The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-22 00:00:00

EVENING SUN. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business. Mr. Charles Pearson came to the table, to be admitted ono of the attorneys of the Mayor's Court. Sir P. LAURIE asked if there was any precedent for the City Solicitor holding, the two appointments ? Mr. PEARSON said in ancient times the City Solicitor was an attorney of the Mayor's Court. For many years it had been otherwise, and the inconvenience had been frequently experienced, from the City Solicitor being debarred from practising in the Local Courts of the City, which might with propriety be called his own Courts. Alderman T. WooD said that the object of the Court, in appointing Mr. Pearson, was to endeavour to effect reforms in the City Courts, which were rendered indis pensable by the alterations of times and circumstances. The Corporation had been prevented from accomplishing this by the fact, that all the offices were held as pur chased places, until the decease of the late Mr. Williams, ♦without having alienated his office, restored the appoint ment to the Corporation. Sir P. LAURIE said he entirely concurred in the ap pointment of Mr. Pearson, as he found there were pre cedents for the City Solicitor holding the office. He was glad that his question had elicited that explanation. THE PIER AT BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. Sir P. LAURIE said that he considered it necessary to call the attention of the Court to the dangerous condi tion of the temporary pier at Blackfriars-bridge, at which a late accident occurred, which nearly proved fatal.— (Hear, hear.) He understood that the inqUest Jury of the county . of Middlesex had presented the subject to the Court of Conservancy, and he wished to know whether any thing had been done to remedy the evil complained of. The LORD MAYOR said that the question had been re ferred to the City Solicitor, who had instructions to ap ply to the parties particularly interested to make the necessary arrangements to abate what was certainly justly considered a very great nuisance. • The CITY SOLICITOR said that numerous representa tions had been made of the pier, to which the worthy Alderman alluded, both as an obstruction to the naviga tion and highly dan g erous for the embarkation of steam boat passengers. Apresentment to that eff had been made ; but it was informal, and could nolvbe put in f o rce. If the Lord Mayor would summon a Court of Conservancy for London the Jury might, upon Inspection, condemn the pier as a dangerous nuisance and an ob struction to the navigation, and the Water Bailiff would be authorised, levi manu, to abate the nuisance ; or, if the Court of Aldermen thought proper to direct an in dictment to be preferred against the parties who had erected it, he would at the next Central Criminal Court take the requisite proceedings. A Court of Conser vancy for the City of London had not been held since the mayoralty of' Alderman Thorpe ; but the powers of the Court were in full force. The Navigation Committee had directed measures to be taken to render more effective the jurisdiction of those import ant Courts, by a vigorous and impartial exercise of the extensive powers they possessed. Application had been made to Captain Bullock and other able men acquainted with the tidal course of the river, to lay down, in concert with the officers of the Port and Navigation Committees, a line of demarcation, showing the point beyond which encroachments of any kind should be strictly forbidden. As soon as this survey could be completed, the extensive powers of the Conservators of the river would be put in motion. to abate all the nuisances which, of late years, had grown up on the banks of the river, both above and below London-bridge, to the serious detriment of the na ligation. Except by some general measure of this kind, it was impossible to put down the evils com plained of.—(Hear, hear.) Juries and Magistrates would not convict in isolated cases, when it was alleged that other nuisances equally dangerous and injurious were permitted to continue, whether with the sanction of the Conservators ;or in defiance of their authority. At Greenwich, a short time since, informations laid by the City against a pier which was reported to be dangerous, were defeated, and the Corporation were charged with an improper interference with the watermen's pier ; while others, it was said, were allowed to continue, though equally injurious to the free navigation of the river. —(Hear.) Alderman FAREBROTHER said that there was an Act of Parliament for improving the river Thames westward of Lendon-bridge, and over the river to the east of Lon don-bridge the Lord Mayor had unquestionable power. But in case of danger no delay ought under any circum stances to take place. He had, when Lord Mayor, being convinced of the necessity of an immediate interference in a case in which a dangerous obstruction took place in the river Thames, directed, without consulting any one, that the most determined course should be adopted to remove the source of annoyance and peril at once, and the removal accordingly took place with all possible expedition.—(Hear, hear.) He should, if ne cessary, move that the Lord Mayor do call a Jury of the City of London to inquire into the state of the river at Blaekfriars-bridge. Sir P. LAURIE said that Mr. Walker, the engineer, had suggested the placing of a pier at the Westminster side of Blackfriars Bridge, as a much more eligible site. He had also heard it suggested that a pier should be raised in the river, as was the case at Southwark bridge, in such a manner as to obviate the necessity of incommoding either side of the street leading to the water.--(llear, hear.) The LORD MAYOR said that he should order a Jury for the city and county of London to be summoned for Thursday, the 12th of August, to enquire into the state of the pier at 131ackfriar's-bridge.—(Hear,) The probability is, we understand, that a pier will ba crested at the Bridewell side of Blaokfriar's Bridge. DINNER. TO ALDERMAN FARN- COMB. On Monday the I9th inst. the electors of the ward of Bassishaw had the pleasure of giving a welcome dinner to the newly elected Alderman of the ward, Thomas Farn comb, Esq.. one of the present Sheriffs. Thomas Wadd, Esq., an old and much esteemed . inhabitant presided, supported byAlderman Farneomb and Mr. Sheriff Gibbs, Mr. SeL,•ondary Potter, Deputy Frisby, and the whole of the Common Conned ; the deputy chairs were filled by Mr. Undorsheriff James and Mr. Drew Wood. After the Queen and the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman ex pressed the delight he felt in proposing the health of Mr. Alderman Farncomb, who had been elected almost (he might say from the retiring of the other gen tleman candidates for the aldermanic gown) by the unanimous voice of the electors. The known re pectability of that 'gentleman,— his aptitude to business, which had been shown by the manner in which he had filled the important office of Sheriff—his urbanity of manners, and general sterling worth, was a guarantee for his being an excellent Alderman. The toast was received with great enthusiasm, and was replied to by the worthy Alderman with much feeling. He expressed the delight he experienced in the reception he had met with, much beyond his most sanguine expectations, and he had pleasure in saying that those gentlemen who (lid not pronnse him support met him in the kindest manner, anti had since treated him with the most gentlemanly feeling. lie assured the gentlethen present that it would be the study of his life to protect the interest of the ward, which he hoped for the future would be considered as one family ;- he would act as an independent Magis trate of the great City of London ought to act, for the ge-ieral benefit of the City, supporting its rights and privileges, and administering justice to all with the greatest impartiality. The health of Sheriff Gibbs was proposed, and ac knowledged by the. worthy Sheriff, who expressed the groat pleasure he had experienced in acting with the worthy Alderman (Farncomb), to whom he had felt great _pleasure in s iving some little assistance ; and would warrant for his performing the duties of the office with • satisfaction to his constituents. The healths of the Rev. Lecturer, Mr.Povah, and the De puty Chairman, were proposed and heartily responded to and acknmvledged. The entertainment which was given by Mr. Baily at Mason's Hall, was of the most magnificent description ; every delicacy the season could afford was given, with the choicest wines; and the meeting were further de lighted by the vocal assistance of Messrs. Ransford, Turner, I oung, and Bradbury. LONDON ELECTRICAL SOCIETY. TUESDAY, JULY 20.—The papers read at this meeting were, Ist. On the Perforation of N on - Conducting Sub stances, by the mechanical action of the electric fluid, t o. n o d a E th f e by Andrew Crosse, Esq., Mem. Ele c . s o , 'Sects of Vegetable Points on Free Electi: 2 • h t e ti ici a position they thus occupy in the economy of on, b Mr. Pine, of Maidstone. 3d. An Account of Expe y riments undertaken to Investigate the Nature an d Chanel; cif' Colour of Bodies by Heat, and their Con ditetin P • Power, by Th om as Pol!ock, Esq., M em. g leute.::,.)Soc. 4th. On the Method of Resto r i ng - - =to Weakened Magnets their Primitive Strength, by Muncke (translation). sth. Results of Ex- Teriments made with a Groves' Battery, by Professor De la Rive (translation). 6th. Monthly Register, for June • 1841, of the Electrical State of the Atmosphere Lin re lation to its Metereological Phenomena, by W. 11 , -Weekes, Esq. • It would be fruitless to attempt gi vin g , within our limits, an abstract of all these .interesting. communications Llet it suffice to mention the genera l _ features, and to direct our readers to the proceedings of the Society for further information. The first paper teaches the possibility of drilling even diamonds by the agency of electricity. The second describes the little noticed, but extraordinary, functions of the leaves of plants. The third is a bold, but pos sible attempt to - generalise the imponderable agents of nature. The fourth contains a very sensible mode of preserving and restoring magnetic power, and is well worthy the notice of those who possess magnetic ma chines. The fifth contains further confirmation of cer . tain experiments on the electric flow ; and some inte resting theoretical observations on its rotation with a magnet. The sixth is the Monthly Register, the elec trical data of which are obtained with the extensive ap paratus erected over the town of Sandwich. CHANGES IN AM ERICA.