The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-04 00:00:00

Vtirb SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. - The - Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Several private Bills were read a third time and passed. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a place in Ireland, praying that no further grant be made to the Regium Donum fund, and other grants of a similar description. THE ATTACK ON HER MAJESTY. The Duke of RICHMOND wished to ask her Majesty's Ministers whether there was any truth in the report that an attempt had yesterday been made on the life of her Majesty ? He did not wish to press the question, if Ministers should think it incon venient to give an answer ; but lie thought that the House ought not to separate without inquiry into the truth of the prevailing report. The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he entirely concurred in the opinion expressed by his Noble Friend on the subject. He would only say that the individual referred to had been arrested; but as he was still under exami nation, it would be premature for him (the Earl of Aberdeen) to make any statement in the matter. THE ASSESSMENT OF STOCK TO THE INCOME-TAX. Lord BROUGHAM wished to ask his Noble Friend (the Earl of Ripon) whether there was an'y truth in a report which had created some alarm among the holders of stock to the effect that the new tax would be levied upon the whole of the half-yearly dividends, which would become due to-morrow, since the sth of January. He thought that the as sessment could not in fairness be made upon more than the sum due for the last quarter. The Earl of RIPON said that he should make in quiry into the subject, and he would be prepared to answer the question to-morrow. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOWSE OF COMMONS. There not' , being forty Members present at Four o'Clock, the House adjourned till to-morrow. THE PAISLEY DISTRESS. Mr. Wallace's motion was too important to receive Tory support. They have played the old game of "No House" to -night. But this is only wasting Parliamentary time; for the Member for Greenock has so framed his motion that it must come on whenever money is needed, and we understand there is not a shilling in the Exche quer, and we are certain none will find its way there until the distress of the country has been ',amply dis cussed. We subjoin the names of those Members whO were in their 'places at foni o'clock to• day. What will the starving millions say to this shameful delay in con sidering their grievances? Dr. Bowring Brotherton Wa w n Thornely Busfield Napier Crawford Sir H. Douglas Mr. O'Connell Bernard Sir J. Y. Buller Wrightson M'Kenzie Darby Sir J. Tyrrell Lord Barnard Bulkeley Gregory Wallace :tßredie 3 H. Baring S. G. Grey ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF HER MAJESTY. LATEST PARTICULARS. The Council broke up shortly after four o'clock, when the prisoner was remanded for further examination to Wedneiday next, at one o'clock. The public seemed to be scarcely aware of what was going on at the Home- office, and shortly after the prisoner's arrival there Whitehall was not more crowded than usual. A number of persons had assembled around the wicket-gatl leading from the Rome-office into the Park, expecting that, as .in the case of Francis, the prisoner would have been brought out by that entrance. They were however disappointed. A cab drove up to the great door in Whitehall, the prisoner was led into it by two policeman, and drove off Tothill-fields. He is stated to be very much dejected. It appears that great impor tance is attached to those conducting the investigation, to tracing the pistol With which the prisoner made the attempt, so as to ascertain how it came into his posses sion. It.appoars that he has had it about a month ; that it was.out of repair.at the time it was first seen in his pos session, :but that about a week since he had it repaired. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1 , 11031 THE EVENING PAPERS' OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.--IVe confess ourselves unable to give adequate expression to the contending feelings by which we are agitated, while alluding to the astound ing fact, that another attack, similar to those which have already excited unmingled horror- and tiara - throuihout the nation, has been contemplated, and, but for the merciful interposition of Providence, would have been carried into effect, against the life of our beloved Queen, whose safety becomes an object of daily increasing solicitude, from the perils and dangers by which she seems to be threatened. We dare not trust ourselves with comment. The facts, so far ,as they have been ascertained, will be found in another column: The miscreant seems to have been actuated by a more reckless disregard of his own personal concealment than either of his predecessors in the same career of hideous crime. Motive for his attempt—beyond the desire for the notoriety - which attends the apprehension and the eclat of exami nation before the Privy Council, and the consequences which result from a committal for trial for high trea son—there could be none. He appears to be so tho roughly contemptible—except for the power he pos sesses, in common with his fellow beings of the lowest order of 'human faculties, to perpetrate the worst of consequences by the simplest means—that it is humi liating to think that the life of a beloved Sovereign, and the happiness of an entire realm, should be for a moment within the reach of a wretch so despicable. We must withhold our pen. To embody the feelings which are produced by an attempt to allude to so afflictive and alarming an occurrence is a task we are unable to accomplish. We must wait the return of equanimity to enable us to employ the reasoning faculties upon the recurrence of so atrocious a deed as that We are again required to record. COURIER.—Our readers, who may not through other channels have received the astounding news, will hardly credit the statement which it is our pain ful * duty to ecimMuniCate, that another attempt has actually been made upon the life of our good and gra- ' cious Queen. For the details we refer to the report, with the latest in ormation, which will be found else where. Let it be borne in mind that this nefarious at tempt took place on the very morning succeeding the day on which - our beloved Sovereign waslpleased of her own exceeding humaneness of heart to reprieve—to pardon we May Say—Francis, the second of two atrocious as sassins who had deliberately compassed, and so far as in them lay executed, the diabolical design of taking her Majesty's life. Such is the grateful return for Royal: clemency of another incorrigible ruffian, and stiett, we humbly take 'leave to warn the Royal Jody, may be. expected as the. return where crime of the deepest dye may be said t-o be rewarded with a premium by that immunity frown punishment which.it has hitherto enjoyed. We take it 'for granted, and indeed we feel assured of Ihe.fact, that her Majesty in ,reprieving the wretch ..Francis i acted upon the spontaneous impulse of her own :most beneficent disposition, and Jontrary to the advice of her faithful councillors ; but we cannot refrain nvivertheless from offering our humble but earnest re nnonstraalces. against the boundless indulgence of that I.l,,nate,clemeney 'which is, and has been, .the distin gois.hing characteristic of the Royal line of Bruns wi ek. We would submit, therefore, that mercy to het 4 people . should forbid the further extension of me Tcy,to the desperately criminal, and that the law, not; yet totally revolutionised, should be permitted in fut ure to take its course. So largely revolutionised all xltdv, indeed, have been the laws upon humanity angering principles, that murder and murderers are in ,reality invested with more legal consideration at the Olt 1 Bailey, and more sympathy in Newgate, than P' ie . rty in Somerset-house, and pauperism in un' ion • workhouses. If, perchance, on occasions rin .e and ..far between, some irredeemable villain ah ould make his appearance on the drop, the gallows b comes forthwith the hallowed scene of melting woe le id heart-rending lamentations, and the execrable B itlrderer is transformed into-something like a sainted iartvr. Philanthropic Mayoresses and benevolent Irs.'Frys pay ceremonious visits of condolence to the se•endemned, and join their sickening sorrows with the •ta retch in his cell over the unrelenting rigours of the la w which has sentenced him to suffer. STANDARD.