The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-27 00:00:00

THE SLAVE TRADE -EXTRA- ORDINARY EXPOSURES. The following is a copy of the petition presented to the House of Lords on Monday night by Lord Brougham:— " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEM BLED. " The humble Petition of the Committee of the Bri tish and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. " Showeth—That, whilst your petitioners sincerely rejoice in the fact that the African slave trade has been declared piracy by the Legislature of this country, and that the law of the land denounces every British subject directly or indirectly engaged therein as a felon, and subjects him on conviction to the igno- Thin;ous punishment of a felon, they deeply lament that not a few of their opulent countrymen, occu pying influential positions in society as manufactur ers and merchants, as officers in her Majesty's army and navy, and as civil functionaries, are well known to have ken guilty of this flagrant crime, either personally or by their agents, unawed by the fear of God or of man, and that they still persist in the same, unaffected by the cruel sufferings and degradation they inflict on humanity, and uninfluenced by the requirements and denunciations of law, whether human or divine. " That your petitioners would call the attention of your Right Hon. House to the fact, that there have been formed, at different periods during the last fifteen years, various Mining Companies in this country, with large capitals at their disposal, who carry on their operations in the empire of Brazil, or in the Spanish island of Cuba; that their mines are worked principally by slaves -pur chased by the agents of these Companies; that the greater part, if not the whole, of these victims of oppression have been illicitly imported into these countries since the pe riod when such importations were declared contraband, felonious, or piratical, and. as your petitioners are in formed and believe, still contrive to purchase newly-im ported Africans, t o su ppl y t h e wastes o f mortality, or to meet the other exigencies of their establishments. That your petitioners lament to say that officers of her Majesty's army and navy, as well as functionanes in the civil service, have accepted engagements in connec tion with these Companies, and they are informed and believe that such persons have been the agents employed in the purchase of slaves on account of the same. " That your petitioners call the attention of your Right Honourable House to the fact, that banking com panies, with large funds at their disposal, have also been formed in this country, and that they either have already formed, or are in process of forming, branch establish ments in countries where the slave trade is carried on, or where slavery in all its horrors still exists. " That your petitioners grieve to say that there are manufactured in this counrry, in enormous quantities, ar ticles which are known by the name of coast goods,' which are emi , loyed exclusively in the African slave trade in barter fur human beings, and that these form a considerable branch of the export trade of this country to Brazil and Cuba, and the western coast of Africa. " That the consignees of British merchants and manu facturers, or branch houses of their establishments in Brazil and Cuba, dispose of such goods to persons well known as traffickers in human beings, and not unfre cpiently have, if not a direct, yet an indirect interest, by conditional arrangements, in the guilty traffic itself ; and that in all cases they vend such goods well knowing the disgraceful and inhuman object to which they are to be applied. _ _ - ;"That your petitioners have grounds for knowing that vessels have been buik in this country specially for the slave trade, and they have reason to fear that many have been covertly prepared for that nefarious traffic in Bri tish harbours. Tlvlt your petitioners deeply regret to add, that Bri tish subjects have become the purchasers of estates in Brazil and the Spanish colonies, which they work by slaves, and which they have stocked, either wholly or in part, with newly-imported Africans, thus giving the be nefit of their wealth, skill, and enterprise to the main tenance of these enormous evils. " It will thus be. seen by your right Honourable House that British subjects, instigated by the sordid love of (rain, to the great dishonour of their country, and in de fiance of its laws, are either directly or indirectly among the chief props and supports of the African slave trade ; that they supply capital or the means of carrying it on to a fearful extent, reckless of the miseries which they inflict on the human race, the insult they offer to the Most High, and of the evil example they set to others ; that they obstruct the consummation of that great work to which the Legislature, the Government, and the peo ple of this country have so nobly devoted themselves, and to secure which they have spent millions of the national treasure ; that they offer the chief impediment to a peaceful, legitimate, and lucrative commerce with Africa; that they prevent the civilisation and religious improve ment of its people, and render the expensive armaments which are kept up on the coast of Africa, Cuba, and Brazil. the means of increasing the horrors without di minishing the extent of the slave trade. " Your petitioners, therefore, earnestly implore your Right Honourable House either to extend the provisions of the Act 5 Geo. IV., cap. 113, commonly called the Consolidated Slave Trade Act of 1824, so as effectually to prevent British subjects from holding and purchasing of slaves in foreign countries, under any pretences what soever, and to bring to speedy and condign punishment those of them who have hitherto violated with impunity the existing laws ; or to appoint a Committee of your Right Honourable House to inquire forthwith into the facts alleged by your petitioners, whose duty it shall be to report to your Right Honourable House such mea sures as may be deemed requisite to suppress effectually the guilty practices referred to. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. " JNO. WOODWARK, Chairman." YOUNG AIENS' ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION, AIANCIIESTER. This Associaion held its second monthly meeting on Wednesday, the I:,th instant, in the Concert Rooms, at theAthenwum; Mr. ii;,lward Ilerford in the Chair. The room was well filled. 'l.;:e. subject of discussion which was introd uce d by was— " Are the Corn s -l aws jus t ?" Mr. J. P. Culve rwe ll i n a well-ro a .:oned essay, of which our space allows us to give only a mea n , re outline. The object of these meetings is, that ~he members of the Association may prepare themselves to meet and successfully combat any of the numerous sophistries with which the supporters of monopoly attempt to shroud the subject. Mr. Culverwell very appropriately chose for the first discussion the simple question of the justice or injustice of the food monopoly. After some prefatory remarks, Mr. C. stated that the avowed object of the Corn-laws was to secure the corn grower an artificially enhanced price ; that 80s. per quarter was the price aimed at by the law of 1815, and 635. by that of 1828 ; this object to be attained by tax ing foreign corn so as to prohibit its admission, except at famine prices. It follows, of course, that the Corn. laws compel us to give more lab ti for our food. Suppose that we now give Bd. for •ad which would other wise cost 6d., we are just •ectually robbed of 2d. for each loaf that we buy a ir t a ere taken from us by a sharper. In the one case it is the law that takes the 2d. from us ; in the other, the sharper. Now, if one of the lawmakers had detected the sharper picking his pocket, he would have lifted up his eyes to heaven in pious abhorrence, wondering how be could be such a villain, and would have had him committed to bridewell. Yet how aptly might the sharper plead ! He could say, " I wanted more money. lam too idle to work to rob is easier. But, alas : lam not a lawmaker ! had I been so, I could have robbed respectally ; I could have passed a law to enrich myself, and with the proceeds have built churches and prisons for the benefit of those who rob by the ignoble industry of their hands instead of by the invisible and ingenious machinery of a Corn-law." That which on the small scale is called cheating, on the large scale is designated statesmanship. " One murder makes a villain ; millions a hero." These laws, being unjust, m us t b e maintained by phys ica l f orce. just and equitabl e l a W requires no forest of bristling bayonets to enfinaaeit. As a commercial' people, we have too strong an interest in the security of property to oppose any laws whi c h guarantee the welfare of society. It 13 even doubtf u l w h et h er force alone would be Oleo . tual in maintaining such enactments were their whole iniquity apparent. If the bread of which we are defrauded were openly taken from off our tables, the villainy would be so palpable and insufferable that no Government would dare to attempt it. But t h e ass i stance of frau is into effect that which brute f orce a l one dare not call and a portion of our bread is t a k en f rom us byaft.rtelialuttiti; lently raising its price, and th ere b y di m inishingthe quantity which is• can buy for a given amount of labour. We have the best auth ority for saying th at t h e Corn: jaws i mpose an amount of taxation more than equal to t h e whole expense of Government ; and this, not for any but for the exclusive benefit of th e law n:l general aking purpose, ct.; ass. But this enormous injustice is not the worst. By the unequal operation of indirect taxation, this burden is made to press heaviest where it can least easily be borne. ' Rich and poor alike are bread -eaters • but the poor man who spends a week bread out • in o of 10s., pays or 10 pe r cent . a w eekly income income tax ; while the aristocrat, with an i ncome - o f 200,0001. per annum, or 40d. per week, pays only 2 5., or less than three farthings per cent. upon his income. Now, his fair proportion ought to be 401. per week, or 20,0001. a-year, to the robbery ; chestindeed, as he can afford to pay in higher proportion, heshould be charged more than this, especially as he probably will receive . part back again in the form of increa sed rent, while the Nor artisan receives nothing back ; on the contrary, dira2nishing trade, his wages are lowered and his in-co, b m y dimin;:hed, as well as his expenditure increased.