The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-07 00:00:00

MORNING _SUN MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR. ,-:Yesterday evening a meeting of the working classes of London was called at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, pursuant to advertisement, to congratulate Mr. F. O'Connor on his discharge from York Castle. Shortly after eight o'clock the Chair was taken by Mr. FUSSELL, when the following resolutions were put from the Chair : The first, proposed by Mr. WATKIN and seconded by Mr..PARK2R. was as follows : " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the incar ceration of l'eargus O'Connor,Esq., was unjust to himself, and an insult and injury to the oppressed millions whose cause Le had so nobly advocated ; and that we hail his re - awearance among us at this important crisis with joy ant', gratitude as a favourable omen to our cause." The second resolution was moved by Mr. WHEELER, ttnd seconded by Mr. 'WALTON : That this meeting is of opinion that until the Charter becomes the law of the land, no justice can be expected by the working classes, nor any relief from the exces sive burthens under which they now suffer. On the motion of Mr. WILSON the following resolu tion was put : " That this meeting pledges itself to do all in its power to make the Charter become the law of the land —to recal Frost, Williams, and Jones, and to assist our oppressed brethren in Ireland in their endeavours to ob tain a repeal of the Legislative Union." Mr. GOODFELLOW having seconded the resolution, Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR rose, and was received with loud cheering. 'He said, although his medical attendants had advised his sojourn at the sea side for some time, yet he chose to forego their advice, and plunge once more into the ocean of agitation. It was idle for the people to suppose that they would be • one• whit the better off under the administration of the 'one great party in the State than under that of the other. He was delighted to see in the present vast assemblage 'not the resusci tation of.the cause of Chartism, but the gigantic strength it, had gained since his committal to prison. They had fought the battle so nobly, that Peel with his majority tn in the H ouse ofComons, and his physical force out of 14, had no chal ice of ever riding roughshod over the eople. He should be willing to meet Mr. Sydney Smyth, and every other man who had written and Vcken against Chartism ; but he should be very sorry to meet some of them in their own Billingsgate slang. He considered the W higs to be done, and done for ever, and soci ety was now composed but of two parties, the Tories and the Chartists ; and could any man doubt On which side the victory would be ? The Whigs told them that the Queen was now a State prisoner in her Palace. Would to God (continued the Learned Gen tleman) you were all such State prisoners. There is one thing, however, I can assure you all of, that she is not living in solitary confinement, or on skilly ; neither does she take her exercise on the treadmill. Had the Whigs remained in office for another year Chartism would have an end, and Republicanism be the order of the day. They had given the people Act after Act : they first gave them starvation, and they next gave them coercion to make them submit to that starvation. The question of free trade had not been properly analysed. The duty had been taken off leather, but the mechanic still experienced no diminution in the price of his shoes, and the same would be the case with corn, and the other commodities about which the Whigs in the eleventh hour set up such a shout. The fact was, that the great ' , capitalist, in the capacity of importer, the corn factor, the miller, and the baker, would all swallow up the pro fits, while the working man would still pay the same - price. What he wanted was to make all the working classes producers themselves. He asserted—and he wished his assertion to be published to the world—that before seven months elapsed Sir Robert Feel would cease to be Prime Minister of England. Before that time he (Mr. O'Connor) would have visited every town in Eng land and Scotland, and procured four millions of signa tures with which to meet the Right honourable Baronet on the Treasury benches, and hurl him from his seat.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It would be a rather dangerous experiment in the present state of affairs to send over the threatened number of regiments to Ireland. There was an old adage, " While the cat is out the mice may play;" and the Rt. Hon. Bart. might perhaps find the six points of the Charter and the repeal of the Union were handmaids, and should go hand-in-hand together. The time had now come when the oligarchy had banded themselves together, and he called upon the people to do the same. The Learned Gentleman, after touching upon several topics at great length, amongst which were the cases of the Dorchester labourers, and of Messrs. Frost, Jones, and Williams, concluded amidst loud and long-continued cheering, by professing his eternal fide lity —even to the death—to the Peoples' Charter, and his determination by every means in his power to pro moe the repeal of the Legislative Union between England and Ireland. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman, the meeting separated, after giving three cheers for Feargus O'Connor, and three cheers for Frost, Jones, and Wil liams. To the latter manifestation of feeling the female portion of the auditory, who were very well-dressed and respectable-looking, seemed to respond with much warmth and sympathy. MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS. (From Morning Post.) We understand that Alexander Pringle, Esq., M.P. for the county of Selkirk, and J. Milnes Gaskell, Esq., M.P. for Wenlock, have been appointed Lords of the Treasury. Sir Wm. Rae is appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland. We are also informed that Captain Sir George F. Sey mour and the Hon. Captain Gordon are to be two of the Lords of the Admiralty. It is generally belie'ved that Sir Edward Sudden has not accepted the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and that the proper tribute of respect having been paid to the fair and honourable claims, united in his person, of previous possession and transcendant ability, this high office will devolve upon an eminent member of the Irish bar. The names of Mr. Pennefather and Mr. Sergeant Lefroy have been mentioned. It is probable that the former of these learned gentlemen will be the Irish Chancellor ; but what we venture to announce as posi tively certain is, that the present Ministers of the Crown, in filling so important an office, will not insult a nation for the sake of perpetrating a job. It is generally believed that Mr. Emerson Tennent, a very useful and diligent member of the House of Com mons, is to be the new Clerk of the Ordnance. We hear that the Earl de la Warr is to be the Lord Chamberlain, and the Marchioness of Abercorn the Mistress of the Robes to her Majesty. These appoint ments are propable, but we do not vouch for the accuracy of - the statement. It is understood, and we mention the fact in order to allay public anxiety and curiosity as to appointments in her Majesty's household, that the Countess of Gains borough, Lord Byron, and most of the other exalted persons who have the honour of holding oZces at Court without any close connection, personal or political, with the late administration, have consented to retain their several positions.—Morning Post. MR JOHN S. WORTLEY AND THE £5O TENANTS AT WILL • • (From the Leeds Mercury.) A careful examination has been made of the votes given at the late West Riding election, and the result is such as to throw great light both upon that individual contest and upon the merits of the famous clause intro duced into the Reform Act by the present Duke of Buck ingham and Chandos, for giving votes to the 501. tenants at-will. The following remarks and facts are from a correspondent, who has the very best sources of informa tion : " Mr. Wortley is reported to have said, in moving the amendment to the Address, that it was not long since her Majesty had put a question to the Country respecting the conduct of her Ministors, and had asked the country to return an answer which would, in some measure, guide her in the course which she should pursue. He himself appeared there as the bearer of a portion of that answer. lie had, indeed, the honour to bear not the least insigni ficant portion of that answer. That Mr. Wortley is the bearer of the answer which the landed aristocracy of the West Ridinc , have given, is perf ect l y true ; but whether he is bearer ' to the answer people Which the foiogiveni, ia very different qu es ti on , as will appear from the n , analysis of the poll : Total . Wortley. D en i son. Milton. Morpe th. ................ 13,165 ... 12.780 ... 12,080 .. 12 031 OCeupiets at 50/.... 3,627 3,566 ... 1864 ..: 1,871 Freeholders and} 9,538 ... 9,224 ... 10 ,216 ... 10,160 Copyholders... " is manifest from this analysis (which has been made with great care, and which may be fully depended upon), that the voice of the people of the West Riding was stifled at the recent election by the tenantry of the great landholders, whose representative Mr. Wortley undoubtedly is but that Lords Morpeth and Milton are the chosen of the independent electors is equally clear. Mr. Wortley is the offspring of the Chandos clause, without which he never would have been returned for the West Riding of Yorkshire." The above facts are to us most consolatory. They r. show that the independent part of the West Riding con , stituency, by a decided majority, supported the principles of Reform, and their champions, Lords Morpeth and Milton. The independent electors, therefore, have main tained their consistency, and not dishonoured the Rid ing. But the 50i. tenants at will have turned the balance to the other side, and have returned Mr. Wortley and Mr. Beckett Denison. FAILURES IN LIVERPOOL.