The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-29 00:00:00

~.T t i- i EVENING EDITION HIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. reCole n e l and Mrs. Battine and family at Marshall Thomp ilas \Joel, Cavendish-square, from Cheltenham ;S. T. n ts i n v , E V{, and Mrs. Manley, at ditto, from Manley Hall, ; Mr. A. Cotton and Mrs. Cotton at ditto, from Girton,. rear Cambridge ; Miss Hall and Mrs:Bullock, at ditto, Iran • Weston Colvill e , near N ewmarket ; J. A. Slack, Esq., M d am'', from R e db ourne House ; Renwick, Esq , at ditto ; td Mi ss B aring, at ditto, from Yorkshire ; Mrs. rtnd " 3 . , fohn son , at ditto, from Newbury; M rs . Ruggles liaise Eases. and amily at Bate% Hotel, Dove r - s t ree t, Pi ccad i lly, from DEPARTURES. 44 ter a lengtirened stay, the Count Survilliers (Jos?ph Bo '-'''Paro, with. his son-in-law the Prince di Canino, and his "r , L ucien, arid Messrs. Mailliard and Thibaut!, secreties and' l numeri us suite, from Marshall Thomp son ' s Hotel,ar Ca , yend i s h., 4 ... 0 Lre, for G enoa , by the Peninsular a n d O r i en t a l Ste* ni Nay i ga ti on Company's ship Iberia, E. Co o p er , E sq ., ucar " rn r nander ; Mrs. an d Mi ss H o d son, f rom d i tto, for Jennings, ands atone,- Mr. Barstow and Mr. Barstow, jun., from iditto; Grorge Rush, Esq., from ditto, for Epsom ; Dr. Mar- Fant, fr ,- ,m ditto, for Paris ; Rev. J. Drake and son, from cutto ; A b_ e Jr. and Mrs. Harrison and family, from Batt's Hotel, or r-s treet, dilly, for Slston a Derbsre ; Rev. Char ‘ i °si and Mrs.P icca Parkin, from ne ditto, H for ll, Lenha y m hi Vicarage, Kent. WHIG LANDHOLDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. t;T -I ' l 4,—At a period when, with a f ew most h onourable excep t;..a., of great Whig landholders, th e t wo f act i ons of the arts ,•era .cy ViThi; and Tory), see m t o h ave b anded together to Nan der the poor, and send countless thousands to a premature gray e, for the sole purpose of keeping up exorbitant rents, t hns! who have manfully stood forward as "the friends of the poor ." are d eserving of no measured praise. I' humbly conceive, therefore, the public should evince their gnat itude to those truly noble men, Lords Fitzwilliam, Radnor, and Lansdowne, who, night after night, have confronted the se sh band o f con f e d erated plunderers, and compelled them to _ l4 en to th e t rut h. E very obstruction appears to have been min in their way by the corn plunderers, and by the report of last. Tuesday's debate it would appear that Lord Radnor was lely interrupted by Lord Ly n dh urst, on a matter of form, aich Lord Lansdowne subsequently proved was repeatedly vi.olated by the Tory f ac ti on . I would venture to suggest that those who sympathise with the unexampled sufferings of the poor, should mark the high estimation to which they hold Lords Fitzwilliam, Lansdowne, and Radnor, by subscribing for the purchase of a piece of pl a t e , to be presented to each, with a suitable inscription commem rative of the noble struggle those distinguished and honourabl o e Then have made In behalf of the famishing poor of these realm s . an Many know how arduous and difficult a task it is to address ncwilling audience, who, as Lord Radnor observed, " when the facts of the distresses, of the poor, grounddown with misery and poverty, were brought before them, received them with ridi cule, laughter, and contempt." Honour, then, to the glorious advocates of our poor countrymen, and may Heaven reward their exertions. B. PARTY DEBATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit,—ls it not most disgraceful, on the part of the House of Commons, to trifle with the wants of a distressed working people? ls it consi-tent at ail to have a Parliament fur the mere sake of displaying party prejudice, squ a bbli ng n i g h t after sight, introduci ng measures which are only to defeat one ano ther—trvicig who can make the longest speech, and who can lbe interrupted with the most cheers, and thus prevent the tide of national good? The House of Commons as at present constituted requires (Heaven knows), an alteration, the sooner the better; and the time has - now arrived that those boyish and unmanly squabbles pri*ill not do. The people who suffer so much under their ca ce are ashamed of men who call themselves Senators, placed %IdParliw nent, as is understood, for unanimity and one gene good ; -ad the time has tow arrived, if the people I t t h e rt tr u a good Howe of Col - among, and good measures, to exert liberal solt assedeavours to place a large majority of honest and batonien their Representatives, and at once crush that us faction which will do no good themselves, nor let those ;cif l.—l ata. Sir, your very obedient Servant, London, OF THE UNREPRESENTED. flay 28.0 THE DIDIER PAPERS. (From the commerce cf Th urs d ay .) li rn Our readers will perhaps remember that we have several th e f amous matter respecting the revelations announced in 11,'f' ,ail lotas Didier consp i racy. T h i s mysterious affair is about ,rolrin the subj ect of trials at Grenoble; the one a Govern. th,, t Prosecution against n the Gazett e d u D aup hi ne , an d de 1 , ;: t e he r t retween the Ministeri a l J ourna l t h e C ourer 1816 . ~e and M. Si mon Didi er, son of the victim o f nh e _ a'he l atter has addressed a letter to the Courrier df l awi, " , and h as summoned it by a warrant to publish the fe i • co srilea. der Iser , I vindication of his father's character, a tt es t e d by th e e '` TO THE EDITOR OF THE COURRIER DE L'ISERE. " Paris, May 17, 1841. ieftatsisru,r—prsisoen, in your the Didier of Grenoble, I have read with ,DidLer vvi h y m o e n n r numbers of the 20th and 22d of April, he follovring slate t " 4 i o , ,s ed to t establish a kind . of jacquerie in 1816.' Chu "I, 94e r'e, that is to say, caprice armed with bad pas of nptliyiat..7c,e,:o i rganisation of a facultative massacre, insecurity i g a l o p Noe ar m _, nee the bricandage which would not be put authority would go with it ! And 'then for what would a jacquerie serve which was improvised .ei where an 1 • absen ce ' Was not j instituted? . With what object this taw .of institution and of discipline, at a time . when pro" I ," is everythin in war, when armed individualism can ,-, , • ;,ni'llee nothing in g France, especially in the plains ? Such oftr ceul d only have been the destruction of the resources •,,.. ly, : e , c molry. and the robbery of property and travellers. triag.,..a...tnrr establishing a jacquerze—y father a chief o.f • ' 16,1' 1 " • This is your language, Sir ; L and . this language is , - wore se •t . sea the serious as you are considered in this as the organ me i n,: Government. This language is the expression of 0 The servants of power ought to remember that the re t , 411 eble scaffold deserves to be respected by power above o i l and by the world afterwards, which ought to honour 4, e Martyr of a political connection. The Government ~, 1 1: 11 1Profit ed by it, as it sits through similar attempts. No, t\ ,. ‘. e m , Rut not Co have anticipated to see the memory of my ,' , _oiler attacked by such pitiful calumnies. No, I had t u ur right to expect that a journal like yours should ts,. ly, n the scaffold of my Pather to account. And if even ~„ 1 .i., ~,iYallather, without the participation of the Duke of Orleans, l''... -. to Whom he had passed, as my mother has declared *ionic, several hours in conference before the explo ,„ _ 1.10,.0f the conspiracy, might have wished to hoist Louis , , '', anon 'llin'e on the throne, was it requisite to cause the destruc fPo -. of the instruments of his elevation? Machiavel advises e! , !'. and it may be concluded that if this feeling is ungrateful u ' it a'a !'.nand new, Under a Government calling itself one of repa- N" , My father, Didier of Grenoble, the chief of brigands! ' ' tt,osasSr, he did not betray his accomplices ! He refused even Sv , IL for - clemency from the Crown, and his last request t e a ' s ...s 4 appear before Louis the Eighteenth, to whom alone Tti:yule 'make impo r t an t r evel a ti ons . M y f at h er was hot fpmi the precipitate executions, .without even Llitii r • of trial of _ his accomplices. Instead of in Y, the cry of troth was feared, which, however, the e-oeest of 'the existing Government required. The con- C o „ i ned with out i nterrogatory, without a legal and formal de s '„? e alw a y s i nnocent in the eyes of the law. This is the it,utl,r-, e":ta are of the law. Innocent were confounded with the ii—'.',.. Yoand it was the natural consequence of the illegal man-. 1;,1-44,proceeding. My father destined and promi , ed for us , a letraot papers, in which his political views were revealed, as ~. 'k b ., as a letter to the Bishop of Grenoble to be guaranteed , t t rast the seizure of them. ' These papers will be remitted: Acetat e ' said my father. They have not been so. It is unfor , r o .,_, e that tat Motte, the the defender of my father, never , .4147d1ed with airs after the 10th of June, 1816, as he was. like a „ ilat ed by the victim as Cotinel for the family. I have ten ta ' e ' l "ller• My f at h er told us that precautions had Zie ..ken to p revent that contrary opinions were molested.' r : o l l are the facts upon which he relied, and now he is a chief of vth . b 7rs• Under the eyes of the representative of authority, 20 th I ' l ' You call yourselt the ()man, two articles, one on the , ditt. , the tither on the 22d of April, have been printed and 16 61 -Hite,' by you. This insane calumny has not been denied. 111 has been done by the side of my father's tomb ! of 4 4 ,) 1 t.hplae.e, of the sojourn of my mother, in our native city. has neither prevented, stopped, nor protested against I ,_ ‘nrabliet ion. I will tell you the character of ley father. Illi„i"g,illetstrrerot.algioils, liberal, a lover of order. and monarchical. arid deny the ruling authority was only that he • 4t . l renovate nod establish. I shall speak of him further „144_Iuitre eriod. As a liberal, religious, and organising ke,a, father . was the unfortunate personification of the h t ` f a I etoch which desires ail this. Now I, his son, swear i'wla `' re ( -iod and before man that I will at no price accept the _ t _ of silence that it i 3 A % l an know how to avenge m pretend to impose upon me, and that th is More and more under this Govern'in who eiit 6ulgiht to , be golf7L eti,.! respect Neither the memory of my father ia' n e or p rn ro •• de „le'''.7N mother, nor have I, gained anything_ from this Go3vern at b ut gained This last is the most frightful of all, it is b youbefore the tribunals of my country t h at I shall force t o make amend itZt ..r. T %kb, T RAFALGAR.