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MANCHESTER & LEEDS RAILWAY TENDERS FOR LOANS. The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and LEEDS RAILWAY COMP ANY are prepared, under the powers of 1:11 Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for enabling the Manchester and Leeds` Railway Company to raise a further sum of money," IA RECEIVE TENDERS for the LOAN of MONEY, in ' emus of not less than One Thousand Pounds each, en interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum, for the terms of five • be Seven years, at the option of the lender, the repayment to u• secured by mortgage of the property of the undertaking and the rates, tolls, and other sums, arising or to arise by vir tue of the several Acts of Parliament passed relating to the said Rsilway. • , The Tenders are to express the sums and the term of years ior which the same are proposed to be lent, and are to be ad ' dressed to the Chairman, at the Company's Offices, Clone's buildings, Hunt's Bank, Manchester. Dated this 4th day of June, 1841. • H. HOULDSWORTH, Chairman. .. 11 , 5 L AC KWA LL RAILWAY. The RAILWAY TRAINS run from the NEW TER • MINUS, Fenchurch-street, and also from the Minories, Shadwell, Stepney, Limehouse, West India Docks, and Poplar titations, and from the Blapkwall Terminus, every quarter of !in hour, from Half-past Eight in the Morning till a Quarter Wore Ten at Night (except Sundays during Divine Service), /is. flout Half-past Ten to One. Fares, First Class 6d. ; Second Class 4d. N. 8.--On Sundays the Trains will start from the Minories Station instead of Fenchurch-street. 0, Fenchureh-street, Aug. 2, 1841. 13LACKWALL NEW FAST I The " RAILWAY," The " BRUNSWICK U(1" SONS OF THE TIMES i PROM ELACKWALL. Morning, at 9 • Past 9 .. 10 past 10 11 •• Afternoon, past 1 " ▪ past 2 ▪ past 4 • past 5 .., 5 • past 6 past 8 AND GRAVESEND .ON STEAM BOATS. CHIThe " BLACKWALL," " FATHER THAMES," MES," STEAM BOATS. Dr STARTING. FROM GRAVESEND. MOrDing, at 7 Town Pier • past 7 Terrace Pier ▪ past 8 do. ... la past 11 do. Afternoon,i past 12 de. ••• 2 Town Pier past 2 Terrace Pier • i past 3 do. ▪ past 4 do. • past 5 Town Pier • past 6 Terrace Pier • past 7 do. FARES. Week Days—Chief Cabin, Is. ; Fere Cabin, Bd. On Sundays—Chief Cabin, ls. 6d. ; Fore Cabin, is. THE RAILWAY TRAINS And from the NEW TERMINUS, Fenchurch-street, and 4 • 8 0 from the Minories, Shadwell, Stepney, Limehouse , W est ~ec_ Docks, and Poplar Stations, and from the Blackwall Terminus, every quarer of an hour, from half-past eight in . _morning, till a quarter before ten at night (except en 0 ys during Divine Service, viz. from half -past ten till one). B. On SUNDAYS the Trains will start from the MI 140RIES Station instead of Fenchnrch-street. Fenchurch-street, Aug. 2, 1841. OFFICE of the -GOVERNOR and COM hia ?ANY of COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND, OLD ' xo Ab-STREET, London, August 4, 1841.—The COURT TASSISTANTS of the Governor and Company of Copper Leers in England HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they hare thin day made a CALL of TEN POUNDS per SHARE ott those Shares the holders of which have not already availed itealselyes of the option of paying up their instalments : such Call to be paid on or before the 15th day of October next, at the Banking-house of Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street ; or at the Offices of the Company, Old Broad-street. 11AFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COM PANY of COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND , ' l -13 BROAD-STREET, London, August 12, 1841.—THE eouR T of ASSISTANTS of the Governor and Company " CoPpers Miners in England, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that they will SELL, on THURSDAY, the Fourteenth day of October, now next ensuing, at their Offices . in Old Broad str.eet, 1,000 T ons o f B r itish Gr a in, Refined and Common, i ll, in Blocks, Ingots and Bars in Barrels ; in Lots of not Less than Two Tons. The Sale to commence at Twelve o'e l,°c l E precisely. C ock will be issued in due time, containing particulars and conditions of Sale, which will be delivered on and after the C ompany's day of September next, either at this o f f i ce or by the :"IPany's brokers, Messrs. Short and Mahony, No. 1, New- Cornhill. The Public Sales of Tin by the Company will henceforth be Zl e d quart . erly—viz., in January, April, July, and October, and quantity put up will be regulated by the average quarterly tOnSUMptiOrl. A N. B. The Company binds itself not to make Sales of Tin u4ri ng the Quarter beyond the quantity advertised. ESTABLISHED 1821. iVHE LONDON MARBLE and STONE r ii COMANY, are enabled with thei b ATENT WORKING MACHINERY, P to execute Chimney Pieces, Mo t ea c h 4111 ents, Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every description of Work, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty 7' k u durability of Polish, and reduction of cost, which cannot be - " t4 itked elsewhere. It The Public re invited to insect their extensive SHOW ?PAIS, containing the larges t stock in this country. 'he Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab Locks, or Scantlings; or Blocks sent to thil&Works cut to order Esher -street, Holywell-street, Mil please to be accurate in copying the 4 itiou, the Company having no cony st ahlishment but that in Esher-street. kWestminster. ss,,to prevent im- Lon with any other VALE of NEATH and SOUTH WALES 13REWERY.—Capital, 12t:25,000. In 6,250 Shares if X2O each. Dividends payable 10th April and 10th October. DIRECTORS. J oseph Stancomb, Esq. George Walters, Esq. William Brunton, Esq. John White Little, Esq. W. H. Buckland, Esq. Joseph Rusher, Esq. Th o increasing demand for the VALE of NEATU ALE I t 'd PORTER, both for home consumption and export, in :oees the Directors to make further issue of Shares in addi tion to the present paid up capital of 80,0001. Subscribers for Shares may either participate in the current Arofits rateably with the original Shareholders, or take a fixed v tlkd limited dividend of 8 per cent. per annum. The option to • signified at the time of subscribing. % The amount of 20 /. p er Share ma y be p aid p rom p tl y , or b y 'rte equal instalments , at intervals of three months. Sub il• 'ibers will be entitled to the benefit of the dividends from ime of payment. in formation relative to the trade and prospects of the con- Z r 1 1,4 11 1. be furnished by the Directors, at the Vale of Ncath sh ares r ! , Neath, Glamorganshire, W. w_hom .. applications_ for ler may be made, or to Mr. G. W. W. Mason, 33, Buck- Y, London. WATERPROOF sHOOTING JACKETS, &c.—SPORTSMEN , TRAVELLERS, knd all exposed to the RAIN are invited to make a trial of / 31 ERDOE'S Ventilating WATERPR OOF SHOOTING JACKETS, made fr om a new and much approved material. Also, for general use at all seasons, his well-known Ind extensively adopted WATERPROOF CODRINGTON FROCKS, Aluch-admired, light, and gentlemanly (Tormen ts, especially s uitable for the saddle ; and d escr ib e d, ' b those who ha ve tried them, as the most conv en i ent an d v aluable protection 'rout the weather ever invented. Both garments are tho roughly impervious to the heaviest rain, without confining per spiration. Made only by WALTER BERDOE, Tailor, Sze., 69 , Cornhill (Eight Doors from Bishops -gate-street). INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR- I(EA GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA TIVE and URINARY ORGANS. Notwithitanding the above Institution is closed, Patients way continue to receit e the GRAT UITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (Mr. Cs.mrtenav, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap- I' l Y;ng at his own hoe instead of the Charity. Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings arid from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the hiorning, but not in the Evening. RUPTURES. 1/17 RAY'S IMPROVED TRUSSES, pro perly adapted to the anatomical construction of the individual ; single ss. 6d., 75., and 105. 6d. ; doiNe, 10s. 6d., 153 , and '2ls each. Laced Stockings and Bandages for Va ricose V • * se ems. Ladies' Umbilical Belts, Bandages, &c. for all surgi ca l purposes. WRAV , s IMPROVED SUSPENSORY BANDAGES, 0 ! superior workmanship, and made of the best materials ; ap r"ed of an d recommen d e d by the late Mr. Abernethy for ,u_eir ex ce ll ent adaptation • patronized by the Members of the Bl elton Mowhray Hunt, and 9 the Subscribers to Tattersall's ; an Pliould be worn by all sportsmen, gentlemen hunting, 1 1 ;1 , 1 4 % walking, suffering from disease, relaxation, local de bility, &c. ; best Jean, is. 6d. ; knitted or wove Silk, 2s. 6d. ; c ,.tto, with fronts, 3s. 6d.; ludia Dimity, with real China net Silk Purses and elastic Springs, 7s. 6d. , May be had direct from the Inventor, M. 0. WRAY, 118, 4'olborn-hiU, and 344, Strand, one door from Catherine-street. Age 25. Age 35. Age 40. Age 45. I Age 50. I Age 55. I £2 2 7 £215 10 I£3 5 o l £3 15 5 £4 10 71£5 13 8 Persons interested in the lives of nominees or debtors may, for a trifling extra premium, be relieved from the risk of their Policies being forfeited by the parties going to foreign coun tries. ONE-HALF of the PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN UN PAID for SEVEN YEARS, Affording a greater facility for Loan Transactions and Fa mily Provisions than any other plan whick has been sug geste:d. Credit Tab'e to Assure £lOO Payable at Death: Age 20. Age 25. Age 30. Age 40. I a _Age 45, Age 504 £0 18 01 1 £l. 07 1 £l 37 1 £1 11 5 'TA 166 1 The usual Commission allowed to Solititora and Agents, and Medical Gentlemen are in all cases remunerated for their reports. • PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price l Os. DR. DICKSO N'S FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY. Second Edition, enlirged. " This work has at last been fairly praised and abused into fame. It is a clever, stimulating, and suggestive book, and the present edition is considerably enlarged by the accumu lation of illustrative facts. It is in other respects improved." —Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. " The best hit at the doctors that has ever appeared."