—Thirty years ago the " Genesee country " was considered by a Yankee as almost the extreme boundary of the hardiest enterprise. ,But now the " far west " is at a much greater distance on the one side, than the oldest east on the other. What was then a tedious, uncomfortable, six weeks' journey, is now performed with case and comfort in three days ; and when they get railroads and steam-carriages, it can be effected in less than one. The time may come when • the Yankee shall breakfast at New York, dine at Buffalo, sup at Detroit, and get to Green Bay early enough for parade the next morning. There was rather a curious arrival at Paris the other day by one of the coaches from Boulogne—that of some English masons and bricklayers, who have been engaged to work upon the fortifications of Paris. The French must think the English are not much alarmed at the threats of M. Thiers, when they see them selling horses for the French cavalry, which no other State would furnish, and find that workmen are to be had from Eng land to assist in putting up the works which, according . to. as M. ion Thiers, are to serve not merely as a defence against Inv, but as the means of enablin g the French to cam( war in to the territories of their neighbours. - ;PA SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS Or YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Herald this morning indulges its gossiping propensities by giving publication to one of the many .programmes of the Cabinet to-be-formed, which have for several days amused the saunterers of the Tory club-rooms. As every scheme of this descrip tion is merely conjectural, it is obvious that an examina tion of .the adaptation of the individuals for the posts as signed them, would not only be premature, but absurd. When the official announcement appears, we shall do our duty to the public, by exhibiting their peculiar claims, individually and collectively, to the nation's confidence. In this attempt we shall be materially assisted by quo tations from the columns of the very journals which are now most eloquent in praise of the proximate Premier and his supposed colleagues. The _Herald, the Stand ard, the Times, with a long train of minor authorities, have placed upon record their deliberate judgment of the personal and political merits of Sir R. Peel and his associates. The fulsome laudations of their princi ples and talents, in which they now indulge, may be as worthless as the condemnation they recently pronounced. They will, however, serve to show the integrity of the Tory organs ; and exemplify the boasted unanimity of the party which is to bear down opposition by the strength which is derived from perfect agreement on all questions of state policy ! As, however, there can be no doubt that Sir R. Peel will ocoupy a prominent post in the Government—whether that of Premier, is more than doubtful—we may safely exhibit the estimate in which he is held by his evidently reluctant supporters ; and ask, if these do not conceal that their adoption of him as their leader is constrained, and not cordial, whether those who are avowedly opposed to his policy and rule are not more than justified in protesting against and resisting both ? COURIER.—Some doubts have prevailed till now re specting the Speakership, when there ought to be none. We are not unwilling to acknowledge that Mr. Shaw Lefevre agreeably disappointed our expectations by the respectable manner in which, a strong party-man as he is, he fulfilled the duties of that station in the late Par liament. But there are not wanting many Members in the Conservative ranks equally able, more versed even in par liamentary lore, and better entitled by opinions to preside over an assembly to the majority of which the political principles of Mr. Lefevre are distasteful. Let him rest content ; he is only too fortunate in having been allowed again to misrepresent South Hampshire. Sir Eardley Wilmot, Bart., the Conservative Member for North War wickshire, it is now confidently stated, will be the Speaker of the new Parliament. The re-election of Mr. Shaw Lefevre was never for an instant thought of by the Conservatives, who are quite aware that any such step would be taken as a proof of weakness and disunion in their party. So soon as Mr. Goulburn had decided to accept the Home Department, it was arranged that Sir Eardley Wilmot should be elected to the Speakership. The Conservative leader is just as likely to second the Address to be moved by Lord John Russell as to consent to the re-election of Mr. Lefevre, the Radical Member for South Hants. STANDARD.—As nothing more has been learned of the single remaining election (that for Wexford county), the account of returns must stand as yesterday—viz , according to the Ministerial calculation, a majority of eighty—as we calculate, a majority of more than ninety for the Conservative party. The difference between these calculations is of little moment as regards the main re sult, and it is easily accounted for. The Ministerial cal culation claims as belonging to the Whig-Radical party all who have ever voted with that party during the last year or two—claims also all who, not having been in the last Parliament, received Whig-Radical support upon tie hustings. Experience, however, proves the fal• lacy of such calculation. There always have been men in Parliament who, from conscientious or other motives, support a Ministry as long as it possesses the confidence of the Sovereign, and of an independent majority in Parliament, even while they occasionally oppose Mi nisterial measures. The effect of the Reform Bill, and perhaps the heated temper of parties in our time, may cause the number of such men to be less than for merly ; but the difference between the majorities upon the Irish Registration Bill and Lord Sandon's resolution on one side, and the decisive vote of want of confidence on the other, prove that some of them, even to the number of twenty or thirty, were to be found in the last House of Commons ; we think that the late election in Great Britain, which, notwithstand ing the benevolent efforts of the Ministers, presented on the whole lees of acrimony than almost any elec tions we can remember, must have increased the num ber. As to the Irish elections, they indeed supply no recruits to the excessively moderate or neutral section ; but beside the gain of eight already secured to the Conservative party, there must be a large gleaning to be obtained by petitions. It is impossible that the returns from Cork county, Kerry, Clare, Longford, Louth, and Tipperary, can be permitted to stand. These returns have been made by the most daring and the most atrocious violence. We have already mentioned, on the authority of the Cork Constitution, seventeen inquests, held in the single county of Tipperary ; and we see by a proclamation in the official Gazette of Dublin, that at Clare the Conservative candidate was grievously assaulted in his own person, and one of his friends actually murdered by his side. Similar scenes occurred at Longford, and all the other places we have named. At Louth 57 electors made oath that they dared not, without extreme peril of their lives, even approach the county town. Now it cannot be pretended that fair elections, or. any elections, have been made where such terror prevailed. WEXFORD ELECTION. MONDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. SECOND DAY'S POLL. Power Hatton Morgan Hall - 562 510 476 LATEST BETTING AT MAN- CHESTER. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. The attendance was gild this morning, but no busi ness of importance done. The betting seemed to pass over very well. GOODWOOD.—For the Stakes, 9 to 2 taken on the field. The same odds offered on the Cup field. As nearly as we could glean, at a late hour, the prices ran thus : THE GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Henri Qnatre—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Exit—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Isabella THE GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Greatorex'3 Pocahontas 5 to 1 agst Duke of Orleans' Nautilus 9 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles XII. 14 to 1 agst Marquis of Westminster's Maroon DONCASTER CUP. 500 to 400 offered on the field 9 to 2 agst Van Amburg—taken STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER.—The failure of the eminent banking house of Geymuller and Co., of Vienna, intelligence of which reached this town by the Hamburgh mail on Mon day evening, produced a decidedly unfavourable effect upon our yarn market yesterday ; the German buyers generally suspending their operations until the effect of this unexpected and extensive failure is better ascer tained. The amount of business done was conse quently very small ; and rather lower prices were, in many instances, submitted to. The demand for manu factured goods was also extremely limited, and the business done in printing cloth was generally at rather lower rates. We think it right to state, in the reference to the engagements of the banking-house of Daintry, Ryle, and Co., which appeared in the Guardian of Wed nesday last, that there was an inaccuracy of expression which was calculated to mislead the reader. The lia bilities of the Manchester firm are upwards of half a million (in fact about 600,0001.), but a large portion of these is owing to the London bankers ; and the amount which will eventually fall upon Manchester and its neigh bourhood is comparatively small. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 17. We have had a brisk market for flannels to-day, and many have been sold ; but there has been no advance in Price. There has been also a change in the wool market ; the sellers have generally asked an advanced price, but the manufacturerers have been very unwilling to comply with their demand. ATROCIOUS MURDER.