---The Trafalgar, 120 guns, f ro _ s been many years on the stocks, will be launched 1,"1 ` V Olwich Dockyard, on Monday, the 21st of June, estlilligi._.the annivereary of the proclamation of her Majesty letici,"n of Great Britain and Ireland, and not on the seri ,„as Great named. The Queen, Prince Albert, att end other distinguished and noble personages, 'seen the the launch of the great ship, which has been th e ,cL t o commemorate the great victory of Nelson and 06eileet under his chi/inland. The Trafalgar is to be dtv ek e l On the day a the launch in the new and spacious • , ,t i lis e ,., o a li t e t i h Y built by Mr. Rolt. The. launch will take 661,,,,, : top of high water, which will happen at it e wi "" art the 21st at about half-past three o'clock in liternoon. (Signed) " SIMON • _ COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the garden of Buckingham Palace yesterday. Viscount . Melbourne and Lord John Russell had au diences yesterday of her Majesty. Ifer Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an • ncr yesterday in a carriage and four. - His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by CoL Wylde, rode out on horseback yesterday afternoon. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the .?rincess Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough mouse. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Royal Duchess and the two Princesses, took an airing afterwards in an open carriage and four in the Parks. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen Dowager :*yesterd a y. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Viscountess Barrington, IT‘on. Miss Wheatley, Hon:Aliss Hudson, Earl Howe, Earl of Denbigh, and Sir Andrew Barnard, honoured the Italian Opera with her p resence on Thursd ay even i ng. The Duchess and the Princess Au„emsta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Baron Knese back, honoured the Countess of Cadogan with their company on;Thnrsd.ay evening at her Ladyship's resi dence in Pi rcadilly. by His Roy al Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended Major Stephens, laid the Foundation Stone of the Nest Le radon Dispensary yesterday. The 'Duke of Sussex had a select party at dinner on Thum( lay at his residence in Kensington Palace. his Royal Highness the D u k e o f C am b r i dge was present. 1 ice George of Cambridge left, town yesterday raornh ig to attend the Epsom Races. A d eputation from Manchester, consisting of the Mayor Ml:nchester, Si r Thomas Potter, Mr. Greg, M.P., -n ir• •-1 Llderman Shuttieworth, and the Town Clerk of 21antl tester, had an interview with Lord J. Russell yester day w; the Colonial -office. patches from the Cape of Good Hope and St. Hele La were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. FA S ALARMING AM) DESTRUCTIVE FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. IIRE IN BIRAIINGHAM. WHITEHALL, MAY 25, 1841. This tINGIIAbi, VILIDAY, MAY 28.—A itiost alarming and The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Dalton, of disastrous conflagration tbok place in this town last night. Dudley, in the county of Worce s t er , G e nt. to be a Master About five O'tiOdi P . 31. t h e inhabitants of B roa d -stree t, one Extraord inar y in the High Court of Chancery. of the busiest throughfares and most manufacturing districts tht town, were suddenly disturbed in their several avocations by a report that a fire had broken out upon the premises of Mr. W. Iliffe, an extensive coach-builder, carrying on business in . that locality. It a pp ears t h at a b out the h our a b ove men tioned the workmen in Mr. lliffe's employ were engaged in a yard betw een t h e front s h ow-room and the h ack wor k s h op in " ringing," as it is termed, or fixing the tire of a carriage-wheel , For this purpose it is necessary that the iron at. the time it placed around the circumference of the wheel should be red hot, and in that condition attached to the circle of woodwork Whether blameable or not is not yet ascertained, but the fire at which the tire was heated is said to have been unusually high, and communicated with a quantity of timber in a yard hnmediately adjoining, belonging to Mr. Bolton, an extensive timber -merchant. The Norwich, Birmingham, District, Bar racks, and town engines, and others belonging to various pri vate establishments, were speedily on the spot. All efforts to stay the progress of the devouring element were, however, for a time, not w ith s t an di ng th e a b un d ance o f wa t er in the neigh bourhood, comparatively unavailing. The stock of dry timber in Mr. Bolton's yard, amounting in value to about 4,5001., had by this time become almost one mass of flame, and the firemen were unable, from local difficulties, to obtain com manding situati ons f rom w hi c h th e y cou ld with efficiency discharge their engines. By this time, Mr. Commissioner Burgess, Major Shaw, Mr. G. Redfern, Superintendent Stephens, and about 200 of the police force had arrived. Seeing that the confined situation of Mr. Bolton's yard prevented the efficient working of the engines, it was determined to destroy a long outer wall 15 feet high, and every description of " battering-ram" was used for this pur pose. Unfortunately, after a protracted assault, the wall, con trary to expectation, fell outwardly, and several of the police were severely injured. One poor fellow, a labouring man, who was found cover e d w ith b r i c k ., was removed to the hos pital in a hopeless state, and others are deemed in a preca rious condition, but up to this time no death has occurred. Although the premises of Mr. Bolton received the greatest in jury, yet other inhabitants and millowners of the neighbour hood were great sufferers. A great portion of Baskerville-hall (so tarm d because of the site being formerly in the occupa tion of the celebrated Baskerville) was destroyed ; and, I re gret to say, that the chief tenant, a renter named Power, was uninsured, and will consequently be a great loser. The manu. factory of the Messrs. Phi pson , p i n-manu f acturers, a dj o i ned this building, but owing to the promptness and great presence of mind of Mr. S. Phipson, although in the most imminent danger, it sustained comparatively little damage. The great Union •reill, occupied in the rolling of metals, manu facture of glass, &e., and situated at the back of the premises of Messrs. Iliffe and Bolton, had a most extraordinary escape from destruction. Notwithstanding that a considerable space of ground intervened, and that the canal ran between the fire and this building, it was more than once on fire ; and it is said by eye-witnesses, that had it not been for the vigilant attention of a young gentleman named Lloyd, connected with one of the fire-offices, the mill must have fallen a prey to the flames. The damage done to dwelling-houses, factories, the timber yard, and other property, is estimated at from 12,000/. to 14,0001., the gr ea t er p art o f w hi c h i s i nsure d , b ut many par ties will be very heavy sufferers. So extensive a fire has not been witnessed in Birmingham, except at the riots in 1791 and 1839, by the oldest inhabitant living. The alarm which it created may be judged of from the fact th a t fi re - eng i nes came from Walsall, Dudley, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, and even from Coventry, and that all were in full play before the flames were extinguished. The number of people for a time thrown out of service by this unexpected calamity will be con siderable—and that, too, at a period when the Birmingham workpeople can ill afford to .lose one moment's employment. Trade is at the very lowest ebb, with no prospect of an influx of the tide. Quarterly Average of the Wei Bank of England, from th , May, 1841, both inclusive, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98. LIABILITIES, ASSETS. Circulation £16,615,000 Securities ..... „I:21,817,900 Deposits ~ skly Liabilities and Assets •f the ie •2d of March to the 25th of published pursuant to the Act, £23,857,000 Downing-street, May 27, 1 £26,738,000 DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN SUGDEN, machine-maker, Leeds. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN ALGAR, fishing merchant, Great Yarmouth. BANKRUPTS. RICHARD SMITH, butcher, New Suffolk-street, June 11, at one, and July 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee; Dean and Co., Fen chnrch-buildings, London. ELIZABETH FREER, bookseller, Liverpool, June 10, and July 9, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Kay, Parlow, and Aston, Manchester ; Surr, Lombard -street, London. THOMAS TAYLOR, bookseller, Liverpool, June 10 and and July 9, at three, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Kay, Barlow ' and Aston, M anchester; Surr, Lombard-street, L on d on . WILL AM CHARLES HENRY PARRY, bookseller, Liverpool, June 10 awl July 9, at two, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester; Surr, Lombard-street, London. JOHN LEA, jun., tea-dealer, Chester, June 7, and July 9, at eleven. at the Green Dragon Inn, Chester. Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London. WILLIAM NEWSOME, oil-crusher, Dewsbury, York shire, June 11, at one, and July 9, at eleven, at the Commis sioners'-rooms, Leeds. Jaques, Battye, and Edwards, Ely.. place, London ; Greaves, Derby. JAMES DICKINSON, drysalter, Bromley, Yorkshire, June 4, and July 9, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Commercial buildings, Leeds. Desborough and Young, Size-lane, London ; Scholefield, Leeds. JOHN RAMSHAY, grocer, Bradford, June 4, and July 9, at ter., at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Wagstaff, Brad ford. DEMAS SUTCLIFFE, manufacturer, Warley, Halifax, Yorkshire, June 11, at ten, and July 9, at one, at the Shaks peare Inn, Halifax. Hall, Aldermanbury, London ; Wavell, Halifax. EDWARD WOOLLEY, paper hanging manufacturer, Birmingham, June 8, at the Union Inn, and July 9, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. at twelve. Clarke and Met ca,f, , Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Colmore and Beale, Bir mingham. GEORGE POCOCK IRVING, ship-builder, Rotherhithe, June 9, and July 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Lackington, Coleman-street-buildings, official assignee ; Bur kitt, Curriers'-hall, London-wall. THOMAS RILEY, printer, Gough-square, Fleet-street, June 8, at el even , an d J u l y 9, a t t we l ve , a t the ourt of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, official-assignee, Finsbury-square ; Fletcher, Finsbury-square. JOHN WHITE, printer, Goldsmith-street, Gough square, June 9, at two, and July 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman-street.. buildings; Strutt and Galsworthy, Ely-place. ROBERT EDMUNDS, carpenter, Bennett-street, Blaek friars-road, June 9, at one, and July 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basi ngh all- sf rect, official signee ; Ashurst Cheapside. _ _ HENRY CUPPER CHURCHYARD and JOHN HOLMES, woolstaplers, Halifax, Yorkshire, June 8 and July 9, at twelve, at the White Swan Inn, Halifax. Jaques, Battye, and Edwards, Ely-place, London ; Stocks and Macaulay, Halifax. AWFUL STORM. WOKING/TAM, MAY 28.