The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-14 00:00:00

EVENING SUN MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) • OMNIBUS RACING. Edward Moulder, the driver of a Fulham omnibus, was indicted was for assaulting James Denby, jun., the con ., duefor of one of his father's omnibusses from Putney. .„ 4t appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor and some of the passengers, that on the 14th May the prose cutor's bus started from Putney at a quarter to two o'clock. They were overtaken by that driven by the priioner, which passed and dodged them along the road. The prosecutor went upwards of a mile out of the direct road, in order - to escape, if possible, but On coining into the road again they found the Ful ;,., ham omnibus waiting for them, and the same system of annoyance was-continued. On the arrival of the .busses at the Regent-circus. the prisoner nearly run his pole through the omnibus of the prosecutor. He followed them down the Haymarket at such a pace and so near the first omnibus, that the passengers all got as , far as possible from the door, being afraid the prisoner would run his pole through the omnibus. On the arrival at Charing -cross the prisoner again drew his horses Leross the door of the rival omnibus, so as to prevent any one from either going' in or coming out. • rho prosecutor attempted to seize the reins of the horses, when the prisoner commenced whipping him with the thong of his whip ; it broke off, and the prosecutor being irritated, : attempted to get him off his box, but the pri oner then took the butt end of his whip, which had a heavy brass ferule, and struck him over the head; it cut t hrf-' ll 6 .the hat, and stunned the prosecutor, who was carried off to the hospital. He was for a week under medical treatment in consequence of the 'injuries he had received. The Jury found him Guilty, and the Chairman said it was of no use to inu-pose a fine upon persOns connected with omnibusses, for they were paid out of a:common fund. He trusted the punishment he was about to inflict would become known to the fraternity to which he belonged, and at last put . an end to such disgraceful and wanton conduct. The sen tence of the Court wa s that the prisoner be imprisoned for three months. Janes Norris as I: l 9ward a found guilty of assaulting r Henry • barman, in the employment of Thomas Drake, ltvnelan.dl,ord of te Coopers' Arms, Strutton-ground, ,v,,,S,Lintister. On the evening of the 15th of August last the prisoner, accompanied by two men and two wo rn"; entered the house and asked for a pot of stout. The prosecutor, seeing that he was drunk, refused to serve either him or the patty; upon that refusal the pri soner seized a pint pot, took aim, and threw it with such force that had it taken effect on the barman's head as was in t tended, it would inevitably have killed him, however, lie stooped, and it passed over him; such was the force 4 , with which it was thrown, that it broke off a beer pipe. at twenty feet distance. The CuaiumAN said—Considering that the pri soner had already been imprisoned for one month, he would sentence him to be confined for six weeks longer, and as he had uttered various threats against the prosecutor and his master ; he must then enter into his own' recognizances in 201. to keep the peace towards all her Majesty's subjects for 12 months. THE KING OF TIIE BILL-STlCKERS.—Alexander Scott was indicted for assaulting Wm. Green. The prosecutor deposed that he was a bill-sticker, and so also was the defendant. He had so Much business that he was usually called the "King of the Profession.(Loud laughter.) He had issued a bill, in which he: called himself " An External Paper -hanger." He rented the hoard in Trafalgar square for his business. On the evening of the 3d inst. he had occasion to stand up for a few minutes against the hoard. The prisoner came up, and without the least provocation struck him on the face with such vio lence, that his shirt front was completely covered with blood. In his cross-examination he admitted, that although he was of a peculiarly mild temper, he had been fined five times for assaults. A Witness called on the part of the defendant, swore that the prosecutor was engaged in cutting down the prisoner's bill, and when challenged with the fact he struck Scott a backhanded blow on the mouth, on which Scott struck him in return. The Jury found a verdict of Not Guilty. During the trial, the prisoner said his father and grandfather had followed the " profession " since 1745, and one of them was tried for sticking up Lord George Gordon's proclamation in 1780. SURREY SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. PUCKLE and a Bench of Magistrates.) Jane Williams was indicted for feloniously stealing, at Litnibeth, on 26th August last, a quantity of lace the pro perty of Wm. Kingston. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner entered the shop of the prosecutor s who is a draper, and requested to be shown some remnants of lace, and while the shopman was serving her, she took the opportunity of secreting three cards of lace under neath her shawl, where they were found when she was searched. Mr. Honnv addressed the Jury for the prisoner, who received a good character. The Jury found her Guilty, and she was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.). Sarah Mole, a well-known character at this' office, was placed at the bar before Sir PETER LAURIE, charged with breaking seven squares of glass, the property of Mr. Wm. Fryer, The complainant stated that he carried on business as a tobacconist, at 14, Smithfield-bars. About two months ago the prisoner was sentenced to two months imprison ment fur the same offence, when she said the moment she came out she would break them again ; and yester day she kept her promise, for she lingered about his door, and although closely watched by the police, she managed in less than a quarter of a minute to break the seven squares of glass. Sir I'. LAURIE said he would sentence the prisoner to one month's imprisonment. Mr. Fryer said there was another person present Whose windows the prisoner broke so as to put him to the expense of 30s. The punishment was totally ina dequate, and he hoped the Alderman would do some thing to protect the public against such a character. Sir P. LAURIE said that an imprisonment of one month was found to be a greater punishment than of two months. Such was the opinion of the Governor of the gaol. lie regretted that the law di I not allow him to punish the prisoner as she deserved. Mr. Lark appeared to prefer a complaint for over charging the carriage of a parcel from Canterbury to London, against. Mr. Stainsbury, the extensive carrier. The complainant stated that on the 6th of September a parcel, weighing 131 b., was forwarded to him from Canterbury by one of the defendant's vans, with a ticket charging is. 6d. for carriage. Considering the charge exorbitant, he went to the waggon-office, where he met a person whom he supposes to be Mr. Stainsbury, who told him the charge was proper. On inquiry at Canter bury he found that .the parcel was booked for Is., and upon its arrival in London an additional 6d. was put on. In a few days after he received a parcel from the same place, weighing 631 b., for which he was only charged Is. As he was in the habit of sending a large number of parcels to the country, he considered it necessary to bring the matter forward, both for his own and for the protection of the public. A person in the employ of Mr. Stainshury, who ap peared to answer the summons, said that his master con sidered himself entitled to put on the additional charge of 6d. as a carrier, if he thought such ought to be the amount of carriage. Sir PETER LAURIE said there was no law of which he wa s aware, empowering a Magistrate to interfere with carriers in cases like the present, but he considered that an employer ought to be bound by the acts of his ser vants, and where is. was charged in Canterbury, he thought the addition of 6d. in London savoured a little of extortion. He could not interfere as a Magistrate, but. his advice to the defendant would be to settle the matter. BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Wm. Fagan, a tall athletic Irishman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with breaking and da maging several plants, the property of Mr. Goodson, of Coovantgarden. The prisoner it appeared was a reaper, and had just arrived from the country he had got drunk, and had chosen a bed of flowers in Covent-garden Market, there by causing damage to the said flowers to the amount of 6s. This being proved, The MAGISTRATE ordered him to pay the amount of the damage. The prisoner declared he had not a farthing in the world. The MAGISTRATE told him if he could not pay the 441 9unt, lie must be locked up. The prisoner said he could not pay it, and he was taken ; w ay. In a short time he came back, and said he had accidentally" found Gs. in his pocket.—(Laughter.) HALL—llave you any more money about - you ? ri:soner—No, your Honor's wortship; I was quite sur- Pribed I had that.—(Laughter.) tts Alr. lI ALL —I d o no t wan t an y more f rom you, but, I "Illk you must have some more about you. Piisoner (laughin g —Well, your honor's wortship, I've tot :2s . more, but,by the blessed truth, that's ( Ltitikliter.)' ')irt HALL said it was astonishing to find the ingenuity b B oaYed by persons of the prisoner's class in hiding rrlt*y. .The prisoner had been searched in the station .:"e.,"atitino money was found upon him ; and now he h ecidentally" found some money in his pocket. But, h "bvc , r,' as the amount of the damage had been paid, the Prisoner might be discharged. 