The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-28 00:00:00

ii °B i ij j' ' UORNING SUN. P qSLN TA T N MARYLE BONE 141'rThe c ontradiction given by Mr. Cabbell in one of the e s of Saturday, morning to the widely-circulated pars in which he was accused of expressing his ha tredr, of the R e f ormers in no very polite or Christian has c reate d a very great sensation in this borough. have seen an elector who was present at the meet and he assures us that the s t a t emen t was p e rfectly .44 e and sev e ra l r espectable inhabitant householders ready to come f orward and corroborate it, if neces ;Yt by th e i r oaths. How far the positive disavowal of oVe, Iri becoming (if no t impious) language attributed to une will, u n d er t h ese circumstances, set Mr. Cabbell right in th e est i mation of the respectable and religious r• of his friends is considered very doubtful. The h eri leci,pions, and charitable gentleman does not put . IL 2 _ ll C ll .e under a bushel, or neglect to seek a reward Sulhis aims-giving. The following is a copy of a ciF ,,,.utr-a.ddressed to each of the Licensed Victuallers in saUrylebone. It was received on Saturday morning by , the most res p ecta bl e an d lib era l pu bli cans i n th e '4 s sll . JUNE, 1841. one — Allow m e to beg the favour of you to post up tnu 0 1 the accompanving bills in each of your most '" . ° (.4 015:- :You will' notice amongst the " Schools" 'v.7• .11jienevolent Institutions" the following :—Licensed ers School s , 10 G u i neas ; H o t e l an d T avern ' - r?'Pers .:Penevolent In s tit u ti on , 20 G u i neas ; Licensed rntllers Asyliiin; 10 Guineas. ' you - Wilrthink my finding such dvations '• °4 g . Ntri - Citlibtill'vother charitable gifts some excuse .44,r D tv . ," - "lPAVAgning-tn i oaslp,the..favour. • I 'aro Sir - your humble servant, JOHN WORRELL, 79" Hun t eristimeet;'Brunswick-square. " -tr • a:HE SANKEYITES. " e have learned 'that Commodore Napier and Sir 1.3.111111 have had an interview with the small body of 'ranged Reforthers who, since the retirement of Mr. :Sa ° r , li t t g ' have been persuaded to put forward Mr. for the purpose "of breaking up," as it was 'l▪ lrettl the iiower of the Whigs in Marylebone," without die y voting for the Tories. entratieTeW the Liberal 'candidates into the they were:cordially cheered, and after .a long ex ' th - Pl4ast, I` . • .2t U mlisotchnitted by the leaders of the meeting . °- :44a, i 4entlemen . d eserve d support, the , only objet b}• 4 lic 'te tot ibein'being that they were put forward . Y. a Parfkl • Sir B • i n • ' - i - ALL expoqed''the folly and injustice of op lbso,„'—g a man Who had served them faithfully, because th;j e t I his, supporters were personally obnoxious to bo la the conclusion several of the followers of Mr. l u glks, who h as hi t h erto led t h e di sun i on i sts , cor di a ll y I ;2lnised the Liberals their support, and even Mr. a: t tl e a s , we understand, expressed his regret-that he did w ow feel himself at liberty to do the same. in st e nanY add here that we have heard of . several th at 4 of direct and audacious intimidation similar to peac e mentioned by Mr. Stockton, in the letter which ap -41; ; (1 in Saturday's Morning Edition of The Sun. th, fact unitswhch cannot be gainsaid, that so hard are -.wee ?ttai e e i l l'eo were despatched from the head-quarters of and . Hamilton, the Colosseum public-house,.Port to o c ) r t ° .aci, the one to Brighton and the other to Lincoln rumk aill Promises from two supposed friends, who are acing in those places. • GRE ;AT' MEETING OF ELECT us ORS. meeting of , /34 Saturday evening a very numerous Kentish ti,,,ll'etAprsof Alarylebone, resident in the district of "-a haas held at the Assembly House, Mr. Johnson in e cr. Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir Charles Napier, theellect:with the same enthusiasm which has , kiln at every other meeting to Whichwho were c tedthemselves in the borough, gave wo n , opinions to they similar a have p p e r s e i ..- , L s their public conduct and political 9t9se which we have already reported, and w Well in this im , and s atisfactorily known to every elector f the metro hich are now zcolilif, intelligent, and influential division o e, ir ‘botEs AV LIAMS the venerable - Magistrate heerin o g f , th te e ' ti tY, came forward ' amidst, the loudest c e h o u n l d l irt aildmmo. of their tve , a resolution to the effect that the electors present estZZ.aP.proved of the Parliamentary ir that, tiphiltepresentative Benjamin lore Sir" ~, also of the sentiments . expressed by C ° every Gallant Commocloy k! lr C. Napier, they pledged themselves to use e -ertlon to secure the return of the t (Sir J. 411 11 1 , 4 tellxe. ..I,lonourable Baronet to represent them in Villia''' i ardament.. The venerable Barone as very short, bi s , t l ''s) said that his address must be xerti re ' ll g t h and age would. not allow him to make much a ki, e . Ile addressed the . assembled electors as Nears al*, who had lived in “ the village for thirty-five Yes, and loved by every 1),4 --(Cheers, and cries of public attend a 4 ver r,utig and old.") - But d Y uri e l ' l n e g et, all that time /I , lti u, that he could now rec 9 hear.) H e had, b_o . w e.. ev er, r in the village.—(Hear, in the cause of f de n e en all Ilk lifetime nurtured free ;r 43 had been all his ancestors, as engaged in joill;(l,9aeers.) . But he had never of his neighbours, far as he discus spplueldai h zleh might disturb the • e ''act always avoided to app ear ould anything bring 1,414 tartisan.--(Hear, hear. ) peace before the public Nelie.re to-night, except the importancehad caused the diss _ luti ct -et's.) The question which ierc of the occasion. e_ most important that had a,e.1.13:11, Parliament, was the "light: subititted to the e must acknowledge,.a k sa lightened peopk._(Cheers.) consideration of a free and t clearly through i ll ,is o wn tne , , time, that for several years he could not, by ' 4 di s " ni litied judgment, see ;4) th. p , uted and reading question of the Corn h -laws; after hearing 14 10147 he could hear from both sides, sides, giving his °tat ai r * bat had been written on both h ath l33 d unbiassed attention to all t i that if any ieet„, e4t s, he had come. to the cone' the minds of the conclusion, that and all the Nola important enough to agitate. was the question, k' ,Sh,:),°E. this great and wise nation, it ‘.(‘ We have cheap bread ?"— ('Tremendous thought diffe- Nly °lll d , Cot find fault with cheering.) And tasei„,'eause he once, with ner m fe e c n t who sincerity and true afeit'l,Lee, thought differently himself.—(Cheers.)yman's power to NA `at it was not always man was ''''l4(ll`g4tl.Renewed cheers.) Every h° we 'C' sp e a k d frankly his re the( h,honestly an him, n and it was ''' - ‘ 4 41. 1 t differ from ~,t (kt,„ ~,, c others mig i of , - tUti. tr „il sq his neig:ibours to hear his . honest avowal 4spe,:itlta, however opposite to theirs, that a , s 4t alt, ti, h flteneated cheers.) He ' remembe red Curtis, once tap • with courtesy and l'41 1, 1 „,. °4l Tory, the late Sir William had opposed that Mt / 0 - " n °b the shoulder when he He (Sir J. % , r J , re, -. 11 tt public occasion, said, " Sir Jame ,, s, you are a tom ' would and stand true to your colour . s. c• the gallant ~l'd now take the liberty of tapping . 8 %1 ° 1 4 , °re beside him, and say, to your 120letlir's,°\r, and there is no doubt you will stand " Sir 'Charles, you are a the rich and fe e tire, of • ,----(Great cheering and laughter.) On the sub 4filtte4tt,4,e Corn-laws, he would say to staff of life, and t e keto,,, ' God has given bread as the ave ..,r, that if it is of less importance to you who can kor 1/1.4t and luxuries besides h thoh thtlt"." 44V l cheers.) If e i 4 kr e not ing e it is everything to the 4 4 b ge Portion of the agricultura manufacturers, he ww, bettering the condition of the , c1144' falter 0. 1 body would bentination ) , a ,"- h ß ad e h a,nds. 01 ) But from all the examination g r eat deal, as the distress would only "le - I :. giVen to the ea s r. bj subject, he was convinced that an _ev th en e kWerkti4Ts themselves would be benefited, d would be ~k)atni.6' wealth and prosperity of all Britain ''Lac e ...1--„037 the h and c•hange which was b ut to take :4Y,I;uIV Qbernenta and reiterated cheers.) He spoken '''.lv ti' ' t tle fo the Hon. Candidates who I tatt e, for ~ e r e r a :need now te.-: . The 141 inselves. They all faithfully he had t hat` there Y knew how well and tell them knew Sir Benjamin to lr o t th e ,; and it was not necessary The could not do better cheers.) ,4t ,, Baronet —(Loud and continued he 1 ;4 o s altalit Co• s then re-elect the he was, -me mmodore had told them politics he * IVA Wil°le world knew that already.—(Cheers w and hiN,cielo Ile told them on what side of ll.ll 4i ." fla g/ and did they ever know a British seame a n t he da *graced his cause or went over to the enem e y te i , 4 ,41 4 ? "f action ?— (Enthusiastic cheering and repeated tn ?l!),' The worthy Baronet concluded by moving -ie .4 win.° • down i b, '4 ‘ ll toLl4l9i; and sat amidst the loudest and most mm . na il , ~ listrations of respect and he was 44:' '' 1 014, 1 1°Il s body of his neighbours by whom ii,. --.. ' . - much 4114,24 ... ' ' e° x in an eloquent tlzeitki, se,_cnided the resolution. It was carried . s p e ech, which was .I v . and '',-, acclamation. Dr. C. I,Tly.ll7::tin'ejtrn. g - 6 as 2 fterwards addressed by' , as his eloquent and oughout P(14411d Air . Towihend, the former ik)v, bl ilY . tip I d d th a __, , P art e , • of whom ss S ep i t 'l aggres s , G 'WOULD t o r,,,L.X.rolix ITALL requested the gentlemen. present 1.441,..7'tA1teir neighbours that the POLLIN at EIGHT WCI,6Zl4'aliE bAy—that it would 14 th e 7,, 111 tile morning of Thursday, and close at that all commence Foun 1 4 t he. ntit--Milertlooll. It was absolutely essential d r° „ lk'se d to s upport his gallant friend and himself,. , ~11,1 •' carn e sdownat the earliest hour possible , a li t Ilki er their votes.