—It is idle to be ingeniously inquir kn g why a Sovereign, universally* beloved, has been tb e object of so many attacks, such as the most hate ft .1 tyrants are 'Seldom exposed to. The age, charac ten*, and eondiicn of the three miscreants, by whom (hese attacks' have been made, plainly indiCate the itrath. The Q ueen i s attacked because she is the ‘Queen,. and because an attack upon her offers m promise of indulgence to the vanity of idle and I I es, k ergie boys w i t h out threatening .any serious p a nisllrnent. It ged known from the first that , Pwas ra.ncis would be Oxford was tot hanged / and the- penal colonies h ave es littl e t Error Ert hese idle boys as Bedla m . Th e wretc h , , who was tne nero of yesterday's villany probably r oow counts upon the same impunity. The truth is, hat the want of a su ffi cient s econdary ' punishment is a $ the bottom of all these mock assassi nation projects. But a secondary punishment admirably adapted to the case of the pot-house Brutuses of La Jeune Angleterre is easily found—a succession of good sound whippings to precede transportation, or a long imprisonment. This is notoriously the punishment most dreaded by the thief class, who prefer transportation, or even the halter, to one moderate flagellation, and tha patriot class are near akin to the thief class. Let all attempts upon the Queen, then, which fall short of treason, be punished with a succession of good sound whippings—say 1,000 lashes—admi nistered in four half-yearly instalments, and admi nistered more militari, and we shall have an end of such vile wickedness as that •of yesterday. Had Francis known that Oxford's term-day was coming round, he would have thought twice before making his attempt ; and if yesterday's hero was aware in the morning that the back of Francis was raw and bloody, he would, ten to one, have taken his walk in a different direction from the Park. It is very well to preach of the inhumanity of whipping. Is there no inhumanity in exposing the first, and one of the purest and best persons in the empire, to a life of constant misery ? For our part we have seen with regret the gradual disuse of this most wholesome and efficient, and therefore most merciful, mode of punishment. It is only by the whip that you can discipline brute animals, and the whip is found to control the most furious maniacs. Is not, then, the whip the proper instruniant with which to govern such brutal and insane miscreants as Oxford and Francis ? It has this advantage, too— there is no glory in it; wounds in the back are not honourable, but the back wounds which are most carefully concealed, are there inflicted by the scourge. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY) BELFAST. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock. Mr. Gordon, who was in attendance, applied to be al lowed to make some alterations in his evidence, given on the first day of the inquiry. The alterations were ad mitted, but they in no way affected the general purport of his statement. _ _ Patrick Murphy, a farmer, residing at Monaghan, proved the delivery of a letter signed " Kennedy," and addressed to Mr. M'Cullogh. The witness identified the letter, but, though he said he could read writing,'he had great difficulty in getting through it when asked to pe ruse it ; it was to this effect—" Mr. M'Cullogh will,hand you this letter along with 21. to bring you and your friends down to Belfast, where you will be treated like princes." Witness then proved that several individuals, himself and a former witness (Wood) included, went to Belfast, in a car, in consequence of this communication. Wood voted in the name of Andrew Hunter, whose cer •tificate he had in his hand when he came back from the poll. He was drunk at the time. He proved that money was paid to the parties who voted in the name of other persons, and that they changed their clothes, in order that they might not be suspected. Francis M'Anseny proved that he came from Mona ghan to Belfast, changed clothes, and voted in the elec tion. They changed dress in the Conservative talley rooms. M'Connell and Wood were sent out to vote several times. On the 14th of January he disclosed the whole of these proceedings to Mr. Leonard Doblin, at Armagh. Alexander Warnock was the next witness called, and was under examination when the Speaker was en nounced to be at prayers. The Committee then adjourned. SOUTHAMPTON. The Committee met at the usual hour, the Hon. J. S. Wortley in the Chair. James Batters was ealled and examined by Mr. BAKER —Had been a voter for Southampton for many years. Was not a voter at the last election. Knows a person of the name of Redwards. Went to him at the last elec tion, to prepare a petition to the committee at the Dol phin for employment as a chairman or colourmen. He gave the petition to Mr. Wm. Forder ;he took it. 'He met Mr. Forder afterwards. He told witness he deli vered the petition to the Committee. Heard Redwards sityhe should like to have 51. for his vote. He said he would not vote for less. Witness told what Redwards l i snid to Mr. John-Hunt. Hunt did not make any observa tion upon that. Saw Redwards after the election. Had a conversation with him. Redwards told him-he voted, and possibly he should have the money. Some time after that Redwards told him he got the 5/. Witness did not get the situation he asked for. . To the CHAlRMAN—Redwards did not tell him when he got it. He did not tell him he was promised the money beforehand. Redwards promised him 2s. 6d. if he got the money. He got the 2s. 6d. Cross-examined by Mr. HEARN—Knew Redwards for a long time. Does not know how many days before the election it was that he had the petition drawn up. Red wards put his (witness's) name to the petition. He did not hear anything said about Mr. Mackay Witness was always a Tory. To Mr. SniEL—Heard there was a good deal of money spent on both sides. Heard that the IVhigs gave 20/. Mr. SRIEL—I am surprised, then, that there are any Tories in Southampton.—(A laugh.) Mr. Henry Buchan was next called and examined — Resides in Southampton. Was formerly a Member of the Town Council. Was appointed auditor of the ac counts. Knows Mr. Abrahams. Saw him write his name. Thinks lie would be able to ident4,his hand writing. Intl not see the memorandum-book before. The signature of "A. Abrahams" . appears to be his hand-writing. One of the letters is more vivid than the other. . Abrahams is a strong partisan. Saw a person called Philips go into Mr. Abrahams' shop a few days, or the day before the election. He (Philips) had pro mised to vote for the Libzzal candidates. Thought it was suspicious that he should go into Abrahams'. His shop is nearly opposite the Star; the Liberal Committe-room. Witness infiirmed the Committee of what he had seen. They desired him to go and kick after Philips, as, if he did not, he would be gone to them. He then went into Abrahams' shop and asked for 'Philips. Mrs. Abra hams was in the shop. She informed him that Philips was inside, and would soon return. He did not return, and in some time Mr. Abrahams came in, and appeared somewhat confused when witness asked him about Philips. He (witness) then left. Philips voted for the Tories—(A laugh)—he always voted so before. He (witness) was a Committee-man on the Whig side. He always voted for' the Whigs. To Mr. SIIIEL—Might be considered a partisan. Heard that large sums of money were spent on both sides. Could not say that there was so much paid per head. Believes that it was so, but had no knowledge of the fact.. There wore colourmen employed on the Whig side; they gene rally took care that they should be voters. Believes that there were from 200 to 300 who received bribes ; there migh be more. To the CH AlR3lAN—Admiral Gifford was the chair man of the Whig Committee. Is not aware that there was a separate room for carrying on the finance business. Saw them managing the books in the general room. Saw Mr. Andrew and Mr. Lancaster there. Had heard there was bribery at former elec tions. Had heard that when Mr. Hay stood, 10,000/. were spent. Had always contended till the last election, that if bribery was committed it was confined to the Tory party ; but from what he knew of the last election he believed that bribery was committed on all sides. To Mr. SHIEL—In point of fact any voter might have got 51, or 101., or 20L, if he wished for it. To the COMMITTEE—There was treating at former elections ; it was not so extensive as at the last election; there was most extensive treating at the last election ; ittommencecl with the canvass. The canvass was com menced several weeks before the election. Believes every beer-Shop was opened as a committee-room ; the friends of voters had refreshments there. Philips was not paid by the Whigs during the time ho had his house open. He heard it said that Philips promised the Whigs be cause he heard they had plenty of money.