441 The prisoner then left the Court, apparently highly Ibled. • TH E HON. JOHN STUART WORTLEL— Thts -• gentlemim was set down in the Post of Saturday lustsone of the Secretaries of the Board of Controul - "et the new Ministry ; and in consequence no small stir took place among the Leeds Tories, who were sum r°lled to' meet by circulars, which are said (but we ,°l ) o . falsely) t o h ave b een p re p are d on Sunday, in ex retittion of a n oth er e l ec ti on f o r the West Riding. It r , ur nt out,. however, that the Hon. Gentleman has re ie'vOd'no office ; and of course the peace of the Riding A btlikely to be disturbed.:—Leeds Mercury Ts. —The three-cornered cocked hat was "Orr in France, in th e l ast century, o f suc h a s i ze , that s erved as a parasol in fine weather, an umbrella in case of r‘iin, and a s or t o f state canopy on occas i ons o f Ceremony. CURIOUS COINCI DENCE .—O n t h e 28th of A ugust, the landlords of England made her Majesty a p r esent of a Tory Premier, and on the same day the 'eueen received from South America a present of a tiger ! LORD FURTESCUE'S RETURN.—His Lord- Z 3 441 and his amiable, Countess h ave b een o bli ge d to put back stress.of weather, and th e steamer i n w hi c h t h ey w" s ail,''*itli his Lordship on b oar d , now li es at t h e ooden jetty in Kingstown harbour.—Dublin Mail. AMERICAN NEWS. LATEST from the UNITED STATES. New York Papers of the 21st of August have been received by the New York packet, Captain CROPPER, which arrived at Liverpool at seven o'clock last night. They bring the highly im portant intelligence that the PRESIDENT has vetoed the Bank Bill after its having passed the House of Representatives and the Senate. This has created a most extraordinary sensation in all the great commercial cities of the United States. We are not surprised at this. Out of the 26 States of the Union, 17 elected President HARRISON, because he was be lieved to be favourable to this. measure. Death moves him from an office which no man was worthier to fill with advantage to his country, and his successor, whom the Constitution, and not the people, raised to supreme power, con siders it his duty to oppose the very question to carry which General HARRISON w as elected! We have only space to-day for the following ex tracts from the American papers : MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES RETURNING, WITH HIS OBJEC TIONS, THE BILL TO INCORPORATE THE FISCAL BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, AUGUST 16, 1841. To the Senate of the United States : The Bill . entitled " An Act to Incorporate the Sub scribers to the Fiscal Bank of the United States," which originated in the Senate, has 'been considered by me, with a sincere desire to conform my action in regard to it, to that of the two Houses of Congress. By the Con • stitution it is made my duty either to approve the Bill by signing it or to return it with my objections to the House in which it originated. I cannot conscientiously give it my approval, and I proceed to discharge the duty required of me by the Constitution—to give my reasons for disapproving. The power of Congress to create a National Bank to operate per se over the Union has been a question of dispute from the origin of our Government. Men most justly and deservedly esteemed for their high intellectual endowments, their virtue and their patriotism, have, in regard to entertained different and conflicting opinions. 'Congresses have differed. The approval of one President has been followed by the disapproval of another. The people at different times have acquiesed in decisions both for and against. The country has been and still is deeply agitated by this unsettled question. It will suffice for me to say that my own opinion has been uniformly proclaimed to be against the exercise of any such power by this Government. On all suitable occa sions, during a period of twenty-five years, the opinions thus entertained have been unreservedly expressed. I declared it in the legislature of my native State. In the House of Representatives of the United States it has been openly vindicated by me. In the Senate Chamber, in the presence and hearing of many who are at this time members of that body, it has been affirmed and re-affirmed, in speeches and re ports there made, and by votes there recorded. In popular assemblies I have unhesitatingly announced it ; and the last public declaration which I made, and that, but a short time before the late Presidential election, I referred to my previously expressed opinions as being those then entertained by me; with a full knowledge of. the opinions thus entertained, and never conceded, I was elected by the people Vice-President of the United States. By the occurrence of a contingency provided for by the constitution, and arising under au impressive dispensation of Providence, I succeeded to the Presi dential office. Before entering upon the duties of that office I took an oath that I would "preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States." Entertaining the opinions alluded to, and having taken this oath, the Senate and the country will see that I could not give my sanction to a measure of the character described, without surrendering all claim to the respect of honourable me—all confidence on the part of the people—all self-respect—all regard for moral and reli gious obligations, without an observance of which no Government can be prosperous, and no people can be happy. It would be to commit a crime which I would not wilfully commit to gain any earthly reward, and which would justly subject me to the ridicule and scorn of all virtuous men. _ I deem it entirely unnecessary at this time to enter upon the reasons which have brought my mind to the convictions I feel and entertain on this subject. They have been over and over again repeated. If some of those who have preceded me in this high office have en tertained and avowed different opinions, I yield all con fidence that their convictions were sincere. I claim only to have the same measure meted out to myself. Without going further into the argument, I will say that, in look ing to the powers of this Government to collect, safely keep, and disburse the public revenue, and incidentally regulate the commerce and enchanges, I have not been able to satisfy myself that the establishment by this Go vernment of a bank of discount, in the ordinary accep tation of that term, was a necessary means, or one de manded by propriety, to execute those powers. What can the local discounts of a bank have to do with the col lecting, safe-keeping, and disbursing of the revenue? So far as the mere discounting of paper is concerned, it is quite immaterial to this question, whether the dis count is obtained at a Stateßank or a United States Bank. They are both equally local—both beginning and both ending in a local accommodation. What influence have local discounts, granted by any form of banks, in the re gulating of the currency and the exchanges? Let the history of the late United States Bank aid us in answer ing this inquiry. For several years after the establishment of that in stitution it dealt almost exclusively in local discounts, and during that period the country was, for the most part, disappointed in the consequences anticipated from its incorporation. A uniform currency was not pro vided, exchanges were not regulated, and little or no thing was added to the general circulation ; and in 1820 its embarrassments had become so great that the Direc tors petitioned Congress to repeal that article of the charter which made its notes receivable every where, in payment of public dues. It had, up that period, dealt to but a very small extent in exchar.ges, either foreign or domestic ; and as late as 1823, its operations in that line amounted to a little more than 7,000,000 doll. per annum ; a very rapid augmenta tion soon after occurred, and in 1833 its dealings in the exchanges amounted to upwards of 100,000,000 dols., including the sales of its own drafts ; and ull these im mense transaction were effected without the employment of extraordinary means. The currency of the country became sound, and the negotiations in the exchanges were carried on at the lowest possible rates. The circulation was increased to more than 22,000,000 dollars, and tha notes of the bank were regarded as equal to specie all over the country, thus showing, almost con clusively, that it was their capacity to deal in exchanges, and not in local discounts, which furnished these faci lities and advantages. It may be remembered, too, that notwithstanding the immense transactions of the bank, in the purchase of exchange, the losses sustained were merely nominal, while in the time of discounts the sus pended debt was enormous, and found most disastrous to the bank and country. Its power of local discount has, in fact, proved to be a fruitful source of favouritism and corruption, alike destructive to the public morals and to the general weal. The capital invested in banks of discount in the United States, created by the States, at this time exceeds 350,000 dollars; and if the discounting of local paper could have produced any beneficial effects, the United States ought to possesses the soundest currency in the world, but the reverse is lamentably the fact. Is the measure now under consideration of the objec• tionable character to which I have alluded? It is clearly so, unless by the 16th fundamental article of the 11th section it is made otherwise. That article is in the following words : " The Directors of the said Corporation shall establish one