The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-03 00:00:00

EVENING SUN. 11. ARRANGEMENTS. (From Th- .3#n of I.ast Night.) -Sir Robert - Peel i 3. still busily occupied in the agree able task of foaming and completing his Cabinet, as fi well as of tilling up the different offices of the House hold, and the minor appointments incidental to the coming into office of the Tory party. Those who have already received their appointments continue to move round the great centre of their system, Sir Robert Peel ; and those who have not yet been selected are in constant attendance upon the Premier-elect, whose Ministerial levees daily increase in the number of their attendants. Among those who have to-day had interviews with the Right Hon. Baronet are the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, Mr. Herries, Sir .James Graham, Sir Henry Hardinge, Lord Hill, Lord Jersey, Lord Ashley, and Lord Lowther. A Treasnry messenger was this morning sent off to Claremont with despatches for her Majesty ; and it was expected, from the early hoar of his depar ture, that a Privy Council would in all probability be held by the Queen this day, for the purpose of receiving from Lord Melbourne and his colleagues the seals of office, and transmitting them to their s uccessors. No orders were, however, given for summoni n g a Council up to one o'clock this afternoon, consequently there could hail been no intention on the part of her Ma jesty to hold the Council to-day. But as it appears likely that all the appointments will have been filled u in the course of this day, it is proba ble that the " seals' will pass from their present into Tcry hands to-morrow. LORD CLONCURRY'S PROTEST. DISSENTIENT : 1. Because the Address adopted by the House, in fail ing to respond to the recommendations contained in her Majesty's gracious Speech from the Throne, is to be regarded as a deliberate condemnation of the policy of her Majesty's Ministers, and, as such, must tend to their speedy retirement from the service of the State, and to the substitution of others as advisers of the Crown, whose known maxims of government afford no ground of hope that any measure emanating from their councils can adequately meet the difficulties of the present crisis of public affairs. 2. Because that part of the policy of those Ministers to which such condemnation most pointedly applies has been merely an endeavour upon their parts practically to enforce the enlightened and intelligible► principle, that it is more just and wise, with a view to the provi sion of a sufficient public revenue, to remove restric tions upon commerce, and thus extend its operation, than to perpetuate monopolies and increase taxation. 3. Because the political party from which successors to those ministers must probably be chosen has uni formly proved itself, whether in or out of power, to be hostile to the reform of abuses, to the rights of consci ence, and to the freedom of the subject, and, conse quently, must fail, as advisers of the Crown, to command that respect without which the affairs of a great empire cannot be successfully administered. 4. Because the uniform practice of that party, when in power, has been to foster social differences and re ligious animosities among the inhabitants of Ireland — a system of misgovernment as injurious in its ultimate results to those whom it professed to favour as to the large number it directly oppressed, inasmuch as its baneful effect has been to direct the attention of the country from important national objects, and to pre vent that cordial union of its intellect and strength which would render a continuance of bad government impossible. MOST ESPECIALLY DISSENTIENT : 5. Because that political party has, either by the ac tual enforcement of, or the constant attempt to enforce, its own vicious principles of Government, made itself justly odious to the large majority of the Irish people. Whatever may be the temporary professions of an administration composed of members of that party, by the Roman Catholics of Ireland, it can only be regarded as a Government of their inveterate enemies, who, to the very last, approved and defended the iniquities of the penal code, and who, since its ex torted repeal, have been foremost in every attempt to curtail their civil and political privileges. The Catholics must feel, if for no other reason, that the party which insulted when it could not injure will be sure to injure whenever it can. Between an Administration so consti tuted, and subjects thus justifiably distrustful, but con scious, at the same time, that they are now too nume rous and strong to be outraged with impunity, there is little hope that the primary object of all good govern ment can be certainly attained, viz., a prompt and cheerful obedience to the laws, founded upon the con viction that the laws are just and justly administered —on the contrary, in looking to the probable course of events in Ireland, there is too much reason to appre hend that the restoration to power of a party notoriously inimical to so many millions of her Majesty's subjects must produce in the minds of the latter such general and deep discontent, as in its consequence must speedily en danger the public peace, and ultimately impair the strength of the British empire. CLONCURRY. COURT OF SESSION, iLDIN BURGH. On Tuesday the Lord Ordinary (Ctiningliarne);zranted on the a pplication of the Boy. Lil-ingNtone of Cam busnethan, an interdict prohibiting . and ditch , rging the Presbytery of Hamilton, and the General A..sembly, from farther proceedingi in his case, or prom) mini; any sentence against him, on the ground, as st tea in the application, that the Presbytery is partly mposed of quoad sacra ministers, and that any proceedings, on the part of a court so constituted, are illegal and unconsti tutional. Our readers are aware that Mr. Livingstone was li belled by the Presbytery of Hamilton for theft, and, after trial, found guilty, which finding was affirmed in its main particulars by the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr. At last meeting of the General Assembly Mr. Living stone presented to the Lord Ordinary a note of sus pension and interdict against the Presbytery of Hamil ton and the General Assembly, praying the Court to " interdict, prohibit, and discharge" them from pro nouncing any sentence against him, and from farther proceeding in the process, on the ground that a number of chapel ministers had been introduced into the Presby tery ; and that any judgment pronounced by a body so constituted was illegal and incompetent. The Lord Or dinary reported the case to the first division, giving it as his opinion that he ought to order answers tobe given to the note of suspension, and reserve the question of inter dict, considering the immense extent to which tho inter dict would go, " amounting, in fact, to a complete ex tinction of the functions of every ecclesiastieal Court in Scotland." The Judges ' consisting .of the Lord President, Lord Mackenzie, Lord Gillies, and Lord Fullerton, unani mously concurred in the opinion of the Lord Ordinary, and directed answers to be given by the Presbytery and General Assembly to the note of suspension, and re serving the question of interdict, ckiefly on the . ground that the interdict would be followed by some very import ant consequences. Lord Gillies observed that it would go " to annihilate the proceedings, not of that Assem bly only, but of every Assembly which had been held since the act of admitting quoad sacra ministers was passed." Answers were accordingly ordered, but nei ther the Presbytery nor the Assembly complied with the order. The case came again before the Lord Ordinary on Tuesday last, when, as we have already stated, his Lordship granted the interdict; and, from what fell from the Judges in May, there can be no doubt that,. if the matter is brought before the whole Court, his decision will be affirmed.—Scotch paper. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal.) The first pocket of new hops was sent to market on Saturday last by Mr. Timothy Standen, of Tenterden, and sold by Mr. Isaac Beeman, at 91. per cwt. NlunsToNE.—Our reports from all quarters speak of the great improvement in hops produced by the late fine weather. In this improvement our own neighbourhood partakes, wherever the plants have not been previously too much injured. After all, however, our growth must come short, and we have heard nothing to alter the opi nion expressed in our last. FARLEIGH.—The hops are going on extremely well here. WATERINGBITRY.—The hops in this parish do not come out so well as the grounds below the hill, many of the Golding grounds being very small—the same with the grounds at Nettlestead. Yalding are come out very fine; and are extremely good. RYARSH, OFFHAM, AND WEST MALLING.—The hops in these parishes are going on well, and the celebrated "Offham bottoms" promise to maintain their reputation. STAPLEunasT.—The late warm weather has caused a great improvement in the hops in this parish ; they are growing out very large, and with favourable weather pro mise to be of excellent quality. SEVENOAKS.—The hops in this district have very much improved this last week, it is expected the picking will commence about the 9th or 10th of September, the esti mated-quantity cannot much exceed two bags per acre— there are a great many . acres very short of bine, and some gardens very much injured by mould. CRANBROOH.—We consider the hops are rather im proving in this neighbourhood, although many grounds are very backward and still in bur. GODDHURST.—The hops have improved in the last ten days and are grown out large in many gardens, but some are very backward, and much bur is still to be seen. Should the weather prove favourable for the next fortnight we shall get a tolerable crop. LAMBERHURST.—The hops in this parish have made great progress during the last fortnight, and bid fair for an average crop. TICEHURST.—The late fine warm days have much im proved the best grounds, and brought the bur into hop ; but there are many still in a weakly and backward state. FARNHAM.—The hops in this district are still look ing exceedingly well, and there is now nothing that can injure them but severe gales of wind. The picking in some grounds will be commenced in a few days. THE MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS......-We are authorised to state that the Duchess of Bedford and he Marchioness of Normanby have resigned their places as Ladies in Waiting to her Majesty, and that her Ma jesty has accepted their resignation. IMPORTANT SURVEY OF THE THAMES WITH A. VIEW TO MOST EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS.— By permission of the Lords of the Admiralty, Captain Bullock, of the Fearless steam vessel, engaged in the Government surveys of the north seas, arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday last, for the purpose of com mencing an inspection of the River Thames, by the di rection of the Navigation Committee, from Staines Bridge to Yartlett Creek, within the jurisdiction of the City. Captain Bullock was accompan►ed in the survey by Mr. Walker, the president of the Society of Civil Engineers, Captain Fisher, and the other harbour mas ters, together with the water bailiff, and the clerk of the city works above bridge. They have already surveyed both shores from London Bridge to Chelsea, and it is understood they are prepared to make important sugges tions, as well for the improvement of the banks of river as to give facilities to the Thames navigation, with out innovating upon the other important interests con nected with the river. Ilse Directors of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway afforded the public of Newcastle a very cheap trip to Carlisle and back on Sunday last. This called forth the holy ire of the Rev. Mr. Burns ; and he issued a very injudicious handbill, which described it " a trip to Hell for 7s. 6d.," and announced that he would preach in the Cattle Market at seven o'clock in the morning— the hour at which the " sinners" departed ; and that he would meet in the same place at five o'clock in the after noon, to pray for their safe return. Mr. 8., in the course of his long sermons, met with some opposition. On this morning (Monday) a bill in retaliation was posted on the ,walls of the town, stating that the company had been at Hell., but it was so full with hyrocritical priests, that the Devil could not take them in ; and that the Devil sent his compliments to Mr Burns. Mr Burns is, no doubt, sincere in his exertions ; but his condcct is rather calcu lated to bring religion into contempt than otherwise. The people, in Scotch villages, may sometimes be fright ened out of their propriety; but the inhabitants of New castle must be reasoned with and convinced. It is not the way to make converts, for a minister, in the first in stance, to insult men's feelings.— Tyne Mercury. A few days ago, a lad, who was employed by a farmer at Peckham to shoot birds in his corn-field shot a wood-pigeon. On reaching the spot where the bird fell, be was surprised at finding another, hovering close to the wounded one. He took tip the dead bird and carried it in his hand some distance, closely attended by the other bird, sometimes following him and sometimes going before, and (to use the lad's own expression) " making quite a fuss about him." On reaching the field-gate the lad stopped to re-load his gun, placing the dead bird on the gate- post, when the other pigeon flew to the side of his lifeless companion, and, without the slightest attempt to escape, quietly suffered itself to be secured by the boy. The bird was brought home, and put into a small room, where shortly after it was found dead. It is now stuffi.-d, and in the possession of the writer. DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN'S TIGER.—On Saturday forenoon the fine brig Arab, of Dundee, Cap tain David K. :Moms, from New York, and having on board one of the finest specimens of the " ociloto " or " tiger in miniature , " a p resent from one of the gouth American Chiefs to our Most Gracious Queen, arrived in the St. Katharine's-dock. This beautiful animal, which is sometimes termed the "tiger-cat," is remarkably tame and playful, and is one of the largest of its species, and during the voyage was confined in a wooden cage, se cured on deck, on the starboard quarter of the vessel. Since the arrival of the Arat, in the St. Katharine's dock, many respectable persons have visited the royal passenger. Yesterday , forenoon, however, Mr. Edward Cross, of the Surrey Zoological Gar dens, accompanied by his principal assistant, de puted, it is said, by the Royal command, proceeded to the vessel in St. Katharine's-dock, and demanded pos session of his young royal highness, a request which was complied with, after considerable procrastination, occa sioned by the Custom-house officer on board refusing to part with his illustrious charge, until the somewhat vex atious Custom-house regulations were fulfilled, the " Tiger in minature" having been entered in the Arab's manifest of cargo, although no duty was payable thereon. The necessary official forms having been com plied with, and a " pass' out of the principal or " grand entrance" obtained from Captain Thorns, the royal pas senger, who was takenspecial care of during the voyage, was landed, a process which he did not altogether seem to relish, and immediately thereafter carried by four men, escorted by Mr. Taylor, the superintendent of the dock-police, Mr. Cross, his assistant, and a large crowd of pedestrians, to a light van which was in attendance. His royal highness having been made an inside pas senger, was driven off to the Surrey Zoological Gardens, where, we wore assured, he is only to remain until suit able apartments are provided for him at Buckingham Palace. A YANKEE TRICK.---The Fall River Arche type tells this story:—" Captain Thomas :landlord, who is in his 70th year, in the little sloop Morning Star, of 30 tons, left this port on the 29th of last May, for the port of Harbor Island, West rr.dies, and made land at the Hole in t he Wall,onAintez ando, in was so thick that nine days ; after which, for six days, it rained, neither sun, moon, nor stars, wore to be seen. On the 10th of June h e left Abaci° for Pow 41'sPo.Ele rahe loaded loetaidethdo with fruit, evening frui o t, of ttlhieeu2o,o7 Hetera, where The next exit day' hey 2lst ,arrived h e such as pine app , iv imes, a nd oranges, and sailed for les l this port on the following morning. He arrived here the 3 o d ut in a s nd tan b t, ac ikia:i2n,Boo boon il l a s t n dar ap ; t h ai a n vin s g an s d a f i o le rd d projected thi s vo yage, ho stated that he was going to the West Indies after a load o f fruit to sell here on the gmes ab.sel 4th of July. The statement was regarded as so incre dible, that many bets were taken that he would not re turn by the 4th. He had but two hands with him, and the whole voyage was performed without a pen being put to paper for any purpose. His reckoning wits kept with pm of chat ill ;he bottom of his iluadriti4 case," EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of this Railway was held on Tuesday last, in their rooms, Queen-street, Glasgow, Mr. JOHN LEADBETTER, Chair man of the Company, in the Chair. In opening the business, the CHAIRMAN said this would be them last general meeting before the opening of the line. This had been longer delayed than was an ticipated from various causes, but more particularly from the state of the weather ; and, consequently, they had lost a large share of the autumn traffic which they had anticipated. They would, however, be yet able to ob tain some part of it •, and from the numerous railways now connected with Glasgow, there was every pros pect of the results of the traffic on the line exceeding their most sanguine expectations. He hoped at their next meeting, in February, to have some gratifying in formation to lay before them, as there was no doubt that, except a few hundred yards, the line would be open by the Ist of October, and throughout in a mouth afterwards. _ . Mr. BANNATYNE then read the Report of the Direc. tors. which, among the other transactions of the year, entered at great length into the question at present be. fore the Court of Session, between the Board of Direc' toe.; and the Edinburgh Committee, as to the extent of the several powers under the Act. He also read the Engineer's report. Roth the reports spoke in flattering wins of the progress which was making by the respec tive contractors, so far as the weather permitted ; and with the exception of about three hundred yards ut Croyridge, where a whinstone rock had impeded their progress, the Engineer was confident the line would be ready for opening on the Ist October. He stated that Ow carriages, engines, &c., were already delivered or in progress of delivery ; and that everything would be in complete readiness by the time he mentioned. After the reports had been read, Mr. DYKES moved their adoption, which being seconded, A Jong conversation took place, in which a number of gentlemen took part, but ultimately the report was ap proved ; the Eilinburgh gentlemen entering their dissent iind a counter statement upon the record. This important national undertaking, which is rapidly ant pachiug towards its completion, continues to in °reuse in interest, as the operations for its accomplish ment arum drawing to a close. This observation was amply verified on Wednesday last at Falkirk and neigh bourhood, when the first locomotive engine which has as yet traversed that portion of. the line made ber appear ance. It having been known to the inhabitants of the district the previous day, that the engine would pass that point, the whale line of railway, including the bridges between the Falkirk Tunnel and Lock No. 16 Bridge on the Cana!, was crowded at an early hour by anxiously expectant spectators, impatiently waiting the arrival a such an important and unusual visitor. Imme tliately on her emerging from the tartarean recesses o f the tunnel, her approach was enthusiastically wel comed by the reiterated shouts of the delighted a ssemblage. The Falkirk instrumental band was in a ttendance, and, by their enlivening strains, greatly enhanced what must have, under any circumstances, ,b ee n a highly-interesting spectacle. All the bridges ta t this part of the line where the engine passed or the first time were decorated with fl ags , at ed crowded with groups of gratified and astonished spectators, who testified. by their enthusiastic cheers, their sympathy and interest in the scene. On leaving the tunnel, she proceeded in gallant style as fur as the stupendous excavations going on at the hill of Croy, ten miles further on—some idea of the gigantic nature of evbich work may be formed from the bare statement t hat the cutting is upwards of two hundred yards in length, and seventy feet in depth, through solid. and te nacious whinstone. The operations in every part of the. li ne ar e proceeding with the utmost vigilant activity, which promis es an ea rl y consummation to the Herculean task. rh e permanen t rails arc either laid or in ra p id progress o f being laid, along nearly the whole distance; :viol before man}' w eeks are sped, our worthy citizens ' 411 be enabled to visit their brethren in the west with a celerity and comfort h ardl y d ed o romancers of half a century a;o e . a — m Ed of by our b ldest tbuigh Paper. HERRING FISHERY. Delman, AUo. 28.