—(A laugh.) Heard that candidates wore coming forward for the new election. Heard that Mr. Hope was coming forivard. Does not know of any arrangements being made. Does not `know of any persons being canvassed yet. Is of opinion that if measures are not taken by the Legislature the same' scenes will occur again which occurred at the last election. Thinks that if the colourmen and chairmen and mes- sengers were suppressed it would tend to put an end to bribery. Cannot say what would be an effectual check to bribery, If treating were put down it would lessen bribery in his opinion. There are Ward Associa tions on the Tory side. They look after the election of Members of Parliament and corporate officers. Believes they carry on a system of treating for these pur poses. St. Mary's Ward was an active ward. The Whigs have a protection association. It is for the protection of voters from injury. They have no wards. They are now about to get up Ward Associations, like the Tories. St. Mary's Ward has a population more likely to be influenced by bribes than the others. To Mr. HEARN—The address of Mr. Mildmay to the electors appeared upon Lord Bruce's coming to the Elgin Peerage. Knows that there was a meeting of the Whig Committee lately. Heard that there was a meeting of the Tory Committee. Ma. Henry Bray proved the handwriting of Mr. Abrahams in the memorandum book. Joseph Croucher proved that he saw John Bennett Luce on last Friday week, the day the Committee first sat. Luce observed to him that he was examined before the late Committee, and wondered whether he would be wanted for the present investigation, but if he was they must send for him to France. Robert Bridgen examined—Knows Mr. Macky, an at torney, living in Southampton. He (Macky) complained to witness that attacks were made upon him with regard to bribery at the last electlon. Witness observed, that it could not be denied that bribery was committed at the hat election, to which he (Macky) replied, that if he was ac cused of having committed bribery at the last election he would bribe ten times more at the next election, in spite of Lord John Russel's Bill, or any other. He (witness) believed that bribery was committed at every election, since that of Hog's. The bribery at the last election was so open, that Doukin, one of the persons employed to b ibe shook money in the face of a person named pierce. 'Mr. Charles Brown did the same thing :to a Berson named Leech. Brown took a conspicuous part in the election. Heard many of the innocent electors say that it would be advantageous to the town that no election should take place. Mr. Cecil Martyn, the late Member for Southampton, was next called. Mr. Martyn desired to know from the Committee, whether indemnity would be given for anything he might disclore ? The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had not ex actly power to guarantee an indemnity but that they' would do every thing to afford it. _ Mr. Martyn—Then I respectfully decline to answer any_ questions. The CHAIRMAN - desired to know on what _ prounds ? Mr. Martyn—Because they may involve a breach of confidence. The CHAIRMAN'—The questions had better be put first, and then you can deeline to answer as you please. To Mr. BAKER—Does not recollect the precise day he went to Southampton ; on his arrival a Committee of his supporters was formed ; does not know all their names ; Captain Ward, Mr. Lefevre, one of the Mr. Hunt's, Mr. S. Moodie, were on the Committee. His agents were Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Hunt. Mr. Maddison was his banker. The banker's documents would inform the Com mittee of the sums paid at the last election. Had no other documents. All the money paid was through the banker._ Believes he was asked for money by Mr. Stebbing. When he gave a check it was for 4001. or 5001. He drew upon Cot tts and Co. Mr. Maddison acted in the capacity of his banker when he went to Southampton. Has got no document to show he paid any money before the election. Does not remember paying anything after the election. The amount of money he paid for the last election was fifteen hundreds pounds. That was the entire. It was all paid through Muddison. Is not cognisant of any other money being paid. Received no account of the disposal of that money. Spent 2,5001. at the ekction of 1837. Was not aware of any contribution towards the expenses of the last election. It being announced that the Speaker was at prayers, the furthtr examination of Mr. Martyn was put otf till to-morrow. Mr. Buchan wus recalled, and proved that Mr. Chas. Brown came up to him at his (witness's) door, where several others were standing, and asked him "if we (the Liberals) had any unpolled yet." He (Brown) then took out a number of sovereigns (he believes there were 30) from one of his pockets and a bundle of Bank of England notes from the other, and said," that is the way we are doing it." Does not think .Brown could show" so mach money except at an election time. To Mr. HEARN—Does not think he was jeering when he pulled out the money. Mr. Clerk, a Quaker, was present. He did not pull out the money for the purpose of bribing them. It was about half past three o'clock in the day ; the election was then nearly over. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL CUP. 8 to 1 agst Rhodanthe 9 to 1 agst Heslington 12 to 1 agst Una 12 to 1 agst Caradoc 16 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle 16 to 1 agst Thirsk 20 to 1 agst Phaon GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 1 agst Squire. 7 to 1 agst Nautilus. 12 to 1 agst any other. GOODWOOD STAKES. 8 to I agst Knight of Whistle. 9 to 1 agst Tupsley. SUPPOSED THIRD ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE QUEEN. The following are the opinions of some of the morning papers respecting the late supposed attack on her Majesty : POST.—The metropolis was yesterday afternoon thrown into general agitation and alarm, by the rumour that her Ma jesty had been again the object of a malignant, brutal, and trea sonable attack from the hand of an intended assassin. We deeply lament to say that the rumour was not wholly unfounded. A youth pointed a pistol at the Queen as her Majesty was pro • seeding in her carriage from Buckingham Palace to the Chapel Royal, about twelve o'clock, or a few minutes earlier. 'the pistol was not fired, neither did the circumstance of its having been levelled attract the Queen's attention or that of any per. sons of her suite, a fortunate accident, since it permitted her Majesty to repair to the chapel, in pursuance of her intention, without experiencing at the moment any of that horror or dis may which, in connection with the painful memory of recent atrocities of a similar nature, it could not have failed to pro duce in the Royal mind. The trailer was seized by a spec• tator, and the pistol was taken from him. But from the unpar donable apathy or stupidity of the police constables who were desired to take him into custody, he was permitted to escape. The statements are contradictory and obscure as to the im portant question, whether the pistol was loaded or unloaded, and not altogether unequivocal as to the fact of the person in custody being identified as the individual who presented and snapped the pistol. We cannot express in adequate terms the disgust and indignation which these repeated atrocities in spire, nor is it in the power of language to convey a just idea of the gi ief and sorrow which they excite in the general mind of the community. The utmost terror of the law must be awakened, and the strength of the law, if necessary, must be reinforced, with a view to the suppression of so great a crime as that of wantonly sporting with the feelings of the Sovereign, and presuming to interrupt her innocent enjoyments and laudable pursuits. TIMES.—We publish in our paper of to-day the account of the reprieve of Francis. We hardly know with what feelings to regard—how to credit or understand—another statement, which we also have now to communicate respecting a second attempt, intended, or supposed to be intended, upon the life of the Queen on her way to the Chapel Royal. That any man should be found to attempt in earnest the life of a Sovereign so popular, and so justly popular, as our young Queen, is in itself so incredible, that even on the plainest evidence we have found it difficult to believe it in the case of him to whom the Royal clemency has just been extended ; that a man should choose for such an attempt the first day after that mark of Royal goodness had been shown, is a fresh and no less marvel; that in a dense crowd, waiting for a sight of their Sovereign, a seizure should be made of this man, with a loaded pistol in his hand, prepared to repeat the attempt which had been so lately pardoned—as if with every intention of tiring out or punishing the Royal mercy, without attracting in any effectual way the notice of the by-standers—and that by two persons ; that a policeman, when appealed to, should treat the matter as a hoax or joke ;—all this chain of circumstances is really so mar vellous, that we might be pardoned if we treat it for the pre. sent as insufficiently explained—if, from the very enormity and strangeness of the facts, we do not at once express that horror which we should feel at it if thoroughly established. The question which instantly suggests itself regards the miserable man to whom mercy has just been extended. Has that mercy been misplaced ? It is impossible to say with certainty. But one thing we will say—that we do not regret this instance of Royal clemency. ADVERTISER.