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A man of the nanie of TAvLoa was tried yes 'rday at the Central Criminal Court, eliarg•cd woundin• a police constable, and also ob racLin2; him in the eNccution of his duty, (luring e late disturbances at kenninvon•caniumn. he evidence. produced, and the result of the Li, it is hardly necessary to say, will cause Lot Cy regret, but the most violent indignation to 1 impartiai persons Nv Ito witnessed the atrocious .nduct of the police on that occasion. The only +k ne e (for the Chelsea pensioner turned e prosecnron into ridicule) was given by 7o policemen, who stated that the prisoner, nth several other persons, assailed the police :ta stones, one of which struck the first police an, who gave his evidence, on the head, that the isoner afterwards wrested his staff from him, tt was finally overpowered and committed to .stody. The Judge, Baron ROLFE, in summing said there was no evidence whatever to prove that the prisoner had assaulted the prosecutor with an intention to do him grievous bodily harm, but it had been deposed by the witnesses for the prosecution that the prisoner was one of those who threw stones, and even supposing that was not true, if he was one of the crowd from whom the stones were thrown, and thereby gave encouragement by his presence, he would be guilty under the second count, which charged him with resisting his lawful capture. The offence of the prisoner, even according to the Judge's own showing, was of a very venial cha racter. The Jury, after deliberating for one hour, found the prisoner guilty, but strongly re commended him to mercy, and the Judge concur ring, as he said, in the recommendation, humanely ordered the prisoner to be sent to the tread-mill for three months. Our readers must be informed that this convict was not a pickpocket, or a thief of any description, or even a Chartist, as far as we learn from the evidence, but the foreman of a respectable builder, with from eight to eleven men under him, and had been in 'that situation for the last four years. He had, according to the evidence of his master, five children, and there could not be a more peaceable, discreet man, or a better husband and father; yet a work ing man of this class, the pride of our country, and the main source of our superiority over other nations, is sentenced to an ignominious pu nishment, for what the humane Whig Judge, the late Member for Falmouth, calls " resisting his lawful capture." If this is the law of the land, if this is the result of our liberal Constitu tion, then who can blame those who require a change ? It is altogether a painful subject, and the more painful when this severe sentence is passed by a man who obtained the office of So licitor-General, and ultimately of Judge, from professing himself to be a friend of the people and a hater of oppression. Every unprejudiced person admits, and Baron ROLFR cannot be ignorant of the fact, that all the dis turbances at Kennington-common were caused by the atrocious, the wanton, and the brutal at tack made by an armed police on a crowd of unoffending men, women, and children. Under such circumstances, a real friend of the people, a lover of justice and mercy, even a true Whig, would have made allowances for the excitement caused by conduct so outrageous and so repug nant to the feelings of Englishmen. But the real offenders escape, and a man who is a good husband, a good father, and a good servant, is made their victim, and sent to the tread-mill for three months. We ask Baron ROLFE if this sen tence will make policemen and Judges more re spected. Mr. D. CROWTHER,tiI e Assistant-Secretary of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association, has politely requested us, on behalf of the Com mittee thereof, to be kind enough to give inser tion to some fifteen printed pages of a theo logical address of that erudite Society to the " HOII. and Rev. GEORGE SPENCER," on the subject of his conversion from the faith of Can terbury to that of the Vatican. We must beg to be excused for declining to comply with a re quest the reasonableness of which would have been more apparent had the "Assistant-Secre tary" instructed us to deal with it simply as an advertisement, for the expense of which funds were provided by the Committee of the Theo logical Operatives of Dublin. Nevertheless, our good -nature is such, that we cannot, with out some notice, throw aside a document so in teresting as this effusion of the Christian charity and apostolic orthodoxy of the Irish Protestant Operatives. What a contrast does it not form to the doings of the same class of men in Eng land ? While the Protestant operatives of Eng land are quarrelling with their employers for higher wages, and with the landlords for a cheaper loaf, their more erudite Irish brethren di versify the intervals of repose from the labours of the loom, the forge, the turning-lathe, the adze, the hatchet, and the hod, by deciding, with the mandatory authority of an (Ecumenical Council, the merits of the Ho moousiaa and Homoiousian controversy, and in humbly co-operating with the DEITY in barring the gates of Paradise against the entrance of Papists. There are thousands of sober, reflect ing Christians who, we fear, will be rather scan dalized at the. off-hand, slap-dash style in which the orthodox hodinen of the Hibernian capital "pitch the Papists to perdition ;" but that will only testify - to the fearlessness and the zeal of the Irish confessors.' Nor does the address of the Protestant Operatives confine Papacy within the ordinary limits recognised by Englishmen. In the category of reprobates the Operatives in chide the Puseyites and Newmanites, and, worse still—the " shallow Protestant hypocrites" who voted for the Education grant—including Sir ROBERT PEEL, Lord STANLEY, Si r JAMES GRAI ; IAM, Mr. GLADSTONE, Sir ROBERT H. Itiams, Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, and every Pro testant Member, without exception, in the present Parliament. We must endeavour to gratify any curiosity excited in the minds of our readers by quoting . a few gems from this address, too rich to require the exercise of any skill in setting. Like the perfec tion of female beauty they will be pronounced, when " unadorned, adorned the most." With that excessive modesty so characteristic of the nation, and the professions of the members of this theological association, they thus clear the ground fora regular " scrimmage," not only with their Hon. and Rev. Opponent, but with every Member of the Cabinet, and every Protestant supporter of its policy in the two Houses of Par liament : If the Roman Catholic Church be a Church of Christ, by which salvation is attainable—if its principles be sorb as may be innocently taught—if its priests may properly have the cure of souls, then ought Popery to be established in Ireland—the Irishmen who think so be come Papists, and our Church be pronounced to be a lying synagogue of Satan, for it has denied all this, yea, protested against it. We loathe and abominate the in consistency of the shallow Protestant hypocrites—falsely called Protestant—who think one thing and act another; who support the national system of Irish education and Maynooth ; who propagate Popery with the national funds, and pension Popish chaplains in workhouses and gaols—in the army and navy. The inconsistency of these wretched halters between two opinions we despise, while we confess that you are honestly, boldly, and laudably consistent, though deeply and deplorably in error. If these questions were to be decided by the greatest Divines of the Church of England, we fear the POPE would have a cheap bargain of the Dublin