The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-08 00:00:00

MORNING SUN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Sept. 7. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on theWoolsack at Three o'Clock. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY laid on the table tho 21st Annual Report of the Commissioners for building new churches. Ordered to be printed. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from an individual named Winter, residing at Wilton, in Somer setsiaire, in which he set forth that he was deeply in terested in an action of ejectment, which was instituted so far back as 1820, and at the present moment final jiidgment had not been pronounced. The cause was brought into that House by writ of error. It was argued, he (Lord Broughham) believed at the bar in 1832, and certain questions were left to the Judges. Their Lordships required another argument of the case, which took place in 1839, and again the same questions were left to the Judges, who had not as yet given their Lordships the benefit of their decision. He blamed no one, for it was a case of the utmost difficulty, but the petitioner, who was seventy years of age, naturally prayed that a decision might be given as early as possible. While he was addressing their Lordships he begged to call the attention of his Neble and Learned Friend on the :Woolsack to another matter, which he trusted would 'meet with immediate consideration ; he alluded to some of the penal statutes which still remained on the Penal Statute Book. There were many dormant penalties still on the books, but it had always been found that, wherever a chance appeared, they were made the handles for working oppression, either to the malice or the over zeal of individuals. He could not give a stronger in stance of his meaning than what took place yesterday. There were penalties of a very severe nature attached to the offence of any Member of Par liament who should sit and vote without previously taking certain oaths and subscribing certain declarations. Now, if those penalties were of a moderate nature, and of a distinct amount, say 501. or 100/., he believed they would be found to be perfectly stringent to ensure every person taking the oaths before he performed any legisla tive act.—(Hear.) But the penalties were of such a nature that it was found necessary to pass a Bill of indemnity, which no one would think of were the penal ties of such an amount as he had named. But they were of a totally different nature, and were of so cruel a de scription that it never was thought of putting them in force, even if the offence were wilfully committed in piece of by accident, as in the case alluded to. It amounted in fact to this, a total, absolute, and perpetual disqualification ever to hold any office or place of profit under the Crown ; also a total, absolute, and per petual disqualifi ca ti on from ever sitting or voting in either House of Parliament, or of giving the proxy ; an absolute incapacity to sue in any action either at law or in equity, or incapacity under all circumstances of taking any devises or bequests, or of profit ing by any deed of gift. In fact, the penal ties amounted to total, absolute, and perma nent civil incapacitation, and the consequence was, that whenever a person incurred the penalty, even if he had incurred it wilfully, he should think it could never be exacted; but whenever it had been incurred, as in a recent instance, accidentally, a Bill of Indem nity was invariably passed as a natural result, Now that would not be the case if they altered the pe nalty, and instead imposed a penalty of 501. or 1001. No one would then think of a Bill of Indemnity, and the penalty would be invariably exacted. He would now call their Lordship's attention to other instances, and he wished particularly to direct the attention of his Hon. and Learned Friend on the Woolsack to the cases to which he was about to allude. Their Lordships were aware that there existed on the statute-book Acts which had been passed in very remote times, for the purpose of compelling attendance at church on the Sabbath-day. There was a statute of Elizabeth imposing a penalty of one shilling on every individual who should be absent from church any one Sunday, and by a subsequent statute passed in the same reign, by the 23d of Elizabeth, a penalty of 211. .was inflicted upon every indi vidual who should be absent from church for four successive Sundays, and if the absence were persisted in, the penalties became much more severe. Those Acts still remained unrepealed, and he could not see how magistrates, when called upon to do so, could re fuse to inflict those penalties. He had heard magistrates blamed for inflicting penalties under such circ ums t ances , hut the f ac t was, that they ;had no choice. That had been done recently. Within the last three or four weeks eleven persons had sued for the lesser penalty, and had been convicted of one shilling. Some of these per sons had since paid the penalty, and others had not, and costs, amounting in one iustance to 145., and in an other case to 225., had been run up, and were still in creasing in consequence of the non-payment of the pe nalty and costs, in one instance for sixty, and in an other for sixty-one days. Now, surely the person who was the most anxious to prevent the non-observ ance of the sabbath—the person who was Most anxious to promote attendance on the public worship of the Church—would be the first to feel that this was a most unfortunate occurrence both for the one cause and for the other, and that nothing could tend more to desecrate the worship of the Church ; and those statutes were never put in force except in many instances by the spite, and in all by the personal feelings and desires, of an individual. No blame could attach to magistrates for convicting in such instances. A criminal information might go against them if they refused to convict in instances in which the law was so clear. He did hope that they should soon see all such Acts erased from the statute book, and the law left as it ought to be, and no legal provision made on the subject. FOREIGN CONSECRATION TO OFFICE OF BISHOPS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the third reading of the Foreign Consecration to Office of Bishops' Act Amendment Bill. The End of RADNOR did not know the ground on which the Bill had been brought forward, and his present opinion was that the measure was a most unadvised and useless one. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the Bill had been brought forward with a view to the better regulation of the congregations of English settled in foreign countries, especially on the shores of the 'Medi terranean and in the Turkish empire, and there was one great safety- in the Bill, which was, that under its provisions nothing could be done with out the previous consent of her Majesty. He (the Archbishop of Canterbury), before he brought in the Bill, had consulted the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and several other persons well ac quainted with the subject, all of whom were of opinion that the provisions of the Bill would be attended with the best results. The Earl of ADNOR could not see the necessity or cause for such a Bill; it was in truth the enlargement of a Bill passed in the reign of George the Third, and it as3llned that it was unlawful for the Archbishop of other countries to consecrate Bishops without license from the Crown. He knew that such a thing was criminal in this country, but he did not see why that should also be the case in other countries. The ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY said, that many persons learned in the law had stated, that, as the law at present stood, it was liable to great doubt ; and he was sure the Noble Earl would not insist that he (the Arehbishop of Canterbury) should participate in any act that was liable to the construction of illegality. The Earl of RADNOR had no wish to oppose the passing of the Bill, but it appeared to him altogether un necessary. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL. On the motion of Lord COTTENHAM the Admi nistration of Justice Bill was read a third time; and on the question that the Bill do pass, Lord COTTENHAAI moved that the period at which the Bill do come into operation be altered from the 25th to the 13th October. Lord CAMPBELL had prepared a clause, in pursu ance of the intention he had given on a previous even ing, in order to remove doubts as to the eligibility of Irish barristers for the situation of Vice-Chancellor under the Bill then before their Lordships. It appeared to him that as the Bill at present stood such a clause was necessary. The Bill referred to the English Court of Chancery and the English Court of Exchequer, and when it stated - barrister-at-law, it might very naturally be inferred that it merely applied to English barristers. lie trusted their Lordships would not offer any objection to the clause, which - was to the following effect :—"And be it further enacted and declared, that in the construc tion of this Act, and of every other Act relating to of fices and appointments, the expression barrister, or bar rister at-law be taken to m ean b arr i sters practis ing i n England or Ireland, Lordunless wh ere i t may be otherwise expressly provided." UGHAM thought it a very useful a ddi t i on to be made to the Bill, and if it satisfied a respecta b le, a learned, and able body of men, it ought to be intro duced. H e would remind his Noble and Learned Friend, howev er th a t when the Bill was sent down to the o th er House last year, when he (Lord Campbell) was a Mem ber of that House, he had not then thought of intro (lacing suc h a c l aus e. It ta-eared to him that th e Bill would mere l y ma ke them appeared and it was very prop er t h at they shou ld b e so ; but letit not go for more th an i t