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

M ORN G SUN --- POLICE INTELLIGENC MANSION -HOUSE. A person of respectabl e appearance, named 3 oh: APArthur, was brought before Alderman Wilt :01 ~ charged with having fraudulently demanded and read i c d two half-crowns from two ladies at the Custom-IF. e, under pretence that he was authorised to make pecuuia claims. One of the coraplainant's stated that upon t he arrival of a steamer from . the Continent, her daughta r's luggage was, according to custom, taken into one of ;lie offices for examination, and, after it was examined, the defendant walked up and demanded half a crown. 1 1 fit ness hesitated about paying what was never require( lon any former occasion, upon which the defendant insisted upon receiving the sum, stating, at the same time, tha the was authorised to demand twice the amount. The c 3111- plainant then paid the money; but, having subseque atly ascertained that it was an extortionate charge, re pre sented the matter in the proper quaxtar, and the de fenialt was taken into custody. • A Custom-house officer stated that he examined the luggage alluded to, upon w hich there was no ca A ; i - go whatever, and he heard the defendant, who, he w:u formed, is a broker's clerk, demand thin half-crown. , Ld declare that he could demand a crown. Alderman W tasos —Are you aware of . y" rig St which the defendant may ha ve to make a ( )ai an m t act kind? Officer—Not at all. I was surprised to .ht ar such a thing. ALPER:MAN—Did you hear him insist uport the p meat of tile money ? Officer—l certainly did. Be had on Friday acted in a similar manner, as I heard, ano I said that he ought to be taken into custody impostor. _e'rench lady sto',:d that upon her arrival in 4.. stunner, on Friday, from the Continent, her luggage wr.'s subiected to a similar penalty by the defendant, to whom she; was obliged to pay the half-crown, after he had assartKl her that he could make her pay double the sure. A-:.DF.r.-mas—And. he made the demand in the hearing of Coose around ? '!'he officer. said that the demand was loudly and re solutely made. The defendant said he 'must have the aslounz, when some surprise was manifested. The defendant in defencw said that he attended to the business of the Custom-house as a baggage agent, and his demands upon the ladies arose from the service he ren dered them by introducing them into the searching office out 0 - ; their tun:, by which they got cleared earlier. He considered _I: well entitled to the money, in con sequence of • • .curing such accommodation, but whcn he :saw' there wL, an objection to the demand, he offered to pay back what he had received is both instances. The polictunan. into whose custody the defendant was delivered, said that the offer was . not made till Mr. - I\l'Arthur was in the hands of .xistice. Williams, shipping agent, of No 4, Bear-lane, stated that the defendant had been in his employment 25 had stated in this Court, that he (the complainant) was not a householder, and accused him of having per sonated the former, who was, he alleged, the real pro prietor of the establishment. Now, this he (com plainant) utterly, emphatically, and distinctly denied ; and he could bring several respectable persons, house keepers like himself, who were ready to come forward to confirm the statement which he was now making, and fully to satisfy the magistrate that he, and he alone, was the owner of the premises which he occupied in Smith street. He could also produce, when necessary, the re ceipts for rent and taxes (in fact, he now held them in his hand), to prove the truth of his assertion ' • and, fur thermore, he could produce • summonses which he had received to attend on Coroners' and other juries, which he thought of themselves enough to remove doubts as to his credibility, and prove the sufficiency of his bail. Mr. JARDINE said he could not but feel the utmost astonishment at the statement which he had just heard front the lips of Mr. Sneezum, jun., for his uncle, Mr. Sneezum, sen., had not only made declarations to the very contrary effect of what was now stated when • he attended with his solicitor, but he had yesterday keen put upon his oath as to the truth of his asser tions, when he repeated the statement that he was the :proprietor of the premises in Smith-street, and that he employed and actually paid weekly wages to his nephew, ae present complainant. Mr. Sneezum, jun., said that he could not conceive I its uncle's object for making such a statement. There I were certainly outstanding accounts between them, in the settlement of which some difficulties existed, but he knew of no other grounds for his making a statement which must prove so prejudicial to his character with his friends, and so injurious to him as a man of business. Mr. JARDINE again expressed his surprise at the coun ter-statements of the parties, and said that he doubted not that the same publicity would, through the press, be given to the present statement of the complainant as had been given to the allegations made against him by Mr. Sneezum, sen. Tile complainant thanked the Magistrate for his cour teous attention to his statement, and retired. THE RE-ELECTIONS. ExETtre ELECTION.—On Tuesday evening Sir lam _Follett arrived from town, and this (yesterday) n :orning at ten o'clock met a very large and most highly r. spectabie body of electors at Pratt's Old London Inn, ,titer. We are most happy to say he looked well, and iv:s greeted with cheers ; and having paid his respects t o the large body of gentlemen who crowded round, and mgratulated him, Sir William, accompanied by them, t out on his canvass, which is proceeding as we put to p ress. As we said elsewhere, he will be returned v ithout opposition. The writ is expected to-morrow (r, :hursday) and the election will probably take place on onday next.—Exeter _Flying Post, J. Mines Gaskell, Esq., M.P. for Wenlock, having a ca lpted the oilice of a Lord of the Treasury, has neces- • y vacated his seat. There is no doubt that the E uno arable Gentleman will be elected without opposi ti Journal. The Nownouiliskire Beacon declares that Lord Gran v die Somers2t will be re-elected for Monmouthshire, ithout opposition. years. as clerk. Alderman Weasoc—And have you,relianca upon his integrity ? Mr. Williams—l have. He is now in my . I beg to state that about twelve months ago he was confined in a lunatic asylum. Alclertnan WiLsoN—Was he at thas time practising any deception of 'this kind ? Mr. Williams. —Ile wets siczed with an insane passion to purchase things, and it was found necessary to place him under restraint. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Ike was decidedly insane. Alderman WiLscx asked the Cnstorn-house officc r PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. whether there was a practice of examining luggage catt The Rev. T. Slack, late curate of Little Leighs, of its turn ? Essex, has been nresented, by Sir Simeon Stewart, Bart., The officer relied that he knew nothing of the sol!t. to the rectory of that parish, vacant by the death of the A list was regularly produced from the steamer, and the Rev. J. Porteuss luggage was examined accord in g l y . The A rchbishop of York has appointed the Venerable The defendant said that the business he transacted as and Rev. Dr. Corbett, Archdeacon of York, to a canonry a baggage agent was altogether independent of, and lin- in York Minster. known to his employer, who knew him to be incaiv The Hon. and Rev. Sidney Godolphin O sborne, 8.A., of uttering a falsehood. He was authorised by the Land- to the rectory of Bryanston-cum-Durweston, Dorset, in' waitar to introduce :the t wo ladies who a pp eared void by the death of the Rev. Christopher Fleet, on the against him, before their turn, and he received their fees presentation of Lord Portman: faom them. The Rev. John Daintry, M.A., to the rectory of Pat - Alderman WaasoN (to the Custom-house officer)— -Did ney, Wilts, void by the cession of the Rev. Thomas Pat these ladies receive their luggage out of their turn ? teson, on the presentation of the Lord Bishop of Win- Officer—Certainly not. They .received their lugt;ar,/e Ochester. according to the list. The Rev. Edward Taylor Seale, to the rectory of Mor- Alderman WILSON said it appeared to him that the de- leigh, Devon, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. John Pendant was in perfect possession of his seines, and he Bywater. could not think of discharging a man who went so deli- The Rev. Frederick Van Der Meulem, A.M., to the berately to work out an imposition. If the defendant united rectory of Bow and Broadnymet, Devon, vacant was actually deranged, it was absolutely necessary tl tat by the resignation of the Rev. T. P. Lethbridge. the public should be protected against the consequeneas The Rev. George Welsh Owen, A.M., to the rectory of such a dangerous malady, exercised with all the :13- of Claverleigh, Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. pearance of reasoning and ingenuity. Davey. No other evidence having appeared, the defendant seas The Rev. John Clark, 1.A., curate of Hunslet, has committed for trial, Alderman Wilson declaring that he been presented by the Rev. Dr. Hook, vicar of Leeds, to could not, as a Magistrate, take upon himself the resp en- the incumbency of Hunslet, vacant by the death of the sibiiity - of discharging a man so perfectly sane as the ;lc- Rev. Richard Foster. cased appeared to be, whatever grounds there might On Monday last, the Rev. Edward James Paget, M.A., have been upon a former occasion for treating him us a was instituted to the vicarage of Smithland, Leicester madman. shire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Henry Camp- Mary Oliver, who was on a former day charged with bell, M.A. having committed some petty robberies in the bona?, of The Rev. John Thornton, 8.A., to the chaplaincy of her mistress, Mrs. Walker, of the King's Head public- the Northampton County General Infirmary. house, in Pudding-lane, was brought tip for final exami- The Rev. Ma. Barton, curate of Hambledon, and even nation. in g George's, lecturer of St. Portsea, to the incumbency Mary MaCan, who had lived as servant to M rs. of Trinity District Chapel, Portsea. Walker, and whom the prisoner had falsely represented The Rev. S. G. Packer, to the incumbency of St. Peter's to her mistress to be the person who was causing the dis Church, Bethnal-green, London. appearance of various articles, deposed that a purse, and I The Rev. G. Proctor, to be curate of `Attleborough, some other things found in the prisoner's trunk, were Norfolk. her property. The Rev. F. Riching, to the perpetual curacy of Ather- The depositions were then made out, and the prisoner I stone, Warwickshire. was committed for trial. The Rev. T. Shurt, of Christ College, Cambridge, to the curacy of Sherbourne, near Leamington. The Rev. 11. J. Stevenson to the euracy 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. Stepho., 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.: employ:nent, GUILDHALL. SINGULAR ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE ENDING IN MAII RIAGE.—A woman, who gave her name Ann Parrott, was brought up this day before Mr. Alderman Pirie, charged with attempting to destroy herself at ten o'clock last night, by going into the River Thames on the Surrey side of Bla,ckfriars-bridge, but being seen by two policemen, they ran into the water and dragged her out, and conveyed her to a surgeon's, s and finding her very much excited, but nut druni, they locked her up for safety. She made no defence to tl.l a charge, hut hung down her head and appeared much dejected. A man named Parrett here came f:yrw,:rd. anti stated that he had Leen living with her for abeut four months, and that her sister was marrizd yesterday, and because he did not marry her at the same time he believed was the cause of the act. Mr. Alderman PIRIE—What was the cause of your not doing so ? Parrott—Because I have not got the money. Mr. Alderman PintE—How much would it come to ? Parrott—About a sovereign. Mr. Alderman Ptatt —Then take her away, and get married to her as soon as possible, and bring me the certificate of the marriage, and I will give you the so vereign to pay the expense's ; perhaps that will prevent • her attempting so rash an act again. BOW-STREET. MR. BANKES'S CASE AGAIN.-011 Tuesday, Mr. Thos. Sneezum, a builder, residing at No. 13, Great Smith street, Westminster, accompanied by his solicitor, waited upon Mr. Jardine to inform him of an imposition which had been practised upon him. The Solicitor said, that in the course of last week a person of the name cf Bankes was charged with an inde cent assault, and ordered to enter into recognizances to answer. the charge at the Central Criminal Court. One of the bail on that occasion gave the name and address of Mr. Sneezum, but that gentleman knew nothing what ever of the matter till he saw his name reported in the newspapers. The charge against Mr. Bankes was of a most disgusting nature, and Mr. Sneezum's name being mixed up in such a transaction had given him consider able pain. Mr. Sneezum's nephew, who was of the same name, and was in the employ of his uncle as a servant, had entered into the required sureties, and declared him self to be a housekeeper, residing as above, which was totally untrue. Mr. JARDINE inquired whether the nephew's name was Thomas ? Mr. Sneezum answered in the affirmative. HOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, SEPT. 4.—The boisterous weather of last night, with the heavy rains since, has done considerable damage ' to the Hops in exposed situations • many of the poles being blown down, and much of the bine and blos som bruised, which will cause the sample to be of a dingy brown complexion, and of very inferior quality. In ,sheltered situations, however, the crop has suffered but little, and should the weather take a favourable turn, and continue tine for another week, we think, after all, • the resent estimated duty will be realised, and may even reach 20,000 . There is nothing doing in the market worth notice. MAIDSTONE.