—Last night the Forest Division of Berkshire was visited by one of the most terrific thunder and hail storms which this country has ever witnessed. The sky, which for the last two dais had been unusually bright and sul try, began about ei g ht o clock in the evening to present symp • toms of a change, and to forebode the coming tempest. As the night closed in, the atmosphere became more close and oppressive, and masses of dark and threatening clouds began to collect from the south-east, illuminated almost incessantly with vivid sheets of lightning, accompanied by the meat ter• rific crashes of thunder. Up to this time there bad been no fall of any kind ; but about half-past nine— without a minute's warning—the most destructive shower of hail was discharged, that it has ever been our lot to record. We have been favoured with an account of the storm by one family who were spectators of the scene. They were sitting at the tea-table, and the servant, who had fastened the shutters in two of the rooms, was preparing to close the others, when a crash was heard, as if the side of the house had fallen in, and in an instant the shutters were burst open and the room covered with pieces of ice, many of which were found under the sofas half an hour afterwards, as large and nearly as hard as marbles. To close the shutters a second time was found to be impossible, as the lightning almost blinded those who at tempted it, and the shower of hail was irresistible. In the bed-rooms where the windows had been left open, the chairs were thrown down, the beds drenched with hailstones, and the floors covered with ice and glass. After raging in this awful manner for about twenty minutes the storm abated. The chief weight of the tempest seems to have fallen on the country between Bracknell and Reading, a distance of about 11 miles. In Bracknell and Wokingham the windows on one side of the street in each have been literally smashed in, and are likely to afford work to the glaziers for three months. At Easthamstead-park, the seat of the Marquis of Downshire, great mischief has been done to the mansion and the conser vatories. At Bill. hill, the seat of Mr. Leveson Gower, the damage is immense, nearly all the windows on one side of the house being broken. At Bear Wood 160 panes are broken on one side of the house, besides all the glass in the conservatories and skylights. At Hurst House, the residence of Sir John Con roy, the damage is said to amount to nearly 1,0001. At Sin dlesham House, the residence of Mr. T. Harman, 136 panes are broken in the house, and the glass in the conservatories quite destroyed. In the Berkshire Hospital at Reading 150 panes are bi oken; and at Purley, near Reading, we hear that in addition to other damage several cows have boon destroyed. The ravages of the storm out of doors are not less complete, and are far more distressing than within doors. The devasta tion of the crops is immense ; whole fields of beans, peas, and turnips, besides wheat, are as completely levelled as if they had been cut off by a seithe, and several small farmers will probably be ruined. The flower gardens present a most melancholy spectacle, being completely strewed with the wrecks of their late luxuriance, and the shoots of the young forest trees are in many places quite cut off. The visitation has certainly been most awful, and will be long and painfully remembered. We are thankful to add, that we have not heard of the loss of any lives, nor of the occurrence of any personal injury. The following fatal accident occurred in Hyde-park during the thunder storm on Thursday evening. Shortly before nine o'clock the signal being given for the persons waiting to bathe to enter the waters of the Serpentine, a party, among whom was a young man named John Marshall, 22 y ears o f age, re siding at No. 3, Lenny-court, Museum-street, Bloomsbury, went into the water. From the time of their doing so the lightning continued to increase in vividness, and some of the party becoming alarmed, made for the shoe, followed by their companions, except the deceased. His absence was, however, not observed until they had dressed, when his name was called several times, and no answer being returned, fears were en tertained that he had been struck by the electric fluid and had sunk. Information of the circumstance was accord ingly immediately communicated to the officers of the Royal Humane Society, who are stationed on the river at bathing time, who instantly commenced dragging ; but no one being able to point out the spot where the unfortunate young man had gone down, full a quarter of an hour elapsed before the body was got up by Knight, the chief boatman, by whom it was promptly conveyed to the receiving -house, and the usual means of resuscitation employed, but without effect, life being quite extinct. The body was subsequently removed to St. George's Workhouse, in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, where it awaits a coroner's inquest. Some idea may be formed of the powerful effects of the electric fluid, when it is stated that of the fine row of plane trees on the north side of the Serpentine, 13 or 14 have had nearly the whole of their foliage literally burnt up, and on the south side several of the splendid elms have had limbs nearly the thickness of a man's body torn off and severed from the trunks. On Thursday night, during the storm of thunder and light ning, a man, named William Taylor, a hairdresser, in Red Cross-street, Southwark, while sitting smoking his pipe at his shop-door, was observed to fall suddenly off his chair on the pavement. He was immediately lifted up by some persons, who carried him into the house, and it was there discovered by his friends that, although he received no external injury, yet that he was suddenly deprived of his speech and hearing, and has remained in that condition ever since. He has, however, the use of his faculties, and by signs and what he has written down on paper he attributes the awful visitation to the shock his nerves sustained by a vivid flash of lightning, which he de scribes as having rendered him insensible for some minutes. On Thursday night, Brighton was visited by a violent storm of thunder, lightning, oud rain. It first broke over the sea, and then came over the town. The storm was truly alarming for upwards of an hour, and it is said to have been only equalled by that in which the chain pier was so much damaged. No serious accident or damage was heard of. JAMES KIPPAX, omnibus proprietor, Lockwood, York shire, June 10 and July 9, at ten, at the White Lion Inn, Ha lifax. Wiglesworth, RidPdale, and Craddock, Gray's Inn square, London; Stansfeld, Craven, and Rankin, Halifax. RICHARD SOUTHEE, innkeeper, Hertford, Jun 3, at two, and July 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee ; Dimmock, Sise-lane. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Phipp, bookseller, Southampton-row, June 18, at half past ten —T. Blay, brush maker, Bermondsey-street, June 18, at half.past twelve—J. H. Cunnew, victualler, Fenchurch street, June 18, at ene—J. W. Callaway, linen draper, Wo burn, Bedfordshire, June 18, at half-past eleven—J. Fearnley, ironmonger, Hampstead, June 18, at half-past one—H. Wright, jun. and J. Clarke, builders, Liquorpond-street, June 21, at twelve—C. and P. Knight, salesmen, Ivy-lane, New gate-market, Juno 19, at twelve—L. Munn, paper manufac turer, Solesbridge, Hertfordshire, June 19, at eleven. In the Country. J. and J. Moss, dyers, Smedley, Lancashire, June 22, at eleven, at the ommissioners'-rooms, Manchester—J. Ri chard,on, merchant, North Shields, June 21, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—G. A. Cator, wool merchant, Leeds, June 25, at ten, at the Commis sioners'-rooms, Leeds—J. Bentham, grocer, Sunderland, June 21, at one, at Horner's Commercial Hotel, Sunderland— R. Judd, draper, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, June 21, at two, at the George Hotel, Melton Mowbray—J. Pope and J. Breech, brush makers, Manchester, June 22, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester —J. Burlinson, uphol sterer, Sunderland, June 21, at three, at the Thompson's Arms, Sunderland—J. J. Bulman, oil merchate, Newcastle-upon. Tyne, June 21, at two, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Jackson, corn merchant, King's Lynn, Norfolk, June 25, at one, at the Duke's Head Inn, King's Lynn—G. C. Cawood, tobacconist, Sunderland, June 21, at one, at the Thompson's Arms Inn, Sunderland—J. Bishton, E. Kempson W. J. Jellicore, and W. Callum, i ron masters, near Wolverhampton, June 21, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Wolverhampton. CERTIFICATES—JUNE 18. D. Meadows, fish dealer, Gloucester—P.- Crompton, iron monger, Liverpool—B. Brough, brewer, Pontypool, Monmouth shire—R. Tilburn, auctioneer, Noncaster—T. Fitkin, jun., omnibus proprietor, Turnham- green—W. Tombloson, tavern keeper, Stoke Newington—H. Lamb, grocer, Manchester— M. Newby, merchant, Northampton—J. Wilson, licen'ed vic tualler, Toxteth-park, Lancashire—J. Taylor, picture dealer, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Lovelace and J. Jones, tailors, Leadenhall-street—C. and W. Forster, blacksmiths, Brandon, Suffolk—S. Warden and J. Goslin, brick makers, Fleetwood, Lancashire—W. W. Platt and G. Yates, millwrights, Salford Iron Works-_T. and S. Greenfield, grocers, Petworth, Sussex—G. Murfin, S. Per kins, G. Plummer, jun., and W. Hoyle, machine makers, Leeds—J. and R. Kershaw, cotton spinners, Ashton-under- Lyne—W. Card and R. Scott, musical instrument manufac turers, Quadrant, Regent-street—G. I. Soper and W. Ri chards, printers, Devonport—C. W. and E. Jones, brass founders, Pillgwenlly, Monmouthshire—G. Thompson, J. An derson, and H. Wilson, chain manufacturers, South Shields (so far as regards G. Thompson)—M. Johnson and W. Timothy, carpet warehousemen, High-street, Shoreditch—J. Goodier, J. Goodier, J. W. Fairclough, T. Blackburne, J. Kirfoot, jun., J. Tarleton, G. Littlewood, and J. Barritt, steam packet proprietors, Liverpool—W. Dyson and J. Crosley, wine mer chants, Leeds—W. Webb and J. Thompson, auctioneers, Bir mingham—R. Atkinson and H. Baxter, wine merchants, St. Mary-at-Hill—J. T. Gardner and E. Welchman, surgeons, Southam, Warwickshire—R. Field and D. M. Ford, ware housemen, Cheapside—H. Ca.lon M. W. Livermore, a nd H. W. Caslou, lett er founders, Chiswelkstreet—G. bteadman and T. Ellen, coal merchants, Greenwich. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. WM. and GEORGE HUTTON and CO., power-loom cloth manufacturers, Glasgow, June 2 and 23, at two, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. WILLIAM RUTHVEN, merchant, Dundee, May 31 and June 21, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. MATTHEW MAXWELL, manufacturer, Paisley, June 4 and 25, at one, at the Writing Chambers of Andrew and Semple, Paisley. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the Returns made in the week ending the 25th day of May, 1841, is 395. 114 d. per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties•of customs paid or payable thereon on the importa tion thereof into Great Britain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arr ivals.—Plantagenet, Domatt, from Bengal, off Penzance, sailed 22d January, Cape 21st March, St. Helena sth April ; True Briton, Consitt, from Madras, off Plymouth, sailed Fe bruary, St. Helena 2d April. Arrivals at St. Helena.