—The depression in every branch of trade which has unhappily so long prevailed, and which has been most severely felt in the manufacturing districts, and by those immediately con nected with them, is beginning to produce its natural •consequences. Failures and commercial embarrassments are on the increase, and we regret to state that some of the houses which have stopped during the present week, both here and in Manchester, are large firms, and their stoppage must produce serious consequences. Foremost amongst these is the large and respectable establishment of Messrs. Molyneux,Witherby, and Co., of this town, ex tensively engaged in the cotton trade, whose liabilities we have heard variously estimated at between 300,0001. and 400,0001. The house is only of five or six years stand ing, and, until recently, has maintained a high character. The principal entered business with a princely fortune. The liabilities of Messrs. J. Maury and Son, also engaged in the cotton trade, will not, it is said, exceed 60,000/., one-third of which is secured. Four or five Manchester houses of more or less repute, and whose united liabilities, our correspondent informs us, amount to between 300,0001. and 400,0001., have declared their inability to meet their engagements.—Liverpool Chronicle of Saturday. The General Steam Navigation Companys packet the Giraffe, R. Stranack, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house on Sunday with the Dutch mail. A statute of Nicolas Poussin is to be erected at Les Andelys, the native place of the great painter, between Minter and Rouen. The Council-General of the Euro l 8 voted booof. towards this purpose. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. This theatre opened last night for the winter season at a time of year somewhat earlier than it has hitherto been the custom fur the great theatres to commence ope rations. We think, however, Madame Vestris has shown her usual excellent judgment in commencing the cam paign thus early. In consequence of the scenes which are now in the course of performance on the political stage, London is unusually full, while the number of theatres now open is unusually small, even for this time of the year ; and as it must necessarily be some time be • fore Drury-lane can open for dramatic performance, not only will Madame have the field to herself; for a much longer time than she would have had had she deferred the opening of the theatre to the usual pe riod, but the public will have acquired the habit of going to Covent-garden—a matter of more importance to the well , being of a theatre than the uninitiated can imagine. Madame takes the field this year in great force, with one of the strongest companies for comedy we ever recollect to have seen collected within the walls of a theatre. It is true that Keeley, Anderson, and Mrs. Brougham are no longer members of the corps dramatique of Covent garden ; but among the reinforcements which the com pany have received during the recess are Oxberry,Walter Lacy, Mrs.W.West, Mrs. Glover, and Miss Murray, so that the comedy force of the company has been strengthened by the changes which have taken place. In the operatic department the only change of consequence is the en gagement of Mr. Clement White in the room of Mr. Binge as second tenor. The piece chosen for the open ing was A Midsummer Night's Dream, produced in the same splendid style as last season. The only change of importance in the cast was the substitution of. Oxberry for Keeley, as Flute, the bellows mender. Oxberry's quaint manner and shrill voice told excellently in this part, and elicited roars of laugh ter. At the fall of the curtain Madame Vestris was loudly called for, and was led in by Bartley. On her appearance, the pit (a bumper) rose to greet her, and she retired amidst the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, accompanied by the most enthusiastic expressions of con gratulation and applause. Between the play and the after-piece the national anthem was sung by the whole company, the solo parts being sustained by Miss Rain forth, Madame Vestris, and Mr. W. Harrison. The evening's amusement concluded with The Critic, in which the pungency of Farren, as Sir Fretful, and the bustle and whim of Charles Mathews, as Puff; kept the audience in a continual roar. The house was exceed ingly well filled, and everything seems to promise a prosperous season. CHEAP PROVISIONS v. TORY FALLACIES. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The following is a copy of a " Family bill," actually given out by a respectable individual for provisions, used in his family, in the city of Cincinnati, United States of America, and brought over to England by a Wesleyan missionary, now in the Staffordshire potteries IN AMERICA. S. d. 3 stones of flour, at Is. lid 3 4, 1 ,- 2 ounces tea, W., 41b. coffee, lid 0 4 lilbs. sugar, at sd. 4lbs. beef; at 4d. -.,31b5. of mutton, at 2d. of bacon, at 2d. 21bs. of butter, at 3d. This same missionary also states that wages are higher, and employment more constant than in England. The same eatables in highly-favoured England, where every . . ,hing is blessed (?)with a tax to protect the landed hi ,erest and keep up rents, would be as follows : IN ENGLAND. 4 stones of flour, at 2i. 8d 2 ounces of tea, Bd., -Vb. of coffee, 6d. ... 1 2 lbs. sugar, at 8d 1 0 4 lbs. beef, at 7d. 2 4 3 lbs. mutton, at 63-d. 2 lbs. bacon, at Bd. 2 lbs. of butter, at ls. Id. s. d. . 8 0 17 7i The day before yesterday a young couturiere, in the Rue Saint Honore, endeavoured to suffocate herself with charcoal, but she was discovered in time for medi cal assistance to be of avail. In the morning a man, with whom this female had intimate relations, called, and received from the hands of the porter a letter which she had written to him, and which he read as he went up stairs. It announced her intention to destroy herself. On arriving at the door of the girl's room this person saw a letter on the outside, addressed to the porter. He picked it up, without concerning himself as to the poor girl further than by giving it to the porter as he left the house, saying " Here is a letter for you ; as for me, I am off." The porter having read the letter, and ascertained what had taken place, rushed to the room, and, having forced open the door, called in medical aid, which a few moments later might have been useless. A letter from Rome gives the following account of the Pope's reception of the Abyssinian mission:— " On August 17, the Holy Father, seated on his throne, with •the Cardinal Mezzofante on his right, and the Secretary of the Propaganda on his left, received the Abyssinian Envoys. Having prostrated themselves at his feet, his Holiness raised them up, and desired them to be seated. He then entered into converse with them. Cardinal Mezzofante, the Apostolic Prefect, De Jacobi, and the Priest, Galabarda, serving in turn as interpreters. The other members of the Embassy, among whom are several Ethiopian learned doctors, priests, and monks, were then introduced, wi t h the whole of their suite, and a letter from the Sovereign of Abyssinia was laid at the feet of the Pope, who, with his own hand, broke the three seals, and Dr. Desta, formerly secretary to the Emperor Sabagaris, read the letter aloud. It was imme diately translated into Italian by Cardinal Mezzofante and M. de Jacobi. The Envoys then expressed their regret that in their poverty they were unable to offer the Sovereign Pontiff tributes in gold, but intreated him to accept in token of their homage, the purest incense and the most precious perfumes their country produced, adding, that instead of presenting him with myrrh, the emblem of that mourning, which they prayed that God would long keep far distant from his Holiness, they begged permission to tender to his acceptance some of the finest and rarest birds of Ethiopia. The reception given by his Holiness to the deputation was most affable, and he promised to grant them another audience, when he would deliver his answer to their Sovereign's letter." MR. COBDEN.—Since our last, the newspapers have been busy with Mr. Cobden. He has already the honour of being one of the "best abused men in Eng land." As a set off against the bitterness with which he has been assailed by the Tories, however, he has met with the most liberal praise from the ablest Reform jour nals in the kingdom. Among the numerous testimonies to his merit, we venture to say that the following, from the Stockport Chronicle, will be more grateful to his heart than the proudest eulogiums of the London pa pers. It is like the endeared voice of fireside friendship softly echoing the trump of public fame :—" That his own constituents are, in the highest degree, satisfied with the prompt manifestation of his determination to make their wants and wishes heard, by the monopolists in Par liament, was evinced by the delighted groups which, for two or three days, might have been seen, in every street, congratulating each other on the humble part which they had taken, in the return of so valuable a representative, and gratefully acknowledging how amply they were al ready repaid for their exertions to secure his election ; and even many of the more sensible of our political oppo nents have candidly acknowledged the honesty and ability of Mr. Cobden, and the great improvement which has taken place in the representation of this borough.—Bol ton Free Press. LAMMAS WHEAT.