competent office of discount and desposit in any state in which 2,000 shares shall have been subscribed, or may be held, whenever, upon application of the Legislature of such State, Congress may, by law, require the same. And the said Directors may also establish one or more competent offices of discount and deposit in any terri tory or district of the United States, and in any State, with the asst-nt of such State ; and when established, the said office or offices shall only be withdrawn or removed by the said Directors prior to the expiration of this charter, with the previous assent of Congress : " Provided, in resp e ct to any S tate wh i c h shall not, at the first Sessions of the Legislature thereof, held after the passage of this Act, by resolution, or other usual legislative proceedin g , unconditionally assent or dissent such eu the establishment n is t e i s v e t e n a b c6f 1 is l t r i m i e ent said of State such shall h offic e e th o e r re o a ffi ft e e e r presumed, slvithinit c o a t i: r g the s into States es execution mthatei,er, the constitution, to esta blishany of t h e powers granted by ctionmdep r n o e te s d a I. l ) i . ev a e n r d th p e r l oesps::rn afrol:r3h.at whenever it shall be come an office or offices and the establishment thereof shall be directed by law, it shall be the duty of the said Directors to establish such office or offices accordingly." It will be seen that by this clause the Directors are in vested with the fullest power to establish a branch in any yielded its assent , and having once esta- Su sanctioneh assen 0 t f r is ne t ng o y.i b s actually e expressed assent, "pr ovided not afterwards be withdrawn, ch a S t t u a i t .e e i b la ra s nch, it shall awn, except by order of Co n g ress. h S l t i a s t h e e dw such and to have the fo rce and im plied, which shall not, at the fir st s in ess r io es n p o ec f t th t e o L a unconditionally as or other usual legislative proce edin g , f such office or thereof held after the passage of this Act, by resolution sent or dissent to the establis lunent offices within it, such assent of sai d State shall be there afters to be ex pressed unconditionally at the first Session o presumed." The assent or dissent 1. the Legis lature by some formal legislative act ; a nd ex pressed, its assent is to be implied, and the Directors are if not so therefore invested with power, at such time thereafter as they may please to establish branches, which cannot after wardso be drawn, except by resolve of Congress--no matter what may be cause which may operate with the Legislature, which either prevents it from speaking, or addresses itself to its wisdom to induce delay, its assent is to be implied—binding and inflexible—it is the law giver of the master to the vassal, an unconditional an swer is claimed forthwith, and delay, postponement, or incapacity to answer, produces an implied assent, which is ever after irrevocable. Many of the State elections have already taken place, without any knowledge on the part of the people that such a question was to come up. The representatives may desire a submission of the question to their consti tuents preparatory to final action upon it, but this high privilege is denied. Whatever may be the motives and views entertained by the representatives of the people to induce delay, their assent is to be presumed, and is ever afterwards binding, unless their assent shall be uncondi tionally expressed at their first Session after the passage of this Bill into a law. They may by formal resolution declare the question of assent or dissent to be undecided and postponed, and yet, in opposition to their express declaration to the con trary, their assent is to be implied. Cases innumerable might be cited to manifest the irrationality of such an in ference. Let one or two in addition sutfice—the popular . branch of the Legislature may express the dissent by a unanimous vote, and its resolution may be defeated by the vote of the Senate ; and yet the assent is to be im plied. Both branches of the Legislature may concur in a resolution of decided dissent, and yet the Governor may exert the veto power conferred on him by the State constitution, and the legislative action may be defeated ; and yet the assent of the legislative authority is and the Directors of this contemplated institution are atu thorised to establish a branch or branches in such State, whenever they may find it conducive to the interest of the stockholders to do so; and having once established it, they can, under no circumstances, withdraw it, except by an Act of Congress. The State may afterwards protest against any such un just inference--but its authority is gone. Its assent is implied by its failure or inability to act at its first ses sion, and its voice can never afterwards be heard. To. inferences so violent and, as they seem to sue, irratknal, I cannot yield my consent. No court of justice would or could sanction them, without reversing all that •is esta blished in judicial proceeding, by introducing presump tions at variance to the fact, and inferences at the expense of reason. A State in a condition of duress would be presumed to speak, as an individual manacled and impri soned might be presumed to be in the enjoyment of free dom. Far better to say to the States boldly and frankly —Congress wills, and submissi6n is demanded. It may be said that the Directors may not establish branches under such circumstances ; but this is a ques tion of power, and this Bill invests them with full power to do so. If • the Legislature of New, York or Pennsyl vania, or any other State should be found in such con dition as I have supposed, could there be any security furnished against such a step on the part of the Direc tors ? Nay, is it not fairly to be presumed that this proviso was introduced foe - the sole purpose of meeting the contingency referred to ? Why else should it have been introduced ? And I would submit to the Senate, whether it can be believed that any State would be likely to sit quietly down under such a state of things ? In a great measure of public interest their patriotism may be successfully appealed to, but to infer their assent from circumstances at war with such inference, I cannot but regard as cal culated to excite a feeling at fatal enmity with the peace and harmony of the country. I must, therefore, regard this clause as asserting. the power to be in Congress to establish offices of discount in a State, not only without its assent, but against its dissent ; and so regarding it I cannot sanction it. On general principles, the right in Congress to pre scribe terms to any State implies a superiority of power and control, deprives the transaction of all pretence to compact between them, and terminates, as we have seen, in the total abrogaion of freedom of action on the part of the States. But further, the State may express, after the most solemn form of legislation, its dissent, which may from time to time thereafter be repeated, in full view of its own interest, which can never be sepa rated from the wise and beneficent operation of this Go vernment ; and yet Congress may, by virtue of the last proviso, overrule its law, and upon grounds which to such State will appear to rest on a constructive neces sir d propriety, and nothing mom e and the Bill as asserting for Congress the right to inct rporate a United States Bank, with power and right to establish offices of discount and deposit in the several States of this Union, with or without their con sent, a principle to which I have already heretofore been opposed, and which can never obtain my sanction. And waiving all other considerations growing out of its other provisions, I return it to the House in which it origi nated, with these my objections to its approval, Washington, Aug. 16, 1841. .RiflN TYLER. (From the Courier and Inquirer, Aug. 20.) :PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. The effects of the veto, if we are to judge from the proceedings in Congress on Tuesday, are destined to be most disastrous to the country, and utterly destructive to the Whig party. We have a clear majority in both Houses—a majority of Whigs, elected by the people of the United States to carry out certain measures, knd not intended to be the mere automatons of any man ; and yet, because Mr. Tyler has proved himself reckless and unprincipled, and set at defiance the will of the people and his own pledges, both direct and implied, the representatives of the people assume the right of walking in his footsteps ; and because he has vetoed one bill, they deliberately de termine to veto three ! Our motto is, " Principles, not men ;" and we speak the general voice of the country . when we say, that indig nant as the people justly are against the President, they will be far more indignant against those who having the power shall fail to exercise it in behalf of the great ob jects for which they were elected—the adoption of the measures of the Whig party. True, we , do not believe that it is quite certain Congress will adjourn, guilty of the insanity of striving to render themselves as odious, nay, far more odious, than the executive ; but if they should, they may as well be prepared for such a recep tion as faithless and unprincipled public servants should, ever receive from an insulted and abused constituency. Mr. Tyler has endeavoured to destroy the hopes of the country in regard to a bank ; but what is the value of that measure compar e d wi t h the distribution among the States of the proceeds of the public domain, or with the adoption of a bankrupt law ? And shall the treachery, or folly, or