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WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIK SHANK, LEECH, AN 4 D - ALFRED CROWQUILL, The SEPTEMBER NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown. of BENT LEY'S MISCELLANY, CONTINTS : Minor Bodkin's Cure for Conceit, by Phelim O'Toole, with an Illustration by George Cruikshank. A Night well spent, by H. R. Addison. Hymn to the Virgin. The Fiddler of Marseilles. Life and Songs of Anacreon. Part 111. Edit e d by Barney Brallaghan. A Cura for the Ague, by H. R. Addison. "My Honeymoon, by the Author of the " Comic English Grammar. " The Waabee Arabs. The Philosophy of Punning, Edited and Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. Mr. Ledbury's Grand Tour, by Albert Smith, with an Illus tration by John Leech. The Village Inn, by Martingale. Richard Savage, by Charles Whitehead. The Microscope. The Deer-slayer, by Albany Poyntz. The Great Auctioneer. Familiar Epistles from an Elderly Gentleman on Half-pay, eommunicated by W. H. Maxwell, Author of the " Stories of Waterloo," " Hector O'Halloran," Sce. The March of Mischief. An English Masquerade, by Albert Smith. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. lIAMBURGH, 12TH AUGUST, 1842. • ,IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, AND 1-lIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, Having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, by which, though they are NO LOTTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES may be obtained. HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are Selling GENUINE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DISTRIBUVIONS. Persons desiroes to purchase may re7eive. PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUg with full PARTI CULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P.S.—NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION in 15th OCTOBER, 184.3. NEXT POLISH DISTRIBUTION on lath MARCH, - NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION on Ist. of NEXT MONTH. SELECTION for the PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on st JULY next. SELECTION for the POLISH DISTRIBUTION on tt MARCH next. The SELECTION for the AUSTRIAN DISTRIBU TION has already taken place, namely, on let of JUNE, THE DISTRIBUTION TARING PLACE ON THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH. • THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre will OPEN FOR THE SEASON On SATURDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 3, 1842, Will be performed Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison; Oroveso, Mr. ( iiubilei; Flavius, Mr. Binge; Nn rma, Miss Adelaide Kemble; Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth; Miss Lane. After which will be produced a New Comedy in Two Aets, writ tin by Douglas Jerrold:EN., entitled GERTRIJDE'S CHERRIES, OR WATERLOO 12 , 1 . 1835. Willoghby, Mr. Bartley; Vincent, Mr. W. Lacy; Guibert, Mr. Diddear; Jack Halcysn, Mr. ey ; Crossbone, - Mr. Meadows; Angelica, Miss Cooper; Mrs. Crossbone, Mrs. Hunifiy ; Gertrude. Mrs. W. Lacy. Doers open at half-past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. lid; First and See.onelCircles 55., Second Price 21. 6d. ; I'it 3s. i Seeond 'rice 2s. • Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. *hitlisw, at the Box- Office, frog Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-Ottice ; of Mr. Andrews, 167. New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond street; and of Mr. Sams Pall Mall. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 31. Will be peeormed the Drama entitled SELF ACCUSATION.— Characters by Messrs. Oxberry, W. H. Bland, Lynne, Green, Miss Granny , and Miss Faucit. 'lO which will be added, the Farce of DEAF AS A POST.— Tristram Sappy, Mr Harley • Sally Maggs, Miss Stanley. Vo be followed by THERESE.—CarwitiAMr..Diddeer; Therese, M.ss Yauclt To conclude wi'h MRS. WHlTE.—Characters by Messrs. Granby, Oxberry, Miss Stanley, Miss Crisp, and Mrs. Granby, Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s.— Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half past Six • commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Glrandola will commence this week at Halfpast Eight. GRAND EVENING FETES, MONDAY, TUESDAY, .and THURSDAY, with the following matchless combination of unique attractions:— — The celebrated MENAGERIE, recently enriched by several Zco. jof j, al rarit ie s. e stupendous TYPORAMIC MODEL AL.FRESCO of ROME from the left bank of the Tiber. The PROMENADES MUSICALES by the unrivalled Band of Wind Instruments, corducted by Mr. Godfrey. including Berlioz' Overture Fantastique, " Les Francs Juges ;" a New Grand Fantasia by Muller ; the Selections from '• Acis and Galatea," and "Oberon ;" Beethoven's Grand " Battle Sinfonia," with its extraordinary inci dental effects; and a variety of popular pieces. After the Concert the Illumination of St. Peter's, and the Giran. dola of Saint Angelo, with Southby's magnificent Pyrotechnic Spec racles, Extraordtnary Aquatic Fireworks en the Lake, aid Superb Cascade of fire. . _ _ Admission to the whole of the Entertainments, One Shilling. Open at To in the Morning.—Feeding at Five.—Concertat Half. past Jr tre.=:c ireworhs Mtgt,t,, -- HIGH WATER AT LONDOI4BRIDGE THIS DAY. I.l3rning 3'3 minutes after 8 I Evening 24 minutes after 9. 10 * ' l 4r. l'f 3:1 '''..-' r , i Yka 4"..' 'AV 'Ark .w. 4Wit, 4-...;',L2, z o r"AlF,ltltb, ..; olz% .r-it ' gel. , 3 0 .• , ‘ l- '4,. . 7 -rO l . 6 ' t;...7- ~I ~~ ~ ~ •~` ~~0 LONDON: WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1342. The tithe system was destroyed in Ireland from the moment Mr. O'CONNELL recommended his celebrated system of passive resistance. The people made no attempt to violate the law; but such as had pockets buttoned them up, or thrust their hands into them, and those who had none folded their arms, and looked on with the seem ing fixedness of statues. The tithe collectors were peaceably allowed to drive off cattle and to carry away furniture ; the seizures were adver tised to be sold by auction; but though there were thousands of spectators, the only bidders were the poisons themselves, to whom fat cows were sometimes knocked down for a shilling. A system like this could not continue; the Govern ment took the alarm ; and the redress of the na tional grievance was the almost immediate con sequence. When this system of passive resist ance was alluded to in the House of Commons, Sir ROBERT PEEL described it as a monster un known to the British Constitution—an incarna tion of sedition so subtle as to bid defiance to any plan of coercion adopted by the Executive. Repressive laws can only be framed to meet cases of active resistance. That passive resist ance which consists in utter inaction, cannot be made the subject of any legislative enactment. While a reasonable hope was entertained that, by peaceable agitation and discussion, the people of England might obtain the removal of all re strictions upon their industry, passive resistance was confined to Ireland. The habits and preju dices of Englishmen were in favour of free dis cussion, and of noisy, and to some extent tur bulent, opposition to all acts of oppression on the part of the Executive. To meet, to grumble, and to remonstrate, they regarded as their birth right—as an undisputed legacy, bequeathed to them by their sturdy ancestors. But that right the Government is now tak ing from them ; they are not suffered to assemble in the' open air ; and the consequence is, that we now hear them,_ for the first time, seriously advocate the adoption of the passive resistance principle. The Secretary of State and the Tory Press are for converting the police force into organised bands of bludgeon-men, spies, and informers, and therefore it is not sur prising that the people should defend themselves by adopting the only system by which they can with impunity be set at open defiance. For what can be done against men who will neither raise their hands, nor open their mouths—who will eschew the use of certain articles of food or raiment—and who, like inanimate objects, will become motionless at the withdrawal of every application of physical force ? Such men can neither be cajoled nor coerced. At the Com plete Suffrage meeting, presided over by Mr. JOSEPII STURGE, in Holborn, on Mon day even ing, the p ro p osa l to a d opt the prin ciple of passive resistance was received with acclamations of applause. If it take root in this country, the result will be even more disastrous, as regards the Executive, than in Ireland-. JOHN BULL is not naturally a mer curial animal, and the principle of passiveness will well accord with his naturally sluggish dis position. But whether or not it will be implanted in the British soil, depends upon the immediate conduct of the Ministry with respect to public meetings, and the prosecution of the prisoners arrested during the late disturbances in the ma nufacturing districts. Either Sir JAMES ORA. HAM must recede from the ground which he has taken respecting the power of the constabulary to interpret and execute the law of public meetings, or the people will be forced to adopt some sys.