—(Hear, hear.) On that account, i t that's't resolved ' by his Gallant Friend and himself, eh t it ei1.,7 sitould meet and address the electors at.ea of th r - 'tY of the borough at seven o'clock in the morning Ca e NT. 4 ` ) at gay (Thursday), one of them (either Commo- I:11(4041r or himself) at Paddington, and the other at ha', wn•—(Cheers, and cries of " 'We'll be with )''. eliNak s 1 . to the 1 , air,„ N ere then voted (with applause) . '413er41411, and after three times three cheers for the eandida.........,.._______tes and the Queen, the meeting separated. It • an i v ' ll be : • ti,, Nh et4i,,, in the re---7----7----collection o , our readers that til of shell t was laid against Moxon for the publica: k , I ' 3 with eY's poems, which were brought out in num jver k , h Htany standard works. This has been really jarii, t•rdship upon Mr. Aloxon ; the trial must ne- Nil 4is cost above 200/ In the case of Hether ht, it_.i a tli t ti by 8. ll known that ihe prpsecutor was insti & tae rit - Well known radical barrister to lay the in t"- ti lisk;._ 9thers are now talked of against Murray for k:, efitquA Gibbon. Itetheri igt n was imprisoned for til4ti-e;4; patuidrpaolslethoefseenadeeheith-e°s. are t i o yetih practice for excite a feeling ketill'ene?untry against o u; "u re n s n erit law regarding the ~, troy of , hlaspiaemous wo P rks. Moron cannot now %, I te j il t Ns w ,P.ld, einem before next term, which takes `', 1,4 i. ovember, 14 1 4 if we may judge from the words 1/4t.tl 3ent nall, 1 1 0 Velii §evepp judgment can be ex- I , toaNtist Me isluxon, torci DORM §4iti l ?If w@ (1 oh., t!e mere tendency of pkosecutirps of this . soFt, on ,I"'n.oh of hoW - far th v arty p ant with a view to ti, go t f4el.v4ttlehp..liblkatio-Use,:riay 6e matter p s f pe . nsider i a_- v t. 1 4 ).„, eis no undertake to prosecute them , but, .0 i,.' 44°1, the hest plan or dealiug with these works Is 1.4,.'1Ni L , N, refute them, and to show that they arenot t c , 4 ttt er _7 tr:uth, or in the inteiests of human nature ! withi,(,,, .than to bring them into courts of justice, and ittetuttelithat which all of persecuti are in th e h a bi t of adoring-.mg on. — Observer. ''°~a4 ~~:~ ~- u it 4 P".,4 o ptt Jeti't,'; DIALMAISON FOR SALE. PARIS, JUNE '2s.—Paris is at this time of year green, gay, and delightful, * and every one con fesses to the compliment of the Troubadour,_ who styled it " France the fair" (la belie Fra4ce) For myself, I have been a profuse patronizer of the flower-girls, expending a sou on every little street-soubrette I have met. The button-hole of my coat has diurnally smiled with a tuft of bluet or immortelle ; I have walked the Boule vards with an inseparable nose-gay in my hand, and yesterday in the Palais Royal almost died of " aromatic pain" from a Versailles rose. It was at this last-mentioned time and place that I proposed to myself a journey for to-day, which may serve as a trifle of news. The occasion this. For same days past the streets here about town have been placarded with a huge auctioneer'., bill of annunciation—a perfect broadside in its wav—setting forth in type, such as runners might read, that the beautiful chateau and domains of Malmaison were in static venali, or for sale. Though there was little likelihood that I should prove either bidder or purchaser, yet I felt that I must see it. It was a golden relic of the Na poleon glory, not less than a melancholy memento of its fallen fbrtunes—it was a spot full of sweet and delicious recollections of Josephine, charmer of all hearts—of the " eteile de Napo leon," as the gallant men of the Court were ac customed to style her—the brilliant star of Na poleon, fulgent, sweet-rayed, and divinely fair ; the star that presided over his fortunes, and whom fortune forsook not till he forsook her star. It was the scene of "high feastings," gor geous balls, and costly entertainments, of all which the Duchess de Junot speaks long and lovingly in her pleasant book—it was where the " King of Armies" had trod softly, having cast aside the iron spurs of war. With this irresistible longing upon me, I de termined for one day to leave the dandies of Paries to their jolies limonadieres in the Palais Royal Arcade, and to visit Malmaison before it should be knocked down, to the Lord knows who or whom, perhaps to some pestilent City broker, or villainous speculatist in brick and tim ber. As Malmaison lies but two leagues and a half front Paris, I soon accom plished the intervening space, and about half-past six in the cool of the evening, caught scent of Malmaison and its rose-bowers. On arriving, I at once gained admittance through my auctioneer's admissive note, which I had pre cautionally procured before starting, and,certainly with heavier heart than gay, entered the abode of Josephine and Napoleon. Something has so strongly connected these two names together in my imagination, whenever I think of Malmaison, that I seem, in this instance, to have been subjected to some strange ocular deception, or rather mental hallucination. I could not for my life prevent fancying that over every door-lintel, on every furniture-cover, and garden. - -chair, the initial letters of Josephine and and Napoleon, circled by a wreath of lily-flowers (flew• de lys) as you may have seen them drawn by artists, was visibly inscribed ; and when I issued into the geounds, I fancied I still saw it on the trunk of every tree, and in the cup of every flower, as were those mystic letters of old on the leaves of Apollo's hyacinth. Malmaison! Malmaison !—charming abode of her the beautiful, and him the brave ! Tranquil at this hour, with groves and shades, it seemed filled with that dim, sweet " melancholiness," which Sydney loved—altogether forming a tran script of that delicious Arcadia, which his ima gination painted. As I walked through the ver dant alley which leads to the plain of Ruel, I re called to memory all the touching incidents which I had treasured in my heart from Bour rienne and Junot; and inexpressible was the de light I ttook in these interesting recollections. "No where," says Bourrienne, " except on the field of battle, did I ever see Buonaparte more happy than in the gardens of Malmaison. At the commencement of the Consulate, we used to go there every Saturday evening, and stay the whole of Sunday, sometimes Monday." Here it was, on those calm and holy Sabbaths, when his sword was scabbarded, and his soul at peace, that the " crowned King of the nations," with child-like simplicity, " listened to the ring ing of bells, which always produced in the mind of Bonaparte pleasurable emotions." " While we were at Malmaison," says Bourrienne, " and walking in the alley that leads to Ruel, how many times has the bell of the village church interrupted our most serious conversations, and he would stop lest the noise of our footsteps should drown a portion of the delightful sound. So powerful was the effect produced upon him by the sound of those bells, that his voice would faulter as he said, At, that reminds me of the first years I spent at Brienne ! I then was happy !" When the bells ceased he would re sume the course of his speculations, carry him self into futurity, place a crown on his head, and dethrone kings." Josephine, who was the very type of elegance, in the graceful carriage ,of her person, and the exquisite arrangements of her draperies and robes, took an especial pride in robing herself in pure white, a mode of fashion which the Em peror delighted in be) and all others, and day and night her queenly and imperial form lent beauty to the bowery arcades around this spot. Bourrienne, on once entering this delicious re treat, meeting her with Madame de Remusat, inquired with respectful solicitation, but not with his usual familiariness, respecting the health of the Emperor. "Ah ! Bourrienne !" she replied, " I entreat that you will suffer me at least here, to forget that I ant an Empress." My dreamy remembrances would have con tinued much longer, but that the church at Ruel chimed a late hour, and warned me not to linger. The shades of evening were now fast de scending,—the fair lawns were silvering with the evening summer-mists, and a sort of shadowy, pearl-white veil was falling from the brow of twilight. As I again retraced my steps through the chateau, I almost poured out my soul in audible lamentations that the cedar-beams of its roofs, and the golden ar chitraves of its chambers might soon share a worse fate under the handsof trading speculators, on whose craniums the bump of veneration was never developed, than if the old Iconoclasts, or primitive Goths and Vandals of the land, were let loose into its chambers for havoc and destruc tion. Poor Malmaison ! the etymology of the name itself, methought, is perchance destined to be too true a presignifier of its future lot; its baptism in the first case (mala domus ; mal mai son), arising from the bivouac of the destroying Normans on this spot, during one of their incur sions in the ninth century. " Farewell ! Malmaison." These were the valedictory words of Napoleon himself on quit ting, for the last time, this old familiar haunt, to be cooped like a caged eagle within the narrow bars