was wort h — let it be un derstoocl that there w as no intention of appo------b;eche , an Irish barrister to such a situation.' The Duke of WELLINGTON thought the clause too comprehensive. • The LORD CHANCELLOR had no objection to the clause. He believed that under the general term " barrister," the Irish bar as well as the English bar :vas included, and he was the more strengthened in his opinion, because, in acts where it was intended to confine the office to the bar of one coun'rec r another, it was expressly so stated. He thought offices of that sort should be:open to gentlemen of both countries. He saw j no objection to the introduction of the clause. Aftee a few words in explanation from Lord CAMP BELL, The clause was then agreed to, and the Bill passed. Lord WHAIINCLIFFE moved that the name of the Lord liishop of Derry be erased from the roll of the House, on the ground-that his Lordship had taken his seat by mistake. The motion was agreed to. A message was brought up from the House of Com mons with the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Navigation of the Thames. The Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into and report upon the Colonization of New Zealand was also brought up. The Earl of GLENGALL presented a petition from the householders, ratepayers, &c., of the city of Dublin com plaining of improper practices having been had recourse to by certain parties with regard to the burg ese roll to be formed under the new Corporation Bill. His Lordship went on to say that those practices were calculated to produce a fictitious constituency. It seemed impossible, under the present system for the proper officers to know whether or not one, individual was pereonating another when he came up to vote. A Committee, which had been appointed to examine the books, he found very gross cases tif fraud. I appeared in many of the rate-books, that houses valued originally at 71. had been changed to Id No huma❑ power could, under such a system, make out an accurate burgess-rolL There were alterations and interpolations throughout the book, all tending to create a false constitu ency. If such an evil were to pass unredressed, the Corpo ration of Dublin would fall into the hands of repealers and agitators. He trusted, therefore, the Government would endeavour to apply a remedy to the grievance com plained of. The Duke of WELLINGTON was obliged to the Noble Lord for having called the attention of the House to the subject, but he did not think it was a case in which the House of Lords could interfere. The parties might, however, forward their petition to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland or to her Majesty. If-the Noble Lord left a copy of. the petition he would take any steps in his power for bringing the matter under the conside ration of the proper authorities. The Earl of GLENGALL hoped that either the Lord-Lieutenant, or her Majesty's Government, would interfere to correct the abuse of which he had complained. Lord BROUGHAM said that the House of Lords had no power whatever to interfere in the matter. The Duke of WELLINGTON did not blame his Noble Friend for bringing forward the subject. All he had said was that the House of Lords had no power to interfere. The petition was then laid on the table, and their Lordships adjourned at Six o'Clock t) a Quarter after Three to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Sept. 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before Four o'Clock. The SPEAKER then informed the House that the securities for the pr,,secution of the election petitions for the following places had been received and were unob jectionable :—Great Marlow, Nottingham, Weymouth, Thetford, Clitheroe, Lewes, Wigan, Rutlandshire, and the borough of Harwich. Mr. WEST presented a petition from upwards of 1,000 inhabitants of Dublin, stating that under the Municipal Act the churchwardens were bound to furnish lists of the rate-payers ; but, on referring to the poor-rate as sessment, it was found that the lists were kept in so imperfect a condition that it was impossible to make the necessary returns. It was stated that the lists were thus imperfectly kept for electioneering purposes. The petitioners prayed the House to devise some remedy for the evil complained of. - ELECTION PETITIONS. Petitions against the returns for the following places were laid on the table:—The borough of Thetford, county of Carlow (two petitions), borough of Down patrick, county of Rutland, borough of Stafford (two petitions), borough of Wareham, borough of Belfast, borough of Barnstaple, borough of Wokingham, borough of Shrewsbury, borough of New Windsor, borough of Harwich, borough of Tynemouth, borough of Lyme Regis, borough of Newcastle-under- Line, borough of Merthyr Tydvil, and borough of Car narvon. POOR-LAWS. Mr. R. YORK gave notice, that, on the introduction of the New Poor-law Bill, he should move to insert a clause to prevent the Commissioners from enforcing the separation of man and wife, and to provide that such separation should in no case be allowed where the appli cation for relief arises from infirmity, and not from im providence or crime. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Sir G. CLERK gave notice, that to-morrow he should move that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to Thursday, the 16th instant. RAJA OF SATTARA. Dr. BOWRING gave notice, that after the recess he should call the attention of the House to the case of the Raja of Sattara. PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEE. Mr. EWART gave notice, that in consequence of the state of the House and of public business,,he should postpone the resolution of which he had given notice, relative to Private Committees, until Tuesday, the 21st instant. QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS. Mr. GREENE proposed the following resolutions :- 1. That every person elected and returned a Member of the House of Commons for any county, riding, or division of a county, or for any city, borough, or cinque port in England, 'Wales, or Ireland, or for the town of Berwick upon Tweed, whose qualification is ex pressly objected to in any election petition, shall within fifteen days after the petition be read, give to the Clerk of the House of Commons a paper, signed by himself, con taining the following particulars ; that is to say : If the qualification of such Member shall arise wholly or in part out of lands, tenements or hereditaments, then, a rental or particular of the lands, tenements, and hereditaments whereby he makes out such his qualifica tion. If the qualification of such Member shall arise wholly or in part out of personal estate, then the particulars of such personal estate, and of the income arising there from, and upon what security and in whose names such personal estate is vested, and by whom the income thereof is payable. And that any person concerned may have a copy of such paper. 2. That of such lands, tenements, hereditaments and personal estate, whereof the party bath not been in pos session or receipt of the rents or income fur three years before the election, he shall also insert in the same paper, from wh a t p erson an d b y w h at conveyance, as signment. or act in law he claims and derives the same ; and also the consideration, if any, paid for the same, and the names and places of abode of the witnesses to such conveyance, assignment or act in law or payment. 3. That if any Member whose qualification is so ob • jetted to shall decline to defend his election or return, and if any other person shall be admitted to defend the same, such other person shall, within eight days after he shall be so admitted to defend the same, leave with the Clerk of the 'House of Commons the like account, in writing, of the qualification of such Member as is required from a sitting Member. 4. That if any sitting Member whose election or re turn shall be petitioned against, or any party admitted to defend the election or return of such Member, shall think fit to question the qualification of any • petitioner, claiming to have had a right to be elected or returned in the place of such Member, such sitting Member shall, within eight days after the petition read, and such other party within eight days after being admitted to defend the election or return, leave notice thereof in writing with the petitioner or his agent ; and the petitioner shall in such case, within eight days after such notice, leave with the clerk of the House of Commons the like account, in writing, of his qualification, as is required for a sitting Member. Aftei:a desultory conversation as to the effect of the resolution, in which Mr. C. Buller and Mr. Hawes took part, the Hon. Member postponed his motion until to morrow. Dr. 80 - WRING gave notice that he would postpone the following motion, of which he had given notice, to Tuesday, the 21st inst.—That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this House. a return of the amount of taxes levied directly upon land in the different States of Europe, as far as the same can be Obtained from au thentic sources, by her Majesty's Diplomatic Agents and Consuls ; the Return to distinguish between taxes raised for the service of the State and those levied for local purposes, and to show the rates or amounts in the monies and measures of the different States, as well as in British monies and measures. Also, returns exhibiting, as nearly as can be estimated from authentic information, the proportion borne b) the direct taxes on land to the annual value or rental of land in the various countries. Mr. ATTWOOD moved " That there be laid before this House, an account of wood from foreign parts chargeable with a duty of 101. for every 1001. of the value thereof imported into the Isle of Man, in each year from 1820 to 1840, both inclusive ; shewing the quantity in cubic feet, the value declared for duty, and the duty actually paid. Account of the number and tonnage of ships built in the Isle of Man in each year from 1820 to 1840, both inclusive— the tonnage subsequent to the 31st day of December. 