- tern beyond the reach of police interference, for the realization of such objects as they may have THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUG UST 31, 1842. being of prepossessing appearance, he paid his addresses to her, and was accepted. They were married in St. Luke's church on the 2d of May. They spent the bridal evening in the Rev. Gentleman's house. A little before bedtime Mr. Boddington slipped into the bed appropri ated for the married couple, and was forcibly ejected by the husband's friends. Other evidence of the same character was given, but w refrain froth publishing it. The assault complained of took place on Thursday last. Complainant, after watching the motions of Mr. Boddington for a long time, at length found out his wife's lodgings at 53, Spencer street. He went thither, and spoke friendly to her, but she struck him with a bellows on the head, and Mr. Bod dingtou came in, and struck him with his clenched fist. A third party interposed, and the complainant declared but fur that he should have been murdered. Mr. COMBE said a more disgraceful case he never heard. He recommended the complainant to enter into no compromise. He would send the case before a jury. Five pounds, the highest penalty he could impose, was no su ti - icient punishment for such baseness. They were then committed for trial. UN/ON-HAIL. Police Constable 134 I' was placed at the bar, before Mr. Traill, charged by John Cameron, with a wanton and unprovoked assault on Kennington-common. The complainant said I am engaged ift The Sun news paper office as reporter, and was, in my official capacity, sent to Kennington-common, on Monday, the 22d inst., to report, not the speeches, bUt the general aspect of the meeting. For this purpose I went to the further end of the Common and waited until the meeting was dispersed. Seeing things pretty clear, I was making my way home, when a constable on horseback rode his horse at me. I was endeavouring to get out of his way, when defendant came up behind, and seizing me by the collar threw me on th ground, right in the way of the animal. I got up and ;Nas thrown down a second time; when rising, and on my knees, I took policeman's number, seeing which he alleivkfd me to go off the Common. Mr. Tamm.—Such was nearly my own case ; partly out of curiosity, and partly because I thought it my duty to go ; and I got pushed about, as did many others, by the police, but, under the peculiar circumstances, I made no complaint about it. Complainant—l make no complaint of the police for doing what they might consider their duty ; but I eel taint; complain that I was thrown down twice by this man without warning, and when the Common was clear at the time. Mr. TRAILL—I got pushed about a good deal, 'tis true, and perhaps bad no right to be there, but it was in my district, and therefore I went: Let us hear, constable, what you say to this charge ; Mr. Cameron says you pushed him on the ground twice? Defendant—l was on Kennington-common with a great many more policemen. I was coming down the Common when I saw this gentleman (complainant) catch hold of Cheesly's horse's reins. Cheesly called for my assistance, and I went and caught hold of his (complainant's) collar, when his foot came against mine, and he fell. lie said, he would not go off the Cominon, and I gave him a shove, and he happened to fall again. Mr. TRAILL—Why did you give him a shove the second time ? Defendant—l thought it my duty to do so ; I was told to clear the Common. Mr. Tneux—But why did you shove him down a second time ? Defendant—Why he caught me by the breast. Mr_ TRAU.L—You had better say no more than you can prove. Are you sure that Mr. Cameron caught the reins of the mounted policeman's horse ? Defendant— To the best of my belief he did. Mr. TRAILL—Did you see him do it ? Defendant — I believe he did. Complainant—l am upon my oath, Sir, and I know the nature of it, and I deny that I caught the reins of any horse, or that I touched any policeman. It is im possible I could catch him by the breast, for in that case, , when thrown I must have fallen on my back, now I was thrown on my face both times. A witness confirmed these statements in many points. Mr. MAUL (to defendant)—Do you wish to call any witnesses ? Defendant—l will call Cheesly, 200 P. Police-constable 200 P.—l was on duty on horseback, riding among the people, and clearing the Common. Mr. TRAILL—Did Mr. Ferguson give you these orders ? Constable 200 P—No, Sir, we got the order from the Superintendent to clear the Common. I was not riding faster than I ought to do. I saw this gentle man standing looking about, and ordered him to go away. He said he would not go away for any police man. I said he must /go like the rest, and was pushing him :way when he caught my reins. The defendant endue up, and I asked him to assist me. He did so, and in the struggle complainant fell. He got up, and put himself in a fighting attitude, and then the defendant pushed bim:into the road. I saw no blows struck. - 106 P called. Mr. TRAILL, addressing him, said a great deal depended upon his testimony, and how he Wi taess—l was on duty, and saw XOO P requesting the co:nplaiiiant to move off the Common. He refused, anfl sclzed the horse's reins. The other constable came up. This witness was examined by Mr. TRAILL at some length, and after some questions to the plaintiff said, these constables have exceeded their duty a great deal too much. Cheesly has evidently misre rxweitted the facts, and the other constable (106), though he has not said so much, - has coloured everything in favour of the defendant. I am strongly dissatisfied with the evidence of 200 P, and I. tun not very much -pleased, with that of 106. In this case dCen , :ant you are liable to be fined, and you are quite inexc;:sable in endeavouring, when you find that you have. gun 3 too far, to give the case the complexion you have tried to do. The effect of this fine will be your dismissal from t 'le force. Mr. Cameron, did you use any expres sion!, ? Complainant—Merely that I was going home as fast a, L could ; one policeman, previously, very politely apologised of my showing my card, but it had no effect upon this man. _ _ _ Mr. TnAlLL—Lcan find no excuse for the constable in this matter. The effect of such conduct is to destroy conlidt)nce in constables as witnesses, and lower the force in public opinion. Defendant—l was ordered to clear the Common. Mr. TilAlLL—But not to knock people down and then come here to defend it. Defendant, you are fined 10s., and if the Commissioners think that, under the ciream stancc•s; there are some palliations, I shall not object ; but I am so much displeased with your defence that I shall not recommend you. PROPERTY TAX. OFFICIAL.) Office of Stamps and Taxes, London, Aug. 23. Sin,—The Board, finding that considerable mis understanding exists as to the mode in which the property tax is to be assessed on rent-charges under the Tithe Commutation Act, deem it expedient that special instructions should be issued for the guidance of the local officers on the point. - I am accordingly directed to state that, in all cases where the tithes have been commuted under the Act referred to, no seveate assessment is to be made in respect of the tithe commutation rent-charge on the persons en hereto, but he will pay the duty thereon through the, owner of the land, by way of deduction, as by the commutation of the tithes into a rent-charge the lands are in effect tithe-free. As respects the occupation tile assessment is to be made on the full annual value of t 11,7! lands; under schedules A and B, deducting from the ty chargeable under the latter one-eighth thereof, ac: to the seventh rule in schedule B. supposing a tenant to occupy a farm for he pays a rack-rent of 500/. to his landlord, who pays a rent-charge on the same farm of 100/., the neat will be as follows : a:~,~ On 59'31, the amount of rent of farm to be asa 6.,ed under schedule A, at 7d. in the ..214 11 8 nd Rent to be assessed at 31d.in- the ;;cu ad on the occupier £7 5 10 Deduct ith part of such duty . OlB 2 6 7 8 £2O 19 4 The tenant, in the first instance, will pay the whole duh- of 201. 19s. 4d. ; but when he pays his rent he wilt deduct 7d. in the pound from his landlord, amounting to 141. Ils. Bd. who will deduct from the owner of the rent-charge 7d. in the pound thereon, leaving the duty of 61. 