— Revue du Nord. _ _ ....... _ London : Simpkin and 111azsban. Oliver and Boyd, Edin• burgh. A. Millikin, Dublin. Just published, the Seventh Edition, price 3s. ; and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3s. 6d., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, Bre. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. . Published by the Authors, and sold by Bailiere, Medical Bookseller to the Royal College if Surgeons, 219, Regent street ; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, London ; Guest, Bir mingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ' • Philip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Alachen and Co., 8, D'Olier. street, Dublin; Duncan,ll4, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Booksellers. This Work, a Seventh Edition of which is now presented to the public, ten thousand copies have been exhausted since its first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general principles, as also by the insertion of several new and highly in teresting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily increasing experience in a class of diseases, which, for some unaccountable reason, have been either altogether overlooked, or treated almost with indiffer ence, by the ordinary medical practitioner. The proverbial and well known rapacity of unqualified practitioners, who traffic on the health and credulity of patients, has been en couraged and aroused by this supineness; on the part of the regular surgeon. In order to obviate the pernicious effects sure to result from the practices of such pretenders, the authors have for a considerable time devoted themselves ex clusively to a certain class of diseases; of the necessity of so doing, they were further convinced by feeling that tact in in vestigating the latent sources of many diseases, which arise from certain secret practices, can only be acquired by an ex clusive and undivided attention to this department of medical practice. The numberless instances daily occurring, whersio affections of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of consumption, which, however, when traced to their source, are found to result from certain baneful practices, fully proves that the principle of the division of labour, is nowhere more applicable than in medical practice. We feel no hesitation in saying that there is no member •f society by whom the book will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation of a Parent, a Preceptor, or a Clergyman. The PARENT, who beholds his beloved child pining aw ay, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in conse quence of some disease , which , for want of careful investiga tion of its real cause, has been set down to the score of con sumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes , w ho perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tapes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much morefre tlythan w it ho is a h t o a ld ll s su ( sp te e m ct p e o d r . arily at Th e PRECEPTOR, also, least), the rela tion g inv t e h s i t l ga w fin a o n r d k, responsibility dof and a pa v r e e r n y t, and detecting the too often con much as by sist Pe ed rus i i n n cealed practices so often in troduced into schoo e u l s s, r whereby t m he . health and ultimately the lives of his pupils ar perore fimisnd ed, a u c ri l l u e e ss to th gu e a Rill He •e f r h v d i e l b i e tnn arre tn st r ed ong in h p t r h o e p e in t t r i e e this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judge, when delicacy o f h e alth should appear t o attack an y of his y oun g charges, what the real causes of such attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to cheek the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character is at once concentrated she two-fold relation of parent and instructor, will here be dire c t e d as t o th e n ature of thos e habits to which youth is addicted; he will also be enabled to point out the dis astrous consequences which are sure to follow from them if not relinquished. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, Frith -street, Soho-square, London. Country Patients are requested to be as minnte as possible in the detail of their eases—as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, general habits of hying, and occupation in life of the party • the commu n i ca ti o n must be accompanied by the usual Consultation Fee of 1/., without which no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; an d in all cases, the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on. EVENING SUN. DANIlii. '(', NE;.: .1) REPEAL OF THE THE FRIENDS u, IRELAND, r esider. in LONDON, have, in testimony of their admiratio ,, O'Connell's recent, as well as past, patriotic conduct, re staved on giving him a PUBLIC DINNER immediately on his arrival in London. . The Dinner to take place at the Highbury Barn Tavern, .Islington, on.llloNomr, the 30th of August. Tickets, 3s. 6d. each, may be had of the Stewards, and at the Bar of the Tavern. ITERARY ASSISTANCE, in the Ar rangement and Correction of Works, popular or pro ' fessional, by a Gentleman, who has had much experience in ' Practical Literature, and who, in proof of abilit7, can either refer to published works of his own, or will correct, at sight, anY part of those which are laid before him. He also dis charges all the duties connected with the press, and negotiates the di s p osa l t o p u bli s h ers o f suc h wor k s as h e has revised. App.ication (only by letter, post paid) to A.M., 15, Upper Charlton -street, Fitzroy-square. CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT, .TANTECHNICON, near BELGRAVE SQUARE.—The Nobility and Gentry are respectfully •It,quested to inspect the largest Stock of New and Second : naiad CARRIAGES on SALE in the WORLD. particularly 'CHARIOTS, BROUGHAMS, and PHAETONS. Ele- Puce, Fashion, and durability have been the study . of the luilders. Carriages and Harness received for safe keeping. Theilnilding is considered fire-proof, and is effectually pre '4 served from damp. FURNITURE SALE DEPARTMENT. TIANTECHNICON, BELGRAVE . SQUARE.—The largest and best selected Stock of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE ever exhi . lsited for Sale, is always to be found in this Establishment, tho quality of which is warranted of the best description, and *very article plainly marked at the Manufacturer's lowest price. Goods carefully packed and forwarded to any part of the World. Houses of the first class furnished throughout at a few dap' notice. SAFETY ROTATION RAILWAY COM PANY. The Directors invite public attention to this highly Ltniiirtant IMPROVEMENT in the CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, whereby the advantage of equal speed with those in ordinary use will be found to be combined with dimi nished expenditure to proprietors, and perfect security to tra vellers from danger to life or property. An experimental test of the efficiency of this valuable invention is about to be im teediately made by laying down a line of sufficient dimensions for the purpose, Application for shares, on which,a deposit of 1/. only will be required, mad be made at the Office, 1, Wallbrook-buildings, where models and drawings may be examined and prospectuses obtained. No 15,273 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION, REGENT-STREET. NEW LECTURES on the DAGUERREOTYPE and PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, with Illustrations, and a full Explanation of the Chemical Process adopted. On BAIN'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PRINTING TELE GRAPH. On BARWISE and BAIN'S PATENTED ELECTRICAL CLOCKS in action. Also other interesting Lectures and Experiments. CARY'S ORRERY, and the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Nearly Two Thousand Works which display eminent Art, Science, and:lngentuty. Microscope, Diver and Diving Bell. CANTON, and other beautiful COSMORAMIC VIEWS, are added to the Evening Exhibition.—Admission, One Shilling. Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Morning, and Seven o'clock in the Evening. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR. GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. , CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parilament. EIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliot/on, M.D., F.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Craves, A.M. F.R.S. ACT U ARY -W . S. B. Weolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman ney, 6, Basinghall-street. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect - security to the policy holder of a large paid up capital, and accumulating funds, the following . is one amongst many of the advantages which belong exclusively to the principles of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori ginated by th? Society, viz.—Power to borrow (without de lay, expense, or forfeiture) Two-thirds of all premiums paid upon a Policy of Assurance. The annexed is a short Table, showing the Annual Premium for assuring £lOO on the Whole Life, or for a Term : FOR LIFE. A. B. Age. Without 1 With For One For Five Profits; Profits. Year only. Years only. £. s. d. i Z. s c - r. Z. a. d. Z. s. d. 20 1 13 7 1 17 4 0 17 0 0 17 6 30244293 0 19 6 1 0 0 40 218 8 3 5 3 1 1 310 1 5 0 50 4 4 2 4 13 6 1 13 '0 1 16 6 60 613 6 7 8 4 ( 3 0 0 3 9 6 Two-thirds of 'Profits divided annually amongst the Assured. DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. By the plan exclusively developed by this Society, a single Deferred Annuity is made; not only to answer the same object, but to far exceed in amount the entire benefit of all the ad vantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes through separate investments in Savings' Banks, Be nefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is. a week) at the age of 20, will give the policy holder the fol lowing option, at the age of 65 ! Annuity for remainder of life... £47 16 6 Cash 394 11" 0 or a Policy, without further contributions, of 466 0 oat death. Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60) may be also taken with similar advantages. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in case of premature death. N.B. Policies, as collateral money-security, for periods of one to five years, effected at lower rates than are charged by any other Office, (Sce Tables A. and B.), with option of con. tinuance for Life at the usuil rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. THE LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN GUARANTEED MUTUAL and PRO PRIETARY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION HOUSE, and 19, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. 21, ST. ANDREW-STREET, EDINBURGH. And 64, FLEET-STREET, DUBLIN. ntaxcToas. Alexander Anderson, Esq. John Johnson, Esq. , Alderman John Atkins, Esq Kennett Kingsford, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. John M'Guffie, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth John Maclean Lee, Esq. Vice- Admiral Robert Honyman J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq. Benjamin Ifill, Esq. Alexander Robertson, Esq., James Hartley, Esq. Managing Director. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. SECRETARY.—F. Edgell, Esq. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS have been introduced into LIFE ASSURANCE PRACTICE by this COMPANY. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUT ABLE, unless they have been obtained by fraudulent misre presentation. The, Board of Directors satisfy themselves upon the va:- rious questions proposed before they enter into contracts of assurance, and frame their policies in such terms as to pre clude all future questions as to their validity, and thus ren der them indisputable and negotiable documents of future debt against the Company. Parties may be aster/ 0i either upon the participating or non participating plan ; the assured are relieved of all responsi bility, and the participating class is entitled to the whole of the profits upon that branch of the business. Table to Assure £lOO, with addition of prbfits - EVE ING .6. • ttic,..H: r: COURT OF JUSTICE ••i * 0 , • 2;:f• Li • , ) 4.4! 4 4. • - IT to' IS mho - it 0 174 4 dir"."llP DE ?AIX. The Author—Would to heaven that I had a few more! —(Laughter.) Lebattu—Do you hear the heartless fellow ? I vvaill tell you how he served me. About three mouths ago he came to me breathless, and said, " Well, it. is finished !" " What is finished ?" said I. " Oh, it is finished, and my fortune is made," continued the man, in a sort of exstacy. "So much the better," said I, to the last part of the sentence. They will play it for me in two months at the Boulevard—it is all vetted—a drama in five nets, which is received with the most overwhelming applause you will, therefore," said he, jumping to a conclusion, " lend me a hundred crowns."--(Laughter.) " Yes, I say the business is done, and I wilt give you two bills, payable the day after the first representation of my play." The Judge—And you accepted them ? Lebsttu-- , Rekts out. Thinking the security good, I allowed tey. self to be influenced by m y feelings ofhuthanity, and the six per cent.—(Much laughter.) But there was one thing upon which I did not reckon—namely, the probs• bility of a failure of his play. But so it was—the play was laid on the sh e lf, i nstea d o f b e i ng overwhelmed with applause. The Author—And I know why ! It was because I had not a sufficient number of creditors present. Lebattu—Well, it was not my fault if it did not suc ceed. I clapped like a madman' (naively). It was to, my interest.—(Laughter.) The audience, finding that I applauded incessantly, cried out ala porte, le cama rade, it aun billet de l'auteur."—" Turn him out ! He is a friend of the author's, come in with an order." I got up in the pit, and declared that the gentleman who said that was not adhering to the truth. The Judge—What, had you not got one then ? Le battu (with sang froid)—No, not one—l had two.— (Laughter.) The Judge—What, two orders for one person ? Lo• battu—Oui, Monsieur. Two for fifty crowns each, which have this day been duly protested !—(Laughter.) In spite of the poorness of the piece, howevey, je claquait toujours—l continued to applaud, until at length I found myself handed to the door.—(Laughter.) I now insist upon the re-payment of my money. The Author consented to pay the debt at the rate di 30 francs per month. Lebattu sympathised with him in the failure of his piece. The Author protested that it was his 0% - vn fault ; " for had I (said he) had a hundred sucb "creditors aa you, the success of my piece would have been trium ph an t."—{ Laugh te r.) The contracting parties then quitted the Court, in which their presence had afforded not a little amusement. MESMERISM, BY DE LAFON TAINE. On Wednesday we attended the adjourned exhibitim of Mesmerism, at the Queen's Rooms, Hanover-still:lm where a very numerous audience was assembled at three o'clock, and continued with tolerabk patience until half: past five to await the promised ixoduCtion of mad tie results in the various volunteers who presented them. selves for experiment. In three cases, which occupied half an hour each, no visible effect was obtained. la two other cases the manipulations of the Professor seemed to induce sleep in the patients ; but he himself declared that he was exhausted by his exertions, and would make no further attempts on this occasion, v e77 great dissatisfaction was expressed, and most loudly and harshly by some gentlemen, who in our opinion h ave been both intemp era t e an d ungenerous in their inter ruptions of the proceedings on each of the former occa sions, and have tended greatly to embarrass and irritate N. de Lafontaine, while his demeanour has been-through out courteous, frank, and, we must say, very forbear ing. It would be out of place here to offer an explana tion of the causes of failure, but we think that so far from confirming, the charge of imposture the failure may fairly lead to an opposite inference. Success in all cases is not pretended, and if the exhibitor wished to make a false impassion iby the aid of collusion, be would have obtained a sufficient number of subjects for any of tha last exhibitions to counterbalance the effect of his defeats with genuine patients. We shall continue to attend his exhibitions, and note impartially all that we observe. THAMES STEAMERS. TO THE .EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Your eye rests on abuses for their correction, and tempts me to place a few re mar k s b e f ore i t, on the - delay and confusion consequent on several steamers stopping at the Old S wan Pi er, near London-bridge, on Sunday evening last. I bought a ticket for. an iron-boat, and, on reaching it, was informed it had to call on the other side of the., river, and would return at its prope- que. This wile , e. enable and I waited. trinnatrartr-wfteti- there it stayed ; and, on applying to flit cltrk, he said, " If it had been only five minutes Over its time, he would return the money ; but as it had been seven, he could not ; and could only account for its delay by some part of the machinery being out of order." This was not the worst. On its arrival, twelve mi nutes after time, whilst waiting to take in p assengers, it became compl e tely j amme d in between four other ves sels—one small, and three Greenwich and Woolwich, larger. Thus nearly another quarter of an hour IV SWI consumed, making almost half an hour's delay, in which time I could have walked. leisurely enough to Wat t r.lo o -. bridge, without standing a very good chance indeed of catching cold. But the remedy—what is the remedy ? There should be a distinct place for the larger, longer voyage boats, to stop at ; and they should be in a tier—one only to take in and let out passengers at a time, or forfeit heavily; and when a small boat is over-time, the money taker should be compelled to return the money for not fulfilling the agreement as to time, which is valuable nearly to all, as well as your obedient servant, A PASSENGER AGAINST HIS WILL, AND NOT THE ONLY ONE. Aug. 17, 1841. COMMITTAL, ESCAPE, AND RE-CAPTURI OF A BURCLAR.