—TiIe bines appeared to improve much in the warm clays of the last week, but the sudden recur rence to severe cold 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 of the bine, our Hops have done remarkably well up to Friday evening, when the atmosphere became cold, and they now appear to have done growing. Generally speaking they arc very small in this vicinity, and not likely to ripen well. Mr. JARDINE—Does he reside on the premises ? Mr. Sneezum—Yes ; but . he merely resid es t h ere as my servant, . Mr. JARDINE—IS he a housekeeper ? Mr, Sneezum—• Certainly not. The Solicitor inquired whether he could not have the party re - captured and fresh bail taken ? Mr. Jardine - Was of opinion that he could not do so. The Solicitor said, that at all events the recognizances were void. Mr. JARDINE inquired whether the recognizances had been returned to the sessions ? The chief clerk said not at present . been returned. the s y rr haL tn INE said, of course Mr. Sneezum was not under h the recognizances, but it was quite cer responsible. ew w as liable to . be indicted for perjury. cer tain that his nelo o f great am scrims importance, and he It was a subjeet would take time . to consider what course (Mr. Jardine) he ought to p ursue. It was evident that he had been most. u.ponbythe false representations made, grossly imposed_ so after he had sent an officer to inquire more particularly ( ;f the sureties. He would consider what steps he sliou lu into the suflieiencY,, t ake. The parties then left the office. e On Wednesday ll r. Gregory, a solicitor, attended before Mr. Jardine, in consequence of a statement that appeared in the newspapers respecting the sureties of we ek charged at this Court Mr. B an k es , who was last with Mr.a misdeme. Gregory anor said, that he . was the solicitor for the family of Mr. Bankes, and al Times, and other papers, thhatalnn' seen it stated in the g individual of the same name as one of Mr. Banker's sureties, had appeared here and complained that he had b e en p_er a s n o k n i ; ‘ t . ted, he (Mr. ; on the Gregory) made it his duty to see 2 1 -" . r• 116' sub ject, and he had ascertained that ileither l.lr. Bankes nor his servant was aware that the pers.on.wh° became surety was not the pr o p r i etor o f t h e p re mises In (great Smith street, and a hou se h o ld er . B ut , as it now ar-242red that , a , he was not, M r . B an k es was rea d y to f u rnish t' -L+ , • trate with another surety this evening, and inquiry,be ieade coe eerr i ng hi m , an d to - morrow (this (e 1;;) would attend amid enter into the requisite recegnizances Mr. JARDINE—I apprehend that can he Ilene. Mr. Gregory said that he would not now enter into the merits of the charge, but he might state, that at the pro per time Mr. Bankes would be prepared with a et:Eh:lent, answer to'it. Mr. iAIMINE observed that the case had certainly been misrepresented by the papers. :Mr. Gregory--Yes, grossly misrepresented. JAaniNe—The nature of the charge has been en tirely rnisurelerstood, an d t h ere i s a common saying, that " misunderstandi ng brings many lies to town." It was then arranged that the surety alluded to by Mr. Gregory should attend here to-morrow (this day). CASE or Mn. BAN s.—Soon after the commence ment of the ordinary business of the Court yesterday morning, Mr. Thomas Sneezum, jun., the person who had been accepted as one of ale sureties for the appearance of Mr. Bankes to answer at the Central Criminal Court the charge recently preferred against him, entered the Court, and addressing Mr. Jardine, the sitting Magis trate, said he had come forward for the purpose of pub licly vindicating his character from the aspersions which-had been cast upon it by Mr. Sneezum, his uncle, on a former day, with reference to the proprietorship or tenantcy of the premises in Smith -street. His uncle NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PortTs - mouTH.—Lieut. F. W. Bouverie is appointed to the Victory, as Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. Bouverie. The Thalia, 46, is commissioned at Chatham by Cap tain David Hope, it is reported for the West India station. The steam-ship Ithadar_nanthus is ordered to be commis sioned in the river by Mr. Thomas Lean, master, for service as a steam transport. Accounts from the brig Fantome, Commander Butter field, from Ascension, of the Bth July, state the fever to have left, after carrying off the master, surgeon, first lieu 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 Gaze: t!. HOURS OF REST.—The mind requires regular rest as well as the body, and does not so soon recovr any CNCCSS of exertion. But it is the tendency of the prese7:t state of society in England to produce unnatural e.,:ertion. 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 quarter', prepare fur thamselves a premature old age ; and many are the youths who, while they are studying for University honours, rise early and 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 iran quil disi4vzition. " But," says Dr. Southey,. " I believe that any one who should attempt to follow hmliexample would suffer severely for hi s imprudence." . THE SUN, LONDON. FRI D AY. SEPTEMBER_ 10, P. 41, REFORM DINNER at DEWSBURY. (From the York courant.) The Reformers of this town, who have ever been distinguished for their- staunch and uncompromising support of Liberal principles, assembled together on Thursday evening last, in the spacious warehouse of Mr. Samuel Oates, woolstapler, for the purpose of ,es tifyiol; their unalterable attachment to the enlightened principles 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 was filled by Matthew Hale, Esq., and the following gentle men officiated as Vice-Chairmen :—Dr. Fearnrey, Thos. Todd, Esq., C. R. Scholes, Esq., John Greaves, Esq , Mr: H. Smith, Mr. George Plakeley, Mr. Thomas H. Gloyne, and Mr. Samuel °atm The CHAIRMAN, in commencing the business of the evening, expressed the pleasure he telt at witnessing so numerous an assemblage of a defeated party, because he thought it was en omen of their future success. He was about to propose the health of their late candidates —Lords Morpeth and Milton.—(Cbecrs.) Ho 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 bad 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 arid present head of which bad ever been diatinguisbed for their ardent and devoted support of liberty, to secure which they had spent in tt c . a. life-time a princely for tune.—(Cheers.) Their late Noble candidates, how ever, although defeated, were net disgraced, and it was with the greatest pie Isere that he proposed— " The healths of Lords Morpeth and Milton." The toast was drank with enthusiasm and continued applause. Mr. JOHN TAYLOR, of B :Clay, acknowledged the toast. There were circumstances connected with their late defeat which might perhaps he discouraging, but these 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.—(l - lear, bear.) Mr. Taylor then ailuded 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 hailed, had effered to vacate their seats in his favour, and also that in Yorkshire, a magoificeet present was about to be made to him, as an imperfect acknowledgment ou 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, taut whatever calumnies might be heaped upon the late Administration, impartial history would ono day do theta justice.