7s. Bd. to be borne by the tenant;: I they observe, that where the rent reserved to the landlord is exclusive of the rent-charge, and the te nants pay it to the tithe-owner, the rent-charge must be lulled to the rent, and the aggregate will be the annual value of the farm to be assessed under schedule ; and the assessment under schedule B will be on such aggregate amount, but the tenant will be entitled to a reduction of one-eighth from the duty of such assessment. In such case, however, the tenant, when he pays his rent, will deduct from the landlord 7d. in the pound on the rent received only, and when he pays the rent-charge to the tithe-owner will also deduct 7d. in the pound thereon ; thus retaining from the landlord and the tithe-owner the whole amount of the assessment paid by him under schedule A. I have to add, with reference to the allowance au thorised to be made under the 4th rule in No. 4, sche dule A, for the parochial rates, taxes, and assessments charged upon any such rent-charge, that such allow :lnce may be claimed at the end of the year by the Person entitled thereto, under the 61st section of the Act. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES PRESSLEY., To Philip Longmore, Esq., Clerk to the Commis- .sioners of Property Tax, Hertford. SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 29.—OPENING OF TIIE For - rnAstPow Doens.—The Directors of this undertak ing arrived here at half-past twelve o'clock this day. The Little Liverpool, from Lisbon, Cadiz, &c., which v, as due yesterday, not having arrived, the steam was got up in the Oriental and Peninsular Company's ship, the Tagus, on board of which the Directors and their fiiends partook of a cold collation, and at three o'clock s! .e moved from the Royal Pier decorated with flags of all nctionz, and while proceeding in mid-channel, and about to make her course into the Itching river, the Little Liverpool hove in sight. The Tagus hoisted signals, when the Liverpool became instantly decorated with her signals and other flags. The Tagus then made for the duck, and on her arrival at the entrance, half-past four o'clock, she lay to to make way for the Liverpool, which ervered the dock in gallant style, followed by the Tagus, amidst the firing of guns and the huzzas of many thou sal:d people. A train of carriages was in readiness alongside the dock, for the immediate transmission of passengers to the railway terminus. The cargo, which consists of grapes and other fruits, will be forwarded by, railway to-morrow mornin g t o London. The Directors' and their friends returned by* six o'clock train to town, DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY 'PHEATRE. Immense attraction. The Opera Company in Two Pieces. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 31. Will be presented, the Musical Play of ROB ROY. To be followed byiDonizetti's Opera of THE LOVE SPELL, supported by the First Vocalists of the Day—Miss Romer, Mr, W. Harrison ' Mr. Leffler, Mr. J. Webster, Mrs. Serle, and Miss E. Terrey Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury. To conclude with Mr. Breton's celebrated Farce, entitled BATH ING, in which Mr. G. Wild will perform his original Character, Places and Private Roxes may be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Lox Office, from Eleven till Four daily. in view. 'Whether that system be passive re sistance or secret association, the danger to the State will be a thousand times greater than from any congregation of oratorical operatives on Bethnal-green, or on Kennington-common, Barking dogs rarely bite ; and it is seldom in deed that men ever do any active mischief who are suffered, to dissipate their dissatisfaction in rhetorical display of their grievances. Whatever the Tory journals may urge to the contrary, they are the best friends of the RlO narchy—they are the only real supporters of " existing institutions "—who recommend the adoption, at this moment, of a policy of concilia tion. Let the people only be brought to regard the police in the light of spies and informers, as the Tory journals would make them, and there' is an end of the efficacy of that force. They will become useless to a people whose confidence they have lost, and in the large towns throughout the United Kingdom anti-police associations will in time become as numerous and as for midable as the Trades' Unions were during the Reform fever. Instead of sowing the seeds of enmity between the people and the police, it ought to be the study of the Secretary of State to inspire in the former the utmost confidence in the integrity, moderation, and protective vigilance of a force constituted solely for the protection of the life and property of the com munity at large. Selected, as they necessarily must be, from the least educated and intelligent class of the community, it is an outrage upon common sense to suppose that they can decide at what point a public speaker exceeds the limits of fair discussion. Neither are they able to tell when the public peace is endangered in cases where no attempt is made to commit a breach of the peace. They ought, therefore, never to be suffered to interfere without the authority of a Magistrate in attendance, or the written orders of two or more of the nearest adjoining householders. As Sir ROBERT PEEL 'can neither be ignorant of, nor indifferent to, the strong spirit of disaffection which is spreading throughout the land, he owes it to himself; to the Crown, and to the national safety to take the whole subject into immediate consideration. Small as may be the confidence reposed in him by the working classes, it is a thousand times greater than any reposed in his colleagues, Sir J. GRAHAM and Lord STANLEY. The Home Secretary is universally distrusted, and if anything could inspire confidence in the Cabinet it would be his removal from it. In another part of the paper will be found an inter esting article on the American Steamers. Speedy communication between this country and her colo nies, as well as the United States, is becoming every day of more importance, and any plans, therefore, for lessening the expense or removing the difficulties which have hitherto attended steam navigation across the Atlantic, deserve the serious consideration of the public. The accounts from the manufacturing districts continue to represent matters as gradually im proving. The Liverpool Times, of yesterday, states that the demand for cotton has greatly in creased, so many as 20,000 bales having been taken last week on speculation, being nearly half the quantity sold. As there is now an abund ance of food, and plenty of capital seeking in vestment, there is every prospect of a speedy re vival of trade, provided the Government will let the working people alone. The sliding scale is, as we predicted, playing the deuce with the far mers. By throwing nearly two millions of quay ters of grain and flour into the market, just as they were preparing to dispose of their crops, the corn jobbers have contrived to take as much money out of their pockets as they put into the Trea sury. Now, had Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Bs. duty been adopted, when first proposed, the present influx of grain would have been prevented, inas much as it would have been eaten during the scarcity of last year, and thus the farmers could have made sure of fixed reasonable prices instead. of being left constantly at the mercy of the job bers. But as they supported the humbug of the sliding scale, they will find few to sympathize with them, whatever loss it may inflict upon them. Could the farmers be brought fully to com prehend their own interests, they would perceive that no class of men are more interested than they are in the prosperity of the manufacturers. But for the outlets afforded by cotton mills, and woollen factories, and dye works, and similar branches of industry, they would be devoured by their 'surplus population, notwithstanding a million of Malthusian regulations, such as Lord F. EGERTON has recourse to for restricting the growth of his collier colony. Some silly people talk as if we could do very well without manu factures. Have these persons ever considered, as a writer in the Liverpool Times observes, that " nothing is more certain, than that the commerce of the country, its naval power, its ability to pay the public creditor, the very value of the soil, and the means of subsisting the la bouring population," all depend upon the prospe rity of our manufaztories ? Not a bit of it. There are villages the rental of' which amounts to many thousands of pounds, which but for manufactures would be brakes of briars not worth as many pence as they are now worth pounds. Nothing displays greater ignorance than the assertion that the landlords are not more benefited than any class of men by the growth of manufitetures. They risk nothing, and yet their property is sure of being quadrupled in value by being made the site of these hives of industry. Her commerce is the