1835, being given in the old measure."—Agreed to. On the motion of Mr. GREENE the Order of the Day for the consideration of the Report on Private Business Was postponed to Friday, the 17th inst. A vote of supply was passed to her Majesty (Sir T. • Freemantle in the Chair), and the resolution was ordered to be reported to-morrow. The House then adjourned at Half-past Five. THE LATE THUNDER STORM. Last evening (says the Hampshire Advertiser of Satur day) one of the most fearful storms, for the short time of its duration, we ever witnessed, occurred. The sails of vessels were shivered to ribbands, boats swamped, houses partially unroofed, trees torn up by their roots, and land and water exhibiting in a few minutes only, an extensive scene of desolation. We have witnessed several heavy storms here, but they all fall into insignificance when compared with this. It lasted just one hour. To detail a twentieth part of the damage done would occupy a column. The' great tree at the Deanery, and one in Three-field-lane s' ere torn out of the ground ; the streets arc sprinkled with tiles, and the wate r w i t h wreck. The Ariadne yacht, whil e her sails were being furled, had two men washed overboard, but with enormous exertion they were saved ; the gig was upset ; a brig brought up, but before the sails could be got in they were shivered to ribands ; a vessel is sunk off Chapel Wharf, and we have just received the distressing intelligence of a fisher man's boat having swamped off Calshot and four lives lost. The whole district is one scene of frightful devas tation, not a house has escaped, and all accomplished in less than an hcnr. On Friday evening last we were visited by a storm of thunder and lightning, which lasted upwards of an hour. The lightning was awfully vivid, and the thunder peals almost continuous. We have not heard of any serious damage having been thus occasioned.—Salisbury.Journal. THUNDER STORM.—Yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, we were visited by a terrific storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of rain. The peals of thunder shook many buildings to their foundations.—Dover Chronicle of Saturday. THE WEATHER.—Noox, SEPTEMBER 7. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer... 53 1 Highest 5B l Lowest ... 37 Wind S. W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. UDDEN DEATH OF J. JOHNSTON, ESQ., THE LATE MEMBER FOR CLARE.—This gentleman ex pired suddenly James s, on S a t ur d ay evening last, i t i s suppose d f rom at his apartments, in Bury-street, St. affection of the heart. :At the inquest held before Mr. Higgs on the•hody on Monday, the Jury 'retupied . a i'er diet of " Died by the visitation of God." _ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1841. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAYERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—The landlords' majority has now the mastery of the nation. The Parliament and the Sove reign, the Government and the country, it has theaa.all in its gripe. It has made a Ministry ; and it cal, when ever offended, unmake the Ministry it has made. The Duke of Buckingham and Sir Edward Knatchbull in the Cabinet are the outward and visible sign of a compact, with its most selfish interests and its blindest prejudices, like the bloated figure in Shel'ey's " Masque of Anarchy," "it is law, and King, and God." The efficiency of Par liamentary opposition to this enormous and triumphant power must depend upon its complete superiority to the ordinary tactics of the party. They are not merely the measures of the Whirrs that have been defeat al, but their principles. The late Ministers have not been eje ;ted from office for the sake of this or that amount of reduction in timber or - surer duties, but because they touched monopoly by attempting any reduction. They have not forfeited place on account of their attempt to mitigate the bread-tax to Es. per quarter, but for contemplating an application of Vie principles of com mercial freedom to the trade in corn. Nor will they recover what they have lost by the propositlon of any extent of reduction, or amount of duty. `1 he new Opposition inParliament must shun points of petty con flict with its predecessors. The country took its propo sitions, as embodied in the Budget, not for a complete, final, and. satisfactory arrangement, but •as the indica tions of a Ministerial adoption of sound principles in eommercial and fiscal legislation. Moral forca aed public efficient, opinion, by require the which alone broad a an Opposition irt u o can u s assertion be rendered of those principles, in whatever form they may be invaded by the victorious monopolists. Free trade is the banner round which their future strength must rally, for it to be that growing strength which will obliterate the late is - verses in a coming and complete success. But it is mainly out of doors that the form and colour must be given to such resistance as, may keep the spirit of Toryism in check, avert the worst excesses of its former domination, and preserve or obtain the means, as well as the will, for destroying any power not based tit o.a public opinion ald public interests. The people's party must follow the peo ple's lead. TIMES.—The correspondence which we published yesterday relative to Mr. Nixon's dismissal from the High-Sheriffship of Fermanagh, is perhaps as discredit able to the ex-Lieutenant of Ireland as anything his Lordship has yet done to signalize his ardent Whig reign. How Lord Morpeth! with the symptoms of im proved feeling lately evinced by him in Yorkshire, could allow himself to be instrumental in ministering to the paltry party-spite of his vice-regal chief in Dublin, does, we confess, surprise us. Had the noble ex Se cretary been at due pains to acquaint himself with all the facts before he undertook to write a letter to Mr. Nixon so offensively prejudging that gentleman's case as to have compelled him, from self-respect, to decline an explanatory reply, we cannot doubt that instead of having s consented to be the vehicle of Earl For tescue s political venom against one of the most estimable public functionaries that Ireland can boast of, the same high regard to character which induced Lord Morpeth to decline the degrada tion of occupying one of O'Connell's spare seats, would have indisposed him to act the part of a mere dirty utensil at the conclusion of his official career. Of the general policy of the late Lord Lieutenant we have no wish to speak in terms of severe censure. As a guardian of public order, his practical enforcement of the laws has rendered his administration considerably less objectionable than that of his prede cessor. But when we have said this, we have said every thing he can fairly lay claim to. With professions of the strictest impartiality as an evea-handed mediator be tween the political and ecclesiastical parties which diride Ireland, the Noble Earl has uniformly falsified his pro fessions by a systematic favouritism on behalf of those whom he believed to' be best able and best disposed to prolong the ascendancy of his English colleagues. In deed the discrepancy observable between Earl Fortescue's promises and performances has been such as can in no sense be ascribed to a mere error of judgment. His Lord ship, while affecting to maintain an inflexible indepen dence, has on many reprehensible occasions been the wil ling sycophant of a faction. HERALD.—Witlrthe prospect of infinite honour to themselves, by responding to the expectations of the country at large, the new Government have certainly a prospect, also, of duties to be performed involving an awful extent of responsibility. Never did public men present themselves on the stage of their trial before the country which they are to serve, under a greater cer tainty of encountering more highly-wrought expecta tions. The imbecility of the Whig-Radical Ministers, their failures and their follies, their hollow faith and large professions have generated such incessant dis appointments to the nation, that, from those who—by the mere force of sounder principles and steadier con duct have ousted them from office, an account of their stewardship, -somewhat unreasonable, even, as to the products it will anticipate ; and somewhat minute in the particulars it will require —may be certainly looked for. But that they are to hold office under a liability of this sort should never be felt as any hardship by the leaders of the Conservative party. What have they to dread from the strictest investigation into their mode of carrying out the most salutary and enlightened prin ciples of government, if they be always prepared to show that they have manfully endeavoured to make the best use of the means presented to them for honestly redeem ing the pledges they have given to their count r y men ? They have no " irrevocabl compacts" to bind them to the evil purposes and unremitting machinations of reck less intriguers. They are under no moral necessity to vote, at the dictation, or for the purposes of a faction, " that black is white or white is black." They have no guilty adhesion to testify in secret to a treacherous cabal, the insolent head of which exacts from his creatures and dependents a divided homage and allegiance (in effect) with their common Sovereign. We dare answer for them, that no Minister of a foreign country, in a season of fierce hostility against Great Britain on the part of those whom his bad arts are working to a pitch of frenzied resentment—will ever be able' to adduce in their open senate, letters of encouragement and intelligence from councillors of the British Crown, who deem themselves not precluded from revealing the deliberations of the Cabinet, by the solemn and exigent terms of their oaths ! The Conservatives will never have to fear such a challenge from delinquents who are arraigned for high treason, found guilty, and sentenced, as this,—" We have but followed your example ;—we have' but com plied with your own invitation, to meet for the discus sion of our grievances in this tumultuous way, and at dark midnight ; you are bound to advise the Crown to remit to us all penalty for what the law has branded as the highest of offences." The new Government will never afford to any individual or any community an oc casion for taunting them with having, through their own supineness or their own mismanagement, allowed one colony to be enveloped in the flames of a civil war, and another to be brought, by illegal and unconstitutional interference, on the part of the Colonial-official at home, with their legislature, to the very verge of a rebellion. POST.