—On the morning of Saturday last War- _ mation was received at the station-house of the sion in the town of Staines, that on the previor, yid44 the premises of Mr. E. Carruthers, of that tow' had be burglariously entered, and that th e thievePlad been ditii turbed in their proceedings, having only stolen a silvig watch, a tea-caddy, a pair of sugar-tongs, a glass sugar. basin, and a rosewood workbox. Serjeant Burton of the *1 division, having , reason to believ e that a vvell-latown chs. racter, named Collyer, had been concerned in th e robbery, traced him to Hounslow, told. frow thence to Cho ham, Surrey, where h eisuecetaKd in apprehending him, and on sear c hi ng L t him foly - the dupli ca t e o f th e watch in his pocket. On Monde.y` he wits conveyed before the petty sessions at Feltb...in, and fully committed to Newgate for trial. W,; awaiting the arrival of a cart to convey him to Newtgate, he was allowed teremuise in the bench-room on the ground-floor of the inn, the win dows of which, owing te the crowded estate of the room, were wide open, when, watching .a favourable wettest . . nity, h e j umpe d out of one of the 'Windows, and hoW3d4k with the speed of a deer across the .country. Us Spector Otway of the T division, and InspeetorDeufr sing, of th e V ' division, who were both present, iiinnie diately mounted their horses and galloped off in pursuit, followed by a number of policemen and other persons, when after a severe run the prisoner teak refuge in Han-. warth Park, the seat of Mr. Henry Perkins, the brewer whose demesne being closely wooded for some time afforded him a mnsecureshelteriediteai)d fromiyidehdistphierrinsseueirsve.s The police, ho wever , small parties and scoured the wood, and ultimately the ahrtaenrdc mucKtift' eA prisoner was discovered in hae washigh tirneset,anattiltyi difficulty got down, when and brought back to Feltr-on, whence he was conveyed! to Newgate. Unpropitious weather, still ! Rain and cold . winds 1 what will become of the sliding scale ? What' of those who have taken their stand upon it. The difn. culties of Sir Robert Peel begin to take shape and dis tinctness as the hour for his inauguration draws nigh„ Five hundred Sir Roberts rolled into one would nut bar able to maintain the present Corn-laws—to abandon them will disappoint and kindle the, rage of the long list of country gentimen, M.P.s, who imagine that the seasons were made to wait upon iheir pleasure, and the heavens themselves to revolve about them as a fixed centre. These sapient ptilosophers would not allow of man's having done his duty, if beaten lA. last, even if omnipotence were his antagonial —and should Sir Robert sacrifice himself in a bootie*, attempt to preserve his political consistency, these would be the first to trample upon his remains. They axe sel fish and ignorant enough to gnash their teeth at rrovi, dence, because Providence is against them—br,t seeing that would be fruitless, they would gladly vor.i their dis pleasure upon the unhappy statesman wb:ini Providence shall overcome. The accounts from "irious Quarters of the country represent the crops 44 ) '.aving sustained very partial, it' any, damage. Such 'tepresentatiocs, however, arc not to be relied . 0r: They are usually com municated by farmer, to journals circulating prin cipally among triners. And it i s to the far mers' intero7l, now, to prevent corn from rising until after the harvest. Few of our agriculturists could eel themselves of high prices until their corn is housed, for the simple reason that most of them have disposed of their stock already—and if, in consequence of the next averages, bonded wheat should come into the market before harvest terminates, the golden prospect now before the far mer would turn out b u t a g l oom y one . It is, therefore, importance to the landed interest to have favourable rep ports--that present prices may not be raised until the farmers can av a il th emse lv e s of the advantage.'We be lieve the auth or ity on which we thatstated vil hethe found cr o crops were already a fifth below the average, • general crash._j‘reo i nfo be..borne out by the event. If countryso e , n tie nnst must be prepared for a M R. H o p E p s MANSION IN FARIS: 7 The large flue n house which[ Mr. hlope is bu i lding ig is approaching to compl et i on. the Commerce says the expense of this building, i nc l u d- . and d S s at i i 6 t n ll di o d m inione, jog the furniture and ohiects of art, is estimated at LI millions of francs (600,0001). HE DRAMATIC AUTHOR. i; L -4.-V - L'Audienee—Pari s .jourinti.) Marie-Ang e -Ch ar l es -P o lyc ar p e -D.sire-Lebattu, whe described himself a banker, had lent money •to an 'authoi; upon a very singular kind of security—namely, a five act . play which had never been performed. He now appeared before the Court, much discontented at the result of his negotiation, and had summoned the author (whose name we shall abstain from mentioning) before the Court of Justice de Paix. Lebattu (with warmth)—lt is abominable to cheat tp man out of a hundred crowns in such a manner ! The Judge—Cannes roes, Monsieur. Lebattu—Calm ! How can a man be calm when he has lost 300 francs ?—(Laughter.) The Judge--Be calm, and we will see justice done you. Lebattu—That, lam afraid, is out of your power, Monsieur, for the defendant has an innumerable host of creditors. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1841. the people might be wrong, and the Monarch right, even when they differed . upon political subjects... For thus thinking they have been, over and over again, abused by the Radicals 23 tyrants. They have been told a thousand times, in a 'tone of Radical menace; that " the people is the only legitimate source of power." Why eo, not the Radicals now acknowledge the error and wickedness of this principle ? Why.do they not confess, and ask par don ? Why, but that they are despicably selfish, and afraid to acknowledge any truth which knight be prejudi cial to their own interest. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.—A speculator named Clark was declared. Mr. Clark is a broker, and it appears that he has been placed ' in difficulties by the extensive operations in which he was engaged in the Consol and Spanish Markets. The insolvent is said to have held largely of Share property, but his principal losses have been incurred as a bull of Spanish Stock. Lord Palmerston has, we understand, sent to the Com mittee of Spanish Bondholders, desiring to be put in possessing of their third Report, recently published, as well as copies of the correspondence, various memorials, and other documents relati ng to the claims of the Bond holders, the whole of which it is intended to despatch by special messenger to Madrid, together with his Lord ship's observations and instructions upon the subject. Senor Rull must be well aware of the altered position of Lord Palmerston, and we do not suppose that any atten tion will now be paid to his representations. He will, moreover, consider it strange, as every one else must do, that Lord Palmerston should never have felt the pro priety of his interference until he was virtually dispos sessed of all official power. TIMES.—The speculators in tea, who were the first to rely on the " news said to have been received from China, are now beginning to doubt its authenticity, and take great pains to limit their transactions, and dimi nish, whenever an opportunity offers, the liabilities ttey have already incurred. Under this impression the de cline in the price of the leaf which ha.. occurred occurred within these 'last two days had brought the to a very pas sive state, while the heavy sales declared to-morrow in duce the trade generally to believe that even the present prices will be scarcely supported. Our private letters received from Amsterdam state that the Finance Minister had, on the 17th instant, presented to the States-General the biennial Budget of Ways and Means, and the Bill for converting the Pas sive into Active Debt. By this important Bill it is provided that the annual conversion of Passive Debt into 21 per Cent. Active, as enacted by the law of the 14th of May,'lBl4, shall, after the abolition of the regpee tive enactments of the laws of February 9, 1818, the 27th of December, 1322, and the 25th of December, 1824, be superseded by an immediate and entire Conver sion into 21 per Cent. Active Bonds. 