--"lnti- Bee a d-t a „r Circular. [Some al'scussion ensued for which we cannot find room. —ED. A BIG IiEGGAR-MAN.—During the last month the h ouses an d s h ops at V esou l, in the Haute Saone, were visited h v a man clothed in rags, demanding aim , ; but as h e was not k nown i n the town h e o b ta i ne d t small reliefs Finding th;s scheme fail him, he made his ap pearance again, a short time afterwards, in better attire, and applied to printers, bookbinders, watchmakers, and other tradesmen, for employment, taking care to go only to such as he knew were not in want of ::ands. He met with the re fusal he expected, but at 'he same time made a considerable collection of small pieces of money, given to him out of com miseration. At last he became suspected as an imposter, and was arrested. On searching his person there was found, round his body, alcathern girdle and bag, containing French and fo reign coins to the amount of 13,000 francs, and in his room, at a small public house, a short distance from Vesoul, an excel lent wardrobe of oloth es, b esides the ragged dress, in which he first made his appearance. On being interrogated, he de clared himself to be a Hanoverian, named Sauermann, which was proved by the discovery of a bond, from the town of Bo venden. for a sum equal to 3,200 f, which he had lent it. Being committed as a fraudulent vagabond, Sauermann made his appearnce, a few day s since, befor e the Correctional Tri bunal of Vesoul, in garmants so much at variance with the offence of mendicity, of which he was accused, as to excite the astonishment of the whole audience. He was condemned to four ux)nths' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLI6ENCE. A/Assies-HousL. Thomas .Horatia Sothers, who was a confideatial clerk in die late firm of Messrs. Foster and Whistler, whole sale grocers in Fenchurch-street, was called upon to ap pear to undergo examination upon the charge of having embezzled a large sum of money, the property of his em ployers, but did not answer, and a great deal of indigna tion was expressed upon the occasion by Mr. Foster, who immediately applied that the recognizances of the defen dant should be estreated. The only charge which had been gone into against the defendant upon his first ap pearance at the bar was the charge of having embezzled the sum of 90L, which had been paid to him on account of his employers by a retail grocer who dealt with them for goods. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, appeared for the prosecu tion, and stated th a t h e was rea d y to go f u ll y i nto t h e lease, but the defendant, for whom respectable bail had been given, not having during the day made his ap pearance, the prosecutor was informed, upon applying fur the estreat of the recognizances, that as a matter or course the recognizances would be estreated in the Ex chequer. Mr. Foster immediately drew up a paper offering a reward of 501. for the apprehension of Sothers. Two men who are in the employment of Mr. Abraham John Favenc, of Lower Thames-street, merchant, were brought up. James Street, City policeman, No. 535, Stated that he took the prisoners into custody, having seen them at half past eight o'clock in possession of some bottles of wine of which they could not give a satisfactory account. Mr. Favenc stated that there could not be two more honest hard-working men than the poor fellows at the bar. In consequence of their good conduct he (Mr. Favenc) had given between them and another man in his employment the lees of wine which had remained at the bottom of casks, and which might have filled eight or nine bottles, as a sort of perquisite, to which he con sidered them well entitled. Some judgment might have been formed of his astonishment then upon hearing that they were locked up in the Compter upon suspicion of having stolen the property. He immediately went to the Compter and represented that the poor men were wholly blameless, but he was informed that they coud not be discharged until they should appear at the Mansion House. He did not of course attempt to interfere with the usual forms on occasions of accusation, but he made a most particular request that the men should not be dragged through the streets as criminals before the public. Sir P. LAURIE—And of course nothing of the kind was done ?—Mr. Favenc said, that notwithstanding his most earnest remonstrance, the men were actually obliged to walk handcuffed in the custody of the policeman, through the streets. He begged to say that a more heartless and unjust thing could not have been done. Sir P. LAURIE—No doubt of it. It was cruel in the extreme. Pray (to the policeman) who authorised you to put handcuffs upon the men? Policeman No. 533—My inspector ordered me. Sir P. LAURIE—I have noticed that your inspector is particuhrly fond of charges, and that he abounds in fri volous cases. This is really shocking, and cannot be too strongly reprobated. Mr. Hobler said that no doubt by-and-bye the police would do everything they fancied to do, however tyran nical it might be. The power given to them was enor mous, and enormously abused; and it would be certainly necessary for high authorities to interfere, to prevent re spectable people from being completely over-ridden. Sir P. LAURIE in dischar g ing the poor men, expressed his sincre regret a t th e cruel treatment to which they had been subjected, and told them that they left that bar without the slightest imputation upon their characters. An elderly man named Jefferies, who was extremely well dressed, and said that he was captain in a veteran battalion, and his son John, in shabby jacket and trou sers, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with drunkenness. The scene in the Justice-room was a very odd one. The policeman who charged the defendants observed them staggering along (the father before the son), fol lowed by a well-known thief, who was also drunk, but whose professional instinct led him to what appeared to be prey. At last the old gentleman tumbled down, and the son, in the filial endeavour to raise him, also fell, whereupon the thief, like a real friend, went to the assistance of both, and had just put his hands into the father's trousers' pockets, no doubt for the purpose of raising him on his feet, when the policeman separated them, and prevented the meditated service. The cap tain, who was unable to say anything but that he was a distinguished soldier, was then helped to the station house. As for the son he was in so deplorable a con dition that the officers were obliged to procure a stretcher upon which to convey him to the same place of comfort and repose. Inspector Brake declared that he had never seen per sons in a more helpless condition. Captain Jefferies—No, no. Be aisy now. I wasn't what you can call drunk. I was only corned. The LORD MAYoR—Is that poor-looking young man next to you your son, Sir ? Captain Jefferies—Oh, faith, he is my own lawful true-born son, sure enough. The LORD MAYOR—Don't you think you act in an un fatherly manner in not only getting drunk in his presence, but in making him drunk ? Captain Jefferies—Oh, my Lord, sure he wasn't a bit drunk. 'Twas only a fit he had, and when he drinks ever so little he goes off just as he did last night. The LORD Me.voß—Why, then, should his father give him that little? Captain Jefferies—Why, you see, my Lord, I hadn't seen him for some time, and as I wish him well, and would like to do him a service, we went, and were talking over old times together, over a small drop of whiskey and water. Inspector Burke—l never saw any person in a more mad state of drunkenness than the poor young man. We had a great deal of trouble with him. Captain Jefferies—That was all your own fault. If you had left us to get up ourselves we could easily have found our way home. The LORD MAYOR—Your son lives with you, then? Captain Jefferies—Oh! dear, no! I keep him at a proper distance. I live at the house of a very respectable widow near Peckham, and he lives. What street is that you live in, Jack? The son—ln Wentworth-street, father. The LORD MAYOR—Wentworth• street ! Why that i 5 a most infamous neighbourhood. How can you, a captain in a veteran battalion, allow your son to live in such a place ? Don't you know it is infested by thieves ? Captain Jefferies—Oh, you are right, my Lord ; it is a very bad street indeed, but what can the poor fellow do? It's against my wish that he lives there ; but lam afraid he has got no means. Have you, Jack ? The Son— No, father ; you know I have nothing. Captain Jefferies—Poor fellow ! No, my Lord, he is not able to do as he may wish. lam sure I pity him. —(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—You are in comfortable quarters I dare say, Sir ? Captain Jefferies—No one more so, my Lord. lam lodging with a respectable lady. This poor boy has been in the ladies' shoemaking line. It was against my wish that he went to such a low business, and now he can't get work. Faith I don't know that he knows his business. I live so far away from him that we don't often see each other. Besides, I always keep my children at a proper distance.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—They are evidently at a great distance indeed. Captain Jefferies—lt was but a few days ago I saw another son of mine, as fine a young man as ever you laid your two eyes upon, off to India. He listed in an East India regiment, and, poor fellow, I took leave of him with regret. I was against his listing, but he thought it better than to be idle, and I don't think he had means any more than this one has. Do you think he had, Jack ? The Son—No, father. You knows he hasn't no more nor me.—(Laughter.) Captain Jefferies (shaking his head)--No, my Lord, that's the fact, poor fellow, I am sure there's nobody feels more for him than I do. The LORD MAYOR-JI feel for you.—(Laughter.) I hope you didn't make your other son as drunk as you made this unfortunate young man ? Captain Jefferies —Oh, dear no. Look at the difference between our stations. lam an officer and have fonght fur my King and country. He has just listed. We s h oo k h an d s and parted. I wish him well. Nobody wishes him better I'll be bound, and I hope he'll prosper. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Captain, I must fine you ss. for being drunk. Captain Jeffries—l hope not, my Lord ; consider, I have had a very disagreeable night, and all the money I have is five and sixpence halfpenny. The LORD MAYOR—I must insist upon the payment of the penalty ; indeed, under all the circumstances, I ought to inflict a much heavier penalty. Captain Jefferies—My Lord, I beg you will not fine me ; I want that money to pay for a cab to take me home to Peckham. I have served my King and coun try, my Lord, for many years, and I hope you will not send me out of this without a farthing of silver in my pocket. The LORD MAYOR—The penalty must be paid, but I'll tell you what I will do ; as you are a soldier, I will make you a present of half a crown to pay fur the cab, but you must take your son out of Wentworth-street. Capt. Jefferies—l feel very grateful, my Lord (pick ing up and pocketing the half crown which his Lordship threw to him, and going otiquickly) ; I shall never for get your kindness. Good bye, Jack. The captain then quitted the room, and poor Jack walked of no doubt to Wentworth-street. GUILDHALL. Mrs. Isabella Giblin was brought from the Court of Requests, where she had in the presence of the Com missioners, slapped the face of George Yates, baker, of Mansell -street, who had sued her for a debt. It appeared that the complainant, a Quaker, had pro duced his book to the Commissioners to prove his debt, and Mrs. Giblin had sufficient nerve to declare that she believed he had not kept his accounts correctly. This excited" the Quaker, who called her a prostitute, and she then assaulted him as above stated. When asked by the Alderman why he had used such an expression, the Quaker said it was the " painful truth," and he knew it because she had offered herself to him several times. The Alderman remarked that the mere offer did not make the woman a prostitute, and Mr. Yates must be considered a very wonderful man to be always able to withstand the importunities of a wo man ; she would have served bhn right if she had scaratched his face. He dismissed the case. It will be seen from our Old Bailey report th a t the recognizanres of Mr. Bankes have been entreated. We make no comment whatever on the case, for that is not vet within our province. We mention a circumstance, however, as having some reference to it. Mr. Bankes was arrested by a constable Bennett, 88 A division. A few nights after Harte, 83, was on duty on the same spot, when a well-dressed per son commenced conversation with him. It soon became evi dent that this person mistook, in the imperfect light, 83 for 8.4. This person questioned the policeman as to the amount of his salary; and the result was that he offered the constable an annuity of 501., and a present of sflol. down, if the constable would accompany him next day to Doncaster. Harte reported theth casetohis Superintendant, and we hear that subsequent inqui r i es h ave b orne out h i s report. The person who made is infamous Proposal is now known to the police, and known also to us.— Observer. RUN ON THE WEST OF ENGLAND BANKS. Several of our banks have experienced a sharp " run" during the past week. ForemoA of the victims to this un pleasant operation were the Devon and Cornwall and the Exeter banks. The former is a joint stock bank with a large proprietary—consisting of above two hundred share holders, every one of whom is liable to the full amount of all his property fur the debts of the bank—so that there can be no reasonable apprehension entertained by the holders of their notes. The panic was spread by some mischievous persons at first, we are told, strangers to this district, who excited the agriculterists of the neighbourhood. But it was pretty well subdued on Mon day, in consequence of the prompt way in which the appli cations for gold were met. Tuesday was Crediton fair, and the Devon and Cornwall has a branch in that town issu ing a very considerable number of its notes. The notes are issued at Exeter, and re-issued at Crediton. The farmers, hearing of the panic at Exeter, took their notes to the branch, the manager of which refused to cash them, telling them they must go to Exeter. A panic ran through the town, and the note holders took horse, and bolted for Exeter, where their fears were allayed by the promptitude with which they obtained gold. But for this blunder the panic would have subsided much sooner than it did. In the meantime the proofs of con fidence in the bank by our citizens were highly Batter ing to the managers. Bills were posted in the principal shop windows, stating that the parties took the notes of all the Exeter banks, and lists of the shareholders were distributed. The confidence of Messrs. Sanders' Exeter bank was not shaken, though there was a considerable demand upon their coffers. This is a private bank in the hands of a family of great reputed wealth, and their repute was very substantially borne out by the piles ofgold which were spread out upon their counters. They met the " run" with great tact, keeping piles of sove reigns in sight of all panic-stricken customers, whose fears were greatly allayed the moment they saw the gold. The bank kept open an hour later to meet all de mands—paying the interest notes, on which they might have claimed twenty-four days' notice, immediately :hat parties applied for payment. Yesterday was a quiet day —public confidence being greatly reassured. The other banks experienced the effects of the panic more or less slightly. The West of England and South Wales Dis trict Branch parried the blow by referring to its annual published list of Shareholders, upwards of 500 in num ber, with a "paid-up capital of 267,2871." It is re ported that the panic, which is thought to have arisen out of the failure of the Totnes and Newton Banks, fol lowed by that of Hobhouse's Bank at Bath, is now working its way to the westward. But we sincerely hope that the public mind will be speedily satisfied, for dreadful indeed will be the misery and suffering should a wide-spread panic put a stop to trade and the employ. ment of the working classes.—Exeter Times. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. At a Meeting of the Members of the National Associ ation, held at the Globe Tavern, Shoe-lane, Fleet street, on Tuesday, Sopternber 14th, and Wednes day, the 15'h, by adjournment, the following Address was unanimously adopted : TO THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RE FORMERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN—In addressing you on sub jects connected with your political rights and social duties, we are no ways anxious to proclaim our actions or our sacrifices in the cause of the people ; we merely demand that justice for ourselves which we have suf fered to establish for others—the justice of being heard patiently and judged of impartially. Having been mainly instrumental in embodying in the People's Charter those political principles which, for a great number of years, were cherished by all true Reformers, but which previously divided and distracted them by being separately contended for, and many of us having also suffered persecution and imprisonment in defence of its principles, we thought ourselve, en titled, in common with others, to put forth our views and opinions respecting the best means of causing that measure to become the law of the land. Conceiving that the past conduct of a number of those who professed to subscribe to the just principles of the Charter, was wanting in that integrity, honesty, and justice which are necessary qualifications to secure the co-operation of the wise and the confidence of the good ; and believing that the falsehood, exaggetation, and vio lence of those who were active to scheme, but too cowardly to act, had led to the sacrifice and incarcera tion of hundreds of victims, by which means our cause had been retarded and defamed, we felt anxious to re deem by reason what had been lost by madness and folly. We accordingly, about five months ago, put forth a proposal for forming a National Association, as set forth in a pamphlet written in Warwick Gaol, entitled " Chartism"--a plan embracing such objects as, in our opinion, were best calculated to unite the elements of Chartism, and secure the co-operation of all benevolent minds who were desirous of benefitting the great mass of the people, politically and socially. In publishing that plan we explicitly stated that we had no wish to interfere with the societies then in existence, our object being to form a general association for certain explicit purposes. These purposes being, first and foremost, to create and extend an enlightened public opinion in favour of the People's Charter among per sons of all creeds, classes, and opinions, by the means of missionaries, lecturers, circulating libraries, tracts, &e. ; and, in order to secure proper places of meeting for those purposes, we proposed a systematic and prac tical plan for the erecting of public halls, for the people, in every district of the kingdom ; by which means our working-class brethren might be taken out of the contaminating influences of public-houses and beer-shops, places where too many of their meetings are still held, in which their passions are inflamed, their reason drowned, their fanalles pauperized, and them selves socially degraded and politically enslaved. Seeing, also, that vast numbers of our infant po pulation are the neglected victims of ignorance and vice, creating, on the one hand, the evils we are seeking to remove ; on the other, seeing that the selfish, the bigotted, and the fanatic are intent on moulding to their several purposes, the infant mind of our country ; and that different parties in the State have, for several years past, been devising such national schemes of Instruction as shall cause our population to become the blind devotees and tools of despotism ; we urged on our brethren the necessity of remedying and averting those evils, by adopting a wise and general system of education in connection with their public halls—such a system of instruction as should develope in the rising generation all the facul ties which God has given them, to the end that they might enjoy their own existence and extend the greatest amount of happiness to others. In proposing this plan, we impressed on our brethren the necessity of devoting to those enobling purposes those means which had been previously wasted in fri volous efforts and child-like dis[lays. We urge them, with all the earnestness which the importance of the subject merits from all who would place freedom on an enduring basis, to adopt such a course of agitation in favour of our Charter, as should unite in one bond of brotherhood the wise and benevolent among all classes, who would be intent on cherishing and propagating the noblest principles of freedom amongst young and old, so that the most substantial fruits might be gathered from that political power e e are now seeking to obtain. This