of St. Helena. How big and bursting is that short ejaculation; how eloquent of a broken heart and a crushed spirit ! It is the " Ellett unica" of the old Romans—a syllabic utterrnce that contains, in the briefest compass, a universe of pangs and heart-cutting regrets. I sighed as I repeated, and shuddered as I breathed on part ing, " Farewell ! Malmaison !" The price which at present is asked for this stately property is 300,000 francs, Bour rienne has left us the valuation of the Emperor himself upon this chateau. According to his estimate the erection of Malmaison into a resi dence would cost 8,000 francs, but to live in it would require an income of 30,000 francs., REFORM OF THE TARIFF. if LOOlt - on this picture,,and on this." FREE TRADE MONOPOLY Coerces no man, Coerces :the many for the sake of the few, Restricts no man, Re Wilds trade, Prevents no producer from Prevents the producer selling, from selling, Prohibits no consumer Prohibits the consumer from buying, from buying, Forces no employment Forces unprofitable em that is neprofitAble, pluymepts, Forbids •no employment Forbids productive em that is productive, ploymenis, Gives a price to• the Gives an excessive price seller, to the seller. alv t ig hi§ money's worth Gives short measure to to the buyer, Furnishes the best sti- TalCes from industry the mules to industry, . spur of competition, Encourages good manage- Encourages sloth and went and Improvement, discourages improvement, Fills the market WithnO INdePORPItI overstocking it, • stocks the market, Unites nations in the bonds Promotes jealousy and of mutual interest. hosgitty among nations. In fine, secures In fine, secures Justice, Peace, Plenty, Injustice, Scarcity, Dear and Prosperity. nesss and Poverty.—Leeds gerFiff#: gi The Queen has been graciously pleased to ap prove of the appointment of G. Hayter, Esq., as Princi pal Painter in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Sir David Wilkie, deceased." The original appointment was that of Sergeant Painter, or wainscot painter, at so much per foot, to the King and Queen. After running through a race of plombers. fitl4 SI4FIR4 / . oie Af6et-'• Wg conferred on Hogarth, who gignAe4 it by genius ; and by George 111, the situation was given to the - courtly Lawrence, for whom the title was changed to one of more lofty i m p or t. Wilkie succeeded Lawrence, and Hayter N.§ succeeded Wilkie. So Dryden succeeded P.,'" n ant in the laurel, and Shadweil snopeeded Dryden, knere is still anther ofrice to give away, that of painter for Scotland— a situation of some 70/. a year, that Rae burn had, and Wilkie leld."--;iltheisawn. • FACTS FOR FARMERS, 84N BY OWEN OWEN ROBERTS. The following only appeared hi, part of our Morninf2; Edition : _ _ Mr. Roberts has brought together in this little pamphlet of 50 pages a great deal of useful in formation. The main idea is to consider the farmer as a consumer, while the. Corn-law advo cates consider him only as a producer, and point out the effects of the law on him in that charac ter. After some very judicious observations on keeping accounts carefully, and on the main points which a farmer should take into considera tion on taking a farm, Mr. Roberts observes: — The only amount of rent which any land can afford to pay will be the ,value of the overplus produce after de ducting the cost of cultivation, including taxes, wages, tithes, the interest of e'a:pital, as well as_ a fair allowance towards the wear and tear of implements, the detetiOra - -' tion in value, and the casualties to which every kind of live stock is liable, together with the injury and the ex tra-expense which inauspicious seasons bring upon the farmer. The agriculturist should also recollect that in the cost of production, his own labour, and that of his family, ought to be charged at what they would be fairly worth in the service of another. We presume that the agriculturist considers all these circumstances, but Mr. Roberts, by the warring which he gives, implies that the agricul turist very often sacrifices his own interest, and toils to put into the rent-owner's pocket money which the tenant ought to keep in his own. We shall quote, not only because they are curious and place the Corn-law question in a new light, but because they ought to be studied by farmers, several passages, principally showing in detail how the Corn-law injures the farmer. In the preface there is this general statement : In average years, with eight returns, out of the 63,000,000 quarters of wheat, barley, and oats produced, the agriculturists and their dependents consume directly 45,503,018 quarters, whilst the surplus available for sale amounts to only 17,496,982 quarters. Agriculturists may also be said to consume indirectly, in the shape of manufactured goods of various descrip tions, a proportionate share of the bread consumed by those rho were employed in manufacturing those goods. The agriculturists have therefore to purchase as it were again from the manufacturer a large portion of what they had previously sold to him in the market. EXTRA EXPENSE FOR SEED CORN,—Accohling to the " Statistics of the British Empire," by James 111‘Queen, Esq., an author considered to be perfectly orthodox by the supporters of Corn-laws, there are annually in the United Kingdom 5,000,000 of acres under wheat, 2,000,000 under barley, and under oats 8,000,000, which, calculat ing the returns at eight in ordinary years, will yield of produce 15,000,000 quarters of wheat, 8,000,000 of bar ley, and 40,000,000 of oats, making a total of 63,000,000 quarters, which, enormous as the amount appears, is barely sufficient to meet the home consumption. An advance of ten shillings a quarter, if produced by any means independent of a deficient supply, would be a di rect tax upon the consumers of no less titan 31,550,000 pounds sterling ; an amount exceeding by 3,500,000 the interest of the National Debt, and equivalent to nearly thirteen shillings per acre, good, bad, and indifferent, of all the arable land in the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland. Out of this amount, the agriculturists would have to pay, merely as producers, in seed corn alone, within a trifle of 4,000,000 of pounds. To this amount, even should the succeeding harvest prove abun dant, they would be losers, it being an extra item in the cost of production ; for if the succeeding crops be more than an average return, the prices . would be propor tionably reduced. But, supposing that in two succeeding years, such, for example, as in IV3B and in 1839, the re turns should prove to be very much below the average, what would be the situation of the agriculturist ? Why, in many districts, his seed corn would amount ti one fourth of the whole quantity produced on his land, .so that it would, under any circumstances, render it impos sible for him to obtain in money value more than four returns upon the seed sown. The harvests of 1838 and 1839, in many localities, did not average four returns, and even those returns made up of grain of such inferior quality, as to render it hardly saleable at any price. The agriculturist would have to put in the ground, in conse quence of the scarcity that caused the prices, two pounds' worth of seed instead of one ; and though the following harvest might prove abundant, still the reduction of prices necessarily attendant upon an increased supply, would leave him, even as a producer, comparatively a loser of one pound in every eight, or 121 per cent. This would arise from the expense of production having been increased by the extra cost of his seed corn. CONSUMPTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION. —Corn is by far the most important article, and the heaviest item, in the list of agricultural charges. The quantity of corn consumed by those employed in agricul ture, and directly dependent upon it, is so enormously great, that one cannot but feel surprised that its gigantic magnitude should have been so completely overlooked. Tha edvocates of the Corn-laws seem to have viewed the agriculturist solely as a producer. According to M`Queeri's " Statistics of the British Em pire," a wlrk deemed perfectly orthodox by the Corn law advocates, the relative numerical proportion borne by the families of the agricultural population to the fami lies of the rest of the community is thus stated (p. 85): " Agricultural, 1,845,463 ; trade and manufactures, 1,684,232 ; all other families, 1,269,536." In page 84 of M`Queen's work, is the following re mark relative to the i ttrilation returns :—" Those selec tions relating to male portion of the population of the United Kingdom, together with the preceding queries taken from the population returns, will show how the population has been classed, and how unfairly, too, for the agricultural interest. The vast proceeds from the labour of that interest, and the power and the capital employed by it, wilt show the considerate reader that a proportionate number of every one of the remaining classes are connected with, work for, and are dependent upon, that interest alone ; .were we to take this at nearly two-thirds, or, say three-fifths of the whole, we should not miscalculate greatly either way." Allowing this estimate to be correct, but without going to the full extent of the proposition, and taking only three-fifths of the families that are not classed in the table as belonging either to agriculture or to trades and manufactures to be connected with, working for, or being dependent upon, agriculture alone, and giving the re maining two-fifths to trade and manufactures, the rela tive number of the population will stand thus : Agriculture. Trade and Manufactures. Families... 