—(Cheers.) Ho 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 far • which the Tories seemed to hhve so great an abhorrence and detestation.—(Cheers.) THOS. TODD, 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 afternobn 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 rum 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 ove mass of silver flame. The rain fell in torrents, and has been succeeded by an un usual degree of cold ; while the wind, on Saturday evening, blew tempestuously. We fear we shall hear .sad accounts of the (fleet 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 kours, the rain falling in torrents whilst it continued, and during the. whole of the evening, It was reported that the church at Toversham, and a barn at Eversden, in this county, had both been struck by the electric fluid, the former considerably damaged, and the latter burnt ; bat 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 thati 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 chancel. 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 bad 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 sally laid. Many wheat stacks were also thrown down, and the sheaves completely soaked on the ground.—Shef field Iris. Harvesting operations have been much interrupted by the incessant rains of Friday and Saturday, and the gloomy weather since ; ) et 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 vi e have witnessed for some 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 for 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 wt ich 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, Eq., 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 them, to pieces.—Worcestershire Chronicle. STATE OF THE WEATHER AND CROPS. (FROM TILE LATEST PAPERS.) The weatber, since our last, bras 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 grain 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 bad during the past ten days, there is every reason to believe that the yet outstanding crops will be carried in a satiatactory state, and that the farmers will have no cause to complain.—Bath Chronicle. B SLEY.—We have had another week of splendid weather, and an immense breadth of corn has fallen before the scythe and sickle, and a considerable quan tity has been carried in excellent condition. We are happy to say that the crops everywhere evel our most sac guine expectations.—Sheiflad Iris. operations have he 'll-1E HARVEST.—.H arv , bt i og come general here, and although . its progress has in sonic measure been impeded by the frequent showers o f ra i n w ith which 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.—The tine ripening weather that has obtained since Friday last, bas enabled several far mots in the lower districts of the county to finish the harvest.—Ayr Observer. Seine damage has been done to the crops in Clare and Kerry from the late rains, and flower gar dens have been more or less pinched throughout this neighbourhood by a slight frost which has fallen within the last five or six days.—Liverpool Reporter. THE HARVEST.—Tbe weather for the last eight days has been cold and dry, and so favourable for cutting down the crop that the great bulk of the grain in . the neighbourhood, as well as in the adjoining counties in the east ar.d west, is in the stook ; and since Monday a considerable portion has been transferred to the st4ck. yard. With the exception of the wheat, the greater pro portion of which must be coarse, all other descrip. tions of grain are not only abundant, but what has beeti thrashed is of good - quality. Pastures were never more rich and abundant 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 -L,Scotsman. SHOCKING MURDER. (From the Bath Chronicle of 3 esterday.) The village of Box, and the little hamlets Of K;ngs down and Box Ashley, were thrown into• a state of uni verral 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 mortem examination of the ...... body was made by Mr GoldAone and another profes sional gentleman. A Jury (11. J. Mart, E•l., foreman), had viewed the body, and the Coroner (Mr. Whit marsh), had given directions tor the examination in question. The Jury adjourned from the cottige to the Grove public-house, at Box Ashley, where the several witnesses were examined from whose evidence it op- peered that a man Yarned Isaac Stith, a labourer, had been living for some time with the deceased, whose name was Ann Little, .at the cottage in qu es ti on . She was about 40 years of age , act! 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 s 6 avao-e outrage took pkee. They ihai bcea in the habit of drinking together, and of quarreling to a me- lancholy extent for some time previous to this o:tcur rence. On the evening of Saturday last they had 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 betwtea them. On their way home, however, they came to high words, and Smith re peatedly struck and kicked the woman, and when s h e „; e d f or me rcy, 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 Ind with some of his child, en. About four o'clock in the morning one of thC boys stole out of bed and went to look at his mother, when ha was horror-stricken at finding her siting in the position in which they had left her when they Went to bei— stiff and cold 1 The wan aroused, and on the a:azi 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 indifElrenee the melancholy occurrence. He is a tali athletic fel. low, possessing a retnarkably repulsive count •nance. The post mortem examinaton not baying been con• eluded, the inquiry was adjourned untl the following morning at ten o'clock. On Tuesday morning Mr. Goldstone deposed that be 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, ditty, 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 half•past six. About seven o'clock the same. evening he was present when her clothes were taken cff. 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 e —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 helloed the hceinorrhage 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. Meat, 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 sa3s he said to her, " D—n your eyes, get up, or else I'd kill you directly." Sb c 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 hedge." They then proceeded further on teir way, and came oppo• site the house of James h Gale, who, although he was in led, heard her cry out, " Oh, my dear Isaac." He then describes her lying on the ground, which he saw from his window by the light of the moon. Isaac Smith standing by her side cursing 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." He 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 6' Wilful murder." After a short consultation, the Jury returned a ver dict of Wilful. Murder against the prisoner, and he was sent, under the Coroners 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 Trost abandoned character, the mother of five illegitimate children, by different men. She was, in her younger days, in good circumstances, but beins 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—ehecp 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 o 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—hut 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 s now in gaol. A report is current that the man was ealous of the woman for going to Bradford Fair, and ,hat he cave her a black e) e. 