The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

I.VENIN 6- SUN SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The monodrame performed last night by Mr. Roebuck in the House of Commons may at first sipt appear simply ridiculous, but upon consideration it will open a train of more serious thoughts. One is at first amused to see a person dropped, as it were, by ac cident, into- what ought to be one of the most august assemblies in the world, tumbling and writhing in the agonies of wounded self-love, amid the coolest indifference on the part of some, and the unconcealed mirth of others ; hut then when we hear this person talk of cu dgelling and horsewhipping gentlemen far more respec table than him self; and know that he is by the accident of the place privileged to do so, we must begin to think more, gravely.. Is it proper that a Member of the House of Commons should have the right to threaten the cudgel or the horsewhip, he himself being protected by Parliamentary privilege from a retort "in kind !" If so, Parliamentary privilege goes beyond despotism. And now a word as to newspapers, the objects, as it appears, of Mr. Roebuck's especial hatred and scorn. A newspaper can, properly speaking, personally insult no one ; it may traduce, it they calumniate, it may injure, but it cannot personally insult, besause to personal insult two parties are want ieg—the man insulted, and the man insulting, and from whom, according to the law of society, re paration is to be exacted. If a newspaper misrepre sents a man, he has his remedy in a contradiction, for which the press is always open ; if it vilifies or other wise injures him, he has his remedy in the Courts of Law, with jaws ever gaping for us ; but nobody expects him, society . does not expect him, to look for any other remedy ; it is a paper or an abstraction that he has to do with, and not a man that can insult. To retort by per sonal insults upon persons, truly or falsely, supposed to be connected with a newspaper, any attacks proceeding from that newspaper, is therefore to be the first insulter. A newspaper has abused you ; if your taste direct, abuse that paper in return—it is all a matter of taste, and it is unfair ; but if you are a gentleman, you will leave it to those who think with Mr. O'Connell and Mr.'Roebuck to single out individuals upon whom to vent your re sentment. COURIER—The writs issued last night in conse quence of the acceptance of office by the members of the present Government, offer a fair and fresh opportunity for testing its popularity. Who but recollects the shifts and contrivances to which the displaced Cabinet was in variably driven upon the occurrence of any change in its members, or of any vacancy that would necessitate a re election. Nothing latterly appeared more difficult for them than to find amongst their numerous supporters one of presumable fitness for office. But how strikingly different is the position of the present Cabinet, and how powerfully and conclusively its opponents shrinking from ,the challenge offered by the issuing of no less than seven-and-twenty new writs, attests its power and popularity with the country. It has been almost an invariable practice with every Opposition to dis pute, wherever there gleamed the faintest hope of a successful issue, the re-election of the prominent mem bers of a new Administration, and by that means to strike the first blow at its stability and power ; nor can we discover aught of unfairness or unconstitutionality in such a course of proceeding ; its factiousness would of course be measured by the want of success. Well, threatened as Sir Robert Peel's Ministry while in embryo was with the fiercest and most determined opposition—thwarted, obstructed, and crippled as he was to have been at every step of his Ministerial ca reer—what do we now behold ? Is it preparations for contesting every vacant seat with desperate energy, and` for testing the truth of the assertions so confidently, and, as it appeared to us, so recklessly made, that the success of the Conservative cause at the late t general election was due to misrepresentation and ca lumny ? Here is a fresh field for a renewal of the con flict, and those who, with braggart airs and turgid vauntings menaced the country with a second dissolu tion, now slink away, leaving their opponents the un disputed masters thereof. In the city of Exeter, where faction was busiest and most active, and where requisi sitions had been hawked about from door to door, in voking the aid and presence of some aspiring Whig-Radical, in order to oust Sir William Fol lett from the representation of that city, so little encouragement did the factious requisitionists meet with from the constituency, that they could find in the wide range of Whig-Radical aspirants to the hononrs of membership, none fool-hardy enough to embark in so hopeless and disreputable a contest. But, the game • being looked upon as perfectly hopeless as regards Exe ter, it appears that the whole strength of the Opposi tion party is -to be brought to bear upon Newark, and that the excellent and highly-gifted Vice-President of the Board of Trade is to be annihilated. The re doubtable Mr. Gisborne has been selected as the fitting instrument for earring this terrible sentence into execution, and sacrificing the youthful and rapidly rising statesman to whose care the Vice-Presidency of the Board of Trade has been entrusted, to the manes of those Whig-Radical heroes, who had fallen unavenged in the late conflict ' • but, alas ! resolve as proudly as we may , t here is a divinity, that not only Ishapes our ends," but thwarts our purposes ; and that we confidently anticipate Mr. Gisborne and his insti gators will find, to their cost and chagrin, to be the case as regards their premeditated assault upon the borough of Newark. Is the combined opposition at so low an ebb In power and popularity, that from the whole number of pieces vacant at this moment, including counties, cities, and boroughs, only one, and that one Newark, should be thought assailable ? If they have no stomach for Eng lish counties, there is an Irish one vacant. Why not try their hands at getting up an opposition to Colonel Per re-election for the county of Sligo ; but we for get an attempt of that kind was made at the last elec tion, and abandoned through sheer despair. There is therefore no room in that quarter for an attack on the Administration. Resultless, therefore, as we are aware would be the attempt to displace any of the Members whom the acceptance of office has necessitated to solicit from their constituents a renewal of confidence, still, as the resolves of despair are often as frantic as unexpected, we would wish to impress the different constituencies with an appreciation of the absolute necessity for vigi lance, activity, and union that exists. By a timely and vigorous display of these qualities; they will save themselves the annoyance of needless contests. Let them, as our Contemporary of the Times judiciously advises, " fortify themselves for the coming e lections, just as if the y ex p ected a for midable conflict. Let them remember the cunning little animal' in the Roxburgh case, who, when everybody thought he was still as death, endeavoured to spring into the representation by one of the most despe rate vaultings which his pettiness could attempt. Let vigilance and active co-operation be the order of the day. If there be any laxity or over-confidence, it is impossible to tell what may be the issue. Let no Conservative elec tor slumber at his post ' • o th e rwise the Whigs may prac tise an unexpected coup de main, and leave us nothing but a3tapid astonishment and unavailing regrets." VrLOBE.—The privilege of the Press occasionally conies into collision with the privilege of Parliament, but the latter generally suffers in public estimation by the encounter ; for while the Journalist claims only the power of commenting without restraint, the M.Y. de mands the right of acting without responsibility. We think Mr. Roebuck took rather less than nothing by his motion of last night—that he in fact gained a loss, and that if a smile had been raised at his expense by the re marks of which ;he complained, it will have expanded into horse-laughter on its becoming known in what man ner and with *hat result he ealln the attention of the House of Commons to the ridicule that had been cast upon him. That Mr. Roebuck is a man of miord!eary tslent, it is impossible to doubt; but that his judg ment is sometimes defective, is clear from the fact that he suggested horsewhipping the proprietors of public journals for remarks made by the editors — which, besides the obvious injustice of the act, would occasionally entail the necessity of aaSaulting female shareholders, and committing violence on the tender persons of children, on whom an interest in newspaper property might have devolved by descent or l e gacy. The only weapon that can be effectually used against slander is character: without it all the actions that could be brought, all the damages that might be .erroneously or unjustly awarded, would only serve to ; , ma ke a fault more conspicuous, by gilding it, while, with o b ara cter to refute them, the foulest slanders will for v recoil on those who have uttered them. T HE' RE-ELECTIONS. ,ExL - T ER ELECTION.—On Tuesday evening Sir Wil liam Fo ll e tt arrived from town, and this (yesterday) iwn ivg at ten o'clock met a very large and most highly *e ra-- ,tale body of electors at Pratt's Old London Inn, We are most happy to say he looked well, and E s t eter. , roo t,cd with cheers and having paid his rmeets wasb o dy of gentlemen who crowded round, and to the la r, • ••• congratulated canvass, Sir William, accompanied by them, which is proceeding as we put to getout on his canvass, sa id elsewhere, he wilt be returned pre"- 1" %on. The writ is expected to-morrow w ithout opp osl (Thursday) and the election will probably take place on e Monday next , . t r Flying Post, M.P. for Wenlock , havi n g J. Mimes Gas kell, Lord sq. o f the Treasury, has neces accepted. t h e office of a sexily vacaced his seat. There is no doubt that the Honourable Gentleman Nv.lll be elected without opposi tion.