—Mary Balmer, Cant, March 27 from Bombay, and 29th to Liverpool ; Dover, Austin, 29th from Bengal, and sailed 31st to Boston ; Tar, 29th from Ben gal, and sailed 29th to Bristol ; Jessie Logan, Major, 30th from Bengal, and sailed 30th to Cork ; Princess Charlotte, King, 30th from Bombay, and sailed 30th to Liverpool ; Ad miral Tromp, Keikhooen, 31st from Batavi a , and sa il e d 2d April to Am s t er d am ; Auguste and Meline, Mc3er, 31st from Bengal, and sailed Ist April to Bremen ; Connecticut, Broker, Ist April from whaling ; Vlaspandel, Uil, Ist from Batavia, and sailed to Rotterdam ; Anne Metcalfe, Rogers, from Ben gal, and sailed to Shields ; Woodman, Good, 2d from Boni. bay, and sailed 3d to Liverpool ; Jaraan, Van Dugn, from Java, and sailed 3d to Amsterdam ; Oud Nederland, Kuiper, from Java, and sailed 3d to Rotter dam ; Rattler, Brown, 2d from Zanzibar, and sailed 2d to Salem ; Mayflower, Colt, 2d from whaling, and sailed 2d to New Bedford ; Isabella Cooney, Gillies, 3d from Bengal, and sailed 4th to Liverpool ; Azie, Doodenhuis, 4th from Mau ritius to Middleburgh ; Cherokee, M'Kellar, 4th from Bengal, and sailed sth to Liverpool; Amazon, Smith, 4th from wha ling to Fanhaven ; Iron Duke, Jeffries, sth from Bengal, and sailed sth to Liverpool. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—The Sandade, Lieutenant Woodgate in charge, March 14, from the coast of Brazil, detained by her Majesty's ship Grecian ; Emma, Watts, and Alary, Reid, 4th, from Algoa Bay; George the Fourth, Ward, 20th, from London. Departures, from Table Bay-_ The Rockliffe, Harrison, March 13, to Ceylon ; Couch, to Algoa Bay ; Greyhound, Hutchinson, 14th, to China; Gratitude, 14th, to Algoa Bay. Arrival in Simon's Bay—George, Donaldson, March 15, from London and Rio de Janeiro. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, NAY 29. —Wind this day at noon light breeze from N.W. DEAL, MAY 25. —Wind S. W. moderate. —A rrived the True Briton, Consitt, from Calcutta ; John Pixie, Calcutta. Arrived from the River, Standerings for Sydney, Frankland, Calcutta; Romulus, Antigua; Lotus, Barbadoes ; Carib, Sierra Leone. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28. —Wind, light.—Arrived the Ca pand►a, from Stettin. Sailed the Magnolia, for Singapore; Chaos, New Orleans. SALcomez, NAY 28.—Arrived the Janette from Antwerp to Guernsey, was fallen in with abandoned and with loss of mizen mast and bowsprit off the Start by sonic pilot boats. PLYMOUTH, MAY 28.—Arrived off, the St. James, from New York, sailed the 3d instant. FALMOUTH, MAY 27.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived her Ma jesty's ship Reindeer, from Sheerness. MILFoan MAY 27.—Arrived the Hope, from Gl asgow, fo r Swansea, lea ky, having struck on a rock off Donaghadee. HOLYHEAD, MAY 27.—Arrived off, the Jane, Pennington, from Charente, with loss of foretopmast, Scc. CORK. MAY 26.—Arrived the Ann and Jane, from Bar badoes, sailed the 26th ult. .ATIONAL SOCIETY.—On Thursday the an nual meeting of this society took place in the Central School room, Sanctuary, Westminster, and was very numerously at tended. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided. Among the company were the Bishops of London, Winchester, Hereford, Lichfield, St. David's Bangor, Gl ouces t er an d Bristol, Ripon, N orw i c h ; Lords David's, Sandon, Kenyon, Euston, Ashley, Radstock, Bandon, Bayning, Harrow by ; Deans of Chichester, St. Asaph, Salisbury, Ripon, Hereford ; Archdeacons Macdonald, Manning, Wilberforce, Austin ; Hon. and Rev. Sirs H. Dukenfeld, H. Powys, R. Eden, A. Phipps; Ladies F. Egerton and Sandon, Hon. Miss Stanley, and Mrs. Drummend ; Rev. Doctors Williams, Stoddart, Walmeiley, Shepherd, D'Oyley, Griffiths, Benson, Spry ; Dr. Kay, Harry Chester, Esq. ; Principal of King's College ; Pro fessor Browne, King's College ; Reverends J. E. Taylor. 11. H. Nprris, L. Boone, E. Hawkins, A. M. Campbell, J. Jen nings, John Allen, J. F. Cook, H. H. Milman, _.Buess Sir , G. Sinclair, M.P. ; Sir R. Inglis, M.P. _• G. Knight, Esq., M. P.; R. Ingham,.Esq., M.P. ; J. Round, Esq., M.P. The children of the school having been examined by the Lord Bishop of London in Scripture history, arithmetic, and the art of singing, with whose performances his Grace expressed himself much satisfied, the report was read, b y which it ap peared that during, the past year 556 grants for schools in con nection with the established Church had been made by the Government and the Society, the amount of which was 34,0061., and the number of scholars accommodated 96,291. In 18.39 the number of schools was 6,778, and the number of scholars 597,911. Her Majesty having been pleased t o all ow parochial collectisns in behalf of the Society; the amount raised by su c h means in the past year was 26,5271. which was collected at 8,015 different places. The meeting was addressed by Lord Radstock, Archdeacon Man n i ng, the Bishop of Ripon, L or d A s hley, and several other ge n tl emen. p'pribd w The Bathith n airs: v air at Cheddar and Abridge ; they ore us tine as thOse grown near P e p za nee,,and,the price is about one' Kai off, new potatoes Bristol markets a re a b undantlV suthat are grown in th e * Ope n what is - chatddtithe'Cornish potatoes.-:-/A1 LEITH, MAY 26.—Arrived the Catharine, Gardner, from Grenada; William Large, Hobbs, Jamaica. HULL, MAY 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Latma, Sutton, from Smyrna. DUNGENESS, MAY 27.—Arrived off, the Heloise, from Bremen, for Singapore. SYORNAWAY, MAY 22.—The Leda, from Glasgow to Stettin, has put in here leaky, and has been hauled ashore to be surveyed. HAYLE, MAY 26.—The schooner Eliza, in leaving the har bour this morning, got ashore, but is expected off this even ing's tide, after discharging part of her cargo. ..lEGAVISSEY, MAY 25. —The upper part of the stern of a vessel marked " Preston, Yarmouth," and covered with bar nacles, has been picked up off here. LOCHMADDY, MAY 22.—A part of the stern of a vessel, marked William and Ann, apparently not long in the water, has been trashed ashore in this island. HAYNIARKET THEATRE.--The play of The Stranger was performed here last night, Mr. C. Kean appear ing, for the first time in London, in that character. There was, it may be serviceable to remark, an occasional indistinct.. ness in his self-communings, amounting, in fact, to inaudibi lity, which it would be well for him in future to correct. In his personation of this character, Mr. Kean mere than ordinarily reminded us of his father, and we observed that he was always most applauded where he most resembled his " g rea t or i g i na l . " Miss Ellen Tree (also for the first time) appeared as Mrs. Haller, and by the touching tones of her voice—the appropriate energy and feeling with which she sustained the c h arac t er thrmi g h out , i mparte d no t on ly a deep interest on the passing scene, but excited also a warm sympathy for the fate and former frailties of the fair penitent—as the sobs of the audience but too surely evinced. The other parts were carefully performed. STATE of TRADE.—Wp are sorry to learn that above one-half of the calico printers in the Vale of Leven are at present idle,._ Glasgow Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1811, LITERATURE. YOUNG'S POETICAL WORKS. In the present ith Number on, of lB4l Smith's Standard Sm, Lond . Library, we have the whole of Youngs poems, print e d in a distinct and elegant type, on. excel lent pape r , an d pr i ced at only five shillings. Such a c h eap and compact edition will, We hop?, cause the works of one of the finest poets in the language, to be mo r e generally read than : they are at pr esent; for though highly popular half a century ago, there is no question that of late years Young has been undeservedly neglected. We are surprised at this neglect, and can only attribute it to that rage fbr the homely and the simple ----that for some time . past has been gradually creeping in among us. Un doubtedly Y oung is very often a stiff, formal, mo notonous writer, too fond of spoiling his noblest passages by point and antithesis; but he abounds in b eaut i es of the hi g h est an d rarest order; and, when lie pleases, can be as natural and unaffected as could be desired. No man, not even Shakspeare himself, has penned more quotable single lines, or struck out more original ideas. His pathos, for which he used to be Praised by contemporary critics, has never struck us as remarkable ; but his moral reflections evince great vigour and depth of thought, and arc expressed in language worthy of them. As a satirist, Swift very justly said of him, that he should either have been more malicious Or more good-natured; and as a dramatist, his " lie venge"—whose chief character is a cold, stately, scholastic imitation oflago—still keeps possession of the stage. • THE BISHOP. How and Parsons, London, 1841. This is a series of prose letters address2d, as we are informed in the preface, "by a lay friend to a recently-appointed bishop," and containing many sound and serviceable hints on the subject of the duties of prelates. The idea of the work was suggested by Mr. Taylor's " Statesman," and is likely to be popular among clerical readers. ROKEBY. Smith, London, 1841. We have here a republication of Walter Scott's poem of Rokeby, complete in one cheap octavo Number. The edition is one of the handsomest we have yet seen of this poem. CHAPTERS ON CHURCHYARDS. Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1841. A republication, in one neat duodecimo vo, lame, of a series of prose tales and sketches, that appeared several years since, in the pages cy Blackwood's Magazine. The author is Mrs Southey, late Miss Caroline Bowles. WOOLWICH-FRIDAY. ROYAL ARTILLERY. GENERAL ORDER, MAY 26. Two instructors in fortification being required at the Royal Military Academy. t' e Master-General has desired the same to be made known in t.,,r0-ral Orders, that those Officers of the Royal Artillery who may be desirous of filling the situa tions may offer themselves as candidates. The salary will be ss. per diem, with quarters, or the usual allowance in lieu thereof, according to the military rank of the individuals holding the appointments. Officers who are desirous to propose themselves as candi dates will signify their wishes to Major-General Sir George Whitmore, K. C. H., the Lieut.-Governor of the Academy. (Signed) H. D. ROSS, Colonel, Deputy Adjutant-General. GENERAL ORDER, MAY 26. The Master-General has approved of the following altera tions in the dress and necessaries of the Royal Artillery, viz., 1. The white trowsers to be discontinued on home service, but on Companies embarking for warm climates two pair of white drill trowsers are to be supplied to each soldier as a part of his kit, and for use at the station to which the Company may be sent. 2. The present seap-bag to be replaced by one of oiled silk. 3. A hair-brush to be added to each soldier's necessaries. 4. An improved set. of straps for the knapsack and great coat (to supersede those now in use) to be supplied; patterns of which, and the foregoing articles, are lodged in-the office of the commandant. 