—Since Wednesday the fishing has been less general and less he av y than for the fortnight preceding. Few boats have exceeded twenty erans. and miost of them nearer from five to ten crans. Selling prices 12s. to 13s. As the take lasts generally to the middle of next month, we may still expect a heavy fishing. The herring fi s hi ng at Berwick, Holy Island. North Sunderland, and Eye mouth, is now represented as unsuc cessful—much less favourable, indeed, than was for some time anticipated. ABERDEEN, AVG. 28.—A good many of the boats here have now fished their complement of 200 crans, and the art- rage is about 150. Next week is the last week of the fi s hing. Prices are still looking down. BANFF. , AUG. 26.—Tbe weather having been pretty favourable, the fishing has been doing very well for the last ten days, particularly about Fra.serburgh, where the fishing was heavy . ; and our boats having gone in that di rection, brought in large shots of herrings. The fish ing on the south side is, upon the whole, perhaps, not equal to last year's, but that on the north side being much better, we believe there are es many herrings cured as will supply the demand, and any additional quantity will only depress prices. There are letters from Stettin, of the 18th instant, received here to. day, which mention that there were still 6,000 barrels of old herriugs in the market, price 6i dollars ! for new do. there were sellers, on arrival, at nine two-third dol lars, but no buyers. Only two cargoes had arrived at Stettin, but, there being eight or ten more reported at the Sound as destined for that market, it had a very un favourable influence on prices, PETERHEAD, AUG. 26.—Since this day week we hava had fine fishing, and our average is now 133 crans. Several of the boats have got their complement (200 (Arens), and have gone home ; the curers were only will ing to give a small sum for the extra quantity, the price of fish being so low—the present price 18s. 6d. for crown brand, full—Edinburgh Advertiser. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER !I, 1841 SPIRIT of the PUBLII; JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING 1 . 2.1'7711,S OF THIS DAT CHRONICII7I.-:-Sir Robert had an opportunity on I Tuesday of verifying the justice of - the commendations • bestowed by the Duke of Wellington on Lord Mei bonnie, for the success which had attended his lessons to her Majesty on her duties as a constitutional Queen. It appears that the interview between the Premier and her Majesty lasted exactly eight minutes, during which brief interval she was able to transact the important business which required the presence of the Right Hon. Baronet at the Palace. Not being prepared for this promptitude, Sir Robert had a considerable time on his hands before the arrangements he had made would allow him to leave Windsor, which he devoted to a minute survey of the state apartments. There are duties " committed to the care of the wearer of the British Crown"* (for Toryism I knows how to suit its language to the times) which re quire occasional intercourse between the Premier and her Majesty. But Sir Robert owes a very different allegiance to King Rent. No man knows better than the Right Hon. Baronet the extent of the power of that doughty sovereign, and the changes which he has wrought in the Constitu tion, through the instrumentality of the Chandos clause, aided by corruption. We were somewhat amused by the following naive proof in the Times of the subjection of the landed interest to Sir Robert Peel :—" The accept ance of office by noblemen, in whom the agricultural in terest places unbounded confidence, is a complete an swer to the insinuation of which we have lately heard so much—that the champions of that interest aro unwilling to assist in such a modification of the present Corn-laws I as Sir R. Peel has intimated his intention to propose, for the purpose of remedying the abuses and evils connected with the present scale of duties. We never gave them credit for being so unreasonable ; and we now see in their accession to the Government a most satis factory security for the accomplishment of those neces sary changes, without the slightest disturbance of the union existing between all branches of the Conservative party." The question is whether, by their acceptance of office, the agriculturists have got Sir Robert or Sir Robert has got them. They have taken office nominally under the Right Honourable Baronet ; but it does not follow that he is to give the law to them ; and the pre sumption rather is, that, as the Duke of Richmond told him, they would turn him out as they brought him in, if he does not do their bidding. Sir Robert Peel is in, and he will obtain a fair trial. If the landed interest be come mollified by their triumph over Queen and people, and in their generosity suffer Sir Robert to ob tain credit for a little liberality by touching the sliding scale, the people will be agreeably surprised. For he who runs may read that the constitution of this country is not now what it was. When the Tories were frantic on account of the Reform Bill, and the Liberals were to much elated with it, Lord Melbourne alone bad the sagacity to foresee that it would turn out something very different from whathoth had anticipated. In the debate on the second reading of the Bill, he hinted at some such working of the Bill as we have just seen. It is now manifest that the Reform Bill, through the Chandos clause, has placed both Sovereign (or the wearer of the Crown, as the Tories phrase it) and people in the power of the landed aristocracy. A complete re volution has been effected. In all questions between the landed interest and the rest of the community, Sovereign and people go for nothing. That matters will remain where they are, we do not believe. The love of monarchy, as well as of constitutional liberty, is too deeply engraven in the hearts of Englishmen to allow them to suffer their Queen to be for ever enthralled by the landed aristocracy, and to suffer the latter to sacrifice the prosperity of the country to the most sordid, how ever mistaken, interests. • " If, as we fully expect, the Government, thus consti tuted, remains true to its principles, if it is conducted, as we are confident it will be, with patriotism, moderation and jus tice, and with a constant and practically influential regard for the religious as well as the temporal interests committed to the care of the wearer of the British Crown."—Times of yes terday. FROM THE DAILY PAPYRI! OT YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The members of the Cabinet, and their offices, with the _exception of several of the subordinate appointments in the new Administration, are definitively settled. At the audience with her Majesty, to which Sir Robert Peel was yesterday admitted, the Royal sanc tion was given to the programme submitted by the new Premier for that purpose. This act of the Sovereign, though merely formal, was, no doubt, performed with the characteristic promptitude, grace, and self-com mand, for which her Majesty is remarkable. Like her Royal grandfather, our beloved Queen is al ready celebrated for her firm adhesion to principle. The observation of George the Third to the first Ambassador from the United States of America, after they had succeeded in establishing their independence of the British Crown, is well known. At his first audience, and when a momentary embarrassment was visible in the Minister, on delivering his credentials to the King, his Majesty said, "I was the last to consent to the recognition of your independence ; I will also be the last to violate it . " Some such feeling may be sup posed to have been in action in tho mind of Queen Vic- ioria at the audience of yesterday. The office of Post master-General, it is said, has not yet been appropriated. Lord Lowther, who has been named, and for whom it was reserved, has, it is reported, intimated a dis inclination to yield cordial support to a Ministry, the policy of which is likely to embrace conces- - . sions to the demands of the times much more extensive than any uncompromising Tory can sanction. The appointment of Lord Chancellor of Ireland is a difficult subject with the new Premier. Sir Edward Sugden, who held the seals under the former Peel-Wel . . lington Administrations, is understood to urge his im plied claims with unabated vigour. If the Irish, seals be committed to Sir'Edward Sudden, there will be a revival of the discussion to which his former appointment to the Lord Chancellorship of Ireland gave rise ; and, if they be entrusted to other hands, a more distinct reference to the supposed difficulty in immediately fixing upon a Chancellor for Ireland would be ungenerous, and perfectly gratuitous. A difficulty of another kind is said to exist with reference to the Attorney and Solicitor-General for England. It is perfectly understood that the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer contemplates an early retire ment from the Bench ; Sir Frederick Pollock, who was the Attorney-General of Sir Robert Peel's former Administration, is as confidently named as his succes sor. But Sir William Follett, whose seat for Exeter is deemed very precarious, if appointed Solicitor- General, will in such case be compelled to face his constituents twice ; once on taking office as Solicitor- General ; and again on succeeding to the office of Attor ney-General, vacated by Sir F. Pollock on his succeed ing Lord Abinger in the Chiefship of the Exchequer. This difficulty might be obviated by, as was originally proposed, appointing Sir William Follett Attorney- General, and Sir F. Pollock Solicitor-General. But then, as a Chief Justiceship is the understood privilege of an Attorney-General, to pass over Sir William Follett, and appoint the Solicitor-General to the vacancy, al though perfectly understood by those in the secret, would, as a matter of history, be regarded as , a reflection upon Sir William Follett, and, as a matter of precedent, be considered as a dan- gerous invasion of the prescriptive rights of the Bar. It is currently reported that a negotiation is pending with Lord Abinger to induce an immediate resig nation, with a view to obviate the difficulties we have described. The First Commissioner of Woods and Fo rests—or, as the office is now termed, " First Commis sioner of Land Revenues"—is also dependent on arrange ments not yet complete. Lord Granville Somerset is named for this office. The Mastership of the Mint and the Head of the Ordnance department are also unappro priated. The Right Hon. J. C. Herries (who with Mr. Fitzroy Kelly was rejected at Ipswich, and who is there fore without a seat in Parliament), will, it is said, have the former office. COURIER.