right arm of the power, the wealth, and the civilisation of England ; and that commerce is based upon her manufacturing industry, and command, in consequence, of the markets of the world. Our readers will see in the police report from Union Hall, a short history of the deeds per formed by the police at Kennington-common, and of the credit which the worthy Magistrate, Mr. TRAII.I., gave to the evidence of two of the constables employed on that occasion. We have no reason to make any additional remarks as to the credibility of such witnesses ; and we only regret that some of our Judges have not the same skill in sifting evidence, and particularly in sifting the evidence of interested witnesses, when charges are brought by this new force against respectable people. Two of these men swure to statements which the Magistrate declared were without foundation, and it is horrible to reflect that on such evidence a respectable man has been committed to the tread-mill, and probably ruined for life, by a sentence passed on him by a Judge of the land. Mr. TRAILL was on the Common when these furious assaults were made on the people, and, as became an up right Magistrate, stated that he had also suf fered by the violence of the police, and could see no justification for their proceedings. What a picture this gives of the arrangements and orders of the Police Commissioners ! While a Magistrate was thus attending to his duty he was rudely pushed about as if he had been, we will not say a Chartist, but a pickpocket, and was glad to escape from the very men who are paid by the country for preserving order! This is a disgrace to the Government ; and if a full inquiry be not made into the new regulations of Col. ROWAN and Mr. MAYNE, and ample mea sures adopted for preventing the recurrence of such illegal and dangerous practices, they will find some difficulty in obtaining either respect for the law or fbr those who administer it. The policeman was properly fined for the outrage, but as he may have obeyed the orders of his su periors he will probably be retained, and thanked for his exertions. Since the emancipation of the slaves throughout the British Colonies, great complaints have been made by the planters of the high price of lab3ur, and various plans have been proposed, and some partially adopted, for furnishing the necessary supply. Hitherto, however, no sufficient remedy has been found, and the consequences are that the price of sugar in this country has been greatly increased, an additional stimulus has been given to the slave trade for the , , supply of. Cuba, and Brazil, and a premium thereby' given to those countries for competing with our colonists in the European market. A Select Com mittee, appointed last session to inquire into the state of our possessions on the west coast of Africa, directed a considerable portion of their inquiries to the evils complained of, and whether any remedy could "be provided by means of emigration from Africa. The Committee consisted of some of the leading Members of the House of Commons, and the representatives of a few of the large sea-ports, and confined their in quiries upon this subject to three points,—namely, whether there are materials for, a free emigration from Africa to the West Indies ? whether it would be desirable for the African to make the change ? and whether it could be carried on without the possibility of creating or encouraging a new slave trade ? To all, these questions, after mature inquiry, they re turned answers in the affirmative. In Sierra Leone alone, it appears, the liberated Africans and their descendants amount to about .50,000, independent of those who may be released from slave ships, or who may hereafter come into the colony for the purpose of emigration. The Committee, therefore, consider that emigration from •that quarter, if it were permitted and encouraged, would prove to be considerable. The more important question, however, was whether the change would be desirable for the people themfelves ; and in order, as far as possible, to ascertain this point, they referred to various authorities ; among others to Sir C. METCALF, GoverEor LIGHT, and Mr. BLACKWELL, a Wesleyan mi nister in Trinidad, who are unanimous as to the improved condition of the emancipated negroes. " The thriving condition of the peasantry," says Eit C. METCALFE, "is very striking and gratifying. I do not suppose that any peasantry in the world have so many comforts or so much independence and enjoy ment. Their morals, I understand, are much im proved, and their sobriety is remarkable." Contrast ing, therefore, their condition with that of the liber ated slaves on the coast of Africa, removal to the West Indies would be a great blessing, both as re gards moral and religious instruction and increase of wages. " It would be well," adds the Com mittee, " for the African in every point of view, to find himself a free labourer in the free British West India Colonies, enjoyingthere, as he would,higher ad vantages of every kind than have fallen to the lot of the negro race in any other portion of the globe." With proper regulations, they come to the conclusion also, that not the slightest danger exists of creating even a plausible suspicion of a real slave trade. They propose that a free passage should be offered to the Africans settled within the colony, and to the free settler or other native, on the public authorities assuring themselves that the circumstances under which they came were entirely free from all suspicion of fraud or force. We have read this part of the Report with great interest, because it involves considerations of vast importance, not only as regards the property of our West Indian settlements, but the moral and physical improvement of a numerous and ill-used race. Were a legitimate system of emigration es tablished, with full liberty . to the labourers to return, in a more civilised 'state, to their native soil, carrying with them increased knowledge of the useful arts, as well as religious knowledge, they would establish what Sir JOHN JEREMY calls ," the refiux of the West upon the East," and form the first great step to the civilisation of Africa. The whole of the French Journals have reached us. The llfoniteur and the Journal des Debats alone publish the Report of the Peers upon the Re gency Bill—that document having been absurdly and unfairly refused to the other papers. It is an able document, drawn up with great care, as if to show that the Peers are fully qualified to act as an inde pendent branch of the Legislature, notwithstanding their being deserted by the Deputies and the KING. The Duke de BROGLIE, the reporter, is unquestionably one of the best read men in the Chamlier,. M. GuzzoT only excepted. We have not space for the whole of this Report, which is very long ; and we regret this, inasmuch as it is very eloquently written and• abounds in more just obser vationr than so ordinary a subject would seem capable of eliciting. The following extract from it will show our readers in what way the Peers have dealt with this question : The Regency is a temporary royalty, which takes the place of true royalty during the i minority of the Prince called to the Crown. It is to be established at the mo ment of the accession of that Prince, and to cease on his attaining his majority. How then should this Regency be established ? Is it to be established on the principle of right, according to a simple and invariable rule ; by a general law which shall govern all affairs which human prudence has to regulate ; or by a special law, which shell nominate on every occasion the person who shall be called to the Regency ? The reply to this question, the first, and perhaps the most important, of all which the proposed law calls forth, should, we consider, be founded on the nature of the Government it is meant to support. If the Regency be a temporary royalty it should be formed in the image of true royalty. The rules applied to the establishment of the one are equally applicable to the other. By declaring the Regency elective, at the approach of each minority parties would be formed threatening each other in voice and gesture ; and pretenders would arise. The Ministry would be no longer for citizens the highest point of ambition ; powerful orators, generals beloved by their soldiers, would set their regards and hopes on a higher point. The Royal Family would incur the risk of being divided. When the day of election arrived, what intrigues and cabals would there not happen in the Chambers ? The press, the tribune, and public assemblies would become the arena where the best reputations would perish. The Princes of the blood royal, those who would eventually be called to the throne, would have their slightest actions criticised with an unsparing hand, and every fault exag gerated to suit the purposes of