—Another attempt at an execrable noto riety has been made, by the feint of an intention to take her most beloved Majesty's life. It is gratifying to perceive that, in the present instance, the would-be assassin was merely a de formed urchin, not more than sixteen years of age, and his pistol was loaded with no more dettructive material than part of a tobacco.pipe and some gravel. The absence of a mur derous intention and of more deadly agencies,however, scarcely extenuates the enormity of the effence. The disgusting and infamous tendency of morbid minds auppurating into regicidal exhibitions, must be , controlled and eradicated. A public execution would rather operate as a premium to those ready to seek at any sacrifice a notoriety even in public abhorrence. The most appropriate and effective punishment would be something like the pillory or a public whipping, followed by imprisonment under strict discipline, which might be expected to suppress as effectively as, in the present phase of society is possible, the depraved propensities of these amateur aspirants to public abhorrence. CHRONICLE—We can impute to no class these attempts on the life of the Queen, because we can conceive no motive which any class can have for encouraging them. It actually seems as if a certain number of weak-minded, and at the same time depraved individuals should have, under the influence of some strange spell, been driven to attempt her Majesty's life. But, while we cannot bring our minds to attribute these acts to anything like combination, a circumstance has just come to our knowledge which certainly wears a suspicions appearance. Mr. Thomas Steele, well known to all who have paid r.ny attention to Irish affairs, was last night presiding at a repeal meeting of the Bloomsbury district, when one of the speakers stated that at a meeting, not of Repealers, but of another class, held some evenings ago, a person had declared " that the Queen should be mike away with." Mr. Steele instantly left the chair, broke up the meeting, and went with his informant to Bow street, to give information of the circumstance. We know no thing more than what we have communicated. The statement so made may turn out to be an invention ; but if it be true that at a meeting of Englishmen such a wicked proposition could have been made, without instantly eliciting from all who heard it sentiments of deep abhorrence, and without the seizure of the guilty individual having followed as a matter of course, some strange change must have corns over our countrymen. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1842 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT of EXCHEQUER, July 2. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before Lord ABINGER and a Special Jury.) THORNTON V. BYNG-THE GURNEY .AFFAIR. (Continued from our Afternoon Euition of Saturday ) Sir Twomas WILDE' addressed the Jury at great length on the part of the defendants, and called witness for the purpose of proving that, in all dispullis respecting bets, &c., between members of the Turf, the matter was referred to the Jockey Club, whose decision was held to be final, and contended that the plaintiff, in the present case, ought to have abided by their decision. Sir W. FoLLETT having replied on the part of the plaintiff, Lord MUNGER summed up the evidence, and the Jury re. turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2001. SINGULAR PusNomENow.- 7 —Wednesday forenoon a phenomenon of most rare and extraordinary character was observed in the immediate neighbourhood of Caper. About half-past twelve o'clock, whilst the sky was clear, and the air, as it had been throughout the morning, per fectly calm, a girl employed in tramping clothes in a tub, on the piece of ground above the town, called the common, heard a loud and sharp report over head, suc ceeded by a gust of wind of most extraordinary vehe mence, and of only a few moments' duration. On look ing round she observed the whole of the clothes, sheets, &c., lying within a line of a certain breadth, stretching across the green, driven almost perpendicularly into the air. Some heavy wet sheets, blankets, and other articles of a like nature, after being carried to a great height, fell, some in the adjoining gardens, and some on the high road, at several hundred yards' distance • another portion of the article., however, consisting of a quantity of curtains; and a number of smaller articles, were carried upwards to an immense height, so us to be almost lost to the eye, and gradually disappeared altogether from sight in a -south-eastern direction, and have not yet been heard of. At the moment of the report which preceded the wind, the cattle in the neighbouring meadow were observed running about in an affrighted state, and for some time afterwards they continued cowering together ha evident terror. The violence of the wind was such that a woman, who at the time was holding a blanket, found herself unable to retain her hold, and relinquished it in the fear of being carried up along' with it ! 'lt is remarkable that, while even the heaviest articles were stripped off a belt, as it were, running across the green, and while the loops of several sheets which were pinned down were snapped, light articles lying loose on both sides of the belt were never moved from their position. —Fife Herald. • cir Robert Peel arrived in town this morning, from a visit to Sir Henry Hardinge, at Penshurst. Lord Aberdeen also arrived in town this forenoon, from the Priory at Stanmore. The Lord Chancellor also arrived this morning. Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen had interview s with Sir James Graham, at the Home-office. Most of the Cabinet Ministers atter thd at tl.e. Home Department this morning. The late Lord Elingsborough's costly library is to be brought to the hammer in Dublin. • DEPRESSION OF TRADE. MEE!fING or SnorxErimis.—A public meeting of shopkeepers was held 'on Thursday evening, at the Spread , Eagle Inn, Hanging Ditch, for the purpose of carryini ; into effect the following resolution adopted at a pre; ioustneeting of a Committee appointed by that body :—" That it appears to this Committee that de legates .shoulat be appointed to wait upon her Majesty's Gov erne nent, and other Members of Parliament, to make known ito them the distress of the shopkeepers of Mans thester, , and to urge them to the adoption of such me .asures as shall give them immediate relief; and, as no such delegates were nominated at either of the mee tings 1 field at the Town Hall, it further ap pears to this Committee that another meeting should be held for this purpose, such meeting to be called by circular." :Mr. Owen was called to the chair. He stated several facts coming within . his own knovvleC :ge, tent ling to show the distressed condition to whic It men o 1 almost every branch of business were re zinced. ' , Several respectable manufacturing establisf ments he 4 stopped working, and hundreds of the labc airing • classes were thrown out of employ. One reopectable firm in Manchester had that day stopped in consep ence of a certain failure. Another house had this Nyeek turned off upwards of 150 hands, aad it was in contemplation to turn off many more. Iu conseg hence of the number of persons thus thrown out o, employ, the poor-rates were in creased.. The over eers of the township of Manches ter had lately pul ilished a rate of 3s. 4d. in the pound, and stated that they had already advanced 20,0001. •on legal on lers made upon them. Several factories in Unswor. Pilsworth, Pilkington, Rad cliffe, Halshaw Moor:. Worsley, Eccles, Barton, and Pendlebury, had stooped. A great portion of the goods manufactured i, :a those places was exported to the contirsent of Europ ; and, as they had to pay a duty of from 9d. to 16a. per lb., it was impossible to pay a remunerating prt ce to those employed in their production. Mr.. Owein presented the following table of thy'- number of a 'cres of land in Great Britain and Ireland, distinguishing those that are cultivated from those t hat are uncultivated and unprofitable : -- ---- ----- - ------ , Acres Acres = Acres ,un cultivated. cultivated. profita le. England 25,632,000 k 3,454,000 3,256,400 Wales Scotland Ireland British Isles 383,690 , 166,000 569,469 ' ,, • , --/ --- Total ... 