Operatives; for, assuredly, the great Fathers of the Anglican Church all agree in the opinion that not only salvation is attainable in the Church of Rome, but that the ordination of its priesthood is valid, imparting to them the HoLy Gmosr by the laying on of hands. The Roman Catholics believe in CHRIST, • and the 18th of the Thirty 7 nine Articles of the Church of England pronounces all accursed who do not hold such belief salvationable. Nor can we agree with the Operatives, that because the gates of Heaven are open to virtuous Catholics, therefore the Church of England is to be stigmatized as a " lying synagogue of SATAN." There is nothing in the Scriptures, or the Thirty-nine Articles, to justify the uncharitable belief that the Most Rev. Drs. WHEATLEY and MURRAY may not meet in the mansions of the blessed as well as at the Irish Education Board. " Believe in the Lord JESUS," saith the Apostle of the Gentiles, " and thoti shalt be saved, thou and thy house." He did not say a word about rival creeds. In the above extract, the Crown, the Cabinet, and the two Houses of Parliament, are denounced as represented by " shallow hypocrites, falsely callfA Protestant." Now for the Operatives attack upon the Puseyitcs. In addressing the Hon. awl Rev. GEORGE SPENCER, they say— do not wear the garb of Protestantism, and pmkt the revenues of the Protestant Church, while your Ile:irt is at Rome, and all your e ffortsexerted'to extol tlic principles—the very essential principles of Popery. All this the Puseyitical divines do, hence you are really a more creditable person than they. Why those who hold such principle, should not in Ireland at least, become Roman Catholics we cannot tell. Here we agree with the Protestant Operatives of Dublin. The Protestant priest who embraces the doctrines of Rome, and attests his sincerity by renouncing his preferments in the Church of England, is a thousand times a more respectable and trustworthy person than he who, while abandoning the Establishment, clings to its tem poralities. An open enemy is always to be pre ferred to a hollow friend. But. what have the Irish Protestant Bishops and clergy been about that they left to the Operatives the task of making war upon the Puseyites ? Is the "si lent sister," before whose gate the bronze hero of the "'glorious and immortalmemory" displays his truncheon, destined to remain for ever dumb? Surely the University of Dublin boasts of some names more familiar to the Bench of Bishops, and the learned theologians of Oxford and Cambridge, than those of Messrs. PASSLEY and CROWTHER ? And yet, with the lively faith of the members of the Protestant Operatives' Association, their zeal can only be imputed to .excess of charity ; for they remove all doubt upon this head by the following sufficiently explicit explanation : Indeed we firmly believe that the Devil is the father of the apostate Roman Church, and we need not remark on the spiritual consequences of belonging to a Church that can be thus spoken of. We shall imitate the forbearance of the Asso ciation. The consequences of belonging to any of SATAN'S children, are not suggestive of the most agreeable reflections, inasmuch as the law of primogeniture does not regulate inheritances in the kingdom of darkness. And now that we have strained a point to oblige the Committee of the Dublin Protestant Operatives' Association, may we claim in return the privilege of offering them a word of friendly advice? We feel confident that we may. From their bungling in the use of the weapons of theological controversy, it strikes us that they are fir more expert at handling the trowel, the hand-saw, the shuttle, the scissors, the sledge hammer, the last, the spade, the scythe, and the reaping -hook. Now, we advise them henceforth to fling aside theological controversy, and to stick to the implements of their daily avocations. The Roman satirist who advised the cobbler not to go beyond his last, was the cobbler's best friend—inasmuch as he pointed out the way in which he might prevent the world from ever laughing at him. He must be a very diligent operative, indeed, who, in addition to minding his ordinary calling, finds time to examine the principles of his own religious faith, without concerning himself with the squabbles of schoolmen, and the limits of the Divine mercy towards the erring children of men. It is stated in the Leeds Times that there are nearly two thousand persons in prison through out the country, for being concerned in the late riots. The gaols in several districts are so full that they can hold no more, and it is irreverently suggested that some of the parish churches ought to be converted into prisons. The extent of the rising may be surmised from the number of the prisoners, who certainly do not amount to one for every hundred of the operative Turn-outs in the manufacturing districts. Now, when it is re membered that the turn-out of the operative s originated in severe distress, the throwing them into prison, and compelling their wives and chil dren to seek shelter in workhouses, must appear a very strange mode of alleviating their suffer ings. The cost of their maintenance in a state of compulsory idleness, will impose an immense burden upon the country. But worse than all is the impression which these prosecutions will make upon the minds of th e operatives themselves. Hundreds of those now incarcerated on charges of riot, arising out of the culpable con duct of the Magistracy and Police, were never before an hour in confinement in their lives. They were hard-working, industrious men, whose bread, and that of their children, was earned by the " sweat of their brows." These' men will now be compelled to herd with the worst characters ; despairing of justice they will become indifferent to character and honest pursuits ; and at the expiration of their imprison ment they will carry to their homes the vices which flourish in the cell of the felon, and the ward of congregated profligacy and recklessness. We entreat the Government to weigh these things carefully. It has incurred a higher responsibility than that of pandering to the vin dictive feelings of an irritated. local Magistracy, least serviceable when its services are most wanted. We desire to witness increased popular confidence in the justice of the Ministry, and therefore it is that we suggest moderation on the part of the Government. Any undue severity will exalt the objects of prosecution to the rank of martyrs, than which nothing could happen more unfortunate for the Ministry. The Ilanover Gazette of the 22d instant, con tains a Royal Proclamation, signed " ERNEST AUGUSTUS," invoking the blessing of Providence upon the nuptials of the CROWN PRINCE. The sign-manual of the King of HANOVER will be thought, by many Christians, but an indifferent passport to the throne of celestial benedictions, and is certainly not calculated to warm and in vigorate the devotional feelings of his disaffected subjects. The Princess MARY of SAXE ALTEN BURG appears, from the Proclamation, to merit blessings which, we most sincerely trust, will not be denied her because invoked by a tyrant. '" The amiable and elevated qualities of the august bride" (says the proclamation), "and the reciprocal cordial at tachment of the affianced couple, allow us confi dently to hope that the happiness of our beloved son, which we have so much at heart, is fully secured by this union." We are more Catholic in our hopes. We include the Princess equally with her husband. As Regent, acting for a blind Sovereign, her's will be a regal state far from enviable. The KING pro ceeds :—" May Divine Providence bestow upon this union is choicest blessings. We