proposal, while it was warmly greeted by the press, and received the commendations of a great number of intelligent minds among all parties, was met with falsehood, intolerance, and bitterest rancour, by the most prominent organ of Chartism, the Northern Star. Its proprietor and editor jointly denounced ie as a production of Messrs. O'Connell. Hume, and Roe buck—as a plan intended to destroy Feargus O'Can nor's political supremacy, and subvert one which he had previously concocted. Education was ridiculed, knowledge was sneered at, facts were perverted, truth suppressed, and the lowest passions and prejudices of the multitude were appealed to, to obtain a clamorous verdict against us. We were denounced by them and their hired partisans as " thieves," " liars." and " trai tors," to the cause of Chartism, as persons who, if a " guillotine" existed in England, would be its just vic tims. Nay a sermon I. has been preached by one of those professors of freedom to show the necessity for privately " assassinating" us. As far as we have been able to obtain insertion for a vindication cf our conduct, through the channel by which we hate been calumniated, we have called, but called in vain, for proofs of their base assertions. As far as they hate dared to reply to us, they have pro claimed themselves false, intoleranr, and reckless in the eyes of every reflecting man ; and when the eyes of their dupes shall have been opened, they will be ashamed of the virulence they have displayed against men whose only crime has been the publication of a rational plan for the attainment of the Poorle's Charter. Strong in the rectitude of our principles, and more than ever convinced of the necessity of that plan, we pity those who have so vindictively assailed us. Their vanity has inflamed their intell!et, their prejudices have darkened their understanding, and to!eration and cha- ritable feeling have been blotted from their minds. Be lieving themsvltei supremely wise, they spurn with _ Gothic fe roc ity u ll k n owledge, truth, or . justice ; and, judging from their actions, they seem to think that liberty can oily be realised by violence and prescriptiou. But while these are the characteristics of the most ignorant and noisy portion of the Chartist body —per sons who, without thought or judgment, nra empty professors to day, but worshippers at any other shrine to-morrow—we bdeve that the great bulk of our Chartist brethren is composed of m, , n whose conviction in favour of the Charter has sprung from observation, inquiry, and patient investigation regarding the cAusea of political injustice and soeiai misery. Men of this d iscription may be deceived and misled fora season by mystification and falsehood ; but their minds, bent on inquiry and ever open to conviction, will soon penetrate the flimsy veil which has been drawn over their under standing. To men of this character we confidently appeal, and we ask them whether the beat means of obtaining the Charter, and the placing of our liberties on the securest foundation, do not form proper and legitimate questions of inquiry for every man in the United Kingdom ? Or, is it that the solving of these questions forms the exclu sive prerogativ e of any particular individual or party among the people ?—thus practically exemplifying in et nduct the exclusive and despotic principles which we seek to overthrow, and bidding fair to rende Chartism a by-word end derision. Holding the principles of democra , v. we wii yield to no man's dictation : we believed that both England and Ireland have been cursed by man worship, to the sacrifice and delay of that fr( adorn we are now contending for ; and because we have dared to honestly assert our opinions, we have in curred the highest displeasure of all those whose vanity expects the homage of a crowd, peed ar patronage, and exclusive power. But warring against such selfish folly and mischievous authority, whether displayed in the courtly aristocrat or the soda, oppressor, we shall ever exert our humble powers to prevent individual or social despotism from being intro duced into that just state of thing which ail good men are now contending for, and which, if they be united in one bond of brotherhood, no power can much longer pre vent, de a!, or subvert. Our calumniators have falsely asserted that we are for delaying the franchise on the grounds of ignorance. So tar from this being true, we have reiterated and published in various forms the contrary of this doctrine. We • insist on the universality of the franchise on the broad principles of personal and conventional rights ; personally, as no man has a right to enslave or starve another man into sub mission to his will, which is done by arbitrary and exclusive laws ; conventionally, as every man living under the laws of society ought, in right and justice, to have a vote in determining what those lass should be. But while, as a right, we thus insist on our just share of political power, we are desirous of seeing the most effective steps taken to gain it, and of seeing our brethren preparing themselves to use that power wisely when they shall have obtained it ; and not to be half a century exercising the franchise, and at the end of it still find themselves the sport of cunning schemers and wily politicians. First, then, as regards the best means of obtain ing our Charter. We are of those who are opposed to evyrything in th e s h a2e o f a p h ys i ca l or v i o l ent revotion, believing that a victory would be a de feat to the just principles of democracy ; as the mili tary chieftains would become, as all past history affirms, the political despots, and as such a sari• guinary warfare, calling up the passions in their worst forms, must necessarily throw back for cen turies our intellectual and moral progress. Be lieving that the sattainment of the Charter would be an instrumeat of benefit to all—the only means through which the corruptions, monopolies, and evils of our Government can be removed, and that those who are interested in their continuance are few compared With the population—we think that ali that is necessary for the carrying of that measure is, soberly and rationally to convince all classes of our population, how' far it is their interest to unite with us, in order that we may peaceably obtain it ; for a com bined people have always numerous means for the attain ment of their object withou: violence. But it is not the mere possession of the franchise thatis to benefit our country ; that is only the means to a just end—the electing of the best and wisest of men to solve a question which has never yet been pro pounded in any legislative body, namely, how shall all the resources of our country be made to advance the intellectual and social happiness of every individual ? It is not merely the removing of evils, but the estab lishing of remedies, that can benefit the millions ; and in order to check the. natural selfishness and ambition of rulers, and induce them to coact just and salu tary laws, those who possess the power to elect must have knowledge, judgment, and moral principle to direct them, before anything worthy of the name of just Government or true liberty can be established. Of what benefit would be the franchise, or what description of Government would be established by those who, too ignorant to investigate, not only cla morously oppose, but, if they had power, would even sacrifice all who differ from them ? Happily, however, for the progress of humanity, those neglected and mad dened unfortunates are few compared with the vast numbers of our countrymen whose sound sense and generous fceling prompt them to investigation, im provement, and peace. But notwithstanding this feeling prevails at present, the political and social condition of our country is such as to demand the consideration and combined energies of all who are anxious for peace, prosperity, and in tellectual and moral progress. Taking into account the vast extent of social misery which class legislation has mainly occasioned—viewing the contentions of fac tions for political supremacy, and their desire to per petuate the corruptions and monopolies by which they exist—seeing the deeply seated wrongs and ex• tended poverty which prevails, and which, if not speedily removed or mitigated, may madden our population into a state of anarchy and direst confusion—a consideration of this state of things should call forth the benevolent feeings of reflecting men among all classes, and should prompt them to be united, in order to investigate and remedy our political and social evils, and to place the liberties of our country upon a sound and lasting foun dation. Having thus stated the intolerant conduct pursued against ug, and briefly expressed our reasons !Or our opi nions, we call upon men of sense and refl,.etion to de cide between us, at the same timo inviting al who think with us to join the Naional Association. We remain, on behalf of the members of the National Association residing in London, H. HETHERINGTON. Chairman. W. LOVETT, Hon. Sec. 182, Tottenham.court-road. The Lord Chancellor (Lyndhurst) has ap. pointed Edward Winslow, Esq., of Torrington-square, to be his Private Secretary. A BADGER HUNT.—" While the Duke of Orleans," says the Commerce, was recently shooting in the woods of Versailles, his dogs starter a badger of enormous size which soon buried himself in his hole, and thus for a time escaped. Determined to secure his unexpected game, the Prince engaged ten labourers to dig the beast out ; his Royal Highness set his own hand stoutly to the work, and the men persevered till ten at night. His Royal Highness then retired, but r t three in the morning returned, and found tha , his men had been employed the whole night without reaching their ob ject. At eleven in the day the tenacious animal still remained in his stronghold ; the Duke and his men became hungry and fatigued, arid perceiving a house in the distance, the Prince sent to ask for any refreshment that could be conveniently afforded. The house proved to be the hospitable mansion of M. Mallet, the banker, who immediately sent down a sumptuous breakfast. At one o'clock the badger was reached and taken alive, and the Prince seat it to the Garden of Plants in the name of Alme. Mallet. This capture cost the Prince Royal not less than 500 f." 'MERITED RETRIBUTION.-At near Guildford, the seat of Lord Grantley, a fawn was drinking in the lake, when one of the swans suddenly flew upon it and pulled the poor animal into water, where it held it until it was drowned. This act of atrocity was noticed by the other deer in the park, and they took care to revenge it the first opportunity. A few days atter, the swan happening to be on land, was surrounded and attacked by the whole herd, and pre sently killed. • A SCHOOL-BOY'S WlT.