--If it be true that her Majesty, in acting faith fully upon the principles of the Constitution, has sacri ficed some personal predilections, the readiness and frankness with which her Majesty has made these sacri fices, will not be lost upon the nation, nor upon the party which, under . her Royal permission, now holds the reins of Government. It is for mean' minds to cherish re sentment against what may be supposed to be an unwill.. ing compliance with circumstances. No such feeling exists in the breast of any true Conservative. The party has sense enough, and principle enough, to view the reality of things through the medium of duty. If they believe that her Majesty's personal preference was not towards them, they are not the less, but the more sensi ble, of the devotedness with which they ought to serve a Sovereign, who not only complies at once with the re quirements of the constitution, but does so even against the bias of her personal inclination, who makes a sacrifice of her own liking in order to discharge the duties ins - posed upon her by her high position as constitutional Queen of a free people. As to the assertion of the Whig journals that the people are against the party now in power, we can make nothing of it by any process of rea sonable examination. It seems to be the mere raving of Whigs whom failure and disappointment have driven out of their wits. The Whigs who constructed the Reform Act must condemn themselves, if they say that the House of Commons, as at present constituted, does not represent the people, and they are well aware, as we have already stated, that the voice of the House of Commons is certainly not with them, nor against the Conservative party. ADVERTISER.—The more carefully we examine the composition of the new Tory Cabinet, the more thoroughly do we feel persuaded that the advent of that Cabinent will prove to the country a calamity of the most fearful magnitude. There is no expectation of good more generally entertained from the Peel Admi nistration than that of some substantial amelioration in the financial and commercial relations of the country. Be it our duty to expose the utter groundlessness of this expectation, and to prove beyond all question that come of the trade and commerce of the country what may— nay, come what will of the country itself—the interests of the landed monopolists must be inviolably upheld. First of all we beg the people to remember that all the avowed partialities of the Premier are in favour of the landed interest. 'Whenever, in times past, the claims of corn and commerce have come into collision, Sir Robert Peel has always evinced a decided predilection for the former. He is notoriously a proud and ambitious man; and like most other men of ambitious aspirations, is ashamed of the commercial pursuits to which he owes his opulence and elevation in society. For cotton, which has made him, he feels a sovereign contempt, and wishes that all the spinning jennies in Lancashire were cast into the depths of the sea, rather than come between the wind and his aristocratic pretensions. The very name of cot ton, spinning-jennies, or anything else that brings to his mind the remembrance of the humble origin of Isis fa mily, grate on his ear, and are odious in his eye. He aims at being considered a landed gentleman, and all his sympathies and leanings arc with the landed intere:it. As, therefore, the interests of commerce and corn a: e, in the existing posture of affairs, in a state of necessary and irreconcileable antagonism, and as the triumph of the one can only be achieved by the temporary prostra tion of the other, there cannot be the shadow of a doubt as to the interest over which the new Tory Premier will throw the shield of his protection. GLOBE.---The only remaining form through which such of the members of the. new Government who have seats in the Lower House have to pass, previous to their entering upon the exei.cise of their duties, Parliamentary as well as official, is td be re-elected by their constitu ents—their seats in' the House of Commons becoming vacant on their acceptance of office under the Crown. The forms of Parliament require that several days shall intervene before they can appear in the complex cha racter of Ministers of the Sovereign and Representatives a the people ; and, until they - do so, little will bo known of the policy oil which their administration is to be con ducted, except so fiur as that pslicy can be pretitetar from what is on record as to their past characters and con duct. Fortunat. ly for the country, which is naturally anxious to know as much as possible of the fate which it awaits, if not equally to the advantage of the Govern ment, their history is matter of notoriety. The nation has seen with astonishment, now rapidly merging into deep and settled disgust, a Cabinet formed of statesmen only remarkable for their former disagreements, and whose present association with each other is not less surprising than it is dishonourable to themselves and dangerous to the country. Whether we look to the measures which are likely to emanate from such a Cabi net, with respect to our Foreign, Colonial, or Domes tic relations—their influence upon our position with other States, or their necessary influence upon the pros perity and tranquillity of our own, we will not con ceal our apprehensions that clouds will overspread, if storms do not disturb, our hemisphere. The only hope which the lover of his country can indulge in its present circumstances is, that the distractions, which cannot fail to exist in the councils of such a heteroge neous mass calling itself a Ministry, will be speedily followed by an open rupture ; and the nation be thus relieved from a visitation not more injurious to its real interests, than it is derowatory to the honour and honesty which constitute the bases of its character in the estimation of the world. STANDARD.—In the House of Commons no less than twenty-six election petitions were presented. Thi: is the last day for presenting such petitions. Severa notices of motions, of greater or less importance, were given , • among others, a noti ce b y Mr. Roebuck, as fol lows : " On going into Committee on the re-enactment of the Poor-law Ameadment Act to move— " That the Board of Commissioners be abolished, and all such discretionary powers as may be deemed neces sary for the due administration - of the law now possessed by the Commissioners, be transferred to the Secretary 01 State for the Home Department." It -is difficult to understand what Mr. Roebuck intend by this motion ; for his attachment to the New Poor law in principle and detail has been too recently ex pressed to leave any doubt of his wish to continue the system exactly such as it is in its operation upon the poor. What lie proposes is clearly impracticable. The Secretary of State for the home I)epartmele already has his hands completely full ; and even i; this were not the case —if the system of centralisation is to be continued, as Mr. Roebuck plainly intend, it to be—some intermediate authority between the parochial governors of the: poor and one of the Queen's principal Secretaries of State, would be ab solutely necessary in a constitutional view. It would be extravagant to suppose one of her Majesty': principal Ministers called nightly to account in Par liament for every case of alleged locarmismanagement. But this is the only ; remedy whiCh Mr. Roebuck': proposed arrangement would leave, and this after a little time would prove in pr ac ti ce no remedy at all. Tit\ truth seems to be, that the'Vstem of centralisation must be abandoned sooner or later, and the management of the poor once more assigned, under whatever terms the legis lature may think fit to impose, to bccd authority, subject only to the courts of law. Meanwhile, if there is to be a central authority, it is much better that that authorit \ rest where it does, than in the Home Secretary of State's Office. COURlER—Scarcely had four days elapsed from the resignation of the Whigs, before it was officially an nounced that Sir Robert Peel had completed the task as signed to him, and obtained for his Cabinet his sanction of her Majesty's gracious approval. To this important fact we wish to direct the special attention of our Whig- Radical Contemporaries, as signally falsifying all their reiterated predictions regarding the obstacles, perplexities, and difficulties which Sir Robert Peel was to have en countered on his way to pose: and office. It must still be fie,h in the public mind with what unabashed assur ance, and in what a tone of anticipated triumph, our Contemporaries were in the habit of menacing him with the most complicated disasters should he pos sess the incredible hardihood of approaChing the precincts with no higher recommendation than the unbounded confidence of his country, as expressed in both Houses of Parliament. Woe betide him, was their incessant exclamation, should he adventure the formation of a Ministry, for beside