—An Englishman, named Weathercroft, who emigrated on account of his opinions, settled at Caen, and had some seed wheat brought over from his own country. Among the crop, in the follow ing year, were two ears of laminas wheat, and these two ears were the Adam and Eve of an innumerable posterity now spread over almost all France, and which threatens to exterminate the ordinary kind of wheat. It was in 1797 that these two ears were gathered. If France has lost millions through the war with England, perhaps these two grains of corn, sent accidentally from that country, have made ample amends for the mischief.— Excursions in Normandy. SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.—About eight o'clock last Saturday morning ' while some boys were playing on the c auseway in front of Hermitage-street, near the entranc e t o t h e London Docks, they . discovered i the mutilated r ema i ns of an nf . ttnt buried in the mud. The lower extremities and the right arm of the child had been cut off. if The skull is ;fractured, and the featu res mutilated, as for the purpose of preventing the corpse from being recognised. The infant does not appear to have been more than two months old. EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA.—In consequence of a severe shock of an earthquake, f a large hill or mountain ,iwts_ c oundation, and thrown into the was shaken from ncpkassehnigherscompletely choked that river, bed of the Att were enabled to cross over so entirely that natural course of the dryshod. This check to stream occasioned the woaftenraitaoenspread and inundate the to t which was totally im , neighbouring Talooka lace called Ghelan w as so considerable mersed, the inhabitants flying thrown up. the mountain for safety. On the 9th of June thearePtl With such force Cl t i o il d h an influx of water in the Attock, this torrent swept e t ach bank which was laid across its bed was thro left their houseaPs,haeanwgdatipysrboina and its na tural channel restored. d in this come down, that the country for five toss was submerced, and several people were its impetuous course ; many p of er K ty h , raanbdadb,eNtvoiotkh tihtsemfosretlrveesss,t,ovatshelehveillllse. all destroying sweep, not a vestige of them remaining. About thirty of the inhabitants of this Qusba lost their lives on this occasion, the remainder having saved them se.ves by flight. The houses of a community of fisher men located in the neighbourhood were also destroyed. Ttera was such a swell of water that it overtopped the fort. There is no describing the extent of the ravages committed by a torrent. The Ilaqua, of Lachine was entirely washed away, with the extensive crops which were standing at the time. The farmers have sustained much loss.—Bombay Gazette. A STRANGE EXECUTION.—In the year 1386, a sow ate part of the child of a day-labourer of Falaise, named Janet. This accident reached the ears of the Judge, .who condemned the animal to suffer pub licly the penalty of retaliation, as prescribed by law. The face and one arm of the child had been devoured ; the sow was mutilated in the same manner, and then hanged by the executioner in the public place, amidst a con course of people. The Judge presided at the execution on horseback, with a feather in his hat. The father was forced to attend, 'by way of punishment, for not taking proper care of his child. The culprit, when brought to the gallows, was dressed like a man, wore a waistcoat, breeches, and gloves, and a human mask before her snout.—Excursions in Normandy. L ITERATURE. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. Vol. IX. • Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1841. " A great book is a great evil," says the old adage, and in nine out of ten cases the re mark holds good. The present, however, is an exception; for, though in his " History of Europe," Mr. Alison has undoubtedly written a " great book," yet when we take into considera tion the period of which he treats, and the awful events he narrates; that he discusses a period, not only of change, but of almost universal con vulsion ; when the hurricane of war swept far and wide over Europe ; when political institu tions that had lasted for centuries, were thrown down, as though they were the mere flimsy structures of yesterday; when the huge, wide spreading flibric of monarchy was shaken to its centre ; and the thoughts, opinions, and feelings' of civilized man underwent a change so start ling and violent that the records of ancient his tory have nothing to compare with it;—when we take these things into consideration, we feel every, disposition to except Mr. Alison from the number of those. who, in producing " a great book," , have inflicted " a great evil" on the reading community. Still, though we do not quarrel with his matter, his manner •is liable to objection. his language abounds in Scotticisms ; is frequently diffuse and tergid ; disfigured with tinsel metaphors; and sometimes slovenly to ex cess. •It is but justice, however, to add, that it pdssesses many redeeming qualities; and that in some of his descriptions Mr. Alison evinces elo quence of a high order; and generally through out his work maintains a tone of moderation highly creditable to him. It is evident indeed that he is a Tory, but he is not a purblind or in corrigible one. He can afford to give fair play to even the most determined opponents of his political creed speaks justly and generously of Mirabeau ; and finds much to praise in the bold, uncomprising energy of Danton. The present volume commences with an ac count of the resurrection of Germany in 1813— the year after the disastrous Russian expedition— and terminates with the proceedings of Welling ton in Spain at the commencement of 1814. There is not much in Mr. Alison's detals of this memorable period that calls for particular notice —for who has not got them by heart ?—but one chapter in the volume deserves special consi deration—that, we mean, wherein our author attempts an analysis of the character of Napo leom His analysis is an elaborate one ; displays wonderful attention to • details; adduces the evi-. dence for and against the Emperor with temper and impartiality ; and is deficient only in the summing up. In many of the opinions we cor dially concur. It is perfectly true that Bona parte " united to a degree, which perhaps was never before equalled, the ardent and impassioned temperament of southern, with the cool judge ment and intellectual force of northern Europe." His passionate ardor was only equalled by his cool sagacity; but it is remarkable that he evinced most judgement in his youth, and most headstrong impetuosity in his matured years. We do not, however, agree with Mr. Alison, that his judgement was characterized by profundity. This is too exaggerated a term to use. Most of his serious reverses proceeded from his deficiency in this respect—as when he tampered with the affairs of Spain, invaded Russia, and refused the terms of peace offered him by allied Europe at Chatillon. His restoration of nobility in France, too, was a decided error of judgment, for it 'placed a gulph between him and the revolution, of which he was the self-elected champion, and estranged from him the hearts of such men as Carnot, Constant, and Lafayette, the want of whose influential support he felt deeply when his empire was tumbling in ruins about him. Mr. Alison adds that he " was brave without being chivalrous." His conduct to the Queen of Prus sia was certainly not marked by much chivalry of feeling; but nothing could surpass the grace .and delicacy of his behaviour towards the old Austrian General Wurmser, whom he compelled to capitulate at Mantua. ut of respect to this veteran's feelings, he purposely absented himself when he laid down his arms, least the old man's humiliation might have heen aggravated at finding himself vanquished by so young a soldier. " Napoleon never forgave Moreau fbr the vic tory of Hohenlinden," says our historian. On the contrary, he was enraptured with his success, says Bourrienne, and paid him the most marked and flattering attentions. Mr. Alison remarks on the restless and insatiable character of the Emperor's ambition are forcibly urged, but he possessed one peculiarity in a still more marked degree—namely, egotism., He was without ex ception the intensest egotist of whom history makes mention. He could never travel out of himself, and took not the slightest interest in men or things, except as they had reference to his own personal fortunes. He loved France, but he loved her only as identified with his own glory. He would fain have rendered her happy and prosperous, but only because the rendering her so would have redounded to his own credit. In the whole wide range of creation he consi dered no individual worthy of a serious thought but himself. He was jealous of any one who called off public attention—though it were only for a passing moment—from his own claims to unrivalled homage. Even the comparatively in ferior celebrity of Madame de Stael was worm wood to him ; and he did his best to extinguish it by banishing her from the saloons of Paris. Thouv,ll he was capable of generous actions, yet the highest generosity was a stranger to his na ture. He rarely forgave, and laughed at disin terestedness, as the fond dream of enthusiasts. This utter want of a kindly and ennobling faith in humanity was one of the chief causes of his fall, for it alienated his subjects at a time when he stood most in need of their hearty support. In range of capacity he was unrivalled. He com bined the imagination of the poet with the cool, calculating qualities of the mathematician—the sagacity of the statesman with the ready fore sight of the soldier. We may add that his sun shone brightest at its rising and its