4 46,522,970 15,000,000 15,871,463 It was impo isible that the 1 people of these coun tries could be i '.dequately supvlied with food for any , I.l \ considerable tit le from such a\ source. Mr. Alexan der Wilson mot ed that a dep tation should be ap pointed to wail:, on Sir Ro )ert Peel, and such other members of her Majestis Government and Members of Pt irliament, .as may be practica ble, to lay befo re them, on kiehalf of the shop keepers and traa'ers of the botoagh, the appalling facts relating to tk ie state of trade, which are so unde niably manifest, vind entreat them to adopt some means that shall give immediate ' and permanent re lief. On the motion of Mr. J. Gadsby, seconded by Mr. Birch, a deputy tion was appointed, their expenses to be defrayed by st ibscriptions raised from the shop keepers ~pd others. It was also resolved - 7 , " That this meeting calls on the .shopkeepers of the neighbouring towns to appoint a deputation to meet in London with the above-named gentlemen."—Manchester Guardian MEETING OF MERCHANTS, I)IAANUFACTURERS, AND PRINTxus.--On Tuesday last, a' meeting of parties interested in the manufacturing oi' printing, or the sale of worsted and woollen goods, or mixed worsted and silk, or worsted and cotton fabrics, was held at the Royal Hotel, convened by twenty .four of the principal firms in these branches of trade, "to con sider what measures ought to be adopted to prevent the increase of duty on those fabrics contemplated by the Prussian Commercial League." The meeting was attended by nearly all the merchants and manufac turers in these branches of business. Mr. Edmund Peel Thomson was called to the chair. It was re solved that a memorial be drawn up, stating the im portance of this branch of trade in this district, and the injury that would accrue to it if an increased duty were imposed by the Prussian League. After having been signed by twenty-five merchants, eighteen print ers, and nine manufacturers, it was forwarded on Thursday evening to T. Milner Gibson , Esq., for pre sentation to the Iremie ..—ManchesterGuardian. THE LATE M. CALOMARDE, MINISTER OF GRACE AND JUSTICE. This celebrated Spanish Minister, whose death the Paris papers have just announced as having taken place at his retirement in Toulouse, is chiefly notice able for the very conspicuous and decided part which he acted at that time when the present Queen Chris tina, having intermarried with Ferdinand the Seventh, used her strongest efforts to obtain the passing of the Pragmatic Sanction.* M. Calomarde, then Presi dent of the Council, was chiefly instrumental in its abrogation, which appears for the most part to have taken place by his advice and concurrence. As this scene, in which he was the prominent actor, will tell best to his memory, and present a picture of him as a firm, decisive, and bold character, we proceed to draught out a relation of the circumstances. At the time that Grijalva was in the ascendant, and the King, waning in years, had just espoused himself to the present ex-Queen of Spain, now spending her days at the Court of Louis Philippe, that Minister made his appearance in the office of the Secretary of State for Grace and Justice, over which M. Calomarde presided, with a private message from the King, directing the head of that•department to send up the records of the Cortes of 1789 regarding the Succession. These papers having been sorted out, in consonance with this order, M. Calomarde took them himself to Ferdinand. The King retained them in his possession for nearly a fortnight, when he returned them to M. Calomarde, with a marginal de cree written upon them in his own hand, ordering their publication. M. Calomarde remonstrated upon the inexpediency of the measure, " Sir," said he, ad dressing the King, "this measure is one which, above all others, will tend to encourage the Revolutionists, who are at this very moment actively engaged in conspira cies." Nevertheless the King persisted, and with a degree of warmth directed his resolution to be carried into effect. M. Calomarde was accordingly forced to bend to this command ; he forwarded it to the Council. On the 6th of April, 1830, it was published in the Royal Gazette, under the title of the Pragmatic Sanction, establishing the regular succession through the Queen to the Crown of Spain. The birth of Isabel, the present young Queen of Spain, subsequent to the enactment of this Pragmatic Sanction, and the speedily expected demise of the King, were circumstances that roused into immediate activity the energies of Don Carlos, who, seeing before him only the prospects of losing his right to the Throne, had already commenced his revolutionary projects. In September the King was on the verge . of the grave, and he was desirous of forming some conciliatory measures with the Infante, who, how ever, unhesitatingly refused to hear of anything hut an abrogation of that law which deprived him of the next succession to the Throne, and which Christina had, by the Pragmatic Sanction, endeavoured to se cure to her own offspring. This refusal on the part of Don Carlos made it a gloomy night round the ' King's bed. In their de spondency and anguish of mind the King and Christina sunynoned M. Calomarde to their chamber. Scarcely had he entered the room when, in the accents of despair, the King told him of the d;ngerous aspect which matters were assuming. The Minister con firmed the Ki9.'s report, and further observed, that " under cover of the late changes many Revolutionists had again made their appearance ; and as their combi nations were kept up with foreign countries, it was evident that the crisis would end in blood." On the utterance of this word, an involuntary emo tion escaped from Christina, who cried out, a Todo menos eso—yo no quiero sangre," " Anything but that—l do not wish for blood. "‘ What means have we then left," said the King, addressing himself to Calomarde, " of guarding against the storm that threatens ?" "To abrogate all that has been done to establish the Partida law," answered Calomarde ; " for then the hopes of the Revolutionists will be nipped in the bud." "My only wish is for the wel fare of my people," observed the King ; " your rea sons, Calomarde, have convinced me; immediately, therefore, pen a decree, abrogating the late law.; but I enjoin you not to let any one know of it till my eyes are closed; and take care that it is not published or allowed to go out of the department of Grace and Justice." " But," replied Calomarde, "it is proper that the other Ministers should have cognisance of the fact ; when will your Majesty receive them ?" " Ex actly at six in the afternoon.' Calomarde left the King's bed-room, and descended the staircase. Rejoining the Ministers, he informed them of the King's determination. Altercation en sued as to who should draw up the decree. Calo marde snatched up a pen—sketched out the decree of abrogation—and it was forthwith read and approved in a full council of Ministers. M. Calomarde then went to the King's chamber alone, and showed the decree. "Lo apruebo—esta rnui Bien," " I approve of it—it is well," said the King. The Ministers shortly after assembled. Ca lomarde then read the decree in a loud voice. Chris tina took a pen and handed it to the King, that he might affix his sign manual. He asked Calomarde whether he should sign it in full. The Minister an swered in the affirmative, and the King signed " Fer nando." Such was the scene in which Calomarde, during his administration, was the chief actor. The subse quent history attending this particular document is too well known to need more than reference. Shortly after, the King miraculously recovered from his ill ness, and then it was that, i:npelled by the present ex-Queen, whose whole ambition at heart - was to secure the succession to her own children, he declared that this abrogation of the Pragmatic Act, which he had in the first instance passed and made law, had been forced from him while labouring under the lan guor of death and sickness, and by a body of con spiring men. He called the chief men of the kingdom together, and made in their presence a public decla ration to this effect, and caused the Pragmatic Sanc tion to stand and be re-instituted as the abiding law. RIGHT OF SEARCH QUESTION. The Debats, which had been taunted by the Op position journals for not inserting the Report , of the 'Captain of the Deux Sceurs, relative to the outrage which he says he