'With respect to the manner in which, the new conversion is to be effected, the inscriptions of 21 per Cent. Active Debt on the "great book," are to be granted as fol lows :—For 1,000 florins deferred, and a " chance bill," 68 florins ; for .1,000 florins deferred, without a " chance bill," 18 florins ; and for a " chance bill," without any deferred, 50 . florins: For 1,000 florins deferred, with a "chance bill " drawn already ac cording to the enactment of December, 1824, inscrip tions are to be granted, 'varying according to the time when the conversion, according to the drawing, would take place. Thus, if the " chance bill," in addi tion to the 1,000 florins deferred, has been drawn to be converted on the Ist of January, 1842, the inscription is to be for 1,000 florins ; if in 1842, for '953 florins ; if in 1844, for 909 florins ; if in 1845, for 867 florins ; if in 1846, for 827 florins ; if in 1847, for 788 florins ; if in 1848, for 752 florins ; if in 1849, for 717 flm-ins. The inscriptions in consequence of the present conversion will nominally amount to 71,396,000 florins. The budget which was presented by the Dutch Minister on the same day is comprised in twelve Bills for the expenditure in 1842 and 1843, and a thirteenth for the revenue. The total amount of the revenue covers that of the ex penditure without any new taxes being levied, any existing taxes being raised, or recourse being had to any new means of credit. The expense for 'the two years is estimated at 71,300,000 florins per annum. While bring ing forward his financial plans, the Minister proposed to cancel 800,000 florins of 41 and 21 per Cent. Stock, and to appropriate 750,000 as the first step towards a sinking fund. lie announced an important fact, which is, that the Dutch Government has not as yet been able to put to the account of Belgium her share in the National Debt, but that that country had regularly paid 5,000,000 florins per annum. The objects of the present assembly of the States are considered to be of such paramount import ance, that the Minister has begged that they will not separate until they have come to a decision. HERALD. Considerable amusement has boon afforded to the city gossips by the ludicrous lumbering of the city article of the Times in an attempt to discredit the very late accounts from China which, as so gene rally Occurs with intelligence of any moment, made th e i r appearance in the Herald of Tuesday last, and had to be copied and inserted at second hand in the Tim es o f the _any Thic was not silently to be endured, and so, for two mornings consecutively the city Times has been zealously labouring in the fox -like vocation of proving that the grapes beyond its reach were sour as verj ince. " All the details of the supposed letter from Macao, it is remarked this morning, are as vague as possible," Ace. Now vagueness is assuredly the very last reproach which ought to have been hazarded, for whatever the doubts entertained or affected in interested quarters at first in respect of the genuine character of the document, they were grounded almost entirely upon the uncommon particularity and exactitude of dates and details as they appeared. That the letter may have been used and dis patched for " interested purposes" by the party here or elsewhere is not only possible but tolerably certain, for merchants or speculators do not generally go to the cost and trouble of procuring and forwarding interesting intel ligence by special express for the mere gratification of parading it in the columns of either the Herald or the Times. It isnot improbable that more*substantial results were looked for as the reward of superior enterprise antl tact, and the sustained firmness of the market shows that the speculators on the news are not playing at " tea and turn out" any how. As to the assertion that "no weil-informed person in the City attaches the least credit to it," this can only be met by a direct counter negative, for none but persons indifferentlyAnformed could suspect any impossibility about the manlier in which the intelli gence is said to have been received in India and for warded to England. In fact, as people good-naturedly remark, if the news had first appeared in the Times in stead of the Herald, the rack would have been punish ment toe mild for the hapless sinner who should have pres v ufrd to question its auth en ti c it y . Th e l e tt er , a f ter all, not sent to Paris for insertion from the parties by whom assumed to have been received and acted upon in this city,iit, if at all, toMarseilles, whereit was first pub lished in the Semaphore, and subsequently extracted into the u- W ila h e rls paper. iioncea mistake has been committed, there are on ly two ways of getting out of the difficulty created by it—either by frankly acknowledging the error, or bra zening it out to the utmost. The accounts lately received from Manchester and the neighbouring districts mention a partial revival in the demand for yarns, principally for exportation. The sales had been to some expnit, but piece goods were still neglected, and the large stocks precluded the hope of any advance in prices, until considerably reduced. This same complaint of over-stocked markets is made at every foreign port, and affords a sure proof that over-manufacturing and manufacturers consigning too largely, or at all on their own account, are the principal sources of the pre sent depression. SUN.—The Stock Markets were quiet to-day, but prices had an up. ward tendency until sales in the ReducedThree.and.a.Half per Cents, operated against an improvement. 'Consols for Money closed at 89 f, f, and for Account at 891 to a.. Exchequer Bills were 13s. to 15s. premium, Bank Stock was 168 to 169, and the New Three and-a-Half per Cents. realised 981- to Spanish Active Bonds were done at 191 to 1, Peruvian at 18, Chilian at 70, Belgian at 1021, and Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents, 51,E to The Shares supported fully yesterday's rates. Brighton got up to 5:l discount, and Great Western were I 7 premium. It was Messrs. Ladbroke who borrowed allarge sum of the Bank'of England, but merely to close their business before all itheir securi ties fall due. A DISASTROUS .YOKE.--A young lady, whose name we forbear from mentioning, was brought before Mr. Duffy, charged with' having stolen a ring from a person called " A . gentleman, whose name we also suppress, lest. the lady's name might thus be indirectly revealed. The facts of the case are these :—The accus ino• individual, who resides in the neighbourhood of M b ountjoy-square, went to visit the lady on Wednesday evening, when she, taking a linger,fancy to his gold ring, re moved it from his and jokingly observed that she would not give up the prize. lie left the house, and next day meeting her in the street, called a policeman and gave her into custody. The lady, who was much agitated and shed tears, stated that she took the ring merely in joke, and without the slightest intention of keeping it. Her feelings had been greatly outraged by the charge, and her imprisonment in the station house all night. The Magistrates instantly discharged the fair and injured prisoner.—. Dublin Pilot. AN AIR ENGINE OF THIRTY HORSE POWER., —An engineer of Dundee has succeeded in constructing an air engine that promises to be of great value. The manner in which it is constructed is at present a secret, as the men tion is not yet secured by patent, but the engine itself, not merely a working model,. has been constructed, and is em ployed in his workshops in performing the duty which previ ously required a steam engine of thirty horse power. This effect, we are informed, is produced by the consumption of only one sack of coals per day. FORTHCOMING BENEFIT OF MR. CAMP BELL, AT THE EAGLE TAVERN,CITT-ROAD.—With great pleasure we observe that Mr. Campbell, the talented Managing Director of the Grecian Saloon, will take his Benefit at the above pl6c 4 , next Wednesday evening, August the 25th. Mr. Campbell appears to haye used his best art towards rendering the entertainments brilliant and attractive. Nearly forty per formers are to form the orchestra. Two bands are to accom pany the choir, and the songs and madrigals selected fof the ecelsion are a l p choicest of our musical composers. 4fter this harmonious display iu the grounds, Tarim, vaudevilles, extravaganzas, and theatrical amusements will be represented in the saloon, and the pleasures of the evening are to be crowned with a superb display of fireworks, which, at this place of en tertainment, always call for great admirationt l o l, g n et o her d with sets of the Musard and Irish quadrilles. dr. Campbeirs, benefit promises a brilliant fete night, and will, attract bendrede, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—Croydon August 18. (Before Lord Chi e f J us ti ce ' T INDAL and a Special Jury.) RENNS V. BENNETT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff; a seaman, against Mr. Bennett, a merchant of the City of London, to recover the amount of wages alleged to he due to him for his services on board one of his vessels, and also to recover compensation for having been illegally removed from the vessel at the island of Java and left there un lawfully. The defendant admitted that a contract had boon en tered into with the plaintiff, but pleaded that he had acted cautiously, and that what had been done in re moving him from the vessel was a necessary proceeding to ensure its safety. Mr. James and. Mr. Lush *appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Platt, and another learned gen tleman:for the defendant. Mr. JAMES, in stating the case, said that the plaintiff had to complain of serious injury that had been inflicted upon him, and he sought compensation at the hands of the Jury for that injury. Having detailed the circum stances of the case, the Learned Counsel called a num ber of witnesses to prove it. Mr. THESIGER then addressed the Jury, and said the case was one of very great importance, not only to the plaintiff, but to the maritime interests of the country. It was highly essential for the protection of both life and property that strict discipline should be kept up on board vessels navigating the ocean, and, although any undue severity or harshness, on the part of a commander of a vessel, ought not to be countenanced, still great al lowancea