setting, his most wonderful campaigns being his first in Italy and his last in France, both of which are without a parallel in history. All things consi dered, he may justly be called the most extraor dinary man of an age fertile in great men ; but vast as were his resources, and tremendous the power which he wielded, he lived to see all pass away like a dream ; his empire vanished like an exhalation ; his vassal kings. from being his slaves, became his masters and the arbiters of his destiny; and all that remained to the once mighty Emperor of France at the close of his meteoric career, was a mean, half-famished dwel ling on a barren rock in the Atlantic ! As every anecdote is interesting that relates to Napoleon, we quote the followint , details of some of his per sonal habits, which Mr. Alison has gleaned from a great variety of sources : His restlessness of disposition was such that he could not sit still, even when carried at the gallop on horse back. The officers who rode before had come by long habit to know so well what he wanted, that he had rarely to direct their course, but his own horse followed mechani cally the direction they took. He was passionately fond of riding across the country, through fields or woods, and over heaths; and in a difficult path where riding was hazardous, and the whole party was obliged to dismount and lead their horse, the Emperor was always in spirits. If he came to any place where a disaster had been in curred, or which was associated with painful recollec tions, he pushed on at the gallop, and fell into a perfect fury if anything then checked his progress. On one occasion, in the autumn of 1813, he had occasion to pass a place where seventy caissons, of great importance to the army, had been blown up the day before by the Cos sacks. On seeing the ground covered with the fragments, he immediately set off at a gallop, to get over it as fast as possible ; and a little dog having followed his horse barking, he was seized with such a fit of fury, that he drew one of his pistols, fired at the animal, and, having missed, dashed' the pistol itself at it, still .hastening on with breathless speed, while Rustan, who was no stranger to such scenes, quietly fell behind and picked up the weapon thus thrown away by his infuriated master. The unceasing restlessness and indefatigable activity of his disposition were strongly evinced in the irregular hours during which different things were done, and the rigorous manner in which, nevertheless, instant obedience was enforced to his commands. Often the 'n;t . arch of head-quarters was delayed for some hourS,or half a day beyond the time fixed, while the Emperor was dictating or reading despatches ; and at the last word he would call out—" The carriage —to horse !" These words acted like an electric shock to his attendants, who straightway mounted, the carriage was instantly at the door, and the whole set off at the gallop. Caulamcourt generally rode on the right of the carriage, General Guyot on the left ; and the officers on service, pages, attendant s , an d grooms , with the led h orses , rattled on as hard as they could b l tw o heh p e et,mrroaeafvttgeeharnesi against each roadrhaacewhavd drive, followed by a squadron of the guards on horse back. The whole pushed on at a quick trot, or the gal seoa h y tnhesem o r rr r e:na% a evt t n ohe ireg withl imminent nhi defile niwithouteehn tthey ea h l a oa l prr t esd i de n g ; and keeping l e on g r dn s u d r o e wasd t r he vt i r a ha n c i e h ms c a ci k s iu s s n i te r s l s bayonetswdctdistant n t their s o de n vbaj neectedw,a sa ltv‘ carbines, oyb es ob servation, he immediately mounted one of the led horses, f examined, a page brought up the telescope, a very fine one being always at hand ; the maps were frequently called for, and spread out on the ground, and the Em peror, lying down upon them, was soon completely f, roundwte h n i ett hreE.fimhxiepindfer,aor halted to make an absorbed in his plans as if he ad been in his cabinet at St. Cloud. When the Emperor passed through a division of the guards, all the bands of the regiments came to the front, the troops fell back, and formed line on either side, and great pomp was observed ; the cortege passing through s lowly, and saluting the offi cers. B ut no such ceremony a s my o ; bserved in traversing t h e ordinary corps of the and the passage th roug h them was often forced was THE SUN, LONI)6N / TUE'SDAYI SEPTEMBER 7, 1841 at the gallop, under circumstances almost amounting to violence. . The imperial suite, like a whirlwind, swept through the coluthns, too fast for the men either to fall into the ranks or present arms ; and before the astonished crowd could find time - to gaze on their beloved chief, the cortege was distippearing in the distance. 'Rooth; how ever, - was always cleared ; the outriders loudly called out to make way ; and at the magic words "The Emperor !" infantry, cavalry, and artillery were pell-mell hurried to the side, often in frightful confusion, and with fractures of legs and arms. Loud cheers never failed, to greet his passage through the diviSinns of the guards, by whom he was enthrilastically . belth cd, and whose wants were se dulously attended to ; but though the young conscripts, in the beginning of the campaign of 1813 were prodigal of the same acclamations, yet hardship, disease, and suffering, sensibly cooled their ardour, and before its close the imperial suite often traversed long columns of the army, without . a single cheer announcing its pre sence. Whcn despatches overtook the Emperor, as they often .d, on the road, Duroc Or Canlaincourt, who rode at the side of the carriag, received and opened the bag, and presented the - letters - to the Emperor without stop ping. Directly a number` of envelopes were - seen filling from the Ns ildows of the imperial carriage •; and it was evident, front the rate at which they were tossed over, that the letters were devoured with the rapidity of light The useless despatches and covers were cut to pieces,: and thrown out in the same way ; often in such quantities, as to strew the track of the wheels with little fragthents which, trodden under foot by the horses, or crushed' • under the wheels of the succeecing carriages, made-a white line' along the road. Napoleon generally cut these despatches' to piedes with his own hands, or, if not so employed, worked incessantly with the window sash or carriage -door : . .he could not remain a moment at rest. If there were no despatches or morning states to read, he had recourse to the Paris journals, or the last publications of the' day, with which the drawers of the carriage were always stored ; but they generally shared the fate of the unimportant despatches, being thrown out of the windows after a few pages had,been cut up. In such numbers were these discarded literary novelties thus tossed overboard, that the officers of the suite gene. rally contrived to collect no inconsiderable stores of di verting trifles, by picking them up on the traces of his carriage. The Emperor was insatiable for something new, and opened with avidity every fresh publication ; but his taste was for solid and well-informed writings, not amusing trifles ; and he had an incredible tact in discovering, froth a few pages, whether there was any thing worth reading in a book, so that, in his hands, ' the ephemeral literature of the day diSappeared almost as fast as it was introduced. TVEDLOCK-3 Vats. Benthy, London, 1841. "Wedlock" is not so much a novel, as a series of personal anecdotes and reminiscences, strung together in a great degree at random, but all bearing, directly or indirectly, on the important question of matrimony. The author commences her narrative with recollections of the Court of George the Third, as it was fashioned in her ear lier days and dwells with particular animation on the great alarm created throughout England by Napoleon's intended invasion, when a military mania overspread the land ; when even tailors affected the heroic; and heavy, square-sterned Aldermen were transformed into Light Horse Volunteers, and wielded the sword with as much alacrity as if it had been a carving-knife ! Passing from these recollections—which, by the bye, seem a little out of place—the author next pro, ceeds to give some details respecting Shelley's first marriage; and then skips back again to old George the Third, - of whose domestic habits she gives several interesting particulars. Speaking of the Princess Amelia's confession of her secret mar riage with Colonel -- to the King in her last moments, the author assures us—and evidently states it as a fact—that " when his favourite daughter made her confession, the astounded Monarch clenched his teeth, and hiding his face in his hands, he tore himself from the arms of the dying child, and screaming words too dread ful to repeat, left the apartment!" In the second volume, there is much amusing gossip respecting George the Fourth's early amours—especially his liaison with Mrs. Robinson—and anecdotes respecting his reported marriage with Mrs. Fitz herbert, who is described as having been very cold-hearted ; and his infamous behaviour towards the unfortunate and imprudent Queen Caroline. The work is written with ease and vivacity, and closes with the author's account of her own wedding. SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS. Caddl. London, 1841. We have received three more Parts of this series of republications of Sir Walter's Scott's Prose Works, containing his " Antiquary," in one volume, and also in the pamphlet form in oae number; ai d a portion of his well-known " Life of Napoleon." They are all carefully got up; and we are glad to learn that they fully answer the expectations of the enterprising publisher. ANTI SLAVERY EXHIBITION, EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia—A paragraph having appeared in Most of the daily papers, stating that a gratuitons admissiOn to the exhibition of thydon's Anti-Slavery Picture would be given to any school whose conductors might apply Co the managers for an order, I have the pleasure to con firm this statement, and to inform your readers 'that I shall be glad to forward such order for either Sabbath or day schools, on application being made to me, speci fying the name of the school, the day on which the order is desired, and the number of children, with their teachers, who will attend. As the exhibition will shortly close, these applications should be made as soon as possible. Biard's celebrated picture of the African Slave-trade forms part of the exhibition, together with specimens of the whips, chains, gags, thumbscrews, fetters, palmatorias, &c., used in slavery and the slave-trade. Trtisting that you will give insertion to the above in formation in your widely circulated Journal, and that many schools will avail themselves of the privilege now offered to them. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 27, New-Broad-street, JOSEPH SOUL. September 4, 1841. P.S. The Orphan Working, and Borough-road Schools and several private seminaries, have already visited the exhibition. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin-I observed in the Times of Sept. 2an article, and rather wonder it has escaped youcnotice. The sub ject was the completion of the first contract and esti mates for a second contract for the building of the Royal Exchange; and after announcing the successful contrac tor, Mr. T. Jackson, it goes on to state that the Com mittee are pretty sure of securing a rental of 10,000/. per annum for the parts to be let out to different individuals or companies. _ _ _ Mr. - Editor, after the fire you must recollect the citi zens coming to the House and getting a Bill passed to levy 150,0001. by extra tax through their accursed coal monopoly, to enable them to rebuild their Exchange ; is it not rich that the poor of London and environs should be thus plundered of 150,0001. to raise a building to enable the mean plunderers to receive a rental of 10,000/. per annum ?—Your constant reader, Sept. 4, 1841. A. P. THE TORIES AND THE POOR- LAWS: TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six—Some few years ago, when the Tory press and the small fry of the Tories were making such a hubbub about the atrocities of the Whig Poor-law Bill, it was prophecied that all this show of humanity had reference to party purposes more than to any real feeling fur the poor, whom the Tories, when in office, had invari a bly oppressed and despised. It was observed that the landed aristocracy, who have ever a keen eye to' their own inte rest, found in the stringency of the Poor-laws a consider able saving in the poor-rates levied on the farmers, and as they were thus enabled to obtain a higher rent for their land, it was not to be supposed that they were really anxious for a repeal of laws which worked so well for them. That the Tories made excellent use of the unpo pularity of the Poor-laws, as a lever to oust the Whigs and install themselves in " the pickings of office" and the plunder of the country, is a well ascertained fact. Hav ing now completed this patriotic object, it would appear by the altered language of the Tory papers, that the poor having mateliAlly assisted in pitching the Tory faction into the Treasury, are now to be thrown overboard. Com pare the mild language of the Standard of September 4, 1840, on the subject of the Poor-laws, with the following ons tive extract from that journal, under date Octob er 29, 1836:, " The Globe asks us, Would we h ave i t believed for ourselves, that in supporting the Conservati ves , we sup answer— port yeo ethose laws w dt l o t o who continueo wouldstfirmly r m n l o ?y, t , believe e th at t a e erva y in pow er , p erm it unhesitatingly Ad ministration would either wholly repeal the new Poor-law Bill, or at least so modify it as no longer to leave the li berty of the humbler classes of Englishmen the enjoy ment of their families, or their security f rom the death of starvation" (Query, y the landlords' • br&td-tax) "at the mercy of any Prime Minister." . Sir Robert Peel, with all his cunning, may perhaps find it a more difficult task to play " fast and loose" with the Poor-laws than he seems to suppose. Mr. Feargus O'Con - nor is reported to have addressed the Chartists at York, where a man opPosed the Poor-law s in the following words :—" Now, thank God, we have triumphed over.the party in advance, and the Tories having triumphed over the Whigs, and taken up their position • in the front rank, show me the man who will kee up upon th e T or y p ar ty a more continued fire than I will."—Your obedient servant, • LUBIN LOG. We are authorised to contradict the announce ment of the death of the Rev. Dr. Poord-Bowes, Rector of Cowlam, Yorkshire, which appeared in The Sun of the 31st ult. The Rev. Gentleman, we are glad to say, is in the enjoyment of good health, though suffering under the effect of a late heavy bereavement. FORCE OF IMAGINATION.--A short time since a poor woman in the neighbourhood, who was near her confinement, was frightened by the fighting of two dogs, one of which was spotted, and such an impression had the circumstance upon her mind, that two nights pre vious to her accouchement she dreamed that she had a spotted child, and upon her being delivered the child was considerably spotted, and upon the back of the neck there is the figure of a does paw, and some marks like the teeth of a dog when in the act of worrying 'another. —Cambridge Chronicle. COUNTY COURTS. There has just been printed for the House of Lords' a bill (presented by the Lord Chancellor, and read the first time on the 27th ult.), entitled "An act to improve and Extend the Jurisdiction of County Courts."' The preamble sets forth that, whereas there is much need of courts of summary jurisdiction for the recovery of small debts, and for other purposes hereinafter speci fied, to be established throughout England ; and whereas the sheriff of every county hath authority in his county court to hold plea of personal actions where the debt or damage doth not amount to 40s. ; and it is expedient that the jurisdiction and practice of the said courts be extended and improved, and that provision be made for holding the county court for the purposes afore said before a judge of competent knowledge; be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal. and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that it shall be lawful fur the Lord Chancellor of England to appoint through cut England and Wales any number not more than 25 persons to be judges of the county courts, every one of whom shall be a sergeant-at-law or barrister-at-law, who shall have been called to the bar and practised as a barrister for seven years, or an attorney of one of her Majesty's superior courts of common law at Westminster, who shall have practised as an attorney for ten years ; and it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, if he shall think fit, to remove any judge of the county court for misbehaviour, or for any sufficient cause to be stated in a petition to be preferred to him for that purpose by the justices of the county in ge neral or quarter session assembled, and every such judge shall be entitled to hold his office until he shall be so removed; provided always, that no sergeant or barrister shall practice as such uring the continuance of his appointment as judge of the county court, and that every attorney who shall be appointed one of the said judges shall, upon his appointment, and before he shall begin to act as judge of the county court, procure his name to be struck off the rolls of every court of which he shall then be an attorney, on the ground of his appointment as such judge, and shall not thereafter dur ing the continuance of such an appointment be, directly or indirectly, concerned in any business as an attorney or agent for any other person, for gain, in any court, cause, or matter whatsoever, with liberty, nevertheless, on ceasing to hold the office of judge, to apply for re-ad mission to the rolls of the court, according - to the prac tice of the court. Clause 2 prescribes the judge's oath. Clause 3 provides that judges shall not sit in Parlia ment. Clause 4 provides that the judgemay appoint a deputy. 