are assured that our faithful subjects will unite with us in these our fervent wishes and prayers." If such an assurance be warranted, it will be more in consequence of the genuine piety of the Hanoverian people than any de voted attachment to the person or will of the reigning Sovereign. Short as his reign has been it has provedlong enough to estrange from King ERNEST the affection of the most loyal nation in Europe. To a human being with ordinary powers of reflection, how terrible it must be to think that, with opportunities to make thousands of his fellow-creatures utter his name with prayers and blessings, he has so spent his life as to be an object of general abhorrence or execration—to be forced, on the brink of the grave, to admit the terrible conviction that no man cries " GOD bless him"—to feel that the good will rejoice over his grave, and that when his , came shall be uttered— " Blessings shall hallow it, Never, Oh never !" The period is now approaching when opportunities will arise of practically appreciating the value of the extensive law reforms which have been effected during the last session of Parliament; and as we believe but one opinion prevails as to the important benefits they are calculated to confer upon the public, no party considerations ought to prevent a fair and full acknowledgment of the services of those by whom a result so satisfactory has been achieved. We only regret that Lord LYNDHURST, who lent his aid in forwarding all these movements, did not view the abuses in our Law Courts in the same light ten years ago, as in that case the country would have been saved a great deal of expense, and suitors and insolvents no little inconvenience. But we must be thankful for what we receive, and make allowances for the vast change which possession of office makes even on virtuous statesmen. No one who remembers the mode in which bank rupts' estates were managed, and the laws relating to that subject administered, prior to 1831, can hesitate to admit the vast improvement effected by the new system, the least important result of which has been the collection of a fund under old and neglected com missions, the mere interest of which is said to be more than sufficient to cover the whole expense of the new Courts. This measure which, as a matter of experi ment, was at first confined to a limited circle around London, has now been in operation for eleven years, and its benefits universally acknowledged. But no extension of this improved system was carried until the accession of the present Government to power, when a Bill for that purpose formed one of the first objects of Lord LYNDHURST'S attention. 10 justice, however, to Lord COTTENILISI, it is 11C. cessary to state, that, the Bill was in a great measure founded on a similar Bill introduced by him during the preceding session, and that the great merit of the LORD CHANCELLOR consisted in giving full effect to the plan. To this credit Lord LYNDHURST is cer tainly entitled; and considering the opposition of those interested in maintaining the present abuses, including no fewer than seven or eight hundred pro vincial Cotnmissioners, it is obvious that nothing but a firm determination to exert the whole power of the Government in what he knew to be a right coarse could have enabled him to succeed as he has done. A most important appendage to the bankruptcy ex- . tension is the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, introduced by Lord BROUGHAM, by which a considerable advance is made towards the " Cessio Bonoruna" principle, and by which the abolition of imprisonment for debt may be said to be substantially accomplished. To thii proposition the Government willingly gave its sup port, and by the combined effect of the two measures have given to the public a system of proceeding, which although perhaps still susceptible of some improvei ment, will unquestionably enable the law to be ad ministered with advantage and economy to creditors, and without cruelty or • injustice to those who may, from misfortune, be reduced to a state of insolvency. An Act by Lord LYNDHURST has also been intro duced, having for its object the diminution of expense and delay in the Court of Chancery. If we remember rightly a similar attempt was made in 1833, which, however, the then Government was unable to carry against the powerful opposition it encountered, but which, in the last session, was speedily overcome by the willing agency of the LORD CHANCELLOR. The Law ofEvidence Bill also, though introduced by an Opposi tion Peer (Lord DENMAN), received his support. Willing, to however, .the conduct of the Government, and to testimony the obligations which the country owes them for those important improvements, we deeply regret they should have been induced to postpone, even for a sin gle session, their County Courts Bill, a measure in which the great mass of the people are more imme diately interested than in any other of their legal reforms. We do not believe that this postponement is fairly attributable to party motives, but rather to the interference which the Bill would cause with the private and local interests of certain individuals. We trust, however, that only a very few months will elapse before this shall be added to the other reforms so successfully effected, and for which the Government may rely upon our giving them at all times full credit, however opposed to their views upon other sub j 'ects, or to their general political speculations. The speech of M. COBDEN, at the meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League in Manchester, on Thursday evening last, relative to the disturbances in the manu facturing districts, has created quite a ferment among the Tory Press. Mr. COBDEN'S hard hits at the Go vernment have told amazingly. The Tory Press does not like to be told that the infection has spread to the middle classes, and that among them the consequences of mal-legislation are numerous conversions to Chartism. Such statements, made by practical, experienced men, are calculates to alarm the Ministry, whose policy must fall to the ground the instant the middle and operative classes make com mon cause with one another. " With regard to the proceedings here," said Mr. COBDEN, alluding to the turn-out, " lamentable and deplorable as they are, I consider them to be a natural corollary from the pro ceedings in the House of Commons. I told you this question of the Corn-laws was settled in the House of Commons, so far as argument and discussion went. The country saw this ; but when the country saw that truth and justice, though established in the House of Commons, had no effect upon the measures of that House, what was the conviction which was naturally begot in the minds of a people eminently attached to the 'principles of truth and justice ? DESPAIR ! Ido not speak of the working classes only ; I speak also of the middle classes." The Hon. Gentleman then went on to prove this by the number of electors who voted for Chartist candidates at Nottingham, Southampton, and Ipswich. With regard to the assertions of the Tories, that the Anti-Corn-law League was at the bottom of the rising in the manu facturing districts, and supplied the rioters with funds, we quote with pleasure the ample and con clusive contradiction of Mr. COBDEN : NoNV;' gentlemen, I would venture to nay, and if nothing else that fell from me should go forth to the public, I hope that this at least will do so—l will venture to say, in . the name_of the—Council of the Anti-Corn-law League, that not only did not the.members of that body know or dream of anything of the kind such as has now taken place—l mean the turn-out for wages—not only did they