conscientious scruples of Mr. Tyler, furnish an excuse for the representatives of the people to be guilty of treachery or folly still more disastrous to the country ? Shall the people's representatives be permitted to vent upon the people, their honest indignation against John Tyler) and in the hope of annoying him, prove recreant to their trusts and to the great principles upon which they asked and received the suffrages of their constituents ? We hope not, and we believe not ; but if such is to be the practice of the Whig party when years of honest efforts by the people have placed it in the ascendancy, the sooner we repass under the yoke of our old masters, the better for the country. From them we know exactly what to expect, and may accommodate ourselves to their tyranny ; and any tyranny is preferable to being ruled by men who do not know their own minds from day to day, or who are liable to be carried hither and thither by every breeze that blows. One word to Mr. Clay. He has always acted nobly and won the enthusiastic encomiums of all men of all political parties. He can pass all our great measures if he thinks proper so to do, and makes the necessary effort. Will lie falter at this crisis ? The country looks to him for the success of the Land Bill and the Bankrupt Bill ; and it is idle to conceal the fact, that he will receive the cre dit of the measures if they pass, and be held strictly re sponsible for their failure. Most(assuredly he will not disap point the just expectations of his friends and the country at large in this emergency. We have perfect confidence both in his ability and desire to do all that is required of him. (From the American.) The doings at Washington on Tuesday were painfully interesting. In the Senate, owing to uncertainty as to the course which it might be deEmed expedient for the Whigs to adopt, the discussion of the veto was again laid over till yesterday. In the House the effect of the veto was seen in the postponement of the Bankrupt Bill, and the adjourning of the House in a state almost of despair on the part of the Whig Members. Subsequently, however, a consul tation was had, and the result was altogether conciliatory and encouraging. Our Washington letter, written after the breaking up of the consultation, speaks with confidence that the lead ing Whig measures will yet be carried, including the Bankrupt Bill, the Land Bill, and a bank of deposits, issues, and exchanges. We repeat our earnest :onvie don, that the Whigs in both Houses will disappoint the just expectations of the country, if they permit passion or resentment to interfere with the legislation required by the public interests. • They must bear and forbear, well assured that such a course will be abundantly appre ciated by the nation. (Correspondence of New York American.) WASHINGTON, TUESDAY NIGHT. The bank veto was adjourned over in the Senate from yesterday until twelve o'clock to-day, and again over till to-morrow, to give time for the Whigs to rally. In fact the two Houses have been thrown into, and still remain in, the state which printers call pie. The compositors have been two nights at work distributing, but the pie is not yet assorted. The Members cannot get back into their places so as to set up a new scheme. Mr. Tyler is understood to have become indifferent to any fiscal agent, and some of our friends having compromised all old principles, without success, know not what to try next. The Senate wish the Huse to take the lead with anew Bill, and the House is not yet agreed within itself. In the nwantime the Locofocos are in ecstasies— not doubting that the confusion of their opponents is inextricable. Nevertheless, I still believe that the Whigs, with a majority in both Houses, will, befbre adjournment, agree upon a fiscal agent which Mr. Tyler cannot but sign—a bank endowed with the power of establishing offices of deposit everywhere of dealing in foreign and domestic exchanges ; of thence issuing notes sufficient for remittances, and by the receivability of thos", and other notes of specie-paying banks, of soon bringing up the local currency to the specie standard. Such a project, notwithstanding the discouragements alluded to, will, I repeat, be brought forward in a day or two, perhaps to-morrow, with success in the Capitol and the White House. Whether it will meet the wants of the country is not so certain; but on this point lam not with out hope also. At any rate, no better experiment (and they will have the power of amendment) is left to the Whigs. These views, I know, are gaining ground rapidly, not only in Congress but in other high quarters. Save the YlANlElGllnCTl:lLTlNlcEslayeSs.—weAretrotuosTa fair l9. extent republic, no ma t ter w h at individuals may be lost! C. THUR C SIT at the Board to-day, but most descriptions fell off. Ti. S. Bank Shares closed at 14-?,-, a decline of per cent. ; Vicksburg declined ; Mechanics' Banking Association 2, and auto Catonroved Co, 2i ; Paterson ; Harlem -1 ; Long Isl The sales of State Stocks were, Indiana Bonds at 54k, a decline of per cent. Corporation Loan, 1870, sold at 844 ; Kentucky Sixes at 85. There has been a fair demandfor sterling Bills at 8 3 a 9 per cent, and francs at 5.25. S ome drawers are now 5.24. The supply of Bills is moderate. The rate of Amsterdam is 39i a 40 ; Hamburg 35i- a 35i ; Bremen 76 a 761. The cotton buyers have been very quiet to-day. In flour there is no further improvement, and, as is usually the case after an advance, there are some sellers willing to accept a shade less than the maximum price. The receipts to-day are light, and large sales have been made of Western at 6 18t a 625 dols. for Genesee fresh, THE STIN, LO N -1)0N, TUESDAY,. `SEPTEMBER 14, 1841. and 0 a 6 25 . dols. for Ohio. Michigan is BOainally 5 a . 6, Georgetown and Howard-street ;6 12 a 6 37 dols. Sales of 300 bbls .Georgetown . at the latter rate ; fresh 'Brandywine C 374 a. 6 62 dols. The market is bare or wheat. Sales of about 6,000 bushels Jersey corn at 79e. a 80c. measure, delivered ; and small parcels Northern, all arriving, at 80c. measure ; 1,200 bushels Eye sold, part at 68c. in the slip, and part at 70c. de livered,; Oats :train good demand, and are retailing at 51c. a 52e. A cargo of 1,500 bushels sold at about 51c. The supplies of_ Ashes are small, and nearly all the re ceipts are taken up at 5 75 dols. for bell' Pots and Pearls. A sale of 10.000 gallons crude Whale Oil was made at 31c., which is an advance of lc. per gallon. Washington is the great point of attraction, and the proceedings in Congress are looked to with intense inte rest. The partial defeat of the Bankrupt Bill was received by a large body of citizens with deep regret. The letter, however, Which we pub lished this morning, states that the Whigs have had a conference, and are disposed to 'effect the pas sage of the Land, the Bankrups,' the Itel;ciitte, end possi. Bank Bill. The' feding here is, that the leading :measures of the Session ought to be adopted, notwith standing the veto. The • extra Session was called to pass the I .ibovenamed measures, tog e th e r with the repeal o! the Sub-TreaLi t ry and the Loan Bill. The two latter are completed, and if any, or all the former should be carried, the object of the Special Session will be obtained. There is not the slightest difference in Domestic Ex changes. Bills on London are a shade higher—the range to-day is 108 k to 109, on Paris 5' 3 6. Our merchants have now to experience • the same uncertainty, as to the rate of Southern and Western Exchanges, they have felt for some four or five years - past. Ever since the destruction or the United States Bank the embarrassments in relation to !the sale of goods have been very great, Merchants purchasing goods, on credit, hare had nothing to guide them, as to the future. A debt contracted in this city, and payable six and nine months hence, may have to b e p a id a t a ra te of exchang e very different from what the rate now is. The loss on the exchange may be equal to any profit. It is this uncertainty that has thrown over trade great difficulties. It had been supposed that if the present Bill had not been vetoed, but had been passed into a law that Exchanges would not have been worse, but might have gradually improved. This feeling Would hare inspired a good deal of confidenee and would have induced both seller and purchaser •to have extended their operations. The trade of the present season opened with a much better feeling than the previous two or three years. The Veto Message will undoubtedly have a good deal of in fluence to check the fall trade. LATER FROM CANTON. The ship Oneida, Captain Swift, arrived last night from Canton with a full cargo of teas. The Oneida left Canton on the 26th of April, and Macao on the 27th. Things remained in the same state as when the Akbar sailed. It was supposed the trade would remain open about twenty days longer, at which time Admiral Bremer was expected with the expedition from Calcutta, when the fleet would probably go North to open offensive operations in the ne;ghbourbood of Pekin. The British fleet were part at Hong Kong and part stationed in the river, above and below Canton, to overawe the Chinese. The foreigners were the factories, but went on board the ships in the river every night for safety. The people were coming back to Canton, but not very fast. Teas were very scarce, and coming in slowly, and with the exception of the Eben Preble, which had a few chops on board, it was very doubtful if any vessel could get a cargo for some time. Silks were also exceedingly scarce. The news of Captai❑ Elliot's supersedure: by Sir Henry Pottinger had not been received when the Oneida left. The Oneida sailed in company with the .Argyle, for Baltimore. The Konohassett sailed before the 0. commenced loading, and was passed about the 9th of May, off Gaspar Islands. THE COLONIAL SOCIETY AND MR. M'LEOD. The following letter has beeen received by the Earl of Mountcashel Foreign Office, August 31, 1841. "My Lord—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the'resolutions adopted at a special general meeting of the Colonial Society, held on the 30th inst., .relative to the detention of Mr. M•Lcod, in the United States of America ; and I am to assure the Society that her Majesty's Govern ment are giving, and will continue to give, their earliest attention to this matter. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, "Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant. (Signed) " LEVESON. "Tho Earl of Mountcashel, &c., &c., &c." ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILROAD. • On the arrival at the Bridgewater terminus, on Satur day last, of tlke four o'clock afternoon train from Bristol, the engine which brought down the train was employed, after the passengers had left the carriages, in removing the train from the down line to the other. To effect this transfer it is necessary to remove the carriages from the station to a point on the line about 150 yards dis tance, where proper means are provided for transferring carriages from one line of rails to the other. Between that point and the station is a crossing for coaches, &c., over the rails; the engine had already transferred some carriages from the down to the up line, and was re turning for others, -with its tender in front, when, on arriving at the crossing, the Exquisite stage-coach, with passengers fur Exeter, was in the act of passing over the rails. The tender struck the fore part of the coach, which it shivered. to pieces. The hind wheels, with a part of the body of the coach were forced off the line by the violence ache shock, and fell over, while the passengers were scattered about in every direction. The horses, from the complete smash of the coach, were liberated, and escaped with but little injury. Six persons are more or less injured. Mr. Burford, of Bristol one of the passengers, was removed to the Clarence Hotel, where he is suffering under a concussion of the brain, and other internal injuries. His head was so far jammed under one of the wheels of the tender, that he could not be extri ca t e d unt il t h e eng i ne was backed ; another inch and his skull would have been crushed to atoms. Johns, the driver of the Exquisite, and Hatch well, the respectable and well-known coachman to the Sheriff at our Assizes, are both seriously mangled. The othere passengers have escaped with some serious bruises ; but Ann Gore, a poor old woman of 73, who had just crossed the railroad, was caught by the falling coach, and is not expected to survive. She was taken to the Bridgewater Infirmary, when it was found that both bones of one leg were broken close to the ancle joint, a considerable portion of the skull laid bare, and a frightful contusion over one of the temples. She has continued, with slight intermissions, in a high state of delirium, and cannot be expected to recover. In the present condition of some of the sufferers, it would be improper to make any remarks on the cause of this accident ; but from a caeful inspection of the spot, and from the evidence of some bystanders, we cannot learn that the least blame can be justly attached to the driver of the engine. GRAND FIELD DAY AND SHAM FIGHT IN WINDSOR HOME PARK. 'WINDSOR, MONDAY.—This morninn at ten o'clock the 72d Highlanders, under the command of Colonel Ar buthnot, marched to the Home Park in review order, for the purpose of going through the manoeuvres of a grand field day and sham fight in view of the windows of the Victoria Tower at the Castle and the North Terrace, where her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the members of the Court, had stationed themselves. Each man was supplied with tbirTyrOiinisOfaminuni tion, the whole of which was expended before the troops left the ground. The main body of the regiment having taken its ground near to the wall of the New Terrace, and marched past in quick time, observed an outlying picket of the enemy (represented by the 3d company, under the com mand of Captain Robinson), strongly posted, with an advanced chain of sections, in the direction of the left flank of the column ; on which the regiment took ground to the right, and then continued its advance—its left flank being protected by the Grenadiers, thrown out as skirmishers. The enemy .having called in his skir mishers and detached parties, moved in a parallel line, observing the march of the column ; which on gaining the open ground deployed into line, the Grenadier com pany covering the movement. The advanced guard of the enemy after a few shots retired, disputing the ground. The regiment then changed position to its left, and having driven in the advanced guard, formed squares to receive cavalry. This movement was performed with admirable precision and rapidity. In the meantime a detachment of the enemy, taking advantage of the thickly wooded nature of the ground on the left flank of the column, succeeded in gaining its rear, and commenced a sharp attack on the reserve. This body, however, was soon compelled, by the superior fire of the reserve, to retire and rejoin the advanced guard of the enemy. The regiment afterwards changed position to its left, throwing forward a strong body of skirmishers, which after some hard fighting dislodged the enemy, who re-. tired across the open ground ; and after making a sh - ort stand under cover of the avenue, the regiment returned to its quarters. Her Majesty and Prince Albert witnessed the several manoeuvres with great interest ; and both the Queen an d his Royal Highness appeared highly gratified with the excellent order and discipline maintained by the regiment. • The Gloucester Musical Festival terminated on Friday last. We have already given some account of the principal peformances. The choral band consisted of 54 trebles, 46 tenors, and 50 basses, and the entire orchestra of between three and four hundrew t dNr on behalf receipts o l ices The attendance was very numerous, and included the princi pal families of the county and neigh bo urhood. " b ß o u l t al i r n o a f pecuniary point of view , ' observes the Gloucester Journal, the festival, we are sorry to say , has not equalled the charity ex pectation, the a collections le c t f i a o l i l i e s n at nearlythe 200 Cathedral bele o of 1838. The following is a statement of their amount: Tuesday, 130!. 12s. 4d. ; Wednesday, 1 261. 7s. I Id. ; Thursday, 155/. - 6s. 2d. ; Friday, 12 1/. Is. 4d. ; Total, 533/. 7s. 9d. In 1838 the total was 704/. 16s. 5d show ing on the present occasion a fallin g off of 171!. Bs. Bd. On Tuesday the actual collection at the door was under --T c ° o n t s i i r:t o ies w SC/., but it was increased to the amount above s t a t e d b y checks and donations received from friend s o f the charity who were unable to be present." wha T t i e l a E rly DUK hours to keep, it may be mentioned that his Grace was walking in the Parks between seven and eight yeste r d ay morn ing;the OF Duke VV of L EWellingtonl' GT°N. still and that he attended Divine Service in th e Ch ape l Royal, St. James's, at a quarter before eight o'clock. The Noble Duke was there before the Reverend Official and his attendants, and waited for nearly a quarter of an hour before he could get access to the Chapel. 1 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Park this morning, and re turned to the Castle in a pony phaeton. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal has been taken her accustomed airing to-day. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Al bert left the Castle for a drive, in a pony phaeton, fbliowed in carriages by Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Lister, and the Earl of Listowel; and attended on horseback by Colonel Weinyss, Sir Edward Bowater, and the .Hon. Sir William Lumley. The Hon. and Rev. E. S. Keppel left the Castle this morning. Mr. George Edward Anson will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening.• •• His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left his residence at Kew, yeSterday morning, to honour Col. Fremantle with a visit. Mr. W. 11. Yaldwyn, and Mr. W. D. Mer cer, late Major (16th Lancers) had an inters iew ith Lord Stanley, yesterday, at the Colonial ce. Lord Granville Somerset had au interview, yesterday afternoon, with Sir R. Peel, at his official residence, Downing-street. Mr. Archibald, Registrar of Newfoundland, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial office. Mr. Jackson, Attorney• General of Trinidad, had an interview yesterday with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office. Mr. and Mrs. Hedworth Lambton nave left their residence in Chester-street for the county of Durham. THEATRE ROYAL, IntURY•LANE. A. fancy ball, under the direction of Signor Yinefra, and at which Mademoiselle Cerito was to have appeared, was advertised for last evening at this theatre. It was announced that the danc ing would commence at ten o'clock, At . that hour, however, there were- very few pers.,ns present ; and at half after ten the numbers had not materially increased. No musicians having made their appearance, some symp toms of impatience were manifested, when Mr. Eliason advanced to the front of the orchestra, and addressed the audience as fol lows :—" Ladies and gentlemen, I am deputed by Signor Vinefra to state . that he regrets ex ceedingly that it will not be in his power to pro duce Mdlle. Cerito this evening, as she is too much indisposed to attend, and he desires me to add that the money will be returned at the doors to all those who have purchased tickets." A person in the gallery here called out, " Cannot we have some music ?"in reply to which Mr. Eliason stated that he could say nothing on that subject, and retired. There was a slight mani festation of disapprobation at this announcement. The greater part of those present immediately left the theatre ; some few, however, lingered fbr about half an hour longer, When the extinguish ing of the lights compelled them also to retire. THE HARVEST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. EAST LOTHIAN, SEPT. 11. SlR—Although the weather has rather been broken, I am happy to say we are gettifig on famously with the harvest, and with the symptoms of a very little late sown spring. We shall have all the white corn cut to day, and all the beans before this day week, and the crops altogether much better than I expected. Indeed so far as 1 am concerned I feel perfectly- satisfied with it, and to show you the quality of the wheat, I enclose you a sample of some just taken' from the field to-day. (We have received the sample of wheat, which is firm in the grain, and of beautiful quality. We may at the same time mention as a proof of the great convenience of the new system of postage; that the letter and sample were transmitted at the small charge of a twopenny stamp.) FIRE IN PICCADILLY. MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIFE. INQUEST ON TEE BODY.--Yesterday evening, at half past seven o'clock, a Jury, composed of 17 respectable in habitants of the neighbeurhood, were empannelled before Mr. Biggs, the Deputy-Coroner for Westminster, at the Barley Mow public-house, Mount-street, Grosvenor square, to inquire into the circumstances attendant upon the death of Win. West, aged 33 years, a fireman of the County Fire-office, who met his death at the above de structive fire. The Jury having been sworn, accompanied the Coro ner to view the body, which was lying in the dead-house of St. George's workhouse opposite. The body present ed a melancholy spectacle, the skin being much blistered and turn, and altogether disfigured so as to be scarcely recognizable. On their return the following witnesses were examined Henry Carter deposed that he was foreman of the County Fire-office. On Sunday evening, about half-past nine o'clock, hearing of a fire at No. 86, Piccadilly, I hastened to the spot with the deceased, when he found his engine there, and the whole of the back of the premises in fiames. About nn hour afterwards, the fire bring par tially extinguished, operations were suspended at the en gine, for the purpose of examining the extent of damage. While doing that he gave directions to the deceased, George Pince, and George Spendelow, to go borne and change their clothes, being wet through, and return im mediately. As they were going, they, however, per ceived a strong light at the back of the house, when another length of hose was attached to the engine, and carried through the shop of No. 86 to the staircase. The deceased went in with the branch. and another fireman, named Weaver, and Pince, and Gerrard, a bri gade-man. Witness then went to the back, when he almost instantly heard a cry of " Look out, the roof is coining," and immediately the roof fell in, carrying the floorings with it down to the shop. The deceased was at that moment standing at the end of the passage close to the parlour, and one of the beams struck him on the head and buried him and Weaver in the ruins. Endea vours were as soon as possible commenced for their ex • trication ' and it was soon di scovere d th a t th e deceased was dead, and that Weaver was liVing, as his voice utter ing moans could be distinctly distinguished. By the CORONER—In witness's opinion the deceased's death was not occasioned so much by burning as by the effects of a beam, &c., falling on him and forcing him down on his face. Deceased was 33 years of age that very day. Weaver was got out about half-past five o'clock yesterday morning, and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, and the body of the deceased was got out half an hour afterwards. By the Jury—Being confident of the deceased's death our xertions were chiefly directed to the extrication of Weaver, who is most severely injured, having been up wards of five hours in the ruins. George Spendelow, another of the County firemen, was next examined, but his evidence was merely a cor roboration of that given by Carter. By the CORONER—ShouId say the fire commenced in the back parlour. It had already extended itself through e roof before he reached the spot with the third engine. 'William Chard deposed that he was in the service of Mr. John Salmon, No. 86, Piccadilly, and previous to the fire slept on the premises. On Sunday last was stop ping in the house with Mr. Abraham Salmon, Mr. J. Salmon's son, with the exception of going out with orders to the houses of customers. A little after ten o'clock heard that Mr. A. Salmon was at the York Arms, at the corner of Curzon-street and Clarges street, and on going there saw him. He told witness that after he (witness) left, he went to the above house for some beer, where he met a friend, with whom he stayed a short time, when a young woman ran in and told him the house was all on fire. Henry Gould, of No. 46, Curzon-street, May=fair, fruiterer, deposed, that on S un d a y even i ng , a b out n i ne o'clock, Mr. Nixon, residing at No. 88, Piccadilly, ;net him in Half-moon-street, and infimmed him that Mr. Salmon's house was on fire. He instantly went there and wanted to break upon the door, but the police would nut let him. In about five minutes Mr. A. Salmon came up and opened the private door with a key. Witness and three others then rushed in, and went to the end of the passage and saw the staircase was in flames, and there was a candle and candlestick about two feet from the staircase. It was lying down, and the candle was not burning. The candle appeared broken in half, and the wick was not towards the stairs. - Several other war est,es were then called in, but their evidence threw no further light on the origin of the fire, and, after much desultory conversation amongst the Jury, Mr. Abraham Salmon was called in, but not examined on oath. His statement was precisely similar to that of the witness Chard relative to placing the candlestick on the ballustrade, and going to the public-house. By the Jury—Did notnowto what extent his father was injured. No further witnesses being in attendance, The CORONER said there could be no doubt that the death of the deceased was quite accidental, and The Jury, ultimately, at eleven o'clock, determined on adjourning the inquiry f o r th e p r oduction of a ddi t i ona l witnesses, till Friday next. The notorious convict, Mocho John, who escaped from the district prison in Kingston, and f or th e capture of whom a reward is offered, is, along with the rest of his fellow-escaped convicts, committing dreadful outrages and highway robberies in the Red Hills, in the parish of St. John. The authorities in this parish hav ing been made acquainted with their daring felonies, a detachment of fifteen armed policemen, with a serjeant, were sent out, accompanied by some of the proprietors and overseers in St. John's, the latter end of the last and beginning of this week. The habitation of the ruffians is said to bein some retired spot, which is un known to all but themselves.—St. Jago Gazette, July 31. MA PLE SUGAR.—Gen. Chaney Eggleston has the most extensive camp in Ohio, situate in Auburn (Geauga) county. His sugar house is furnished with fixtures and apparatus for manufacturing .500 lbs of sugar per day. A reservoir capable of containing 60 or 80 barrels, receives the sap, whence it is drawn into iron pans, placed over a large furnace to be boiled down, and transferred again to a large kettle for " sugaring off." 2.700 trees have been tapped this year, though the season has not been a favourable one for making sugar. Some reasons he has made as much as 10,000 pounds. The quantity made by him in one season, three or four years ago, brought 81,250.—Cincinnati Republican. DUBLIN, SEPT. 12.