5. The badge on the knapsack to be done away with, and the knapsack in future to be plain black. (Signed) H. D. ROSS, Colonel, Deputy Adjutant-General. GARRISON ORDERS, MAY 26. Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield is much gratified in conveying to the garrison Lieutenant-General Sir Hussey Vivian's perfect satisfaction and high commendation of the troops in the performance of the several duties yesterda3, as well as their soldier-like appearance on parade. The general court-martial, of which Colonel Cleveland, royal artillery, is president, have closed their proceedings, and the officers have been'placed on garrison duty. GARRISON ORDERS, MAY 27. Lieutenant-Gener a l L or d Bloomfield was honoured by his Royal Highness Prince Albert's commands to express to the garrison her most gracious Majesty's high gratification at the appearance of the troops at her reception this day. MAY 28.—The regiment was paraded under arms this morn ing to witness the sentence of a general court-martial carried into execution on Gunner and Driver E. Ga.e, of the Ist bat. talion, who received a corporal punishment of 150 lashes for re peatedly making away with his regimental necessaries. This man will shortly be discharged as unworthy to remain in the corps. The contract for conveying out the Brazilian mails has been taken, we learn, by a firm at Bristol. It is in tended that the steamers shall run to the Brazils from Lisbon, to which port the bags and the passengers will be conveyed by the Peninsular steam-boats. DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT WESTER/1.-- This noble vessel sailed from King-road at half-past one o'clock on Thursday. She hat 42 passengers, chiefly ladies, who were all in the highest spirits. She has a valuable cargo of silks, and 24,0001. in specie. The day was beautifully fine, and the wind fair, and bets are made that she will make the voyage in days. BIRTH OF A GIRAFFE.—On Thursday after noon the Giraffe, at the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's Park, brought forth a fine male. The mother and the offspring are doing remarkably well. THE PITT CLUB.—The triennial comtnemo- ration of William Pitt took place last night at the Merchant Tailors' Hall. The Earl of Eldon presided at the dinner, and was supported by the Earl of Harewood, the Earl of Win chilsea, and Lord Kenyon. Several Members of the House of Commons also attended on the occasion, and altogether some 150 gentlemen took their places at the tables. TIIE CROPS.—The wheats are growing beauti fully, and are very forward. Some of them last week began to acquire a tint of yellow, but the last few warm days have so greatly revived them, as to excite hopes of an abundant har vest. Lent corn of all descriptions never looked better, and the green crops are heavier than they have been for several 3 ears. The grass land is equally luxuriant; indeed, the hay crops may be said to cover their respective patches of country as closely as a fleeee._Maidstone Gazette. TOE STEAM COMMUNICATION TO DIEPPE AND HASTINGS.—It is understood the Railroad Company in tend to run a steamer from Brighton to Dieppe. Hitherto the Steam Navigation Company have been allowed a msnopoly by the Pier Company, who, until now, have given them the ex clusive right of landing passengers at the pier-head. A steamer will also run from Brighton to Hastings, thus forming a very agreeable means of communication between these fashionable watering-places. A public meeting will be held this evening at the Horns Tavern, Kennington-common, for the purpose of ob taining a grant of land for a park or public walks on the south side of the metropolis. DEATH FROM LOCK JAW.—On Friday an in quest was held at Kensington Gravel-pits on the body of George Saville, a greengrocer, at Notting-hill, who died from the effects of tetanus, or lock jaw. It appeared from the evi dence of the witnesses that the deceased about a fortnight ago accidentally ran a nail into the sole of his right foot. He paid no attention to it at the time, but some days afterwards finding it sore applied a poultice to it, which was, however, of no avail, and on Sunday last lock jaw ensued, when medical assis tance was called in. Every effort, however, to alleviate his suffering was of no avail, and he died on Wednesday last. Ver dict, " Died from the effects of tetanus, or lock jaw." FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREEN WICH RAlLWAY.—Yesterday afternoon, as the train which leaves the terminus at the Greenwich end at a cuarter before - three o'clock, reached that part of the line which crosses Blue Anchor-lane, :Bermondsey, and wh ere the jur.ction of the Brighton and Croydon line unite with the Greenwich, tha engine came furiously in contact with a post which had incau tiously been left across the tramway. The wheels of the engines and tender passed safely over the post, but the iron which attaches the tender to the train was broken by the col lision, and the carriages thrown off the line. the train continued its way some distance without the engine and tender. The conductor, whose name is John Nash, was thrown from his seat, and part of the train passed over him. He was picked up immediately after the accident, with one leg broken and many severe contusion s of the body, and conveyed without delay to Guy's Hospital. One of the men employed by the contractors for finishing the London ter minus of the Brighton Railway, frightened at the danger he was in, made a leap over the parapet of one of the arches, and fell into the grounds of a market gardener. The first carriage of the train was twisted round upon the partly-finished arches of the Brighton line. The poor fellow was precipitated from the top of the wall to the garden ground bensath, about thirty feet, and was much injured and dreadfully frightened. He also was conveyed to the same hospital. Fortunately there were no passengers in the first carriage, which has received damage to the amount of only a few pounds. The post was one of a number brought up by the trains from Deptford for the purpose of making a temporary fence on the side next the Brighton line, and ought to have been removed immediately on its being thrown down. The train, after a short time, proceeded to the terminus. Nash, the conductor, has since had his leg amputated, it being so dreadfully fractured as to admit of no cure. the English schooner, Hope, of B r i stol, CALAIS, MAY 26.—Yesterday morn i ng, at three o'clock, Tucker, commander, came on shore about two leagues to the eastward of this place, owing to the thick w ea th er. She was laden with stones, and bound to Chester. This is not the only accident to be deplored. On the same day at one o'clock, p.m., a fine three-masted vessel, the Henry Wellesley, Captain Castles, came on shore near the same spot. It is true that the weal her was foggy, and the wind blew strong from the eastward, but how it should happen that a vessel bound for Hobart Town, manned with 17 hands, and having only left a w n e d r were otherwise, on b d the river the same morning, should find herself so much out of her course, is extraordinary. The French say that the pilot, an Englishman, who was onboard, deserves to be banged. This is too severe, but certainly there must have been great this The inor n t i h n r g e hpassengerss h i w g ho h were got on shore safely ; but one of the crew unfortunately neglect somewhe d re. fell from the yar hurt himself, and, in falling , seriously i n ju r ed a French car penter who had come on board. Both were taken to ti.e hos pital, but without hopes of recovery for the sailor. It appears there are some doubts whether the vessels will be got off. w oß „ sop. The hayharvest has already com menced in this neighbourhood. On Tuesday last, twelve men were hard at work in one of time floo‘i field; belong.- ing to k.zrti,cellle - Duke of eatting d ownm i,, of most lu•turiii* props we ever witneused!7 • • - • --.-61 fr ter 'Gazette: - " iIiCOINT_D EDITION PE A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock this afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. All the Ministers were present. The Court will leave town on Monday next for Wind sor Castle. SPIRIT of thelrUl3LIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPZRS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE. --The speech of Mr. Ingham affords shrewd indications of what the Tories have to expect in quar ters connected with commerce. The Hon. 'Gentleman appears to have no mind to present himself anew to the constituency of North Shields, with the stigma of having voted for Sir Robert Peel's motion. He has been in the habit of acting with Opposition on recent occasions ; but he cannot afford to do so now with any satisfaction to himself—or to the worthy and independent electors of the borough of North Shields. This is a salutary symptom of commercial secession from the side of Tory ism ; as was the language of Lord Worsley of agricul tural " want of confidence."—" "What security," said the Noble Lord, " have the agriculturists that he will not alter the Corn-laws, when they see Sir George Murray, a leading Member of his late Cabinet, seeking the suffrages of the electors of Manchester, upon the assu rance that he is favourable to a low fixed duty on corn— when they saw last year his brother-in-law, Mr. Dawson, ready to throw the Corn-laws overboard altogether, for the sake of catching a dozen or two of votes at Devon port ?" Thus, while landed members of the Liberal party have no solid motive for deserting their political friends on the present occasion, mercantile men, even those whose leanings are towards the side of the Opposition, have every motive for postponing party to national and commercial interests. And these symptoms afford the strongest justification of Ministers for the decided course they have now taken on the great questions under discussion. That course, as Lord John Russell stated and proved (and as our own Madrid correspondence proved), was not taken on the mere spur of the moment—on the mere impulse of defeat. It was taken on a deliberate view of the state of finance and commerce. That view had been prepared, and the pub lic prepared to respond to it, by the publication of the valuable Report of the Import Duties Committee. The party in the State Who give their support to the pre sent Government rejoice to see its leaders identified with the cause of commercial and industrial freedom. And now, forsooth, it is made an imputation upon their conduct, that they have identified themselves with that cause. It is an unfair advantage that they take of the Opposition—when they agitate the country for free trade in corn, timber, and sugar ! If it is an unfair advantage, it is an advantage. How does that tacit admission con sist with the other charge brought against Ministers, that they have made a sham demonstration in a notoriously hopeless cause ? How would it suit a great party to identify itself with such a cause ? The Whigs have been said, of old time, to build walls to knock their own heads against. They did so, much to their honour—but the walls stood—and the Tories finished them ! The firm of Peel, Copley, and Co. contracted for the work, on the lowest terms, after the Whig builders h a d b een un f a i r l y choused out of the job. So it may be on the present occasion ; although we will wish and hope otherwise. If the substance of the present measures is carried, within a short period, whoever is Minister,—the present Ministers will be more than justified for having introduced them as they have done. LAUNCH OF THE SOLWAY.