not know, concoct, wish for, or contemplate such things, but I believe the very last thing which the body of our subscription would have wished for or desired is the sus pension of their business, and the confusion which has* taken place in this district. And I pledge my honour as a man, and my reputation as a public man and a pri vate citizen, that there is not the shadow of the shade of ground for the accusation which has been made against us. It is not necessary for us, who have always de fended the proceedings of the League, knowing as we did, that it had nothing to do with the strike, to publish at length Mr. COBDEN'S speech. His arguments against the Corn-laws are familiar to our readers, and the state of the manufacturing districts are become too pain fully familiar to the whole of the inhabitants of the British empire. It even excites continental attention, and in several of the French journals we find articles on the subject which cannot but influence the foreign relations of this country. The Journal des Debats, the organ of the French Court and Ministry, thus commences a long article upon the subject in its num berof Friday : The great manufacturing towns of England, which for some days have been given up to anarchy, are gra dually returning to tranquillity. The masses of insur gents having received some lessons, written in blood, dis perse, but murmur vengeance. The machines begin to resume their perpetual revolutions, and the famished workmen raise towards Heaven their henceforth useless arms. Revolt no longer shows itself in the public places, but it still murmurs, and increases in their ulcerated hearts. The cries of hunger have been stifled, and the outbreakings caused by misery have been repressed; but these two hideous spectres still dwell among the labo rious portion of the people. We fear that there is too much truth in this de scription of the feelings of the operatives at present. But the evil is not, as the liebats supposes, without a remedy, and a sufficient one too. Our people are still sound at , heart ; and it is in the power of the Govern ment, and the two Houses of Parliament, to make them as contented, as cheerful, and as happyos they are now discontented, distrustful, and wretched. There is no news of any political interest in the Paris journals. The Chamber of Peers are exceedingly out of humour because the Deputies and the KING have left Paris, and left them to pass the Regency Bill without doing them the compliment to suppose they will propose an amend ment. It would be difficult indeed to manifest greater contempt for the Chamber of Peers. The King left Neuilly for the Chateau d'Eu last even ing at seven o'clock. In his Majesty's carriage were the Queen, Madame Adelaide, the Duchess de Nemours, Princess Clementine, and the Duke de Montpensier. The Duchess of Orleans, accompanied by the Grand Duchess ofifecklenburg, went in a second carriage with the Count de Paris, attended by the Marchioness de gins. The Duke de Chartres was in a third carriage, attended by Dr. Blacke. The aides-de-camp and orderly officers of the King, and the ladies of the Queen and Princesses, followed in several other carriages. The cortege was escorted by a picket guard of cavalry. The Prince de Joinville remains at Neuilly, and the Duke d'Aumale at Courbevoie. The King is expected in Paris on Tuesday next. The Duke d'Aumale will shortly go with his regiment to Compiegne, and at a later day join the Royal Family at Eu. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, AUG. 27. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 119 80... 119 85... 119 75... 119 85 3 per Cents 78 90... 79 ... 78 90... 79 L0an........., 7B 85... 78 85... 78 85... 78 85 Bank of France 3250 —.3250 ...3250 .. 3250 Laffitte Bank 1,001 1035 ..1035 ...1035 ...1035 Belgian Bank 775 775 775 775 Belgian Fives lO2l ... 102 i ... 102 i ... 102% 1840. 102 i ... 103 ... 102 k ... 103 Spanish Active 211 ... 22 ... 21i ... 22 Passive 4 4 ... 4 ... 4 New Deferred 9 9 ... 9 ... 9 Portuguese Fives Neapolitan... lO6 50... 106 60. 106 50... 106 60 Roman _ 10 4 % 104 i 104% RAILWAY SHARES Versailles, R.B ...... 287 50... 287 50... 287 50... 387 50 L.B 92 50... 92 50... 92 50... 92 50 Rouen Strasburg to Bale 2Ol 25... 201 25... 201 25... 201 25 - - - HAMBURGH BURSEN HALLE. Auo. 26. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1652 1648 Anglo.ltussian Loan 1094 11,94 Russian 5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certificate 1 0 3i4 1 e34 Inscription, Ist series L Russian 5 per Cent Hops and Co., 3d and 4th Series 94 976 Ditto in Certificates 971( 976 New 4 per Cent. (1840) 894 894 Dutch Actual Debt. ::14 per Cent. .. . ...... Ditto , 4] per Cent. - Polish Bonds .. -- _ ., . - New Tickets ... 168 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent........y ..... 81 80% Spanish, New 5 per Cept. mi. t01ic .... asim 18 .... EXCHANGES ON LONDOL. HAMSURGH, AUG. 9%, TWO months,) t 714. PETERSBURG, Auo 19.—Three months, 37% pence. RIGA, At o. 18. -Three Months, 38. STOCKHOLM, Atm. 19.- Seventy-five days, 13 15. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Ant. 23. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. Prussian English Bond-, 1630, 4 per cent 1.3% H 2% Exchange on Lond0n.... Prussian State Gazette, Aug 24. FERMENT AMONG THE BISHOPS.—We understand that the serious illness of the Archbishop of Canter bury has occasioned an extraordinary ferment among the Bishops, all of whom are as busy as a certain notorious Personage is said to be in a high wind. Exeter has laid aside his intention of paying a second visit =at the public expense —to the Scilly Islands, and is preparing, instead, a pam phlet, whose object is to prove that the present Government is the best of all possible Governments, and Sir R. Peel the best of all possible Premiers; while London, equally on the alert, has been seen frequently, within the last few days, flitting uneasily to and fro between Whitehall-gardens and Downing street, and yesterday had not even a spare hour to himself to count the atheistical wherries that floated past Fulham on a pleasure voyage to Richmond. The Episcopal Bench has not been so active as it is now since the death of the last Archbishop, or rather since the majority of the ghostly Prelates combined to throw out the Reform Bill. The news of the Pope's landing at Dover with a cargo of faggots would not occasion half such an excitement among them. We sincerely trust that to day's bulletin of the Archbishop's health may be favourable, for he is really a kindly and tolerant clergy man, and his convalescence will tend to calm the affectionate and disinterested disquietude of his ex pectant successors. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. We announce with regret that the accounts re ceived from Addington Park are unfavourable. A bulletin, of which the following is a copy, was exhi bited yesterday at Lambeth Palace : • " His Grace the Archbishop has had some hours of restless sleep, and is much weaker this morning. " Addington Park, Monday Morning, 7 o'clock, Aug. 29, 1842." 