-A great deal of surprise has been excited by Lord Cosmo Russell's acceptance of office under a Tory Lord-Lieutenant. CHARTISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The subscribed will feel greatly o bliged by the insertion of the following address in your paper : To the Originators of the Plan for the Formation of a National Association for Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People. Esteemed Fellow-men—Looking back with grateful remembrance to the many services you have rendered to the cause. of Democracy, honouring you for your virtues and moral worth, and sympathizing with the sacrifices you have made on our behalf, we feel that, under the present circumstances, we should be guilty of the foulest ►ngratitude if we (lid not stand boldly forward and pro claim our entire confidence in your integrity and natriotistn. and your devotedness to the principles of the People's Charter. treating with scorn and indignation the calumnies which men, who assume the name while they violate the principles of Chartism, have levelled against you,— ws hereby assure you of our approval of the plan which you have recommended for the attainment of the People's liightF, and the improvement of their moral and social condition. As men struggling for righteous objects, we d es i re to obtain them by righteous means. - We think they need only to be understood to •be appreciated, and that the assent of an united, intelligent people, once obtained in their fltvour, no power (however mighty) can prevent their adoption as the law of the land. Believing the ignorance and moral degradation of the working classes to be the grand barrier to the creation and demonstration of that enlightened public opinion on which alone we rely for their eventual adoption, we accept your plan as the one best calculated soonest to remove that mighty incubus, that at present weighs down the spirit of Reform, and allows faction, violence, and misrepresentation, to libel and disfigure the fair face of freedom: Impressed with these sentiments and views, our ar dent longings for the consummation of our principles will permit us no longer to remain in silent inaction. We call on you—we entreat you—again to take the post of honour, which your character and past services en title you to. Let us boldly take up our position, and vindicate to the world the spirit and principles of Char tism ! Let us show in our organization our principles of action, meetings, speeches, and every pro cee d ing , that reason and philosophy, and not the impulses of our passions or the contracted notions engendered by party and factious feelings, are the impelling motives which actuate us to struggle for the moral and political eleva tion of our class. Yet the moral and intellectual energy of man is the mighty lever destined to uproot the strongholds of tyrannic assumption, and place the sons of men in that just and equitable relation to each other which will usher iu the reign of universal peace and 'good-will on earth. Earnestly hoping that this, our heartfelt appeal, may incline you to the rescue of our glorious cause, We subscribe ourselves, Your Brother Democrats ! James Savage, 27, Nape street. Charles H. Neesom, 68, Hare•street, Bethnal-green. James Williams, 58, Stanhope-street, Clare-market. James Hoppey, 4, Cleveland -street, Fitzroy-square. John Rogers, 8, Herfurd-place. H. B. Marley, 31, Charles-street, Hampstaad -road. Joseph Turner, 42,' Store-street, Bedford-square. William Hodge, Hemming's-road, Charing-cross. George T. Wood, 4, Stepney-green. W. Burton, 6, Finsbury-square. E. Mariner, 10, Ruddock's-buildings, Finsbury. John Halford, 14, Dugget-court. _Arthur Dyson, Kingsland-road. Wiliam Watson, 1, Bedford-court. B. I'. Webb, surgeon, 18, Wyndham-street, Bryanston square._ - Charles Savage, 4, Chapel -street. W. T. Walker, 1, Cornwall-row. Joseph Thorkham. 1, Cornwall-row. John Eiger, 26, Philip-street, Kingsland-road. Thomas Wade, 29, Red Lion-street, Horton. G. Bennett 4, Compton-street, Clerkenwell. R. 'W. Woodward, 9, Lock's-gardens, Clerkenwell. Robert Cubitt, 18, Cromer-street. THE CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Feeling, amongst many others of your readers, grateful for the able and Christian manner in which you advocate the repeal of the unjust and cruel bread tax laws, I am induced to trouble you with a few observa tions upon those unchristian laws. It is certainly sur prising how strangely men who make a profession of religion appear upon this subject to disregard the plainest precepts of morality. Hence they very conveniently, in their eagerness to resist any change in these laws which they deem prejudicial to 'their own interests, disregard some of the most awful passages of Scripture. Have they no reason, then, to fear the threats contained in the Epistle of James, sth chapter, verses 1, 2. 3, but espe cially the 4th verse, " Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth, and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth." In these cases, alas ! the innocent suffer and the guilty escape; that is, they escape.the punishment of their crimes in this life ; but it does not follow that they will escape it Ultimately. These dispensations I cannot but think furnish the strongest proof of a future state of retribu tion. Can there be multitudes of poor wretches suffering the heaviest calamities arising from crimes in which they had no share, while they who perpetrated them are not only free from all the evil effects of those crimes, but are enjoying great wealth, great honours, and power, ac quired by the commission of them. Can this take place • under the government of a Being infinitely wise and in finitely good, and yet there be no other state in which these glaring iniquities will be corrected. What, then, is wisdom, or justice, or goodness Are they all wordk without a Ineaning ? I have the honour to 'remain, Sir, yours respectfully, A CHRISTIAN. MR. ROEBUCK AND HIS CON- STITUENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Your remarks on the proceedings of Mr. Roe buck are in unison with the sentiments of a large majo rity of his constituents. Great surprise has been felt that he should have left the House upon Mr. S. Craw ford moving an amendment to the Address, in favour of an extension of political power ; but his reasons for so doing have caused still greater astonishment. For one who prides himself in the name of Radical to talk of giving Sir Robert Peel a "fair trial" is indeed an ano maly. The Whigs complain of having been frustrated in the work of Reform by the opposition of Peel and the Conservative party; and yet Mr. Roebuck, forsooth, would have us believe there is a chance of good resulting to the country from his (Sir R. Peel's) Premiership! It' Mr. Roebuck is yet ignorant of the feelings of the 60,000 persons he is the representative of, let him con sult the following Protest, agreed to unanimously, but a short. time ago, at a very Lumerous meeting convened for the purpose, and which Protest was supported in a most lengthy, eloquent, and argumentative speech by Colonel Napier : " THE PROTEST OF THE NON-ELECTORS OF BATH, " Declared— " That by far the larger portion of the male adults of the city of Bath have no voice in the election of repre sentatives to serve in Parliament. " That, therefore, the election of Lord Duncan and John Arthur Roebuck, Esq., is a matter in which they have not been permitted to participate. " That they, the non-electors of Bath, hereby protest against their exclusion from representation, and declare that, though they respect, personally and politically, the Ilonourable Gentlemen selected for representatives of the city by a small portion of the inhabitants, their re turn has not been legally sanctioned by the great body of those persons who are most interested in matters of legislation. " That on the day of nomination, when the choice of representatives was submitted to the people, a vast ma jority—at least five hundred to one—declared in favour of Lord Duncan and J. A. Roebuck, Esq. ; notwith standing, a poll was demanded by the opposite parties, and the great body of the people were denied the privi lege of recording their votes. That, therefore the non-electors of B a th hereby protest against the election of Lord Duncan and J. A. Roebuck, Esq.. hopin g thereby to se cure a mater i a l alteration in the law delection—an alteration that shall extend (under certain restrictions) political power to all the male adults of the United Kingdom." Mr. Roebuck will do well to attach due import ance to this testimony of a desire on the part of his constituents to obtain such changes in our laws as shall make the Government at all times, and in every sense, responsible to the peopl e . S oon after the division on Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion had taken place, a piiblic meeting was held in the Corn-market, by per mission of the Mayor. One of the speakers, alluding to Mr. Roebuck's conduct, said he deemed it a great " dere liction of duty." • A few of Mr. Roebuck's friends pre sent shouted " No, no;" these were received with louder exclamations of " Yes, yes." The speaker then pro posed the following resolution, which was carried unani mously:— " 'flint the thanks of this meeting be respectfully ten dered to Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. Wallace, Mr. T. Duncombe, and the other Members of Parliament who supported the endeavour to bring the people's claims be five her Majesty the Queen ; and this meeting is of opinion that such attempt was well-tinted, and that its being brought forward was not a " want of respect to the country." If Mr. Roebuck desires to be the virtual representa tive of the people of Bath, he will avail himself of any and every opportunity to advocate the people's claims to political power. We deem the representation of the people of infinitely more importance than the personal attacks of the Times on Mr. Roebuck. He, however, it appears, attaches more importance to himself ifitit the people. We hope better things.—Your's, 4: 1 . 7 . ELECTOR. It is stated that Mr. Sergeant Atclierley will be a candidate for the representation of Ripon, vacant by the promotion of Sir Edwurcl Sugden to the Chancel lorship of Ireland.—Noweastb Journal. A large ship arrived in the river on Wednesday, from Miratnicht, bearing the extraordinary name of " Peel's One," in memorial of that statesman's cele• brated majority in the last Parliament.—Liverpool Chronicle. " If I were so unlucky," said a military officer, " as to have a stupid son, I would certainly make him a parson." A clergyman, who was in company. calmly replied, " You think diltbrently, sir, from your father." NEW MODE OF ADVERTISING FOR SITUA- Tross.—On Wednesday afternoon two unemployed ope ratives were seen in the streets of Stoekton-upon-Tees with a board suspended between them, inscribed—" 'To Let."