2,607,184 2,192,046 Population 13,349,369 10,922,211 giving a numerical advantage in favour of those " con nected with, working for, or being dependent %Ton,. agriculture alone," of 5,427,158 souls, or, in other words, making those employed in and directly dependent upon agricultural pursuits, in round numbers as 11 to 9 of those employed in trade or manufactures, and conse quently showing that those " connected with, working for, or directly dependent upon, agriculture alone " eon, sume, or ought to consume, 11/. worth of llyeild twil for every 9/, worth e011411 11 H4 thCia4 connected with, work ing for, or dependent upon ; IrlUlgitadttlanufaetures alone. - WHEAT.—AgriellitlfristS, and those dependent upon them alone, will therefore require for consumption, ex clusively-of seed, 7,218,750 out of the 1 3,125,000 (pm, ters of wheat 'available as human food, yottlittlf* the con sumption of the agriculturigta mitt ilvAsik dependent upon them alone, Inclq4lng §eed corn, 9,A93,750 quarters, and leaving as. a surplus available for the market, to be used by those employed in manufactures and trade, 5,906,250 quarters, which, at 565., will produce 16,547 ma, whilst the (111RntitY PC111§11!144 I ), Y falq.Uefl arid those _dependent upon then} Ow, will produce, at the same rate, 25,462,4094 BARLEY.-Regarding B only the relative numerical pros portion of those employed in aff ° riculture, e%timated by 111`Queen, the consumption of barley will stand thus : by the ilgriPUltUral P1(44*. 4 050,000 quarters, and by the other classes of the community, 3,150,000, showing an - excess of consumption by the agricultural over all the other classes of the community of 1,700,000 quarters, The farmer, it is true, in most cases, disposes of his barley to the maltster in the first instance, but although he then receives the money for it, still he should keep in mind the fact that agriculturists, and those directly de pendant upon agriculture alone, consume their propor tionate quota, and have to pay for it to the maltster, brewer, or distiller. Nor should he ever lose sight of the fact, that his class consumes 4,850,000 out of the whole 8,000,000 produced ; thus making, at alio, per quarter, his own consumption 7,760,0001,, and the quantity avail able for the market, 5,040,000/. • OATs.—The quantity of oats therefore consumed by the' agriculturists as seed corn, as a portion of their food, in rearing young stock,' workin g keeping horsrs, oxen, pigs, poultry, and Cattle, and in fattening them for the market, will amount in money value at 245, 410 quarter to 37,991,1211. whilst the portion avallahk fhr the market will make only 10,00$;$ ?l, The moitrAPtion nt the different classes is bronght diatiactly hefty the reader by the fol lowitig table • - Consumption Produm Wheat By Agriculturists, &c.... 9,093,75.0 By Trades, &c. 5,906,950 Barley By Agriculturists, &c.... 4,850,000 By Trades, &c. 3,150,000 Ooats 40,000,000 By Agriculturists, &c.... 31,659,268 By Trades, &e 8,340,732 F riwa enose data it appears that out of the 63,000,000 quarters of wheat and barley and oats grown upon an average in the United Kingdom, agriculturists and those directly dependant upon agriculture alone, as Mr. Mqueen would say ; Qousumo 45,603,018 quarters, whilst those employed in "trades and manufactures consume only 17,396,982 quarters, The next table we shall quote states the value of the produce : In average years the money value of the grain that the agriculturists can dispose of as a surplus with justice to their class is Rs Mie‘”.;— (16arters. Wheat, 5,906,250 value at 565. 16,537,500 Barley, 3,150,00 0 „ 32 5. 5 , 04 0,000 Oats, 8,340,000 „ 245. 10,008,878 Total £31,586,378 The money . value of the portion conntned by them selves and their clepelidenta amounts to Wheat ........................ £25,462,500 Barley 7,762,500 Oats 71,216,121 Mr. when Mr. Roberts subsequentlyTotal-''''' 4 7 10 51 the return is sevenfold, instead of the average eight, the deficiency in value is 10,507,953/. ; at six returns lit is 21,739,5031.; at five returns the agriculturi§ts will have to purchase oats for their cattle to the extent 'of - 1;132,0751.; and at . fOur' returns there will b e an i nsu ffi c i enc y of all kinds of grain, f or th e i r own consumpt i on , supposing L 7.1 other persons were lift to starve. These cal culations, he concludes, Show that the agri cultural portion of the community is in reality the most serious sufferer whenever the supply of grain becomes inadequate to the demand. With an increased production the reverse is the case, and with an improved husbandry, promoted by the competition of free trade, the returns might be latterly taken at twelve, and the agriculturists would benefit to the extent 0f'23,631,67 1 /. " It cannot," says Mr. Roberts, "be too often repeated, that under the present general system of agriculture, the 13 1-sth individuals located upon these 73 acres of land, or upon this farm, will require the same quantity of bread to satisfy the cravings of hunger, and to keep therilin working order ; and the same quantity will also be required for seed in one year as in another, without any reference to the high or low price of grain. The live stock, also,. wh e th er work i ng. rearing, or fattening, will require the same quantity of corn, be the price in the market 20s. o r 40s. the. quarter. I n a s tate of pros perity, theref ore; th e consumpt i on of corn by th e f arm er and by his depend en t s , as well as b y t h e li ve stock upon the 73 acres, ought, as to quantity, to be the samein one year as in another." The character and condition of farmers is in-, dicated in the two following paragraphs, which c , mfirm some remarks we have more than once laid before our readers:— Under the system, if it can be so called, of agriculture,' now generally followed upon nine-tenths of the land in the kingdom, agriculture can by 'no means be fairly deemed a profitable occupation. In the majority of in stances farmers can barely make both ends meet, and if here and there one can be found who has saved money, as it is called, it will turn out in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred that the sum saved amounts to barely five per cent. npon the value of his stock without any allowance whatever bei ng ma d e f or the t i me, s kill, an d labour of the farmer, and th e diff erent mem b ers o f his family. In fact, instead of th e f armer h av i ng ma de money, it will appear on a strict examination that he and his family have expended their time, skill, and labour for a series of years without any other return than food and raiment of the coarsest kind,, the money saved amounting to barely fniir or five per cent. upon the value of the stock. This amount they might easily have obtained free from risk upon a mortgage security. They might have had from an employer as wages - for their skill and labour be yond food and clothing, and independently of such in terest, a far larger amount. A free trade in Corn is a stimulus indispensable to the prosperity of the British agriculturist. It is absolutely required to rouse him from the listless apathy by which he has long been distinguished. In comparison with other productive classes, the land-occupiers, with some exceptions, indeed, but with exceptions like angel visits, " few and far between," are absolutely stationary, mak ing no progress, and availing themselves but seldom and with evident reluctance of the improvements which are made, from year to year, in every scientific pursuit. They rarely manifest a sufficient degree either of skill or of energy to meet the increasing demands of an increas ing population, and thus to augment their own wealth and secure their own prosperity. They resemble the waggoner, and begin to pray to some Parliamentary Jupiter for assistance, instead of manfully putting their shoulders to the wheel, and by the vigorous exercise of their own powers, rescuing themselves from their dilemma. Agriculturists look to the Legislature for that pros perity, which their own resources and their own industry can alone ensure ; and in hunting that phantom, they become the dupes of necessitous or of crafty men, who, under the disguise of aiding them in the attainment of their object, swindle them out of their cash and their civil rights. making them in the one case beggars, and in the other slaves. In this little work there is a good deal of sound sense, worthy the consideration of the working agriculturists. We will add to these remarks a short extract from a letter published in the Chelmsford Chro nicle, which displays some of the errors com mitted by landlords. Lord Western had written— Suppose a farm of two hundred acres of arable land, at 235. an acre, farmed on the four-course husbandry, which will giVe fifty acres of wheat, fifty of. barley, twenty-five of beans and peas, and twenty-live of clover. Acres. Qrs. Qrs. 50 of Wheat 50 of Barley 25 of . Beans 25 of Clover 5.0 of Fallow 200 500 suppose the reduction in the market price to amount to ten shillings a quarter on an average, one sort of grain with another, and the deficit in the farm er's receipt for the year will be exactly the whole amount of his rent. To this - an occupier, aware of the facts and writing in the same sense as Mr. Roberts, re plies : Upon his illustration of 200 acres, I find the tenant requires the following quantity of seed corn, &c.:— Bush. Qrs. Bash. For the 50 acres of Wheat, 2i per acre... 15 5 50 Barley, 4 ditto.„,... 25 0, 25 Beans, 3 ditt0...... 