—The rnastcr of a free grammar-school was one day endeavouring to instil into the minds of his pupils that two negatives make a posi ive. On a remarkably tine day, shortly afterwards, the boys were petitioning their master for an afternoon's holiday, to which he, the master, hastily replied, " No, no." They were accordingly repairing to their studies, when one of the boys (a very shrewd lad) reminded him of the fact, that t• Two negatives made a positive," and therefore claimed a ho liday. The master, pleased with the boy's wit, immediately granted the request. THE " STRIKE " AT THE NEW HOUSES or- PA &MIAMI? NT. —The masons employed on these works still continuing to hold out against their employers, Messrs. Grissejl and Peto, the latter on Friday caused large placards to be 'mated against the boarding enclosing the above wo r k s . Th e placard is h ea d e d—" l' o the masons lately employed in the erection of the new Houses of Parliament." It is an address :rom the contractors to the men late in their employ, in which are stated at considerable length the circumstarees connected with the strike. The correspondence that has ensued between the men and their employers, and the latter and the Commis sioners of Woods and Puhlie 11 , irks, is also annexed. Messrs. Grissell and Peto state they have been led to adopt this step :in consequence of having received a letter from the secretary Le the masons' union, refusing the offer made to them of resuming their work, and believing that the majority of the masons who have left their work with reluctance and regret have been in some respects led away by theirdelegates, who have not honestly made known to them the proposals of their employers. The contractors say they cannot, consist ently with their position as masters, nor in justice to their foreman, .11r. Allen, consent to his dismissal. They are not desirous of sanctioning any conduct on the part of a foreman that is reasonably objectionable to the men, and they have consequently made strict inquiries into Mr. Allen's conduct, and, finding it un i m p eac h a bl e, are d eterm i ned to reta i n hi m in his situat'on, and with this determination the Commis sioners of 'Woods and Public Works perfectly agree, as appears in the letter published. 'Messrs. Grissdl and Pete inform the masons they are will willing to receive them back again, but unless they decide speedily their places will be filled up with other men, as their agents are at the present time collecting masons in all parts of the kingdom. A SCENE FOR THE PAINTER.—The follow ing incident, which, for appalling interest, surpasses anything weharpare yet encountered, occurred at the late great meeting is the T own-eall, Manchester. In the course of the speech of Sir Thomas to l l Potter, Newtter,whiiilastiey prison, he said, " I have been alluding to the great increase of commitments horror-struck to hear the observation from the prisoners brought up at the Cow t, that they wished to be sent to prison, that they would prefer going to the New Bailey, fur there they would be better fed than they could be at home.—( Cries of Hear, hear," fri m the crowd, and " that's ti ue." ) Now, thi s i s a shocking state of t hings. ( Cries of "We want to go.") No, no, you don't deserve to go. And I do say that there is not a population in the world who are bearing their sufferings with such fortitude and such resignation as you ..re bearing them. They cannot he endured long, Gentlemen; it is impossible." here is a scene for the p enc il o f a Salvator 'I he venerable and ireds of the haggard and care wor n faces of a b r e e ne se v e o n len m t ay K n nig h h u t rv is addressing a crowded me ting. I which unemployed artis ans , w ho. in the desperation of famine, im plore the excell en t o ld : Magistrate to commit them to prison, where they may fi n d that food which is denied then at hone.. 'fears stait int o his eyes, acid his manly frame is convulsed with emotion, as h e denies them their wretched request, as suring them that they are too good to go to prison. To coin these cloak, with plete the pi c t ure , th e ar tist must introduce the figure of an old hisw warrior, of stern uttering comfortable words— " This is• th e on ly coun try in the world in which a poor man, turned t aspect, wrapped the meeting,in a who is industriou s and sober. is sure to obtain a competence." sh ee ld a painter take our hint, and put on canvas a recd d of this scene, we must, for the sake of our country and our creed, implore him not to transmit to posterity the fact, that it occurred in Christian England, in the year 1841.—Antis Bread-tax Circular. THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. For several months past a portion of the I3irtninghtun, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway, the project of which is now abandoned, has been the scene of continual experiments, performed with a view to ascertain the practicability of a new system for propelling carriages along a line of rail. The force employed for this purpose is simply that of atmospheric pressure, and of the mode in which this force has been rendered available by the inventors, as seen in the specimen of their apparatus laid down for the space of half a mile at Wormwood Scrubs, we will endeavour to give a brief description. Be tw,ea the rails upon which the carriages move is laid a continuous cylinder of cast-iron, having all the appear ance of a common gas or water main ; within this tube, which is internally coated with a greasy preparation, a piston attached to the leading carriage of the train is fitted air-tight ; and the slanting iron plate which esta blishes the connection between the piston rod and the carriage passes through a longitudinal and flexible valve, forming the upper portion of the main. Now, it is evi dent that the carriage being in this position, if a vacuum be formed in that part of the tube which is before the piston, the air, which mains admittance behind it through that portion of the valve opened by the iron plate alluded to, will force the piston forward, and with it the entire train. This vacuum is produced in the tube by means of an air-pump communicating with it, and worked by a stationary engine. It is proposed that when the system is extensively applied, the tube should be divided into sections of suitable length for exhaustion, and separated by a peculiar kind of ♦alve, constructed for the purpose ; it will therefore be necessary that a separate engine be stationed at each of these intervals throughout the road, and which have been determined or 3 miles. The longitudinal valve which forms the upper part of the main, and portions of which are continuously raised as the carriage travels, is bedded in a composition of bees' wax and tallow ; and as the carriage moves on, a heated tube runs over this composition, and seals the valve hermetically after the passage of the piston ; so that when the carriage moves from .one section of the tube to another, that which it leaves behind remains air-tight, and is again fitted for exhaustion. We were recently present at the performance of some experiments on the apparatus in question, on which occasion the carriage travelled over the portion of the rail laid down, which, as we have said, extends to half a mile, with the most perfect ease, and, notwithstanding the rough and irregular manner in which the rails are laid down, was propelled at a maxi mum speed of 30 miles an hour. To give a notion of the time which would be occupied in producing a suffi cient vacuum in three miles of tube, the proposed length of each section, we will state that from a barometric gauge in the engine -house, a vacuum equal to 17k inches of mercury was obtained in one minute; a distance of three miles could, therefore, be exhausted in about six minutes. Having given a rough idea of the principles of this new system and of their application, it may be as well to glance at the advantages which, according to the statements put forth by the patentee,, will accrue from the adoption of their scheme. These they sum up in two important words " economy and safety." The first assertion they make out by very plausible esti mates ; and the second is grounded, first upon the physical impossibility of a collision occurring, since the motive power cannot act in two directions at the same time ; and second, upon the fact that a train cannot get off the rail, as the leading carriage is firmly attached to the piston. which travels in the pipe between the rails, and that, as no engines travel with the train, accidents from fire or explosions can never occur. It need be no wonder if a project which promises such advantages as these has hitherto met but with little no tice, as the very men who are likely to have their atten- Lion attracted to it, namely, railway proprietors and engineers, are those whose interests it appears mostly to threaten, and who accordingly have generally treated it with ridicule. Of late, however, Mr. Pinn, the trea surer of the Dublin and Kingston Railway Company, has taken up the subject with great energy, and has pub lished a letter addressed to Lord Morpeth, setting forth the merits of the invention, and proposing that as there appears to be some intention of establishing a system of rail ways in Ireland, it should, under the protection of the Government, receive a fair trial upon an extended line, with a view, if found successful, of adopting it throughout that country, to which, as the traffic is not considerable, railways with a single track would be found amply sufficient. _ A scheme so plausible in appearance as this, holding forth a prospect of so important an amelioration in rail- way travelling, and against which no valid objections have hitherto been raised, does indeed seem to call for a fair trial, by which its alleged merits may be attested or confuted.