should be made for him in cases where it was quite clear that he was only actuated by a desire to do his duty to the owners and to those whose property was entrusted to his charge. It was admitted that an agree ment had been entered into, whereby the defendant undertook to give the plaintiff a certain share of the profits if he served him well and faith fully through the voyage ; but he should show that upon the original captain dying, and the first mate, according to custom, taking the command, the plaintiff and several others chose to consider them selves aggrieved, and refused to do any duty unless the vessel were taken to an English port, which, if it had been done, would have entirely destroyed the voyage, and that they manifested such a mutinous and insubordinate disposition that Captain Smith felt he could not safely proceed with them, and he therefore left them at Java, and took other men in their place. As to the excuse that had been made that Smith was a foreigner, and that the men did not like to sail under him, it was ridiculous. They knew, when they signed the articles, that he was a foreigner, and that was the proper time to have made the objection. He submitted to the Jury that what had been done was necessary for the safety of the ship, and that therefore the defendant was entitled to a verdict, when he had satisfied them, by the evidence, of the truth of what he stated. After witnesses had been called, Lord Chief JuStice TINDAL, in summing up, said it appeared to him that the plaintiff in refusing to work the vessel had committed a direct breach of the con tract that was entered into. He did not see that the plaintiff had any thin.. to do with the fact of Smith b e i ng a foreigner ; and when the captain died, he being the next officer, was entitled to the command, and the crew were bound to obey him. The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict for the defendant. August 19. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Common Jury. ) JEROME V. THE THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. This was an action brought against the defendants, for the purpose of obtaining compensation for injury done to the plaintiff, in consequence of the negligence of the defendants in leaving a hole in the Tunnel, into which the plaintiff fell, and hurt himself severely. Mr. Thesiger conducted the plaintiff's case ; and Mr. Platt and Mr. Russell Gurney appeared for the Company. Mr. THESIGER stated that the plaintiff w as a respectable tradesman, residinglin London, and he sought from the defendants compensation for serious injury that hehad sustained through the negligence of their servants in not protecting a hole in the Tunnel, that had been made in the progress of the works. The defendants had admitted they were in fault, and had tendered a sum of money to the plaintiff, but as he considered it was not sufficient compensation for the injury he had suffered, he was compelled to apply to a jury. Witnesses were called, and the Chief-Justice (who seemed to think the plaintiff also guilty of negligence) summed up, when the Jury returned a verdict for the defendants. NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Liverpool, Aug. 18. CROWN SlDE.(Before Lord DENmAN.) William*Barker, William Parkinson, Thomas Goodier, Samuel Pennington, and Henry Ellis, were indicted for a burglary, with violence, in the house of Thomas Shaw, at Poulton 7 cum-Fearnheed. on the 27th of March last. Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Monk conducted the prosecu tion. Mr. Murphy defended the prisoners Ellis and Pennington. It appeared from the evidence of Hannah Barton, who was the housekeeper of the prosecutor, that she was - awoke on the night of the 27th of Mardi by the barking of a dog. She then heard the n o i s e o f f ee t amour stir :ma - • arms. She ran to the window, when a pistol was fired at her from without, the ball from which grazed her forehead. Stones were then thrown in, one of w!lich struck her. She went down stairs to alarm her master, and a servant-man who slept in the parlour, when she saw four men there ; she, with some difficulty, broke the window of a back workshop, and was getting out, when the prisoner Ellis caught hold of her, and ano ther came from the back door, with a weapon in his hand. She begged them not to hurt her, and they said, it she got in, they would not, and the man raised his weapon, and threatened to knock her brains out, if she did not get in, which she did. While there, two men came from the parlour, one with a pistol, the other with a dark lantern. They refused to let her go to her master and the man. The one with.the pistol threatened to blow out her brains if she attempted it. They remained after this about 20 minutes, and went away, locking the door after them, and taking the key away. A dark lantern-slide was found in the kitchen. Thomas Shaw, the prosecutor, deposed, that when the door Was broken, four men rushed into the parlour, and with dreadful oaths and threats demanded his mo ney. They all seemed to be armed with pistols, and two had dark lanterns. The servant struggled with one of them, but they thrust him down in the bod and held the bolster over him. Shaw then gave them his purse, containing about 361. in gold. They next hroke open the doors and cupboards and took what silver they could find, with a knife and some other articles. One stood sentry over the witness with a loaded pistol pointed at him, while the others searched the house. Thomas Sutton, an approver, who was admitted to give evidence, stated that he lodged with Pennington in Parkinson's house, at Ch orl ton-upon-Med lock, six teen miles from Shaw's,. afid that the robbery was planned on the - 25th of March. The parties set off by different roads, and met at a stile near the house about ten o'clock. They then went to a house not far off, and got some buttermilk, and returned to a heap of manure near the house, where they remained about an hour, and then proceeded to their purpose. The witness then de tailed the circumstances already given in evidence by the housekeeper and the prosecu tor, and added, that when they Pof out of the house Pennington had a large watch and arkinson some silver. Barker pulled out 71. 10s. in gold from his pocket, and Goodier had two large spoons. They overtook a lad with two horses, upon which they procured a ride for some distance towards Manchester. He then went to Parkinson's and to bed. In the evening he saw Parkinson, who said he had sold the old spoons for 65., and gave witness Is. 3d. Some days after he, George Bibbey, Parkinson, and Ellis went to the railway station, where they were taken into custody by Jones, the constable of Warrington. It appeared from the cross-examination of this witness that he had been engaged in other expeditions of a simi lar nature, but his evidence was nevertheless corrobo rated by that of other witnesses in several points. Jones, the constable, searched Parkinson's house, where he found two black packs of calico, apparently in tended to be used as a disguise, two pistols, two dark lanterns, two " jemmies," a large bunch of skeleton keys, and other instruments of their calling. The " jemmies" fitted the marks where the house door had been forced open. Mr. MURPHY addressed the Jury for Ellis and Pen nington, and the other prisoners spoke in their defence. The case being summed up, The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty. Sentence was deferred, there being five indictments against them for similar offences. WESTERN ClRCUlT—Bristol, Aligust 19. The commission was opened here yesterday after noon by Mr. Baron Maule, who arrived by the Exeter Railway from Bridgewater, and was escorted from tile terminus to the Court by the usual procession. This morning at ten o'clock the Court was opened, there being thirty-nine causes entered, two of which arc spe cial Jury cases, and will be taken on Saturday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. The LORD 111 Avon was occupied a considerable part of Tuesday in hearing the case of Scott, the private of the British Auxiliary Legion of Spain, against Alex ander Somerville, who was charged with having received the instalments due upon the complainant's certificates, and appropriating them to his own purpose, and also with detaining the certificates. Somerville having summoned Signor Castaneda, the agent for the . Spanish Government, Mr. Dufour, of Lin• coin's Inn-fields, solicitor, attended for that gentleman, who was himself prevented from attending by his en gagerrients in paying the instalments due to the men em ployed in the Legion. Sir Peter Laurie, who had heard the former state ments on the subject, was compelled tobe absent in the country on business. The Loan MAYOR addressed Somerville, and asked' him whether he was ready to pay Scott the money re ceived upon the- certificates, and to deliver up the certifi but he c ates, according to the positive promise m a d e b y hi m. ly're.lcjy tp ply the S money, h in begged that his L o rd s hi p Would confider that was n charged ers'le4 with having idthatliell i ll ving SPerf f ec o indorse ment to the certificate, and he could not t hi n k of paying a farthing with such a charge hanging over him. That ac cusation must be first withdrawn. • The LORD MAYOR said that he was not hearing a c harge of forgery. 