party. Should the chc ice fall on him who is not heir-presumptive, what will become of that Prince while waiting for the throne, after having been deposed as Regent ? Some powerful reason must be given for incurring such a risk ; immense advantages must be proposed to weigh against such im mense dangers. _ _ _ The debate on the Regency Bill commenced and terminated in the Chamber of Peers on Monday. Only four Peers addressed the Chamber. The Bill was passed by 163 votes against 14. There will be TIO occasion for the Deputies to assemble again to deliberate upon the Peers' amendments. Notwith standing their ill-humour, they have adopted the Bill as sent up to them. The official part of the Moniteur of the 28th contains only the notice of the receipt of a letter from the Queen of Spain, to the notification of.the death of the Duke of Chileans. The fleet of Admiral Hugon :was to leave Ajaccio on the 23d of August. It is said that it will return to the authorage at the Hyena ',elands, where it will be serabled towards the end of the month. The corn farmers have long been reckoned the greatest grumblers in the world. Mr. Huskisson said they were never satisfied. If the crop was good they had too much of it, for the prices became so low tizit they could not pay their rents with a profit; and if from rain, or wind, or tempest, the corn was da imaged, there was no rise of price to remunerate thorn, for foreign grain was imported, and kept the Kees low. But these gentlemen are the most ami able, contented beings that ever lived, compared with the hop-growers. Though the crop exceeds all expectation, they denounce it as the worst that ever was seen. There is always some drawback—either tb e " red rust," or the flea," or " the excessive drought," or " foggy mornings," or " hot days," sorely trying the stamina of the tender plants ; and the duty, of course, is always over-rated. There is no intelligence we distrust so much as " Hop Intel ligence," but we are obliged to take it as it comes. Our readers, of course, must do the same ; but we advise them to keep this in mind, that when the hop growers say it is barely an average crop, it is the best that has been known for half a century ; and when they say there are no hopes at all, it is, to a cer tainty, a fair average crop. (AciiiriAßY OF EIE, S AND VOtttr OPtraOlt. " Who runs may read." POREIGZI. 'The Duke de Broglie's Report of the Committee of the French Peers on the Regency Bill is published in Sunday's Moniteur and •Debats. The other papers complain of the refusal to be allowed a copy, and their indignation will probably be greater when they find that the Report has found its way into the Debats, the Ministerial organ, as well as the official Moniteur. The Regency Report begins with the words, " The King does not die in France." The Quotuli enue, the Royalist print,, remarks on this phrase, "The King does not die." Very well. However, he is sometimes killed, and. sometimes driven from his throne, and this ought not to have been forgotten by the Noble Duke. This great and fine maxim of our ancient national rights, which the Duke de Broglie recals, as well as M. Dupin, is now only a dead letter. In 1830 the godfathers of the young establishment set up the doctrine of the sovereignty of the people above it, and you have pleaded the fatalism of necessity. Do not, then, say "The King never dies," for in your mouth such a cry would be an apostasy. Leave it to old France, who suffer, dit on the tomb of Louis XVI., as well as on that of Henry 111. But, if you like, say, "the Regent does not die. • Count Roy ' as Reporter of the Commission of Comptibalite, having proposed to the Chamber of Peers the erection of a marble statue to the late Duke of Orleans in the Luxembourg, the motion was carried by acclamation. The Frankfort journals of the 26th, supply some additional details of the assassination of a high Russian functionary. The victim was Prince Gagarin, Master of the Ceremonies of the Imperial Court, and Vice- President of the Cabinet, and the murderer a game keeper, named Rheimann, born in Finland. He shot the Prince with a pistol as he was returning to his home from the Court at three l-. 31. The assassin was tried by a military commission, and sentenced to re ceive 6,000 lashes from rods applied by 500 men, a oortiori of which he had received, and was taken to the hospital. When cured he was to receive the re-_ mainder, and, should he recover the horrible punish ment, he was to work for the remainder of his life in the Siberian mines. The Augsburg Gazette of the 24th contradicts what 't had stated respecting the conduct of Mr. Fon blanque, British Consul at Belgrade, with reference to the civil broils of Servia. The President of the Senate of Servia, Ephraim, uncle of Prince Michael, has, in the name of the Senate, entered a solemn pro test against the conduct of the Ministers, Prohtseh and Radiciewitsch. Prince Michael seems not in clined to listen to his uncle. We have received Lisbon news of the 22d inst., Irought by the Liverpool steamer. Prince Frederick .)1 . Austria had arrived at Lisbon in the Bellona frigate, and had gone to visit their Majesties at Cintra. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. , But little alteration occurred in the Money Market since the afternoon beyond a greater degree of sta bility, owing to a cessation of sales. Consols left off at 921 93 for Money, and 93 buyers for the Account. Bank Stock 1674 1684 ; India Stock, 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 premium. The prices of Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 1014 1021 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52+521 ' • the Five per Cents., 102 1021 ; Danish, 831 841 ; and Bra - zilian, 644- 65k. The quotation of Mexican was again better, being 351 354. The only fluctuations in Railway Shares were in Bir mingham, Brighton, and Great Western ; the two former of which advanced, and the latter declined in price. Why either event should have orcuri• - ed in the . first and last, is'difficult to conceive on legitimate grounds ; the discount at which the latter is at present may justify a change. It is to be hoped that no such bargains have been entered into, as may bring these securities into a similar contempt to which certain other documents have been brought by like dealings. London and Birming ham were 187 189 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 42 44 ; Great Western, 831 841 ; the Half Shares, 654 661; South Western, 62 63 ; North Midland, 57 59 ; the New Shares, 28 29 ; South Eastern and Dover, 214 22- 1 -; Eastern Counties, 8k 84 ; Northern and Eastern, 374- 381 ex div. ; Blackwall, 74 8 ; and Brighton, 334 33per share. The rates of exchanges continued very firm, and the quotation upon Antwerp was 12 44 ; Amsterdam, 12 61, 12 61— ' Rotterdam, 12 6, 12 61 ; Hamburg+, 13 12, 13 121 ; Paris, 251. 774 c., 25f. 824 ; Frankfurt, 151, 1504 ; Vienna, 9 56, 9 57 ; Madrid, 364,,364 ; and Lisbon, 521. The quotations of the bonds were, Peruvian, 15 16 ; Colombian, 201, 204 • Portuguese Five per Cents, 331, 34 ; the Three per dents., 20, 204 ; Spanish Five per Cents, 21, 21* ; and the Three per Cents., 204 204. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The prices of the Funds do not continue to be well maintained, several parcels of Stock having been brought to market. Consols are 924 93 for Money, and 93 934 for the Account • Three per Cents. Reduced, 934 934 ; Thee-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1014 102 ' • New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 1011 ; Bank Stock, 168 169 ; India Stock, 251 252 ; India Bonds, 36 ; Ex chequer Bills Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 50 prem. Rather more animation has been exhibited in Foreign Securities, but as has been usual of late, Dutch Bonds have again to-day been most in request. The Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been sold at 524, and the Five per Cents. at 1021. The quotation for Mexican is 35351. A further advance has taken place in London and Birmingham. Railway Shares, which hare been sold at 189 ; Great Western, 844 ; Brighton, 334 ;- Blackwall, '74 8 ; and York and North Midland, 91. With these exceptions the Market has been dull. The Bonds quoted to-day are—Peruvian, 16 ; Portu guese Five per Cents., 331 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 21 ; and the Three par Cents., 201. From the general tone of the American papers, from certain circumstances which have transpired here, and from the fact of another financial agent having arrived in this country, it may be inferred that fresh attempts to raise a loan on account of the United States in Europe is about to be made. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 29.