the r es i s t ance h e will be sure to m ee t w ith in the highest quarters (and the mysteriousness of their language on this head gave fear ful force and significance to their ominous threatenings), the jarring jealousy and impracticable stubbornness of the materials from which the Cabinet must needs be con structed, will render the task, if not absolutely impos sible, at least one of the utmost difficulty. Such were the prophetic croakings of the Whig Press, and such their mode of administering consolation to their patrons while still in possession of the seals of office. But the extreme facility with which ,Sir Robert Peel has been enabled to form a Cabinet, and the unprecedentedly short time he required for the completion of all his other arrangements, show how wretchedly- deficient either in veracity or foresight were these self-constituted political prophets. THE NEW MINISTRY. The Earl of Aberdeen and Viscount Canning were in attendance at the Home-office shortly after eleven o'clock yesterday morning. A great number of gentlemen had interviews with their Lordships. Lord Stanley and Mr. Hope transacted business at the Colonial-office at an early hour. Lord Eliot, Chief Secretary for Ireland, had a long in terview with Sir James Graham yesterday morning at the Home-office. • The Hon. C. Manners Sutton having been appointed Under Secretary for the Home Department, the Hon. Gentleman transacted official business at the Home-office yesterday morning. Mr. Binghani Baring had an interview with Sir James Graham at the Home-office yesterday morning. • Several of the Cabinet Ministers visited Sir Robert a Lord i (Preside n t o f t h e C ounc i l) w i ll give Peel yesterday morning at Whi te h a ll- gar d ens. " Ca u b tr i n n e c i t iff d e inner to his colleagues this even ing, at his Lordship's residence, Curzon-street, May-fair. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WATERLOO-BRIDGE REGATTA. The annual scullers' contest amongst the watermen plying on the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge, for some prizes given by the inhabitants of St. John, Lambeth, came off on Monday. The first heat consisted of C. Col lier (white), H. Caston (pink), T. Eyre (blue) ; and the distance in this as in the other heats, from Waterloo bridge, round a boat moored off Maudsley's factory, down to Corry's roads, and up to Waterloo-bridge to finish. The first heat was won by white and pink. Im mediately after this W. Watts (green), H. Barrow (yel low), and C. Stevens (red), went away for the second heat. It was won by Watts and Barrow. A little after six, the two first men of each of the preceding heats started for the third and grand heat. They went away well together ; but after a few strokes Watts took the lead, closely followed by Barrow, in which order they came in, Watts winning by five or six lengths. Collier did not row the entire distance. The match was very indifferently attended. LAMBETH FISHERMEN'S REGATTA. A very pretty and . highly-interesting rowing and sail ing-match took place on Monday, amongst the very in dustrious and hard-working fishermen of Lambeth, who work in peter-boats. The contest was for a purse of sovereigns given by the ladies and gentlemen of St. Mary, Lambeth, and the vicinity, and it was most nume rously attended. Just before four o'clock the following took their places for the start off Goding's brewcty : Favourite, 'l'. Dunkley, blue cross ; Lass of Gowrie, J. Stubbs, blue; Mary Anne, James Grant, green; Brothers, C. Miney, red ; Industry, It. Hearn, tri-colour ; King of the Coblers, W. Hosier, red cross ; Surprise, T. Hatherill, pink ; Brotherly Love, J. Webb, white ; Per severance, W. Darnham, yellow ; Happy-go-lucky, S. Perry, red cross, white ground ; Success, J. Perry, red star. As they got under way the little fleet presented a very pretty appearance, with their main and fore sails set. The King of the Coblers took the lead, but lost it in less than a quarter of a mile. The wind was easterly up the reach of the water, and Happy-go-Lucky soon took the first place, and the Lass of Gowrie shortly after took the second. The distance. boat was moored off the new Tivoli Gardens, in the upper part of Battersea, and Happy-go-Lucky first rounded, followed by the Lass of Gowrie, Mary Anne, and the Brothers. As the wind had died away, the whole party took to their oars, and a smart contest ensued between the three first boats. The King of the Coblers came in first, Happy-go-Lucky se cond, the Brothers third. NEWLY RECOVERED LAND:—Since the open ing of the new cut from Eau Brink to Linn, which took place about twenty years ago, the old channel, which was very wide and spacious, by which the waters of the Ouse and its tributary s t rea ms were formerly conveyed to Lynn, has, been gradually silting up, and much of it has now become firm land, producing rich and flourishing herbage. A few days since a portion of this newly re covered land (containing about 900 acres), which is now embanked and fenced with live quick-set fences, and di vided into convenient pieces for occupation, was let by auction, at the Gl o b e Inn, Lynn. and the annual rental obtained for it averages nearly 31. per acre. Calculating upon this ratio, were an embankment of the Wash to take place, the annual value of the land which would be obtained by that undertaking we might reasonably esti mate at not less than 500,000/. At the last quarterly meeting of the Lynn Town Council, Mr. F. Lane laid upon the table a copy of a memorial presented to the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, Mitch 'memorial re ferred to the inclosure of the Great Level of the Wash, and was accompanied with a letter, stating that the appli cation to Parliament upon that subject was intended to be renewed in the next session.—Nerftli Times. MOTHERLY Lovi.—Last among the charac• teristics of woman is that sweet motherlYlOve with which nature has gifted her : it is almost independent ofcold rea son, and wholly removed from all selfish hope ofreward. Not because it is lovely, does the mother love her child, but because it is a living, part of herself—the child of her heart, a fraction of her own nature. Therefore, do her entrails yearn over his wailings ; her heart beats quicker at his joy: her blood flows more softly through her veins, when the breast at which he drinks knits him to her.-- Herder: Mrs. Austin's Fragments from German Writers. DO RSET. — GAME.--Thursday was the corn; mencement of the partridge shooting season. Birds are plentiful and s t rong on the wing . but we understand that the sportsmen in this neighbourhood, in consequence of the lateness of the harvest, have established a full until listthe crops andingto.refrain from sporting for some days. Gazette. shall have been housed.—Semerset The Smyrna Journal states that, according to the returns made up at the British Consulate, the num ber of llouses, destroyed. by the late fire had been ascer tained to amount to 7,284, and the total loss 125,850,000 piastres. DINNER TO LORD VIVIAN BY THE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. Lieutenant-General Lord Vivian, G.C.B., — ;Ci G.C.H., on his health being drunk at a dinner given to him by the officers of the Royal Artillery on Sa turday last, returned thanks in the following terms Gentlemen—l feel it quite out of my power so express as I could wish, and as I ought, my sense of the very flattering and the very gratifying manner in which you have received the toast my Noble Friend Lord Bloomfield has been so kind as to propoSe ; the painful circumstances under which we meet render it peculiarly difficult. When I say painful circumstances, fancy not that it is loss of power and of place, with the pride and pomp that attach to them, that I lament. Proud as I am of the distinguished office I have now bad the honour for some years to hold, I could part with it without a pang, and retire, after nearly fifty years of uninterrupted service, to pass the remainder of my days in the bosom of my family. The pain arises from feeling that this is the last time I shall hare the happiness of meeting, as the Master General of the Ordnance, those I see a-ound me, with whom, in my ufficial capacity, I have had so much satisfaction in act ing, and for whom, as friends, I have had so much rea son to feel the highest respect and esteem. But, gen tlemen, it is well sometimes to call to our assistance a little philosophy, and especially so on an occasion of this sort, when the feelinzs of the heart might other wise be too strong for the expression of that which it would dictate, and overpower the tongue. I must have recourse to the old proverb, and recollect that ' every thing is for the best in this world.' lam willing to be lieve the truth of this in my case ; I am certain of it in yours. My career in life has been more fortunate than I could possibly have hoped for or expected, I fear I must add than I have deserved. I am fast falling into the vale of years, and any energies, any powers of body or of mind I may ever have possessed, are daily and hourly becoming weaker and weaker. I cannot but remember that the poet, when speaking of one of the greatest men this or any other country ever had t, boast of, has said that— " ' Tears of dotage fell from Marlborough's eyes.' And can I, bumble and comparatively insignificant in dividual as I am, hope to escape the feelings of my fel low man ? It must, alas! gentlemen, be the lot of us all, and it is therefore, perhaps, happy for me that I should be called into retirement before, in old age and infirmity, I may have failed in the proper discharge c f my dutie3—before I may have forfeited the good which your reception of me on this occasion shows me I have now the happiness to possess. In re spect to you, gentlemen, the change will, I have no doubt, be an advantage. In my successor you will have an officer with talents better qualifying