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The Times, as well as Sir Robert Peel, has been importuned with questions about what it means to do. The prin ;• ciples and policy of a party must be in a singular pre dicament when se much curiosity is excited as to its course. Happily the oracles are not all dumb. Though Sir Robert will not speak, the Times will. Sir Robert •is silent, because lie has taken no fee ; whether the Times be loquacious for the opposite reason is left to conjecture. If no, it condemns the baseness of its leader's principle; and if yes, itconfesses the baseness of its own. However that may be, the Times favours us with its prescription, as if " regularly called in." Iqofficiates, we presume, in the character of apothecary, feeling the public .pulse, and ascertain ing the patient's taste in medicine, preparatory to the advent of the great Quack as physician. The dose recommended is a homeopathic one ; a " very measured advocacy" of " long notice and gradual pre paration" for " the restrictions on the importation of Corn" being " gradually abated." Such is the new ground taken up by our Contemporary, who coolly affirms it to be the old ground which he has always oc cupied. " Measured advocacy" with the Times will be a novelty indeed ; but if such a phenomenon must appear it could not come more appositely than in the form of " measured" remonsixance against popular starvation. The Tories have been aeoused of violence. Are they not for letting the people perish by degrees ? And is not that moderation ? " We are, in the aktract, opposed to the re strictions of the present Corn-laws." Who shall in terpret this oracular response ? Who explain the meaning of an abstract restriction? Is it anything like an abstract Lord Mayor ? how do the abstract restrie tions•of present laws differ from the a bstract restrictions of absent laws ? Is it "in the abstract" that the Corn laws make the labourer pay twelvepence for an eight-. penny loaf ; or, in the concrete ? We pause for a reply.' The stream runs clearer as it flows, until at length the Times makes-1 telligible assertion, and puts a very pertinent qu "In principle, or however else it may be word...;'7w 're opposed to the present restric tions. Why -. '0, 4 en, set to work at once, and write them down ?" Ay, why not. TIMES. The home and colonial philanthropists who took so deep an interest in " the Children's Friend So ciety," and who so pathetically deprecated its dissolution, I are making a zealous effort, we find, to bring it once , more into existence—though doubtless in a new form, and probably with a new designation. Projects of this sort, flay them as you will, are often as unreasonably te nacious of life as a well-skinned eel. Nothing could be more just . or forcible than the public obloquy under which the late kidnapping society was doomed to pine 'and eventually to perish. In proportion as its original supporters became acquainted with the objectionable sys tem of trepanning, whereby its juvenile victims, unable to exercise their own discretion, were literally trans ported and enslaved, they withdrew their coun tenance from such a scheme, one after another, till at length the whole concern fell to pieces in Exeter Hall, and appeared to be finally annihilated. Our readers will see, however, from our City article of Monday, that the boy-nfongers at the Cape of Good Hope, who constituted the principal customers for the youthful cargoes which the Children's Friend Society were in the habit of ship ping to the South African market, have become just as impatient at the ceso.tion of their usual supplies as the philanthropic crimps at home are to renew and extend the traffic. The fact that a proposal and subscript i on for reviving this affair have bet.-7 1 . originated at nearly the same moment both in London s'!ul at the Cape, plainly shows that the conjunct effbrt has been pri vately preconcerted ; and as the interested Colon:Ss are shrewd enough to know that an imposing aggregate cog.; tribution on their part may possibly serve the double purpose of calling forth a seasonable supply of the arti cles in demand, and of requiting themselves with a por tion of the earliest consignments, a considerable number of them have subscribed from ten to twenty or thirty pounds apiece, on the understanding that for each ten pounds so subscribed they shall be entitled to the services of an emigrant—taking the pick of the invoice in rotation. The Cape . subscribers, it seems, profess to have been driven to this expedient by the circumstance that they do not find the Catfres and Hottentots adapted for the hard work of the colony—an acknowledgment which plainly implies, either that they mean to work their youthful exiles with a severity which the natives, though inured to the climate, are unequal to, or else that the term of stipulated bondage is to be so protracted that the striplings, even if not overworked when young, will ultimately yield them a profitable reversion of op pressive labour during many succeeding years. That a plausible face will be put upon this colonial movement, and that the project will be loudly lauded as opening a much-needed asylum for children who would otherwise be abandoned to vagrancy and crime, is what we are quite prepared to expect. HERALD.—We yesterday pointed out the very in sufficient, but most Whiggish amount of means which Lord John Russell had consented to appropriate for carrying out the recommendationsof the Commander-in- Chief of the British army, Lord Hill, and of the pro• vincial Commanding General, Sir R. Jackson, to com plete and increase the permanent defences of Canada, and showed that, in point of fact, nothing of any import ance or iitility could be thereby effected. The construc tion and completion of the Canadian fortifications and of the military lines of communications in that noble pro vince have 'to be accomplished out of the yearly savings from, and the paring down of, the militia and volunteer grants ; so that for every stone added to a military work, or for every rood of land cleared for military Foninninicationi the militia and volunteer regiments—the immense value of which was seen in the Canadian rebel lion-Twill be injured i n e ffi c i enc y. The safety of the province . separated, as it is, from the mother country, not only by the ocean, but for a great part of the year, by the climate and season—is, to a great extent, dependent on its militia and volunteers, and on the, sufficiency of its p ermanen t defences. Lord Hill and Sir R. Jackson have solemnly declared to the Colonial Secretary that " No dependence upon the decided superiority of our troops, and arrangements made for defence connected with them, should lead us to neglect the construction and completion of permanent works calculated for the protection of the points of most importance to us." Yet Lord Jehn Russell will only con tribute to that construction and completion from the scrapings of a miserable pettyfogging economy, which will injure the constitutional military force of the colony, and will damp the ardour and cool the patriotism of men who have already made great sacrifices to maintain that connection, on the continuance of which the Noble Lord writes so hesitatingly. POST.—The leading Radical print of *yesterday pro claims that " the constituencies have miserably failed of securing their own interests," while " her Majesty has never failed of the discharge of her duties." 8 4 , th en even RadiCals have found out that in political matters the people may be wrong and negligent, and the monarch right and attentive. Truly this is an important Radical discovery, to which we wish they could keep their eyes when it is not their own selfish interest to do so as well as when it is. The view which the Radical organ now pro pounds, when resolved into a political principle is pre- cisely the Tory view of such matters. The Tories not , only think, but have always thought and professed, that PRICE 6d he had never indorsed the certificate, and that he had never given such an authority to anybody, and there ; fore the indorsemsnt was made wrongfully. At all events it was Somerville's duty to pay the poor man, who was in a deplorable condition, the instalments received, and to return the certificates. Somerville said he had documents and witnesses to prove that he never committed the forgery, if forgery it could be called. The LORD MAYOR—You acknowledge that you re ceived the instalments, and that you have the. , certiti cates?