—There is an improved inquiry for Railway Stock, but not much business doing. Union Bank of Manchester Shares are in good demand ; North Midland, 58f ex div.; Ditto Halves, 28i with div.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 49 to 49i ex div.; Manchester and Bir mingham, 24i ; Manchester and Sheffield, 31 to 32. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ...... 93 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons .. 93 Ditto Old Annuities ... 31i per Cent. Red... 102 Ditto New Annuities... New .3i per Cent... . lOl Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 51 pm New 5 per Cen' Ditto 500/...... 51 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ..... .. 51 pm Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12 11-16,Bank Stock for Acct.... _ Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2 Consols for Acct. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... !Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 1024 ;Ditto, New Ditto 331 Brazilian 'Bonds... (Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. ißussian, 5 pet cent ..... Chaim, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent...... 21 Ditto, 1824 2oi Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1823, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent 3sk French, 3 per cent. —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 , Dutch, 2} per cent S2J Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. 16 'Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 102 f SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid) ..., — Ditto New Shares ( paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) .... 491 Great Western Railway (65 paid) 833 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) • 74 London and Brighton (50 paid) . 324 London and Blackwall ( paid) 7f London and Birmingham (90) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds (211. 13s. 4d. paid) - 19 i Paris awl Ramon-(18 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)... — Ditto Scrip (10 paid) • ... 6} York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 91 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 9 Gibraltar 46 Ditto, at sight • 12 6 Leghorn ...... ...... ...... 30 25 Rotterdam ...... ...2 U 12 93 Genoa . 25 95 Antwerp l2 14 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice Alton& Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 2b 95 Rio Janeiro 26 Frankfort on Maine... 1511 Bahia Fetersburgh, 3Us ... 363 Buenos Ayres ...... Berlin . 7 New York,2l days sight 463 Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 957 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto Madrid ... 363 Foreign Gold, bars X 3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville ... 36 Silver in Bars ... ..... 0 4 93 COURT - CARCUI;AR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, left her residence, Bushy House, Bushy , Park, on Monday morning, to pay a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam ' bridge, at their seat at Kew. The Duke of Cam bridge,:attended by Baron Kneseheck, had previously returned to Kew from Woolwich, and received the Queen and the Royal Duchess on their arrival. A dejeuner was served to the Illustrious party, which included their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge. The Royal visitors also went in the gardens. The Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Glou cester, attended by the Countess o Sheffield, after wards left, and returned to Bushy Park at five o'clock. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar rived in town yesterday morning from Kew. Her Royal highness the Duchess of Gloucester ar rived in town yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Royal Highness left Gloucester House for Bushy Park, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Bishop of Tasmania and the B i shop of Guiana had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The French Charge d'Affa!res transacted business yesterday at the Fcreign-olfce. Co!. O'Reilly had an interview with Lord St4nley at the Colonial-office yesterday. IVIONZY-:TRADE-coramEncE. In consequence of the late disturbances in the North, the orders for manufactured goods have greatly increased in the city of Norwich. At Manchester, a general resumption of labour was expected on \ Monday, though the majority of cotton mill men and weavers still abstain from work. At Birmingham quiet prevails for the present. White has not been able to obtain bail. At Westbromwich, there was an attempt on Monday by a large body of men to compel those at the Earl of Dart. :nouth's pits to desist from labour, but the military interfered, and after a slight riot, 13 of the insur• gents were taken, and have since been committed to Stafford gaol. • Owing to the undecided state of the treaty pend ing with Portugal, by which ,it is understood the duties on wine will be altered, not a single pipe of port wine was entered at the Customs yesterday. Hamble, a small village near Southampton, has furnished the metropolitan markets with nearly 90,000 lobsters and crabs this season. ECCLESIASTICAL. The parishioners of St. Mary Somerset, and St. Mary Monathaw, have resisted an attempt made by the parish authorities to enlarge their church, and passed a resolution that the adjoining churches would amply accommodate the population, and that these parishes should be milted to others under these cir cumstances. The churchwardens upon this demanded a poll, when they were defeated by a majority of .29 to 10. ELECTIONEMEUNG. Itis rumoured at Aylesbury that Captain Hamilton, AI.P., is about tc, take up a three years' residence in British India. If true, this will create a vacancy in the election for the borough. The Coronership for Shropshire was contested last week. At the close of the poll on the fourth day, the numbers were—Hinton, 1,359 ; Warren, 711. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. The tidal dock at Southampton was opened on Mon day. This dock is the largest in England, and covers an area of 16 acres, it will always have 18 feet water at low spring tides. It was commenced about three •ears ago at a cost of about 140,000/. ; and the Royal I'Pest India Mail Company have contracted for the use of a portion of it, at a rental of 2,000/. per annum. There is another dock, now in progress, called the inner or wet dock, which covers an extent of 14 acres, and is the nearest to the town. NAVAL AND IiarLITAR.Y. The staff of the Northern district of England has been remodelled. Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Ar buthnot takes the entire command. General Brother ton and Colonel Broke have been added to the staff. The head-quarters are to be Manchester and Bradford. The present disorganization of the various parts of the Royal Dockyards is much complained of at pre sent. For all the yards there hre not more than 6,000 men, who have been divided into companies of thirty men. Often two or more of these companies may be employed upon ship or service, and very little scrutiny as to physical or moral requirement is observed on taking the men for the establishment. MAW AND POLICE. O'Neill, the Chartist, was re-examined on Monday at Dudley, with John Blanchfield ; they were both committed to Stafford gaol, two sureties however being accepted on the part of O'Neill, in the amount of 100/. each, and his own recognizance of 2001. In lane hfield's case only half the sum was required. Isaac Morgan, an elderly and respectable man, and John Henry*Morgan, his son, were charged on Monday at Worship-street, with obtaining various sums of money by means of forged checks on the Bloomsbury Branch of the London and Westminster Bank. Both the prisoners were committed. Mary Lancaster, an attractive young woman, aged 25, was committed for a month at Clerkenwell on Monday, for attempting to swallow a quantity of sugar of lead last Saturday. She had lived with several gentlemen at various times, with whom she had travelled the greater part of England, but having fallen into dissolute habits, sank from one grade to another. John Ross, a young man lodging in the Old Bailey, near the back of the premises in Seacoal-lane, which were consumed by fire on Saturday night, MS charged at Guildhall `on Monday with assaulting Wil liam Harding, a pcliceman. It appeared that during the fire the prisoner applied to pass, in order to get his child, who was at home ; the policeman refused to let him, alleging his orders, upon which a struggle ensued. The Magistrate dismissed the charge, stating that the policeman, as well as the prisoner, had both shown a want of temper and coolness in the case. in-NE AETS. Sir George Hayte7l; just had presented to him the splendid casts of the Laocoon and Apollo of the Vatican, which were given by Pope Pius VII. to the late Sir Thomas Lawrence. THMATRICA.L. Covent- Garden opens on Saturday next for the winter season, after being repainted and cleaned. Mr. Douglas Jerrold's new comedy, to be called Ger trude's Cherries, or Waterloo in 1835, is in daily re hearsal, as also a, new play by the author of the Provost of Bruges. Miss Kemble returns from her provincial concerts to resume her original character of Norma. _ SPORTING. The rowing match between Pocock and James Maynard for 201. took place on Monday, from West minster-bridge to Putney, when the former won by some lengths. COURT-rAssiorins.33LE. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford left Longshaw Lodge, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, yesterday, for Chatsworth. Sir Robert Peel was expected to leave his seat, Dnlyton-Manor, on Monday, for Dalkeith, the seat of the 'puke of Buccleuch. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left town for Rvde, Isle of Wight. lord Auckland is occupying Lord Francis Eger ton's house in Belgrave-square. Lord and Lady John Russ:ll were expeCted to reach Endleigh Cottage yesterday from Minto Castle. The Earl of Radnor has arrived at Bath. A grand fete will, it is understood, be given at Ra vensworth Castle, early in October, in honour of the coming of age of H. Liddell, Esq. Lord W. Beresford left London on Saturday morn ing for Cologne. MISCELLANEOUS. At Derry, owing to the long-continued drought, water has become so scarce as to be sold at the rate of 2d. per can. The Duke of Cambridge visited the coal-mines of Durham on Wednesday last, and inspected the various operations of the collieries and their machinery. The late thunder-korm killed the wife of a sawyer in the North, and also injured severely two others at Durham. A cottage in Sussex and another in 4amp shire were fired by the lightning, and burnt dawn. FINE ARTS. Messrs. Beily, of Cornhill, have just published a series of portraits of illustrious living characters, exe cuted in lithograph by French artists, with singular beauty and distinctness of touch. Great improve ments have been made of late years in t§ branch of engraving, of which the Plates before s are unde niable proofs. The artist, from whose original draw ings they have been taken, is a German gentleman, by name Diez, portrait painter in ordinary to the Duke of Saxe Meiningen , under whose immediate patronage he has visited this country, and obtained the honour of se veral sittings from the Queen and Prince Albert, and other members of the Royal Family. His portrait of her Majesty, which is a half-length, is one of the most pleasing we have yet seen, and is an admirable likeness, not only as regards features, but character and.expression of countenance. Nor is that of Prince Albert less accurate as a resemblance. His Roya Highness is represented standing in one of the apart ments of Buckingham Palace, with his right hand resting on the head of a favourite greyhound, while his left holds an open journal. He is dressed in the plain, unassuming attire of a private English gentle man, and his attitude is full of easy dignity. The portrait of the Duke of Wellington is not quite so fortunate as a likeness. His Grace is seated with folded arms in an arm-chair, absorbed, apparently, in deep thought ; beside him, on the walls of the apart ment, hangs a picture representing, characteristically enough, a battle-scene, and on the tabl e b e f ore hi m lie some books, and what appears to us to be the plan of a campaign. As a work of art, the engraving is carefully finished in all its details, but the features of the Duke are too large and massive, and the coun tenance not sufficiently sharp. Still it will be recog nised as a likeness, though it certainly is not a striking one. Of the remaining portraits, the cleverest is that of Lord Lyndhurst, which displays all that acuteness and worldly sagaci ty, • tempered by good-nature and urbanity, so characteristic of the original. The series of portraits is, we understand, to be continued, and to appear regularly in .Monthly Numbers ; if it be car ried on with the same care and spirit with which it has been commenced, we cannot permit ourselves to doubt for an instant cf its success. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL OCCURRENCE.—Satur day week some members of the family of Hill, Esq., of Wootton-under-Edge, accompanied by a few friends, who were on a visit at their hospitable home, set out for Shrapness .Point, on the Severn, on a pic•nic party. In the course of the afternoon Mr. Charles Jas. Hill, a young man, in t;he 18th year of his age, rambled on the sands, with a young friend, Mr. Cooper, a student of Cambridge University, with whom he was in a few days to have gone to Cambridge, for the purpose of en tering college. Their axtention appears to have been so completely engrossed by conversation, that they pursued their walk to such a distance from the banks of the river as to be unable to .escape the sudden influx of the tide, which in that place rushes with all the rapidity and impetuosity of a mountiin torrent. Some boatmen on shore made signals to them to appri...e them of their perilous situation—but in *vain. 'The waters almost in stantaneously cut off their .return ; and after struggling ineffectually for sometime, actually in the presence of their almost distracted friends, and a crowd of specta tors, who could afford them n t , aid, they sank to rise no more with life ! The body of Mr. Cooper was soon afterwards recovered, but too late for the least chance of resuscitation. Mr. Hill's rerpa,ins w ere not washed on shore for a considerable time..—Salisbury Herald. WHOLESALE TEMPERANCE.---A letter from Chris. tiania, in Norway, quoted by the Hanzburgh Gazette, says—" The Oldelsthing have come- to the extraordinary resolution of prohibiting, at the expi ration of ten years, all distillation of brandy !" CURIOUS CIRCUMSTAZ :CE.—A white water-rat, which had been observed by several persons in Theale meadows, was shot last wet .k by Mr. John Wallin, jun. The animal is of the ordinai size, and has nothing pe culiar in its formation, but it is of a perfectly milk -white colour, with red eyes.—Bmks Chronicle. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. This favourite minor house was opened on Monday evening for the first time this season. •Very extensive improvements had been made during the recess enlarging the stage, adding new scenery, &c., e n - from the character of the lessees as successful catere?;lii: for the public, we were led to expect a high ° ea which has been but partly realised. 11391 The Seventh Bride, or Spirit of the Weeping • low, a new drama by W. D. Pitt, was the introdud' tory piece, but we cannot say anything in its praig. This was succeeded by a farce, entitled The ,In man's Dream, or a Night in Frankfort, and i . r_t t amusing farce it is. There is a flow of wit thronr out, sometimes coarse indeed, but ever sparklingi succession of scenes irresistibly comic, and a denotlr e ment which, though expected, was ludicrous in tm i; extreme. like Blaney, an Irishman, and a savvY:iii Is trying to better his fortunes at Frankfort, ',To carrying the cherished characteristics of his country a!ong with him is overtaken by the " cr ture," and takes a comfortable nap upon the streti The Prince chances to pass in one of his nocturn rambles and awakes Mike—proposes an exchang e ° clothes, which is readily assented to, and here ca l , : • mences the adventures of the night. Mike is ta i v e , to the palace, the Prince to the station-house. cannot follow the hero throughout his brief careeroi a potentate of the German diet, but strongly re e° , ev mend our playgoing friends to patronise Mike Bie n - who was excellently well acted by Mr. Dunn, o ne 0 the lessees. The amusements were wound up bi old tlrama produced some 16 years alp, called I , a r • of Iceland, full of fighting and blue h re , but ot' e wise "flat, stale, and unprofitable." Mrs. Honey and Miss Daly are expected ve ; shortly, and we make no doubt, that as the s e ''i advances, the amusements produced will be °' higher order of talent. STRAND THEATRE. der Ond Mondor a pleasant and amusing burletts, the title of L egerdemain, or, the Conjurors t; from the Fen ot• Mr. Oxenford, was produced fit t e d theatre, and was received with great success, Ol t ., with great spirit, and given out for nightly r e c c e ' tion amid general applause. The plot of tbls' consists in the elopement of a young lady, ar l Granby (Miss Ellen Daly), with an actor, -E . L. O °; Dexter, who captivates her affections by histv ante of Romeo. The young actor not succew7 o , the higher walks of the histrionic art, becomes the juror by profession, without, however, a cquit - it> re . secret of transmuting the precious metals. H e ' or ti duced to great poverty, and, worked upon by & to: , of his landlord, to whom he is indebted, he of a watch entrusted to him for the performa l rty a trick at one of Ins professional exhibitions , f or purpose of extricating himself from his diffie n .o d His wife is, however, warned of his gun interposes in time to save his character by eTZ: $ (l' the restitution of the stolen article, which ha s tin... 44, ditional advantage of reconciling her to Jre frr ire and of identifying her husband as the heir toe rod fortune. The denouement thus places the coni nfe l i s best his wife in affluent circumstances, and aee°, l33 P t i es ire , what all lovers of the romantic most earnesq . .,,, o pp a happy result to those who venture vpon Inat rn 'i'.vea Mr. Snugby, the shopkeeper, was excellently le7Jod by Mr. Corrie, his jealous wife by Mrs. Fosbr the footman, Tom Cautious, by Mr. J..W't skill Miss Ellen Daly performed Emily with l;'rea w ho and versatility, equally with Mr. Maynard,st e"el; enacted Edward Dexter. Sinister was haPln r tv fur' off by Mr. H. Hall. The excellence and var i :; n t nished by this little theatre create as Ple,t e lis. evening as can be spent anywhere in the !Ile"' held --- AYLESBURY RAILWAY.