'MONEY and COMM.ERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The market closed firmly, and towards the end of the afternoon several purchases were made. The last prices of Consols were 93 93i for Money, and 93/ for the Ac count. Bank Stock 167 169 ; India Stock, 251 252 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 52 premium. Prices of Foreign Securities were generally a shade higher. Belgian, 1011 102 ; Dutch Two. and-a-Half per Cents., 52/ 521 ; the Five per Cents., 1021 1021 ; Da nish, 83 84; and Brazilian, 64 65. Just previously to the close of business some bargains were made in Mexican Bonds, and the quotation ad vanced from 34f to .35 for money, and for the next ac- count. The Share market was dull. with but little doing, though late in the day some transfers were made. Bir mingham and Gloucester were 41 43; Great Western 841 851; the Half Shares, 601 611. ' South Western, 621 631; North Midland, 57 59 ; the New Shares, 28 29 ; Eastern Counties, 84 8i ; Northern and Eastern, 38 39 ex diV. ; Blackwell, 81 84 ; and Brighten, 324 33 4 per share. The quotations for the Bonds were—Peruvian, 151161; Colombian 20+ 204 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 331 34; the Three per Cents., 20 201; Spanish Five per Cents., 20 1 21 ' • the Three per Cents., 20 201. ['his has been settling day in these documehts, but it passed off extremely quiet, inasmuch as not five legiti mate bargains have been made since the last account. The rate for money has been unaltered ; no one now at tempts to offer these Bonds as a security. (From The Sun of Last Night.) ' The market is exceedingly good, and prices have an upward tendency, Consols being 93 buyers for Money, and 93+ 934 for the Account. Three per Cents. Reduced, 934 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 101 i 102 • New Three-and-a- Half :per Cents., 101 101+; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Bonds, 34; Exchequer Bills New, 49 52 ; 01d,51 53 prem. Business in Foreign Securities has been but trifling. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been sold at 524 ; the Five 'per Cents., 1021 ;• and Danish, 841. The intelligence from Brazil, noticed below, has had an unfavourable impression on the Stock, which has been sold at 641. To show the distaste evinced by the public for speculating in the Bonds, no transaction has taken place in Mexican to-day, although accounts have been received from that country, and a further sum for the dividends. The Share market has been almost without busi ness. London and Brighton have changed hands at 334; Great Western, 841; Blackwall 8 8+ ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, 31. The Bonds quoted to-day are Colombian, 271; Spanish Five per Cents., 21 ; and the Three per Cents., 20. The arrivals to-day are numerous, the principal of which are the Columbia, with accounts four days later from New York, and the Trent, with intelli gence from the llavannah to the Ist inst., and Vera Cruz to the 12th of July. No new feature had oc curred in commercial matter. at New York. The statements relative to produce in the West Indies are extremely favourable, while trade continued to be exceedingly depressed ; and much embarrass ment existed in monetary affairs, but which it was ex pected had now seen the lowest point. From Rio Janeiro it is learnt that sanguine expec tations were held by the Government that the insur rection in the province of St. Paul would shortly be put down ; private letters, however, are not so much in favour of this opinion, and the outbreak having spread into the mining districts, it is feared that the consequences will be serious. Meanwhile the ship ments of coffee were going on at rather higher prices, and the improved demand for European goods noticed in the last accounts continued. Mexican affairs remained much in the same state. Santa Anna had completely gained the army over to his interest, and the report that he is aiming at being appointed Dictator receives a degree of confirmation by these advices. A further remittance of 29,000 dollars has been received on account of the dividends, and more is promised by the two succeeding vessels. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 27.—We end this week without any material improvement. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 491 ex div. ; Ditto, Quar ter, 3-1; Union Bank of Manchester, 84 to Bt. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. . 934 3 per Cent. Cons.... 3i per Cent. Red 102 New 3i per Cent... ..... lola N , !w 5 per Cen', Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ......... 12a Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2 7-16 FOREIGS Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds... 64 Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian 6 per cent India Stock Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New A nnuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 51 pm Ditto 5001— .49 pm Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct — India Stock for 0pg.... Consols for Acct. FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto.. Prussian, 5 per cent. Russians pet cent...... Metallic . ...„ Colombian; 6 per cent... Spanish, syer cent.. 2l Ditto ' 2$ 1824 Danish, 3 per cent B4i Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 35 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, Deferred— . French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange —f —c. French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2} per cent. 524 I Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 102 i SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 42 Bristol :and Exeter (70 paid) .. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) . Ditto Debentures .. . 101 6s 8d Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 49i Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid Great Western Railway (65 paid) B5 ' Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid).. Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) . . , 32i London and Blackwall ( paid) 74 London and Birmingham (90) ...... 187 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ......... 311 London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 623 North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) TILE TRIAL or Nicnoras SUISSE.—(From a Corre spondent.)—After the trial of this individal, which has created so: much attention, the female witnesses as sembled at the New Inn Tavern, opposite the Central _CriminalCourt, in the Old Bailey, amounting to upwards of 20 in number, and agreed upon an address to Mdlle. Borell, who took so conspicuous a part, as a witness, upon the trial. The witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of Suisse were, with few exceptions, foreigners, and the address alluded to, of which the following is a copy, was written in French :—" New Inn, Old Bailey, August 27, 1842. Madame,—lt is a pleasing duty for us. the witnesses and friends of M. Suisse, to assure you that we shall ever remember the generous, frank, and admirable manner in which you gave testis mony to his innocence. More than that,. your position before the Court was delicate and embarrassing ; ,and, further, you have had the satisfaction of surmounting the difficulties ; and we are gratified to say that the answers which you gave to the questions, sometimes most indiscreetly put to you, has but increased the flattering opinion that we entertained of the goodness of your heart and the elegance of your manners. Deign, Madame, to accept this renewed expression of our ex treme regard, and," &e. Here follow the signatures. The expense of the defence, it is said, will excee d 6,000 1 ., and a large proportion of this sum has been paid in fees to counsel. Upon the first trial of Suisse, the fee to Mr. Thesiger is stated to have been 300 guineas. The other fees to counsel were proportionably large, to which must be added, consultation fees, refreshers, and additional fees to attend the second and third trials of the accused. The necessary expenses in " keeping together " the wit nesses for the defence have been considerable, and lastly may be taken in account the style of the prisoner's living while in durance. BENEVOLENCE OF LADY DOVER.