received from the Madagascar fri gate, explains .as follows the motives which.indliced it to abstain from taking the same course as .the Journals of the Opposition. • "We have been asked, in that- tone of insult Which has become habitual to the Opposition organs; why we have not spoken of the new outrage which the English navy has offered to our . flag: We shall give our reasons categorically, premising . that there are two things which we do not in ' the slightest degree question, viz.: the good faith of Capt. Seignac, whose report will undoubtedly be taken into consideration by the Government, and the exces sively bad faith of the Opposition journals in every thing relating to the right of search. This is our starting point, and we pray the Opposition journals to mark it down. Capt. Seignac, of the Deux Scam, complained of having been searched on the 21st January, on the coast of Africa by English naval officers, who had not even taken the trouble of slipping on their uniforms and providing them selves with their authority.' He adds, that the sailoi's who accompanied the officers, took away tobacco, some bottles of liquOr, and twenty cases of preserved meats. On the other hand, however, it appears from the same report of Captain Seignac, that the officers who visited his vessel, having remarked that one of his men was ill, sent of their own ac cord on board the surgeon of the English vessel. M. Seignac having complained of the pilfering which had been committed to his prejudice by the English sailors, one of the officers is said to have replied, What would you have us do ? our best sailors are the greatest thieves." We repeat that, however strange may ap pear all this narration, and more particularly this last circumstance, attributed to an officer of the English navy—so proud, more so, perhaps, of its rigorous dis cipline that of its force —we do not question the truth of Captain Seignac. What ought, then, the Go vernment to do ? Why, to pay the greatest attention to the report, to acquire information on the subject from Captain Bouet, chief of the French station, to ask for explanations, and, if necessary, reparation from the English Government ; in a word, the matter ought to be inquired into. There are rules of justice in inter national relations, as there are in the difficulties which may arise. between the citizens of the - same State. What information have we up to the pre sent time ? ha report only of the, party who con siders himself inj.isred. This person is a French man, and his testimony has great importance in our eyes, but justice has much more. The cus tom of the English journals is mentioned to us, which at the first grievance, whether well or ill founded, against our navy, raise an outcry and insult us grossly. Supposing this to be true, a nice example it would be for us to follow! No, we shall never imitate this brawling patriotism. For the honour of France we shall not imitate it ; and we may add, that such matters are badly discussed in journals, for party spirit disfigures them. It is between Government and Government, be tween Admiralty and Admiralty, that these questions should be .treated. The niore important facts are in trinsically, and from the consequences to which they may lead, the more justice demands that, before ac cepting them as certain; they-should be verified by a scrupulous inquiry. What, then, should we do ? Complain, or at once draw the sword against England ? In the first case let us follow the custom established • amongst civilised nations, a nd not take for proved what is only established by the testimony of the complaining party, no matter what weight that testimony may have. We will not discuss the second hypothesis, for it is too absurd ; but even with this hypothesis should we not be a hundred times right, and have justice as 'clear as the sun on our side, before shedding the' blood of nations ? So much for Captain Seignac's report, and the affair itself. As for the Op position journals, we .have nothing to say to them ; they execute their orders, and cry out against the Minister- of Foreign Affairs. The affair of the Deux Saurs is nothing more than an electoral affair for them. They laugh at the public, and hope with grand words to make it serve as the instrument of their passions, not against England, but against the Ministry. They object to delay, for they do not want to clear up facts, and to be guided by . the rules of justice. Captain Seignac's report came just a propos ; they seized on it as a piece of good luck, and of course try to make the most of it." SALT-WATER FISIIING.---(From a Hampshire Con respondent.) During.' t he past month the whole of the lakes communicating with the river Solent, or Southampton -water, have literally swarmed with such varieties of salt-water fish as are peculiar to the ivestern coasts of England at this season of the [ year. The crews of the whiting-boats have been most successful, whilst amateur anglers have, in the course of one flood tide, realized more sport than has been the ca se f or many years previous. Smelts have been so abundant this season in the Lymington iver, that a gentleman on Monday last, whilst fishing off the . bridge, took no less than eight dozen and thr ee o f th e a bove delicate littlo fish with a ingle rod and line in two, hours, besides a respectable show of whiting-coal, floujiders, and base. The salmon pink, or peel, have bee* netted in larger quantities in the fresh -water streams in the above neighbourhood this ' L •year than bas been the case for some years past. * The Sanctio Pragmatica obtains its meaning and applica tion from its signifying the, settlement of the succession to a throne by the absolute will of the existing King; pragmatic in this case having the sense of " assuming an authority of power by right, and without permission or leave asked of any one"—sanction, on the other hand, having its original sense of " an act of confirmation, which gives anything its obligatory power or ratification." The two chief " Pragmatic sanctions" which history has recorded, preceding the one under present consideration, are—l. The instrument by which the German Emperor, Charles VI., being without male issue, endeavoured to secure the succession to his female descendants, and which, owing to the refusal of the Elector of Bavaria to guarantee it, caused the Austrian war of succession, and subsequently that of 2. Charles 111. of Spain, when he ceded the throne of Naples to his third son, and his posterity,. in 1759, settling under the above title the law for the succession of his family. THE LATE EARL OF LEICESTER. GENEALOGICAL AND POLITICAL NOTICE. Thomas William Coke, first Earl of Leicester, in whatever light his character may be viewed, must at least be reckoned amongst the most remarkable members of the Upper House. He was the eldest Whig in either House of Parliament, not even 'except ing the Member for. Middlesex ; he' was one of the most consistent Whigs ; he accepted a peerage in the 86th year of his age ;" 1 and after he had numbered three score years and ten, he espoused a lady young enough to be his grand-daughter, by whom he had five children. For nearly half a century he was the first commoner in England, and when he chose to become the junior Earl, he took a title which of right belongs to another family, for the Marquis of Townshend is also Earl of Leicester, and the Member for Bodmin, who claims to be the eldest son of the Noble Marquis, assumes that title, which confessedly belongs to the Townshend family ; but setting aside circumstances of this nature, the deceased Peer possessed large claims upon the respect of the public, and though • his life was prolonged far beyond the average duration of human existence, yet his death will be deeply regretted by a numerous tenantry, an attached family, and a 'large circle of friends. The late Earl of Leicester was born on the 4th of May, 1752, and was married in the '23d year of his age, on the sth of October, 1775, to his cousin Jane, youngest daughter of Jame Dutton, Esq . . His first wife was, therefore, aunt to the second Lord Sherborne and sister to the first. By that marriage he leaves no male, issue. Mrs. Coke, who, had she lived, would have been Countess of Leicester, died on the 2d of June, 1800 ; and after remaining twenty-two years a widower, the subject of this notice was married on the 26th of February, 1822, to the Lady Anne Amelia Keppel, who is third daughter of the fourth, and present Earl of Albemarle, her Ladyship being then but 19, and his Lordship 70. The surviving issue of his first marriage are daughters, viz., Lady Andover, who was afterwards married to Sir Henry Digby, by whom, with other issue, she had a daugh ter, who married the present Lord