—The half-yes o Y.:beld s; meeting of the Proprietors of this Compaq Ir--Thorog" the Euston-station, on Monday afternoon. r p ' ete d t he Tindal, having been called to the chair, d ir t the re ' Secretary to read the Report, which stated t,ll es vinf 6 ceipts for the half-year amounted to 3, 5004 ' a ny, aner disposatle balance in the hands of the Coilnrbie to til e the payment of all expences, of 1,7641., aPP' i tr, rema in , , payment of a dividend. The Directors, b0",... e ; t he mended, and it was thereupon resolved, tn e ", order tO prietors should forego the present dividen d, I lo d e s a provide for the payment of the outstanding lis l _ se d, an, r the Company. A resolution was likewise epLoyeeea unanimously carried, that the Directors be elsinveir to negotiate with the London and Birmingh am e Company, either for the sale of the Aylesbuil Joe; for a renewal of the lease, which would expire., in tb 1844. The Report was received and adopted 3" meeting dispersed. tel liiien ,4 FATAL- CART ACCIDENT.—MOnday - f j)O , - e , O inquest was held by Mr. Baker, at the Lo m ' to, street, Shadwell, on the body of Jane Ashinorfe 4 _s„, e reo . years. From the evidence of Rebecca Port, it u h P i r c h fifr that on Saturday afternoon last, as a cart, in v v el, t re 6 men were seated, was being driven through Shadwell, at the rate of about seven miles an h our ' er veg deceased ran out of a toy-shop, and, without ousocear,' the danger. went directly against the shaft. Th e , o f " Bro?le ! be rence was so sudden, that the driver knew notbl i r l b' lie until he felt the wheel pass over the child's bnq a t then instantly stopped the horse and rendered 9', w ere sistance he could to the deceased, but the injuri e- arive r mortal, and in five minutes the child died. The o t° was quite sober, and witness did not think b e blame. Verdict—Accidental death. orri s BENEVOLENCE OF LADY DOVER.—L , nf f 01- unfeigned pleasure to have it in our power to gi v iVe f f licity to an act of benevolence on the part of Ls % fie which deserves to be written in letters of go, iste er e ' Ladyship has most generously ordered imme“ •• c i e nc° l partition to be made for building two splendid rest one for the Catholic and the other for the •rru clergymen of the parish.—Kakenny Journal. PRIZE ESSATS.—The Council of the AT' s ' t o saY, law League have offered three prizes for the b e n s b y t, } ;, on the injury done to farmers and farm labour_eo;ss Corn-laws. In order to avoid prolixity and n . !, so ein o cession on a subject which has latterly attract" th o f attention, they have properly limited the lea 00 , essays to sixteen pages octavo, and retnlir e fioe should be of a practical character. This is e k i n g e,p t ill tunity for some of our intelligent farmers t" i ese et '! ot , question. The state of the corn markets at P rotect lend them some assistance in showing w hat P they derive from the sliding scale. a Se' t , THE SUICIDE AT CANTERBURY. --We day last stated thal, the clerks at the Canter' n w ho bi , office, after viewing the body of the yob g °la d that stroyed himself on the Dane John, elieve s: he el Do name was Bridges. At the adjourned inclu e d t hat to Monday evening, however, it was ascer tain % name was William John Johnson, aged 21 : sa le b e k r , the establishment of his father who is a wh' e , is it` e e r draper in the City, and whose who reeidenfe:lii, fet ti P ei tillery-place, St. Luke's, Middlesex. He le t of tt l e i ° , o l' about a month ago, having at the time plen t o f " and a watch. The Jury returned a verdie 4he cir porary insanity." to be pis' DUTY or SERVANTS.—With reference t o t no 5 cumstances disclosed at a late trial, it rol.n ro pt I .te r ; teresting to observe that Paley says, " a ibis n 305 es i bound to obey the unlawful commands 0 k n ieest lr ei‘ to minister, for instance, to his unlawtny s in to t or to assist him by unlawful praetwaeothing.o34 profession. For the servant is bound hY loise his own promise, and the obligation of a P N the pre l not to things unlawful." Perhaps wh en w ho he Judge en a late occasion praised a servant, wasterlid nistered to the unlawful pleasures of his apse b e t ie thought him the more to be commend ed bet rend to done what, in morals, or in law, he was not —Post. ° THUNDER STORM.—On Monday bn five o'clock, the metropolis and its neigh'% t einP, o ol; again visited by a storm of thunder anclifet ho ly . ' le o of less violence than either of those NIS_ nies toLble place. It was, however, accompanied with ' oons ideV h e shower of rain and hail, which has done , s, e e c, tt eli damage to orchards, green-houses, wind e ", or wor e egg a fte , rn o o r n bc ; o l heavy fall of rain did not, however, last laces thr°,bas half an hour, but in that short time mane' P in jury out the metropolis were inundated, and s° nie if been done to property in consequence. o f A marriage is on the tapis between i'," hil i p otts e def daughters of the Bishop of Exeter, D r • bo ring ° c eil l Avery, Esq. The Rev. Prelate is stil l la of h is 11' considerable inconvenience from the effe cts bie fen l.l " s esY accident ;') and at the confirmation which efro d e e , held at St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth, 01:_lropilein last, lie was obliged to be supported by oel b of •eT on entering the church. Woods and Forests, has just conceded, 9 by , ilit ioe d The Earl of Lincoln, as First Conunnisi'geevrtirlg, boon to the freeholders of IValese—mim el b w n, TO , on the advice of the law officers of the . Cro of a .. 5 e d 4d. -r ° ,,„ t 0 11 the amount of the acquittance fee No fee of this kind is in future to cxeeo - rent ; "- 63 fees were demanded on 63 arrearis. en rents !v erv e c ite payment is now to serve for the The Duke and Duchess Saturday last. Th e xll' arrived at Dunrobin Castle on t h e n ob4S il Y quis of Stafford, and other members of d the ine r obli is reported arrived there on Thursday. It will stay at Dunrobin until the latter end intenti_dto Nothing has transpired as yet of the stir berls_v o a sending a party of stout Highlanders ( I yn ot i ae d, n j et meet the Queen at the metropolis t t in : that h ol oove r former occasions. One thing is Sc e o r tllnd be en of last- and f a r' Majesty's intention of visiting . ee ifi e ent i l i eb' in the alle le- eco nt Companies of Highlanders, arrayed and their re t sP -P i h er land costume, would be in readiness, at Gra rL r 1 : e known, the reception would be on a mug , . . chiefs at their head, earnestly watching we lcome "° ow / land of the mountains. The sons .to give the Royal eon , s P t lii it tams, with bonaid birach, phelibeg. co _,i o cr c0 .,4 he last in Ives i" ages bedaig, ought not to be tithe , ti eti visitors a hearty ~, the roori , ev pr..- notice, they will not be able to s amiable So 'er e ' regard for, and loyalty to,_ such a le 4 Queen to Scotland ; but ill conseqnheonwceanordw. Ph i Ross-shire Advertiser. • this tr ade 4 THE CORN TRADE.—The losses in e. _ corn e.l` this year, be great. The importers of for . r, t ore The imports from abroad continue on an z e L o _, oo be the principal sufferers. Several have and more cargoes are coming. Prices are, l i e n depressed, and, despite the rain which o. Irt!fe duff the last week, are expected to go lower...2:faii foreign wheat has risen from 9s. to I Is. 1" f o IIOW -d bf price of wheat and flour has not been.. 1) 4 corresponding f,:11 in the price of br . ead e lowering v.lOll have not shown the same alacrity in ricy. HOUSekeeP", ri? they showed in raising the p the bake' . lore remonstrate against this, and insist on in the price of them the advantage of the fall stuffs.—Liverpoo/ Albion. ehn.elenosiver 4. 0 Are 1 1 0 ti tar' f e L 01 h; h ti b tj v ; ' !.''4.: 12. 1 to to P I. i: -