him to fi 1 zhe high and important office aad carry on its duties than I can hope to have shown ; with power and ence superior to any that I have possessed, and cense auently stronger to support such measures as he may think calculated for your benefit. The only point in which I will yield to no man is in a sincere and heart felt desire to promote your interests. Gentlemen, it it. low above six years since I have had the honour of holding the distinguished office of Master-General of the Ordnance. Before I was appointed to it, in the course of my military service, frequent. opporturnf es had been afforded me of being acquainted with the -ervice of the Ordnance Military Corps—brave in the field, and well disciplined at all times—l had learned to entertain for them the highest possible opinion. The experience I have had during the time I have been at their head has not disappointed my expectations. My command has been one, I may say, of unintcrrupt7d satisfaction ; and if, gentleman, during that period it has been in my power to render any service to the corp-. it is only to their own good conduct, their own merits, their own claim., and not to any favour on my part, that they are indebted for it. Gentlemen, before I conclude I must say a few words on professsonal subjects. England is now at peace, and I trust' and hope may long continue so ; but, as soldiers, it is our duty to he ready for war. Throughout Europe improvements ate taking place in the arms of every description with which the forces of different nations are supplied, and in the use of them. My Noble Friend has referred to the circumstance of my having given a better arm to the soldiers of our own army ; in our heavy guns, also, I may add, some improaeinents have been made since I have been at the Ordnance ; but there is much yet to be done. Watch, I pray you, the progress of such improvements in other cot.ntries, endeavour to go ahead of them in your own, so that shonld your services be required in the field, the British Artillery may at all times evince that superiority for which they have hitherto been distinguished when called on to defend their Sovereign and their country. Another point to which I must refer is to that institution which, originating in the zeal for acquiring information and ,promoting science of some of our junior officers, and supported by some of the seniors, has sprung up since I have been at your head ; I consider it of great importance, net only to the character of the corps, but to the country generally. consider that out of it great advantage to science and great credit to the regiment may ensue ; I have there fore encouraged, fostered, and cherished it ; and I hope those around me and those who fellow me will continue so to do. The circumstance of cfficers of the Royal artillery being stationed mina)! parts of the globe —men who have had a scientdic education, and arc conse quently able to benefit by the observations they may have an opportunity of making—affords an advantage that scarcely ar y amount of expense in the employ ment of civilians would er able' the country to ()Mail,. Again, then, I say, let the same spirit which originated this institution continue to maintain it ; it cannot hut contribute ;till more to raise the estimation and cha racter of the corps, and it may be of infinite use to science and the country generally. Gentlemen, I have done, and in concluding I can only again assure you, that wherever I go, whatever may he my fate, my heart will he with you ; I shall ever feel the deepest interest in the prosperity, the happiness, and the success of a corps, over which I have had so mnch satisfaction in presidinz, and from which 1 feel so much pain at parting." - On quitting the room Lord VIVIAN spoke as fol lows :—" Gentlemen, the time has now arrived when I must say,' Good night '—when I must bid you farewell. This is the last time, probably, I shall wear the uniform in which I now appear; hat in laying it down I shall not lay down that deep interest I must ever feel in the corps to which it belongs. Gentlemen, my heart will ever be with you. Your character, year honour, and your prosperity will always E. dear to me. You w , ll, I hope, allow me stall the honour of continuing a mere ber of your rnes, and allow me, as such, hereafter to appear amongst you in a coloured coat. Farewell and God bless you all."—Standard. 31AR Y LEBONE VESTRY. At the meeting of the vestry of Marylebore on Sa turday, the Clerk to the Eoard intimated that he had received the following letter from Lord Duncannon, in reference to the recent appointment of Clerk and Sexton to the parish : " Office of Woods and Forests, Sept. 3, 1841. " Sir—ln reference to the conversation I had with the deputition of the Vestry last week, I beg to inform you, that the Rev. F. Braithwaite has been appointed by her Mjesty clerk and sexton of the parish of St. Marylebone, under the 36th section of the Act 51st George 111., to officiate by himself or his sufficient de-. puty throughout the entire parish, which will include St. John's chapel and burial-ground ; arid that it is not the intention of her Majesty to appoint a distinct clerk and sexton for the last mentioned chapel and burial ground, under the 41st section of the Act. I have thought it right to make this communication, although it be not required under the Act, the right of appoil t ment which her Majesty has exercised being absolutely tested in the Crown, and not requiring the consent and approbation of the vestrymen.—l remain, &c. IYUNCANNON." " Mr. C. Flood, Vestry Clerk." The Report of the Committee which bad been di. recited a few weeks since to cnmmunicate with Lord Duncannon upon this appointment was then brought up and read. It ran as follows : " B'. Marylebone, Sept. 3, 1841. " At a meeting of the Committee appointed to con fer with Lord Dnneannon on the subject of the recent appointment of the Rev. F. Braithwaite to the dlice of clerk and sexton, vacated by the death of Mr. Pau ; present, Mr. Sapsford in the Chair, the Committee beg to report that Messrs. Biers, Clipp, and Gomm, in pursuance of a letter received from Lord Dun. cannon's Secretary, attended at the cffice of Woods and Forests on Tuesday, the 24th of August, and had a lengthened interview with his Lordship in the presence of Mr. Pemberton, the solicitor. The deputation were anxious to ascertain to what ex tent, and under what section or sections of the 51st of Geo. 111., cap. 151, the appointment in clues. Lion bai been made. They endeavoured to show his Lordship and Mr. Pemberton that if the appointment was confined to the 26th section of the Act, the vestry had no desire to interfere ; but that if. it extended to the 41st section, then the appointment was not valid until the consent and approbation cf the vestry had been obt tined thereto. Lord Duncannoa stated that the appointment had not then been signed by her Ma jesty, and that he was unable to state how far the ap pointment extended, and under what particular secfon or sections of the Act it had been made : but he pre sumed that the appointment was similar to the one formerly made, and granted to Mr. Pau. As the re sult of the interview, his Lordship wished Mr. Pem berton again to examine the extent of the appointment after which his Lordship promised to communicate with the vestry on the subject. " S. Stirs Foal), Chairman. " .f. Gomm. " H. BIERS. " WILLIAM CLAPP." The reading of this Report and the preceding letter gave rise to a long discussion, in which Messrs. Biers, Skinner, Eyre, and Glazier took part, and eventually it was resolved that the Committee be requested to held a further communication with het' Miijesty's Govern ment for the purpose, and with the view of obtainieg a legal compliance on tho part of the patron of the ap pointment with the provisions of the Churches Act, 51 Geo. 111., cap. l5l. 1 ASSAULT BY POLICE-OFFICERS. (From the Liverpool Times.) Oa Saturday, Mr. Oliver Shannon, a publican and master stevedore, residing in Norfolk-street, appeared at the Police Court, to bring a charge of assault against three police-constables. The case had been sent over by the Watch Committee to Mr. Rushton. Shannon stated that shortly after twelve o'clock on the morning of Wednesday week, he left his house in Norfolk -street, to see a friend on board the Carl ale packet, which was lying in the Clarence deck, and which was to sail about 4 A.M. Ile was accompanied by Henry Dobson and Thomas Langley. Having seen his friend on board, he and Dobson and Langley returned by the higher part of the town, between two and three o'clock in the morning. At the corner of a street between Vernon and Orange-streets, he sew three officers standing together but he did not inter fere with them in the least, either by word or deed. After he had passed them about ten paces, one of them came running up, struck him on the back with his stick, and said " D— your soul, get along out of this." The officer then struck him (Shannon) on the tempi and knocked him down in the channel. The blood flowed copiously from his temples, Dab son and Langley were two or three paces in advance at this time. Neither of them had spoken to the officers. The whole party were quite sober. After having ,knocked him (complainant) down, one of the policemen took him by the hair of the head and dragged him along the channel ; encther lifted up his leg, and inflicted four or five blows on the sole of his foot with a stick. His companions, after the officers had retired, lifted him up, placed him on some steps, and endeavoured to stop the effusion of blood from his temples. They then led. him up Tithebarn-street. After having gone forty or fifty yards, they met police man No. 199, stated what had occurred, and asked him for the numbers of the men on that beat. He re plied that he could not tell the numbers. They then event to the main bridewell, made a similar