Ellenborough, from whom she was divorced in 1830 ; Lady Eliza beth Stanhope, and Lady Anson (mother of the pre sent Earl of Lichfield), was also the daughter of the deceased Peer. The issue of the Noble Earl by his second mar riage, are Thomas William, now second Earl of Leicester (of that line), who was born in the year 1822 ; the Hon. Henry Keppel, born in 1824 ; the Hon. Henry Coke, born in 1827 ; the Hon. Wenman Clarence Walpole, who was born in 1828, and the Lady Margaret Sophia, who is only ten years of age. At the early age of 22 the late Earl of Leicester, then Mr. Coke, was returned for the county of Nor folk, which he represented in fourteen Parliaments ; and occupying a place in the representative branch of the Legislature for more than half a century, he was for many years "Father of the House of Commons." He opposed the American war, the war against revo lutionary France, the policy of Fitt, and everything Conservative. He supported the Catholic Relief Bill, and the Reform Bill, and every measure of the Whigs ; but in other respects he was a staunch adherent of the landed interest. The deceased Peer's father was Wenman Roberts, Esq., who assumed the name of Coke on inheriting the estates of that family ; he was only son of Anne, the sister of till Earl of Leicester, whoa erected Holk ham. The earldom of that Peer became extinct at his own death, and the nobleman just deceased was his grand-nephew. Though the grand-uncle's peerage became extinct in 1759, yet, as is well known, the title was not revived till 1837, although in 1784 an earldom of lkicester, as already stated, was con ferred upon George Townshend, who afterwards be came the Marquis Townshend, and this title is still vested in the present Marquis, and constitutes the courtesy title 'of the eldest sons of the. Marquises Townshend. Neither the Coke nor the Townshend family, however, can claim any direct descent from the well knowtt Earl of Leicester of Queen Elizabeth's time ; but the deceased Peer derived his birth from an ancestor of whom he might well be proud—the cele brated Chief Justice Coke. Amongst the families connected with the Noble Earl,. are those of the Earl of Suffolk and Berks, the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl of tichfiehl, Sir Henry Rigby, Lord Sherborne, the Stanhope family, the Earl of Rosebery, the Earl of Mansfield, Lord Wa terpart, the unison family, &c. THE LATE LORD LEICESTER AS AN AGRICULTURIST. THE HOLICTIAM LANDS AND SHEEP-SHEARINGS.—• Lord Leicester, excellent as were his political qua lities and moral virtues, will, perhaps, be chiefly known to posterity as the successful agriculturist and . the enlightened possessor of a princely estate, whose example was beneficially felt in every corner of the island, and whose patronage could always be commanded by those who deserved it. Mr. Coke was, we be lieve (with the exception of the Marquis of Towns hend, in the beginning of the last century), the first instance of a gentleman of large estate devoting him self heart and soul to agriculture, and commanding by his success the suffrages of the most experienced farmers. Before his time, the men who improved agriculture were generally gentlemen of compara tively small estates. In Scotland agricultural im provement originated on Tweedside and East Lothian with the second class of gentry, whose success led by degrees to the improvement of the large estates. It was reserved for Mr. Coke to show what could be done by the owner of a princely estate, who, with more ample means could emulate the prudence and care imposed by necessity on men of more limited fortune. We owe it to Mr. Coke that agriculture became a favourite pursuit with men of rank and fortune. His success preceded the agricultural pursuits of George the Third, and the liberal patronage of Francis Duke of Bedford. The circumstances which led Mr. Coke to devote himself to agriculture are both curious and instructive. They have, fortunately for the world, been imparted by the late Earl of Leicester himself to one of the most enlightened agriculturists of our times—Earl Spencer, who, in the " Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England," volume the third, for 1842, Part I. (published by Mr. Murray, of Albem arle-street), has devoted an article to this most interesting subject. To this article, pregnant with instruction, we refer every reader who wishes to know all that the noblest of arts owed to Lord Leicester. When Lord Leicester came into possession of his estates the whole district round Holkham was unen closed,l and the cultivation was of the most miserable character. A large part of the land, which now forms Holkham Park, was leased to a Mr. Butt, and the lease was within two years of its expiration. The farm had been let at Is. 6d. an acre ; in the current lease it had been raised to 35., and Lord Leicester offered to renew the lease for as., but Mr. Butt 1.2- fused the terms, upon which his Lordship was deter mined to take the farm into his own hands. " Thus," says Lord Spencer, " the real origin' of the great im provement of the district was, that Mr. Butt refused to give five shillings an acre for land which now, under an improved system of cultivation, usually produces nearly four quarters of wheat per acre .' Lord Leicester was then an extremely' young man, fond of and excelling in field sports, with a princely fortaEe, and would not have applied himself to the details of a farm, had he not, by Mr: Butt's refusal, been compelled to take the tract into his own hands. " But," says Lord Spencer, " having taken it, he found, as every man who will apply himself to agriculture will, the high interest of the pursuit Histaste was formed, the habits of his life accommodated themselves to it, and, applying the whole energy of his mind to the collection and disse mination of all the knowledge which he could derive from practical and scientific farmers, he has effected the great improvements which, while they have been a source of continued happiness to himself, have pro duced the most incalculable benefits to the country. If, on the other hand, Mr. Butt kid accepted the terms offered to him, Lord Leicester . would have granted him a lease for twenty-one years, and for that long period of time, and probably much longer, no improvement would have taken place ; West Norfolk: would have been considered a district in which wheat could not be grown, and, which would have been a still greater misfortune, Lord Leicester might never have turned his attention to agricultural pursuits." Lord Leicester, being ignorant of farming, 'began by collecting around him practical men, and •invited to his house annually a party of farmers, at first froth the neighbouring districts. At these meetings Lord Leicester's farm was examined, and, through the dis cussions, both his Lordship and the practical men were improved. In the course of time, friends from a distance attended these meetings, and from this small beginning we have the Holkham sheep shearing. West Norfolk was then a rye-growing district; his Lordship made it a wheat-growing district. The system of cropping was detestable. Three white-crops were grown in succession, and when the land would produce no more, broad cast turnips followed. No manure was purchased, and very little was produced on the farm. Mr. Coke began with two white crops in succession, and kept the land in pasture for two years in every course. But still he could not grow wheat. The land. was naturally weak, and could be made to produce little food for cattle, so as to increase the live stook. The first thing to he done was the pur chase of manure, and he was induced to try rape-cake as a top dressing. But the most effective source of improvement was a stratum of rich marl, at various depths, underneath the surface soil of the district, which is a very light sand. Pits were opened, the marl dug out, and laid upon the surface. This gave to the soil the solidity essential to wheat, which was first raised in 1787. Clover and other artificial grasses were raised, and the power of keeping more live stock thus obtained. IVith respect to stock, the only sheep in the district were the old Norfolk breed, a very unprofitable one. He first bred the Leicester breed. In 1812 there were still at Holkham both Norfolk and Leicester sheep ; but since that time the only sort kept were South Downs. We cannot here follow Earl Spencer throughout his most interesting account of Lord Leicester's expe • riments with live stock. His cattle were of the Devon breed, and he crossed the Neapolitan pigs with the Suffolk 'breed, by which he obtained the aptitude to feed of the Neapolitan, without the weakness of their constitution. In a district like West Norfolk it is important that more cattle should be fed on it for the sake of the manure, than bred on it,. and Norfolk, through Lord Leicester, has become the centre of attraction for drovers from all parts of the United Kingdom. One great change was introduced by Lord Leices ter. 