—The list of Sir R. Peel's Ministry is now before the country, and we challenge malignant criticism itself to deny the extreme aptitude of its individual mem bers for their respective offices, or its pre-eminence and superiority, as a whole, over any of its predecessors.— Bat it is not only in the unquestionable efficiency of dis tinct departments that Sir R. Peel's Ministry challenges public respect and confidence—it is not that it is illus trated in the one House by the matured wisdom of Wel lington and the brilliant powers of Lyndhurst, or that in the other it commands the sharp energetic in tellect of Stanley, the financial experience and skill of Goulburn, the solid and practical acquirement of Graliam-it is not in these respects alone, we repeat, that it possesses the most undoubted claims to respect abroad, and reliance at home, or that it contrasts mo s t favourably with the displaced Cabinet—but in having a real, efficient chief—a First Lord of the Treasury, not in name, but in reality. One of the great faults of the Melbourne Cabinet, and one that gave rise to an immensity of mischief, was, that it was a mere combination of separate and distinct departments. Sir Robert Peel's Ministry will, on the contrary, be not only efficient in its separate provinces, but be per vaded by one intelligence, and informed and guided by one master spirit. Thus , under whatever aspect we may be disposed to view the newly-constructed Cabinet, we cannot fail to find in it the elements of strength, sta ' bility, and duration. The agricultural interest will re ceive the appointment of his Grace the Duke of Buck ingham to the Privy Seal as a guarantee that in any alte• ration that may be deemed requisite in the details ol the laws and machinery regulating the importation ol foreign corn, their claims to adequate and reasonable protection will neither be overlooked nor slighted, while the commercial and trading classes will re cog nise in the President of the Board of Trade a man tech nically conversant with the most complicated opera tions of commerce, and from habit and inclination desi rous of relieving them of all needless restrictions. It would be in us an act of unpardonable impertinence to speak of the exalted legal acquirements which Lord Lyndhurst brings to the Chancellorship, or of th e uni versally-admitted professional eminence of the Attorney and Solicitor Generals. But of all the appointments yet announced, that which promises to be attended with the largest share of beneficial results, is the appointment of Eon de Grex to the Lord Lieutenancy, and of Lord Eliot, to the Secretaryship, of Ireland. More perfectly unob ' jectionablo appointments, or ones that will go further in silencing carping criticism, and disarming hostility it would be impossible to imagine ; and we fancy we know enough of the sister country, to he assured that neither Mr. O'Connell's violence or virulence will be able to counteract the soothing influence which such appoint , ments are calculated to produce on the troubled stream of Irish polities. STANDARD.—The first, if not the great difficulty of the new Government, is the Exchequer. That difficulty may, we know, be easily overcome in this wealthy country ; but it must be overcome early, or its magnitude will progressively increase, and while it continues it will paralyse the Government. We say that the difficulty may be conquered with comparative ease—and we say so upon the evidence of experience. The first duty of the new Government will be to rectify the financial state of the country ; this once effected, we may look forward to a long course of good government and effectual im provement. We believe that the mere accession GUILDHALL. Elijah West, a City toll•taker, and John Brand, a City policeman, whom he had called to his aid to enforce payment of the toll, were charged with assaulting the Tooting carrier, taking his cart from him, and lodging it in the Green-yard, to exact two-pence as toll, to which the collector was not entitled. It appeared that the toll is payable on every load of goods brought into or carried out of the City, and the toll-taker's deputy seeing the cart stop at an iron monger's near his station, assumed that it was to receive and not deliver goods, and that though the cart had paid on entering the City to deliver, it must pay again for goods taken up to be carried to Tooting. The carrier denied that he had taken up any goods in the City, and obstinately refused to pay the sum unlawfully demanded. He now called the ironmonger's shopman to prove that he did not take up any goods there. Mr. Alderman T. Wool, asked West if he was now prepared to show the carrier had taken up goods in the City. West said he was not, but the Tooting carrier ought to pay, because all the. other carriers did. lie might have paid the two-pence, and summoned him if the charge was improper. Mr. Alderman T. WOOD said the onus of giving proof was on the other side. Those who made a claim should be able to prove it, and should be the party to summon. The public must be protected from such outrages as this, and he therefore ordered the toll-taker and policeman to find bail to answer tte charge at the Sessions. QUEEN-SQUARE. Michael Crawley, a rough and very desperate-looking character, was charged with being found concealed in the area of a house in Ebury-street, Pimlico, at twelve o'clock at night. _ _ _ Anne MusChett stated that she was at present in charge of the house No. 58, Ebury-street. On Wednesday ni g ht, about twelve o'clock, she was in bed w ith h er s i ster in the kitchen, when they heard the fall of something heavy. They got out of bed and procured a light, and upon opening the kitchen door, found the prisoner crouched in a corner near it. She became dreadfully alarmed and screamed " murder, police," when the .pri soner climbed up the area wall like a cat, but as he was getting over the rails a person seized him and gave him into custody of the police. The prisoner had obtained an entrance into the area by dropping from the street, a depth of 15 feet. The constable, who took the prisoner into custody, said he did not find any housebreaking. implements upon him, but he gave an address which had proved to be false. The prisoner pleaded drunkenness as an excuse for being fonnd in the atea. GREGORIE said he had no doubt as to the pri golfer's motive in descending into the area, and should, therefore, commit him as a rogue and vagabond to the House of Correction for three months and hard labour. WORSHIP-STREET. The Baron Rehausen, the Swedish Minister, and Cap tain Leven, of the Swedish Guards, occupied seats on the Bench with Mr. Prought an , the Magutrata): during the greater part of yesterday, and appeared to take much interest in the proceedings. Henry Valentine Hooker, a young man,who stated that he was formerly in the situation of valet to Mr Macready, the tragedian, was charged with having an noyed and molested his wife, and also with having threat ened the life of her father-in law. The wife, who was a very fine young woman, stated that she was married to the prisoner about two years ago, and he then told her that he held the situation of store-keeper at Drury-lane Theatre, but she found after wards that he was without any employment. As he had not a farthing of money she supported him for the first few weeks by pledging her clothes, and when she had nothing left to dispose of the prisoner proposed to her to receive visits from gentlemen, and intimated that if she was too shy or proud to go out and solicit the ac quaintance, he would himself - bring them home to her. In consequence of this infamous proposal she left him and sought refuge at the house of her fathar-in-law; but the prisoner had since been in the habit of perpetually annoying her, and of threatening her Either-in-law's life. On the preceding night he forced his way into the house and behaved with so much violence that they were obliged to give him into custody. Whilst the complainant was giving her evidence she was interrupted by the prisoner, who vehemently denied having urged her to go upon the streets, and declared that until the time she left him he supported her as well as he could by copying dramatic pieces. Prior to that he was employed as storekeeper at Drury-lane, and as dresser to Mr. Macready. The wife rejoined that he - well knew she had spoken nothing but the truth, and that only three weeks after they were married, in consequence of the state of health he was in, her own became so seriously impaired that she had been ever since under medical treatment, and her constitution was destroyed. The prisoner admitted the truth of the last accusation, and said that he was sorry for it. Police.constable Haywood said that about Christmas last he held a warrant against the prisoner, at the suit of his wife, but on hearing that it had been taken out the prisoner absconded, and it was supposed that he had enlisted in the East India Company's Service. After he was locked up on the preceding night he behaved with great violence, and made an attempt to strangle himself, in which he nearly succeeded. Mr. Craggs. the wife's father-in-law, a respectable looking man, upwards of seventy years of age, produced a large bundle of letters and papers which the prisoner had written respecting 'W m. Most of the letters were addressed to witness and' his neighbours, and they con tained the most horrible threats and imprecations against him. One of the papers, which was couched in the most profane language, was actually affixed by the prisoner to the door of the parish church, where it re mained until it was pulled down by the beadle. The witness added, that he considered his life in imminent danger from the prisoner's violence. The MAGISTRATE, after reading the documents, in quired if there was any proof that the prisoner had written them. Prisoner—l admit that they were all written by me, and I consider that I was justified in employing that language towards the man who has been instrumental in separating me from my wife whom I dearly love. The MAGISTRATE—You: have forfeited all right to your wife's society in consequence of the treatment which you admit yourself she has received from you, and I shall require you to enter into your own recog nizance in 501. and find two sureties in 40/. each to keep the peace towards your father-in-law. The prisoner, who *as much excited, was then locked up. A CHARTIST'S VlCTlM.