—Solopian Journal. d ec l a res that Lord Gran - The Monmouthshire villa Somerset will bellrectefeolnected for Monmouthshire, without opposition. HOP INTELLIGENi CE. doneh of last WORCF.STEE, SEPT. 4.—The bois,,er night, with the heavy rains since, s • many of the has considerable damage to the Hops in exposed situation , poles being blown down, and much of the bine and .blos sem bruised, which will cause the sample W be of a dlng . ): l brown complexion, and of very inferior quality% but sheltered situations, however, the crop has suffele a little, and should the weather take a favourable turn, and continue fine for another week, we think. after all, the present estimated duty will be realised, and may Oven reach 20,000 There is nothing doing in the market worth notice. MAID,-roNE.—The bines appeared to improve much in the warm ,:laYs of the last week, but the sudden recur rence to severe coM weather, with foggy damp mornings and nights, has again Checked the bines, and much in creased the mould where it was before prevalent. To escape the ravages of the mould, picking has commenced in several grounds in this neighbourhood, which we fear, from present appearances, will fall much short of the estimate made ten days since. BRExcHLEY.—Considering the backward state or the bine, our Hops have done remarkably well up to Friday evening, when the atmosphere became cold, and they to have done growing. now appear Generally speaking they are very small in this vicinity,-and not likely to „ripen well. The marriage of Lord Henry Russell to Miss s t d2ford is postponed until the 21st. Th e y are to pass the h,nneymoon at B en tley Priory, the seat of the Mar quis of keicorn, at Stamnore. THE NEW FOREST. For the first four miles or thereabouts after passing Redbridge, which crosses the narrowest portion of the Southampton Water at its inland extremity, the country bordering upon the Forest is highly cultivated, and seems to hold forth a promise of affording some pretty good runs with hounds according with the general character of many other hunting countries ; but beyond that dis tance the features of the scenery become gradually changed into those of a wild woodland district, abound ing in heather, fern, furze, and such other growths as are usually found in the light, uncultivated soils, the whole being embellished by a profusion of oak, beech, thorn, and divers other trees, growing in fantastic luxuriance wherever the wild hand of Nature has cast them, and assuming forms and combinations such as Art could never realise, and which take captive the soul of a be holder whose heart is not " in the habitations of men." Grassy glades, illumined partially by such rays of the sun as can force their way through the maze of trees by which they are environed, and forming a splendid con trast of light and shade, ever and anon present them selves to the eye of the traveller, and seem to speak of days long gone by, when similar spots are haunted by bold Outlaws in Lincoln Green, ready to try a bout at quarter-staff with any bluff yeoman whose pockets were supposed to contain wherewithal to repay the peril of the venture. Occasionally small troops of deer are seen scudding across these open spots, or browsing leisurely among the high fern which nearly conceals them from sight ; and so lone and tranquil are these wilds that the mind is carried away by the idea that in the present; cen tury a region so undisturbed by man is not to be found in cultivated England ; and hence, easily reverting to days of yore, imagination almost leads one to listen for the whistle of the grey-goose shaft from the bow of some second Robin Hood, or the requiescat in pace of his " Curtal Friar" over the body of some antlered monarch of the herd. If there be at the present moment such a being as a determined misanthrope in the world, many portions of the New Forest will afford him a retreat that will seldom be molested by his fellow-men, and where he may pass his days in savage solitude " unknowing and 1 unknown." Independent of fox-hunting, the New Forest presents to the man fond of sporting in general a rich fund of amusement, provided he can obtain permission to follow his favourite pursuits unmolested. Great numbers of wild fowl of every description—ducks, teal, widgeon, geese, &c. &c.—not only frequent it in immense flocks during the winter, but are likewise bred there ; the snipe-shooting is in many parts superexeellent ; and hares, rabbits, partridges, and black game are also abun dant, to say nothing of pheasants, which are in many parts preserved by the landed proprietors bordering on, or in the centre of, the Forest, although I believe they are not fed on the Royal preserves. I have likewise either heard it asserted, or read in some periodical, that some few packs of grouse are occasionally met with by the shooter ; but of this fact, although I made particu lar inquiry, I could not obtain any certain intelligence. The Royal Chase is looked after by thirteen keepers, who have each his separate walk ; but in spite of their numbers and vigilance, poaching, especially deer-steal ing, is carried on, as I was informed, to a pretty consi derable extent. One or two of the gun-makers in South ampton are the best men to apply to for the purpose of being put in the right way to obtain permission to shoot in the Forest, and I presume that the key that will open the head-keeper's heart is not made of iron. The fisherman will find abundance of sport both on Southampton Water and in the rivers which run into it. In the former are to be caught by the merest novice with a hook and line great quantities of whiting, haddock, and flat fish ; a net will procure the greater delicacies of grey mullet and bass-fish. In the latter are eels, jack, perch, and small fry, together with a remarkably fine species of salmon, which readily fetches in the market ,nearly three Limas the price of that sent up from Scot land.—Old Sporting Magazine for September. A TURKISH BIBLIOMANIAC.—A few days ago a Turk, who, for the last twelve years, was well known in Constantinople as an itinerant seller of zerde pillau (pillau richly coloured with saffron), died, and to the astonishment of everybody he left a library of books which cost him upwards of 3,0001. He was formerly a schoolmaster, and had quite a passion for books ; but, finding that teaching little boys to recite and chant the Koran did not furnish him with the means of indulging his bibliomania, he took to selling pillau. His large kazan, placed on a stand and carried like a sedan chair, was constantly surrounded by hunary de vourers, who spooned their allowance of the delicious preparations into their widely-extended mouths with evident gusto, the quoddam Hodja, apron down, stand ing by with a ladle, ever ready to serve new customers. No one would have suspected that all the while he was thinking of purchasing another book to add to his al ready ample stock ; but all his gains took that direction, and he frequently gave as much as 501 for a single work! His son and heir, who loves pillau more than books, has determined, instead of play, on selling the more pre cious library, of which a catalogue is now in circulation. The whole are manuscripts, and the value of many of the works is much deteriorated in consequence of their having lately been printed. We are told that they are principally on religious subjects, or perhaps some literary treasure (as the " Appendix to Vassif's History of the Ottoman Empire," for instance) might have been found in the collection.—Oriental Observer. The obsequies of the late Samuel Welles, Esq., the eminent banker, were performed on Thursday last. Nearly all the Americans, his countrymen, then here, and very many of his distinguished French acquaint ance, assembled before nine o'clock at his elegant chateau of Suresne, in order to pay an earnest tribute of esteem for his memory. The funeral procession to the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, included a great number of private equipages, and suited in every respect his social rank and personal consideration. At the grave, a brief and terse eulogy of the defunct was pronounced by the Rev. Mr._ Birch, the excellent' pastor of the Reformed Church of the .Rue Taitbout. Mr. Welles was born at Boston, in the United States, in 1778. He inherited a fortune, which, after receiving a thorough mercantile education, he speedily enlarged by intelligent and energetic enterprise. In 1816, he founded the house of Welles and Co., in this capital, and that of • Welles and Greene at Havre. His faculties of observa tion and decision with regard to both financial and poli tical questions, and his probity, sedulousness, and ex actitude in business, were such as to assure him final success. Those who held frequent communion with him, must have been struck with his acuteness, lucidity, and sound sense, on whatever practical subject. While he accumulated wealth, he exercised a constant and bril- Rant hospitality. In domestic life the habitual cheer fulness of his demeanour contributed much to the-hap piness of his family and the gratification of his guests.—. Galignani. THE CORN-LAWS.—DAY OF PRAYER AND HUMILIATION.