'Clause 5 enacts that more than one judge may be ap pointed for each county. Clause 6 provides when and where county courts shall be holden:—viz., that a county court shall be holden under the authority of this act in every place in which her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, shall be pleased to order that a court shall be holden under this act ;, and every such court shall be holden in each place at such times and for such district as her Majesty with the advice aforesaid, shall order ; and it shall be lawful for her Majesty, with the advice aforesaid, to de scribe the limits and extent of the several districts for which courts shall be holden, and from time to time alter such disricts as to her Majesty, with the advice afore said, shall seem fit ; and the several courts in the same c.)unty may be holden either simultaneously before diffe rent judges, or by adjournment before the same or differ ent judges, as her Majesty, with the advice aforesaid, from tirne'to time shall see fit to direct ; and if the county court shall be holden under the authorty of this act in two or more places within the same county at the same time, the proceedings of each of such courts shall be as valid as if each court were the only county court then sitting within the county. Clause 7 enacts that courts may be holden on the borders of counties for adjacent counties. Clause 8 regards the appointments of clerk, bailiffs, and inferior officers.. Clause 9, that the clerk may appoint a deputy. Clause 10, that the Commissioners of Treasury are to appoint a receiver-general. Clause 11. And be it enacted, that every receiver• general shall be paid either by salary or by a poundage on the gross produce of the fees of the courts of which he is receiver-general, or partly by salary and partly by poundage ; and every judge, clerk, or other officer of the county court (except the bailiff) shall be paid by a cer tain salary, the salary of a judge being in no case more than 1,5001., nor less than 800/., and the salary of a clerk being in no case more than 5001., and the salaries of the other officers being suitable to the duties they have to perform ; and the bailiffs of the court shall be paid by their fees ; and the judge, or, where there is more than one judge, the senior judge, subject to the ap proval of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, shall from time to time fix on the number of bailiffs and officers to be appointed to each court ; and the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury shall fix the remune ration to be paid to the judges, receivers-general, clerks, and officers, except the bailiffs ; and from time to . time the number of bailiffs and officers, and the remuneration to be paid to the judges, receivers-general, clerks, and officers, may be increased, or, as vacancies shall occur, may be diminished, by the same authority by which they were at first fixed. Clause 12 enumerates the duties of the clerks and bailiffs Clause 13 relates to the fees to be taken according to the schedUle. Clause 14 . enacts that the fees and monies recovered be accounted for to the receiver-general. Clause 15. And be it enacted, that subject to all de mands of the parties interested in any balances of mo nies remaining in court, and due to them respectively, the general fee fund shall be applied towards defraying the expenses of any court which shall be holden under the authority of this Act in the same county, the fees arising from which shall not be sufficient to defray the expenses thereof, and to the other expenses herein charged upon the said fund, and towards the establish ment of additional county courts or debtors' prisons in any place in that county in which her Majesty shall be pleased to direct that a court be holden or a debtors' pri son provided for the purposes of this act. Clause 16 provides that the receiver-general account to the Treasury. Clause 17, that if the receipts shall exceed the disburse ments, the surplus shall be paid into the Exchequer to the consolidated fund. Clause 18, that there shall be an issue of money out of the consolidated fund if the fees are deficient. Clause 19 enacts that the accounts be audited as public accounts. Clause 20, that the fees may be diminished whenever it shall appear that the monies paid into the said consoli dated fund have exceeded and are likely to continue to exceed the monies paid out of the consolidated fund on account of the courts holden under this act, &c. Clause 21 provides that upon the removal of any re ceiver-general or clerk, any balance remaining in his hands may be recovered. Clause 22 sets forth the mode of proceeding against the representatives of a deceased receiver-general or clerk. Clause 23 relates what shall be sufficient evidence of holding the office of receiver-general. _ Clause 24 enacts, that receivers and officers are to give security. Clause 25, that the receiver-general is to provide court-houses. Clause 26 empowers corporations and others to sell lands to the receiver-general. Clause 27 relates to the application of compensation when exceeding 2001. Clapse 28 relates to the application when compensation less than 2001. but not less than 201. Clause 29 relates to the application where the money lass than 20/. Clause 30 enacts that upon question touching title to money paid into bank, the person having been in pos session of the premises be deemed entitled to the money until the contrary be shown to the Court of Chancery. Clause 31. And be it enacted, that for raising a fund for paying off any monies which may be borrowed as aforesaid for building, purchasing, hiring, or providing any court-house or offices, and the . interest due in re spect thereof, and for the other purposes hereinafter mentioned, the clerk of every court holden under the au thority of this Act shall demand and receive from the plaintiff in any suit brought in that court, before he shall issue any summons in that suit, the sum of is. when the debt or damage claimed shall not exceed 205., and for every claim exceeding 205., 1-20tk part thereof, neglect ing any sum less than Gd. in estimating such 20th part, which sum shall be paid in all cases in the first instance by the plaintiff upon the suit brought in the court, and shall be considered as costs in the cause; and the clerk of the court shall keep an account of all monies so paid to him, and shalt pay over the amount from time to time to the receiver-general of the county court, and the amount thereof shall accumulate separately on accoent - of each court, to form a fund to be called " The Building. Fund of the County Court of ,at ," and shall be ap plied in the first place towards paving the interest of the several sums so borrowed, and in the second place towards paying off the several principal sums borrowed, in the order in which they were borrowed, and in the third place to wards defraying the other expenses hereinafter charged on the building fund ; and as soon as enough of money shall have been raised in any court to satisfy all the pur poses aforesaid, so far as that court is concerned, the surplus of the building fund of that court shall be applied as the other fees of the said court are to he applied ; and no further charge shall be made in that court under this enactment, but the expense of repairing and upholding the court-house and offices shall be defrayed, with the other expenses of the court, out of the ordinary fees of the court. Clause 32 enacts that the receiver-general have charge of the courts. Clause 33 enacts that courts of request, &c., are to be discontinued. Clause 34 enacts that the chairman, registrars, clerks, &c., of these discontinued courts may receive compensa tion, if not re-appointed. Clause 35 enacts that the court-house, if discontinued, shall vest in the receiver-general of the county court. Clause 36 makes provision for outstanding liabilities of discontinued courts. Clause 37 provides that the jurisdiction of the county court be extended to 20, . _ _ Clause 38 enacts that the process of the court be under seal. Clause 39 enacts that the suits be by plaint. Clause 40 relates to where suits shall be tried. Clause 41 enacts that demands are not to be split. Clause 42 enacts that minors may sue for wages. Clause 43 enacts that no privilege shall be allowed to any person to exempt him from the jurisdiction of the county court. Clause 44 enacts that one of several persons liable may be sued. Clam;e 45. And be it enacted, that the judge of the county court shall be the sole judge to determine all actions brought in the said court in the summary manner authorised by this act, and all matters and questions of fact and- law relating thereto, except where the amount claimed shall exceed' the sum of 51., and either of the parties shall require a jury to be summoned as herein after mentioned. Clause 46. And be it enacted, that in all actions where the sum of money sought to be recovered shall exceed 5/. it shall be lawful for the plaintiff or defendant to re quire a jury to be summoned to try the said action, and in every such case a jury shall be summoned according to the provisions hereinafter contained to try the action; provided always that the party requiring a jury to be summoned shall give to the clerk of the court, .or. leave at his office, notice thereof in writing, &c. Clause 47 enacts, that the party requiring the jury is to make a deposit. Clause 48 enacts, that two cause-lists (the " judge's list" and the " jury list") be made. Clause 49 provides who shall be jurors. Clause 50. And be it enacted, that each juror shall re ceive for each day's attendance a sum not less than 55.; and if the sums of money paid by the parties requiring juries shall not be sufficient for that purpose, the defi ciency shall be made up out of the general fee fund of the said court. Clause 51. And be it enacted, that from time to time, as occasion shall require, three suitors shall be em panelled and sworn to give their verdicts in such causes which shall be brought before them in the said court; and all such causes shall be decided by the verdict of the majority of the jury so em panelled and sworn ; and no suitor, except those who :hall be so empanelled and sworn, shall have any voice in determining any cause ; and any juryman who, after being duly summoned for that purpose as aforesaid, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to attend the Court, shall be liable to the same fine, to be set on him by the judge, and to all other pains and penalties, to which he would have been subjected in case he had refused or neglected to attend any quarter session of the peace after being duly summoned. Clause 52 relates to the proceedings on hearing the plaint. Clauses 53 enacts, that no evidence be given by plain tiff of any matter not stated in the summons. Clause 54 enacts, that notices be given of special de- Clause 55 enacts the mode in which forms of proce dure are to be framed. Clause 56 enacts the course