—Joseph Clark, a poor boy who last week applied to the Magistrate in a deplorably destitute condition, re-appeared before the Magistrate yesterday. The statement which he had made on the first occasion was, that his father had been killed by the Chartist insurgents in 'Wales, for refusing to join them in their attack upon the town of Newport, under the convict Frost. Mr. BROUGHTON, who had directed some inquiries to be made in the meantime, now questioned the lad again as to some of the principal facts. The poor fellow's account was in brief, that his mother died at Bristol, where his father was in the employ of Messrs. Ackerman and Co., iron•founders ; and while there they lived in Temple-street. After the death of his mother, his father went with him, their only off spring, to a place called Pen Gwyntley, near Newport, and was employed in iron works there. On the first morning of the attack on Newport, they met on the road a large body of the insurgents headed by Mr. Frost in person, whom he said he saw on horseback, and some of them laid hold of his father, and insisted upon his re turning with them ; and upon his refusing to join them, one pf them struck him in the back with a pickaxe and knocked him down, and he was then attacked in the breast and stamped upon, and died in a short time of the injury he received. • Tilt, one of the Ushers of the Court, now informed the Magistrate that he had written to Messrs. Acker man and Co., of Bristol, whom the lad had named as his father's former empl(lers, and their answer was a confirmation of that part of his statement, for they had at the time mentioned a man of the name of Clark in their employ, and living Temple-street, and they be lieved him to be the man from the the boy's description of him. The Usher now, as arranged, went with the lad to the Marine Society, which he had expressed a wish to get admitted into ; but they were afraid there that he had the itch, and were unwilling to receive him in that state, but would receive him when cured. The poor boy said that what had been observed upon his hands was not the disease that had been named, but for months past he had been lying about destitute, and was last sheltered for a short time at St. Luke's work house, where they sent him to the stone-yard to break stones, which made his hands so sore that they assumed the appearance now alluded to. Mr. Coste, the relieving officer of Shoreditch, who was now present, said he would shelter the lad until he could go to the Marine Society. The poor fellow having received some refreshment by the Magistrate's direction and a trifle of money given to him by a gentleman in Court, went to the workhouse for the present, and the Usher said the gentlemen of the Marine Society would certainly admit him in the course of a week. SEIZURE FOR CHURCH-RATES.-EXTRA ORDINARY PROCEEDINGS.—Yesterday a more than or dinary degree of excitement prevailed at the auction rooms of Mr. Lloyds, Hatfield-street, Stamford-street, from the circumstance of the sale of a copy of Matthew Henry's Bible, in 3 vols. ; Baptist Magazine, 13 vols ; and Ridgley's Body of Divinity, 2 vols. ; which had been taken, under a warrant of distress, from the Rev. Mr. Francis, Baptist Minister of the Waterloo Chapel, Waterloo-road, for the non-payment of 16s. 6d. for two Church-rates. The proceedings were marked by the indignation of all present, and it was with difficulty that the sale proceeded, owing to the clamour and vitu peration raised. The sale would have, nevertheless, passed off with much less tranquillity, had it not been that the buyer in of the books was Mr. Fall, friend of the Reverend Gentleman's, and who attended the sale for that express purpose, by the request of Mr. Francis, who, though he refused the rate on principle, was un willing to lose the books. The three lots were knocked down for 21. 18s., to Mr. Fall. HIGHGATE FOSSILS. There is a great variety of curious fossils still to be occasionally met with on the rising slopes near Holloway, which have been formed by the earth thrown up by the excavators up wards of 30 years ago, when the Highgate Tunnel was being formed. A very fine specimen of " echinus mari nus" (sea urchin) was a few days since picked up in a field contiguous to the archway, as also a fish very much resembling a sole, the head of which is very perfect. Mr. Snow, of Highgate, has in his possession a petrified fish, found in the brick-fields, which precisely resembles a mackerel, in which the gills are quite evident. On the left hand side of the road, just after leaving the archway, on the route to the Woodman Tavern, may be observed a narrow stratum of dusky earth, which abounds with cockles, muscles, pectines, and other fossil bivalves. Large quantities of iron ore, combined with sulphur, in the foim of pyrites, are also to •be detected in the above stratum. A very interesting cabinet of fossils might be still collected from this neighbourhood. In a meadow behind ' Caen •wood, the seat of the Earl of Mansfield, is a spring, which appears to have been overlooked by the perambulating naturalist. The water is exceedingly hard, and is so highly impregnated with iron that the branches of trees and other deciduous vegetable substances which may casually fall into it be come, in the course of a short time, thickly coated with a hard ferruginous incrustation, and possess at the same time considerable specific gravity. This spring is cha lybeate, and its waters contain a menstruuna of sulphur and iron. THE REBELLIOUS CLERGY.--.c ur readers li are aware that the rebels in the Commission of the As sembly, on Wednesday, ordered that all ministers should, from their respective pulpits, inculcate the doc trine of infallibility to which the Kirk now lays cla im. The Churchmen of Aberdeen, conceiving this to savour greatly of a Popish 3 edi c t, h ave come forward to resist the lordly domination of the c l erg • and the foll owin g spirited resolution i s now i n course of sin-nature amongst the members of the different churches city : "The that :— " The subscriber s , members of congregation s in the se veral parish ch urc h es and other c h urc hes of the Esta blishment in Aberdeen, understand that a meeting of Commissioners appointed at last Gene ral Assembl y have recently recommended to clergymen of the Church to take what are described as all prudent means of call ing the a tt ent i on o f t h e ir frocks to certain doctrines said to be held by the Church. These assumed doc trines ar e th e r e cently introduced Veto or Non-intrusion law, and the co uentclaim ofindependence or irre sponsibility. And the subscr ibers, b ein g convinced that if the clergyman's office, and particularly the pulpit, shall be employed, even occasionally, and in the slight principles of . Christianity, it will est degree, on matters so questionable, and so uncon be a dereliction of duty—a certain source of strife— a publie scandal in the . Church—and . a corruption . and netted with the real o f worship and discipline, and of religion itself ; deprecate, and . therefore resolve, by all proper —they and legitimate means in their power, to prevent so dis orderly and unholy a use of the public station and pri vileges which the ministers of religion enjoy. —Scot sman . EP TEMBER THE FIRST.—The cam p a i gn against the partridges commenced this day. The birds arc numerous and unusually strong on the wing ; but the harvest not having yet been all gathered in, there will be some difficulty in following . them. Hares are plentiful, and from the grouse districts we hear that the birds are so wild that it is almost impossible to bag them. There is, we learn, a considerable falling off in the number of persons who have taken out certificates at present this year. All those, however, who are duly provided are off this morning, the weather was so inviting. W e w i s h their garne-hags well stored.— Worcestershire chronicle, THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. i Oats. ! deans. of the Conservatives to power will go far toward,. diminishieg• the necessity of a very great expenditure. and we arc quite sure that it will aviate such occa. sional but heavy demands upon the public purs as were made by rebellions in Canada, wars in Syria. Aifghanistan, and China, and armaments in France It is impossible to read the comments of the Mari: Journals upon the speech of Sir Robert Peel. without feeling a conviction that already he ha, done much to diminish a great expenditure, by rendering such an expenditure unnecessary to tht honour and safety of the empire. The French peoplt are not much in love with the burthens , bequeathed to them by the Whig-Radical Administration of M. Thiers. An assurance at once so respectful and so trust. worthy as that of Sir Robert Peel, will soon satisf) them that these burdens have been imposed without any adequate cause, and they will not be slow to consider that they play an unwise game in subjecting themselves to heavy taxes and a grievous conscription, with no more worthy or profitable effect than imposing, though in a less degree, the same burdens upon a neighbouring peo ple, anxious to live with them upon the most respectful and friendly terms. We hold it to be even in the econo mical view an immense benefit to have at the head of the Goverment a man whose capacity and firmness all acknowledge, whose sincerity is confidently trusted, and whose love of peace is appreciated by every Govern ment of Europe. Such was not our condition under the rule of Lord Melbourne, and we have now to pay for the effect of submitting to be ruled by one whose name was scarcely known beyond the Channel, and whose higheSt admitted qualifications, even where he was known, amount to his merits as a good-humoured, careless per son, and " an agreeable diner out." EXTRAORDINARY POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. BIRMIMMIAM, TUESDAY.