--A dreadful murder has just been discovered between Hethersett and Wy kreleion_dh,aman, in Norfolk. A poor girl, whose name is not in the knife which neighz.oturday last, was assaulted by a young man com "n raon, odnvsho was weeding in a field by Wymondham shourhood. She resisted, and he took a her through thie.P°cr effected hi s pu Carried about her person, and having cut her throat ; he then dragged at night she was Tu r i T s k s t° a pond. Not returning home bo e a d, and a search being made for her on Sunday, th e picion had fallen on they was found in the pond ; sus and a coroner's inque st adjoining eld on the body, which had Zsinhg man, he was apprehended, t°t to Norwich Castle on the 44irubarn on Monday. The been removed to an I murder" against him. H Ju e ry has fou b l e i e d n aftilvieyrdi c o mm i tted c coroner's warra nt. The Rev.wara James Hamil ton , M.A , Vicar of r Great Baddow, in Essex , has been instituted urr to the Rec tory. of Beddington , in the county of s the death of the Re v. John B romfield Fermi s who held .' vacant by that living for the long period of 59 years. , His Grace the Duke of Northumberland h as granted a site of land in the villa g e of Shilbottle f or u s Wesleyan Methodist chap el, with the sto ne requisite fur the building.—Durharn Advertiser. ST. KATHARINE'S DOCK COMPANY.. --,Th e half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held on Tuesday, at the Dock-house, Tower-hill, the D e _ ' pat -Chairman in the chair. The result of the business cu rled on during the six months ending the 30th June, was, under all circumstances, highly satisfactory, and quite as favourable as could have been anticipated, inasmuch as the increase in the arrivals of shipping, compared with the returns of the corre sponding period of 1840, amounted to forty-five vessels, arid 9,562 tons. The great decrease was as regarded Spain, the decline being seven vessels, but whose united tonnage was only 992 tons. The chief increase in th e arrivals, dur ing the past six months, had been from South America. The proprietors had the more reason to be satisfied with the general result of the business of their docks, inasmuch as taking the returns for the whole port of London, there was shown to be a decrease of 191 ships and 13,048 tons, which fell, how ever, entirely upon foreign vessels, for the British vessels en tered had increased in number by 73 or 23,250 tons, during the months ending the sth July, 1841, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. Taking the port of London altogether, the arrivals in the six months ending the sth July, were 1,910 British vessels of 397,000 tons, and 730 foreign of 41,700 tons, or altogether 2,640 ships of 506,700 tons. THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1841. TROUBLES AT TOULOUSE. PARIS, TUESDAY, JULY 20.—A telegraphic despatch, dated Toulouse, half-past eight, A.)!., Monday, annotinceF that M. Maurice Duval, Extraordinary Commissioner of the Government, arrived at seven, P.M., Sunday. M. Bocher gave up his authority to M. Duval. Sunday and Monday all was quiet. A telegraphic despatch, dated Monday afternoon, announces that, at the requisi tion of the Government Advocate-General, the Royal Court of Toulouse had just taken up the affair of the troubles. Lieutenant-General Halliera left Paris on Monday for Toulouse, to take the command of the troops. M. Bocher, concludes the Moniteur, on his arrival at Toulouse, published a proclamation calling upon the inhabitants to respect order and military laws. The Moniteur Parisien adds to the above details, that the order and directions sent to Lyons by Lieut.-General de St. Michel were accompanied by a letter, in which Mar shal Soult reminded him of his duties in noble and ener getic terms. The Debats published a long letter from M. Mahul, the sub-Prefect, giving explanations of the late events at Toulouse, and as to the authorisation he had given to the demand f the National Guards ; and, secondly, as to his . forced refuge which was the consequence of that measure. In respect to the first, M. Mahul, that in presence of a formidable emeute, around and entrenched, he could not legally and safely refuse the demand of the Municipal Administration, to the making this proclamation to prevent sanguinary results. The Procureur-General, M. Plougoulm, gave his opinion in writing for this Con vocation. Secondly, his retreat on the 13th was in con sequence of the attitude of the National Guards, who, having deserted the field with the troops of the line, prevented him from acting efficaciously against the rioters. The National Guards, moreover, declare that they went out under his authority, but would only pro tect his person by favouring . his retreat. M. Mahul fur ther uges that he wrote twice to General St. Michel, demanding reinforcements. That instead of sending them, Camp Marshal Rambaud came to him on the part of the General, to declare that although the troops were well disposed, they were so mixed up with the National Guards in the various posts, that it would be impossible to act with any chance of success against the people. M. Mahul then demanded an escort to go to the barracks, or to the arsenal, there to hold out, but General Rambaud replied, that for the same reasons the operation was impracticable, and that it was as diffi cult to defend the barracks or the arsenal as the Prefec ture. M. Mahul says, that as there wore only 150 men at their posts, he entertained no doubt that the General's representations were accurate. The General added, that the sole object of the emeute was directed against him (M. Mahul), and begged him to depart, as all would then be appeased. M. Mahul, seeing himself de prived of all force, and reduced to complete impo tency, consented to quit, and escaped by the small door of the garden of the Prefecture in a vehicle, accompanied by General Rambaud, the Mayor ad in terim, and two officers of the National Guards. M. Mahul adds that these persons risked their lives to save him, as he should have been assassinated if they had had the misfortune to meet one of the bands of insurgents. M. Mahul concludes by affirming that he had acted up to the last moment as " became a man of sense and cou rage, and that no friend of the Government at Toulouse can reproach him with having failed in his duty, and his enemies on the spot impute to him everything except the first, that which would, in his eyes, be the night grave, but to have pushed resistance to them till the last possi ble extremity." The most curious phrase in M. Mahul's explanation, which excites much commentary, is the following :—" It would not be correct to state that rhave shrunk before the effusion of blood of the factions. I have always ad mitted that it was both my right and duty so to do." M. Plougoulm, says the Gazette de Tribunaux, had been ordered immediately to Paris by telegraphic de spatch. The Emincipation of the 17th states that on the pre ceding evening about eighty sub-officers of the garrison, sung the " Marseillaise" at a cafe in the Place de la Capitole r and the chorus shouted, " Down with the Tou louseians.' The populace attacked them with stones, but;the Na tional Guards interfered and quelled the disturbance, two of the latter being, however, wounded. The ob noxious Tirailleurs (new regiment) on the 17th were ordered to their barracks, and their posts occupied by the 37th. PARIS, TUESDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK, A.M.-It is stated that M. Maurice Duval has ordered the arrest of the editor of the Emancipation, who is to be brought before the Court of Assize for bringing the King's Government into hatred and contempt. The ringleaders of the riots are also to be prosecuted. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 30 (via Vienna).—The intel ligence received by the Porte with respect to the position and resources of the insurgents of Candia is such as to encourage the belief that the disturbances there will be soon quieted altogether. Complaints have been addressed by the Porte to the Government of King Otho on the conduct of the Greeks, who it was rumoured had been preparing fire-ships at Syra to burn the Turkish fleet. The Sultan is again indisposed. • A circular had been addressed to the representatives of the European Powers, informing them that the Porte was seriously occupied with the affairs of Bulgaria. Rifaat Bey, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, had de livered to the Patriarchs of the Greek, Armenian, and Jewish community, firmans of the Sultan, for the special protection of the population of Syra, who are hencefor ward to be relieved from all arbitrary exactions, and be liable only to the regular taxes. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—The Tribune, for Odessa, 7th ult., lat. 36, lon. 26, by the Copia, arrived at Fal mouth. Charles, from Alexandria, 20th ult., off Malaga.; Exile of Brixham, 28th ult., in the Gut of Gibraltar ; Atalanta, sth, off St. Übes, by the Hayle, arrived at Falmouth. Bagshaw. Mauritius to London, May.3o, lat. 12, lon.. 23 W. ; Dove, Newcastle to Rio Janeiro, 9th ult., lat. 1 N., lon. 23 W. ; Caledonia, Sydriey to London, lat. 43, lon. 27 ; Orpheus. London for Jainaica, 18th, off the Lizard, by the Ide, arrived at ditto. Cornish Diamond, of St. Ives, and Pantaloon, of Yarmouth, from Alexandria, 27th ult., in the Gut of Gibraltar, by the Tribune, arrived at ditto. Lady Constable of Liver pool, for Quebec, 17th ult., Cape Clear. E. by S. 40 miles, by the Venture, arrived at Newport. Crescent, of Guernsey, for Cork, 16th, by the Tyro, ar rived at Cork. Caledonia, steamer. steering W. 10th, lat. 47, lon. 32, by the Prince Regent, arrived at Ports mouth. Pilot, Quebec to Southampton, Bth, lat. 46, lon. 42, by the Cornwall, transport, arrived at ditto. Hope, from Manilla, 17th May, lat. 2 N., lon. 23 W. ; Kelblain, of Greenock, steering south, 27th, lat. 9, len. 27, by the Philantrope, arrived at Bordeaux. Swan, Newfound land to Oporto, sth lat. 42, lon. 11 ; Gondola, of Bel fast, 13th, lat. 48, ion. 17, by the William Skinner, ar rived in the River. Sophia, Jamaica to London, Ist ult., off the Caymans ; Thalia, Bth, lat. 22, lon. 84 ; Quebec Packet, 4th, lat. 20, lon. 82 ; Skelleftea, Gothenburg to New York, 24th, lat. 28, ion. 62 ; Apollo (American), 3d inst., lat. 44, lon. 41, by the Kent, arrived off Ply mouth. QUALIFICATIONS OF A YANKEE.