of proceedings, if plaintiff does not appear or prove his case. Clause 57 relates to proceedings if the defendant does not appear. Clause 58 enables the defendant to pay money into Court. Clause 59 enacts that parties may be examined, and that witnesses are not incompetent from interest. Clause 60. And be it enacted, that every person who in any examination upon oath or solemn affirmation be fore the judge of the county court shall wilfully and cor ruptly give false evidence shall be liable to the penalties of perjury. Clause 61 relates to summonses to witnesses. Clause 62 relates to fines, how to be levied and ac counted for. Clause 63 enacts how costs may be recovered. Clause 64 enacts on what terms plaints are removable. Clause 65. And be it enacted, that the judge of the county court shall have power, on application being made to him at the first court holden for the same district next after the trial of any suit, or otherwise, if he shall think fit, to order a new trial to be had in such suit, and in the meantime to stay the proceedings, provided always, that if a verdict be given for the same party on a second trial such verdict shall be final, and no new trial shall in any case be granted after execution. Clause 66 enacts what may be charged by agents. Clause 67 enacts that minutes of proceedings are to be kept. Clause 68 provides that the court may make orders for payment of debt and costs. Clause 69 relates to cross-judgments. Clause 70. And be it enacted, that no suit shall be brought in any court for the recovery of any sum awarded by any judgment of the county court in any such action as aforesaid. Clause 71 enacts that the court may award execution against body or goods. Clause 72 enacts how execution may be had out of the county. Clause 73 gives power to suspend execution in certain causes. Clause 74 regulates the sale of goods taken in execu ion. Clause 75 enacts that distresses be within the provi sions of the 7th and Bth George IV., c. 17. Clause 76 enacts that prisoners are to be in custody of the sheriff. Clause 77 enacts that prisons may be provided. Clause 78 enacts that the gaoler receive prisoners com mitted. Clause 79 enacts that the judge may allow maintenance to sick or poor prisoners. Clause 80 enacts that the provisions of the Ist and 2d Victoria, c. 110, fur removal of judgments of inferior courts of record, are to be applicable to county courts. Clause 81 enacts that execution be superseded on pay ment of debt and costs. Clause 82 enacts that a list is to be made out of un claimed money. Clause 83 enacts that the Commissioners of Treasury are to direct how the accounts shall be kept. Clause 84 relates to plaints in replevin. Clause 85 enacts how actions of replevin may be re moved. Clause 86 enacts that possession of small tenements may be recovered by plaint in the county court. Clause 6'7 sets forth the manner in which a summons shall be served. Clause 88. And be it enacted, that it shall not be law ful to bring any action or prosecution against the judge of the county court, or against the clerk by whom such warrant as aforesaid shall have been issued, or against the Sheriff or Under• Sheriff; or any officer or person by whom such warrant may be executed or notice posted, for issuing or executing such warrant, or posting such notice respectively, by reason that the person by whom the warrant shall be sued out had not lawful right to the possession of the premises. Clause 89 enacts that where landlord has a lawful title he shall not be deemed a trespasser by reason of irre gularity: Clause 90 enacts how execution of warrant of posses sion may be stayed. Clause 91 relates to proceedings on the bonds in ac tions of replevin and trespass. Clause 92 gives the power of committal for contempt. Clause 93 gives remedies against bailiffs and other officers. Clause 94 enacts that officers taking any fee besides the fees allowed are to be discharged. Clause 95 makes provision for the protection of officers of the court. Clause 96 makes further provision for the protection of officers of the court. Clause 97 sets out the consequences of bringing ac tions for small debts in superior courts. Clause 98 enacts that distress shall not be unlawful for want of form. Clause 99 enacts that proceedings are not to be quash ed for want of form. Clause 100 provides a limitation of actions for pro ceedings in execution of this act. Clause 101 relates to the interpretation of the act. Clause 102 enacts that the act may be repealed or amended in the present Session of Parliament. APPROACHING EXTINCITON OF THE WRETCHED SOCIALISTS.—The following report, taken from the Anti-Socialist Circular, will be read, with much interest, as it shows Socialism to be rapidly on the de cline :—" The New Moral World of June 12 contains a long statement of monetary affairs, by which it appears that in addition to the sum of 4981. 14s. 9d., now owing, there has been expended on the Hampshire community experiment since October, 1839, 6,0811. 12s. 9d., — making in all an outlay of 6,580/. 7s. 6d. • while the present assets amount only to 3,876/. ls. stl. The re port further states that, estimating the crops at the same value as those of last year, there will be a further loss of 816/. on the present pro ceedings. , The same number of the New Moral World announces " a levy of 2s. 6d. for each member of the society throughout the branches, for the purpose of meeting the deficiency in the general fund for the pay ment of missionaries." The levy was to have been sent in by the 24th of June ; up to this day (July 20th) only three members of the Reading branch have responded to the call. The New .Moral World, their weekly organ, formerly contained sixteen pages, the size of Chambers's Journal—it is now cut down to eight pages, While the leaders are quarrelling in the camp, the members in the branches are also disagreeing among themselves. The general secretary has publicly called Mr. Owen to account, and required him, in presence of the delegates in congress assembled, to explain the cause of the treat ment he has latterly met with at the hands of Mr. Owen ; while the New Moral World, of the 3d of July, deeply deplores the internal dissensions among the branches ; calling upon those who cannot agree with the general plan to secede at once. And the New Moral World of the 17th July attributes chiefly to these dissensions the present fallen and falling condition. In the same number is the address of the central board, de claring they cannot proceed further without additional funds, and acknowledging that the payments of the members have fallen off during the past year, from the want of confidence that has grown up among them," &c. They also admit that some of their earliest dis ciples have left them—that the society has not increased the number of its branches during the last two years— and that many have been deterred from joining them on account of the public obloquy to which those are subjected who unite themselves with the society.— Tory paper. REPRESENTATION OF WESTMORELAND.— Lord Lowther's elevation to the Peerage, which is to take place immediately, will necessarily occasion a va cancy in the representation of this county. We think there can be but one opinion as to the choice of his suc cessor ; and we are confident we speak the sentiments of a great majority of the electors, when we say that they would look with satisfaction to Mr. Alderman Thompson, to supply his place. In him the county of Westmore land would possess a representative of great influence, of varied information, having both the ability and the in clination to serve his constituents, and to advance the interests of his native county. We do not disparage the merits of any other individual, in asserting that no gen tleman combines so many recommendations to the elec tors of this county. After stating so much, it will afford our readers increased pleasure to find that he has con sented to be put in nomination, and tha he is taking this step with the most perfect a pprovals and with the hearty concurrence of the distinguished Nobleman who is about to be ele vated to the Upper House.—lVestniore- Lind Gazette. BUCKINGHAM.—We have reason to believe that Sir Thomas Freemantle by 's re-election for Bucking ham, rendered necessary his taking office, will be strenuously opposed.—Ages bury News, MORNING SUN PARTY NEGLECT OF THE LATE MINISTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-I have read, with much satisfaction, your artielP in Saturday's Sun, on the mismanagement of t t ye leaders of the late Ministry, which contributed so much to the fTc..„, downfall of their Government. But you might Itav9 car ried your case much further, because I haveriwpri fo believe that the personal demeanour of.those leaders had .",TV been very far from satisfactory to their political sup porters. Men like civility in political as well as social life, and that cheap commodity was too often wanting, I fear, on their part. Lord John Russell's coldness and reserve may be partly constitutional, and, doubtless, are so, but they sometimes savour strongly of aristocratic hauteur, and I believe some of the subordinates wero rather notorious for their brusquerie. Not having been in the last Parliament, I cannot speak from personal ex perience or observation of what then took place ; but the complaints I have heard are fully borne out by what I have seen as a new Member of the present House. I believe I shall only speak the general feeling Gf the new Liberal Members when I say that the most of them on entering the House on this occasion have been treated wi th entire neglect by the leaders of their party. On ap proaching the House, for the first time, no person was to be found belonging to that pdrty to offer them the slightest information or assistance in respect to the forms of the House, or the ceremony of taking their seats, nor any one to greet them with the faintest welcome. For my own part, happening to know several of the old Mem bers, and some of the late Government, I experienced, myself, no inconvenience from this neglect ; but I know some who did, and who felt it perhaps more keenly than they chose to express. What was the case on the other side of the House ? Let those who observed lie activity and studied attention of Sir T. F-, and above all, those who experienced his courtesy and kindness, answer the question. Sept. 6, 1841. A NEW MEMBER. The grounds of the petition against Sir Thomas Winnington's return for Bewdley arise from fourteen persons in the Far Forest having voted for Sir T. E. Winnington, who had no legal right to do so, inasmuch as they reside in a detached part of the parish of Ribbes ford, which has been recently discovered to form no part of the Parliamentary borough. Kidderniinster Messenger. _ _ EXPORTATION OF MACHINERY.