—Yesterday Charles Webb, apprehhended on the \ 17th ult., in this town, by Mr. George Redfern, on suspicion of being concerned in stealing a letter from the Post-office here as far back as the year 1828, was again brought up for examination before Charles Shaw and D. Leasam, Esqrs. Mr. Pea cock, solicitor, of London, appeared on behalf of the Post-office authorities. Mr. Suckling attended for the prisoner. There were fourteen witnesses examined. Mr. Sinkinson was the first, and he stated that in the year 1828 he was a traveller for Messrs. Simcox and Pemberton, of Birmingham. On the 4th of December in that year he enclosed in" a letter at Dublin bank post and other bills, amounting to 5811. Bs. I Id., which he directed to Simcox and Pemberton, but which never reached its destination. Mr. Pemberton proved that at the above period he was daily in the habit of attending in his counting-house at post hours, and that if the letter had arrived on the sth, as it ought to have done, he or his clerk (Mr. Bur ton) would have received it. He (Mr. Pemberton) had not received a money letter that day ; but he received one, informing him that a remittance had been forwarded. Mr. Bird, — manager of the Birmingham Post-office, recollected an inquiry being made about that time re specting a letter belonging to Messrs. Simcox. and Pem berton. Wilson was the name of the letter-carrier to the above firm, and in the month of December, 1828, James Webb, the prisoner's brother, was also employed in the office, and generally sat beside Wilson. On the 10th December, 1828, Webb applied for and obtained leave of absence for a short time, and on his return ha gave contradictory accounts of the way in which he had spent his time. Suspicion then fell upon him, and he was apprehended, but he was discharged for want of suf ficient evidence. Mr. Samuel Mackey, clerk belonging to Messrs. Minet, Mector, and Co., bankers of Dover, proved that on the Bth December, 1838, he cashed for Mr. Emanuel Levi, a money-changer, a Bank of England post-bill for 501., No. 9,364. Mr. Levi deposed that on the last-mentioned day, be tween nine and ten o'clock in the morning, the prisoner came to his house, and asked for cash for a 501. note. He gave it to him, and he could swear that the one then produced by Mr. Peacock, and sworn to by the last wit ness, was the one he received from the prisoner. To the best of his knowledge the prisoner had a small paper parcel in his hand. Mr. William Stevenson, a cotton-dealer at Calais, stated stated that on the 9th of December, he, being in want of a hundred pound bill to remit to England, went to the house of Mr,,,Darquer, a money-changer, and, while he was there, a stranger came in and asked for cash for a hundred pound bill. Mr. Dar quer gave him cash for one, and he, Mr. Steven son, bought it from Mr. Darquer. The bill produced was the same, but he could not swear that it was the one the stranger sold Mr. Darquer, because it was out of his sight while Mr. Darquer was getting the money in another apartment. He could not swear the prisoner was the stranger, but he believed he was, because he dined with him accidentally the same day at the table d'hote at the Crown Hotel, Calais. Richard Baker, formerly waiter at the Crown Hotel, proved that on the 9th December, 1828, a stranger, who gave his name Brown, arrived at the hotel from Dover, and dined at the table d'hote with the last witness. He could not swear the prisoner was the man, but he be lieved he was. While at the hotel he was much agitated, and his manner attracted attention. Mr. Abraham Hammyn stated that on the 9th Decem ber he was chief officer on board the Crusader, her Ma jesty's packet between Dover and Calais. He conveyed on the above day to Calais a person named Brown, who put up at the Crown Hotel. The next day he brought him back again, and he was so much agitated and teni fled on his passage back, that he found it necessary to have him watched. He could not swear positively that the prisoner was the man. Mr. Darquer deposed that he received from a stran ger, on the 9th December, 1828, a one hundred pound bill, which he sold to Mr. Stephenson, but he could not swear the prisoner was the person from whom he bought it. James Woolley and John Rhodes, fellow-workmen of the prisoner, fully identified him as the brother of Jas. Webb, who had formerly been employed in the Post office, and deposed to his having absented himself at the beginning of the month of December from his work, and his final departure at the commencement of the year 1&29. They had no doubt of his being the same man, as his countenance had not undergone any material change. .• At the close of the last witness's examination, Mr. Peacock applied to have the prisoner remanded, as it was probable much more important evidence might yet be obtained. Mr. Suckling'wished to know if the Magistrates would admit the prisoner to bail ? Mr. Spurrier who was with Mr. Peacock, said it was not a bailable Offence. The MAGISTRATES ordered the prisoner to be remanded for a fortnight. The case excited much interest, and lasted four hours. THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER On taking the field on the Ist of September, I by no means recommend a very early hour for the commence ment of the business of the day ; neither can I from my own experience . recommend that the pursuit shall be given up at ten or eleven in the forenoon, and recom menced at three of four in the afternoon. Under ordi nary circumstances birds will be found to a certainty in potato° or turnip fields, to which they immediately re pair from the grass or clover where they have passed the night, two or three hours before they will be met with in stubble. Amongst the loose soil of the pota toe or turnip drills damped with the morning dew, are to be found in abundance the grubs, larvae, and every descriptiOn of insect food, of which both pheasant and partridge are so iond ; and they do not seek the stub bles until the warmth of the sun has in some measure dissipated the moisture of the preceding night. On leaving their roosting places they fly in a body to potatoes or turnips, where they are immediately scattered in search of food, and it but rarely hap pens that all the individuals of a covey are sprung from such fields at the same moment. The careful working of such ground is therefore neces sary. Six o'clock is quite early enough to take the field. On reaching the Etubbles, for which half-past eight or nine is the proper hour, the coveys will be found to consist of fewer individuals than the sportsman anticipated, as in all probability some of the members will remain in potatoes till baskißg time ; and it is by no means an uncommon circumstance for the whole brood to refrain from .visiting the corn land until pressed by hunger in the afternoon, when they are no longer able to procure their more favourite food of larvae and in sects, which satisfied their appetites in the morning. No. 7 shot is plenty large enough for partridge in the early part of the season--indeed throughout the year ; larger sizes have their advocates, but one great objection to large shot is, that it tears and mangles the bird much more than small. If it be urged that hares frequently present themselves in partridge-shooting, I can only say that I have ever found No. 7 fully answer the purpose for hares as well as rabbits. Not that I would use it were I going for the express object of shooting hares and rabbits—a larger size is to be preferred for that pur pose.—Old Sporting Magazine for September. Loss Ol THE SOLWAY STEAMER.—We have just received information from an eye-witness of the loss of the Solway steamer, on her passage from Bel fast to Carlisle. It appears that owing to the thick fog that prevailed, the captain was unable to ascertain the situation of the vessel, and after beating about for some time was at length compelled to run on shore. There were upwards of 200 passengers on board, chiefly reapers from Ireland. When preparing to land there was a great deal of confusion ; and many lives would no doubt have been lost, but for the energy and promptitude of Colonel Napier, who was one of the passengers. The gallant officer prevented the boats from being over-crowded by the precipitation of the Irishmen, and was heartily abused for his pains. There Were also on board 254 head of cattle. only 54 of which were saved, and the rest of the cargo suffered more or less damage. Our informant states, however, that although he has seen several ship wrecks, he never saw one where the people on shore ren dered such valuable assistance, and without a single at tempt to pilfer. The vessel struck about 16 miles west of Dumfries, not far from the entrance of the Solway Firth. LAW AS TO ENLISTMENT.—A young man here, having enlisted in the 26th Foot, on Sabbath, the 15th instant, and having, on the following day, repented of his engagement, he applied to Mr. Miller, J. P., to cancel the enlistment, on the ground that it was made on a Sunday. The Magistrate, being at a loss how to act, addressed the Secretary of War for advice, and the following is a copy of the answer which he received : —" War-Office, Aug. 20, 1840. Sir—l am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst., and to acquaint you that the Secretary of War has no desire to encourage the enlistment of troops on a Sun day, but that such enlistment has been declared to be perfectly valid by. the highest legal authorities. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant (signed) E. MARSHALL. Hugh Miller ; sj., Ayr."