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 ho was to have been married, after a twelve years' courtship of his intended bride. The following ev idence was adduced : Frederick Willi am W a ll ac e 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 regr et for what he had done. By the Conosan—Witness bad n ot the least d o ubt that the deceased committed the act h imself. John Williams, one of the keepers, of Richmond Park, deposed that he slept with the deCeased. About twenty minute, past five o'clock on Tuesday 'awning lie heard the deceased get out of bed, and he appeared to bo feeling about for something, and he almost instantly fell down, and appeared to be retching, and witness a, k2el if he was sick, and upon no answer being returned, witness jumped out of bed, and he then observed a qmntity of blood running from the throat of the deceased, and 11:,) 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 W:1,3 called no to sec the decepawd, and on examining him he found a, wound. op his tilroat Emu 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. --We 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 sulTering poor of this neighbourhood during the ensuing wester.— York Courant... LAW AND CRIBBAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—Seeing a report in your paper of the 7th n: a charge against a young wan of the name of RobartA, fur destruction of Mr. Godbold's property, and that this charge was dismissed without redress, because the pro prietor had been induced to play at cards, 1 cannot for bear asking you if such a case can be faithfully reported. Good God ! is it possible that the act of playing at cribbage or whist in a man's own house or warehouse, not being a public-house, is a crime which debars a man from obtaining justice ? Is it come to this ? Are we to have a City functionary, vetted with a little brief (annual) authority, take upon himself to limit or prescribe to us our amusements on pain of forfeiting our rights as citizens to the protec tion of the law ?. To all such cant and humbug I beg to subscribe myself AN INVETERATE FOE, And I am sure that you are equally so, or I could not read your pap'r. PARIS CORRECTIONAL eOLIOE. A LOVING HUSBAND.—A worthy dyer is Paris, who had the good (?) fortune to be possessed of a pia try wife, was at times tormented by the insinuations of the green-eyed monster, during which he 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 had imbibed more than a double dose of jealousy towards his spare rib, and he, consequently, determined to idiot on her a corresponding quantity of what he thought wholesome dis: ipline. That no inter ruption should take place, he firmly locked his door, arid 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 bein g brought up- to the Court, the foll o wing dialogue took place between the culprit and the President : Presideat—Robelin, you are accused of ill-treating your wife. What heve you to say to the charge? Prisoner—Those are little family matters which con cern no one but ourselves. Pre ident—lt concerns public justice, and I beg yen 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 base nothing to do with your mo• tines—you have no rieht to beat her at all, Prisoner—Oh ! well then I ant nobody in my own house—l arc a child—a canary hit - d —and my wife may put me in the corner. President—Besides, you assaulted the guard who came to your knee to restore order. Prisoner—Oh ! apu may say what you will about that—l know nothiOg about it. The corporal 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. Ho then called me a Csssack 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 hint a little, but not much. He calledane 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 bad 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 very 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 had taken rather an ind.Lcate liberty with one 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 ber assertion by an oath, we must believe her. According to the account given by the fair ren 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 he a young man of rather dubi,us 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 lest dog." "My dog, Sir ! But, Sir, you are mistaken, for I have no dog ; I never hasi one, for I do not like them." " That, is very singular. 1 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 him to leave, but the hint was lost upon him, for, on the contrary, be 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 seiz 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 assi,t 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 .plaintdf derived her recites. He said that it was the result of a bet made after dinner. The Count, after a short consultation, condemned him to 16 francs fine, and 23 francs for the damage done by his spaniel. The marriage of Lord Henry Russell to Miss Stopford is postponed until . the 21st. They are to pass the honeymoon at Bentley Priory, the seat of the Mar quis of Abercorn, at Stanmore. 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 Lty slip' in the em bankment between Wootton • Bassett and Chippen ham. On inquiries yesterday at the Great :Western station, we learnt that four or five gentlemen were brought up by the train very seriously injured. Three gentlemen were so much hurt that one of them was obliged to be left behind at Wootton Bassett, and the ether two at Reading. There seems to be every dispo sition among the officers connected with the railway to keep the affair as secret as possible." , On the 24th ult., as Mr. Hole, of South Musk hatn, was walking in his fields, he found a quantity of 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 quarter 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 Maplebeek, ' and also at Ket'sall. ,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 mad nen 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.—Nottinghum Mercury. They write from Libowne, 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 su&red 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:. EXTENSIVE FIRES.—On Wednesday the house, No. 50, Bread-street, Cheapside, in the joint occupation of Mr. S. D. Davies, furrier, and Air. Daniel Davies, table iir.en manufacturer, and Mr. Downs,. hatter, took fire. The loss is supposed to be between 2,000/.• and 4,0001. Mr. Daniels is insured in the Alliance Company. Two other fires also took place, one of which occurred about seven o'clock, last night, at The house of Mr Lucas, Suter's-buildings, Somers'-town, a carpenter and builder, when u considerable part of the stock was con sumed. The oth er fi re b ro k e out in Richmond-build ings, Princess-street, Soho, in a house occupied by Mr. R. Ellis, carpzutcr, when the workshop, With all its con• tepts were seriously injured. ANOTIIER il , oNAER AT THE NIAGARA FALLS.