— limes. WOOLWICH-FRIDAY. ROYAL ARTILLERY. On Monday last, the services of the men who have been deemed unfit :or service by a Medical Board, their conduct, character, and cause of discharge, were verified by a Beard of Officers. con , isting of Lieutenant-Colonel Blachley, as Presi dent, and Majors Sandilands and Vaughan, members, agreeably to the 87th article of the rules and regulations for the better goverment of her Majesty's Forces ; and on Tuesday they were again inspected at the Royal Ordinance Hospital by Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.R. and G.C.H. Colonel Sir H. D. Ross, K. C. 13. ; Colonel Lacey, and the As sistant-Inspector of Hospitals. who recommend the disposal of their several cases in conformity to the regulations. GENERAL 0RD13:13, Sam 17, 1541. " The Alaster-General has been pleased to appoint Captain Henry W. Paget, of the 56th Regiment, to be his Aide-de camp. " H. D. ROSS, I olonel, Deputy-Adjutant- Gei ieral. " Major Molesworth'e company, 6th battalion, commenced a course of laboratory instructions on Monday la't. Mr. Marsh gave a lecture on Chemistry at the Royal Ar tillery Insritution on Tuesd ty. The services of this very able chemist have been secured for a Course of Lectures for the benefit of the officers of the Ordnance corps, and he has been highly complimented by Lot d Bloomfield and the senior officers for the abl. and clear manner in which he has illus- trated the lectures already deliver ed. The detachment at Purflet't was rulieved by Major Vanghan's company, 6th ba taiiun, and detachments of the 3d and 7th battalion. on Tuesday. Major Vaugha❑ and Lieut. Crofton accompanied the detachment. GENERAL ORDER, SEPT. 21. 1341. _ _ Lord Bloomfield having obtained leave of ab , ence, the corn manil of the gariison devolves on Colonel Sir H. D. Russ, K.C.8., Deputy adjutant-General, to whom all reports and returns are to be addressed. The Company of Gentlemen-Cadets attended mortar and howitzer practice on Monday, and the senior classes gun prac tice in the marshes on :he same day. The practice at both t,atte•rtes was exceedn,gly good. Lieutenant-Colonel Bayley has passed a medical hoard, and retires on full pay. Lieutenant-Colonel Brandreth. C. 13., has relieved Colonel Forbes at Portsmouth from the command of the souih-west district. Lieutenant-Colonel Hutcheson proceeds to Leith fort, to command the Royal Artillery in North Britain, vice Story, deceased. Lieutenant-Colonel C. Ccutteriden is expected to re!ieve Colonel Oliver at Balincollig, in Ireland, and take command of the Mun,ter district, Lieutenant Colonel Grant having ex changed to remain in the West Indies. The non-commissioned officers and men off duty have at tended the repository exercises during the week, no practice having been earried on. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Devastatation, first class war steam frigate, was com missioned on Saturday last by Commander Hastings lieginlld Henry., and the following officers from the Vixen have been appointed to her : —Lieutenants F. Lowe and C. G. It gge, vice Parkhurst. to the Vixen; Mr. J. G. Mugford, ma.trr, vice Ashton to the Vixen ; Mr. J. Elliott, surgeon ; Mr. J. Grant, pur-er, vice Milliogham to the Vixen ; Mr. J. H. Paterson, assistant•surgeon. The C"met steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Chevalier Syer, arrived at Wooly; ich on Saturday, from towing the Abercrombie Robinson through the Downs. The Aber crombie Robinson, troopship, proceeded on her way for Ber muda, having- on hoard upwards of SW men, chiefly of the 2d bAttalion of the Rifle Brigade. The Comet left again on Thursday for the Medway, to attend upon the master ship. wrights of the Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheerness Dock-yards ( Mesq-s. Lanz, Fincham, and Atkins), who are ordered to examine and report on the state of the whole of her Majesty's ships in ordinary at the several ports; and when they have completed their examination of the ships in the Medway, they will proceed to Portsmouth and Plymouth. The Sinbad sailed for Portsmouth and Plymouth on Satur day, and the Falmouth for Chatham to-day. The Avon , team-vessel, Lieutenant Jenkin, arrived at Wool wich on Monday. The Monkey steam-vessel, Second Master W. Roberts, ar rived at Woolwich en Tuesday, and left again to-day for Chat- I ham, to be placed at the d,sposal of Captain-Superintendent Shirreff, of the Chatham Dock-yard. The Firebrand steam-vessel, Master S. B. Cook (act. ), left Woolwich yesterday for Ostend. to attend on her Royal High mess the Ductless of Kent, who intends returning in her to this country. Appointments—Mr. J. Boland has been appointed A.ssist.ant- Surgeon to the Volcano. Mr. Henry P,nhorn, clerk in charge of the Heroine, vice Bateman, whose warrant has been cancelled CURIOUS PHENOMENOII.—In the evening of Saturday week a most curt us though neural phenomenon was witnessed for some time in the neighbourhood of Eittow, ttear Newark, which nearly coincided with the description given by' travellers of the celebrated mirage so often met with in the Arabian end A frican deserts. It presented the appear ance of a vast good of water, the tops of ttte hedvs, trees, &c., being seen above it, and, what was more remarkable, the sh.tdows of them seemrd distinctly thrown on the mist as upon rral water. It is rarely if ever witnessed in this country. Lincoln Gazette. THE LATE MR. POWER.--The widow of the late Mr. Tyrone Power, whose melancholy death on board that ill-fated vessel, the President, must still be fresh in the minds of our readers, has just administered to the effects of her late lamented husband, in the Pre rogative Court of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, in Doctors' Commons. The personal property of the demist d is sworn under 5,0001. Whilst the loss of Mr. Power will be d-eply felt, both by his family and the public, it is gratit:y ing to find that Ids widow is left in comparatively etsy circumstances. It is usual in proving a will or tak inLt. out an administration, to state the precise day on which 1110 party died, but in this instance the words " on or about" were inserted, alludi, g to the time when the President was supposad to be lost. Ti:e behaviour of some of Lord Stanley's friends during the time Mr. Acland was sp , aking was, to say the least, disgusti, g. Mn r emptying themselves of their StA)CI. of im penal -nt and in ultim,; ques'i ns, they commenced making ilrekdfu. swim's, certainly like unto :ow u . t.c•ed b the human family. In this disg.acelul part of the proceeding-, .'Jr. T,...w,e1y Parker, lase member for Preston, took the lead, , conded by son e persons who reside nearer Lancaster. Lancaster G,:ardian. THE SLIDING SCALE.—Great has been the outcry in favour of the sliding scale. Its beauties and advan tages are just now most clearly discernible. The averages ha%e been forced up to that point which reduces the duty upon foreign w h ea t t o one s hi l li ng per quarter ; and in the course of the last wee k one millinn and a h a lf o f quar ters of foreign wheat hav e b een a d m i tte d to h ome consu m ption at this duty. This is the season w h en t h e poorer class of farmers are com pelled to bring their grain to market to raise money,luad in de ,, that market they me et t h e f ore i gn wheat at " f price. What a g lo r i ous t hi ng, t h en, i s t h e s lidi ng scale e for r the "protection" of the British farmer.— C _ar. .s.e urnd. MORNING SUN TIM SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. Mil LOVE, LA. W, AND RIBUTION A somewhat curious story is at present affording a considerable fund for talk to the gossips of a neighbour ing commut ity. The principal figurantes in the tale are a converted Jew, an unmarried lady of independent feaane, and a minister of the Established Church, who has on more than one occasion attracted a large share of the public attention. Tne Jew having abandoned the faith of his fathers, and become a convert to Christianity, paid a among other places, to a town in the vicinity of this city, where he receised a ready passport to society through the instrumentality of several individuals, who gladly hailed the new prose lyte ; and, amongst others, it is alleged that he was honoured with the patronage of the Reverend Gent e • man to whom we have alluded. Prayer-meetings tea-drinkings, and other gatherings of a similar description, which larres of a certain turn of mind love to frequent, falewed as a ne cessary consequence ; and the stranver milt at length fortunate enough in securing the affections of one of the ladies to whom he had been introduced, an.i who, we understand, possesses a highly comfortable and un controlled competency. Letters were interchanged be tween the parties binding then both to tie the indis soluble knot ; and if the day was not actu9l'y fixed, at least certain necessary preliminary preparations were in progres., when the friends of the lady, becoming alarmed at the aspect of matters, steppe I in for the purpose of prevailing upon her to abandon the match. The clergyman, who had prev•ously, it is said, aided in bringing the Jew into nctice, now threw his powerful weight into the opposite scale, and the lady was in duced to abandon her matrimonial intentions. A friend of the parties was employed to break the altered posture of affairs to the convert, with powers to arrange a suitable solatium for his wounded feelings. Some difficulty was at first txperi• encel, the Jew protesting that it was not "de monist), but de lady" that held the first place in his affections, but he ultimat ly yielded to the powerful arguments that were placed before him, and agreed to give up his claims, upon consideration of a certain sum being forthcoming. So terminated the affair, in so far as the lady was concerned ; but the minister has to be extricated from the troublesome consequences ; for find ing that the delightful intercourse of society was no longer so freely thrown open to him, and believing that certain sayings of the clergyman were one cause of the estrangement, the Jew laid his grievaices before a legal gentleman, who advised him to demand redress w . thin the precints of ti.e Court of Session. Actiag on the advice thus tendered, an action for alleged defamation of character has been raised against the minister, and a summons, concluding for 5,0001. damages, was recently served upon the Rev. Gentleman, on his return from a very interesting tour in which be had been engaged. The tale is instructive in many points of view, but upon these it is unnecessary to dilate, the simple narrative being sufficient for every useful purpose.