—On Friday, the ship-building yard of Mr. J, Crawftrds dyke, Greenock, presented an interesting and animated appearance. The colossal Solway, of 1,871 tons, on the ways, ready to be launched into the sea, was a powerful attraction to thousands of the inhabitants. At twelve o'clock noon this gigantic steam-ship commenced sliding down the ways in fine style; but from the want of water her keel stuck in the mud. With the assistance of an additional steamer, she was safely moored next tide at the East India Quay. This is the first of the ten steam-frigates, belonging to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which has yet been built of British and African oak, and with diagonal iron and wood fastenings, from stem to stern, as is done in her Majesty's steam-frigates.—Edin burgh Evening Courant. BOROUGH OF STROUD ANTI-CORN-LAW DEMONSTRITION.—We have to congratulate the respec table inhabitants of Stroud on the prompt steps they have taken to wipe away the stain which the proceedings of their Anti-Corn-law meeting on Thursday last affixed to their character as a liberal constituency. It would indeed be strange if the electors of Stroud should be willing to stultify their own choice, by opposing the po licy of their representative, now when his liberal con duct has proved him more than ever worthy of their support. We have not been so unjust as to blame the ge neral body of Reformers fur the acts of a few misguided men. We know it is easy for men to raise an outcry, and lift "their most sweet voices" at a public meeting, who have no stake in 'the town, nor interest in its prosperity. Yet a public meeting havin&• been called, and the pro ceedings perverted from their only real purpose, it was necessary for the honest Anti-Corn-law Reformers to devise some means to male? their voice heard in unison with the rest of the nation at this important crisis, and accordingly this evening a meeting was held in the Sub' scription Room, for the purpose of passing resolutions, and agreeing to a petition to the House of Commons in favour of the Ministerial proposition. This proceed ing comes very opportunely at the pres en t moment , pend ing the discussion of Sir Robert Peel's motion of want of confidence in Ministers—a motion evidently brought forward by the Tories to avoid being forced to commit themselves before the country on this important ques tion. On the motion of Mr. Partridge, Mr. Parsons was called to the chair. After several spirited and intel ligent speeches had been made, a petition to the House of Commons in favour of the Ministerial Corn-law and Commercial Reforms, was agreed to.—Cheltenimm Exa miner. STANDARD.—AII the arguments of the Ministerial speakers in the debate commenced on Thursday go to es tablish this one position—that it is no longer necessary for the Ministers of the Crown to possess the confidence of the House of Commons ; and the Reform Bill it is which is thus charged with having deprived the people of any efficient share in directing the government of the country. Years have passed since Sir Robert Peel pre ' dieted that he and his friends would have to defend the substance of the Reform Bill against the assaults of its author, and often within those years has he nobly realised the prediction : at present, his honourable task is to defend not only its substance, but its chaeacter. If the effect of the Reform Bill has been to enable the Crown to continue an Administration in which the representatives of the people repose no trust, then is the Reform Bill the most fatal inroad upon na tional liberty that. ever was made, or even attempted, in this country. A remark of the Duke of Welling ton, directed against the Bill in question has been, we know, quoted in support of the hypothel3, that the Reform Rill has wrought the deadly change assigned to it. • "How," asked the illustrious Duke, "is tlms Kin ;'s Government to be carried on after you have passed this Bill ?" What was the answer ? Did any of the sup porters of the Reform Bill say, "As it may please the King, without regard to the will of the representatives of the people ?" Oh no ; if such had been the answer, the doom of the Reform Bill had been sealed on the inste.at. The reply, and, as we thought at the time, and still think, the satisfactory and conclusive reply, was, " That the Kings of the line of Hanover may be trusted as wishing :to govern well, and the people of England may be trusted as not disposed to vexatiously, or perversely, embar rass a good Government." Certain it is, that no sup porter of the Reform Bill dared to threaten from it a Government carried on in defiaiice of the manifest distrust of the House of Commons. That the Duke of Wellington himself contemplated no • such outrage upon the Constitution is proved by the form of • his question ; still more clearly proved by his resignation upon the very first refusal of the House of Commons to sanction a measure proposed by the _Government of which he was a me m b er . Hi s Grace, no doubt, . overrated the danger of the Refor m Bill`'; this' vas a very different thing from recommending an implicit adoption of that, the worst consequence of 'which he thought he foresaw as certain to flow from it: The course of events has proved that the illustrious Duke was in error in his distrust of the good sense of the people of England. The late elections have shown that Englishmen know the value of good government, and the evil of that government which is not good ; and let a general election come to-morrow, and it is by no doubtful return, by no "measuring-cast majority," that the people will ensure to themselves the benefit of good government. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE INFERNAL 31A.cmsE.—Mr. Brooks, at our late Anti-Corn-law tea party, gave a new name to the sliding scale, when he called it the infernal machine. We hope the name will be generally aiopted by the anti-bread-tax party. This will undoubtedly be doing an injustice to the inventor of the Parisian infernal machine. Fieschi compassed the death of fifteen persons only, whilst the sliding inven tion of which Sir R. Peel is the patron, has subjected hundreds of thousands to the lingering torments of star vation. The sliding scale is such a perfect scheme of legalized murder and robbery, that we oncelleard a quaint .• man express his doubts, at a public meeting, whether it vits•teally of human invention,' or Whether it had . not •sprungfrom the nether world. The bread taxers knoW its Origin; and they have a congefiial love for its infernal nttrihtites: They will cling to . it to the death, and if , driven•-by the indignation of the - country to withdraw it fora moment from sight, they. will endeavour, like • the scared reptile that 'swallows its venomous progeny; to cast it up again. We - .were prepared for Sir Robert Peel's declaration in favour of the infernal machine. • He has given himself over to. the bread taxers.. He is from this time the pledged 'enemy of the people - of this. country. Ile and his followers are political Ishmaelites ; their hands are in every honest man's pocket. Let all who desire to escape their plunder nerve their hearts for the coining election, when the cry must be, "Down with Peel ! down with his followers ! down with their infernal machine, the sliding scale ! — Anti-Bread-Tax Circular. GOSSIP OF THE HERALD.-LORD EBRING TON'S MARRIAGE.-The happy day of the Viceroy's nuptials s not yet publicly known. According to some rumours, they will not take place till the fate of the Ministry is decided, but it is more generally thought that his Excellency will not suffer any Ministerial division to create a matrimonial one, or the destiny of her Majesty's advisers to control his own. As it is not every day that a chief Governor falls in love, it may be in teresting to some readers to know the manner in which the arrows of Cupid pierced the heart of Lord Ebrington. He was partaking of the hospitalities of Mrs. Putland, at Bray, enjoying the delights of a fete cliampetre, some short time ago, when a thunder-storm arose. The illustrious guest fled for shelter to a tree—an oak of the forest. It so happened that Lady Somerville retreated to the same place of shelter. The storm con tinued for an hour—the fair lady became alarmed—his Excel lency consoled. her, and appeased her fears. An agreeable tete-a-tete ensued despite the rain and thunder, and in that hour, tempestuous in weather but felicitous in love, the vene rable and sedate Lord Ebrington became enamoured of the beautiful enchantress. It is also not a little singular, that Sir W. Somervile offered the lady his hand before his father, Sir Marcus, proposed to make her the partner of his life; but she declined the honour, and took Sir Marcus " for better for worse." Some years after the death of Sir Marcus, the Hon. Hugh Fortesoue, son of Lord Ebrington, sought the honour of relieving hot ladyship from the weeds of widow hood, but she politely rejected his amatory offer. Lord Ebrington addressed her, and she consented to become his wife. This rejection of two sons, and acceptence of two fathers, has given rise to much amusing chit-chat in the fashionable circles here. . . The " Want-of. Confidence" motion, by which the Tories hoped to burk the Corn-law discussion, is likely to prove a failure. It is - confidently stated that Ministers will have a majority. If this be the case— and we deem it very probable--the wily Baronet will have done good service to the Ministry and to the people's cause ;he will have afforded time—at rresent most essential to success—in which the necessary ar rangements for the coming contest may be made, and the people prepared for meeting the advocates of monopoly at the hustings, and by defeating them there, insure the destruction of monopoly.-;--- Globe. Lon D LYNEDOCII.—The following anecdote speaks volumes for the urbanity and kindness of the veteran. An old soldier, a pensioner, who had served in the Peninsular war, and in many instances fought under his Lordship's imme diate command, is now living in Malta. A short time ago, en the anniver sary o f t h e battle of Bus aco , h e wa it e d on his Lord ship and presented him with an orange branch ; his Lordship was delighted with the attention thus paid him by a fellow ve teran of that well-fought field, and sent him a token to drink his health. On Thursday last his Lordship actually ordered his horse and rode to St. Giuseppe to visit the old soldier, when to his astonishment, gratitude, and delight, his Lordship condescended to converse for upwards of half an hour " fight ing o'er again thei r h ar d -earne d fame. " Such acts as these must endear the memory of an old commander, and nrove worthy of imitation to those of the present day.