— Ayr Advertiser, PO LICE INTELLIGENCE MANSION-HOUSE. • A good deal of interest was excited by an investiga mi, which was concluded yesterday before the LORD Ayon, who presided when the subject was first brought 0 the notice of the City authorities. Serjeant Vale, of the City police establishment, a man )f respectable character, was charged by Mr. Flexton, .he owner of a beer-shop, at No. 8, Miles's-lane, with caving exceeded the duty of a policeman, in searching 'kis (complainant's) house at an unseasonable hour, and without any reasonable cause. Mr. Ashley, solicitor to the complainant, stated that the case was one of considerable importance, inasmuch is, if the course pursued by the defendant was to be sup ported by the Magistracy, the citizens of London would le subject to the most tyrannical annoyance and insults. de then stated the circumstances, as they were subse iuently detailed by the witnesses. Henry llarrison, servant to the complair -.nt, deposed that a gentleman and a female, both strr Igers to him, same to the house on Wednesday evening at abeut half past ten o'clock, walked into the parlour, and called for pint of ale. Witness served them, and in about a quarter of an hour they called for another, and soon :afterwards the woman walked hastily out of the house. The gentleman, when she had left tl-e door, came to the bar and asked which way his companion had gone, and 'witness mentioned the way he supposed she had taken, apon which the gentleman declared that it was false, and that witness knew her, and that she had robbed him (the gentleman) of a shirt pin. On the same night the gen tleman came again, bringing with him a policeman, but did nothing. On Thursday morning, however, at six o'clock, witness saw the defendant and another policeman at the door, and was informed by them that they had come to search the house. After the door was opened the defendant insisted upon going up stairs to search the rooms, witness expostulating against the intrusion. The complainant also denied the right of the police to go up stairs and search the house without a warrant, and asked the defendant to show his authority. The ;defendant merely pointed to the figures on his collar and said that was his warrant. The defendant wished the accuser to be as candid as possible, and assured the Lord Mayor that he had waited a reasonable time, during which every one in the house might have been dressed. The witness did not deny that reasonable time was given. Mr. John Lamb, a young man of very respectable ap pearance, stated that he was a lodger in the complainant's house for two years. He slept in a double bedded room, , in which another person also slept, and they were quite astonished to see policemen forcing their way in. When they heard the noise of the visitors on the stairs witness desired his companion not to let them in without the production of a search warrant, but the door was injudi ciously opened, and in they walked. Witness told them that if they had a warrant they might examine all his property, and the complainant pointed at his collar and answered in a tone of authority the most insolent and disgusting. Sergeant Vale said that his conduct had been misre presented by the witnesses, for he had conducted him self with temper and forbearance, and had not been guilty of any violation of his duty as a member of the police. The fact was, that he observed a gentleman, who stated his name to be Edward Brown, and mentioned his address, watching the house at a very early hour in the morning, and upon inquiry l earne d f rom hi m that he had been robbed of his pin by a woman, who in duced him to go into the parlour of the beer shop. Upon learning all the circumstances he (defendant) considered it to be his duty to assist the gentleman, and he accord ingly waited till half-past six o'clock, when the door was opened, and he then certainly insisted upon search , ing the house, as the person who complained of having been robbed, was under the strongest impression that the female was on the premises. One of the witnesses (Mr. Lamb) for the complainant had acted in a most un gentlemanlike and violent manner. Mr. Lamb—You said that you would search every cupboard and corner in the house and made the most vile and insolent insinuations. If I had had my clothes on I certainly would have kicked you down stairs, for I never witnessed so gross an outrage. I have known the house Imo., and it is well known to be highly re spectable ; and if the inmates are to be insulted by such visits, it will be quite impossible to live in th e City a t a ll. The LORD MAYOR ordered that the case should be postponed till yesterday, and that Mr. Brown should be summoned to attend and give evidence. Mr. Brown accordingly made bis appearance yes terday. He stated that he accompanied the female alluded to, whom he met near London-bridge, to the beer-shop. She had invited him to accompany her home, but he refused. He, however, consented to give her a glass of ale. After they had sat together for a while, she suddenly went away, and he immediately missed his pearl shirt-pin, which he valued very much. He directly went out, and, seeing the waiter at the door, asked him which way the woman turned ; to which the waiter replied, " Down Thames. street." Witness enter tained a suspicion on the subject, aid waited in the neighbourhood all night, in the course of which some filth was thrown out. The defendant ad dressed him at last, and when he (witness) mentioned what had occurred, said, that if a robbery had been com mitted, the house should certainly be searched. When the defendant was proceeding to search, the complainant said to him that he might search, and be d—d. Witness went with him through every room. The LORD MAYOR—Was there any misbehavour on the part of the defendant ? Witness—No, I can't say there was anything objectionable. The LORD MAYOR—Was any door opened by vio lence ? Witness—No, I consider the conduct of the defendant mild. Mr. Ashley said that the complainant did not charge the officer with violence. The charge was simply, that the officer had no justification in enter ing the house before the inmates were up, and for searching it under pretence that the woman who was stated to have committed a robbery was there. The complainant had kept the house for six or seven years, and the parish officers were ready to prove that he was in every way unexceptionable, and it was not to be supposed that such a person was likely to harbour thieves. The LORD MAYOR observed that there was no charge of that kind brought. Mr. Ashley said that the impression likely to be made in a neighbourhood in which such a proceeding upon the part of an officer took place was v e ry prejudicial. Mr. Hobler said that there was certainly evidence of a stretch of power upon the part of the defendant. The LORD MAYOR said that the defendant did not enter the house until the door was opened by the ser vant. after having watched a reasonable time, neither did he commit violence of any kind. Mr. Ashley admitted that the defendant .had threat ened to break open every door and cupboard in the house. He could see nothing in the City Police Act giving such a power as the defendant had assumed. The police were invested with great power. The question was, whether any stretch of that power ought not im mediately to be resisted. The LORD Mayon declared that he did not consider the charge against the defendant to be at all sustained. if the defendant had gone at an unreasonable hour, and insisted upon admission he would have done wrong. A beer-shop was not after all like a private house. The officer thought he should find the woman there, and it would be injudicious to discourage a man in such a situation from civilly aiding the ends of justice. Mr. Ashley—The conduct of the defendant is cer tainly at variance with the principle of protecting the liberty of the subject ; and Mr. Hobler, of whose expe rience and judgment there can be no question, has said that there has been a stretch of authority. The LORD MAYOR—I cannot agree with my excellent friend Mr. Hobler in the view he takes. Ido not think that the man has done anything wrong, but if the com plainant entertains a different opinion he can go to the City Commissioner, and submit the case to him. I dis miss it, or I refer it to Mr. Harvey. EVENING SUN ee , t , eer Quarter. s. to 8. 8. to s. s. to A. s. to 0. Bath alandtord 52 72 31 32 :43 26 ' tsridport 68 77:bard 5i 72 28 32 '22 26 Exeter Elloucester CO 76 2b :12 21 t 8 40 42 duildford 62 71 30 35 :4 34) 40 45 klewbury 45 78 31 3t 24 30 41 50 54 81 26 36 20 30 40 . 46 Salisbury 82 62 27 . 34 20 •z S 40 50 Shkrborne 72 76 28 31 26 32 t 44 - 1 8 Bheptonslallet 72 7: 32 37 13 28 44 50 Uxbridge :17 43 ' 2:1 28 WArminster 52 71 33 37 21 31 4 4 48 Winchester 45 416 [oool 56 30 21 32 2'2 29 40 44 LEEDS CORN MARKET. Wheat f. tOg . .11) 545 40 40 : 1 6 • 31 ti 42 50 ~ Norfolk and Stittblk, 110th. . „ 695. to 754. - 1 .-, York. and Lincoln. 60114 ..s. ,„,,..„ ..,,,,,. 0:i. th 73:. 9, 1 , „ Norfolk and Stithilk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe 234. to ifo. • —lt(ealing, For. lid. tol3l Fng. 12)4d. to 14d. per stone Shelling 3O:. to 314. per trial DEVIZES CORN MARKEL Per Sack. s. sl. s. d. Per Quarter. s. .t. s. d. iirst Wheat 35 0 to : . t . 0 Oats 24 0 to 30 0 Second 12 0 34 b Beans (per sack)... - i0 0 24 0 mini Barley 3O U 35 U Bread (pergallon). 1 5 0 Barley, CHELTENIiA Per Bushel. A. (I. to s. d.' et( d. Wheat 8 0 10 6 Beef 6 7 ttarley.. 3 0 3 9 Mutton Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal • —.. 0 7 Beans .. 5 0 5 4 Pork ... ii 8 Pease 5 0 ti 0 Lamb 7 9 Hay 41.55. to 41. 10s. o.i. per ion. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white........—. 70e. to 80s. —.. 01d.......... —s. to —s red—........... 60s. to 775....... 01d...,,...,. —s. to —a. Barley, Malting ...... —a. to 355...... Gr•nding.. —a. to —s. Oats .......,.........—.. 265. to 305..,.... 01d............. —s. to ....s. Beans. 33s to 405...... 01d...—.... —s. to s. Pease ...........---. 365. to —s. Grey....... 395. to —a. CHELMSFORD MARKET. Wheat, White 64 to 80 Oats 23 to 3 0 Red Barley 32 35 White 37 X Chevalier 31 36 Beans, Tick 3B 43 Grinding '27 31 Mangan ....„.....:S SO M MARKETS. Per EXCURSIONS IN NORMANDY, EDITED BY F. SHOBERL, Eso.