—The Se lect Committee of the House of Commons, lately ap pointed to inquire into the operation of the existing laws affecting the exportation of machinery, have just pub lished their second Report to the House. This Report is much too lung to allow of any detailed reference to it, but we subjoin the final recommendation of the Com mittee on the subject, which is to the following effect, viz. :—" That, considering that machinery is the only product of British industry upon the export of which restraints are placed, the Committee recommends that the law prohibiting the export of incebinery should Le repealed, and the trade of machine making be placed upon the same footing as other departments of British industry." THE LATE COLONEL BooTu.--The officer of the 43d Light Infantry regiment have intimated to the widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Booth, K.H., of that regiment (in which he had served nearly thirty six years), their wish to erect a tablet to the memory of their highly distinguished and much lamented command ing officer, and have requested her to signify her wishes as to where such monument should be erected.—Shef field Mercury. EDITORIAL FISHING.—We beg to acknow ledge the receipt of a beautiful dish of soles sent us from a friend in Tenby this week—they were most acceptable. He, as well as other friends, need not fear offending us by sending us anything he may consider worth accepting.—Carmarthen Journal. LIVERPOOL FISH COMPANY.—This Company was dissolved last week, at a special meeting of the Pro prietors, held at the Clarendon-rooms, the whole of the surplus and two-thirds of the capital having been ex hausted. It appears, that in the course of five years, the concern has incurred a loss of between 16,0001. and 18,0001. The boats of the Company are advertised for sale.—Liven pool Journal. NEWNHAM PADDOX. The Hon. Douglas Pennant, M.P. for the county of Caernarvon, has taken Newnham Paddox, the seat of the Earl of Denbigh, as a country residence, for two years.—Coventry Herald. THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.—Owing to the little moisture in the spring, the breeding season was somewhat unfavourable, but still partridges are said to be numerous. A great many leverets perished in conse quence of the heavy rains of the present summer. The harvest being so late is rather tantalizing to the sports men, and it is well worthy of consideration whether it would not be better by common consent to pestpone the commencement of shooting in such cases. In France the time for beginning the spurt is varied according to the season.--Manchester Times. The Duke of Bedford has arrived at Woburn Abbey, from a visit to the Duke of Rutland at Longshawe Lodge, Derbyshire. DEPARTURE OF THE CALEDONIA STEAM. SIiIP.—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING.—The Royal mail steam-ship, Caledonia, for Halifax and Boston, commanded by Capt. M'Kellar, sailed from the Mersey this morning, carrying out upwards of 100 passengers. Lieut. Bury has charge of the mail bags. The vessel may be expected to arrive in Boston about the 19th inst. MANGANESE ORE.—The Duke of Richmond does not intend working - his iron mine on the estate at Tomintoul, owing chiefly to the long land carriage ; but a vein of manganese has been discovered at the flame place, which promises to be productive and valuable. Men are at present engaged at this new vein.—Aberdeen Hera]. ACTIVITY OF THE MARKET LOOKERS.- The Market lookers on Wednesday last seized and threw into the river Croal, about 5,000 herrings in a putrid state, which had been offered for sale in the fish market, and yesterday.they seized nearly 1,000 herrings, in Little Bolton in even a worse condition, and also the greater portion of a cow, that had died of the distemper.—Bolton Free Press. As a young student was, two days ago, smoking at a window, on a second floor, in the Rue Saint Jacques, his pipe escaped from his hand. In making a sudden effort to save it his foot slipped and he fell headlong into the street. His skull was fractured, and before medical aid could be called in he was a corpse. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—There is at pre sent in the possession of Mr. Archibald Bell, Melrose, a hen, which has, for three successive years, changed the colour of its plumage. It was originally a jet black, then speckled, and is now completely white.—Scotch Paper. An Egyptian goose—a very rare bird in this part of the country—was, a few days ago, shot at Wark, on the south side of the Tweed, by Lord Ossulston's gamekeeper.—Liverpool Chronicle. A very thin young lady, in a room full of com pany, exclaimed, " I must retire or I shall melt." " Oh, don't go," said a Yankee captain, " you'll not make a grease spot." PROLIFIC PCiTATOE. —An extraordinary quantity of potatoes, the production of one root, of the golden cup species, was last week dug up from the gar den of Sir Henry Fitzherbert, Bart., of Tissington Hall, in this County, amounting in all to 160, most of which were fit for use.—Derbyshire Chronicle. WENTWDRTH•HOUSE MENAGERIE.—A birth of an extraordinary nature took place on the 26th ult. in in the menagerie at Wentworth House. The Noble Earl Fitawilliam has been for some time in possession of a male and female lama. This animal is very rare in this country, and as far as we knew has never bred in Eng land before, with the exception of a p a i r b e l ong i ng to the Earl of Derby. The female has, however, produced one young one, perfectly white in colour, and healthy in appearance. This youngster, from its rarity, is considered a great natural curiosity.—Leeds Mercury. M. Moat, whose name is so well known to all drinkers of champagne, more or less genuine, died a few days since, aged eighty.—Paris Print. DORSET.—GAME.—Thursday was the com mencement of the partridge shooting season. Birds are plentiful and strong oti the wing; but we understand that the sportsmen in this neighbourhood, in consequence of the lateness of the harvest, have established a fu ll understanding to refrain from sporting for some day s . until the crops shall h ave b een h ouse d.—Somerret Gazette. A NOBLE-MINDED PEASANT.—AD ral labourer named George Lett, of North rbranweme3y.": who, by honest industry, sober habits, and economy. saved a su ffi cient sum of money to purcasebe received house in the parish, stated that the first malt Satur should be given away in bread. Accordingly 21 , having day last, half a year's rent, amounting Lo aarieuiitu b.a.owto furnish bugday. A been paid, he gave the money to the t o tne Sunday bread to be distributed at church the fop loaf was given to every child belon_gi School, and the remainder to the mos t _nctstressed poor of fiord THE _rt/tamp/on Herald. the parish who attended church. BANISHMENT OF , WI N E TEE-TOTALLERS. SACRA MENT OF THE LORD ' S ourrEa, respecting the exclusion of wine Ag Tee" Correspondent who fur the truth of a paragraph to tallers has been denied by r e n , a o : nhfaotr the August,sticsed Con fe rence occasion 1 8 4 l , s fr o o m n e t t a h o e o S n a y c o r_a o m us ent by writ h e 1 , ; shown us the number of the nished the paragrap t h of two individuals wl7o appeared which gives the naf late Huddersfield Tee-total Confe as delegates at . the , s rence, where Temperance A:tvocunaa e i e s cra a et n sin d gII J NNe o di u n, deem the use of intox D of the Lord's Supper, as unwarranted by S cr ipt ure ."— •.s Letter. Belfast Neu EATHS.--S everal awful instances S UD DEN of sudden death have occurred within the last few days. g ra . Jamieson, who kept a small grocery shop in Dudhope-crescent, while in the act of weighing some coffee to an individual on the evening of Saturday week, dropped down and instantly expired.—On the following morning Wm. Mahon, sailors officer, also suddenly ex pired in his bed. About seven o'clock his wife rose to kindle the fire. Hearing him groan, she turned round, and found to her astonishment that he was dead. He was about 60 years cf age.—The same evening Mrs. Tosh, wife of David Tosh, master of the Tay steam-packet, dropped down while in the act of taking a fish from the fire. She had been twice at the church during the day, and had no complaint prior to her demise.—Dundee Warder. The Courrier de Lyon relates that on Sunday evening, about eight o'clock, as the citizens were return ing into the town from their walks in the meadows and woods of the Tete-d'Or, many of them were set upon by eight or ten ruffians, who with acts of violence robbed the men of their purses, and the women of their shawls and cloaks, till they excited a resistance which drove them to flight. Only two of them were arrested and delivered up to justice.