—Sornerville admitted that lie had received the in stalments, and that he was in possession of the certifi cates, but he suddenly shifted into a new ground of de fence, by asserting that Scott had sold him the certificates. Scott solemnly declared that he had never done any thing of the kind. It was true after he had met with the accident which disabled him, he had expressed his willingness to dispose of his certificates for ready money, his sufferings and afflictions were so much aggravated by the delays which took place, but he had never sold them to Somerville. Captain Roberts assured the Lord Mayor that no cre dit whatever was to be given to the assertions made by Somerville, the nature of whose character and principles was to be estimated by the very last excuse uttered by him, and for which there was not the shadow of a foun dation. Somerville was exercising all his ingenuity to give the case a civil law complexion, but he would not succeed. Somerville said that he was most wrongfully accused. Ire had shown that his intentions were unexceptionable, by supporting Scott in London for several days, in order that the man might not have it to say that he was pre vented by want from remaining to prosecute for the al leged forgery. He now courted prosecution, and was convinced that he should not act justly to himself if h e coesented to pay without the withdrawal of the charge or prosecution. Besides, there were a great many other persons in the same situation with Scott, with all of whom he should be able to settle the moment the Spa nish Government acted fairly to him. Scott stated that it was fully evident that Somerville never intended to let him have either money or certifi cates, having offered to comp ou nd f or I3 s . i n t h e poun d , and afterwars sold the certificates for 10s. in the pound to other parties, without having received any authority or permission whatever. Somerville—Why, I have evidence to prove that you Sold them to me, and I have evidence to prove that they are not a marketable commodity ; and, suppose I pay you the instalments, what security have I that the Spanish Government will stand two years, or whether Espartero or Castaneda will pay me what is due to me ? Mr. Dufour, the solicitor to Signor Castaneda, stated that the object of Somerville palpably was to depreciate the documents which the poor adventurers possessed, but no effect of the kind would be produced. The certi ficates were worth full twenty shillings in the pound, as Somerville well knew, and the instalments would be re gularly paid. He had in his hand a document to prove that Somerville had received the unfortunate complain ant's two instalments when they were due. Somerville then requested that the Lord Mayor would read Scott's letters, which were in the writing of an amanuensis, to prove that the certificates were regularly and bone file made sale of by the owner. The LORD, MAYOR, having read the letters, observed that they made the case against Somerville still worse ; for they expressed extreme anguish and destitution, and showed that the person who could read them and con tinue to detain the poor man's property must be heartless indeed. his Lordship said that the letters contained nothing like a sale of the certificates, though the de plorable condition in which Scott was, would evidently have made a sale, even at a sacrifice, for ready money, acceptable. Scott—You see, my Lord, that he received letters enough of expostulation and entreaty from me. I declare in the presence of God, that he never wrote a word in answer to any one of them, and you *see to what use he now endeavours to turn them. The Lord 11Iayer and Captain Roberts again called upon Somerville to pay the instalments, and return the certificates, for the detention of which there could be no justification. - Somerville, after railing against the Spanish authori ties, and referring to topics which had no relation what ever to the cruel misappropriation of the poor man's pay, spoke in most insolent condemnation of Signor Castaneda, and provoked the Lord Mayor to say that the defendant was merely speaking against time and with the view of pouring embarrassment and confusion over the simple question of the base treatment to which the disabled complainant was subjected. His Lordship, having expressed himself with great indignation, Somerville assumed the air of a deeply-injured man, and asked whether ho was to pay upon a doubtful docu ment, because the applicant happened to get himself half killed ? He desired, in a menacing tone, to know why Castaneda himself was not present to give evidence as to the practice of defacing the documents, for the re ceipt of the pay, and other mysterious circumstances connected with the subject ? Mr. Dufour said that he was ready to answer any question that might be put to Signor Castaneda, and h e auu wan upon which the name of Somerville appeared as a wit ness. That document, he apprehended, it would be dan gerous to Somerville to have exhibited. The Loup MAYOR, after looking at the certificates, asked Somerville whether he had not said that he never was at Belfast ? Somerville said that ho never in his life was at that place. - The LORD MAYOR—How then does it happen thatyour name appears to the certificate as if you witnessed the indorsement at Belfast ? Somerville—l have always signed in that way. It was requirodby those for whom I acted as agent. The LORD MAYOR—Here is the name of Scott on the back of the certificate. Scott says that he never wrote that or authorised it, and you sign your name as having witnessed the indorsement. How is that ?—Somerville said that it was in that document the alleged forgery lay, and he should call a witness, the very man who had sup plied Captain Roberts with a list of claimants upon him (Somerville) for the amount of instalments, to prove that the charge of forgery was wholly unjust and untenable. He admitted that the case was a clear case of debt against him, and that there were very many other cases of debt against him, all of which he should liquidate when the Spanish Government should act as it ought towards him. Robert M'Cormick was then called by Somerville. He stated that he belonged to the Spanish Legion, and that he had seen a man of the name of Anderson write some of the letters addressed from Scott to Somerville on the subject of the certificates when Scott was in the hospital on account of the injury done to his arm. Witness said Anderson indorsed the certificates with Scott's name, upon the recommendation of witness sad the family of Scott, in order to make Somerville agent to receive the instalments. Witness said distinctly upon the occasion that if the bills were not endorsed the money could not be got. He had been materially served by Captain Ro berts, to whom all the poor men were under obligations for kindness and sympathy, but justice demanded that he should come forward and make die statement he had just uttered. Ia answer to questions from Captain Roberts, M'Cor mick stated that he had never and that Somerville had forged the indorsement. The Loup MAYOR observed that whatever effect the evidence just given would have upon the imputation as to forgery, everything that had alpeared either by docu ments or by oral statements, admissions, and assertions, made the claim of the poor complainant more undeniable, and more strongly marked with the character of unfair dealing the course pursued by the defendant ; and now he (the Lord Mayor) again called upon him to give up the instalments and the certificates. . Somerville-711y Lord, it was asserted in this room that there was a clear ease of forgery against me, when there was nothing but a clear case of debt. lam willing to take my trial, if your Lordship thinks proper to com mit me. The LORD MAYOR—If you do not pay this poor dis abled man, and return him his certificates immediately, you are wholly unworthy of the notice of any One, ex cept as a person to be carefully avoided, Somerville—Why, my Lord, the documents are not marketable. Mr. Dufour then, in answer to Somerville, stated that he was not aware that there were duplicates of any of the certiticates, and that he had never heard that there were forgeries of certificates known to Signor Castaneda. f ,wry mer i villel w n ish ? to know w h ether the charge of Mr. Nobler—lt is admitted th at you did not write the ti name your name appears str ange l y as witness to the endorse ment at Belfast, alth oug h you declare that you never ith e d o r t a t w o n the b ac k of the certificate ; but Were at Belfast, and you prove that the name of Scott was written by a man of the name of Anderson. Captain Robe r t s , w h ose exertions for the benefit of the unfortunate claimants cannot be too warmly com mended, stat e d t o the Lord Mayor his belief that Somer ville would not part with one shilling, or one certificate, however w retc h ed might be the co ndition of the poor fellows who fought and bled for what he had in his pos session. H e —e (Captain Roberts) declared that he would not take twenty-two shillings in the pound for the pay due to him. • The LORD MAYOR then quitted the Chair, assuring those who were in the Justice-room that Somerville was wholly unworthy of credit or notice. Sir P. LAURIE, on Wednesday, mentioned that he had received several letters from numbers of the Spanish Legion, complaining of the conduct of Somerville in .de taining th e ir instalments and certificates, and st a ti ng that the " worthy agent," after having received th e cer tificates, never took the least notice of the letters ti p ,_ seething him to take the miserable circumstanp clients into his compassionate considerp• (:- o ,ion. ~e s of his UNFORTUNATE AeCIDENT.--We are sorry to observe, fiom the Jersey Gaz e tt e o f the 9th inst., the death of M r . William Clerk, fourth son of Sir George Clerk, Bart., of Ptlliiettiok, M.P., who was unfortunately drowned (Irt the 6th inst., at Grosnez, in that island: it wears ho had gone from Oxford, in company with two young gentlemen f rom that University ; and while standing on themxies, where they had climbed to see the tremendous surf, a huge ware swept him into the sea. .So great w as the swell, that no boat could be brought into the bay until the sea subsided, when his body was found, on the Monday following. Mr. Clerk was a young gentleman of high promise, and had lately gained several prices forsupertor proficiency in his studies. - - ;AV AI