—We have just• arr i ve d froni the Falls, whith er we went this m orning per cars, on learning that a person was cast away on one of the Three . SiSterS . islands tuated in the rapids, just ahOVe the Falls, and that ail ef forts to rescue him were as yet unavailing. ea C!to arrlval, all was excitement, hundreds were crossing and re-ciTa4: ing to Goat Island, from the head of which he could be 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, :Ind 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. His 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 ! Bidt'uti Penny Press. [Fudge !] Over the door of a vender of varieties in a coun try village is—" Licentious dealer in Backey and Snuff." A Magdeburg paper gives an account of a new mode for walking on the water. A pioneer ( f the garri son of that place not only goes down with the stream in the river,•but crosses it with ease and safety. He 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 discharging his musket. It is added that the Prussian Government intends next year to have the corps of pioneers exercised in this new discovery. • AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH. — Wednesday a man named Black, in the employ ofMr. Massey, engineer, Brewhouse- lane, Wapping, was taking some refreshment at the White Swan public-house, op posite Execution dock, when he suddenly complained of severe pains in the head, and was advised by a lad who was present to go home. lie had scarcely laid himself down on his bed when he expired. Black was in his fif tieth year, and was previously in _ l aipdrent good health. DEMAND FOR BAPTIST NOEL'S PAMPHLET. —The Rev. Mr. Crowe urged the audience at Angel- . street Chapel on Monday night forthwith to make them selves acquainted with the Corn• law question, to which end he recommended them to purchase the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel's pamphlet on the subject, not only for their cr.% n reading, but for distrililition : the following clay not one was to be obtained at any of the booksellers' shops in this city. — Worcestershire Chronitl!. THE HUMAN VOICE —God has made the whole earth vocal with sweet sounds. The untravelled forest echoes the notes of the wild bird, and the habita tions of men are made glad by the song of the feathered minstrel. But, above all, the human voice, that com bines the highest charm of sweet sound with the inspira tion of thought, is given for no ordinary purpose of earthly pleasure. In its whisper of affection how grate ful ! In its expression of religious devotion how ex alted ! For its solace in trouble how dear ! For its participation in joy how unspeakable ! ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR.-.-It may gratify- the admirers of this magnificent structure to learn that the alterations of the windows in the choir are now sufficiently advanced to allow of an opinion to be formed of the effect which will be produced when the whole are completed. The two windows immediately adjoining the altar (formerly closed up with stone) have been opened. Each window contains the arms, helmet, crest, and lambrequire of twelve Knights of the Garter, filling the twelve divisions formed between the mullions and transoms. The general ground being in quarries, bearing the initials of the patron Saint, St. George, gives great relief to the splendid tints of the her aldic 'devices. In the glass of the old windows, so much of the space was absorbed by a huge star and garter, re peated in each opening, that the armorial bearings them selves were nearly imperceptible frnm below, and the general effect was poor, heavy, and monotonous. This error appears to have been studiously avoided in the new designs. In these the part of most importance, the shield of arms, has been made the most conspicuous, and the several bearings are clear and distinct. The Chapter of St. George deserves great praise for the judicious and liberal manner in which they have commenced these works. WILSON THE POET, AND THE ARTIST OF WATTY AND MFG.—Most of our local readers, we think, will have, ere this, seen the statues of Natty and Meg, and other articles of sculpture, ,by Mr. Anderson, of Perth, for some time exhibited here. The roan who could embody the ideas of the poet so vividly, very natu rally felt some interest in the poet himself. Knowing Paisley to be the place of his birth, he, soon after his arrival, made inquiry as to the identical spot, and felt some degree of surprise that not a single memorial could be found of the man whose name was so celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. Resolvieg to remedy this, he asked, and obtained permission from the proprietors of the house in which Wilson was born, to put a slab in the wall, to mark the time and place of his birth and death. This slablie is at present bringing with him from Perth, in order that it may be chiselled. here.—Paisley Advertiser. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A WOMAN ON BOARD TILE LATONA FRIGATE.—CHATIIAM, TUFSDAY. --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 had 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 (soing into, the galley, leaving his wife sitting on h e r bed. b 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 had been married about 25 years, and had eight children, three of which are alive. An inquest was held on the body ou Wednesday afternoon, at the Lord Exmouth , by Mr. Einde, Coroner: The prisoner was attended by a guard of marines, and ap peared to be 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 thein and parted them. About three-quarters of an hour after wards his wife came to him and said, the deceased was no t s t . he found. He then procured a light, and in search ing the shies found her lying on the lower deck. He sup posed the decoyed must nave fell through the ladder way from the uppei: ecl . s into the lower, a depth of seven cet and a half. Told the; Prisoner of his wife's death. He came to .her. John Wood', ship-keeper, deposed to the same effect. There being no e cjdence - to show how the death arose, the Jury returned a veiZl Pict—Accident- ally killed by falling from the top to the ;ewer deck. 'The deceased's husband was reprimanded by the Coro ner for his conduct to the deceased. MEL ANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-011 Thursday evening last, about six o'clock, as two young gentlemen were busily engaged in eating fruit (peaches) . in a garden near Liverpool, one of them unfortunately got a peach stone in his throat, and could neither get it one way or the other. A surgeon was instantly sent for; but, before he arrived, the unfortunate young man was dead.— Liverpool Mail. TrrE TuRY 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 contemp3rary, 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 numbers of a Dublin paper. There are only two possible modes of ac counting for such effusions as those of the Standard and the Dublin Evening It 1 ail. 