—Glasgow Argus. SWAN RIVER. The papers from Swan River contain the first Annual Report of the York Agricultural Society, addressed to Governor Hutt. From this it appears that in September last the various flocks of sheep amounted in number to 21.500 ; the number of horses by the return, was 218 ; the number of cattle, by the last return, was 800 ; the return of pigs was 341. The number of acres in wheat the last season was 440, the produce from which will be ample for all the wants of the settlers. The number of acres of barley was 181. The cul tivation of oats has much gone out of use as it has not hitherto been found so certain or productive as the Cape barley ; an immense crop has this year, how ever, been produced from about two acres, the seed being originally a few grains brought by Mr. Hardy from the Clime. The number of acres of hay, or green crops, was 75. The quantity of rain that has fallen during the last two or three years has been rather less than usual, and some slight inconvenience has in consequence been experi enced. The conduct of the natives, since the severe ex ample the Government considered it necessary to make, has been peaceable, and at various times they have been a great assistance to settlers in herding cattle and other occupations, though as yet but little has been done to civi lize or wean them from their savage habits. "In con clusion," says the Report, " we ;beg to notice to your Excellency two evils under which we are now labouring, and feel assured it is only necessary to point them out for the Government to use every means in its power to remove them. In a former part of this report allusion is made to a want of labourers. To such an extent does this evil operate, that various improvements necessary for the comfort and convenience of the settlers, and the good management of the stock, are neglected. Valu able flocks are, from necessity, frequently entrusted to inexperienced hands, and the division of the larger flocks, so requisite to their improvement, is, in most cases, impracticable. The other evil to which we al lude is from the want of our boundary lines being pro perly defined, and definitely marked off. The incon venience that, in a short time, is likely to be felt from time want of this may be serious, tending to cause dis union among the settlers." Average Prodtice 4;inntit y au tine copper ....... ,h ii ... •••;•.;, Amount of sale. •-0,411 15s. 6d —A v e rage Siatutard, g" 4 on v ir A' FUNERAL OF CAPT AIN CONROYe•— co tie:, nesday the remains of C ap t a i n C onroy, l a t e o f the wislist: Guards, who died of pulmonary consumption at " bri t where he had proceeded in the hope of recovering v o ole isi , were interred in the churchyard of Plumstead, shoat too elk the eastward of Woolwich. Sir John Conroy_ and tetl'lo sons from Ken-ingtoe attended the funeral. The 7 1 i, reo" - t t cer was the second son of Sir John Conroy,. and , __ ooo t, were forwarded by Frankfort-on-the-Maine for et int_,el A to Y Plumstead, where a handsome tablet will be erect memory. , . memory. )111 • tig Why are a lady's stays, laced painfulli t oi °4 like the surname of one of Milton's heroes? Because Agony- Stays. 0 If " It is veil - odd," said Sergeant Cha llile o A Thesiger, " that Tindal should have decided a gainst ~ b S o that point of law, which seemed to me as plain s; t bsl A " Yes," replied Thesiger, " but of w h a t use is !age 11 " should have been as plain as a, b, c , t o you, if t he J I determined to be d, e, f, to it?" 1 1/ , del THE ROYAL B OTANIC G A RDEhisi . ". o o,, a r Council of the Royal B o t an i c S oc i ety came t o a or te its meeting on Saturd a y, t o term i nate t h e premens Aet, l , oerre season. They had been fashionably attended, but thee is not likely to be again sufficiently propitious for the anclois elegant amusement. ' Ili t f is th said that the King of Hanover hr_sebei4 contribution of five hundred pounds towards 5T " td n 0 raised for the family of th e l ate Th eo d ore Hook . .dt it ESS ' Aa g WARM WEATH ER F OR THE P • try- Editor of the New Orl eans M ercant i le Ad ve rtiser 0, 0 es „ his news colum n w i t h t hi s remark :—" The wea ther ta i" 4 - fo o l cessively warm, that we claim exemption from all r° e are to-day. Let it no t b e inferred, ever that the' how, THE EARL OF L INCOLN , AND THE W OODS • AND FORESTS.—We recollect that a few years ago, being on plenty of ideas, at the bottom of the inkstand." n ~..fri di the hill on which stands the Castle of No , tingh .m, and over- ALARMING FIRE IN THE STRAN-• • d i o une et looking the delightful meadows, through which meanders the night between eight and nine o'clock, an a's,fi r Ve r, ft beautiful Trent, we were led to inquire to whom belonged destruetive fire broke (ant on the premises of " s 'i r an • il' o ef such va uable and delectably situated property ; and we te- Geddies, a mercer and dra er, residin at No- 7 0 ; oo rtele i se c-ived for answer that it was Crown land, tnr which the Duke appears that the gas-lights in the sho - g window hau "'boa oi of Newcastle paid a merely nominal rent, and by which he been turned on too high, and had Punobserved relf her e .4 realised an income of many thousands a yea-. No w , th e Earl breastsummer, joists, and flooring in the first floor,w_ or; of Lincoln is the son of this same Duke of Newcastle ! The flames made rapid ascendancy. Immediately that T ree s P o i man put into office to manage the Crown land s (i. e., the discovered the fire-engines and men from Chandos- ' i fort a tfe' landed property belonging to the nation), and to let station were sent for, and it being so near, were tb or7 oo f this property to the best advantage fur the good of the promptly o n the spot, and by the great exertions °f ft, h ° joe , public, is the s u n an d h eir of another man w h o makes atter a considerable time, succeeded in extinguishing, or ste some thousands a year by the former profli g at e mama- before extensive damage to the valuable stock and ' of nag-ment of ihese same Crown or public lands! Here, then, had been sustained. Wl° b we have the D u k e o f N ewcast l e, t h e man who " will do what Sir Henry Hardinge, as Secretary at he likes with hi s own ," returninz the West India monopolist Gladstone as his nmminee for Newark, to not only sit in the appointed Captain Wood to be his Private Secretary'. $O l House of Commons, but to preside at the Board of Trade, Dispatches were forwarded from th e , isa ir wh re will have g r e a t i n fl uence i n support of t h e plunder office yesterday morning for liar Majest y at system ; and his son , th e E ar l o f Li nco l n, appo i nted to ma nage the national estat es , th e proper management o f wh i ch Custle b would immediately deprive him of several thousands a-year. Peel may be playing a deep game by thus placing in such SILVER WATCHES LONDON-.l,_Agirl'id, situations the very worst men for such places any where to be B SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9,u ur- ie leel_ o r - / found in the country; but at present he appears, to the un- don (opposiie the Bank of Eneland), submit for one initiated, to be trying The experiment as to the amou n t of in-ult very large STOCK of SILVER WATCHES, t il t oe e l gi with which the nation will patie n tly sit down.—Stockport which are made and finished under the careful inspe . c _ s . r s9 Chronicle, perienced workmen on their own premises, and each' FIRE IN CORK.—On Saturday night last IC •- for correct performance. , 1 t% was discovered, at about ten o'clock, that th e o il a nd co l our Fine Vertical Wches ted,wjeaut ed, wt 4 warranted .....•• ............... -_,.h double-backs 71 stores of Jr. Wilson, in Cove-street, in this city, were o n fi re , engine -turned a cases, I and in less than half an hour afterwa r d s t e en ti re es t a bl is h- Fine Vertical Wat c h es , j ewe ll ed, hard ename ll ed w merit was one ma's of fire. 'Fe e ng in es w ere w ell wor k e d , ar ,d dial, with second s ' h an d an d d ou bl e-backe d ca ses' 6 •%, . ... warranted ............... ... .......... . ...... .. ... .. ........ at one o'clock the fire was completely got under, at which time Patent detached Lever Watches ; capped, jewelled in nothing was left of the stores or their contents but a heap of mouldering ruins.—Cork Southern Reporter. four holes, hard enamelled dial,wth second' 6 I hand and double-backed engine-turned eas e s ' 6 to At the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, on ' warranted ..... I se v s .......... 6,, , Saturday, Mr. Gibson moved a resolution that the vestry de Either of the above in silver hunting-cases, lus• 1/ .e.b . ' petition her Maj es ty th a t s h e w ill b e p l ease d not to prorogue A l arge var i ety of Second-hand SilverWatchea,,,7 . 9, s l .es ell. Parliament until the s it ua ti o n of th e country had been fully been carefully examin e d, an d can b e warrante d, at hatt ge , .. taken into consider a ti on b y t h em , par ti cu l ar l y as to the duties N.h. Second-ha n d W a t c h es purc h ase d in exc tlr OS' on the importation of foreign corn. He prefaced his motion . PAPIER MACHE TEA TRA YS , A 17 5,,,, , g 5 S i r; by a short speech. in the coui se of which he remarked that the SET, of FUL L. SI ZED GOTHIC SIIA s - *iest ett o vestry had a right to entertain the subject as a purely paro- riot London 'fable Knives, with ivory Ino dle. ' dishy chial matter, inasmuch as it represented the opinion of 139 000 • dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains 11 lo ch ec i fel' souls, and, in consequence of the present distress, had 160 more Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. id. per foot; ' br •DI ....ill' persons in its workhouse than at the corresponding period of rtY ' - ti fr any previous year. He said that the expense of maintaining , SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTL,7 - „dleit,_di the pool would this year exceed that of any former one by • 4 feet I.r g, 93. RANTED.-- TABLE KNIVES • 'th leery ' it' F erro, nearly 5,0001. The motion was seconded by Air. Thomas, who . per dozen ; Dessert Knives, I la. ' w4 C l orvert 4n -- fie r. et c ' 0 , considered that the interest of the rate-payers were deeply in- Table Knives, with white bone handles,. 8s: , e. '„ r illsPe,, Or volved in the question, and that the increasing distress was u D r e u s s s , e 'Dessert, , ti 6 u s a . rts e , d. 27 ; solely attributable to bad legislation. Mr. Kirby moved s. C i ar n v e e w ", Z s iies P , e 3 r 9s P . a ; t4l tho'-'11c1" Ai* R a pier 1 1. st aloe, 1 1 amendment, which was seconded by Mr. Cochrane, to . the trays, gothic shape, 50s ; the set of full size!. , 00 010. 