—Malta chro nicle, May 13. MEETING OF REFORMERS TO ADDRESS THE QUEEN.—CORN, SUGAR, AND TIMBER DUTIES. — A meeting of the Reformers of Belfast, says the Ne f u: r Letter, was held yesterday in Devlin's Great-room:, . 1, the purpose of considering the " propriety of forw r an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty t t h o e to the nation by a dissolution of Parliament on measures of Government; previously fi accepting the . r appeal measures of mercantile policy lately introduced.by the Ministers." Resolutions in conformity lion' were unanimously adopted. Between 8 and 9 PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.— with es th l e requisi- George's Chapel, Windsor, were enga e ge r o'clock on Monday morning last, while th d e ringers g th er e s b e e f lf S ry t • m peal in honour of the Julius Caesar tower, ringing a . 4boarcwofe.i)rownasto affixed which ot the tenoreriaj h e e s l t l y ( ' s w be (weighing; t h h i -hdgtt3, upwardsthe o l iu•g ofe This immense mass of to the ceiling, snapped in t more than a few feet by its coming; buttress on the other, metal, in its fall, was most fort ' u v lia . te i l n y e p o r h ei t i ae en t t l e vi d t d h e th sc e en s clin ton g e f • tl • circ upon which wall on one side, and a t would have forced it through e it ti n n o g t been for I . ls una .tance h gr i e t a r t es w te e d ig . h H Pr a ° A rine:ors were stationed , S t two ' intermediate . doors an tdo lossthe boeflsfuirtylt.4o, besides V m h o e srte theprobably, t h eight dwo e 1 , 1 have been the lamentable re sanction of the bell, which would have fall en upwards of eighty feet upon the stone ffooring "Of the cellar below. By the . aid of the block tackle from the Castle, and ,morkai,ll, the hell re-tixt)(l in the aft&rnooli, And the merry peal, which Was so nnex - peetedly cut short in the morning, was finished in the course of the evening. THE FRUIT - CROPS.—Apples appeared to Set well after a fine bloom, but the maggot has since made great havoc, in many places not only devouring the apples, but even the leaves. Under the hills:in some places the gooseberry bushes may be seen completely stripped of both fruit and leaves by this destructive insect. Pears are variable, and plums hare also in some places suffered much from blight. The for ward cherries will probably be very " platty" or unequal; of the prospect of the backward cherries it is too early yet to form a correct judgment. A correspondent writes from Calais, that on Wednesday morning, in consequence of a dense fog, the Eng lish schooner Hope, of Bristol, Captain 'Dickey, from Har wich to Bristol, with a cargo of stones and timber, ran ashore half a league eastward of Calais. The crew were landed safely, but the vessel was not expected to Le saved. In the afternoon of the same day, the three -masted vessel, Henry Wel lesley, Captain Castle, from London to Hobart Town, with a m ixed cargo and three passengers, went ashor e near the former vessel. All the crew and passengers were safely landed, and it was hoped, if the weather should improve, that the ship, which had eight feet water in her hold, would he got off. ORDER OF ST. JOHN.—The decree of the Emperor of Austria for re-establishing the Order of St. Jelin of Jerusalem, directs that the buildings of this ancient priory at Venice, in the parish of St. Francis della Vigna, shall be destined to the foundation of the priory of the Order ; anti that the Grand Prior shall receive 2,000 florins (convention), or rather more than 5,000 f. per annum. None bat Austrian subjects can be appointed to the Grand Priorate, and every facility i s to b e giv en to Noble f am ili es in the Lombardo- Ve netian kingdom who may wish to make foundations connected with this Order. We are authorised to state, that in consequence of the excitement which at pre , eut prevails in the country, the Installalion.of 9tage..the Duke of Northumberland, as Chancelliir of this University, has been postponed until next yea r.—Cantbridge Chronicle. ROMANCE IN REA.L L. . 1 (From the New York Sunday Morning " Marria on Tuesday, by a the Rev:- Wm . BRITISH FUNDS. THE FUNDF—,'CLOSING PRICES.) nywitt, to Charlotte Conroy, both of thi s Ci Bank St oc k 169 India Stock 252 89 Ditto Bonds 4 par The above mar r i age was consummated in this 'citron 3 per Cent Red last Tuesday wee k, an d thereby hangs a tale of the ma-- ' 3 per Cent Cons 9O Ditto' Old Annuities ... vellous. Mr. Mowitt is a respectable boss shoemaker, who 31 per t Cent Red 971 Di t t o N ew A nnu i t i es... k ee p s severa l men employed, and amongst the rest was New 3 per Cent 99 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 13 pm ~-ohn Pel3ing, who had ingratiated himself so much in his New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 ll pm favour by his faithfulness, industry, and sobriety, that he Long An nu iti es to exp i re Di tto Small l5 pm . took ,him into partnership about three years since, and Jan. 1860 .... 124 Bank Stock for Acct... had nil .cause to regret lus kindness. From that period Oct 1859 l2/1 India Stock for 0pg.... M r . mo v ii t .` and Mr. h Pelsing were constant friends and Jan. 1860. ...... FOREIGN FUNDS. twelve month s shaa'e, when one "clay they were: subpo enae d Austrian, 5 per ce n t.... ,Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per c en t Pitt°, New Ditto 33i. fora Coroner's which Impost, was about 0 be held on Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian ' 5 per cent — the body of a ma n th a t h a d b een taken out of the Maiden Buenos Ayres. 6 p er cent Russian,s per cent _ Land DoJt. The deceased had all the appearance of Chilian 6 per cent...... Di tte, M eta lli c — h av i ng been a regular dock loafer, and at was the Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 234 opinion of all present that he had fallen into the slip while Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. given in a frw minutea—was merely "Found drowned." Greek, 13:45, 5 per cent. Exchange --E -- c. The jury being dismissed, Mr. M. turned round to look Mexican, 5 per cent.... 28k French, 3 per cent —f. —c for Isis friend and fellow-juror, who had been at his side Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent.: ... 52t till that moment, but he was .gone •, and he thought he Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, S per cent 100 SHARES saw him running at almost full speed: up Maiden Lane. Great Western Railway (65 paid) — This struck him as being curious ,: and it also re- Ditto Fifth (4 paid) llh minded him of another curious fact (at least Curious as London and Brighton (50 paid) 4 5 11 taken in connection with his sudden flight,) namely, London and Blackwell Railway (25 paid)... 19 that when Mr. Pelsing had first glanced at the London and South Western Ditto Tenths (1 k paid) . . ..... la pale. Mr. Mowitt then proceeded to his bearding- Midland Counties Railway (109 paid) .. BBl house, and thence to his store, to look for his partner, Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) North Midland Railway (100 aid) return that night ; nor the next ; nor the next ; Ditto New Shares (40 paid) 331 York and North Midl an d R a il way (50 pd) 72 and two month s passe d away w i thout bringing any Ditto New Shares (10 p a id) fully made up his mind that there was some mysterious connexion between his friend and the man that was found drowned, and that, in consequence thereof, Mr. Pelsing had in all probability made away with himself. Well, so matters rested until a certain day in last June, when a lady called at Mr. Mow itt's store, and asked for Mr. Pelsing. She was told the particulars of Isis story," And hasn't he been here since ?" she inquired. " Not since," replied Mr. Mowitt. " I kno w he has," said the lady. "He has not, I assure yo u , at least to my knowledge," answered Mr. Mowitt. " But lam positive!" said the lady, somewhat smartish. " What proof have you of it ?" inquired the shoemaker. " The best in the world," returned the stranger, " for I am here, and I and Mr. Pelsing are one and the same person." And strange as it may appear, such was the actual first. Nell, the question was, whether Mr. Pelsing, was a gentleman, or a lady, and it turned out that she was a lady, and more than that, her name was not John Pelsing at all, but Charlotte Conroy, and further more, that she was the widow of the man that had been found drowned. She then stated that her husband was a shoemaker in Philadelphia, and to whom she had been married about two,years ; he treated her very badly, the consequence of which was, that she picked up his trade by stealth, and when she thought she was sufficiently perfect, equipped herself in men's clothes, and ran oil to this city to be the more safely out of the reach of her lord and master. Here, as we have • seen, she got into the employ ment and remained in the confidence of Mr. Mowitt until the time of the Coroner's inquest, immediately after which she proceeded to Philadelphia where she learned th a t h er h us b an d ( who had become a wandering loafer) had, on the hint of some friend, set out to New York about a week before, to look for her ; but where, instead of an injured wife, he found a watery grave. The upshot of this romantic affair was that Mr. Mowitt requested Mrs. C. to make his house her home; that after a while he found that he liked heryet better as Mrs. C., than as Mr. Pelsing, that by virtue thereof, he proposed a renewal of their terms of partnership, which was accepted ; that on last Tuesday week, Mr. Mowitt and the late Mr. John Pelsing became husband and wife. This is the first instance, we believe, on record, where in a wife performed the office of a coroner's juryman on the body of her own husband, or wherein a young man was married to his own master. The lady, by the way, is very good-looking, and still on the safe side of thirty Yews.) • • .sh;Thoinas EVE \TIN ( EM IT ON . norites avow it _ Martins, Walh:, Tory-Chartists in: ;;.:1 toeeti on ! H oe; Great and Little. tolton there is not one of the boaa: crew can give a voto—.:iot one. I dare theta to prove that there is. I have heard that - lo Manchester and SahOrd there are not 70. Tho people me. - pereive, by the speech of Joseph Surfne, that the Tories, in all kinds of:oppression and monopoly, are the :Arno - resterday, to-day, and, if they can, to Cie end. But, 1"ory-Chartists, Surf:tee-mon, lattuanity-mongers, and all the herd of banded monopo lists, must now be cni:.hcd. Th e t rac k s of Englanc7, who fir.;t support the agriculturists, and then export fifty or sixty millions to every corner of the globe, not perish for want, merely to have aticie, in forty-fiv e years, 39 per cent. to the rent rolls of a few hard-hearted aristocrats, who care not if the bull: of the people dLi of starvation if they can preserve the piuedcr. Reformers, in the coming struggle, wit! be triumphant. Tory-Charkits, who never speak of lowering any of the necessaries of life, will he as dust in the Wane& I am, CAI-, your obedient Servant, CHARLES BAKEWELL. Moor-lane, Bolton, May 26. --------_,- The adjourned meet i ng o f the Town Council of Nottingoam, on Monday last, gave to Mr. Wakefield the opportunity of moving a petition to the House of Commons for the removal of the heavy import duties, and especially of the unjust and impolitic Corn-laws. Mr. W. introduced his motion by some observations, which at once do honour to head and his heart, and they were ably :11pported by Mr. Cullen, by Alderman Wilson, and Alderman Hart. A show of opposition was made by Mr. T. H. Smith, but he stood almost alone, and on a division the petition was carried nearly unanimously, only the - mover and seconder of the anend ment voting against it. This is a specimen of the fee.