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.—Mornin g Post. Madame Bretot, a thriving blanchisseuse, of the Rue de Bievre, had a fair daughter, who,. like all her sex of the same age, which was temptin eighteen, was was s y i f n or dg o e f iit ba b l u ls t a p n r d ud o e t n h t e , r a g n da while s these scenes of le amusemen. lively damsel to ettend Th e ond mother permitted ways tack care to accompany about a month ago, at the gnat her. At a Sunday's dance re Saisons, Midemoiselle Eugenie met with a p ar t ner so genteel and gallant that he 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 betweil the lovers , t hat Madame Bretot drew .1,000 f rancs f rom the savings' bank to pur chase a suitable outfit for the young couPle• Alas, fur the uncertainty of human projects I two evenings ago, when the expecting bride and her mother returned home, after a day spent on their knee s—not at church, but in thei r 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 francs, but every other article of value carried off. Thi s was, indeed, a dire disaster, but the severest cut of all was a sheet of paper, conspicuously affixed to the chimney glass, 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." NEW PROCESS FOR THE PREVENTION Tthl(OiNghOik'n E XPLOS ION OF FIRE - DARIP —I .t has been f oun d b y ex perience, that Sir H. Davy's safety lamp , many .respects an invaluable discovery, has failed in proving - a preventive to the explosion of fire-damp in coal-pits ; and the frequent recurrence of accidents in the mining districts, evince the melancholy truth, that the precautions hitherto devised are incomplete. I venture, therefore, to propose a process for abating an ev il so fatal to human life, which is at least worthy of trial. It is well known, that fire-damp explodes on ignition be an electric spark ; and on this principle it is proposed, t h a t an experiment be made with a n a pp ara t us consisting of Professor Daniell's voltaic battery and electrical wires, for the purpose of firies . e mine with an explosive mixture. By - :nexus of this ingenious and scientific contrivance, an explosion of fire-damp can at all times be efibeted with perfect safety,. when ever the gas •is evoWed in sufficient quantities to , 5 , e -etc the destructive elemeat ; aud as the wi ,` u tc conveyed to the remotest c hamber of the ID'. jl a nifling cost, the experiment may be repeated 5c 4 ...Yrcat facility by . the aid of a poweaful battery, 11 .atus s petce ;there it indicates its appearance, or er ,„d :-usphion of danger. The actual presence, .quanti`l,.' t'4 3. posit:on of the fire-damp, can always be &see:lair-lea ; :fe v or precision and certainty through the agency of the 6 ,acid lamp ; but care must be taken that the earbo."Lic a and azote remaining in the mine after. the inflame 0... be got rid of, either by decomposition, absorptie u rs: ventilation, before the workmen resume their lab This formidable and treacherous enemy will thu. , effectual;y and instantaneously ann ihilated, that oti w wise could he but slowly, partially, and progressis consumed, combined with the advantage, tnhat the her 1 of the miners will cease to be impa ired foam respirat °nJ in a foul atmosphere.—Correspondent of the Mini Journc The General Steam Navigation Company packet, Columbia, arrived off the Custom-house yesu r. day with the Dutch mail. - It The whole Tory camp of Ireland are up I arms at the Irish appointments, particularly the Seer tart' ; and not one single Irishman, Lord or Ccra:nort selected for office. ,Splits are already b6ginning ; 1 H. Peel will have no bed of roses. This -shows I le e timation he holds his, Irish friends in, and what a ) 111 " 3 set he must think then - a —Limerick _Reporter. SENTENCE ON THE LATE SECRETARY 0 ,, ° / ti THE SHEIFFILLD AND MANCHESTER RAILWA Y.-- Wednesday week, Charles Thompson , late secretary t. the Sheffield and Manchester . Railway Company, co, vieted'of forgery at I..Y.aa cheater, was placed at the be r. He said, in a faltering voice, "My Lord, I admit 1 ,1 l c justice of the verdict, but can - assure you that at tl if time of doing it I had not ,`he moat remote intention . fraud. An unfortunate s peculation in railway s lier. ' 5 was the cause of it. I had several gentlemen in Ce o 6 at the time of ,my trial who would have stated th tt up to that period I bore an unble.arished eharactt and I now . throw myself on yo.ar merciful cog' sideration on account o f m y poor wife and dui" dren, who, through my sin and folly, re thrown. hellr less to the world." The LOrd Chic f Justiee sa id ' "You have been convicted, on the elecrest:evidence ° .; of forging and uttering a receipt. It was ' forged. 0 uttered in fraud of those who employed you. Illave doubt of the truth of what you say about wits esses to character, because no one who had not a good c haract er would have held such a situation. I must ow n it el not appear to me that that character makes an; thing all in your favour. On the contrary, it shows at tb„ s character was maintained through ou tward appearlfical when your principle had given way. • You :lay 10 c 1 an unfortunate speculation that led you into it n believe that hardly any person willingly commits 5 6 act of this kind without some such eXcuee. He 1 . 0 1 1 )e to obtain gain by. what he is doing, hopes lirat no will be found out, and that at some future tame he I ' be able to set harmless those who have suffereci. I ef° l ' not at all allow this character to make any Ciffe !a ce : r The crime of forgery is one of so dangerous a a at, ire ti; _property and persons, and is accomp anied with so Pil e 5° of fraud and of concealment , and, in y our case, of miler; treachery, that lam bound to put the whole ) I. `; of the law into effect. - it is with the g reatest regret; t,be. I hear you have a family, but the only question woe r between a loeg term of , trans p ortation and the I, e . mainder of your life; but I think the example o f severe punishment m4;ht to be made in this case. 1 it due to the country ai; large to show that the law e - c templates with that degme of reprobation, a crime col .mitted on those who coatided their interests in y° hands." The sentence or' the Court, was, that tJ prisoner should be transport3d for life. He fainted as he Was removed from the ba.".—Cheltenharn The followin2 are the names and titles of 14'he new Lord Lieutenant :—Thomas Philip Waddell Boiii°' son, Earl de Grey, Baron Gran.tham, and a Barone t i Lord Lieutenant, and Custos Rotulo.rum of the county' ° Bedford, F.S.A.—Limerick Reporter. .211•1 se OltN A VERA Gilds - GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORI 4. 0 For the Week ended Sept. 3, 1841, made up from the Beturos oo the Inspector; in the disferent Cities and Towns in England 4 Wales, per Imperial Onartcr. Wheat 74s. Id i Oats Baler 33s Id. I Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. ' .. Wnnt ending WHEAT. 'BARLEY. OATS. EYE. i DRAM I rsx' . -- ---;--- --- -----,-- 1 Jnly 20 6B 2 33 11 23 1 35 7 i 40 3 44 5 Aug. 7 '',o 5 34 6 2 3 9 35 11 !41 5 44 , 14..........72 II 35 11 23 6 3d 3 42 , 1 436 5 21 18 76 1 49 7 24. 