—It is a singular coincidence that the very day on which the New Tory Ministers first take their seats us Ministers in the two Houses of Parliament, should have long before been appointed by the Man chester Conference of Clergymen and Ministers, as a day to be set apart for prayer and deep humiliation before God, in respect of the great privations and sufferings of the poor, arising from the present oppressive Corn-laws. Monday last was duly observed in the way recommended by the Conference in many congregations in this town. The chapels were open for Divine service ; prayers in accordance with the occasion were offered by the minis ters to "Him who hath given plenty and abundance to his creatures, that he would be pleased to turn the hearts of those who deny them the bread already given them in the bountiful providence of God. There is, we repeat, a striking significance in this solemn humiliation in many a congregation of serious, earnest people, throughout the length and breadth of the land, on the very day that a Duke of Buckingham and other aristocratical makers and upholders of the oppressive and unjust Corn-laws, rush to their seats of power and place—awhile (would we could say a brief while) to sway the destinies of this mighty empire.—Manchester Guardian. In digging the trenches for the foundation of the intended fort at Romainville, a considerable number of human skeletons have been disinterred. From their forms, the fragments of clothing, some cuirasses in Swedish iron, and other indications, they are presumed to be the remains of foreign troops killed on the capture of Paris in 1814 and 1815. The bones have been col lected by the Mayor of Romainville and buried in the cemetery. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A WOMAN ON BOARD THE LATONA FRIGATE.—CHATHAM, TUESDAY. —For the last two days a great deal of excitement has prevailed in this town and neighbourhood, in consequence of reports that a seaman of the name of Stone bad been placed under arrest on board the ordinary guardship Poictiers, for having been the cause of his wife's death. From accounts it appears that on Friday afternoon Stone had been ashore for the purpose of removing some fur niture, when upon his return, and coming alongside the ship for the purpose of going on board, his wife seeing him, called out to him from one of the portholes, at the same time using abusive language; whereupon the hus band said to some of his shipmates, " Is this not enough to provoke any man ?" On. his arrival on deck he struck her a severe blow and knocked her down ; he afterwards seized her and knocked her head against the bulwarks, at the same time saying he would be the death of her. They afterwards went into their cabin and quarrelled again, when the boatswain felt it his duty to part them,Stone going into the galley, leaving his wife sitting on her bed. A short time afterwards the woman was found dead lying on the lower deck, bleeding very much from her nostrils and ears. The man and his wife had been about three years on board, and they had always conducted themselves well they bad been married about 25 years, and had eight children, three of which are alive. An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday afternoon, at the Lord Exmouth, by Mn Hinde, Coroner. The prisoner was attended by a guard of marines, and ap peared to ho a man of about 60 years of age. From the evidence of John Whately, the boatswain, it appeared, on Friday evening, the prisoner and his wife were tipsy, and quarrelling in their cabin. He went to them and A h ut three-quarters of an hour after part"' them. and said, the deceased was wards bheisfowuinfed.cale not to t t h o en hi pteured a light, and in search ing the ship found d he th r ly s i t ng b a o N n .e th fe e il lo t w h e r r ou d g e h ck t . he H lad e s d u e p r: way from the upper deck into the lower, a depth of seven feet and a halt posed the deceasTe old e Johnprisoner of his wife's death. Wood, ship , heeper, deposed to returned a verdict—Accident the death arose, the Jury There being no evidence to show how He ee camesame e t ff o ec h t e . r. ally killed by frOlin decease d from p eprimanded by the Coro- The deceased's husband MIA the to to the lower deck. ner -for his conduct to th e ' Ta n g evening last,' - about six o'clock, as MELANCHOLY OCCURRENtC:o. Thursday tely got a fel4l - busily engagea ip e ating fruit (peaches) in a garden near Liverpool, one of them unfortui* stone in hie throat, and could neither_ get it one way oV the other. A surgeon was instantly sent f or ; but, before he arrived, the unfortunate Liverpoo young matt was dead,— THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1841 UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The R2V. T. Slack, late curate of Little Leighs, Essex, has been presented. by Sir Simeon Stewart, Bart., to the rectory of that parish, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Porteus. The Archbishop of York has appointed the Venerable and Rev. Dr. Ccrbett, Archdeacon of York, to a canonry in York Minster. The Hon. and Rev. Sidney Godolphin Osborne, 8.A., to etc rectory of Bryanston-cum-Durweston, Dorset, void by the death of the Rev. Christopher Fleet, on the presentation of Lord Portman. The Rev. John Daintry, M.A., to the rectory of Pat ney, Wilts, void by the cession of the Rev. Thomas Pat teson, on the presentation of the Lord Bishop of Win chester. The Rev. Edward Taylor Seale, to the rectory of Mor leigh, Devon, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. John kywater. The Rev. Frederick Van Der Meulem, A.M., to the united rectory of Bow and Broadnymet, Devon, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. T. P. Lethbridge. The Rev. George Welsh - Owen, A.M., to the rectory of Claverleigh, Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. Davey. The Rev. John Clark, M.A., curate of Hunslet, has been presented by the Rev. Dr. Hook, vicar of Leeds, to the incumbency of Hunslet, vacant by the death of the Rev. Richard Foster. On Monday last, the Rev. Edward James Paget, M.A., was instituted to the vicarage of Smithland, Leicester shire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Henry Camp bell, M.A. The Rev. John Thornton, to the chaplaincy of the Northampton County General Infirmary. The Rev. Mr. Barton, curate of Hambledon, and even ing lecturer of St. George's, Portsea, to the incumbency of Trinity District Chapel, Portsea. The Rev. S. G. Packer, to the incumbency of St. Peter's Church, Bethnal-green, London. The Rev. G. Proctor, to be curate of Attleborough, Norfolk. The Rev. F. Riching, to the perpetual curacy of Ather stone Warwickshire. The Rev. T. Shurt, of Christ College, Cambridge, to the curacy of Sherbourne, near Leamington. The Rev. H. J, Stevenson to the curacy of Seckington, Warwickshire. The Rev. Frank Sugden, to be curate of Benhall, Suffolk. The Rev. P. Galindo, to be curate of Stow Market, Suffolk. The Rev. R. Govett, jun., to be curate of St. Stephen's, Ipswich. The Rev. George Medley, to be curate of Diss, Norfolk. The Rev. Richard Phayre, 8.A., has been instituted to the rectory of Raynham St. Mary with St. Margaret, Suffolk, vacant by the resignation of its patron, Lord Charles Townshend.: PARIS CORRECTIONAL POLICE. A LOVING HUSBAND.—A worthy dyer in Paris, who had the good (?) fortune to be possessed of a pretty wife, was at times tormented by the insinuations of the green-eyed monster, during which be gave way to great violence. On the morning in which the scenes occurred which caused his appearance at the bar of the Correc tional Police, he bad imbibed more than a double dose of jealousy towards his spare rib, and he, consequently, determined to inflict on her a corresponding quantity of what he thought wholesome discipline. That no inter ruption should take place, he firmly locked his door, and then commenced. The cries of the unfortunate woman soon brought a crowd of neighbours to her door, but beyond that barrier they could not penetrate, and all they could do was to offer her their sympathy and condolence. The cries, however, became so loud that one amongst the listeners ran and got the assistance of the police, who, on being refused admittance, very un- . . ceremoniously burst open the door, and carried off my dyer to the guard-house. On being brought up to the Court, the following dialogue took place between the culprit and the President : President—Robelin, you are accused of ill-treating your wife. What have yQU to say to the charge? Prisoner—Those are little family matters which con cern no ono but ourselves. President—lt concerns public justice, and p I beg you to reply a little more respectfully. Prisoner—lt is very easy to talk in that way to a man. Ask her what I beat her for. President—We have nothing to do with your mo tives—you have no right to beat her at all. Prisoner—Oh ! well then I am nobody in my own house—l am a child—a canary bird—and my wife may put me in the corner. President—Besides, you assaulted the guard who came to your house to restore order. Prisoner—Oh you may say what you will about that—l know nothing about it. The eorporal of the guard here stepped forward, and gave his evidence. " The prisoner was as red in the face as a radish, and as furious as a clap of thunder. He began by telling us that we had no right to come into his house. He then called me a Cossack and a Bedouin. Go on,' I said, I shall put it all down on paper.' He then raised his hand to strike me. ' Oh, oh,' said I, not quite so fast ; I shall put no more down on the paper, but if you touch me I shall run my sabre through you.' That calmed him a little, but not much. He called me an assassin—that I cared nothing about. I put that down on the paper." Prisoner—l recollect nothing about all that stuff. I only remember calling him a jackass, because he would maintain that I had no right to thrash my wife. President—He was in the right. Prisoner—How ? What ! In my own house, and with my own stick ? President—l repeat that you are ►ery much to blame, and I entreat you not to persist in ill-using your wife. Prisoner—Well, well, don't talk politics. President—The tribunal would have been indulgent to you if you had testified some repentance. Prisoner—Why, there is nothing in the whole of it but a mere