit-garden in the neighbourhood, where she treated them, behaving with all the gallantry ima ginable ; while there a tailor, who was enjoying his " otium," attempted to interfere with our hero's girls; the sailor " boy" resented it, high words ensued, and blows followed ; Snip showed fight like a man, while the pretended sailor was no less active ; but alas fortune does not always favour the brave ; the tailor was too much for his opponent, and the sailor-lassey was so beaten that she was obliged to give in, and on several persons coming round her to offer her assistance, her sex was d►scovered, to the great surprise of every one, the tailor not excepted. She is now dressed in apparel more becoming her sex ; she is an interesting and rather good looking girl. The reason she states for adopting her late mode of life was, that she could enjoy more freedom than in domestic servitude. She is sixteen years of age, and her name is Ellen Watts ; she adopted the name of Charles Watts, and stated that she was a native of Plymouth.— Devonshire paper. THE TRUTH TOLD BY PARSON.—The ar tisan is exhausted with toil, chained to his post by the pressure of poverty, dispirited by the all but impossibility of rising, with pauperism ever gaping beneath his feet ; the strength of his days is broken by labour, his mo ments of leisure spoilt by anxiety ; he secs above him a class whose prosperity he little shares, whose reverses he must often feel ; his position is the focus of grievances, which may, perhaps, bear equally upon all, yet press palpably on him, for he is at the very paying point of taxation, and his scanty income is the very gauge of fiscal pressure and mercantile vicissitude. Meanwhile he is one of the multitude, and it is in the'mid sea of human affairs that he is tossed to and fro. He is surrounded by distress which he cannot remedy, systems which he Can not comprehend, anomalies which he cannot explain, projects and projectors whose prudence and justice he cannot weigh ; yet still everything about him is human ; abstraction, seclusion, speculation, are the luxuries of pampered ease and cultivated mind, not of incessant ma nual toil.—British Critic. The Tories are busily engaged in circulating rumours to the effect that the present Government wilt either not meet the new Parliament, or that they will immediately resign upon the first majority being de clared against them. Such, we can take upon us to state, is not the fact, and will not be the result. Her Majesty's Ministers are perfectly aware that they will be in a con siderable minority upon the first party division that takes place ; but, with the example of Sir Robert Peel before them, who clung to office until he had been four times soundly beaten, they would lie not only the veriest donkeys in existence, but the vilest traitors to the cause of the people, if they were to desert the charge entrusted to them, until they had laid their measures for the im provement of the finances, and general condition of the country, fully and fairly before it. We learn, therefore, from a most authentic source, that it is the determina tion of her Majesty's present advisers to persist in re taining office, until they have afforded the public a fair opportunity of judging of their measures, and com paring them with those of their successors in office.— British Queen. ALDERMAN HUMPHERY.—There was a ru mouril.l3l Southwark,sulanc tk P rl h ve la e ili r a Y nc i current yesterday afternoon that Mr. Alderman about to resign his seat for the borough of e sin in c t he passed, which, _at pr rue q sem u n ence of the resolution recently Passed with reference onse ßailwa to selling certain shares in the We r r affectsd o n Thatoht , ias rcehsaorl ct however,resolution place c haracter, has beenth e, 's true • but it b to r ld e is equally true that the Alderman has had no chance, at e a s t tio p n r e e d se ; nt, of rebutting it. His character, up toth , a e i‘ p i r e e m se b n e t r t n im f ve,arinliatlmment‘hreefold capacities of a citi zenor a Magistrate, has never their judgment until and t l l ' i 'e e a p t u te b r lic is w f 'i a ll irly vi them. Even if the whole charge were true, there is not any thing in it which is not common in ail Companies, but m tr h u n s l t e th m e nothing to cast the slightest disgrace on his character either as a man or a ge ntleman.—BritiA Queen. SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD DUFFERIN.—A considerable sensation was created in Belfast yesterday, on the arrival of the Reindeer steamer, from Liverpool, on accoun atbsurevinengo'thcleocellikstgeohrei! tof the sudden death, on board, ' of Lord , Duf ferin. His Lordship complained of indisposition, on Liverpool, on Tuesday night, and directed the sletea:Vianrgd of the steamer to bring him a dose of morphine, whichhe breathed l a l t e h s ed w swallowed in nn hisgoing sleep,t to bed. During publica- Wednesday morning he was observed still asleep. At nine A.N. he was found dead in his sleeping berth. - His sister, e title of o t the e the Hon. body, b ut Ward, s s th ew inquiry the particulars o h n board. of pne.rasso noti tiis A l It terminated ur holdinginr ni he inquest axut . d was 3, t t h h a e t las na t m d e li ld ni r :C d e t r l hd a a n l l e y b o r e y s e i , d w e ' n i within i n o l f es t s h t e h 179kT1;iaenlda,te fih t h e- o Y f e Ire landar s ; and there are now alive three Baronesses of n an or t dowager and widow of B t td l ‘ i a°aj o ir.;; oF T f v De t h t h h idu e s e eff m i t fes i e : irtiahr (now diirgeei:tgn• of the three cleBa.2sset,lh)eismaatrrpireedsesnetliinnal,taolnye. was born on the 6th of May,Lord Dufferin on ee the 4th July, beautiful and accomplished daughters of Thomas Sheridan, Esq., and consequently grand-daughter of th e celebrated Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and sister to the Hon. Mrs. Norton, and to - Lady Seymour (" lie Queen of 13eauty"). There 40, is issue one son, Frederi ged fifteen years, heir to the title and large estates of fferin and eianeboyne. This . young nobleman is now at Eton, whilst, as before inti mated, his Noble mother is abroad, and ignorant of the calamity that has befallen her house. The Nobleman now deceased was a Tory in politics, but a kind and con siderate landlord.—Northern Whig. ACCIDENT ON THE PRESTON AND WYRE 11 AILW AY.—PAOV IDENTIAL ESCA rE.—As the train, which leaves Fleetwood at five o'clock in the evening, was proceeding on Thursday by Kirkham at full speed, the engine suddenly ran off the line and was overturned along with the tender into a ditch, and the carriages ran into each other, and were all more or less broken. The passengers on recovering from the effects of the shock, extricated themselves from tho 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 bruis es . It is supposed that the accident occurred from th e p o i nt 4 not being properly turned.—Lancader Guardian. 'or its bassi' , rh© part con- 4111'g- jjker , pe- AP Tea ! ' all " Fos,