5 .0 0 An 9 4 4 Sept. 3 ,741 39 121340144 0 45 / IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGE.% OF THR SYJI WEthla Wheat 7 , s. HE. O I st.l Rade!, 36s. 6d. 1 Rye 2 3 t. I b ld a l pe Beans ase .....441i: ,0 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat."... 2J. 84. 02.:.% t o. Barley Js. 4d. I Rye ... ... Ils. Od.l Pease 2'6. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDA Y' COLONIA:f 3 4ARKET- The Markets were dull. Pr;vately little business was de and the public sales were unimpo: tant. Pri c es had a do" ward tendency for most articles. t i:he imports were fair. TEA M ARKET. a t There was an increased disinclinatioo e vinced to ore vy.'s Prices were not so firm, and Is. 100. taken for Coral' a bo o Congou—cash. There have been some erivals and many 5h are near at hand. • TALLOW MARKET. the Prices kept up, but the market was quiot, and 4 9 ' 0 ' the i value of P. Y. Candle on the spot, the del.'veries fro warehouses \ were good. AL HAY NI ARkE' T. The supply was plentifu PE l, the demand middlin,q, and to without alteration. Clover, 31. to 61. ; Meadow Hay. 41. 15s. ; Straw, 21. 4s. to 21. Bs. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I !leans. I Per Quarter Banton 11,41110 ee ighton C ambridge Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hailsham Hitchin Ipswich LACW VS Lynn Maidstone Norwich Pet worth Rom ford Sandwich Thetford Witbech Witham Yarmouth g. to t. s. to a. s. to S. 55 71 22 33 18 22 52 70 21 34 5'3 29 68 84 28 33 25 26 ( , 2 32 23 62 74 30 34 24 211 60 68 :93 37 23 28 60 73 28 31 22 28 56 71 28 33 lb 21 63 78 26 30 2:1 25 50 73 28 34 22 30 50 76 29 35 21 2'6 69. 68 26 29 '22 25 63 68 30 34 20 24 59 76 36 39 '26 $3 58 72 $3 34 23 30 73 74 f. 9 32 25 26 CO 78 20 36 20 30 62 71 :10 31 •26 30 68 72 30 31 25 27 55 68 28 34 20 23 • 66 76 32 37 27 31 GO 74 So 32 i 24 30 ERPOOL CORN Al A.RKET, sh, White, per 701 h... Red Scotch, Watch, and Manx Irish, White a. to .. 35 38 3t 38 41 43 s to i$ 39 40 35 4J, 40 38 45 37 , 44 4. 33 S 7 30 40 36 40 37 39 34 43 37 i 0 34 33 at 33 40 as 4 0 /M 44 44 35 43 24 , 41 36 gs) ai -- 34 40 3' 40 40. 3 2 33 4* 1 34 , 55 at 40 99 ..„_ 35 37 37 38 40 Wu EAT. En gli: - _ Sept. 7 ". 01. to 10 9 8 10 0 0 0 0 5 9 7 9 ti 4 8 10 10 2 9 e 31 5 , a 0 :17 39 I/ 4 4 4 4 0 4 4, 0 4 9 0 ' 4O o 42 0 43 0 45 ," 42 0 46 40 0 ° 52 0 50 0 0 48 0 54 24 0 26 5 , ti 4 0 23 a :36 ii 23 4s 0 - - lied Foreign . .. OA: s, English. Welsh, and Scotch, per 4SII, -- Irish . •• - Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter - Scotch and Irish, per (10Ibs. - Feeding BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter - Irish, 8“.. - Foreign PEASE, Englisn, per Imperial quarter Foreign FLOUR, English, per 280Ib. - Irish aTmeati,lenglish and Irish, per '24olba INDIAN CORN, pEr 4801 l). RYa, per Impertal quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter .--P-------- ---_---.,------ u. LATE.A. B. SAVORY and SONS M ari t be facturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London, opplr,,,,i t ,fo Bank of England. 'The best wrought FIDDLEPATI I've SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 9.d. per ounce. ~or following are the weights recommended, but the article " b 6 had lighter or heavier at the same price per 0un , ...e. , 0 , oz. a. d. 71 , 15 0 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoo ns 10 at 7 2... I", 5 0 A 2 dii:o Deesert ditto 20 7 2... ; i ., 0 12 d tto 'labia Folks 3O 7 .2... ) 1 ' '5 4 12 ditto Desseri Aitto 20 7 2... 7 1 i i 8 • 2 ditto Gravy Spcious lO 7 2... :, ji , 8 1 ditto Soup Ladle. 10 7 2 ... ',.' iii 0 ' 4 'ditto Sauce ditto.. , lO 7 E 1.,. . - J O 4 ditto . Salt Spoons (gill: - strong) 1 a I ditto Fish Slice 1 6 12 ditto Tea Spoons lO 7 BL.. 3 r 0 ' 0 l ' i I pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong;. . to J N. 13 A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, illus.t ra t ba by drawings, and containing every information relative O w ,' purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had en AO, tion, or will be sent into the country, free of postoge, is 04 to a paid letter. dr--- —..." ~., • 14 11i7 HS. of 3 On tile 3d inst., at Hythe , Ken t, Mrs. Edward Watt" auhtrr. 1,00 10 On the 7th test ., at Leggatts, Herts, the loal of 1 . 0 , Kemble, Esq., of a ds.ugh,:r, tshieh survived but a few but,',o, On the 7th inst., at -Chester-terraeo, Regent's-park, %" William Chrystie, of a son. street, Ho On the 7 th inst. , at Thomas.nelydowa, IVlrs. I. ' Donaldson, of a son. O n the 7th inst.., at Hampste a d - heath, Mrs. J. Gur ne/ l a i : d O a a r ni :t b h o t e f :7 . t s h on i i n inn s : t tt . : , : a: mt i:::: „ :: : : : : .l :h, Mrs. George Hensala°' °I . s: \l re r e ar t Mr.' W. H. Seguin, of a daughter. ,teAnieyFGair:lft Russell-square, of a daughter. On th th e e :th th , of Fair, Guilford-street, _...---------- MARRIED. On the 13th of July, at Zante, William Ed natr nstonc , , l , R.N., second son of th e l a t e Si r Ch ar l es Ed mo ystone , P``c,i to.Mary Eliza, eldest daughter of Major T. W- FAr'° ns ' • dent of that island. nchsrd On the 7th in s t., a t P ens h urst, t h e R ev . George — l o .hter Boissier, of Oikfield, Kent, to Maria. only surviving t l a u ° of the late Richard Allnutt, of South Park, Kent. . , o rth On the 6th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, James. Het.; Av o Greenhal g h, o f Charlottee-street,Fitzroy-square, to • Mace, widow of the late James Mace, of Bromley, E On the 7th i ns t ., at T otten h am Ch urc h. Simuellt.llti; c son, Esq., o f l'entlre, Holywell, to Mary Ann , eldest daug of John h a y, E sq. , T o tt en h am . Thorns On the 7111 inst., at Gednew Thomas, only son of hiss to • Harrison, gen t., o f S pa ldi ng - c ommon, Lincolnshir e, Rubbins, of G e d ne y-d i k e . ' i I ev er, On the `29th ult., Anne, D widow of the late James I. Esq., of Great House, Radnor, aged 86. Jobe On the 30th ult., drowned near Rugby while exerlirg To bn sell to save the life of a schoolfellow, John, eldest scut cd " Walker, Esq., of Crawfordton, Dumfriesshire, aged lb. i s If . On the Ist inst., at Tickhill, Yorkshire, the ite c * '. Marshall, A.M.., Vicar if Pontefract, aged 85. of th e On the 3d inst., at. Sutton , John Mills Jackson, Eiq.' Island of St. Vincent's, aged 80. On the 3d inst., 'John Rees, Esq , surgeon, of Blackfrierr. road, aged 5t2. late IV lr. On the 4th inst. , a t C ro ydo n, Ma r y , w i dow of the la • Benjamin Chrees, aged 80. dovf e f On the 4th inst. , at Ker. s in g t o n, Mrs. Jane Hove, wi Antoni Pantaleon Howe., Esq., aged 66. the gee. G. On the 6th Frith Kent. S:' inst., at West Heath, Preston, M.A., usher and under-master of W , estminster L1,0ol• ~ On the sth inst. , Edith Marian, daughter of 51r. S. kr"'" A rick Miller, of ,S,a , ,kville-street, il,tTed 9 mouth_. Yn hav e train Ferr o and t, dorn, Sot, bottl e away t ant v N !Very Purif , mar entr, G London Printed and Published by MURDO ,i 0 • No. 112,. Strand, at The Sum Office, No. 112, otf-- the county of Middlesex, Friday, September 10;1841' MORNING-