flea-bite. The Court condemned him to twenty days' imprison ment and thirty francs fine. The attention of the Correctional Tribunal was a few days since directed to a charge made by a Madame, Bouvillon against a young man named Cesar, whose dog lied taken rather an indslicate liberty with ore of the lady's legs. Madame Bouvillon, the fair plaintiff, represented her self as a rentiere, and the elegance and recherche style of her dress did not contradict that assertion ; and, although her annual revenues might have been derived from stock of not the most solid character, yet, as she confirmed her assertion by an oath, we must bel eve her. According to the account given by the fair mu tiere, it appears that while sitting one evening last week at her open window, absorbed in the perusal of a heart-stirring romance, the door-bell was rung. She hastened to open it, and discovered the visitor to be a young man 'of rather dubious exterior, leading by a string a very little beautiful spaniel. He entered the room, and without any ceremony took a chair, saying, " Madame, I have brought you back your lost dog." "My dog, Sir ! But, Sir, you are mistaken, for I have no dog ; lamer hall one, for I do not like them." " That is very singular. I found this little spaniel three or four days since, and, from inquiries I have made, I understood it belonged to you, and that you were very uneasy at its loss." "It was a mistake, Sir, I assure you." " I am sorry, for I should have been so very happy to have rendered myself' agreeable in your eyes." By degrees the stranger had drawn his chair close .to the lady's, and at length began to be too for ward in his advances. Madame Buuivillon, who ex pected visitors, rose from her chair, thinking that would be a signal for hint to leave, but the hint was lost upon him, for, on the contrary, he only rose, and seizing her round the waist, was proceeding to ravish a kiss from her ruby lips, when she darted to the door and called the porter to her assistance. On his arriving she, in her turn, became the assailant, and se:z ing-the intrusive visitor by the collar, pushed him to wards the door. The dog, which had hitherto been a quiet spectator of the scene, now rushed to the assist ance of his master, and seizing the lady by the leg made her relax her hold, and cry aloud for help. Her dress was torn in various places, and her whole toilette disor ganised, which, in addition to the pain of the bite, en raged her so much that she sent for the guard, and had the intruder taken into custody. The defence made by the gentleman was of a charac ter to render still less doubtful the means from which the fair plaintiff derived her rentes. He said that it was the remit of a bet made after dinner. The Court, after a short consultation, condemned him to 16 francs fine, and 2.5 francs for the damage done by his spaniel. HOURS OF ItEST.—The wind requires regular rest as well as the body, and does not so soon recover any excess of exertion. But it is the tendency of the present state of society in England to produce unnatural exertion. Stage-coach horses, and walkers against time are not the only creatures that are worked to death in this country. Many are the labourers (and it is the most sober and industrious upon whom the evil falls), who by task work, or by working what is called days and quarters, prepare for thamselves a premature old age ; and many are the youths who, while they are studying for University honours,_ rise early a nd sit up late, have recourse to art for the purpose of keeping their jaded faculties wakeful, and irretrievably injure their health for ever, if this intemperance of study does not cost them their lives.. Archbishop Williams is said to have slept only three hours in the four-and-twenty ; so that he lived three times as long," says his biographer, "as one that lived no longer." This is a marvellous fact ; for Williams was a man who employed all his waking hours, and moreover was-not of the most tran quil disposition. " But," says Dr. Southey, " I believe that any one who should attempt to follow his example would 'suffer severely for his imprudence." ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT; WESTERN RAILWAY.—A correspondent, who made inquiries yes terday, says—" The late accident on this railway, as we stated on Wednesday, was caused by a slip' in the em bankment between Woßtton Bassett and Chippen ham. On inquiries yerday at the Great Western station, we learnt that four or five gentlemen were brought up by the train very seriously injured, Three gentlemen we}' eq much hurt that one of them was obliged to be left behind at Wootton Bassett, and the other two at Reading. There seems to be every dispo sition among the officers connected with the railway to keel) the affair as RCM as rossibie4,7 REFORM DINNER at DEWSBURY. (From the York Courant.) The Reformers of this town, who have ever beer distinguished for their staunch and uncompromising support of Liberal principle?, assembled together on Thursday evening last, in the spacious warehouse of Mr. Samuel Oates, woolstapler, for the purpose of 'ci tifying their unalterable attachment to the enlightened principlei and policy which characterised the rule of the late Administration. This dinner was the most numerously attended of any ever held at Dewsbury, up wards of 300 persons being present. The Chair war filled by Matthew Hale, Esq., and the following gentle men officiated as Vice-Chairmen :—Dr. Fearnley, Thos. Todd, Esq., C. R. Scholes, E.g., John Grcaves, , Mr. H. Smith, Mr. George Plakeley, Mr. Thomas 11. Gloyne, and Mr. Samuel Oates. The CHAIRMAN, in commencing the business of the evening, expressed the pleasure be felt at witnessing so numerous an assemblage of a defeated party, because he thought it was an omen of their future success. He was about to propose the health of their late candidates —Lords Morpeth and Milton.—(Cheers.) He could not disguise from his own feelings that the Reformers had sustained an humiliating defeat. They had, how ever, this consolation, that in the immediate locality of Dewsbury they had maintained their majority, in spite of all the calumny, misrepresentation, and falsehood, which had been heaped upon their candidates, and par ticularly upon Lord Morpeth.—(Cheers.) He was justified in saying this, because the most thorough-going Tories in Dewsbury had since paid the highest possible tribute to the public and private virtues of the Noble Lord.—(Cheers.) The other candidate, Lord Milton, was also entitled to their highest respect, from the fact of his being the representative of a house, the late and present head of which had ever been distinguished for their ardent and devoted support of liberty, to secure which they had spent in their life-time a princely for tune.—(Cheers.) Their late Noble candidates, how ever, although defeated, were not disgraced, and it was with the greatest pleasure that he proposed— " The healths of Lords Morpeth and Milton." The toast was drank with enthusiasm and continued applause. Mr. JOHN TAILOR, of Batley, acknowledged the toast. There were circumstances connected with their late defeat which might perhaps be discouraging, but there were many others of a cheering character' left to them. The very fact of their having experienced a defeat ought rather to induce them to redouble their exertions.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Taylor then alluded to the proofs that had been afforded of the estimation in which Lord Morpeth was held, in the fact that two thirds of the Liberal Members for Ireland, had offered to vacate their seats in his ftviour, and also that in Yorkshire, a magnificent present was about to be made to him, as an imperfect acknowledgment on the part of the Reformers of the West Riding, how deep was their sense of the signal services which the Noble Lord had rendered to the country and to his constituents.— (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next gave " Lord Melbourne and his colleagues of the late Ministry."—(Much cheering.) The Chairman observed, in giving this toast, that whatever calumnies might be heaped upon the late Administration, impartial history would one day do them justice.—(Cheers.) He pointed out the hypo crisy of the Tories in their boasted sympathy for the sufferings of the poor, for instead of rendering them able by their own honest industry, to live comfortably with their families, they deprived them of the means of doing so, by upholding the present iniquitous Corn laws, which deprived the poorer portions of the com munity of obtaining employment, and thus sent them into the very bastiles for which the Tories seemed to have so groat an abhorrence and detestation.—(Cheers.) Tilos. Tonn, Esq., proposed " The Liberal Mem bers of the House of Commons." The toast was drank with enthusiasm. The hilarity and good feeling of the company were kept up to a late hour. EFFECTS OF THE LATE STORM. ELY.—On Saturday afternoon a violent storm of wind and rain passed over this city ; the wind being so strong as to take two sails off Messrs. Simpson's flour mill, which stands near the city, also two off a water mill in the fens, and split a large tree in two. Many of the crops in the fens are drowned, but speedily the water will be taken off by the engines.—Cambridge Ad vertiser. YARMOUTH.—On Friday evening we were visited with one of the most severe tempests we have witnessed for many years, though happily we were spared mony of those afflicting accidents which not unfrequently at tend a thunder storm. The night was fearfully dark, and when the lightning darted forth, the whole horizon to the south seemed one mass of silver flame. The rain fell in torrents, and has been succeeded by an an- Initial - degree of cold ; while the wind, on Saturday evening, blew tempestuously. We fear we shall hear sad accounts of the effect of the tempest on the Suffolk coast.