9 3 *Six plough horses and one market horse will consume 2 bushels of corn each per week during the year, namely-- 91 0 Ten quarters of barley sent to maltsters during the year, consumed on the farm 10 0 Making a total of . 151 0' X s. d. This must be a set-off at 10s. per quarter reduc tion in price, making a saving of 75 10 0 This item his Lordship has omitted. Now let us go through with a few of the ex penses on the 200 acres ; suppose the rent charge to be at 6s. per acre, and to vary with the price of corn—deduct one-foUrth—we have a reduction of Is. 6d. per acre, amcdnt ing to Take the present capital at £2,OQ;) - With the proposed reduc tion of stock and plvp,i N &c. 500 i, 1054 Will 13e spercent. 25 0 0 Stifficieut„, 500 At present assesseJ at 2201. Pour 9d. rates, 3s .£33 0 0 At reduced rent, say 10 10 0 less Saving £l6 10 0 16 10 0 Total... .£132 0 0 .......................... Here we have a saving entirely una ccounted for in his Lordship's ealMation of 13q.. which is the actual rent that his Lordship contended was entirely lost. We here see the point on which the whole question turns between real and artificial rent, leaving 1181. as an " ade quate reduction to be made by the landlord." In the. above calculations I make no reduction of the farmer's income, on the 200 acres of land, nor any re duction in the labourers' wages, so that each tarty will have the full benefit arising out of the reduction in the necessaries of life, in consequence of the reduction on corn, viz, brmil meat, pork, b u tt er, c h eese, pou l try, & c. &c, Viltc.ll I estimate at 25 per cent ; but that his Lord ship should not be alarmed at the gain which the " new lights" will give the agriculturist, I will take it at 20 per cent. £. s. d. Suppose the tenant's profit 300 0 oat 20,per cent. GO Eight labourers, at 12s. per week 249 12 0 Extra wages, such as liar vest,haying,thatching,&c. 40 8 0 £290 0 0 at2oper cent. 58 Annual sating £llB Deing'7/. ss. per annum clear gain to each labourer. The account between Lord Western and the " New Lights" will stand thus : Dr. Deficiency of receipts on 500 qrs. of corn, at 10s. per qr Cr. Saving on farm account ' by reduction of price and expedition Adequate reduction of rent by landlord llB Saving on farm, &c. ... 250 Ditto on Tenant... £6O Ditto to Labourers 58 - 118 £2501 £368 Is this, I would ask, " loss and ruin to the agriculturist," when, after paying rent, tithes, and taxes, to have saved 118/. in amount exactly the same as shown from Lord Western's illustration is under the present scale of " sliding duties," and by its mysterious working, taken from the pockets of the farmer and his labourers, and put into the landowner's P PARIS TRADESMEN.—In Paris the tradesman assumes the right of dictating , to the taste of his cus tomers ;in London he only administers to it. Enter a Parisian shop, and ask to be shown velvet, silk, or riband, to assort with a pattern you have brought of s ome parti cular colour or quality., and the mercer, having glanced at it somewhat contemptuously, places before yo u s i x or eight pieces of a different tint and texture.- You toll him that they are not similar to the pattern, and he answers, " That may be ; nevertheless, my . goods are of the sour model." y ne o w u e s s a t y, s , h , a p u r d e fe i r n fi t n h i e t e colourly sup e o r f io y r o t u o r pattern, and must match it." He produces half-a-dozen pieces still more unlike what you require ; and to your renewed as sertion that no colour but the one similar to your 'pat tern will suit you, he assures you that his goods are su perior to all others, and that what you requirei.S..out of fashion, and a very bad article, and, consequently, that. you had much better abandon your taste and adopthi s ..,.. , _ Lady Blessington's Idler in Fran:e. Macclesfield is upon i ts trial. Mr. Samuel Stocks, actuated, we believe, solely by a sense of public duty, has offered himself as a candidate, and we express ourselves conscientiously when we say that he d eserves the canfidence of the constituency. We call upon the electors to give him their zealous support. We especi ally call upon the friends of Mr. Brocklehurst„if they value_ a character for consistency, to give. Mr. B t , osks . their hearty aid, If a single professed Reformer.V.otegi"., for Grimsditch he ought to branded as a traitor.--Man chester Times. THE SUN, LONDON A_l3 )('() , JUNE 2B, 1841. VERSES ON THE DEPOSITION OF THE REV: THOMAS -WRIGHT, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. We select the following lines, from a short poem on this cruel proceeding, written, we believe, by the Rev. Robert Morehead, rector of a parish in the north of England, and connected by marriage with the family of Lord Jeffrey. The parish of Borthwick, from which Mr. Wright has been ejected, after having faithfully per formed his sacred duties for more than twenty years, lies in a sweet rural district, about twelve miles south of Edinburgh, and is distinguished as the birth-place of several remarkable men ; among others, Principal Ro bertson, the histo r i an o f Scotland, and for a long time the successful opponent, in the Assembly, of the party who, during the last month, earned for themselves the unenviable notoriety of being the most relentless perse cutors of the present age. The " Giant Fortress," re ferred to in the v e rs es , i s B or thwick Castl e , built by Lord Borthwick, in 1436. Here Mary Queen of Scots, with Bothwell, took refuge previous to the fatal battle of Carberry Hill, which left her at the mercy of her dis contented subjects. The subjoined remarks are con tained in a note appended to the poem, by the Editor of Tait's Magazine : " To our southern readers it may be necessary to ex- I plain that this poem refers to an episode in the extra ordinary proceedings of the late memorable General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. ACer certain brief and rather inquisitorial proceedings in an inferior Ecclesiastical Court, it has pleased that venerable body, or a majority of them, to eject from his living one of their brethren, who, as a truly good and a religious man, and an exemplary parish minister, it is enough to say, has been faithfully portrayed by the writer of the above poem. The grounds of charge were certain pas sages found in religious works which he had given to the world many years ago—some of them having been pub lished for nearly twenty years without offence, Until these late unhappy times of the Kirk. One of his works, " The Morning and Evening Sacrifice"—is now in a tenth or twelfth edition, and has long formed a kind of Book of Common Prayer in guiding the devotions of half the families of Scotland. We believe, however, that no offence against high Calvinistic doctrines has been found in it ; nor were the proceedings against its author able to mar his usefulness, or estrange from him the affections of his parishioners, whose sympathies have been vividly called forth by what they considered the persecution of their faithful and esteemed minister. His flock were probably much abler to judge of the effect of , his pious ministrations upon their own hearts, and of the influence of his own example, than of nice polemic distinctions, or the soundness of his theological opinions ;—of the religious and benevolent life of their beloved pastor, than of those philosophical speculations in his books, out of which a constructive heresy has been fished by a band of clerical agitators. Mr. Wright has been a meek, perhaps, in the circumstances, a too meek, too forbearing sufferer ; and his case has excited much quiet sympathy among the laity, and also among a re spectable body . of the clergy of Scotland, who see not only grievous individual hardship, but deep injury to the cause of religion, and to the Presbyterian Church, in this violent divorce from his people, of a minister to whom they were, and are, warmly attached. How is the public, which cannot be made to understand con structive heresies, or mystical theology, to reconcile this proceeding with that flaming regard for the indepen dence and rights of " the Christian.people," which this party in the Kirk profess ?" Soft breath'd the gales o'er Borthwick's woodland bowers, Bright glow'd her broomy banks with opening flowers, Clear down her valley stole the quiet rill, Beneath the russet steep of fir-crown'd hill ; While on the opposing slope, from blossom'd screen, Her modest manse was half-retiring seen ; The peaceful church, the village scool, were near, The giant Fortress frowning in the rear, — While closing far the " long-withdrawn vale," The hazy Pentlands raised their forehead, pate. Such was the day—(not many years have flown) When with a friend emerging from the town, To this sweet scene my ready steps I bent, Where lived a priest, in "measureless content." With cultur'd mind, yet with no sickly taste Beyond the rustic home where he was placed,— Their guide, adviser, friend, he dwelt among ' His people—prized alike by old and young. In our wild walks, which varied themes beguile, Each passing peasant had a word or smile ; Each ruddy urchin had a nod or look, That mingled kindness e'en with a rebuke ; Familiar with them all, free, not severe, His was the love that knew to cast out fear. Yet no respect was wanting,--you could see They in His servant felt the Diety. 0 what a day was this !