—Gateshead Observer. V_ENING SUN LITERATURE. THE PLAYFELLOW. Knight L, . This is one o f a series on of don tales lB4l which it is pros posed to publish quarterly. It is from the pen of Miss Martineau ; and inculcates sound, useful truths, such as were inculcated in her " Illustra tions of Political Economy." The scene of the story is laid in Norway, and it abounds in ani mated descriptions. CRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUS. The present Number, which is the Fifth, of this lively periodical, contains several humour ous plates, executed in Cruikshank'S most cha racteristic manner,—to say nothing Of n full length portrait of Madlle. Rachel, in her fa vourite character of Mary Stuart. The prose and verse are both excellent of their kind ; and we may mention, in particular, a witty jeu d'esprit entitled " A Sou, of Contradictions." DUBLIN REVIEW—Nu. XXL Dolman, London, 1541. We cannot congratulate the Editor on the en tertainment or the variety he has furnished us with ill the present number. The articles are few in number, and their paucity is not atoned for by their excellence. Among the best is an essay on the subject of" German Prose Writers," in which we find a just and vigorous sketch of the celebrated Lessing, " who," says the Re viewer, "boldly withstood the prevailing common ness of thought and style, vigorously attacked and discomfited the much-lauded French taste, and spread far and wide in his numerous writings the elements for the improvement of German litera ture. He sought utterly to annihilate the imita tion of French errors. He looked upon the age of Louis XIV. as weak and contemptible. The ancients he honoured from the very bottom of his heart, and earnestly recommended the study of them to his countrymen; but his admiration was grounded on a true insight into the nature and merits of the classic master-pieces; while for the French perversions and improvements, as they were denominated, he bad the most intolerant scorn. With all his reverence for the productions of the past, lie was not one-sided, as he had a keen and just appreciation of the literature of England, Spain, and Italy,,then but little known to Germany, so dissimilar from that of Greece and Rome; and laboured to introduce an acquaintance with its best works, as an antidote to the feeble and artificial as exhibited by that of France." We certainly do not agree with the remarks here made on the literature of Louis the Fourteenth's reign. It was an artificial age as regarded man- • ners; but not so as regarded wit or eloquence, fbr it was the age of Moliere and Massillon—eme, the great master of pulpit-eloquence, and the other of humour; and each in his line, nearly equally removed from the purely conventional or artificial. " Southern Africa in 1840," re commends the emigration of Irish labourers to this colony, as opening out finer prospects to them than either the Cauadas, or the boasted Australia have it in their power to afford. " Moral and Intellectual, Condition of Catholic Germany" states that Catholic science in that country has to struggle against numerous disad vantages ; hut adds that, in spite of all obstacles, it has achieved wonders. " The Liturgy of the Anglican Church" is a heavy and tedious theo logical disquisition, which, so far as we can per ceive, has neither beginning, middle, nor end. The one or two remaining articles are of the usual average. SMITH'S STANDARD LIBRARY. Smith, London, 1841. We have here three more Numbers of this cheap and popular Miscellany, containing repub lication of " Bryant's Poems," and " Voltaire's Charles the Twelfth," together with a transla. tion of " Goethe's Faustus," made expressly, it seems, for this edition. The Numbers are got up in superior style, as regards print and paper. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION. - A thick octavo, presenting verbatim repr,rts of the proceedings which took place durlng the June season of the last year, by the Convention held in London towards the tote.l abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade. The infamous op pressions which exist in this modern if House of Bondwre"—the millions olwhose victims stretch from Prance to the Brazils, from the land of Mahomet to the limits of Patagonia—have here their grievances presented to British sympathies, for the purpose of British exertions being made in their behalf, and it is hoped that power will be found adequate to the demand. KNIGHTS PICTORIAL EDITION OF SHAK- SPEARE. The present part contains the play of Antony and Cleopatra. The engravings and vignettes are cut with a clear and accurate fineness. The frontispiece, exhibiting Antony in the Market place with the " iare Egyptian" seated by Was side, grouped with the pillars of Isis and is choicely finished. STRAWBERRIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE .SUN. Sin—l observe in the last number Of Chambers' Edinburgh Journal an amusing article o n straw berries, which, nevertheless, contains one passage which seems to me not corre'et. It is asserted that the name of the fruit ;as bestowed on it either from the berries being brought to market on straw run through theln, or from straw being laid under to cultivate them. Both suppositions are made in forgetfulness of sonic common prin ciples of language. The strawberry is an in digenous production of our soil, and must undoubtedly have been named bethre art had fallen on a peculiar method to string the berries together, or to cultivate them. At the same time a peculiarity of the strawberry -root is mentioned, which ridicules the source of its name. It is said to propagate itself by its layers striking root in the ground, so that one plant will fill a garden, or strew itself over a large space. The name, then, is not, pro perly straw, but strew berries, though wheil or how the vowel became 'changed I know not. Their present name in Gertnan is Erdbeern, but the German word struen, used nearly in the same sense as to strew, is, I - have no doubt, the real source of the name strawberry. Your obedient servant, CRITICUS. THE IRISH COURT—The following appoint ments have taken place in the Household of his Ex cellency the Lord-Lieutenant :—Mr. Barker, Comp troller ; Major Brownlow, Master of the Horse ; Mr. G. L'Estrange, Chamberlain. Mr. L'Estrange: held the same office under Lord Haddington. Mr lAlagennis, Private Secretary ; Hon. Capt. Cole, First Aide-de-cam ; Lord Conn() Russell, Aid e -d e - camp ; Captain Marray, extra Aide-de-carnp. Captain Willis continues as Gentleman 'Usher. Report assigns the place of State Steward to Balfour. —Dublin Eimhing ACCIDENT AND NARROW ESCAPE 01 T HE DUKE OF BUCKINGUAM.—On Thursday morning last his Grace the Duke of Buckingham experienced i a "ar row escape w hil e proceeding in his carriage from t i m Pendley station of the London and Birmingham Rail way. His Grace arr i ve d f rom. town by an early tnin at Pendley, where he took his carriage, which was waiting to convey him to Stowe ; he had not proceeded tunny miles when the horses (his Grace's' own), ridden by postilions, shyed at something on the road, andc! a v u(t,. a , - turned the carr i age in a ditch near 13rought? .a ,,n.I , but His Grace r ece i ved a bump or two from tile was soon extricated unhurt. Assistance was ately obtain e d f rom M r. Fowler ' s farm, an dcarnage got out, wh en i t was found that it had trifling i n j ury , an d accordingly: his ych:o dzette. Grace u a his seat, and pr ocee d e d on his journe at Melville C as tl e , near Edi n b urg h. deceased, who The Viscountess M e l v ill e expired. !p il o s tn the a o r ndk Richard d l a l s l t . was daughter an d co -h e i r o f 1796, to Viscount Saunders, was married 29th g Melville (then the Right Hon. her Ladyship leaves issue fout;_ c rAenel Henry Dundas, namely, the lion. Lieutenan lBol; jßlsouobis; andll u n t d w as o ) d , a b t y g lN i i whom the lion. Captain C.'''. born 25th February, , born I Ith A_ pril, 1802; eper of the Navy, born t ß h i e ch l ' a io rd n. S i a to u b n e d i e .t r the Hon. Miss Jane Dundas, born 14th September, 18031 _ 14th April, 180.), -• tho l i on. and Rev. Charles Dundas, 1806, married let August, 1833, D s li hr u id n iu3, " eldest , laughter of Sir William and the Hon, Miss Anne Dundas, born. Boothby, Dart.; si St il or :l\ ek . e , sth January, 1808. bliss Louisall eictioatbiel dEnitt io , :, (i gli the Noble Earl expected t o t a k e hi s de- P f ey has not y e t l e f t town f or Dublin; an arl l "..e Ibis ‘veelt for Irela n d, t h e prec i se day of his Ex cellency leaving has not transpired. The mortal remains of the late Earl of Malmes bury are • to be removed to-morrow morning, from Put ney-heath for Heron Court, the family seat in Hants,, where the body will lay in state previous to being in ter:eft in the ancestral vault at Christchurch. A LAZY FELLow...---There was a fellow in the Far West so excessively indolent, that once, when he was pushed down a hill, he ran on for three days and, nights, being too lazy to stop him self.—/Ilissou r i Gazette A GENUINE HOSTLER'S BILL.--" To Anes, 3s. Gd. To Agetinoniniom, Gd." Which, being ren dered into English from its present Greek form, stands thus :—To a Horse, 3s. Gd. To a getting on him home, Gd.. A tradesman of Shrewsbury travelling in a taxed cart, on the Atcham-road, was on Sunday , charged a toll of los. 4(1. in passing through Emstres gate, for having the name of the owner of the cart affixed on the wrong side of it.—Cambrian. Mintz, at T r i este, h as pu bli s h ed declaration sce of contradicting the report of its failure, given, by the German papers, and stating that at no period has: it been under the slightest embarrassment. r f!i S 1,4