—Cambridge Advertiser, •Up to Friday morning the weather continued most propitious for the harvest, which was proceeding very satisfactorily till that time, when the sky became over cast ; and between two and three o'clock we were vi sited by a heavy thunder-storm, which lasted for about two hours, the rain falling in torrents whilst it continued, and during the whole of the evening, It was reported that the church at Teversham, and a barn at Eversden, in this county, bad both been struck by the electric fluid, the former considerably damaged, and the latter burnt ; but we have been unable to learn whether these reports are true or not. Throughout Saturday it con tinued raining heavily.—Cambridge Advertiser. THE WEATHER, &c.—After more than a fortnight of beautiful harvest weather, we have been subjected to another dowsing as violent as any we recollect during the course of the year. On Friday night, about twelve, a violent storm began among all the surrounding hills, dashing the corn about in every direction till late in the morning, and swelling every river to the overflow of its chansel. At six o'clock on Saturday morning, the Don was little above its usual height at Lady's Bridge ; but in the course of the day it had swollen to nearly two yards above its ordinary level, and the meadows below the town became in many places flooded. The storm extended with equal effect over Derbyshire, and the Derwent overflowed its banks very early in the day. Of course, the harvest would receive a serious inter ruption. In many places a considerable quantity of corn lay in swath ; and what was not cut has been sa3ly laid. Many wheat stacks were also thrown down, and the sheaves completely soaked on the ground.—Shef field Isis. Harvesting operations have been much interrupted by the incessant rains of Friday and Saturday, and the gloomy weather since ; yet part of the grain has been secured in this vicinity during the week, and accounts agree in the general excellence of the produce, and of a full average crop.— York Courant. FLOODS AT STOURBRIDGE.—This town was on Saturday morning visited with one of the highest floods we have witnessed for sonic years. It began raining heavily about eight o'clock on Friday evening, and con tinued without abatement throughout the night. By seven o'clock the meadows through which the Stour winds its way were covered with water, the stream overflowing its usual course, and sweeping in one cur rent over the land. The lower part of High-street was impassable fot foot-passengers, and the whole of the cellars and some of the shops in that part of the town were flooded. Much damage was done, especially at the tan-yard of John Collis, Esq., the whole of which was under water, consequently the liquor in the tan pits was much weakened, and considerable injury was also done to the bottoms of two large bark ricks on the premises. The loss is estimated at little short of 2001. All the works on the banks of the Stour, including those of James Foster, Esq., were stopped by the influx of water, and many ricks which were not thatched have been so saturated as to render it necessary to take `,hem to pieces.— Worcestershire Chronicle. STATE OF THE WEATHER AND CROPS• (FROM THE LATEST PAPERS.) The weather, since our last, has been very un settled, and there have been some wild storms of wind and rain. Intervals of sunshine have, however, oc curred, and we find, on the whole, that in our neigh bourhood but little damage has been done to that por tion of the gr a i n crops which is still in the field. Large breadths of wheat have been saved in this dis trict in excellent condition, and should the weather not get worse than the average of wet and dry which we have had during the past ten days, there is every reason to believe that the yet outstanding crops will be carried in a satisfactory state, and that the farmers will have no cause to complain.—Bath Chronicle. We have had another week of splend i d weather, and an i mmense b rea dth of corn has fallen before the s c yth e and sick l e, an d a considerable quan tity has been carried in excellent condition. We are happy to say that the crops everywhere equal our most sanguine expectations.—Sheffield Iris. THE HARVEST.—Harvesting operations have be come general here, and although its progress has in some measure been impeded by the frequent showers of rain with whi c h we have been visited, yet vast quan tities of wheat have been secured in excellent condition. The crops in general are ripe, and reapers in endless variety, and at very low wages.— York Courant. THE HARVEST. —Th e fine ripening weather that has obtained since Friday last, has enabled several far mers in the lower districts of the county to finish the harvest.—Ayr Observer. Some damage lrai been done to the crops in Clare and Kerry from the late rains, and flower gar dens have been mor e or l ess pinched throughout this neighbourhood by a slight frost which has fallen within the last five o r six days.—Liverpool Reporter. THE HARVEST.--.' . ..`h e weather for the last eight days has been cold and d ry, an d so favourable for cutting down the crop that the great bulk of the grain in the neighbourhood, as w e ll as i n the adjoining counties in the east and west, is i n t h e stoo k ; and since Monday a considerable portion has been transferred to the stack yard, With the exception of the wheat, the greater pro portion of wbicb meat be coarse, all other deserip. tions of grain are not only abundant, but what has wen thrashed is of good quality. Pastures were never more rich and abunda , )t at this season of the year ; in consequence of which, hay is selling at a lower price than when put into the rick. The second crop is in general, this season, fully equal to the first —Scotsman. SHOCKING MURDER. (From the Bath Chronicle of 3 eAterday.) The village of Box, and the little hamlets of Kings- down and Box Ashley, were thrown into a state of uni• versal excitement on Sunday morning, by the report that a savage murder had been committed in Kingsdown, on the previous night. The perpetrator of the foul crime was in custody at Box, and the unfortunate vic tim was still lying in the cottage where the had lived with her murderer. A post nzortenz examination of the body was made by Mr Goldstone and another profes sional gentleman. A Jury (H. J. Mant, Esq., foreman), had viewed the body, and the Coroner (Mr. Whit marsh), had given directions for the examination in question. The Jury adjourned from the cottage to the Grove public-house, at Box Ashley, where the several w:tnesses were examined ; from whose evidence it ap. peared that a man named Isaac Smith, a labourer, had been living for some time with the deceased, whose name was Ann Little, at the cottage in question. She was about 40 years of age, Bed during the time she had co habited with Smith she had borne him several children, one of which was an infant at the breast at the time the savage outrage took place. They had been in the habit of drinking together, and of quarrelling to a me lancholy extent for some time previous to this occur rence. On the evening of Saturday last they bad se- veral pints of beer together at the Grove public-house, which they left at about ten o'clock without any appa rent ill-feeling between them. On their way home, however, they came to high words, and Smith re peatedly struck and kicked the woman, and when she cried for mercy, the brute only struck and kicked her the more. Soon after twelve o'clock, however, they reached home, and the unfortunate woman was placed in a chair, the inhuman brute who had so grossly abused her, retiring to bed with some of his children. About four o'clock in the morning one of the boys stole out of bed and went to look at his mother, when he was horror-stricken at finding her sitting in the position in which they had left her when they went to bed— stiff and cold ! The man aroused, and on the alarm being given, Mr. Goldstone, the surgeon, was sent kr, but his assistance was of no avail—the vital spark had fled ! The man manifests a sullen indifference about the melancholy occurrence. He is a tall athletic fel. low, possessing a remarkably repulsive countenance. The post mortem examination not having been con cluded, the inquiry was adjourned until the following morning at ten o'clock. On Tuesday morning Mr. Goldstone deposed that he went to the cottage on the Sunday morning and saw the deceased. He was called in to see her, and found her in a sitting position, dead, in a chair, by the fire side. Her face was much bruised, and her clothes wet, dirty, and bloody from the hips. He observed marks of blood in the middle of the room about two feet square, as if wiped or washed up. Her hands were not stiff. She might have been dead three or four hours when he saw her, which was about halt-past six. About seven o'clock the same evening he was present when her clothes were taken off. Her stockings and her under garments were saturated with blood. He ex amined her shift, and found on the back of it a cut an inch and a half long —cut as if with a sharp in strument. It was saturated with blood an inch from the lower edge. On Monday he made a post mortem examination of the body, and found the brain, heart, lungs, liver, and intestines healthy. He found several lacerations on the lower part of the body. He was of opinion that they were recent. No disease could have produced the appearance. They appeared to have been produced by external violence, by perforation. It might have been done by a knife, and with such a one as now produced. He believed the haemorrhage resulting from this laceration to have been the cause of death. Found a bruise at the bottom of the abdomen, as if pro duced by a kick. A knife belonging to the father, and one also belong ing to the son, were produced at the inquest, and were taken in charge by Mr. Goldstone. This being the whole of the evidence, the