- ing in Nottingham, and, indeed, throughout the manu facturing districts; against the Corn-laws.—Nottinghain Review. Since the opening of the Great Western Rail. • way, about two million passengers have passed over it, and the number of miles travelled exceeds forty-three millions, and this bas been performed without fatal accidentto a single passenger ! -Bath Herald. A new and well appointed four horse coach, called the Rival, has just been started on the road from Lon don:to Cheltenham 'l•he Rival is the only coach on th:s route which altogether avoids " the rail," and it and the DeEanco are, we believe, the only two that now pass via Henley and Benson, to Oxford. HIS HANDS FULL.-A man is supposed to be tolerably well occupied when he has a wife on one arm, a baby on the other, carrying a basket and a cane in his hands, a cigar in his mouth, and a hopeful heir holding on to the skirts of his coat. A RETURN OF VIE TRADES AND OCCUPA TIONS OF PERSONS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN TILE 'METRO POLITAN DISTRICT IN 1840.-Perhaps it ►s not generally known that no less than 70,717 individuals were taken into custody last year, and that according to the returns i►.the po lice-sheet, there were labourers generally 18,105, artisans 123. bakers 141, bookbinders 218, bricklayers 908, brass-founders 287, brokers 91, brush-makers 146, butchers 754, button makers 10, carpenters 1,523, clerks 40b, coach and cabmen 1,319, coach-makers 273, cork-cutters 92, carriers 151, cut lers 159, drapers 138, dyers 220, engineers 101, 6shmongeo. 202, French polishers 709, gardeners 523, glass-makers 155, gold.beaters 88, greet3„, ,, rocers 85, grocers 247, hairdressers 142, hatters 196, jewellers, 178, lawyers 29, laundresses 1,040, medical m'n 72, milliners 1,091, musicians 69, painters 1,111, paper-stainers 431, pawnbrokers 71, printers 509, sailors 1,6i1. sawyers 246, saddlers, &c. 181, servants 2,563, shopkeepers 107, shoemakers 1,961, smiths 1,143, soldiers 464, sweeps 300, tailors 2,043, tinkers and tinmen 418, tool-makers iti, watchmakers 203, waternicn 2SO, weavers 740, and persons profes,ing no distinct trade or occupation, male and female as above, amounted to 23,220. The above table also shows the degree o' instruction of each person so taken into custody. Those who could neither read nor write amounted to 23 93:- ; those who covld read only, or read and write imperfectly, were 37,551 ; those who could read and mite well, 8,121 ; and those of superior instruction were 1,107 ; thus showing, that in pro portion to education, crime diminished. HAY-MA KING.-This important portion of the f.;r tier's ditty has partially cornmen2ed in the neigh bourhood of Sherborne, and in a few days will have b:!- come very general. The crops are most abundant in their yield, and superior in quality.-The crops of Clo ver were never known to be so universally good, and the f agr:ince imparted from the beautifully-scented flower of this plant to the passing traveller is truly delightful. -She-borne Journal. LANDSLIP AT SHEFFIELD.—A short time ago, a trern2ndous landslip occurred on the Glossop-road, about 40 yards on the Sheffield side of the Bell Hagg Inn, by which means a mass of earth and rock, esti mated at 200 tons weight, was precipitated into the road with u shock that was sensibly felt by the inmates of the house. The son and servant boy of Mr. Key, the land lord, va re within a few yards of the place at the time, but luckily escaped the danger. A beautiful mountain ash and holly bush are now ilourishing erect close by the road-side, that formerly were seen nodding at the top of the cliff at au altitude of nearly fifty feet.—.Dcrby Re porter."lal - A --- HAUNTEDHOUSE.—On Wednesday afternoon, the ancient house of Bargarran, famous in the history of Scotch witchcraft, was struck with lightning_ After striking the top of one of the vents, displacing the cope-stones, and tearing up a portion of the roof, the elec tric fluid descended the chimnev , and broke t o pi eces a Car ron gratein one of the r ooms . - Mr. Win. Houston, farmer, the occupant, was sitting in this same apartment et tho time, and was so much stunned with the sock, that a con siderable time elapsed before he recollecan himself. After this damage, the subtle fluid ran along a passage, and ap peared to have got communication with the same staire;tse along which the famous maid ofßargarran was represented as being carried by the invisible Maggy Lang, without touching the steps. In this passage of the /lectricitycne of the steps was broken. As was to be expected, Mr. Houston's family and the neighbourhood have been greatly alarmed, and as the superstition of their for?- fathers is not yet altogether eradicated from the minds of the people of this district, a glimmer ing fear that the event is connected with older deeds hag passed over more minds than either one or two in Er.;- king parish.--Glasgow Chronicle. I cannot but. think our friend the Standard is :"toining it 'Tether 't walk," when he 'speaks of the ladies.. of her Majesty's household as "the worthless ,fe.niale accomplices" of Ministers: Consich fling the Duchess of Sutherland, as 'well as other la dies com posing her Majesty's household, are of the ve•oy highest :order of the EngUsh nobility, I think the Editor must have spoken of them in this manner from want 4)f reficc thin, rather than from malice prepense. Should a Tory Government. succeed, with the exception of the Percys, .the Scotts (Buceleugh), and a thin sprinklin g of thet ancient chivalry of England, the ranks from tich the female attendants on her Majesty must be sell), ':..ted are of What foreigners term "the dunghill Peerag re," the Pitt and Castlereagh creations. Now I press rue our worthy friend the Standard would be highly indignant Were the same epithets he has made 11Se uf, to be srpplied to the Tory; ladies who may succeed, although those• who liVe in glass houses ought riot to throw stones."—Evening Paper.. The Standard, which 'claims for its party the character Of ." the Christian gentlemen of Elq,Tlitnd," some short time since peitred out the vials of i ts abitsie, in languag e su i te d to its own 'character, upon a memo er of the Administration;•fot. vOtingon an important division some days after the funeimlOf bis Child. But the Stan dard can conveniently shift its'eyes to the fart that within two days after the death of his son, and before the tqunb had closed over his remains, 'Sir Edward Sugden was to be seen as usual in his place in the House of Commons - and no doubt will be equally blind to the fact that Lori Granville Somerset was as usual popping about the Tory benches in the House last night, although his aunt died _ _ only the d.ty before !—Globe. PAV lORS EXTRAORDINARY. —Three or four large mushroms in their anxiety to emerge into the visible world, actually performed the novel feat of dis placing a largo paving stone, ja one of our most crowded thoroughfares, on Tuesday IW--Cheltenham Examiner IMPERIA.I. PARLIAMENT VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE. The Order of • the Day for the Adjourned Debate (m. , HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 28. Mr. R. mthNES rose and said, th at belonging to that small te, minority ni ty read, of the M em b ers of ale M. House w this motiohnoha g beenr divicn not take part i n t h e late deba i lie thought he had now some small claim o n t h e atten tion of the House, and he assured the House th a t if it were granted to him he would not abuse it. He wished it had been his good fortune to have caught the Speaker's eye last night, because he should then sud denly and unpremeditatedly have uttered his opinions, which the House, under such circumstances, would have received with its usual indulgence. But, rising this evening to speak first upon the adjourned debate of a former day, he feared the House might expect from him that which he had it not to give. It would be expected of him or of any other Honourable Member who would ad dress the House this evening, that he should addrviss his attention to the speech of the Right Honourable 'Mem ber for Edinburgh (Mr. Macaulay). However they might differ in opini on as t o th e reasoning of that speech, they must all allow that it was one of the most interest ing speeches ever delivered on the floor of that House.— He felt that In coming into competition with such an au thority, he 'monk' need all the kindness of the House, and mist place himself entirely at its mercy. If he (Mr. Milnes) understood his Right Hon. Friend rightly; he thought he admitted that the Govern ment of which lie was a member was not able to carry certain measures, which, nevertheless, they believed were most important for the interests of the country ; but that notwithstanding this, he was not prepared to come to the conclusion of the Right Hun., Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, that her Majesty's Ministers were unworthy of the con fidence of the House. If his Right Honourable Friend Lad made good .prOpq:iii,loll, -he rialat ssv nt (Mee that he considered that the debate was at an In answer to the subtle disquisitions end historical dis sertations of his Right Hon. Friend there were two ,• • ' TORY-CHARTISTS. TO THE. EDITOR : OF THE •S • • Sit:--111'in,t, 1)r i;wonty,iive years, joined every so tciety6f .11 - Aztrier's at that cf.the Tory - Chartist:4, 'Which nu honeSt'ina, will Lolieit the insertion of a f;r.v r6inark'S' in your, etkamns. • I :see by yeLterday's papers- haL the alo t - :7 ; :1;an ?A oneßli es o f th e Iver ki ng man have ISstied an address,to..4., labouring' classes, urging them on to elect nena but Tories in the app, contest. BaSescoundrelly.ttpatcoats ! What, send men to Parliament:WhO Loctionet,A the Manchester masnacre, - -Who passed ilieSix 404--,vho suspended the Habeas Corpus —wh o c.stabliihed mint:try law—who were cntn palled by the people and the Sovereign to' allow th e Whigs • ifl pass the Reform Bill—who, ev e n now, declare that the people of England shall 'eat dear bread, dear sugar, and dear everything, while tens , of th ousands are without em pl oyment, and dying ;or food ! Support men like these ? Yus ; the dirty, Tory-bribed O'Con 13nt, mark, Sir, ad thet the Al'Dotiaik, do, h , ----nothin:!; Tali; P . l 00; 1 0 0 0 o rf d )