—It affords us unfeigned pleasure to have it in our power to give pub- licity to an act of benevolence on the part of Lady Dover which deserves to be written. in letters of gold. Her Ladyship has most generously- ordered immediate pre paration to be made for building two splendid residences, one for the Catholic and the other for the Protestant clergymen of the parish.—,Kilkenny Journal. Tul a pit 77 v s ia s 4LI Is La 4 AND Vittite Iptntotn. " Who runs may read." FOR:QIGN. In the French Chamber of Peers on Saturday afternoon, the Duke de Broglie read the Report of the Commission of the Peers on the Regency__Bill. It is a long document, and concludes by recom mending unanimously the passing of the - project of law as voted by the Deputies. • The Journal des Debats of Saturday has a remark able article on our late troubles, the tendency of which is to feed the war-cry in France,- We do not say that this was the intention of the writer, but when he-piits forth an argument that our social evils are beyond the reach of legislative remedy, and that England is staggering and must fall from the intoxi cation produced by over speculation and production, the Debats does more to promote the desire of collision with this country than the rabid attacks of the Presse and National. _ _ _ The repulse of Captain Smith's one hundred men, at Port Natal, is welcome food to several of the Paris papers. One of them has made a singular discovery. This is nothing less than the existence of deep and wide-spread conspiracy existing amongst the British officers in India, both of the Company's service and of the Line, to separate the Indian empire from Britain, and constitute themselves its head. The Frankfort journals assert, that Belgium has entered into a commercial treaty with the German League, similar to that just concluded with France, allowing the silks and wines of Germany to enter at the same duties. IVIONEY-TRADE- corarezziacm. The disturbances in the manufacturing districts have now subsided. White, the Chartist, at Birming ham, after his committal on Friday, was removed to Warwick Castle. O'Neill was examined on Friday, before the Magistrates, and remanded to this day (Monday). Communications have been made to the Home Secretary from the Mayor of Manchester and D. Maude, Esq., respecting the conduct of the authori ties in the recent outbreak, and justifying it. At Lancaster the hands still remain out, and the starving families go about craving relief. At Merthyr every thing has assumed its usual appearance ; meetings, however,,take place, but, as one of the speakers re marked;. "They should conclude their meetings be fore dusk,' as' The , Sun newspaper advised them. At Barnsley, Bradford, Huddersfield, and Man- Chester, buSineSS has improved, and doing an average. At 'lalifax, Leeds,' and Rochdale, however, the mar kets are very slack. The carpet-work at Ayr is again in a flourishing condition, and muslin-weaving much improved. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. ' The ppqnng of the tide-basin of the Southampton &els Nla,s: to take' place at one o'clock yesterday. FINE ARTS. Mr. D. W. Acraman's fine collection of pictures, and other objects of vertu, were sold at Bristol on the three first days of last week. Amongst the gems were an "Ecce Homo," and a " Head of the Virgin," both by Carlo Dolce, the former picture from the cabinet of the deceased French Premier Casimer Perier, and the latter from that of LOrd Arundel of Wardour. " Muleteers arriving,': by Bergham, brought 1,5701. It was purchased by . M. Nieuwen hUys, for the King of the Belgians. The total pro duced by the three days' sale was 8,8911. 9s. 6d. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. During the eclipse of the sun, on the Bth of last month, the effects upon animals was remarkable. One of the friends of M. Arago had placed five healthy linnets in a cage. During the sudden dark ness of the eclipse three of the five died. The oxen formed into a circle with their horns thrust forward, as if preparing for the attack of an enemy. At Mont pellier, bats and owls left their retreats, and sheep laid down as for the night, and the horses in the fields were in a state of terror. In addition to these facts, it was stated to M. Arago, in the Academy, on the authority of M. Fraisse, a distinguished naturalist, that a swarm of ants in full march stopped short at the m 0 111 ent:of occultation. SPORTING. The Earl of Dalhousie gained the leading medal last week, which is annually given to be shot for, among the members of the R?yal Company of- Arcliers, the Queen's Body-guard for Scotland. Kent played against All England on Saturday, at Bromley, and the game concluded, after three days' play, in the winning of the latter, with ten wickets to go down. COURT_PASHXONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans have arrived at Redburn Hall. _ _ Lord llatherton has joined Lord Ward's party at Glengarry, Inverness-shire. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston intend re turning to this country early in the ensuing month from Germany. Earl and Countess Cowper have a select family circle at Pansanger, near Hertford. Sir Francis and Lady Burdett have arrived at Tap low Lodge, Berks. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset arrived at Stover House, near Totnes, on Friday, from Park lane. The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Saturday for Scotland. It is said that the Marquis of Westminster give's to each of his grand-daughters lately married, one hundred thousand pounds. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, arrived in town on Friday from Wortley Hall. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence left town on Sunday for the. Royal George yacht, at Woolwich. Earl and Countess Craven have left Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire, for Scotland. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose have reached Buchanan Castle, Scotland. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland left town on Saturday for Leamington Spa. EOTJI - 3. Apsley House is in the course of improvement. Earl Fortescue is making extensive alterations in his mansion at Castle Hill, and the state apartments at Devonshire House are being &reatly enlarged. Captain St. George Lister is spoken of as a candi date for the office of Commissioner of the City Police. Mr. T. B. C. Smith, it is said, has been appointed to the office of Solicitor• General for Ireland, and it is also rumoured that he will contest the vacancy in the University in the room of Mr. Jackson against Mr. Alexander Hamilton. COMPLETE SUFFRAGE MEETING A public meeting convened by the advocates of com plete suffrage, as propounded by - Alr. Joseph Sturge, was held last evening, pursuant to public notice, at the large hall of the National Association, 242 A, High Holborn. The hall was crowded to excess, and at eight o'clock precisely, the Committee entered on the platform amidst loud cheers. On the motion of Mr. Lovver, Joseph Sturge, Esq., took the Chair, which he assumed amidst three distinct rounds of most deafening applause. The CHAIRMAN then said-111y friends and fellow countrymen, I cannot but feel deeply the manner in which you have received me. Feeling that lam so re cent a labourer in this great cause, I am sure it would be bad taste for me to occupy much of your time as chair man. Perhaps I may be asked why lam here, as lam only the President of what some perhaps call a mush room society.. I confess I do'nt feel any right in the presence of those- I see around me, to hold the eminent situation in.-which you have placed me this evening.