Coroner summed up, after which the foreman, J. Mant, Esq., addressed the Jury. He said, " Gentlemen, the abandoned state in which the prisoner and deceased have long lived is known to you all ; that such acts of depravity as have been familiar to the parties must cause less wonder at the awful termination of the life of one of them. The expressions . used by the prisoner enables me to form my opinion as to the verdict to be given. Had not such or similar expressions been used, I should have advised you to bring in a verdict of man slaughter ; but the words I allude to are those the witness heard. After describing the kicks and blows, she says he said to her, " D—n your eyes, get up, or else I'll kill you directly." She said, " Isaac, help me up—l an't able to bear it." He replied., " Don't be so false, or I will throw you into the Itedge." They then proceeded further on their way, and came oppo site the house of James Gale, wb 0, although he was in bed, heard her cry out, Oh, my dear Isaac." He then describes her lying on the ground, which he saw from his window by th , e light of the moon. Isaac Smith standing by her side erasing her. He then saw him drag her along the road, and let her fall. He then said, " D—n your eyes, if you fall in that way, I will black both your eyes." Re then beat her with both fists, and kicked her on the ground several times. This witness heard the blows in his house, and heard her groan three times, and watched them till he dragged her out of sight. We have no further evidence as to this than that he got her home, and carried and dragged her there. You have, then, the evidence of the medi cal gentlemen who saw her. Of the verdict, gentle men, I think. there is only one opinion, that it should be that of " Wilful murder." After a short consultation, the Jury returned a ver dict of Wilful Murder against the prisoner, and he was sent, up der the Coroner's warrant, to Devizes gaol. The, following is a brief history of the deceased and the - accused : The accused is a widower, named Isaac Smith, known as .‘ crafty Ike," a mason. The murdered woman is Ann Little, with whom he cohabited, an unmarried woman, of most abandoned character, the mother of five illegitimate children, by different men. She was, in her younger days, in good circumstances, but being of a depraved turn of mind, went to London, and was on the town. She returned to Box, and was latterly residing at a cottage of her own at the point of Kings down, near the three firs, so prominent a land-mark from the London road. The house has for some years been the receptacle for thieves and persons of bad character, and too often the produce of the night's plunder—sheep and lambs having often been lost by the neighbouring farmers, and traced to this locality. Ann Little was not very long since convicted at the Warminster Sessions of stealing potatoes, and found guilty, fur which she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Smith has himself five children, but although given to habits of drunkenness is a hard working man, and bore a good character before the death of his late wife, although it is reported he starved her to death. The children, as it may be supposed, are as ignorant as any heathens. Smith and the woman, Ann Little, went to Box Church to be married ; the banns were published, but they either had not the money to pay the fees, or drank it away on their road to Church—it is not known which—but they returned home without the ceremony being performed, and con tinued to live together till the above fatal act put a period to their illicit intercourse. A brother of the ac cused has been transported, and the eldest son of Little is now in gaol. A report is current that the man was jealous of the woman for . going to Bradford Fair, and that he gave her a black eye. SINGULAR SUICIDE. Yesterday an inquiry took place before Mr. W. Carter, the Coroner for the Eastern Division of Surrey, at the Robin Hood, Kingston Bottom, on the body of Robert Fell, aged 35, who destroyed himself, by cutting his throat, on Tuesday morning, on which day he was to have been married, after %twelve years' courtship of his intended bride. The following evidence was adduced : Frederick William Wallace deposed that the deceased. had taken the beer-shop of him, and he had been ac quainted with him for a short time. On Tuesday after noon, in consequence of information he received, he went to the deceased's house, and found him lying on the bed' with his throat cut. The deceased pointed to his throat, and said, " This is a bad job ; it will cost a good deal of money, and I don't know who is to pay for it." He added, that he knew he should not be able to pay rates and taxes, and that he thought he had better leave it ; and he at the same time said it was a horrible job, but they were not at all times their own keepers, and he could not account for it. He then wrung his hands, and expressed deep regret for what he had done. By the CORONER—Witness had not the least doubt that the deceased committed the act himself. John Williams, one of the keepers of Richmond Park, deposed that he slept with the deceased. About twenty minutes past five o'clock on Tuesday morning he heard the deceased get out of bed, and he appeared to be feeling about for something, and he almost instantly fell down, and appeared to be retching, and witness asked if he was sick, and upon no answer being returned, witness jumped out of bed, and he then observed a quantity of blood runniug from the throat of the deceased, and he was groaning violently. On lifting up the deceased he saw a razor covered with blood lying under him. Mr. Thomas Ellis Tapley, surgeon of Wimbledon, proved that he was called up to see the deceased, and on examining him he found a wound on his throat from five to six inches in length, and three inches deep. Wit ness remained in attendance upon the deceased, and was with him when he expired. This being the whole of the evidence, the Jury re turned a verdict " That the deceased destroyed himself while in a state of temporary derangement." THE POTATO.—W e are sorry to inform our readers that the crops of this useful and necessary com modity in this vicinity (Knaresborough), are below an average, which will be an additional bnrthen on the means of the already suffering poor of this neighbourhood during the ensuing winter.—York Courant, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE - - PORTSMOUTIL — Liout. F. W. Thuverie is a riminte;l the Victory, as Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral the Hon. 1). Bouverie. The Thalia, 46, is commissioned at Chatham by Cap tain David Hope, it is reported for the West India station. The steam-ship Rhaila:rantlius is ordered tube commis sioned in the river by Mr. Thomas Lean, master, fin service as a steam transport. Accounts from the brio. Fantome, Commander Butter field, from Ascension, of the Bth July, state the fever to have left, after carrying off the master, surgeon, first lien. tenant, and several of the seamen. The Volage, 26, is commissioned at Chatham by Cap tain Sir William Dickson, Bart., said to be for the Me diterranean. The brig Ringdove, 16, Commander Stewart, :is daily expected from the West Indies to be paid off ; and the Hazard, 18, Commander Elliot, from the Mediterranean. The former has been nearly five years in commission. The Pantaloon, 10, and Viper brigantine, are commis sioned here ; the former by Lieut. William Crozier, and the latter by Lieut. Joseph Carter. The Seringapatam, 46, Captain Leith, was at Halifax, on the 18th August ; and private accounts state "would be in England in November, to be paid off." Captain Sir J. Home, Bart., has commissioned the North Star, 26, and Captain Harmer the Driver steam ship, both at this port. It is said that Captain W. Bowyer, of Southampton, will have the Talbot, 26, when re-commissioned. The Satellite, 18, is preparing for commission at this port. Letters from the Cockatrice packet, Lieut. Oxenham, report her arrival at Rio do Janeiro from England, on the 12th July, refitting there to run between Monte Vi deo and Bahia. The Carysfort, 26, Captain Martin, was at Corfu, on the sth August, all well, but had received no orders to proceed to England, to be paid off. The Rapid, 10, Lieut. Tryon, has prOceeded to Ply mouth with supernumeraries for the ships there. At Spithead—No ship of War. In Harbour.—Queen, Victory, Royal George yacht, Illustrious, Warspite, Madagascar, Belvidera, North Star, Pantaloon, Viper, Driver, Echo, and flag tenders. — Brighton Gazette. SHIP PING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Pons lElii, of Cork, lat. 46, lon. 17, by the Calder, arrived off Margate. Duke of Clarence, lat. 2 S., lon. 67 E. ; Helena Christina, in the Straits of Sunda, 29th May ; Ship Pilot, same day, in Anger Roads, by the Dartmouth, arrived off Portsmouth. Plato, Hamburgh to Philadelphia, Ist ult., out twelve days, by the Chieftain, arrived off Scilly. Swiftsure, Liverpool to Malta, off Cape St. Vincent's, 14th, by the Calla, arrived at Falmouth. Lavinia, Leg horn to Hull, 20th, lat. 37, lon. 9, by the Douro, ar rived at ditto. St. John, from the Clyde, 25th, lat. 49, lon. 42 ; Olive Branch, for Newfoundland, 3d inst., lat. 50, lon. 4, by the Nelson packet, arrived at Poole. Ro mulus, Clyde to Dalhousie, 16th ult., lat. 46, lon. 48, by the Durham, arrived at Scarborough. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—The Dartmouth, Jacob, from China, off Portsmouth, sailed April 27, Anger May 29, St. Helena July 21; Mellish, Jones, from China, off Portsmouth, sailed April 24, St. Helena July 16 ; Genhuntley, Brown, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed April „6, St. Helena July 14 ; Scotland, Cunningham, from China, in the Clyde, sailed April 22, Anger May 19, St. Helena July 13 ; Pink, Patterson, from Bengal, in the Clyde, sailed April 7, St. Helena July 14. Arrival at St. Helena Her Majesty's brig Water Witch, Lieut. Matson, July 11, from West Coast of Africa, and sailed 14th to the West Coast Afrique ; Viand, 12th, from Batavia, and sailed 14th to Havre ; Bella Bascongada, Cuarteron, 13th, from Manilla, and sailed 15th to Cadiz ; Munster Lass, Carrew, 13th, from the Cape, and sailed 17th to London ; Enterprise, Ro bertson, 14th, from Calcutta, and sailed 14th to Liver pool ; Ida Welhelmina, Romyer, 14th, from Batavia, and sailed 16th to Dordrecht ; Falconer, Leach , 15th, from Calcutta, and sailed 16th to Boston ; Admiral de Ruy ter, Tekenberg, 15th, from Batavia, and sailed 16th to Amsterdam ; Catherina, Rielmeyer, 15th, from „Bata via, and sailed 1 6th to Rotterdam ; Eliza, Wal lace, 16th, from Zanzibar, and sailed 17th to Salem ; Midas, heir, 16th, from Bombay, and sailed 17th to London ; London, Gibson, 17th, from Singapore, and sailed 17th to London ; Deux Clementines, Oheix, 17th, from Mahe, and sailed 18th to Bordeaux ; Royal Ad• miral, Martin, 17th, from Batavia, and sailed 19th to London ; Helena, Drenning, 17th, from Calcutta, and sailed 18th to Liverpool ; Cid, 18th, from Bourbon to Marseilles ; Martha Ridgway, Bissett, 19th, from Bom bay to Liverpool. Departures from St. Helena—Favourite, from Lagra vere, July 13, to Bordeaux ; Reunion and Leperouse, 14th, to India ; Henry Davidson, APDonnell, 15th ; Egyptian, Skelton ; and Prince Albert, Bruton, 16th, for London. On the 24th ult., as Mr. Hole, of South Mus ham, was walking in his fields, he found a quantity o. bread loaves in a turnip-field ; supposing them to have been stolen, he caused the inquiry to be made and the field further searched, when another lot was found, making in the whole forty-eight quartern loaves and a half of white bread ; they were taken to Musklam church ; upon in quiry it was found the loaves had been thrown into the field by a fellow who goes by the nick-name of " Pep permint," who had lately set up as a baker at Newark, and had been taking bread into the country to sell with his horse and cart, but not being so fortunate as to dispose of it, and wishing to keep up an appearance that he was doing a great business, and astonish the na tives, by returning from his journey, every day with an empty cart, he threw his loaves into the field as before described. The week previous, he had thrown a quantity into a field at Naplebeck, and also at Kersall. As soon as it was found who had thrown the bread away, Mr. " Peppermint" cut his lucky ; and it being supposed that the fellow must be mad, fears were entertained that he had drowned himself. The river Devon was dragged ; but while this was per forming news came that the madman had . been seen at Nottingham ; all anxiety respecting him ceased, and his friends began to condemn his folly. The bread found was distributed amongst the poor.—Nottingham Mercury. They write from Libourne, in the Gironde, that the census has produced such an effect at Sainte Terre, a small place in that district, that no stranger can make his appearance without being taken for a tax agent, and ex posed to serious risk. A few days since a commercial traveller was pulled out of his cabriolet by the pea santry, and severely beaten ; nor was he suffered to escape till some influential persons interposed, and con vinced his assailants of their error. On the 2d inst. a similar assault was committed upon another person, equally unconnected with the Government ; he was dragged to the river, and would have been thrown in, but for the exertions of two men, who saved him. ANOTHER WONDER AT THE NIAGARA FALLS.—WC have just arrived from the Falls, whither we went this morning per cars, on learning that a person was cast away on one of the Three Sisters islands si tuated in the rapids, just above the Falls, and that all ef forts to rescue him were as yet unavailing. On our arrival, all was excitement, hundreds were crossing and re-cross in.. to Goat Island, from the head of which he could b e observed.' These islands lie side by side near the head of Goat Island, and the unfortunate man is on the farthest one, and where no human being was ever known to be before. The first and second are rarely visited, but the third is inaccessible. The daring Robinson was on the second preparing ropes to cast over, by which it was hoped a boat might be drawn over by running cords. This was, after much difficulty, performed, and the empty boat was sent over, but from some reason the passage of the poor fellow was not attempted, and the boat returned without him, and so matters stood when we were obliged to leave by the cars. He had been on the island forty-eight hours, and was discovered by the smoke of his fire. He signifies, by signs, that he was above when one of his oars broke, and with the other he succeeded in making a landing. We believe food has been sent him. The distance across the boiling flood is nearly fifty yards, and it is doubtful if he ever can be brought off. liis name is Allen, a brother-in-law of Robinson's, and resides at the Falls, and has a family. When we saw him he appeared restless and uneasy, wandering about constantly, with what seemed a small hatchet in his hand. God help the unfortunate man ! Bliffala Penny Press. [Fudge !] THE TORY QUARRELS.—A strange and un intelligible specimen of mystification in the form of a lead ing article appeared last night in the columns of an even ing contemporary, affecting to treat as matters of import ance the communications of certain real or pretended anonymous correspondents of its own, in conjunction with some unmeaning verbiege in recent num b ers of a Dublin paper. There are only two possible mode s o f ac counting for such effusions as those of the Standard a nd the Dublin Evening Mail. The one is that the edi tors of these journals are striving collusively and abor tively to enhance their own importance and to injure the Conservative cause ; and the other that they are both so completely subject to lunar influence, as to disregard everything that is passing upon earth. Morning Post. Madame Bretot, a thriving blanchisseuse, of the sex ßu of ede the ß s ie a vr me e, ag hea,dwhieh afair w d a asutgeltfu ter ti , oge i g hteen, was w ho, like all her very fond of ball s and other gaities.p The good mother wasindulgent b u t p ru d en t, and while she permitted her lively damsel to attend these scenes of a musement, al ways took care to accompany her. At a Sunday's dance about a month ago, at the Quatre S aisons, Mademoiselle Eugenie me t with a partner so genteel and gallant that lie won the hearts of both mother and daughter, and the favoured youth was received into their domestic circle as a suitor. The preliminaries were at length so far ar ranged for a marriage between the lovers, that Madame chase a suitable outfi t for the ouneor Bretot drew 1,000 fran cs from the savings' bank to pur the uncertainty of human proje y g coupl . Alas, cts ! two evenings a f go, when the expecting bride and her mother returned home, after a day spent on their knees—not at church, but in their washing barge, near the Pont de l'Arche veche—they found that their dwelling had been broken open, their locks forced, and not only the 1,000 f rancs , but every o ther article of value carried off. This was, conspicuously affixed to the chimney indeed, a, dire disaster. but the severest cut of all was a sheet of. pap er, g l as s, on which was written, in too legible characters— .' I might have taken both your daughter and her dower, but I content myself with one, and leave you the other." A Magdeburg paper gives an account of a new mode for walking on the water. A pioneer of the garri son of that place not only goes down with the stream in the river, but crosses it with ease and safety. lie makes use of a balancing pole, which at times serves to steer with, but it is not indispensable. He has several times descended the river with his uniform on, and his knap sack on his back, repeatedly charging and dischargi n his musket. It is added that the Prussian Government intends next year to have the corps of pioneers exercised in this new discovery, I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS AIX !.—Titußs In consequence of Warwick Races the attenlance ~, e terday was thin, and betting flat, at the following ices : ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 on Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken 3 to 1 agst Scott's lot—offered 5 to 1 agst Ld Westminster's Van .Amburgh—off : 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire 20 to 1 agst Lord Westminster s Satirist--taken 20 to 1 each agst Eringo and Satirist—t. in one bet. DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Cot Peel's Hester colt—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Phoenix—offered 2,000 to 60 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland--taken• WARWICK RACES.—THURSDAY. The Castle Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three and four yrs old. Mile course. (7 Subs.) Mr. Buckley's Gilbert, 3 yrs, 7st 101b...(Whitehouse) 1 Lord Stanley's Rhodanthe, 4 yrs, Bst 12Ib Lord G. Bentinck's Capote, 4 yrs, B st 121 b Mr. Collins' f, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b 4 Betting even on Rhodanthe ; 5 to 2 against Capote ; and 3to 1 against Gilbert. Won by a length. The Stand Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 30 added. Two miles. (7 Subs.) Mr. Kirby's Kingston Robin, 4 yrs, 7 st 121 b 1 2 Lord Exeter's Bosphorus, 5 yrs, ist 71 b 6t04 on Kingston Robin. Won by a head. The Queen's Plate of 100 Guineas. Heats, Two Mile Course. Mr. Wreford'sWardan, 4 yrs, 9st 61b...(Day, jun.) 1 Mr.Denham's fby Pantaloon—Souvenir, Bst 21b 4 Mr. J. Day's Viola, 3 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Williams's Anvil, 3 yrs, Bst 21b ➢lr. Cooke's Esperenza, 3 yrs, Bst 21b First heat won in a canter. The second was not over when the coach left, but it was considered for Warden" the Pantaloon filly being his only opponent. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY WEEK. Handicap for the Palatine Stakes. Charles the Twelfth, 5 yrs, 9st 71b—Calypso, 4 yrit Bst 101b—Orelia, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—CruiskQen, aged, 8 4 41b—Roscius, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—La Sage Femme, 5 yry Bst—Smollett, 6 yrs, Bst—Retriever, 5 yrs, 7st 1311)- - : The Lord Mayor, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Ernest the First, ! yrs, ist 121b—Remnant, 4 yrs, ist 81b—Rhodanthe, ? yrs, ist 71b—Clinker, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Champagne, 4 i g 7st 41b—Humming Bird, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Galaor, 3 , 7st 21b—Naworth, 4 yrs, 7st—Prince, 3 yrs, ist—Th i 3 yrs, Est 121b—Zelmyra, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Cornuto, : yrs, Est 101b—Ermengtudis, 3 yrs, Est 81b—Flash, ii• ' yrs, 6st 71b. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Beans. e'er Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. 1. tos. Bath Blandford 52 '72 31 31 23 26 46 •••' tiridport 68 lhard 56 72 28 32 22 26 ia, 42 40 Exeter Gloucester 6O 76 20 32 21 28 40 42 44 Guildford 62 77 30 35 24 30 40 45 40 , Newbury 45 78 31 34 24 30 41 58 36 ' Reading 54 81 26 36 20 30 40 46 38 " 1 " Salisbury 52 fit 27 34 20 28 40 50 Sherborne 72 76 28 31 26 32 44 48 Shepton Mallet 72 71 32 37 2:3 28 44 50 42 Uxbridge 37 43 23 28 28 Warminster 152 71 33 37 27 31 44 48 Winchester '45 66 ••• treovil 56 70 21 32 22 28 40 44 •‘ LEEDS CORN MARKET. Wheat, Norfolk anti Suffolk, 601 b. --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 304. to 33 8 . 1g --- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding 44 4 40 no 4g .! 36 42 i t/ 28 52 71 1 45 66 56 70 21 32 LEEDS CORN Wheat, Norfolk and Suftblk, 601 b—, --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans 63lb. Oats, Potatoe Waling, For. lid. told Shelling DEVIZES COI Per Sack. s. el. s. d. First Wheat 35 0 to se 6 Second 32 6 34 6 third darley 3O 0 35 0 CHELTENHA It Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. lb. d. & Per Wh ea t 8 0 10 0 Beef 6 7 d ar l e y 3 0 3 9 Mutton O a t s 3 0 3 9 Veal Beans P ease 5 0 8 0 Lamb 7 7 Hay 41.05. to 41. 101.0 d. per ton. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white............. 70e. to 805....,... 01d............. —s. to ...... 1 , red.—.—..... 665. to 77 5. ......... 01d.........—. —s. to — lo ' .. Barley, Malting.... Oats . Beans Pease ................ .s.l t as. to 70s. 30s. to 335. 275. to 31s. 255. to 00 1 . ..... 40s. to 445. , 231. to 28s. Eng. 11%cl. to 1 .;:d. per sto l 2l 28:. to 30s. per lt IN MARKET. Per Quarter. s. 22 d 0 . Oats Beans (per sack) 2O 0 24 0 0 Flour (per bag) — 0 39 0 Bread (pergallon) 1 3 -••• M MARKETS. CHELMSFORD MARKET. ' Se 61 to 78 Oats 23 to 0 61 72 Pease. Gray ....... Barley 32 35 White 37 0 Chevalier 35 36 Beans, Tick 39 0 Grinding —s. to 355. Grnding.. —5. co --s• 265. to 305.....,. 011---- —5. to 335 to 415. —s. to s. 365. to —5.....• 395. to Wheat, White ...... Red Lieutenant Ewart, late of the Scots Greys, Wr distinguished himself at Waterloo by the capture 01,;„' French Eagle, and who is at present on a visit to !I friends in this quarter, has had the freedom of the bu of Irvine conferred upon him, in compliment to his co_t ratter as a soldier. The rights of citizenship were r:, • seated by Provost Salmon in an appropriate speech . Ayr Observer. CRICKET.—The Officers of the Ist and tf Life Guards have selected eleven men from each o f t1 1 ,,,e . ; respective regiments, to play a match on Garril l ' 4 Grounds, Copenhagen-house, on Monday, September ,_., l ' The following are named as players in this intermi t " match : Ist Life Guards: Corporal Rayner Trooper Whiteor Brag Pettit Shire Ayres I‘ieasures Blight Lewis Stuart Lipscomb Scorer—Grace Umpire--Dadson Wickets pitched at ten o'clock. Patronized by their Majesties the King i n ., Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Prine el6 .4 , Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Estet t e'"j the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Ducho Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury, the D u tio n of Norfolk, Devonshire, and Manchester, Lord Hill, Ste. In 0 1 0 .4 . to the above distinguished patronage in the Newly-Invented 3 ,,r 00 ., tacle Lenses and Sound Magnifiers Invisible Operative Voice cry ductor, Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, r,..1 dilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William.streett yp feel great pleasure to state that their valuable inventions hav e , " „ 0 , gained the sanction and unqualified approbation of above four_., s. dred of the principal members of the medical profession. 113. 7, 0 . diately these Newly-invented Spectacle Lenses are placed before:ea perfect vision, either by day or candle-light, that mist and dullPt*, which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every objec t 0 , collies clear and distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sigb t r o, comes bright ar.d brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, ne tu :0 ( and original state. Their Invisible Operative Voice Condu ct Sound Magnifiers for deaf persons, is not the bast perceptible So uncomfortable ; they give immediate relief to old standing e%tr e cases of deafness, and the faintest whisper at a public assentblitof heard with exact distinctness.-39, Albemarle-street, opposite . 00 York Hotel, and 7(1 , King William.street, City.—Ne coun t° with person sof the same name. 2d Life Guards: Trooper Bentley Yates Lamb Ellar Marchant Dennis Rich Weddingtoo Lockier Harrison Wright Scorer—Fletcher Umpire—Fletcher. ... PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS Ma l f . bot facturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill. London, opposifOr Bank of England. The best wrought FIDDLE PATT of SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2d. per ounce._ jo y following are the weights recommended, but the articl es be had lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce. ~ I. oz. I. d. ~.' 0 0 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 12 ditto Dessert ditto ........ 3 2 00 at 7 7 2... 2 1 :i I: ti 11 ditto '1 able Forks 3O 7 2... '., 11 , 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... ' 1 0 2 ditto Gravy Spoons 10 7 2... i ll a 1 ditto Soup Ladle 15 7 2... ; 0 4 ditto Sauce ditto.. lO 7 5... - 1 1" 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt stron g ) 1 0 1 ditto Fish Slice 12 ditto Tea Spoons lO 7 8... S o i$ 0 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (st rong ) it‘ i N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, Must : JO ; by drawings, and containing every information relative t; i ige purchase of silver or Sheffi e ld pl a t e , may b e b ad en sLoof tion, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, igi to a paid letter. 001ir 818 TIES. sagg, ..mo , On the 26th ult., at Brighton, the lady of C. R. of the Bombay European •Regiment, of a clausitr i t,„, ... par kin, Esq., of Chancery-lane, London, lady On the 4th inst., at Leamington, theorr gu;httl l .. ffiz". A. of Captaia j , On the 4th inst., at Cromarty, the r otSi° d G aruag h hat m er ,. late of the Hanoverian Grenadier Guards , "" On the sth inst., at Chudleigh, Devon, the lady of •- , a. o f* John Evans, late of the 15th Regiment Bengal Infant:3' , - daughter. so* On the 7th inst., at Blackheath, Mrs. W. M o b er ly, °) I g still-born. On the Bth inst., the lady of C. T. Grey, Esq., of a s f-4%0 On the Bth inst., at Woolw ic h, t h e lady of Capta i n A' Gosset, Royal Horse Artillery, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at L ar k H all -lane, Clapham, M rs . fled '' ) et t t h s e D 9 e t a h co i n n , s o t. f , a in dau n g u h k te e r . Os 11°d On g 's _......---' f tr a ee s t o , n M . aschester-square lady of the Rev. T. W . Alli es, o MARRIED. On the llth of June, at Waltair, Lieutenant T. P. S P,. srkfr Adjutant of th e 17th K eg i ment Native Infantry, to ' — ftin; , four h d a u g ht er o f t h e l ate Lieutenant-Colonel Foyle, °' B On engal Service. the 6th inst., at St. Paul's, Detford, Mr. John Ciall dius Barto n , o f P ec kh am, to Sarah Ann, fourth daug hte. .. Mr. Samuel Minton, of Aldgate. On the 7th inst., at Winca n t on , S omerse t s hire, John „g i ell ot ri . Eagleton, eldest son of Edw ar d E ag l e t on , Esq '"i s tlle heath, Kent, to Georgiana King, youngest daughter 0 late G. Baker, Esq , of the former place. Sca t ' On the Bth i ns t., a t Clif ton Ch urc h, J ames Nairne „ h ter Esq., of Camberw e ll- grove , t o R o bi na K er , eldest Ja il ° of Cumin, M.D., Clifton. wet On the Bth inst., at St. Ceorge's Church, H a nover -941 0 0 and afterwards at Moorfields Catholic Chapel, Philip M l g pont Duggan, Eq. of Dublin, to Miss Jamison, of Mount Ver near Nottingham. DIED. wife ef On the 2d inst., at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Amelia, the Mr. C. Parsons, Temple Chambers. On the 3d inst., Frances, relict of John Gouthwaite, late of Lumley, near Ferrybridge, Yorkshire. M ar y, the w ife cif On the 6th inst., at Hyde, Isle of Wight, W. Dudley, Esq., of Stoke Newington. White' Also, on the sth inst., at Dublin, Ann Crews Dudley above stone, wife of George Wlsitestone, Esq., and niece of t he W. udle y. white, O D n the 6th inst., at Great Marlow, M r . Charles •, jun., of the Carron Warehouse, Upper Thames.street . On the 6th inst., Mr. Philip Cox, at Rich-terrace. 11/. court, Brompton, aged 63. On the 7th inst., Robert Pitches, Esq. of Harleyford•Plice* Kennington-common, arid late of St. Swithin's-lane. ° London : Printed and Published by MURDO Y O , l , 1"1 1,0 Nit. 112, Strand, at The Sure Office, No. 112. "'— the county of Middlesex, Friday, September 10, 11,41• EVENING SUN