—while Nature round In human bosoms a true mirror found, And not a sunbeam, quivering leaf, or bird, But some responsive feeling met, and stirred ! Nature is still the same—the breezes still Wave the new broom-buds scenting from the hill ; Still round these walls, deserted of their lord, The fruit.trees blossom, and his skill record ; Nature is still the same—but man's fell breath O'er that sweet-scene has scattered seeds of death ? Has, with a withering blight, its beauty soled, And human bosons o fair peace despoiled ! The old, who winter's snows could fearless tread, To gather from his lips of life the bread ; The young, to whom his precers, if severe, Alone his mild example could endear; E'en the schoolchildren, on God's holy-day, Who round him knelt, and learnt, from him to pray— All feel their spirits sunk in some dread gloom, As 'twere precursor of the General Doom : There needs no prophet's lore to have it proved, A people mourn whose teachers are removed I 0 was it well religious hands, but rude, Of non-intrusionists, sh ou ld h ere extru d e ? Say, if the people's voice can render vain A legal entrance, may it not retain? And what requir'd his exile?—did the chi- „, Of social pleasures stri c t er rules disarm And And wile him on to a disgraceful end, Which we might pity, b u t r , - _A O no ! a purer life, w;" uld not defend . Ne'er graced de,- —.lout pretence, ..,tion and beneficence ! some pity then, som e me lti ng ru th, 11 St i a g v h ` not , you, stern Ministers of rigid truth ? Might not the dread of greater ills to flow • From dear bonds ruptured, by so fierce a blow, Than from a speck, unagin'd more than seen, Thrown on your faith—not worth the pains to clean— Have made you pause, ere, reckless, thus recall Those long-laid lions, sleeping by the wall, Which, once awaken'd, now will not be staid, But rend e'en you who roused them to your aid. If prayer can from our land such doom avert, , For you, and for the Zion of his heart, ' Your victim's prayers preferred are on record : The prophet-martyr thus addressed his Lord : *" If upon this, or any future day, Injustice, malice, shall beset my way ; It any of my brethren render ill, Let me submit, 0 Lord, to thy high will Whateler my suffering, may I bear my part Meekly, nor curse my neighbour in my heart ; But still remembering against thee, my God, My sins are many, let me kiss the rod ; May others, at my hand, foraiveness gain, Such as from Thee, I trust, for Christ's sake, to ob!ain !" Such are, I deem his feelings at this hour, Though whate'er can embitter them, ye pour Into his cup,—still he will say of you— " Father, forgive !—they know not what they do I" Then, now malign'd, as if they bore a stain, His preciOus works shall alter him remain,— Remain, to sweeten and compose mankind, When holy feuds are given to the wind ; O'er temperate times to exercise control, And raise their " Living Templel• in the soul ; Remain, to sink into the hearts of those Who yet " will blush their fathers were his foes ;" When happier lights on Christian spirits fall ; And charity expands, and God is " all in all !"--Ft. M. * See prayer for Tuesday morning in " Morning and Even ing Sacrifice." t The title of another of Mr. Wright's religious works. GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT BRIGHTON. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 13nronToN. JUNE 2.s.—The result of the public meeting held in the Town Hall yesterday, is highly favourable to the Liberal cause. The ob ject of this meeting was to prevent the wanton expenditure of the Tories in reference to parish affairs, and the meeting naturally, in the present excited state of the borough, took a political tone. Allowing for the peculiar bias of the feelings•of the Chartists, the sacrifices they have made to agree with the more gradual Reform ers' are - such as do them the greatest credit; and the Liberals have come forward in such numbers and energy as completely to paralyse the miser able attempts of the Tory party ; and the two combined have at one . meeting placed beyond refutation that the town of Brighton is in the independent position it ever ought to hold. All the Liberal resolutions were carried, and the Tories and Monopolists, not daring to show their faces, are at once consigned to the most humili ating but proper position. Capt. Pechell and Mr. Isaac N.. Wigney are eminently entitled to the support of the constituency of Brighton, and this support they have obtained and will continue to deserve. The lattergentleman is the well-known opulent banker here. He has ever been a resi dent in Brighton, where he has won the regard of even his opponents by his liberal character, — a character liberal in the fullest acceptation of the term. Mr. Wigney possesses a very large and wealthy familyconnection, who, from the position they hold, and their kindliness of disposition, are deservedlyrespected throughout the borough, the , interests and prosperity of which they are ever watchful of. Although Mr. Wigney's return is next to a certainty, it still behoves his Committee to be :upon the alert, while the most cor rupt trickery is in progress to make the wrong •appear the better reason. The constituency 'of Brighton possess too high a character for Probity to allow themselves to become the tools of some few politically - intriguing dowagers, urged on by the rabid faction of the Carlton Club ; and although Tory intimidation has been most unsparingly u sed, its use has b u t aroused the honest and conscientious inhabitants of the borough :to additional exertions in the cause of those who are with them hand and heart. The services which Captain Pechell has already ren dered his constituents are such as call imperatively for the support of this strai g ht-forw ard and gal lant naval officer. The benefit for the performers and artists of the 'late. Amphitheatre, at Sadler's lArtills, took place, on Thursday, the 24th. Mr. Honnor, the lessee, has paid 40/. to the Committee as t he p rofits of the nigh MURDER AT SHAD WELL. A brutal murder was committed on Friday evening in a street called Blue-gate-fields, High-street, Shadwell, by two women of the town, named Mary Long, alias Owen, and'Hannah Covington, on a gentleman, aged GO, named Thomas Briggs, who had for mtDy years resided at No. 18, Norfolk -street, Turner-street, Commercial-road, and was the owner of many houses in the neighbourhood of St. George's-in-the-East and Shadwell. It appears that the mother of Long had been a tenant of the deceased, who, a few months ago, distressed upon her for rent, after she had removed from his house. The daughter had frequently declared she would be revenged, and on Friday evening she and Covington attacked him, when leaving the house of one of his tenants, with such fero city that he died in a few minutes afterwards. Both pri soners have been known to the police for a considerable time, and have repeatedly been in custody for outrages and disorderly conduct. The deceased formerly car ried on business in High-street, Shadwell, and was a remarkably stout heavy man ; he had not even spoken to the women before they attacked him, so that the offence was as brutal as it was unprovoked. 'When the prisoners were placed at the bar before the Magistrate on Saturday at the Lambeth-street police office. . Thomas Hill stated that he saw Mary Long come out of a house in Blue-gate-fields, seize an old gentleman who wore spectacles and shake him violently ; she then beat him, exclaiming—" You arc the murderer of my mother ;" he tried to get away but she followed him up and struck him several severe blows with her fist on the nose and mouth. Covington then came running towards the gentleman and also struck him, then took his stick from him and with one blow felled him to the ground. Both prisoners afterwards kicked him on the body, and he cried murder ; witness went to his assistance and picked him up, but was driven off by the two women. Finally Long by a blow of the fist drove the deceased against the house of a woman named Harvey. Both prisoners used horrible language to the deceased during the whole time. Mary Ann Harvey, of No. 9, Blue-gate-fields, stated that deceased was her landlord, and had been for his rent ; he had not left above five minutes when she heard a noise in the street, and looking out to ascer tain, saw Mr. Briggs bleeding dreadfully, and in a very exhausted condition ; the prisoners were close to him ; she took him into the house, saw that he was becoming black and blue, and thinking he was dying, sent for Mr. Bird, surgeon, of Ratcliffe-highway, but before that gentleman's arrival, the deceased dropped out of the chair and expired. Sarah Burgess, widow, deposed that she lived at No. 10, Blue-gate-fields, and heard the noise ; she looked out and saw the old gentleman bleeding dreadfully from the nose and mouth r Covington hit him on the head with a stick, and said with a horrid oath—" If that won't do I'll give you another ;" the blow seemed to stagger him ; Long also struck the deceased on the face ; both prison ers used very bad language, and appeared very deter mined in their manner. The deceased was unable to offer any resistance. George Malin, a police constable, stated that he was called by the boy Thomas Hill (the first wit ness), and went to Blue-gate-fields, where he found Mr. Brings quite dead. He afterwards appre hended Long, saying he wanted her for ill-using a gentleman and causing his death. The prisr: ner exclaimed, "Me ! I know nothing 9)— out it. " He found marks of blood on her hand an, clothes, which she accounted for by saying she mackerel. tad been dressing a John Geary said he h .ard his sister call out, so he went into the hotise and found Mr. Briggs on the .floor quite „dead. Thorns: Squires, a policeman, produced the deceased's s Pec t :ecles and stick, which he found in Blue-gate-fields ; .