— (Cheers.) But I was one of those who was often visited by my working friends—the Chartists. We used to discuss the matter in private. I was told that those whom they trusted had disappointed them ; and. I said I wished that they were able to fight their own battles ; this they could not do, but as the middle classes could give them some assistance, I for one would take that course, and would use my influence to make others do so too. After an examina tion of the subject, I felt that I had such a power to contend against, that nothing but a firm union of middle and working classes could peacefully and suc cessfully triumph over them.—(Loud cheers.) Some people may perhaps say, " Why will you not join the Chartist Association ?" Now lam one that think very little about names—(Cheers)— an d I think it as absurd to charge on those who hold the principles of the Char ter any of the wild acts of those who assume the name, as to charge on Christianity itself any of the horrors which have been committed in former times under the sanction of that name.—(lmmense cheering.) But we know whilst human nature remains as it is, how far pre judice will extend ; and I found, amongst my own friends, that if I only named the "Charter" it produced a universal panic, and I could not get them to reason. or to think.—(Loud cheers.) I thought, then, if we of the middle 'class could put forward the great principle on which the Charter rested, of "Justice for every man," and could prevail on the middle class to confess this principle, we might get them by degrees—one by one— to consider the six points of the People's Charter. I think the occurrences of the last twelve months show that we have not • altogether laboured in vain —(Loud cheers.) I may perhaps be permitted to allude for a moment to a few of the contested elections which have taken place duriFg the last few weeks. First of all I understand that one of the candidates for Southampton openly avowed that he was for Universal Suffrage.— (Cheers.) At the close of the poll he numbered 500 votes, being not more than three or four less than the Whig. It was besides admitted, •in an article which appeared in the Times itself, that had the election taken place at Reading, we should have been able to have polled there at least. one-third of the electors on that principle.—(Loud cheers.) I shall only briefly allude to Ipswich, because Henry Vincent is present, and will tell you himself what occurred there.—(Loud cheers.) I will only tell you-here, that he, identified as you know he has-been -with .I.hb People's Charter—(Loud cheers) —withoiit one pot-son to canvas - s, or even a polling-clerk, polled 472, votes.; and that, be it remembered, in an j agrieuitiiritl 'flistrict. 7 --(Loud cheers.) It may appear pehsonal p to allude at all to the Nottingham election — (Cheers)—but I will tell you that, when I was first asked if I would 'have , my name put in nomination for that borough, I was told, as an inducement, that, though should have no prospect of being returned, an opportu-- nity would be afforded to the honest electors to record their votes in favour of Complete Suffrage--(Cheers) and for myself, I confess that I have such a feeling about the House of Commons, that if I thought I could serve my country as well by going the same number of days or hours to News .; gate as to the House of Commons, I would quite as soon .; go there—(Cheers) —and I am not sure but I should find almost as many honest men there.—(Loud cheers, and laughter.) Well, my friends, recollect Nottinglian; was a place where corruption had done its worst, anti yet, out of 3,685 ,votes, we polled 1.801 ; and our or ponents, despite all their influence, were only 84 a head of us.—(Cheers.) It must itot be forgotten what we had to contend with. I was, in the first place, an linage- 0 0 promising and avowed teetotaller of fifteen years' stand' lug, and therefore I could not be a particular fa vourite with the innkeepers.—(Cheers.) I was also thought to ,sd be an ultra-peace man, and one who desired to abolish a standing army and navy. That caused me many opponents.—(Hear, and cheers.) In addition to this, it , is well known that our opponent gave numerous break fast.., and brought up his votes early and in a strong phalanx. If we had succeeded upon the purity of elec tion system, those electors who had long received more or less for their votes knew that they would lose the money-value of their votes.—(Cheers.) I had also to contend with a compromise between the Whigs and the .Tories ; and I must say, without desiring to impugn any particular persons, that if one thing could sink the Whig party more than another it was the compromise • that took place there. But with all these odds, 1 have, no doubt but that I should have been at the head of the poll at ten o'clock if our opponents had not gone in on the old system of open bribery—(Loud chee rs) and. I have an old friend here who tells me that the case is so clear, that if we only have a fair tribunal, the sea ci t of the Tory candidate is not worth sixpence . _ ( cheers.) You must be aware, or, if you are not, I may tell you, that after the election Mr. Walter said that be met Mr. Sturge as an honourable candidate--(Chea s ) -- ' and, yet, at a dinner given a few days ago, be said t hat we were guilty of bribery and intimidation, notwitht standing what he had before said. Now, I , i n the face or this meeting, and in the face of all the world, deciA re my readiness to challenge any one to find one case whe re a single farthing was given for a vote.—(Loud cheers.) These facts are very encouraging to the friends deal' plete suffrage.—(Cheers.) One circumstan ce has gi'er,! me great satisfaction ; it is the harmony an d unity ,with ~ which all classes of honest Reformers acted together 11 that election, and endeavoured to forget and forgive Pss offences.—(Loud cheers.) I know lam of rather a o n. guine temperament, but I believe such to have been the advance made by complete suffrage in elections, thatl think, with the present constituencies , if Ive h a equal electoral districts, we might carry t he maj or of votes to the House of Commons at the next election. (Loud cheers.) I have viewed with great anxiety what h 7 lately taken place in the manufacturing d istricts, bur, believe that the great movement which has been wadi had no connexion whatever with politics.—(Chee rs ),, ot am aware that in some places it has been assumed the Charter was the cause of that movement, but I ir satisfied that the step was taken quite independent of i s ie Charter, or any other political party feeling.—(C e ; i _ However I may recognise the right of a manufacture i; lower the wages of his men, I say that the men right to unite and to say, but to say Iletic e to f it ; " We won't work for less than a certain sum."—(lmmense cheering,) But I am satin sulke that we cannot attain any great political o b j ect by awit . h se for wages.—(Cheers.) Such a strike is attended , much danger that I could not, as a political inove!!!eriar: be a party to recommend or to encourage it.—(Tre, hear.) I have two friends in Hanley. in Stafforcyli.i.ci where the first outbreak took place. One who eml 3l . . °) oco 1,200 men said that he was one who fully went wit,h . " on . the question of suffrage, and he said that when pealed to his men to act as constables, and sworn in, every one of them, save two, came for n no of did so. I asked one of his servants what was the oral d he the people on the leading points of the Charter ; a ) " at said that 19-20ths were in favour of it.