—The publication of this work is most opportune for our tourists, and a better guide to this in terestino. French province can hardly be required. The New in teresting 'Ma gazine observes, "It is a book of , , travels possessed o f high pretensions as well as perms 4 nent interest. Th e author enters into an elaborate ext.''' . amination of everyt lung of importance relating to the commerce, agriculture, and manufactures of Normandy, making the sterling information conveyed by his pages the more entertaining by dilating on whatever is most picturesque in its antiquities, its legends, and its scenery; in short, comprehending within his scope all that the reader can require to know of the country and its inha= bitants. After an introduction full of pleasant historical reminiscences our traveller commences his labours at Havre. Harfleur, Honfleur, and Pollet detains him short time previously to his producing his equally amusing illustrations of Dieppe, Argues, Vareujeville, Eu, St. Valerie, Fecamp, Yport, Etretat, and Caen. Bayeux, Falaise, Vire, Quillevoeuf, Caudebee, and Ju-i mieges then lead him to Rouen, where he ends his woricog letting nothing escape him of the almost exhaustless i•E• sources of entertainment which exist in that city and it! neighbourhood." SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning, considerable anxiety was felt in Aberdeen, on account the detention of the South mail, which did not aritie here till about three hours past her usual time. It was then found that the delay had arisen from a serious ac cident which had befallen the driver. A short time after the coach had left Dundee, about half-past eleven, with a solitary passenger inside, the driver was by some cause or other jerked from his seat. The guard missing his companion, dropped down, and attempted to stop the horses; but was unable to do so, and the coach was car! tied on to the end of the stage without guard or coach man, and without the least accident. The guard, though injured, made his way to the end of the stage, where 110 found the coach. Every search was made at the time for the driver, but owing to the darkness of the night be could not be found. In the morning, however, about five o'clock, he was discovered by a countryman, lying in $ field a small distance off the road, where he had crawled in order to reach a house which he thought he saw le the neighbourhood. Assistance having been got, the un fortunate man, who is very severely injured, was con' veyed to Dundee, where he now lies m a very precarious state.—AberdeenJournal. From the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen Waters, Herts., to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William' street, Bank of England.—" Gentlemen, having been deaf for many years, I was induced from recommendation to try your Invisi. ble Voice Conductors, and I have great pleasure in telling you that they enable me to bear persons in company and at a place of wor ship most distinctly; and in consequence of the great advantage which I have derived, I have recommended many persons to you , and their report is similar to mine—most favourable. The Spec' tacles and Hand-glass which you have sent me are very excellent , and suit my sight precisely, and surpass any thing of the king I have ever tried ; the transparency of which is so brilliant, that , although I have passed my 86th year the 22d of Nay last , yet the/ enable me to read, &c., by candlelight with the greatest ease 0 4 comfort to myself.—Gentlemen, I return you my best thanith and remain your is ist obedient servant. HENRY COWPER , June 22,1839." From T. J.: Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F.R S'' to Messrs. S. and B. Solomon., 39, Albemarle.street, Piceedia; opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, Bank " England.—" Gentlemen,-_I hays no hesitation in replying tc your inquiry as to the results obtained by the nee- of leo; improved spectacles; being in the constant habit if reading slo' writing for many hours together by lamp-light, It is but justice td say, that your newly inverted spectacle lenses have aforded ro: the greatest comfort. When I employed the ordinary pebbled. never failed to experience in the morning a great irritation is the eyes. Since I have used your admirable glasses I suffer front TO inconvenience of the kind. I shall ever feel grateful to m y good friend, Dr. Blundell, for having drawn my attention to the subject' —Believe me to be your's, very respectfully, T. J. Parriosaw, Saville-row, Jan. 4, 1639." DENT'S LECTURES ON WATCHES , AND OTHER TIME-KEEPERS.—Aa Illustrated Abstract from TWO LECTURES on the Construction and Manage' raent of Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, delivered b Mr' DENT, is May, 1841, before th:s Members of the Unite s Ser vice Institution has been arranged for the inforraation of general' readers. The Abstract contains a statement of the relstivi merits of English and foreign workmanship, and an explanatiu o of the different Escapements, with instructions for the eiteice, regulation, and management of all kinds of Tine-keepers. TM Pamphlet is published, by the Author, at No. 82, Strand, price One Shilliig, but gratis to customers ea application. PLATE.--A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Man" factoring Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London, opposite th! Bank of England. The best wrought SILVER SPOON° and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, is. 2d. per ounce. The King s Pattern; 7s. 4d. per ounce. The following are the weight s recommended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier, at the same price per ounce : Fiddle Pattern. King's Pattern. a oz. s. d. a. d oz. ad. 4 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 210 15 0 12 Table Spoons 40 at 7 4...14 1 19 Dessert ditto 20 72 7 34 12 Dessert ditto 26 7 4... 9 1 1. 12 Table Forks. 30 721015 0 12 'ratite Forks 40 7 4.. 14 1 3 , ; 12 Dessertditto2o 7 2 7 34 12 Dessertditto '26 7 4.. 9 0 2 GravySpoonslo '. 2311 $ 2 Gravy Spoons 12 7 4... 4 g 0 1 Soup Ladle...lo 723 11 8 1 Soup Ladle. 12 7 4... 4 4 Sauce ditto...lo 78316 S 4 Sauce ditto... 12 '710.. 4 1: • 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt/ 2 1 Fish Slice .) 10 0 1 Fish Slice 12 Tea spoons. 10 78—316 8 12 Tea Shoens. 14 710 5 1 1 . 1 Pair Sugar Tongs 0 15 0 1 pair Sugar To ngs . I ° _,l N.B. A Price Current, stamped a s a N ewspaper , ' by drawings, and containing every information relativ: to o °' purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on applie s ," tion, or will be sent into the country, f ree o f pos t age , i n a nti to a paid letter. TABLE. CANDLESTICKS, superior t& Silver 8 ' for durability, equal in appearance. Table candlesticks, inches high, 7s. per pair; 9 inches high, 9s. ; 10 inches, ID' per pair , ditto, with rich shell mountings, 9 inches high, 135 , : per pair; snuffer trays, with shell mou n ti ngs an d c h as ed ell tre, 4s. each. The particular metal of which these Ina * great variety of ether articles are made, Gan only be told'fro s silver by reference to the stamp. Catalogues gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., at the Rectory, Froxfield, Wilts, the lady of the Rev. Thomas G. P. Atwood, of a daughter. On the 31st ult., in North-street, Chichester, the lady Matthew Snooke, Etq., of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Smith-street, Chelsea, the lady of Edro rj Williamson, Esq., of a son. On the Ist inst., the lady of S Y. Beuyoti, Esq., of DI ston-park, near Newmarket, of a son. et On the Ist inst., i n B ryanston-square, M rs. Henry Foe4\ Broadwood, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., Airs. J. T. Hazard, of a son. , the O R n e t v he J 3 . l T st . u G I t i ff . ' a a rd t , th f e a R so e n e . tory, Long Ditton, tne l a dy o On the Ist inst., in Grosvenor-ereeeent, the lady o f M att hew Bell, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. 'all:- t. I;lrageaer ,etl,''o'nldlorens-tbuiriindgste,.,toWFalrtaenrel . Slat . Slater , Esq., of High -street, O r therfield, Octavius Ommanney. Esq.,' the late Sir Francis M. Ommson e /4 Fawcett,o of o Os n nor t ti l i hd. e aei kuE2 l .gd s ssh t tgrit. i nee n , ers s :t t .:f . : , ,sat, a ortd t nheß S oi of stsoeineogHnte°dlne.n, thir d . daughter of the Rev. Robert Gream, Rector Rotherfield, Sussex. On the 2d inst., at St. George's; Hanover-square. J (4° Stephen Robinson, Esq., eldest son of Sir Richard Robinso°l to sarah Bridget, only daughter of Anthony Denny, of 134 0 . " hamwood, Herts, E sq ., an d grand-daughter of Lord Collin,. wood. On the 31st ult. at Arkesden, M r . H enry T op li s , of S t " Paul's Church-yard, to Lucy, daughter of the late Allen li u " cell, Esq., of Arkesden, Essex. On the 31st ult., at Fareham Church, Hants, Lieutettol4 Seymour Yorke Brown, R.N., to Barbara Whalley . Slol the° second daugh ter o f Si r J. W. S. Gardiner, Bart., of Twebe court, Hants. D lED. . On the 15th u lt., at Rottingdean, Mr. Knight, of Kingsto,ll' upon-Thames, aged 82. On the 22d ult., at Bonn, Alexander Chisholm Good el l; B. A., S c h o l ar o f 'I r i n i ty C o l lege, Cambr i dge, and sec ond a 0 of James Gooden, Esq., of Tavistoek-square On the 25th u lt , M r . Th omas W oo d , e ld est son o f Mr. P hn Wood, of the Old Kent-road, aged 51. Ed' On the 28th u l t ., a t S t . J o h n ' s - woo d, C o l one l G e orge nt , mond Hamilt on G or d on , C a pt a i n (h a lf-p ay ) 71 s t Reeitn e ,7 l formerly Aid e -d e -C am p to th e D u k e o f O r l eans , an d Plig e ' to his late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. On the 29th ult., at her, Bucks, Mary, eldest daughte r t. the late Lieutenant-General Cohn Campbell, late Lieutens° Governor of Gibraltar. On the 30th ult., Mr. Craden, of Sherboro House, SOW ford Hill, aged 50. On the 30th ult., Honor, the wife of Mr. Charles Hin dielf of Berners-street. Mole' On the 31st ult. at Camden-road Villa s , M r . W. of Bow Church-yard, Cheapaide, aged 35. of On the 31st ult., at Highbury, Richard-Percival, Escl'' Lombard. street, aged 82. On the Ist inst., at Clayton-place, Kennington-road, - irs - Jemima Ann Chambers. late of Great Tower-street, City. . On the Ist inst., at Park-squ are , R egen t' s -p a rk, Brunton, Esq. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN_ A G " - No. 112, Strand, at The S un Offi ce , N o . 112 , gtralw" the county of Middlesex, Friday, September 3,1341.