►o took Covington into custody for the murder ; she said she did not do it ; that Long did it, and that she would net . be blamed for it. On her way from the station-house to the. police-office a woman spoke to her, and Covington said----;." What are you snivelling about ? I have only given the old man a slap on the face." Samuel Burgess stated that he saw Long go up to the old gentleman and give him a terrible blow on the face. Covington then came up and struck him ; he was imme diately covered with blood, and died within four minutes. Mr. John William Bird, surgeon, of 104, Ratcliffe highway, was called in to see the deceased, who appeared to have been dead about 15 or 20 minutes. Me examined the body, in company with another medical man ; and, on removing the scalp, a great quantity of extravasated blood was discharged ; on opening the head he found more extravasated blood than in any head he had ever seen. The brain was in a very unhealthy state, the blood-vessels gorged, and every appearance indicative of a predisposition to apoplexy. There were marks of violence on the deceased's person : the bridge of the nose was broken, and there had been a severe blow on the eye. He considered that a sudden concussion of the brain, in the deceased's full habit, had caused the vessels to give way, and produce immediate death. The prisonErs, when asked if they had anything to say, sobbed loudly, and made no reply. The Magistrate said he should commit them for trial for the murder of Mr. Briggs, but would remand them for the present, as an inquest would necessarily be held on the body. WILFUL ATTEMPT 'TO DESTROY THE PICTURES AT THY', ROYAL ACADEMY. (mom A. CO:MIESPONDENT.) An infamous and. 'wanton attempt to destroy several of the Pictures it the present exhibition, at the Royal Academy, it night la Trafalgar-square, was discovered on Friday It would appear that it is the custom of the °lii",:rs of this Institution, to visit all the rooms after the company have retired. In doing so on Friday night, one of the porters remarked that a picture of Mr. Simpson's, " Mary Queen of Scots going hawking," had a suspicious appearance, and upon a closer inspection, discovered that the eyes in every one of the figures por trayed upon the canvas had been removed by a penknife, or some other sharp instrument. The detection of this rascally act naturally caused an alarm for the safety of the other pictures in the collec tion; and a diligent scrutiny was at once instituted. The result, we regret to say, was, in ascertaining tint the " Italian Peasants," by Mr. M'lnnes, and a " Por trait of a Baronet," upon panel, by Mr. Corbett, had been also injured. Mr. M'Clise's picture of " Hunting the Slipper" has been injured in like manner ; !rat this, together with " the Italian Peasants " and " Mary Queen of Scots," are not beyond repair, but it ' s feared that the work of art by Mr. Corlett is too much injured to permit of restoration s t ilese outrages have caused much excitement both out of doors and in the Council of the Royal Acade':ay, and it has been at onCe•determined to institute the strictest watchfulness, and to cause to be punish with all the severity that the law will permit, any 'cbrson detected in an act which re flects the greatest disgrace upon the country. A rail should be placed around each apartment, which would not only assist to protect the works entrusted for exhibi tion, but be a focal point for the view of the visitors. ELECTION FOR LONDON. For the first time in our history we have a Govern ment which is seeking to increase the revenue by " un chaining the industry of the community," and light eningits burdens." The Queen has taken up her position where the mo narch of a free nation in such a struggle as this ought always to be found—with the people, and has emphati cally asked their decision in " matters which so deeply concern their welfare." The great majority of the electors of the ward of Cripplegate Without will, it is confidently believed, manifest by their suffrages on the morning. of Tuesday -next, and not less by the zeal and promptitude with which they tender them, that they are not insensible to the appeal which, on behalf of their starving fellow-country men, her Majesty has made to them, nor unmindful of their own interests, as dependent on the trade and com merce of the united kingdom. Never has a canvass in this ward afforded brighter promise, and the committee , rejoice in the confidence, that whatever inconvenience there may be to sustain, difficulties to encounter, or apparent sacrifices to make on the pa r t of i n di v idu a l vo t ers , it will be found that high principle, always consistent (but especially so in this case) with the soundest policy, will triumph over all, and that the promises given to the Four Reform and Free Trade 'Candidates will be all, without exception, realized. —Address of the Crt:ppleyate Without District Committee, signed by john'Dillou, Chuiinzan. 'VAUXHALL GARDENS.--This unique place of summer fashionable r4sort has beenureevsetioraeadd varied o r t i h ed e utmost splendour. EnteTtOnments of a character have been prepared, and.Vauxhall will be thrown open to the public, or the e lasiiline, f i la t, series july of six summer fetes, commencing n Friday 2, at the termination of which. this delightful scene of amusement for a century past, honopred.a.t various times b then e presence of royalty and . the high es t no bili ty of td, and with the associations of which our pleasantest recollections are mixed up, will be closed for ever. Some gentlemen of property have subscribed to render these galas more attractive, the management of which has been undertaken by Mr. Bunn ; and as this will be the last opportunity the present generation ever can have of seeing this charmiag spot, we should imagine all the town will flock there. The Institute of Missions in Berlin has received tidings of the celebrated German Missionary, Gutzlaff, dated from Pekin, the 20th of November last. At that period he was aided in his ap ostolic labours by seventeen Chinese (to wh om s i x others were shortly about to be added), who, having learned Christianity from him, and embraced its tenets. were serving their noviciate as mis sionaries. Two of his pupils, of Japan origin, were teach ing Christianity to their fellow-countrymen. and a t l o se tl i i l e l Chinese,- at Macao; and his two nieces, resident4o Chinese the latter place. had converted upwards women, all belonging to the higher class . e t s o u . f te H l has addressed to the Missionaries' Institute relating to the in the Chinese tongue, containing vo and other Canton,' e3rBe,G,euiutzmlaeffs Christian worship, printed at Pekibnr,a cities of China :—and the Royal.Li re ceived from him manuscript copies of ef a great number of Chi nese works, giving the 'description the e ry i - ee of very ra r h e a has Celestial Empire, monuments anciently existing but of which few or no traces_ French project for driving account of a week gave an . . COMPRESSED AIR L OCOMOTIVE S. ---S.—AthZulmas•t m sin e c a e nso reservoirs of compressed the same thing has been tried ?e ads bee b i y i locomotives on railwa3s _anaidr.conwrimeonhari and failed from a common roads, , al circumstance. Compressed singular but very natural d, absorb from all the surround ing rien d en that This has been found to act so power- 1 vious compressiohni.ner 3 as to freeze and destroy all the witha formed locomotives f a b l y l o allowed e f d t o e 'bodies a quantity of heat, in proportion to their pre- , fully on the mac * a l y, and of course considerably to inter- I tear, and efficient 1 •th the performance, fere wi ives —Railway Times, wear and proixr lubric,attiinesgomf athteerilocso,mot . MORNING SUN NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 26.—Report already asserts that Vice:Admiral Sir Charles Adam prefers the West India and North America commands to that in the Mediter ranean, as being more lucrative, and that he will cer tainly succeed the lamented Sir T. Harvey • Sir Wm. Gage is spoken of as likely to go t o the Mediterranean ; Capt. Boxer, it is said, succeeds Commodore Douglas at Jamaica, and Capt. Alexander Ellice obtains the command of the Pique, 36. Arrived this morning her Majesty's brigantine Griffon, Lieutenant-Commander D'llrban, 24 days from Bermuda, and 37 from Barbadoes, having been nearly five years in commission ; she brings home Sir T. Harvey's son, with despatches. The Comman der-in-Chief died suddenly at Bermuda on the 28th of May, and was buried at Ireland. The Griffoit left the Winchester and Pilot at Bermuda. The Pilot was to sail for Jamaica with despatches for Commander Douglas, as soon as the packet arrived from Halifax ; and the Winchester was to sail for Halifax on the 18th of June. The Ringdove bad left Bermuda for Halifax ; the Seringapatam was at Barbadoes on the 19th of May. The Griffon had only lost three men by death on the West India station, though fever has been on board her three times ; but the number of men invalided from the effects of fever and rheumatism, at different times, has been so great that she has had nearer three ships' companies than two ; the Commander is the only officer now on board who went out in her, and about fifteen of the men. The last fever was caught at Demerara. The Driver steam-vessel' is ordered to be fitted tor service. The Pelican, 18, Commander Napier, arriveiLat Lisbon on the Bth instant. The Alban steamer sailed on Tuesday to Lisbon, with the depot of the 82d Regiment. The Electra, 16, Commander Mainwaring, was paid off on Tuesday and re-commissioned, and Commander Gostling is appointed to command her. The other oftreeh. remain in her. The Confiance steamer arrived on Wednesday from the Mediterranean, and sailed the following day for Woolwich, to be paid off. The Jaseur, 18, Commander Boultbee, has rettumed from 'Plymouth to the Gibraltar station. The Rapid, 10, Lieut. Tryon, arrived yesterday from a cruise off Brighton and Hastings, for the protection of the Fishery. The Salamander, steam-vessel, arrived on Thursday from Sheerness, and proceeded to Plymouth. The Avon, steamer, arrived on Thursday from Ply mouth. She returned yesterday with supernumerary seamen for the Cornwallis, 72, which was to sail to-day for China, to receive the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker. All gunners are in future to be borne on the books et the Excellent. A new 36-gun frigate, t:he Cainbrian, is to be laurgihed at Pembroke Dockyari, on the 3d July. The Seringapat and Essex, Indiamen, are aL Spit head, taking in Supplies and passengers for the Eastern world. AP POINT 3I EXT.S.