—(Cheer6 _ b e en Birmingham an adjourned meeting was to hil o d, I held thay week. On going down to the g, n e a bY found that the day before placards had bees is sti , sa d the Magistrates, cautioning the people not to e'" rae lstr ates these placards were signed both by Whig and, by some who had the character of being 133 W ile had (Cheers.) The Superintendent of Police told ii i ie there or orders to prevent open air meetings beinwheladioperset - any where else. I recommended the peo;l e t t i i ° s o f their' and when the question was put to them, 9- 1 - U ` che svhei s held up their hands in favour of dispersing : IP : but th e ready to support the right—not the privilek e j,' to Or right—of the'people meeting in open a.ssen'u'' tn.! sider what measures should be taken to reu re- ces are • grievances ; and I hope, if the present interferen...,,ch to : persisted in much longer, that means will be T ar o bring the question to a legal issue. — (L oad flte open Finding the people were not allowed to meet in of t he air, I addressed a letter to the Commissioners on the Town-hall, requesting the use of that buil din g that usual terms, and I received a letter in reply , stat'ri' sncl referring to the.recent proclamation of her ›laiesti'ittee the course adopted by the Magistrates , the Cowls t h e did not feel justified in granting the T own-hall e•'') purpose suggested by me.— (Hisses, and cries of "Shail,,, We were refused the liberty of meeting in doors or o_ri, I have long thought that we could never p eacefull y ear tg this great object until there was a readiness on our pa r to make individual sacrifices. — (Cheers.) I will illustrai h e what I mean by what once took place in Ireland. Sue was the universal feeling against tithes in Ireland that th e , people agreed not only that they would not pay them, bli" that they would not buy the cattle taken to satisfy th e tithes. At one time there were 50,000 cattle brought oo t c i but the people would not buy them ; at last they turne d them into the barracks, and the officers so sympathi!co, with the people, that they said they would not 0 r ,.. their barracks to be converted into a cattle pal , (Cheers.) The course that the people of Ireland then F rs. ' sued the people of England should adopt now'._ (Ch ee de d After some further observations, Arr. Sturg e conch' t , it by saying that he wished to make the law , instead e a, sword in the hand of the strong, as a shield of the wf_.„, a protection of the innocent.—(He sat down a mid W l ° continued applause.) Mr. ELT, in a short speech, moved the following re' so - T lution hat : ns the proceedings of the House of Coniilingoose ring the past session incontestibly prove, tha t that / r re , has no sympathy with, and does not in any roo ne i b r iR present the feelings of the people of this country Lstit,,.. spite of the decay of trade, and the wide-spread l e fest to tion of the operative classes, which were made m ait h i e ncet the House by the most authentic and fearful ey Mese its Members have nevertheless retired to their s , c ,i 4 , decal meats and country sports, without taking °n they step to alleviate the misery, 'the existence of wh . have been compelled to acknowledge." in su . Mr. ROBERT K. PHILP seconded the resolution' "" excellent speech. ant of space will no t allow W • publish it. the . Mr. G. P. HEALY, barrister-at-law , also sr ice to . resolution. ehee rS ' wlthe4 one reso dissentientlutionw voice. asthencarried amidst loud without e ee ll(41 JONATHAN DUNCAN, Esq. of Bombay, in -x o, a nd' argumentative speech, moved' the second resol u tio s fro pointed out "the robberies" of various Governmeiir the earliest days to the present time. keine, " That the facts affirmed in the foregoing res t ' s ea" added to a long experience of similar injustice,.or_ed our cient to convince the people, that the great vic e the institutions is class legislation, or the legislation. the few for the few ; and, in the opinion of this niee t , l , l , ; s ec,' only effective remedy for class legislation is, to jo ss man a direct control over the making of °h se which affect his social happiness and moral well U V Mr. C. WESTERTGN seconded the resolution.. Mr. J. H. FAREY moved the following reso % l i ii th “ h igh " That while this meeting, therefore , views into by satisfaction the results of the contests entered ips-, Mr. Sturge, at Nottingham, and Mr. Vincent' they wich, on the principles of Complete Saf fr g o 'N a the earnestly call upon all true Reformers to pro oboo t cordial union of the middle and working classes,. our which it is impossible effectually to contend itg,rschich powerful, selfish, and sordid aristocracy , but w;,';',„ wosi the giant evil of class legislation would be speeu"J hilated." sss i d, sa'",'„ a l s " Mr. LOVETT, who was very warmly rs-- -r s e „ coo p's- - seconding the resolution, that his definition oi «'l7O suffrage" was to be found in the document ealiti:b ehee People's Charter."—(Loud cheers.) When at lent friend, Mr. Sturge, called a conference ham, tlit , re . wet ma n / he went rteheorpeptooseaddijoocaatgertehaatt view. 1, 0 Charter, tat ion d b e u t t e a rm fte i n r e n d i minutely examining e w x as am n i e n c i e n s g sa i poin part i" ()int, they of the people.—(Loud cheers.) : declar ed Mr. VINCENT, in supporting the resolution,_rin.y that he had never been to a • public meeting so ti itta pressed with the conviction that they stood aft ltood at very brink of the most imminent danger as they.r ey that moment ; !`' whatever part of the cheats}' looked, they saw the results or long course ot , " ieop le. manifesting themselves in the actions of a starvil'7 . l l ,it the after p.es ry (We regret that want of space cl a np j e u i s s t i e s P ts ic o' o e , vet greater portion of Messrs. Lovett 's and V lou powerful addresses.) .o _, w ere It is almost needless to add th at the resoluti loon an carried amidst the loudest app lause. Thanks having been passe d to the Chairill'''',ost duly acknowledged, the meeting se p arate enthusiastic cheering for Sturg e, Complete Su ff rage ' the Charter. C. Last week, as M. Paul, a coach-proprietor i n t r h ( e . Avenue of St. °nen, at Batignolles, France , was P lt ) e, seeding in his cabriolet along the road of the Re v °. , he was attacked by two men, who demanded his pi 5 4 One of the. men stopped the horse, and the oth e l g.„... into the vehicle .to attack its owner. He found. " tle ever, a powerful opponent, and one perfectly cool in :n , midst of danger, for M. Paul, having succeeded in getl' ile his arm loose, drew out a poniard-knife, with whch,:th cut the string which tied a of great strer;rhe and courage that he happened Mochae with him. bee r mo ment the animal was free he ru shed on the rot, fiercely and bore him to th e earth. lie then was le tacking the other, when M. Paul drove off, and V ve t e alarm to the authorit ies at Clich y . The dog soon cam t up with his jaws covere d with b lood, and, on arriving 3 the scene of combat, one of the men was found epirnigi: es his entrails having been torn out b y the dog. The °the robber was discovered next day concealed in the he •fie rce q uarri of Montmartre, bearing numerous marks of t attack of the animal. Lady Louisa Johnstone, relict of Sir F. Johns Bart., and only daughter of the late Dowager Conn,l Craven, on behalf of her eldest son Sir Fred. John ‘:; 1 , 1-- liam Johnstone, Bart., of Wester-hall, an- infant °t, the age of eleven months, ias petitioned the Queen, Prg in° that her Majesty will be pleased to decla re that the title, honour, and dignity of Marquis of Annandale of. rigr now belongs to_ her - infit - at son.—Referred to the Coo`. tee of Privileges. „,„--- CO UL , R4 Nj THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30,1842. ~... 'j •' • , FR te s !PI Pa 4fl an k p