statement there, and preferred a similar request. They were told that they might obtain the required information by application at the watch-office, at ten o'clock in the morning. No. 265 was the man who held him down while the• other officer was laying on the soles of his feet. He (complainant) had not been drinking at all previous to the occurrence in question. Henry Dobson, a smith, residing in Watkinson street, corroborated Shannon's evidence in nearly every particular. Thos. Langley, a labourer, who lives in Crosshall street, was then called. His detail of the circum stances connected with the assault differed but little from that of the preceding witnesses. He added that No. 288 was present ; but, though this man told his brother officers that "it was a shame" to beat Shan non, he did not interfere to prevent it. On being cross examined by No. 265, Langley's evidence was directly opposed to that of the complainant and Dobson, on one collateral circumstance. He said that after seeing Mr. Shannon's friend off, they went into Langan's public house. Mr. Shannon had a glass of sherry there. He (witness) had a glass of ale. They had only the one glass each, and probably stopped in the house about half an hour. Nr. 2?8 was then ordered to be sworn, and to give his evidence. He was reminded that his first duty was to the public, and not to the corps of which he was a member. He at first distinctly denied that he had seen either of the three men on the morning of Wednesday week, aad then said that he had no recol lection of it. Dobson was recalled, and said he could not distinctly swear that it was No. 288 who used the words " It's a shame ;" but Langley was quite positive as to the iden tity of the man. Officer No 265 was then asked what he had to say. He stated that on the morning in question two men passed him when he was standing alone in Tithebarn street, and one of them said—" Here is another of those perjured villians." He (officer) asked him .vhat he said, and then told him to go home. Shannon thereupon made a blow at him, and he (the officer) hit him on the ribs. Shannon then struck again, and he (the policeman) hit him on the head. He should have taken the complainant to bridewcll, had it not been for his two frientLe who said that he was a decent man, and that they would take him home. There was not another officer present at the time, and Shannon only received those two blows. He (the officer) struck in self-defence ; for he knew that Shannon was a man who had fought pitched battles. Mr. Rushton pointed to the discrepancy in the evi dence, with respect to entering a public-house, and asked Shannon why he denied the fact of having en tered Langan's ? The complainant persisted that be did not enter either that or any other house. Dobson and Langley went in, hut he stood at the door. Mr. Rushton then pointed out to Shannon that there was not only a discrepancy betty( en his own evi dence and that of his witnesses, but that there was a considerable portion of the time, from 12 to 20 minutes past two o'clock, left unaccounted for. There was also the unaccountable circumst ince of Shannon returning from the Clarence Dock to Norfolk -street, by such a route as that selected. These things threw some douLt over the case ; but still thete seas sufficient evi dence to justify him and his brother Magistrate (Mr. Theodore W. Rathbone) in the conviction that the complainant had been struck by No. 265, with unjusti fiable violence. If the whole story of the complainant had been borne out in those collateral circumstances admitting of proof, they should at once have commited No. 265 to prison, to answer an indictment ; but as this had not been done, they should not send him to trial. They believed, also, that he (No. 265) had received provocation, and grievous provocaton ; but still he ought to have abstained t from violence, and to have called for assistance. No. 288 bad given his testimony in a very discreditable manner. The Magistrates would inquire more minutely into the circumstances, and then give their final judgment ; but in the meantime, Nos. 265, 137, and 288, roust be suspended, and they would not be restored for some time, if at all. 'This case, as invariably happens when charges are brought against the police, was most minutely, patiently, and carefully as well as skilfully investigated by Mr. Rush ton, and lasted for about two hours. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business done, but holders were firm, and in prices no variation of moment took place. The imports were fair. TEA MARKET. The market was quiet, but holders were firm, and refused to take former rates at the public sales, c:_qrsequently nearly all was taken in. Company's Corc , ou at Is. 1 I Id. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand steady. P. Y.C. at 495. 3d. on the spot, and 495. for delivery in last three months. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply of Meadow Hay and Clover was very good, t h e trade middling ; prices without. alteral ton. Of Straw the , ply improvin g , and alth oug h t h e demand was brisk prices sup full 2s. per load lower than last marker-day. Clover, 3/. were Meadow Hay, 21. to 41. 15 s . ; S traw, 2/. 4s. to 21. Bs. HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. W..eat. Marks 435 to 480 Barley, Mecklennurgh 165 to 195 --. Magdeburg •:35 to 43 -- Magdeburgh... 1 I‘, to 2 0 --- Anhalt, while 414 to 4 0 --- Holstein --- red ... ;35 to 480 --- Summer ll4 to :42 -- Brunswick 4la to 44) Oats, Eider 75 to fli -- Mecklenburg.. :',90 to 490 -- Alecklenburg - Polish 4:!5 to 4,;5 -- Holstein .---- Hoh,tein - Eist i"riesland.., 90 to 105 Rye, Mecklenburg -- Dantzic -- Elbing and Ko. Buck Wheat lOB to 1! 7 nigsburg -- Upland -- Riga _ COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee 7 1 .4t0 9% Alapnham 7,4 to 8 Georgia, lot suit 7% Madras % 5 % 20 .. ......... ..... 7 7% Surats 3d and 4th ... 5 6% Domingo ...... ..... .. o Rico _ Mocha Vi to 13% Deming° ................... 4% to 5Y Batavia • 5 1 ,fi 5% Lo Guayra ............ 4 1 . 7,0' l Sumatra Rio 4. 51i Ilavannah . Bahia 4 5% ................. d 7% SUG AR.— 0 8. 4 Havannah, White.-- 3 to 4 i b 8% Discount) Bahia, Whitc ........... —.2% t 02% 3rown ............... 2 1 4 „ 21,4 Pernambuco %%line Crown Brown Itio, While - 214 2i 4' Brown Manilla, BrOw, 'O, to 9. 3 4 (From the London Mercantile Journal of September 7.) SUGAR.—Good grocery descriptions of West India and strong qualiti es su i table for reting in , were in demand to-day, and the 81 10 W of sampl es b e i ng ra ther indifferent, the prices of Priday last were steadily maintained. The low soft and brown sorts are not much wanted, and the merchants are disposed to accept lower prices. The private purchases amounted to about 400 hhds and tres. 100 hlls. Barili-idoes we ra offered by public auction and disposed of at steady prices v iz., low to fine yellow at ; 60s to 68 s , an d one l ot low brown at 56. i per cwt. MAURITIU.-6,438 bags, in one parcel, were brought to the hammer, and disposed of with rather more spirit than recently, and obtained full prices in most instances, though the demand appeared to run chiefly on the better qualities, ; good t,o fine bright yellow sold at 61s to 65s Gd, middling to good middling white at 55s to 595, low yellow at 54s to 54s Gd, low grey at 54s 6d to 555, good brown at 47s to 48s, and low to good bright brown at 45s to 48s per cwt. EAsT INDIA.--There was a steady request for the good quallies of Bengal to-day, and full prices were paid, but the inferior sorts continued rather difficult of sale, and barely supported previous rates. An inferior parcel consisting of 1,667 bags, was offered at public sale, and sold slowly at easy rates ; low to good yellow at 5:3s to 535, and low heavy brown at 41s to 43s per cwt. FOREIGN. — The market continues quiet, and prices without alteration ; 491 boxes washed Havannah were offered at public sale, and bought in at stifF prices ; viz. good middling and good white at 265. to 28s, and mid dling ditto at 21s 6d to 25s 6d per cwt. ILFisED.—There was a good request for grocery goods to-day, and some large transactions took place at stiff prices : 81s is now the nearest price of Standard Lumps. Crushed made from Foreign in demand for ex port at 30s per cwt. CoFFEE. 2 —The market remains quiet generally, with out any material change in prices ; 758 bags Rio from the Cape, were offered by public auction, and all bought iu at the previous value ; colliuloll good ordinary MORNIN4"-=- STTN at 40s to 40s 6d, and good. ordinary coloury at 415 !'°. 42s per cwt. There were also pae,, bags Padang, which were likewise bought in ; fair Oa lity at 4C s, and common at 38s per cwt. There are eir queries after Ceylon, but the otiess gat itasee pre: F f the holders are not disposed to realize. " COCOA.—B. P. sorts are dull of s ale, and 180 Groaada, offered by public auction, were c hi e fly,bougi; in, at 42s for fair red ; tw o l o t s ra tlf tr i nt e r i or sold 40s and 41s per cwt. ( . ASSIA LIGNEA.- —l,OBB boxes were brought to pL bl c sal, , and disposed of with spirit tv. very full prices, " 14 96s to 98s for good middling thin quill. PEPPER.—Prices are steady, and 738 bags Sumnfr s , were partly disposed of by public auction. at 3-,l f d Or lie' quality, being the full value. RICE.—Tzle &mind for Bengal continues ve 1 ,, 1 limited, aid prices still h ave a downward tenden e l y though the merchants from th e ser i ous l ost t h a t mu st arise by sales at the present lo w ra t es , very re l u ctant i,, Pu t offer their stocks, and we h tve h a d one parce l on ly P il l up to 'public sale, which want of very heavily, •Ala° the whole quantity being bought in at former rate' very good middling to goof white at 12s. to 135.; a f, ef . l of the best lots sold at 12 6d. to 13s. per cwt. I r e v a vately the transactions have been upon a very limi t , scale, at easier prices in some inst ances . J ava is 315-f dull of sale, but prices are unaltered, an d t h e w hole (1 .. , the sound of 2,986 bags offered by public auction bought in at 9s 6d to lOs for ordinary and low the damaged sold at 8s 61 to 9s per cwt. There was little dispo ition t o b a y at t h e pu blic sg , ;: to-day consisting of 1,315 ba g s B enga l, an d t h e who le parcel was bought in above the value at lis 6d'' ) middling white. SPIRITS.