—Captain Pring, from tie Inconstant to the Pwerful. Coillnlander—Philip Gostling, to the Electra. Lieutenants—John Allan Wright, to command the Skylark •, Charles John Walton, to the Princess Char lotte ; Edmund Heatheote, re-appointed to the Electra. Master—John Kellock, late Acting, confirmed to the Electra. Pursers—John Milner, late Acting, confirmed to the Electra ; JamesPinhorn, of the Edinburgh, to be Secre tary to Rear-Admiral Thomas.. Surgeon—G. Gammon to the Monarch. Mate—W. D. Carroll, to the Royal George. Second Master—Hertry Hill, additional, to the Victory. Acting Assistant Surgeons—J. Simpson. and Dr. H. Richardson, from. the Queen to the Cornwallis. Midshipman—P. W. Gough, to the Dublin. Gunners—W. Richards to the Dublin ; James Mitchell to the Electra. Acting Carpenter—W. Kingdom, to the Electra. COAST - GU-MD.—Lieutenants—Ross Connor (1807), and Augustus Bolton (1825), to be Chief Officers. Mr. Geo. A. Hollinworth, of the Cornwallis, and Mr. G. T. Graham, of the Electra, passed for Lieutenants at the Naval College, on Friday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S). LONDON, Ju 26.—Wind this day at noon, S. S.W. DEAL, JUNE 25.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze.—Arrived the Horn, Smith, from Sunderland, for Jamaica. Sailed the St. Andrew, for Quebec. Remains, the Stedfast, for Antigua. RAMSGATE, JUNE 25.—Sailed the Belen Y. Louisa, for Bilbao. DOVER, JUNE 25.—Arrived off, the Indian, Craighead, from the Alauritius. LIVERPOOL. JUNE 25. —Wind E., fresh. —Arrived the Cows. tees of Durham, from Maracaibo. Sailed the Grace Darling, for Syra; Randolph, Batavia; Mary and Ann, Rio Janeiro, Pakenham, Pernambuco ; Roscoe, New York ; Potomac, Alexandria ; Plutus, Hal i f ax ; G anges , Q ue b ec . A rr i ve d o ff : the Standard, front New Orleans. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 25.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Essex, from London, for Madras. COWES, JUNE 25.—Arrived the General Evans, Dare, from Lisbon ; Adelaide, London, for Philadelphia. WEYMOUTH, JUNE 25.—Arrived the Commodore, Con zens, from Madeira, and sailed for St. Petersburgh. OFF THE START, JUNIt 19.—Arrived the Invincible, Ray mas, from Lisbon ; Charles Corrall, New York, for Havre ; Oscar, Ellis, Leghorn ; Eliza, Gallon, Grenada. Sailed -the Pekin, Laing, for Calcutta. SA LCOMBE, JUNE 25.—Arrived off, the Flora, 'Quebec, leaky, bound to London. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 25.—Wind S. S.E., strong gales.—Ar rived the Enyo, Smith, from Malta. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE RACES--(CorrcLuDzp.) Tau ItSDAY. The Two-year o/d Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, the second to save his stake. T. Y. C. Mr. Powlett's bf by Bay Middleton, out of Miss Fanny... / Mr. Kitching's Priscilla Tomboy Mr. King's Cattonite . 3. Mr. Jaques' Playfellow Lord Kelb urne ' s c h c by R e tain er , d am by St. P a t r i c k Mr. DaWson's Temptation... Won easy. The Gold Cup of 1001. by subs of 10 sovs each. 2 miles. Mr. Orde's Bee's Wing, aged (Cartwright) .. 1 Mr. St. Paul's b f Calypso, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost, 6 yrs 5 to 4 apt Lauercost-5 to 2 agst Calypso--and 3 to 1 agst Bee's Wing. Won by a neck, after a splendid race—the same distance sopa rated second and third. The Members's Plate of 501. Heats, once round and ails. Mr. Fairlie's Zohrab, aged (Cartwright) 1 1 Lord Eglinton's Zoroaster, 5 yrs Mr. Hogg's Clementina, 3 yrs The Royal Victoria Whip Stakes of 5 sm. each, with 15 lova. added. Mile heats. Mr. Ben's Sister to Femeley, 6 yrs (HeseMee) 1 0 1 Mr. J. (;ra y's bf by Voltaire, out of Matilda, 3 yrs 3 1 2 Mr. Fairlie's The Hydra, 6 yrs Mr. Crawford's Cantata, aged Mr. Orde's Charley Boy, 6 yrs 0 0 dr Mr. Cartwright's Chivalry, 4 yrs... 0 dr Mr. Osborne's Polydorus, 6 yrs KNIGHTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Aftes-y-Crwgie Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 10 added; once round, and the long length. Mr. Gough's f Fausta Mr. Pateshall's f by Jack Tar, d by Muley 2 Captain Davies' c by Wamba, out of Minna 3 The Borough Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 addtd. ' Hernil smlmage. 3 once round and a dis. s Anvil, 3 ?T ;rs Mr. Mr. virFriolslita' MrihG e o s ug to h w 's ar G d r ,s een c fi u nch a , o 3 d yrs The Steward's Cu and S wee sta( dis., were won in ts : tea o rk. k Owner o : ce 3 2,rmid •I o .(iiirn 1 Mr. Tho B Ra ar d r n o o w rs ,s hi ca re of: round sous. a y : .D A Y . Mr. williames 4ny t i t i v :n i 3 c e e ,y round and a dis. . . Captain Davies' Merry Lass, -rs *************************** Mr. Saunders' Lad Carolina teseatss, by Mr . M orris ' s A h lo , e r a s r n is d 's 3s b g a ' a l b asL y 2Po!'livioasli.ddre - The Fainters' eTe °w C n ra r g u d b oo . Stakes ak e s w er , o 3 w y o r n s b .. y . ** iir1 . m ... 0 .. n. ..c .s di g Pollio ; the Craigdon Stakes by Mr. Geore‘ tri PP" ; aged ********* (. ..................... 2 4 : 3 . 11 . dr dir b b th Once round, and the long lengths, and i r i o aro un s d ,s s .6 added, &e. scriptton Purse by Mr. Wil tams s , • were lien in - three heats by Mr. George's Tip - peo, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b (Jones) beat ing four others. Stakes of 5 so - vs. ea.cli;srvith` ' itirfil . The Town. Purse and a s weeps of 3 kers. each, once l a nv t i h l, e be l a o t n i g n , thweresr.e won in two beats Mr. Wil.. GOODWOOD CUP, 1841. g le t n w g o th o The following wejgbis were made up to Saturday nigh.t ip r: St. Francis, 6 yri. 9st oit,—.Lanercost, 6 In, 9st 101b—Beg... garman, 6 yrs, 9st i9lb—Craven, aged, 9st , lb—Corsair, 5 , 114. 9st 41b —Bloomsbury, 5 yrs, gat 41b—Sleight of Hand, e yr s , 9st 41b—Black Bock, 4 yr:, 9st I lb Hy llus, 5 y rs, Bst 131 h Charles the Twelftb, 5 yrs, Bst 131b—Zohrab, aged, Bst 121 b - Wonder, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—Domino, 5 yrs, Bst 11lb Wardan 4 yTs, B st 101 b —Kin g ston Robin, 4 y rs, Bst linb_zi ar oon, 4 yrs, Bst 101b —Deception, 5 yrs, Sat 21b— the Potentate, aged, Eat 21b—Doctor Caius, 4 yrs, Bst 81b— Bulwark, 5 yrs , Bst 71b —Calypso, 4 vs, Bst 61 b— Co nfederate, 4 yrs, list 51b—Ferryman, 5 - yrs, Bst 51b—Colwick, aged, Sat 31b —St. Andrew, 6 yrs, Bst3lb—The Ruler, 4 yrs,Bst 115-- Pathfinder, 4 yrs, Bst Ilb Caution, 4 yrs, Bst I lb—Zoroaster, 5 yrs, 7st 131b--,The Recorder, b yrs, ist 1215-... Ga len, 4 ist 121b—Pocahontas, 4 yrs, ist 111b--Broadwath, 4 Yrs ' 7st 101b—Vapour, 4 yrs, ist Alb—Lantara, 5 Yrs, 7st myre, Roquencourt, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Belgrade, 3 yrs, Tat 41b—Al b— ra, 3 yrs, 7st 4113—Anatole, 4 yrs, 7st Ilb--Miss Stilton , oba 7st—E. 0., 3 yrs, Est 131b—Oakstick, 6 yrs, 6st 121 ° b n' 3 yrs, dredi, 6 yrs, 6st 121b—Nautilus, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b--T Yen -3 yrs, Est I Ilb—Mustapha Muley, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b m earaway, - 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Arundel, 3 yrs, Est 101b—Ces ar -7 ' usta P l4 ' 6st lOW—Marius, 3 yrs, Est 61b—Palmyra, 3 evritch, 3 yrh Antilles reached Newmarket on Friday. y rs, Est 61b. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH, AND APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY. The Queen's speech, as the Tories anxiously remind us, is the speech of her Ministers. We admit it, and had the speech been expressive of her Majesty's own sentiments instead of the counsels of her advisers, we believe it would have spoken more to the hearts of the people, and would have d one more t o kindle enthusiasm. Ministers, in advising their Sovereign to deliver a speech in support of their own policy, have a cold task of State reserves to perform, and must of necessity say much less than the occasion fairly warrants. If the monopolists themselves were in power, and were drawing up a speech for the Queen, they would hardly have the immodesty to express all they think as to com merce, and to declare, in the frank language of their or gan, the Standard, that England would be As great and powerful, and all useful Englishmen would be as rich as they-are, though one ruin should ingulf all the manufacturing towus and diztricts of Great Britain." If the etiquette of State would have allowed the Queen's Speech to rise to the height of the present great occasion, it would certainly have been far more calcu lated to stir the spirit of the people ; but calm and for bearant as it is, it is the most acceptable speech ever de livered from the Throne of England.--Fran loser. 6 t i . P ).tit ;(1 V. ' ,10