—The fol lowing description of a Yankee was given in a recent lecture at Boston :—" If you place him on a rock in the midst of the ocean, with a pen-knife and a bundle of shingles, he would manage to work his way on shore. Ile sells salmon from Kennebec to the people of Charles ton ; haddock 'fresh from Cape Cod,' to the planters of Motanzas; raises coffee in Cuba; swaps mules and horses for molasses in Porto Rico; retails ice from Fresh Pond, in Cambridge, to the East Indies—mutton from Brighton at New Orleans and South America—manufactures Morns Multicaulis' for the Governor of Jamaica—be comes an admiral in foreign nations—starts in a cockle shell craft of fifteen tons, loaded with onions, mackerel, and other notions (too numerous to mention) for Valpa raiso—baits his trap on the Columbia river—catches wild beasts in Africa for Macomboy and Co.'s Caravan—sells granite on contract to rebuild San Juan de Ulloa—is ready, like Ledyard, to start for Timbuctoo to-morrow morning'—exiles himself for years from his home, to sketch in their own wilderness, the wild men of the woods,' and astonishes refined Europe with the seeming presence of the untutored savage—introduced to Metter nich, he asks him What's the news?'—says, how do you do, Marm ?' to Victoria—and prescribes Thomp son's eye water to the Mandarins of China."—New York Paper. BLESSINGS OF THE CORN-LAWS.--Yesterday morning a simultaneous rise in the price of bread took place throughout the metropolis ! The 41b. loaf as de livered over the counter of the cheap baker is this day eightpence halfpennny ! and at the full-priced baker's tenpence ! Furthermore, is is stated, that in a very short time the common or household loaf of 4lbs. will be tenpence halfpenny, and the best wheaten bread thirteen pence ! These stubborn facts come home to every man's bosom, and tell more keenly than the speeches of ten thousand lecturers. - SUBSTITUTE FOR FOUNDLING HOSPITALS. —ln other islands, a mode is occasionally adopted for throwing on the Chamber the burden of supporting superfluous infants, which is as novel and original a plan as Swift's " modest proposal" for bettering the condition of Ireland. The mother puts the baby in a basket, and at night, when all are in bed, deposits the burden out side a neighbour's door. If the child cries (which is very likely, under such circumstances), the neighbour wakes, suspects what is going on, gets out of bed, opens the door, and quietly carries the basket to the next door, where, perhaps, the same thing happens, and the bur den is again removed one house further on. In this way, if the child is noisy, it may be transferred from house to house through an entire village ; for the custom is, that the person at whose door it is found after day-break must take the charge of it. A certain weekly payment can then be demanded of the authorities, but the child must be reared by the last discoverer.—Bullar's Winter in the Azores. CHILDBIRTH ON BOARD A GRAVESEND KTEAMER.—On Tuesday at two o'clock a curious scene occurred on board the Star, A young man was seen leading hi s y oung w if e t o t h e ladies' cabin, and in a few minutes afterwards she was delivered of a daughter. This unexpected event created much sympathy for the poor woman, especially as there was no medical man on board. Mr. Stevens, civil engineer ; Mr. Northhouse, and several other gentlemen, who were engaged in a snc gr cessful exp er i ment to test the eat superiority of Dr. Albert's st eam f ue l over the best coal, quitted the engine-ro om , to commence a subscription to obtain aid for the moth er an d h er ch i ld, when severa l so vereigns were in a few minutes contributed, and they had the satisfaction of hearinr, that both were " as well as could be expected." The ?ether, whose name is Potts, is a ropemaker of Chatham, and was for some time incon solable, fearing the los s o f hi s w if e an d c hild ) f r om the p r emature and unprepared accouchement. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 21. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) much." She said, I think there is something," and he then replied, " I hit her. I have been doing nothing else." The prosecutrix was very much hurt, and blood was streaming from her mouth. Her clothes were also much torn. After the prosecutrix had been removed from the ditch, she (witness) found her (pro2ecutrix's) apron, and a man's cotton cap. Mr. DowLING then addressed the Jury for the de fence, and The Learned . JUDGE having summed, the jury con victed the prisoner of an assault only. The prisoner was then sentenced to two years' hard labour. James Sheridan, Peter Sheridan, James Smith, John Smith, Matthew Clonin, and James Clonin, all Irish la bourers, were indicted for cutting and wounding Abra ham Woodhouse, with intent•to murder or do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Marsh prosecuted, and Mr. Dowling defended. It appeared from the evidence of a number of wit nesses, that, on Sunday evening, the 4th inst., the pri soners, with a number of other Irish labourers, who were employed as haymakers at Waltham Abbey, assembled at a public-house, and attacked indiscriminately a num ber of English labourers, amongst whom was the prose cutor. The prisoners made use of their knives ; the pro secutor received a wound of about nine inches in length on his left side, and another severe wound in his shoul der. - Several other persons received similar injuries. Mr. DOWLING addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soners. Verdict—Guilty of wounding, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm. There were other indictments against the prisoners for wounding other persons, and also for a riot, but the Learned Judge said it was unnecessary to proceed with them. The prisoners were severally sentenced to be impri soned and kept to hard labour for six months. - CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Sergeant TADDY and a Special Jury.) BLACK AND OTHERS V. FELIOWS OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD. This was a feigned issue under the Act of Parliament, to try whether the defendants were entitled to take the tithes upon certain lands in the parishes of Romford and Hornchurch in kind, or under a modus. Sir W. Follett, Mr. Platt, and Mr. Ogle were for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Perceval for the defendant. Sir W. FOLLETT said he had the honour to appear on behalf of the plaintiffs, who were the owners or occu piers of certain lands in the . parish of Romford, situated on the north side of the ancient highway from Romford to Brentwood, and the question the Jury would be called upon to decide, was whether they should pay their tithe upon their hay in kind, at least whether it originally was liable to that kind of payment, or whether under an ancient prescriptive right or modus. By the Tithe Commu tation Act:the Jury were perhaps aware that the old plan of payment of tithes was abolished, and a permanent rent charge upon the land was substituted in lieu of that impost ; and the amount of this rent-charge was of course 'regulated by the former amount of tithe that was paid, and it of course was very different in amount where a modus existed, and where the tithes were taken in kind. The Tithe Commutation Act was not intended at all to affect existing interests ; if land was tithe free, the rent-charge was paid accordingly ; and •if there was a modus it was regulated by the amount paid. From what, however, had already taken place in this suit, he could not help thinking that the Wardens of the College were endeavouring, by the means of the Tithe Commuta tion Act, to raise a new property to themselves, and one to which in his opinion, upon looking at the evidence and the other circumstances, they had no legal or rightf u l claim, and he could only attribute their defence in the present suit to the circumstance of their acting as a cor poration, as they were all well aware that a body of men would adopt proceedings in defence of any supposed right which an individual would shrink from attempting. He should be enabled to show the Jury that, for a great many years, no payment in kind for hay had ever been made, and should be enabled to show by documents ob tained from the chest of the College itself that for cen turies a custom had existed of paying threepence an acre for the tithe of hay, and that the College had over and over again granted leases upon that principle ; and notwithstandiag all this they had now thought pro per to compel the landholders and the occupiers of this district to come into Court and prove their legal exemption from the payment of the tithe in kind. He cheerfully accepted the challenge, and he had not the least doubt that it would be an easy task for him to satisfy the Jury of the existence of the right that was set up by his clients. The Learned Coun sel then explained that he should by documentary evi dence show that for centuries a custom had existed in this portion of the parish referred to of paying a tithe of fourpence an acre upon hay land that had not been ploughed, and threepence for that which had been ploughed, and he said this principle had always been acted upon, and although the College might now find it to be unprofitable to them, they were not therefore to compel the farmers and the landowners to pay them a larger amount than they had a *legal right to de mand. According to the old fiction of law this modus was declared to have existed from the time of Richard the First ; but, of course, it was utterly 1 npossible that evidence should be adduced to prove that, and the law, besides, did not require it, for the presump tion of law was, that where a prescriptive right was shown to have existed for a great many years, and within living memory, extending to that period, that it should be taken as having always existed, and the law required no other evidence ; and, by a recent Act of the Legisla ture, it was declared, that when a party had had the en joyment and possession of an estate, undisturbedly, for 30 years, that no title that might be raked up, how ever good that title might be, should disturb him in his possession ; and the same principle would apply to the present.case ; and if he showed them that the landowners had enjoyed their property upon the terms referred to for the long period mentioned, no one had now a right to disturb them. An Act of Parliament had been passed in 1532, which declared that where the existence of a modus was proved for thirty years, unless some contrary evidence, or proof of an arrangement, was tendered in opposition to it, that it must be held to establish the right ; and the same Act said, that where proof of its existence for sixty years was given, that no evidence could shake it. There were, however, some exempted cases, and the College probably thought they came within their scope ; but