—The Rum market is dull, and railif easier prices are in some instances accepted. No WI ness worth reportin g h as b een d one in ' Jamaica, tn only about 150 puns Leewards have changed proof at 2s. Id, 5 over at 2s. 3d, and 7 over at 25 4 4 per gallon. East India is steady at former rates.; a b°- ; 150 casks Calcutta have been sold, proof strength !„ 1 is 7d, and 13 puns 121 hhds at publi c sa l e . aettliz o vi Is ild to is 110 for 23 per cent i n puns;' is Ild to 2s ld for 19 to 20 over, in hhds. 'There been an improved demand for Brandy, and an aelSoT: of Id to 2d per gallon has taken place in almost all td stances. Geneva dull. British Corn Spirits in siO n at lOs 4d per gallon. 'TEA.—Seldom have we w i tnesse d a sale rl so well attended as it was this day, for, indepels of the interest excited by th e unlooked for ias, gence brought by the late ov er l an d ma il from Ctte",,'‘," there were evidently pers ons di s p ose d to t hi n k 1 .0 1 prices would go l o wer, an d were consequent l y pre p sl , t , to operate had that been the case in this resin ° however, they were disappointed, f or th ere a pp e ared be a determined spirit on the part of holders no t accept the present offers ; consequently, the comP a ' o i tively few chests that were disposed of consisted Souchongs at is 10P to 2s 0.1-d. per lb, a few cotieD ° ; Congous at 2s OP, and lb ' good ditto at 2s 4d per ' s , Twankays sold at is 10id, the quality but m iddlil'c u young Hysons at 2s 10d to 3s op, the qualitY middling to good, and Capers at 2s to 2s Id per lb. di° quote the reduction, compared with the last sale, _ 6 8d per lb, but if we take Comp an y' s C ongou at I s 94".., t i. the lowest point during the panic last week—we e ` mate the advance since then at about 3d per lb. vd The quantity offered amounted to about 11,02.9 . the actual quantity sold is es ti mate d at only 3,200 eile'.e Privately there were inquires after useful of Congou; and several purchases were made, aorniaL t brought is 10p, and blackish leaf kinds 9 s to 2s 4d ir lb cash. Company' s C ongou was more inquired- n'tiir,e and business was don e a t i s to is 11d cash , t market closing with a firm appearance INDIGO.—There have been few transactions in this '. t r ; tide but prices are without alt era ti on . Th e Va n ' note declared for the October sales is 12,300 chests. 0 .4 Woof—The public sales of Colonial Wool have c ° , o , eluded ; the total quantity put up was 20,481 b"', t , the attendance of buyers was large throughla and the bidding spirited. Australian flock, a fi a good combing fetched ls. 10d to 2s. 2A-d, „; s ditto Is 6d to is 9d, superior clothing in fair coliT t c ( t o is 9d to 2s 3d ; ditto in burry condition is . o r Is Bd, fair average ditto is 6d to is 8P; Lambs super, l oie 2s to 2s 7d, ditto, fair average Is 6d to is 10d, I d and prickly is 2d to is 6d ; superior Skins and_, l ]` to washed is sid to 2s 2d, pieces and locks lor '. Is 4P, washed and in grease 8d to is. Vat} Dieel n ; Land—superior combing is 10d to 2s 2p, ele, t , P r i s i. Is 6d to is 10p, average flocks is 5d to Is Bd, inf er is 3d to is sd, in grease 8d to Ild ; Lamb is 3 `,..a; Is 9d, skin is to is 51-d ; Swan River, is Val to Is le i, South Austr a li an , i s Id to i s 3 d ; Cape, superior Is 91d to 2s 3d ; fair to good, Is 3d to Is 9d ; log ° a lb. in the grease, 8d to is Id; East India, 9 1d to 82d P e ' e o TALLOW. —There continues to be very little bas in doing in Russian T a ll ow , and prices are barely 59n , 4 ported. Fine P. Y. C. on th e spot i s quoted at 49s its cwt. At public sale 647 pipes 158 blies 63 barrels & : ' ti s f American Tallow wer e offered, and chiefly di s pose`' at from 40s to 48s per cwt., according to quality. so OILS.—In the value of' common Fish Oils we hail a s alteration to report, and the market remains the 5311 , s ' i s; last week, steady and firm. Sperm Oil is also s ,lll. o ° d, alteration. Linseed Oil has continued in brisk de o 7 o o- both for present and forward delivery, and lars'e t , tt tracts have been made at 32s for immediate delive r ; to similar p r i ce h as a l sp been given for above 100 t' l i n er y be delivered u p t o t h e end of the year. Rape 04 2h 0 ft scarce, and higher p r i ces l oo l sed . for, oaing to the c production and scarc i ty o f S eed; the article is T i ' 0 1 1 wanted. and saleable at our quotations. Of Olive the quantity here i s unusua ll y small, and as the slerl-„. , l s ' o is increased by th e scarc i ty o f Rape Oil, prices cont'lisl to advance, and Gallipoli is now held for 721 to per tun. • GINGER.-47 bags supe r i or b o ld smoo th B en gal ` lre disposed of by the hammer at 30s to 31s per cat. OLD AGE.—Salezza de Pedr a da p r aising " 0 old lady for her beauty, she answered th a t " b ea uty !' incompatible with old age." To which Salezza 1111)11,cii "We say beautiful as an angel,' and yet the angels 0.1 creatures are the most ancient." DENT'S LECTURES ON WATCg efa i e ; AND OTHER TIME-KEEPERS.—An Illustrated from TWO LECTURES on the Construction and Ma n i.. went of Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, delivered l•/ cg . DENT, in May, 1841, before the Members of the Unitei l vice Institution has been arranged for the information ofg n t i f e readers. The Ab strac t contains a statement of the reP tio merits of English and foreign workmanship, and an expla l , s of the different Escapements, with instructions for the ' oD i e regulation, and management of all kinds of Titat-keepers. r ico Pamphlet is published, by the Auth,,r, at No. 82, Strand , P One Shilling, but gratis to customers on application. SILVER TEA SERVICES.—A. B. SA VO R OI t and SONS, M anu f ac t ur i ng Sil versm i t h s, N o. 14, Cornnetbe London, opp os it e th e B an k o f E ng l an d . su b m i t t h e pr i ce s 0 00 following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SERVICES. o .• cl Cottage Pattern is pl a i n , s t an di ng on s h e ll f eet, t h e tea, coffee-pots with a flower ornament on the lid s . The ge o Pattern is richly embossed with fl owers an d scro ll s . The g"t p of either is new and elegant 1— COLT AGE PATTERN. I KING'S PATTERN. s. X 0 Strong Silver Tea- p0t..... 12 0 Strong Silver Teapot .....• 12 .10 Ditto Sugar Basin (3 16 Ditto Sugarßasin 1 0 Ditto .I%lilk Ewer. 410 Ditto Cream Ewer Ditto Coffee-pot. 15 0 Ditto Coffee-P°t"ls 0 Complete £3B 6 Complete X.lO A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffeo Services ti de be seen in the Show-room s , w h ere ma y b e se l ecte d eve ry 8 40 of Silver requisite for th e sid e bo ar d or pl a t e - c h est . ParoP st if of prices, illustrated with sketches o f th e var i ous ar ti c les, fl r and forwarded postage free to any part of the kingdom.- of Savory and Sons, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite tlie Ba n England. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KNI VDS with Ivory Handles, 14 s . p er d ozen ; Dessert Knives, ! ho p e . ; Carvers, 51. 6d. per p a i r ; Table Kives, witk w hits "" 9 , handles, Bs. per dozen , Des se rt, 6 s . Bd. ; Carver l4 „o per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; n e w 5 1 !, s r s :0 395. ; Papier Mache Tea-tr a y s , go thi c s h ape, 60s; the full sizes. Catalogues, containing the price of every article in futV ish. ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-stree t ' • Established 1820. JG BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., at Tremalon, the lady of Captain , I si S i n t g r Stratford, 4 . : Tucker,of a daughter, still horn. . elit a D I. On the 3d inst., at Gibson-square, Allan, of a daughter. t•• , I ft, sofrollq . oe wife of DR , On the 3d inst., at Woodbridge, W. Burleigh, of a daughter. uno tigt of a daughter. o rd, On the 4th inst., at Dorking, the lady of James Co On the 4th inst., at Maryland Point, Esq , of the Bengal Civil Service, of a son. On the s th inst ., at Cla p ton, Mrs. William Ferris, e f . $ daughter. of * On the sth inst., in Carlton-terrac e , L a d y L ytte ltonp '- daughter. On the sth inst., at Nottfngham-place, Mrs. George St°l'' of a son. i n bri On the 6th inst., at Tor r i ng t on - square, the l a dy of •'— Romilly, Esq., of a daughter. _.....---- fer ° On the 6th of May, a li t fA M ß ac ß aof b eavid Laing Burn, Esq''.' t° Elizabeth Anne, third Laughter of the late David Brice E„ 5 l . t , On the 2d i ns t., a t H ayes , Middl esex , t h e R ev . John f combe Gould, second son of Juhn Gould, Esq of A.1 131 ., e ,,l Somersetshire, to Katherine Emma, third d au gh:cr of Cci ° " - James Grant,of Haves. c if On the 2d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, tri," Spittal, Esq., of her Majesty's Customs, thirst son of Sir . 151 ` . 6f Spittal, of Edinburgh, to Eliza., relict of David Dick, orth gsV ie , Glensheil, and second- daughter of the late Colin Macke° On Z- Es., of Mount era, N Britain. the 3d ins G t , at ld St. Botolph, Aldgate, Maria Fre i s , Morgan, relict of the late Alexander Morgan, Esq., of Bits to Thomas Walshe, Esq., late of Ilavannah. On the 4th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the-Field?,Mr. ll°b t e b r e t James Hawk e s, of Lon' Acre, to Ann, eldest daughter out, late Thomas Ilarrison,lsq., of the Tavistock Hotel , Ci garden, and of Kensal-grren, Middlesex. DIED. On the 2d inst., at Mill-lane, Tooley-street, Southval4' Walter Powell, Esq., solicitor. 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