00- 0 was not a panitical body, _lt was toes- trays, the prices, with Engravings of every i sO e 'boi effect, that as a vestry pedient to petition the Queen; but the original motion was Article necessary to the turnisning of a house or — to be per cent. under any other old -established house, - s„,st , carried by acclamation, and it was suggested that in order n to t. insure the proper delivery of the petition into the hands gratis (post free). ford"Pl her Majesty, it should be entrusted to his Royal highness the RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-street, 01 Duke of Sussex. Established 1420. On Thursday afternoon an investigation to J k ..... ''''' - 8 1 e lt pace I before Mr. Baker, at the Crown, Orch ar d-pl ace , P op l ar, BIRTHS. on the body of Mr. Joseph Hilman, aged 37, principal manger O n t h e 21 s t u lt . , a t Cheshunt, Herts, the iadj ° f A. of of of the works of the Thames Plate Glass Company, Blackwall, & q., of a daug h ter. whose death took place by the bursting of a gun. George On the 21st inst., at Commercial-road. Pimlico, ',oil, Misson said, he was a stoker employed at the glass-works. On Mr. W. Jackson, of a daughter. - • the 9th deceased came to him and complained of too ,much On the 23d inst., the lady of of on. .. t . i ii , fuel being put on the fires. He ball a gun in his hands at Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, lace the lady of 01 the time, and about 20 minutes after heard a report of fire- • On the 23d inst., in Cadogan-p , o r Colonel ,s . Digby• C o °! 0 arms, and on going out Mr. Hillman staggered towards him R. Ward, of a son. and put his arms round his neck. His face was. covered with On the 24th inA.,, at Langley-place, East Indiaaose' blood, which appeared to be flowing.from his forehead on the' Alfred Myth . , of a daughter. residence,- Newingto" , left side. He was quite sensible, and said the gun had burst. On the daughter. The gun was found in several pieces in various parts where the Mrs. Cabell, of a occurrence took place. Several of the Jury remarked that the party who had altered the gun had not done it in a proper manlier, the lock being as thin as a wafer. The Coroner situ, m 24th inst.,atber a case had recently taken place where a gunmaker haVineg properly repaired a gun, and it having burst and killed d. im properly person firing it, a verdict of manslaughter was returnedwho did they had no evidence in the present instance as to , re pair it. Mr. Bailey, surgeon of Blackwell , said, ' was large enough in to see deceased. A wound in his forehead He lived 12 to admit his finger, and extended to the brain.‘tthe was called gradually worse, days without any serious symptom., butgr and died on Tuesday. The Jury of " Accidental death." ultimately returned a verdic ' . , - MARRIRD. ii'' t en of On the 2lst inst., at the Collegiate Church, Nianvi e " - ( 11A" Hall, Salop, to Elizabeth Taylor, only daughter of the ' lt , of P i"rieY-park, Wilts, and blanches (11A" '' fsil'' Maw w C so r n es , 1:eq11.,, ofE s L q i . ,, , ,erpool. _ On the 21st inst., at liockcliffe, James Robert Grant'yor.; eldest sun of Sir Jam es G rant, K. H , and Knight of St ' f jo b " of The Hill, Cu m b er l an d , to Jane * El ean or, daughte r ° 1 Dixon, Esq., of Kr.ells, in the same county. , Noe. On the 22d i nst., at Ilanfihangel, Wiilism Ta w° ;:f l4- 0 1 Patterson, of th e Inner Temple, I3arrister-at-Ea w, li a rtr both, eld est d aug h ter of the late Sir Joseph Hi' Brynkir, Carnarvonshire, and Norfolk-crescent, Bath. 31 , 0 41 place, Russell On the 22d inst., at Shepperton, Middiesox, Thom" oh , Esq., Assistant-Surgeon to University College 11011),01,00 Mary Ann, only child of Samuel Coo Esq., d per, -square. be ° On the 23d i nst., at R emen h am Ch urc h, Be"rk -- Mr It 0 ILpkins, of London, t o A nna W es ton, daughter ot o rs , Hazel a Anton. lierks. n ue eri-A" es ( On the 2.3 d inst., at St. George-the-Martyr , •-, ~ • Get,, daughter R. Tyerman, Esq., of Harley-street, to Emu,' daughter of Jamrs Berkley, Esq.. of Harpur-street.. _ ti On the 23d inst., at St. Mary's, Bathwick, ,Major titer or Willoek, K. L. S. to Caroline Elizabeth, youngest.tt:.:bter the late Rev. Richard Woodward, D.D., and g randl ' l b Richard Lord Bishop of Cloyne. ' I DIED. g s , lipe On she 23d inst., Eleanor, the wife of Philip Park vrcet, Islington, aged 73. '' 0 n . w a klen • .. d e On the 23d hist., s. shepherd, of Salmon __, v otIRP On the 24th inst., at Mortlake, George Flaringtu" " 9 4 ?„ child of W. Gladstone, Esq. 'd Can° ln ' e l ' On the 24th inst., in Finsbury-square, David A= ~, SO ' On the 19th inst., at Bury-court, St. Mary second daughter of Mr. George Williams. 6 16 6 On the 19th inst., at Brighton, Mr. J. Patrick, lig On the 20th inst., Mr. W. Lontdale, aged 34. E A. , of , On the 19th inst., at Rochester, Kent, R. Geo r g e ' io pet On the 19th inst., at Bayswater, A. Baxter, M.D. General of ilo , pitals, aged 64 " Did vou pay your tax," said one man to an other, th e other day, " when the collector called upon you ?" N o, " wai the reply. " Now didwtysliliu, a m nd at: .h g a e t t e o fr a e ‘ c •o t id di i d t ? , I t , " I remonstrated with litn !" " have upon him !" " I don't know exactly, but [ noticed th a t the poker was bent aft er he wen t away.' On Wednesday rnormng immense quin , i t i es trawl-fish were brought in by our boats, and the the town was literally glutted with them—tine soles and plaice were re tailed so low as 4d. per lb. An unu,ual quantity of eo d..f is h , of a small bu t deli.:ate description, were sold at ab ou t 2 s. , core . Our fishery appears to be in full employ, and in a eery a prosperous sta te, the fine weather being g reatl y in their f avour. —Brighton Herald. SURREY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION,._. The twe;fth annual meeting o' this Associati• n. which is the par e nt of al the others est abltshed in the county of S urer of a M to,,k I ,:ace on Ft iday a t L psoni. The g i a character, tCh t o a k t place at Ashstead, upon land in the occiyat ion of Air. David Alaydweil, and about forty ',loughs contended for the prizes. The lion. Colonel F. G. Howard presided at the dinner, and distributed the prizes awarded by the , Association to upwards of thirty labourers, fur long service and good conduct in the employment of their respective masters. Some of them had been nearly fifty years in one service. At the late election at Shaftsbury, an Iridnnan made his appearance, and happening to tay something in the crowd to the Clan,lidate,. one of tl e To. v parry x laimed from the hustings, " (;h Paddy! now go to the Devil." "1 am much obliged to your honour," was Paddy's reply, "sure, you are the first gentleman that has invited me to your father's house, since my arrival in England." v oi n u i London: Printed and Published by MURDO 1 ° Zo. 112, Strand, at The Sun ()See No. 112 %. -- 164 1: e.ouuty of Nliddlesex, Monday, September MORNING S'l THE MARKETS-SAT URDAY. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. , There was a g oo d s h ow o f t own an d country Ole" o f Of but trade was dull in consequence of the unsettled staete,_ool weather, ;Ind prices the same as quoted or NV au -osil last. At the close of the market a remained unsold. Of Game and Poultry the g 5n ° 4 1 , 11. : 0 7 1 : large, demand heavy, and prices were as fellows ;-- -- " 30. 61/ to 7s. 6d. ; Hares, •.?s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Grouse, 3 9 . t° ; Partridges, 3s. to ss. per brace; Rabbits, 129, to 18a r` Fo tja Pigeons, 4s. to 7s. per dozen ; Chickens, 2 a: t o 85. ; sdeati li 2s. 6d. to ss. ; Turkeys. 4s. to 6 s . ; Ducks, 2s. to gs• I. 4 :ggs, 4s. to 7s 6d. per 120. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. wo The supply of Meadow Hay, Clover, and Straw , " 1- 00 The demand was middling. No alteration to not ice ca l article of Straw-, for which a reduction of at least 4a 6 11. se was submitted to :-Clover, first quality,, from 51 to to cond, 31. to 41. 18s. ; Me a d ow H ay , fi rs t quality , 41 ,.. 15s. ; Second, V. to 31. 18s. ; St r a w , 1/. 14s. to . The Meat trade was exceedingly good, arid w as Id tais t . early hour. The supply was h u t small of country kill arid double the quantity could easily have been dispase t ; o 6l,l Beef, 3s. to 4s. 24.; Mutton, 3 s . to 4s. 4d. ; Veal, 4s.i Pork, 4s. to ss. 6d. ; Lamb, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. • TEA MARKET. S s° The market was in a quiet s t a t e f or Tea, and fe'r P ,atir were made of any kind ; but holders are firth, an d ?f cs tion took place in pri t es. C om p an y' s Congou . Is. Ve . Large public sales are declared for next week. TALLOW MARKET., v` _wo There was but a moderate d e m an d for Rtissiais Tao 1 0 prices have a downward tendency ; on the split t here _;„ Ste sellers at 48s. for P. Y. C an dl e . There have De' . arrivals from Russia this week. WOOL MARKET. A A i A fair demand h as p reva il e d f or b ot h E n g lish an'• Pr -41 , • Wool, and p r i ces were fi rm; t h e mar k ets wore grin a m• --- and prices had an npward tendency. . COUNTRY CORN MARKET 5.......;,/ n , re_,„gob Wheat. Barley. Oats. • 'Bea —. %*- a. -- --._— - - . '---,....,-"' „ _ s. Per Quarter. s, to a. s. t o a . s. to .1. , 11. I w -- .7 30 If ~ Abingdon 5B 71 30 36 24 3i 40 " ~, 4 ~ kndover 63 70 33 34 2 5 2 7 ..... ..... Hanbilry 64 74 32 40 24 83 3& 4„° ..: 41 4 ,, Basi gstoke 8 0 72 32 37 24 if; 42 a 0 , Cirenc.ster 6O 70 32 35 24 '.. , 5 40' , " z, 40 ~, Coventry — 65 23 39 25 31 38 --. Oaventry Derby 66 74 31 40 24 29 42 ,„, 45 ..!... 4 1 Howden Hunger ford 50 71 29 :17 25 no 40 " ..! 44 Halton . Mai , en head 55 Si 32 35 25 31 40' ',; ..... Nottingham 6 i 70 2 2 38 •..5 27 40 " ...., ° Wantage 64 60 30 31 30 32 36 46 .... 44 .. 32 36 26 me "" -- Winchester -- 76 36 29 4° York 6O 78 3 0 32 23 3:1 33 41 1 ...• a l '' t i 6 Per Bushel s.d. s. d. s. d. a. d. s.d. s. d. i • d, s . i.fi a. 0 • Birmingham 70 86 36 46 36 4 0 5 0 • - HULL CORN MARKET. II& 761. Wheat, Whitt (per Quarter) 6.% 711 ' Red tios. b is ' .70s. 84...,,5. Foreign 66s. f Barley. Malting 298. 0 9 ; 201. 281.... , ;200. Grinding a... Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans .. 31s. 101. 304. 04 4 Pease, Grey ...... ...... ..... . 3 8 4 .1 Blue and White 36 4 ...,. 021. Linseed .. _... . 50s. J" Flour (per sack)... .....,„- --4 3% - 644 . '44 / Rapeseed per 10 quarters) - CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) .......... C . 12 1 . ...4° ' Wheat. Barley. 1 d. 14 s. d. to r. d. a. d. to 5. 6. 4 . 0 s 1 Nitro 0 10 0— 0 3 8 --- 0 ; Helstone St. Austell 0 77 0 3 1 '""' 0 6 4 sodmin 0 88— 0 4 4 -"' 0 a / '„iskeard 0 78_ 6 36 0 I Launceston Camel ford 9 0 10 0 3 0 3 4 ' 0 Penzance. l7 8 84 0 4 0 •-• „ C l4/ r Quantity of Copner 3 u n re N s i s il ol G tl a l t N lt T e E dr i u ' t i' h i l ij ar w le ee E k . ... 1,, f 1 °0 1 . • : i: A v pray,. Prntl.na • LIF J . OEI h i theri land, Ind Sol Per b kings N, at ret tq to ha Tai 'Sag bet] nlili tdr i _ ham