without reference to that Act at all, he should contend that he was entitled to their verdict. He must confess that he was surprised at the proceedings of the College, for besides the evidence of the witnesses he should produce in behalf of the plaintiff's case to speak from their own knowledge as to the exist ence of the modus, he should show by documents from the College muniments that it had existei for centuries, and had never been questioned till the present time. The Learned Counsel then read an extract from a lease granted by the College to Lady Anne Wade in 1625 ; one of the covenants of which was, that a return should be made of the boundaries, &c., and also of the customs, and the mode of paying the tithes on corn and hay, and to which a return was made that the corn was taken in kind, but that the hay was by ancient custom paid for at 3d. an acre on land that had been ploughed, and 4d. where it had not ; and he said that there were several other similar leases and similar returns, one of which was dated so far back as the year 1595. He could not conceive how it was possible that the College, with the knowledge of the existence of such documents as these, should attempt to oppose the right that was set up, for he was quite sure that no evidence they could produce would destroy their effect. The Learned Counsel said that his case did not rest entirely upon the documents he had already referred to, for there was another very curious document that had been for tunately laid hold of during the proceedings, which like wise went to establish the right. It appeared that in 1659, at the time of the Commonwealth, a Committee of the House of Commons was appointed, that was called the Committee of Plundered Ministers ; and they were desirous to raise the stipends of the subor dinate members of the Church, and, among others, to augment the stipend of the Vicar of Hornchurch, and they called upon the College to do so. They, however, were very unwilling to make the proposed increase, and they sent two of their fellows to London to make interest in their behalf, and they applied to the Speaker of the House of Commons, and also to a celebrated lawyer of that time named Heneage Finch, who drew up a case on their behalf, and in a letter to the College the fel lows said they had engaged the assistance of a cunning lawyer and a good speaker ; but that the great thing was to get a good store of Parliament men to support them.—(Loud laughter.) In that very case, so drawn up, the College, as a ground for not paying the proposed augmentation, said that there was a " custom" which made the tithes very small, and that the payment proposed would be more than they were worth. He was at a loss, under these circumstances, to imagine what case the defendants would attempt to set up, but from some circumstances that had transpired he believed it would be said that this property was originally in the hands of a Convent of the Monks of Mount St. Bernard, in Savoy, and he believed that some old lease or other documents would be brought forward, and by the aid of witnesses capable of explaining the language of the period, an attempt would be• made to show that at some time or other the tithe of hay had been paid in kind. Even admitting that any proof of this kind should be adduced, he was prepared to con tend that it could not affect his case, and he should with confidence leave the matter in the hands of the jury, who, he was quite sure, would render justice to all parties. A number of witnesses were then called, and a variety of documentary evidence was produced in proof ; but the verdict was not declared when our report was dis patched, and it was expected that the cause would not be concluded until to-day. THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—The following interesting new works have just been published by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had of all booksellers :-1. Dr. Granville's Midland and Southern Spas of England, 2 vols., with 25 Illustrations, 18s. bound-2. Dr. Granville's Guide to the Spas of Germany, cheaper Edition, 1 thick vol., with 30 Illus trations, 12s. bound-3. The Idler in France, by the Countess of Blessington. 2 vols.-4. The Hon. Mrs. Da mer's Diary of her Travels in the Holy Land, 2 vols.- 5. Miss Landon's Life and Literary Remains, 2 vels.- 6. Mr. Thomas Campbell's Life of Petrarch, 2 vols.- 7. Trollope's Summer in Western France, 2 vols.-8. Three Years in Persia and Koordistan, by George Fow ler, Esq.. 2 vols.-9, The Personal History of George IV., by the Rev. George Crowley, 2 vols.-10. The Book without a Name, by Sir Charles and Lady Morgan, 2 vols.-11. Swinburne's Letters from the Courts of Europe, 2 vols. Bvo.—and 12. Moschelle's Life and Letters of Beethoven, 2 vols. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.— The third meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England commenced in this town on Monday last. Up to the present moment, however, we have little to record save the " note of preparation."—Liverpool Courier. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDIIALL. Yesterday William Pemberton and William Broadhurst, two journeymen braziers, were brought before Sir C. Mar shall. charged with neglecting to fulfil a contract they had en tered into with ➢ir. Pontifex, the coppersmith, in Shoe-lane. Mr. Pontifex, a solicitor, stated the nature of the case, and called Mr. Ed•nund Pontifex, who said the men had formed a Trade Society, who came to a resolution that no man should perform any labour in the factory without having been appren ticed to the trade for seven years, however merely mechanical it might be. Another resolution was, that the journeymen should limit and control the number of apprentices to be taken by the masters. He having refused to abide by these resolu tions, forty of his men struck, and had been out of work several weeks. He went to Birmingham, and amongst the persons he hired there "'ere the two prisoners. He paid their coach hire to London, advanced 71. to one, and 21. to the other, that they might pay their debts before they came away, and after they had worked only four days, they absconded, without having made a single complaint. It had cost him 111. to have them brought back from Birmingham. After some further evidence, Sir CHAPaeAN MAastram, thought that, looking at all the circumstances of this case, he ought to award the full punish ment allowed by law. He therefore adjudged, that for three months their wages be abated to one shining a week, and that for that term they be imprisoned and kept to hard labour. Mr. Alderman THOMAS WOOD said he remembered what Mr. Pontifez told him on applying for the warrant, that on account of the regulations enforced, or attempted to be en forced, by the men, orders which used to be sent from abroad to England were now being executed on the Continent. What would become of the men and their wives and families, if they thus ruined the trade of their masters ? Mr. Ponti fex mentioned one order for 10,0001. worth of goods which had been so transferred to the Continent, because he could not compete, either in price or certainty in time, owing to the combination. Mr. Pontifex begged to state another fact. He had been conversing with a great coppersmith at Paris, who employed 500 hands, and who was now in England. This gentleman contemplated bringing over foreign workmen to establish ments he meant to open at Liverpool and elsewhere. This gentleman would, on account of the different mode of paying and managing his work-people, be able to undersell any Eng glish house. He (Mr. Pontifex) should be compelled in self defence, to open establishments in Belgium and elsewhere, employing foreigners only in them. Mr. Aldermpn THOMAS Woon said the conduct of the braziers was exactly like that of the Spitalfields weavers some years ago, who persisted in unreasonable claims and regu lations till they drove the London trade into the country, never to return, and leaving themselves nothing but wretched ness. _ _ _ ••....70 The prisoners were then committed to Bridewell for three months. THAMES-OFFICE. Yesterday Wm. Bartlett, a waterman, plying at the Tower • stairs, appeared before Mr. Broderip to answer the complaint of a gentleman, named Baxendale, who charged him with ex acting more than his fare. The complainant and three other gentlemen hired the defendant at the Tower-stairs, on Thurs day last, to convey them on board the Soho steamer, bound for Antwerp, lying off the Tower, and for this service 4s. was de manded instead of Is., the legal fare. He was then informed by Mr. Baxendale, that if the demand were persisted in he would be summoned before the Thames-police Magistrates, when he pointed to his boat, and, in an insulting manner re plied, "You can do that if you like, there is my name on the wherry." The name of Henry Wheatley was on the boat, and a summons was taken out against the owner, who, on being made acquainted with the facts, gave such information that the defendant was compelled to appear before the magistrate, rnd it seemed that he took the boat from the stairs without the per mission of Wheatley. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said the gentleman came down to the stairs during the tremendous storm on Thursday, that he carried their luggage from the cabs to the boat, and that he rowed them from the Tower Stairs to St. Katharine's. Mr. BaODERIP said the defendant had been guilty of many offences, and was liable to a penalty for each. He had no right to work another person's boat and he was bound to produce a printed list of the fares when called upon. He was, however, only summoned for one offence, that of charg ing more than his fare, and it was the imperative duty of the Magistrate, who had to protect the public as well as the honest waterman, to inflict the full penalty when no miti gating circumstances could be adduced. In this case every thing possible was done to baffle the complainant, and he had been put to great expense and the trouble of three days' attendance. It was quite notorious that where one case of ex tortion was brought forward, fifty were suffered to remain un punished, and the public ought to be much obliged to Mr. Baxendale for his interference. He should sentence the de fendant to pay a fine of 40s. and the costs ; and he should award some compensation to the waterman Wheatley, who had behaved very well in the matter, and whe had assisted in bring ing the defendant to justice. ANTI-CORN-LAW TEA PARTY AT SALFORD. An Anti-Corn-law tea party was held in Salford. Town Hall on Monday evening last, for the purpose of form ing an Operative Anti-Corn-law Association in Salford. About 400, a great proportion of whom were ladies, sat down to tea. Mr. William Morris occupied the chair ; and, amongst other gentlemen present, were Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M,P, ; Mr, Alderman Brooks, Mr J. Kay, jun., constable ; Mr. W. Lockett, &c. The room was tastefnlly decorated with flags and banners, bearing appropriate inscriptions. Mr. W. J. BIRCH moved a resolution to the effect, that an Operative Anti-Corn-law Association should be formed in Salford. Mr. Alderman BROOKS said he could purchase beef in Monte Video for 9s. 4d. a cwt., and it would pay him to bring it over to England, and sell it at 11d. alb But our la*s absolutely prohibited the importation of beef, Mr. WARREN, the President of the Manchester Ope rative Anti-Corn-law Association, said, 191 b. of sugar might be got in l-lamburgh for 6s. 4d., which cost in England 19s. lie urged them to unite, and use every endeavour to repeal the laws, which were evidently so injurious to them. .J. BROTHERTON, Esq., M.P., said a tax upon corn was different from a tax upon sugar or coffee, or any article produced by a foreign country. Supposing we imported a certain quantity of tea, which was worth a shilling a pound, if a tax of a shilling a pound was put upon it, we should only have to pay 2s. for the article. But it was not so with regard to corn. Assuming, for the sake of argument, that we consumed fifty millions of quarters of wheat a year, a tax of 10s. a quarter upon it would be 25 millions. Now, if we imported two millions of quarters of foreign wheat at a duty of 10s. a quarter, we should have to pay into the Treasury one million of money; but the effect of having a tax upon an article which was grown in this country was not merely to tax us to the amount paid into the Treasury, but it had the effect of raising the price of all the wheat grown in this country 10s. a quarter : so that, in reality, we had to pay a tax of twenty-five millions ; and we should see the distinction between a sliding scale and a fixed duty. Lord Winchilsea was all but horrified at the idea of taxing the bread of the people, by means of an Bs. duty upon corn ; but, according to the sliding scale, the duty at that time was 255. a quarter. With re spect to the article of sugar, he would show us how we were plundered. A sample of foreign sugar of fair qua lity, had been sent to him by a person in the room, which might be purchased, exclusive of duty, at 24-d. a pound, The West India planters had procured a tax of 635. per cwt. to be laid on foreign sugar, while their own was only taxed to the amount of 245. per cwt. In 1831 this country imported from the West Indies 4,600,000 cwt. of sugar, for which we paid them five millions of money, exclusive of the duty ; and the consumption averaged 201 b a head-21b a head less, by the by, than the allowance in the workhouse, In 1840, only 3,600,000 cwts. were imported ; but what did we think we had to pay for it ? We paid five millions for 4,600,000 cwts. ; but we had to pay nine millions for 3,600,000 cwts. So that we paid four millions more for one-fourth less ; be cause we could not receive it from other places, foreign sugar being charged with a duty of 635. a cwt. We must be astonished that such laws as these should have been enacted ; but the fact was, it was a Tory principle, that the people had nothing to do with the laws but to obey them. The resolution was carried, and almost every man pre sent intimated his intention to belong to the association. The proceedings terminated about eleven o'clock. THINGS TOO HARD FOR A MA- JORITY. (From the Non Conformist.) Commerce droeps—trade is stagnant—our manufac tures one by one are falling into decay—capital returns no profit—industry finds no employment—the revenue steadily declines—the 'expenses of the country increase. The national resources seem to have lost their wonted elasticity. Improvement, hoped for, expected, patiently waited for, not only does not come, but gives no promise of coming. Men try to suck consolation from the thought that things cannot be worse—just as starving people have been known to seek nutriment in old shoes. We fear the scanty pittance of comfort de rived from this source will be soon wrested from them by inexorable facts. The bankruptcy list may be longer —markets yet open to us may be lost—mills and fac tories may be given up as worthless—thousands who have strained every nerve to maintain a footing of credit and respectability may be compelled to yield to the iron rule of necessity—and millions who have contrived, one scarcely knows how, to keep life within their wasting wasting frames, may find even that to be no longer possible. The present unprecedented depression of the staple in terests of the country is neither recently nor suddenly produced. The causes which brought it to the present pass, are not adventitious. What they have done an are doing, they will continue to do with frightfully augmen ted power. Trade cannot flourish whilst manufacture languishes—manufacture cannot live but in close de pendence upon commerce—and commerce crippled by absurd restrictions cannot win back markets from which foreign competition has driven it. Prosperity will not drop down upon us from heaven—the age of miracles is passed. It was long before monopoly fairly beat down the energies of an enterprising, industrious, and, by position, singularly favoured people—but having done this, recovery is impossible so long as monopoly is upheld. Sir Robert Peel takes office to uphold monopoly. Flushed with electoral triumphs, his party display all the confidence which would be justified only by the sup position that their main obstacle has been surmounted. They undertake the task of governing this country, every interest of which (saving agriculture, whose turn of ad versity is approaching), languishes nigh to dissolution, on principles, the - real meaning of which is that relief shall not be administered ; and they fancy have suc ceeded when they have got a Parliamentary majority. A Parliamentary majority I Yes ; they have got one; and it is all they have got. Meanwhile the great unvarying laws of the Social and economical world will go on steadily operating, uninfluenced by their majority. We have little faith in the patriotism of the middle classes—not much in their enlightenment. Neitheir of them has done much to avert the present crisis. But necessity will teach them some useful lessons —and growing distress will do much to embolden their political Aiews and spirit. The continuance and increase of pre- Sent embarrassments will drive all classes to ask them selves—" Why is it thus ?" Soon the eyes of all will . • hands the power of relief and selfishly refuse to give , 1 . be fixed upon the boasted majority who hold They will begin to reason thus—" we have all ti c ie st eg, ments or national greatness and prosperitY - ; , i" ; skill, enterprise, influence—roads, canals, r•vers, lees , with tha ocean—we have coal and iron—we can avail eure of immense natural advantages—we might trade whole world—and we are bidden by a Parliamentary Pli jority, to forego it all and perish." in their Can Sir Robert Peel and his majority o bliterate from men's minds the conclusions firmly fixed there by .! I :_ e . report of the Committee on the Import Duties 1 C an he persuade them that any retrenchment of arisW er . 3 s extravagance would be an evil infinitely more serious than national beggary ? Will he be able to cha in 5 g ht A 3 , thought, or cut off the connection between thou will ? Or is he fond enough to suppose that universoti distress, produced by known removable causes, will. no generate discontent, or that discontent can e mbodY 0 .. 5 7_ in no form which his majority will be unable to eft': with ? In one word, can he make human nature 0 than it is.? If not, what does he and his party proll to do ? Just to sit upon the valve of the engine au whistle until the boiler butsts. It is rumoured that the Tories, fearful of "trying t _ e :, experiment of increased taxation, will cut iiown expeo_, diture, and make it square with the present income t e : ' , difficulties. A steadily declining the country. What then ? This will not he u ___', It sroptoin l e' plaint with which he has to deal, but only it. Taxation is as nothing in comparison of monopo)t•; Give us leave (mark that ! the nation is under neeess_ideJ, in this matter of asking leave), give us leave to T or when, where, and in what articles we please:. all , i , bat national debt would not only be more ros lllthw scan easily and with cheerfulness. Our intkrests can •on up under this burden ;but they cannot suffe shy(vet' revenue is not the cow, of natural sustenance too, ternal pressure alone ; but by the combination et coin,' ternal pressure with internal weakness. Trade an d ' . ~ the ir s t o H m e a r c e h t c b r e a n v e i as Sir t Robert's o n . coerce are gasping We are not cr q _ e x ''' . for proper aliment—liVteni b u t the load will not meet their case. Not the hack ,1 2 , d i 5 i a fleabite to it. All the great interests of th e — 11 0 1:. Baronet comes forward and declares, are sinking gradually but surely into decaythe t. e ~ I will tek t . i l l i ty main difficulty. -.------npir government in hand on the principe of withh° l of relief." A population rapidly increasing —the mealy. employment me daily slipping out of their hans---oking ablequ cn c t e intonse amount of caital vested in mannfaetalliods, fferi e a: much n a v c s. annihilation—incorporated property' ilf " 4 :' , D asr hipping, railroads canals, mines, becoming i n 1 ;4111 alreadyo keep bankruptcy at bay—the working c.o. Sir value—the na ti t l u e re m c i a tl n ci e le lb ell:e a si t s e : r iW ri besle depreciated su Robert Peel be e 'ablt, to master this unusual 3n an d hie combin • ation of difficulties ? Yes ! when he :, time majority si. can chain the Hellespont. We sa,:d . 5° "••• Oh iie . he would have to deal with things rattler `than 0 political parties—and we predict, without pr~ 44l— sight, that things will beat him. CORN AVERAGV?- I *, ;01 0 ', of GENERAL AVERAGE I'ItICES OF BRlTlo k i l,' lie jod For the Week ended Julyl6, 1841, made tar il l ' in ; ,, t $ AP .- the inspectors in the flitTerent Cities and .'A ssn' — :la. Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 64s. Ild. Oats I Carley 32s. Cd. Rye .... ..... 355. 2,.. Tease...' ' AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX ViZ".sjssi 8,0 , Week ending WHEAT. 'BARLEY. OATS. RYE. P_ A 3 9 ' 1 •. • .•.... • . • . , ...1.0... ........ .........••••• . .. i , ••• 4 .1 • June 11 62 2 30 2 22 2 32 P f.,' 7 ~,,' 1 1 IR 62 5 30 10 21 10 34 PI „'''' i , 11 25 63 5 31 6 21 11 35 6 70 i 3 i July 2 63 11 31 11 22 11 35 6 -": 3 4 4 5 9 9& 3 :31 9 4:1 2 33 :, '4 0 5 ' ty 16 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF Tilt .---- ,5 4, 61 Wheat .. , ~ 635. 6d. 1 Oats ......... 225. Id.l Bear. 1-••• • _.40 Harley 3la. sd. I Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. _...19. 1 61. I Wheat 2os. Bd. Oats Barley lss. 4d. Rye THE MAItIZETb• COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 5 . 8. d. 9 W W a a i l l l s s E E n n d d L'Stelstrtn'ns .................. 9t1,9‘ Walls End Whitwell.• tzt/ Walls End Caradoe...•••''' % Walig End CassoP•••••7" .".. . 0 Walls End tiai tlePe, •••:''' ill 0 Walls End Kellc e .••••••• 5 510 0 Tennant's Hartleeenl'''.,. 1 ? 6 Walls End Adelaide.. ..... •. Walls End Barrett. ... . .P 19 6 Walls End marrinet . 'l a ser/ 0 Walls End Brown'ol ... Wal s End ees ne ••n•''' "'' 15 :Wails En Tees Be 111 Walls End West Jett C ll ; Hartley ......... ......... 6 Howard's NcthertonN Pl Llangennech Coal ...... ......... 16 Newton Main ............ .. Adair's Buddle's West Hartley 1: I.lolywell Man lB 0 New Garesdeld... New Tanfield Moor l5 Si Old Tanfleld Tanfleld Moor 2O 1 , TanflarMoor Bute's l5 Si West Airylam ... 17 C West Pelaw.... ll Walls Ef.d r ewic.e and C Walls End Brown's' l7 0 Walls End Clennell Walls End Hilda. ls 3 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Riddell's. lB 9 Walls End East Hetton 18 6 Walls End Haswell. Walls End Hetton 2O 1) COUNTRY CORN MARKETS' reoc' neorls• 1,,../ Wheat. Barley. Oats. -....3-.......7.0 .to 46 .................. •iim.....••••••.. . Per Quarter. s. to a. a.to 4. t0 . • a. s 1 1° ati }I 39 4 0 Boston 55 64 22 38 18 22 ,35 $ s 1 5 41 Bramttee 52 60 27 34 93 21 1 3 . 1 40 43 B•ighton 6O E 7 28 30 24 21. ,5 6 3/0 ;44 „ Cambridge — 62 29 21 I 44 ss 44 Chichester 62 64 20 32 22 26 14 2 5 s ~.. ..., Dunmow 59 62 29 35 26 29 134 40 34 Grantham 4 Grimsby 56 64 28 33 18 21 ! :".: ) '''' I Hailsham 63 f 8 `..6 30 23 25 191 ' 45 --- 4 . Hitchin 5O 61 28 34 22 30 ill 40 5 6 . 4 39 Ipswich 5O 66 29 35 21 26 3 1 3 a al 39 Lewes (l5 66 26 29 22 25 '3 l s s 2 " ••••• Lynn 6O 68 30 34 20 24 31 4 0 .: 0 40 Maidstone 59 66 36 39 26 32 35 4 0 X 3 0 Norwich Petworth Romford 55 72 30 34 20 30 34 4 3 ,a I. A $ Sandwich 62 71 30 34 26 30 :15 , i , AO g Tnctford 6O 62 28 30 23 WI 38 .14 14 41 Wisliech ....,, ,56 62 2 ,4 N 4 20 2:1 35 ,' 36 41 Witham 152 66 30 33 20 113 36 40 ,4,4 Yarmouth 6O 66 I,u 32 24 28 40 41 '' LIVERPOOL CORN 111 ANKET.—JuIy 20 0 )01 4 S1 WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b ..,. 0 -- Red 9 S 6 4 --. Scotch, Welch, and Manx -- Irish, White 7 9 9 8 ------- Red 7 6 1 0 0 Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 4511, 2 3 ( 1 4 Irish NW ••••• 00000000 V 41OG IP Tnetford J 6') 62 :i 4 1 : Wishech 56 62 35 37 Witham 54 66 36 40 Yarmouth 6O 66 i 40 41 Li V ERPOOL July 26 0 ph Id a WHEAT, English, White, ....• 9s. Pit.c i 10 1 Red .., 9 S 6 " 4 -- Scotch, Welch, 6 10 . 9 1 -- Irish, White., 7 0 9 8 -- Red ..•.... 7 0 30 - Foreign 8 1 0 ' I OATS, English, Welsh, al 2 JO 0 - Irish - Foreign 0 0 20 0 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 34 0 4 4 " --- Scotch and Irish, per 60Ibs. -- Feeding • •• 310 4 5 d BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4.. 0 4 0 0 - Irish, 40 0&c 41 ' 42 - Foreign 0 PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter ' 4•2 „ 0 42 0 --- Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2601 b. 4O 0 51 6 - Irish 2 7 0 OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2461bs •• 25 6 37 , .. INDIAN CORN, tier 4501 b. If C 0 ° 3 6 a limn, per Imperial quarter . ...... _ 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter .............• ....... .... 4 * -et* THE BANK OF MANCHESTER.- - W e 81 3, e xt:C of -1 ceedingly glad to find, that the Directors of the u e di e Manchester have at length resolved to disc ontO f issue of their own notes ; so that the circulation ° ore town and its immediate neighbourhood will he ° i l le ° ter 5° restored to the state of purity in which it e xisteti,.. ts io' oi ill many years, and which was so justly the pr ide habitants. There are now no local notes issued el"y of Manchester or Liverpool, and very few in th e e 4 t i e % the Lancaster. We hope the time is not far distant %P.a../ whole kingdom may be placed in the same s i " l/41 Manchester Guardian SILVER-PLATED on WHl'i - E l' IP „ P c , being all white, it is not liable by wear tc . sh op colour. Price of Table Spoons and Forks, 21. 19 5 - 0 14 spooa 6 Dessert Spoons and Forks, 2 Guineas per dozen ; pidi s4 255. per dozen ; Gravy Spoons, 9s. 6d. cash ; S OUP 16s. each. A lithographic Book of the Patterns, made in :this ll&per Candlesticks, Toast Rack, Snuffer Trays, Wait Cr', Dishes, Bread and Cake Baskets, Egg Frames, Ce• l ,,e r t °- &c., can be sentfor inspection into the coantry is 1 `"" paid letter. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, &c., 47, Gambill (oven e o "e° Gracechurch-street), Loni u. A PERFECT SUBSTITUTE 1 7-- ORS ib T v AI —CATALOGUE WITH ENGRAVINGS, P„, be t old FREE.—The material is so like silver that it can 0 7,4113 i5 ! n g from it on reference to the stamp by persons well e bei with it. MANY SPURIOUS IMITATIONS 4 durt il : sold. The genuine metal, which we warrant mor e i t is th e than silver, is only to be had at our Warehouse• o pie same colour throughout, and can be engraved 0 ,7 1 , , silver. As a criterion, spoons and f or k s , full sized to ;„ o tail.' i desserts, 10s.; tea, ss. per dozen. The Catting u , e ,l6ll ,ll the prices, with engravings, o f e ve ry IRON II.I % n y si ze ' ARTICLE necessary to the fur n ishing a 1100' 1 O f 25 per cent. under any other old established house. A wee' RIPPON and BUATON, 12, Wells-street, Or-f° r "" Established 1820. ,_,,.„...,...._—__________._—_-,-..- BIRTHS. -.. tO ingr On the 15th inst., the lady of Thomas Ware, E 4( 1 4 land-road, solicitor, of a daughter. rw f rely *S. On the 17th inst., at St. John's College, w— ° i Wynter, of a daughter. Gabes On the 17th inst., at Spring-gardens, Mrs. Georg ~ v. Scott, of a son. rid o,t w- On the 18th inst., at Rugby, the lady of 4 r e do Pigou, Esq., of a daughter. T a T. ilibit6 On the •2(.lth inst., the lady of the Rev. d° ll Christ's Hospital, of a daughter. ___----- MARRIRD. On the 6th inst., at Hill-place, Glasgow, Mr. 'I? °. -- do gbili f ston, bookseller, London, to M ar y Eli za Small, doe s ' of the late Thomas Small, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh. Dr. On the 17th inst., at St. G eorge ' s , Hanover-olun - b e late Ruttledgc, of Hanover-street, to Mary Anne, widow O" Mr. John Ellis, of Prince's -street, Hanover-80 0c ' Jah li On the 17th inst., at A s h c h u rch, near TeackeshOrPto SO' Williams Martin, Esq., o f Shobrough, Gloucestershir e 'f riff phia, youngest daught e r of Willi a m Whitehouse , E s q .. - Ferry, Cheshire. 11 0 / 11°° On the 20th inst., a t H am p s t ea d Church, Richard std Preston, Esq., of Park-street, Westminster, to SA ga f in % daughter of Thomas Sheppard, Esq., M.P., of "-- heath, Middlesex, and Folkington-place, Sussex- virillisal On the 20th inst., at St. George's Church, the Bev- oor iet, Niven, incumbent of St. Saviour's, Upper Chelsea, 7 third daughter of the late John Soane, On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hsnover-squa: daugh- Nyren, Esq., of Bromley, Middlesex , Mary, sec° a ter of S. R. Heseltine, Esq., of the same place. Esq., of Che se! DIED. On the 13th inst., at Brighton, Ann Catherine Gilltnano re lict of Daniel Gillman, Esq., aged 81. i b i dow's On the 16th inst., at St. Andrew's, Miss Janet f i s dolro eldest and last surviving daug hter of the late Geortre w it/. Esq_, AI. D. , Professor of Ori ental Languages in On the 18th inst , Robert Wainwright, Esq., of 'i re ' square, aged 78. I to* * On the 18th inst. Susannah, eldest daughter of the a William Osborne, of ' Fulham, Middlesex. d Willi ° On the 18th inst., at the Thrupp, near Str and, Stanton, Esq., aged 83. Cr EdW &r. On the 18th inst.. at Talacre, Flintshire, --- Alostyn, Bart., aged 57. • Chance, On the 19th inst., Frederick, fourth son of WOW' thatyniiv,ivitr Esq., of Spring-grove, Birmingham. Des VecuS' On the 20th inst., in Belgrave-square, Lady wife of Sir Charles lee Voeuz, Bart. Wrigh t * On the 20th inst., at the City-road, Mr. William_' London: Printed and Published by /111YRDO YOf,dia No. 112, Straud, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12, Sif the county of Middlesex, Thursday, July 22,151' IN THE MATTER OF SELDEN AND MAN. This day being appointed for the adjourned exainina tion of the bankrupts who carried on business as' wine ,nerchants, in Tower-street, _ _ Mr. PoLLocx, on the part of the creditors Of the estate, made an application that the Court would cause the examination of the bankrupt man, relative to the non-production of certain books, the disposition of which had not been satisfactorily accounted for. These books were of the utmost importanee to enable the assignees to close the bankrupt's accounts, being bill, stock, and cellar books, and Man having had various dealings since the issuing of the fiat there were no means of tracing the disposal of the stock. He trusted, therefore, that the Court would adjourn the examination for a time. Mr. KEANE appeared for Man, and said he had given up the whole of his property for the benefit of his cre ditors. All the books in his possession at the time of the dissolution of partnership had also been surrendered, and there could be no objection, therefore, to his passing his final examination. _ The bankrupt being called and examined, said that in February, 1840, an execution was put into his premises by the Sheriffs, and at the same time a distress for rent, when the books alluded to were safe in the counting house. Having occasion to be absent for about fourteen days, on his return they could not be found. They might have been taken by the Sheriff, but he could not assert positively that such was the fact. He had occa sionally, within the last twelve months, sold some wines for 225. a dozen. The bankrupt was here subjected to a long cross• examination relative to the disposal of this wine by Mr. PoLLocx, who said the first cost was 365. and 38s. a dozen. _ Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE said that until the bankrupt would replace the books for the purposes of the accounts by such other documents as were within his power, he could not think of passing him, as in the greater number of cases the loss of books was tanta mount to the loss of money. He should, therefore, ad journ the further examination to the 2d of August, by which time he trusted, through the exertions of Mr. Man, the Accountant would be enabled in some degree to sup ply the deficiency of the loss complained of. Mr. LOYD, on the part of the other bankrupt, Selden, said although the preceding investigation was adjourned, he hoped there was no objection to his client being passed, as the partnership ceased in September, and he had given such notice to all the creditors to whom he was indebted, as enabled the accounts to be satisfactorily settled. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE (as we understood), said he wished that Mr. Selden should first give every assistance in his power in elucidating any difficulties or obscurity there might be in the accounts of the firm. (Before Commissioner Sir C. F. WILLIAMS.) IN THE MATTER OF WAKEFIELD AND WAKEFIELD This was the day fixed for the final examination of the bank rnpts, who had for many years carried on the business of bro kers and bankers in Broad-street, in the city of London, and whose stoppage of payment and supposed flight to the Continent caused considerable sensation a few months since. Mr. JOHNSTONE appeared on behalf of the assignees to exa mine the bankrupt. The Learned COMMISSIONER stated that he had been look ing over the balance-sheet of the bankrupts, which contained enormities that could not be passed over sub silentio. It was but right the public should know that there were other delin quents beside those who were reached by the criminal law, and this case was one of the foulest which had ever come before him. The elder Mr. Wakefield was then examined as to his transactions with a lady of the name of Potter, and which commenced in 1833. It appeared that she had then depo sited with him 2,5001. in Consols, which he sold out by her directions and invested the amount in Dutch Funds to the sum of 58,000 guilders. That investment was made in her name, and so continued until about the year 1836 or 1837, when he sold it without her knowledge or con sent, but continued to pay her the regular interest upon her stock until January, 1841. In the month of March following, Mrs. Potter directed that the stock should be again sold out, and reinvested in the English Funds. This not being done as speedily as it should have been, the bankrupt was pressed and made several excuses for not having done so. At length Mrs. Potter told him if it were not done forthwith she would at once apply to her friend Mr. Chambers, and the bankrupt knowing him to be a police Magistrate, sent her two policies for 5001. each, which he valued at 1,6001. but subsequently reduced to 1,2001. A transfer of accounts had taken place in his books between Mr. Potter and her son-in-law, Mr. William Wake field, to the amount of 900/., and he, and the bankrupt also, sent her 4001. in bank notes. In order to raise that sum he hadmake a sale of thirty Alliance shares, but there being no Court of Directors then sitting, the transfer could not take place, and he consequently drew a cheque on his bankers for 4501. in the name of King, and handed her 4001. out of it. In answer to further questions the bankrupt stated that he was not aware of the probability of his becoming a bankrupt when he made these payments. Although he did think even tually it might end in bankruptcy, he was still in hopes of be ing able to retrieve himself by his success in business, and he was not aware of being so involved by 39,000/. The Learned COMMISSIONER remarked that with his amounting to upwards of 90,0001., and not quite 5 0001. to meet them, he might as well think of paying off the national debt as his own. The bankrupt was next examined respecting Dutch bonds, &c., which were deposited with him for sale upon the 6th of April to the amount of 120,000 guilders, and in the evening of that day he and his partner had made up their minds to stop payment on the next day. The Learned Commissiostra—Then, from that moment you had not the slightest control over those funds, which are the property of the creditors. In further examination the bankrupt stated that the next morning, not being able to do any business, they sent back a large parcel to Messrs. Twinings by the hands of Isis son in-law (Mr. Sleay), and he had every reason to believe that it was safely delivered to them. but no entry of that transact ion was to bo - found in any of his account books. The value of the Dutch Stock was about 7,0001. sterling. He was next questioned as to sales of stock and other entries in his books relative to the account of the Rev. Mr. Martin and Mr. George Gregory, when The Solicitors for the assignees stated that they would re quire further time to pursue this inquiry, and prayed that the case might be adjourned to an early day. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that he most readily ac ceded to the application, for the case was deeply interesting to the public, and involved considerations which must materially affect the bankrupts, to whom he should feel it his duty to put a variety of questions. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT, Chelmsford, July 21. CROWN COURT. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.) James Smith, aged 49, was indicted for stealing three sheep, the property of John Finch. Mr. Knox conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Chambers defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and another man, of the name of Charles Wilson, were ob served between one and two o'clock on the morning- of Sunday, the 14th instant, in a field adjoining the prose cutor's premises. They had with them two lurcher dogs. The dogs had driven three sheep from the prosecutor's field, and had very much worried and wounded them, and they were afterwards found in a very disabled state. The chief question for the consideration of the Jury was whether the prisoner's intention, by allowing the dogs to hunt out the sheep in question, was to steal them. In behalf of the prisoner Mr. Chambers contended there was no pretence whatever for charging him with any felonious intention. He might be liable to a civil action if it could be shown that the prisoner was aware that the lurchers were in the habit of worrying sheep. With respect to the second count, the Learned iounsel submitted that it was not such a wounding of cattle as was contemplated by the 7th and Bth George IV., cap. 30, and cited the case of Rex v. Hughes, 2 C. and P. 420, in which it had been held by Mr. Baron Parke, that where a person had set a dog to worry and kill sheep, it did not come within the meaning of the statute. The Learned JUDGE left the Jury to decide whether they believed the prisoner intended to steal the sheep. The Jury, after a short consultation, acquitted the prisoner. The Learned JUDGE said he thought the verdict was a safe one. John Thomas Goodman, aged 26, a labourer, employed on the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, was in dicted for having assaulted, on the Queen's highway, Sarah Jones, and stolen from her two handkerchiefs, her property ; he was also charged with having wilfully stabbed, cut, and wounded, the prosecutrix, after the commission of the said robbery. Mr. Wordsworth conducted the prosecution; Mr. Dow ling defended. The prosecutrix, who was so extremely deaf that it was 'with the utmost difficulty she could be made to un derstand, stated that on the evening of the 14th of June, she met the prisoner at Brentwood. He spoke to her, and she went into the Bell public-house, in order to get rid of him. He followed her in, and sat with her for some time, and then took her into a lane, and on cross ing the road put sixpence in her hand, but she gave it him back. again. The prisoner then threw her down and committed a rape upon her. Mr. DOWLING submitted that that point was not in issue. The Learned JUDGE said it was a part of the evi dence which could not be shut out. The prosecutrix, in continuation, said, that the pri soner, before he left her, pulled a silk handkerchief from her neck, and took another handkerchief from her hand ; he then beat her most severely with his fist about the head and face, and afterwards pulled a knife from his pocket, which he thrust into her mouth, and cut her with it on the inside of her lip ; she screamed, and called out murder several times. Cross-examined=Got her living by selling cotton and lace. James Parsloe, a police constable, stated that on the morning in question he received some information which induced him to go into the back lanes near the Bell ; he there met a female of the name of Pamphilon, and a man, who were carrying the prosecutrix in their arms. She appeared quite insensible, and her face was covered with blood. Witness then made some inquiries, and went in pursuit of the prisoner, whom he eventually took into custody. He at that time had changed his dress, and he asked him what he had done with his blue smock frock., He said that it was at home. Witness then went to the prisoner's lodgings, where he found the blue frock, and wrapped up in it was the prose cutrix's cotton handkerchief, and a small dessert knife. On the following day he examined the the mouth of the prosecutrix, and found in it three wounds. Her face was also very much swollen and bruised Cross-examined--Could not say by what means the wounds had been inflicted. Sarah Pamphilon stated that on the evening in ques tion, as she, returned from Jier work, she called at the house of a neighbour in the back lane, and whilst there heard a great noise. She opened the door, and then heard a cry of " Murder " two or three times. She went up the lane, and saw the prosecutrix lying in a ditch, and a man standing near her. Could not identify the man, but he appeared to be a navigator. Witness asked the man what was the matter ? He replied " Nothing _EVENING SUN. • x y'J ~', 1 ~ ;:~ . .;; %fC,. L •