'Without leases farmers will not improve, but an ignorant or a knavish farmer may have a lease, and yet pursue an injurious system of agriculture. Lord Leicester introduced 'covenants into the leases. " Although," says Earl Spencer, "in the first in stance the covenant only prevented the tenant from growing more than two crops of White grain in suc cession, yet so great was the ignorance of the farmers, that he met with great difficulty in enforcing even this very modified improvement of the old system." In Mr. Overman's lease, in which the modern improved land course of cropping, adapted to light turnip lands is introduced, is the model in which Lord Leicester's leases have been long drawn. Earl Spencer attaches much importance to the well considered covenants introduced by Lord Leicester into his leases. It was by the combination of judicious covenants with the long leases that he was enabled to effect such great improvements, not only on his own estate but, by his example, in th e w h o l e di str i ct. Politics were excluded from the Holkham sheep shearings; and though Lord Leicester's opinions were most decided, yet men of every shade of politics were heartily welcome to those festivities. The year 1822 was an exception—politics were then introduced-- and it was the last of the sheep shearings. But we must close our brief account of Lord Leicester. His decided politics might, at one time, make him enemies ; but the country has long done justice to him, and viewed him as a firm and uncom promisin? patriot, and a liberal and enlightened im prover of the agriculture of England. Lord Leicester moved the famous address to George 111. to put an end to•the American war, and he was himself the bearer of it to that Monarch. RENTS.—We are informed that several of the land lords of shops and inns in this town are about to lower their rents.—a measure which is felt to he necessary, in order to prevent the ruin of the shopkeepers and inn keepers. The landowners would do well to follow the example.—Leeds Mercury. A young gentleman, of good standing in this neighbourhood, betted ver y h eav il y on the late Derby race, for which Coldrenick, Mr. Trelawney's horse, was the favourite. He lost several thousand pounds, and to the last shilling of his fortune satisfied his engagements, but his mind became so much affected that he is now insane, and in a mad-house, near Plymouth.—Plymouth Journal. Measures are now in progress for the holding of an Eisteddfod in Carmarthen next summer. The Lord Bishop of St. David's has consented to become the patron. —Shrewsbury Chronicle. DUTCH AND BELGIAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, JUNE 30.—There seems to be WI reason to believe . that within a year from this time the Belgian iron railway will be joined to that of Rhenish Prussia. The railway from Antwerp to Germany wa s cow menced in 1833; and as it is to be completed 1l year, ten years will have been spent in laying Own this line of thirty-one leagues. The: Moniteur Beige promulgates to-day the .10 for the constr u cti on o f a cana l f rom Z e lzaete to th e North Sea. DUTCH FUNDS 1 4. 4, .1,06 1. Money. Mils. Actual Debt. 2% per Cent 51% 2% Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Amin t Syndic,4l.l per cent...... ........... 9 3 ' 4: "" Ditto, ditto, 316 per cent 7ll Commercial Company, 4 per cent 150'4 Fi t , Ditto (16 par and 1837) ar cent. ..... 11)0% Loan 1837, 5 per ccrit.. ........ . Exchange on Londoi, line month - 12 13)4 Twomonths ..... 12 03 Haraburgh, One month 35 1.1% Two months 35 37% Dutch Papers, July 2. BELGIAN k UNDS—Bauaseta, Junxi3o. Actual Debi, z)4, per Cent. notlischiliiN Loan 5 per Cent • 102 5' )4 Loan of Thirty Alillions , 4 per 93 Sper Cent.......... 2% -- (1640) ....... 1(5 Loan of City, 1c32, 4 per Cent... .....»....».. 13ii • Society et rce, 4 6 per Cent ..... flank of Belgium, 5 per Cent..................... Naingal Society Exchange on London (short) ••• —Brussels Papers, July 1. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Jugs 22. • flee pe r COR2S.Metalliques FOX r per Cents. •••••••••••«•••«•••••••••••••••••••••• Three pa' Cents. Bank Shares *elm ..... •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .... '• .. • Thirty.seven. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW S : SUN.—A further advance in the price of Consols tor e place on Saturday, and they left off at 914 914 01 %7 opening, ex dividend ; Reduced, 914 ; Bank 1654 1601; Exchequer Bills, Old, 42 44 ; New, 45 47, pronfilli-L, In the Foreign Market, Belgian Bonds were 10 2 1 1 0 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents.. 514 51- 4 , ex div. t Five per Cents., 1001 101+ ; Danish, 81 82 ; and /311. zilian, 64 66. Mex!can was quoted 36 364. Shares also rather improved ; London and Birinior ham were 176 178 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 4 501 Great Western 864 871 ; the Half Shares, 613 611 ; South Western, 60 62 ; North Midland, 60 6 2 ; th New Shares, 30 31 ; South Eastern and Dover, 2 3 40 i Eastern Counties, 84-9 ; Northern and Eastern, 39 Blackwall, 9 91 ; and Brighton, 344 354. The Bonds were thus quoted " lomian 13 . °9-I 29 Peruvian 16 17 ; Portuguese Five per Cents, 3 4 3 7 ;1 and the Three per Cents. 20 201, ex div. ; Spanish per Cents., 204 21 ; the Three per Cents., 21 21:1 - , (4 7, 1 0 From the letters from Rio it may be gathered political matters there are very unsettled. The Porn Lions made by the British Government for the aboliticir of the slave trade had been received anything b ut ' vourably by the lower orders, who apparently h titi greatly misunderstood the nature of them. Althottgre 'the late accounts of the attacks upon the British 0-t'iy, much exaggerated, yet ill feeling towards us was gr" g s manifested. If the Brazilians would see their inte re i, in its true position, they .would eagerly seize the oPP ° O tunity now offered them of disposing of their pro upon more favourable terms. !2„... ' , to o 40 I •-• 13: 4 1 40 5) t 3: i 20 • 3 , 30 36 THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARP KTs Wheat. Barley. I . deans. Per Quarter.;' s. to S. Oath ;6O f 8 alandtbrd 60 6H dridport 57 S. to S. S. t • I. s. to I. 24 31 20 23 40 48 20 27 ILO 23 39 42 7 - i r 7 lhaid 52 80 Exeter ' 64 70 alotwester ' 53 64 iluildford , 61 78 Newbury 42 72 Reading”.— 54 76 Salisbury 60 68 Sherborne 5B 64 SheptonMallet 5i 64 Uxbridge Warminster— 44 67 Worcester 64 68 teonil 5l 60 N BO 18 22 32 27 34 21 29 40 21 30 19 25 28 26 33 20 30 26 22 19 (.8 i 34 2.2 36 18 !I 121 32 30 95 t 8 40 26 30 18 24 40 24 112 21 24 24 37 43 2: 28 - 43 29 20 26 38 32 30 tt 28 i 2B 24 28 2 24 138 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKE P. • , ie The supply of Wheat was again good; fresh (Pal" orti demand, and rather higher than last week, but chambered ' ip were neglected. Barley nominal. Oats and Shelling steady price. No variation in Beans and other articles. erl‘ Wdeat, tiers, Essex and Kent a. 6Se. to 665. 11 or, Norfolk and Suthilk ..... .... —6.6 a. to tai. fi n e --6.5, Lin. and Cain. en. ~ • ----- Yorkshire —s. &is. to 63, fie; 70t. V 0 hite «wpm,» ..... —a. 62.. to 6 is. (In to , Foreign, tied —s. —s. to 513. fie! iji. ------- White "1. —?. to tNi. n ee a. Barley, Norfolk and Sufl,,lk 2ss. to 'ai , . tin e qn. .-- Lincolnshire Yorkshire Wold Foreign Beans, New Old Oats, Potato .—....- Poland —s. —s. to ‘2:2s. fin; ion vriezland and 5ma11.... ...... ... -- It.ealing ... ... 7 ..... 353291.. t 0 0 0 ± 3 5 . . fl o c e , r 24 ,,. ..... lid. to I3d.Pet ye . •pet Shelling .................. ..... e 1..." ..... e•••• ..... 29i. to 30s. Od• "id bie1t................................5..«, -.4 395. tine 41s. pet c od Rapeseed ...... ... —1 0s :W. Os. au. of. Po LEEDS CORN Al %RKET. , 00 .00 o: Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.. ............... ......... 615. , 00,, I; York. and Lincoln. 60111... .15: i tll"31 Barley, Norfolk and Sulthlk 295. 10 3 ' l `, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans 031b.... 106. to y I ‘ Oats, Potatoe 235. to a',06 0 ? —healing, F or. 9,1. tolo.l Eng. 121. to :3d. Pe r 'OP S idling 'o.. to Ili Per • DEVIZES CORN MARKET 11 , s. 4. s. it. Per Qua) ter. 14 .• iil $ 0 3:2 oto r 3. tilOats .. . v,l O lc 0- a 0 - 4 .. . Par Sack. first V 4 burst.... ......... Bean. (pet . li.tck).,. Id D ill' hlinir (per bag)..... 4i 0 11r,21..1 (pet gallon). M MALIK ETS. Per lb. Second So 0 :4 6 Third darlcy '23 0 f 8 0 Cti ELTEN 11 A ._ Per Bushel, s. d. to s. d. - Wheat 7 e• 9 0 Beet 0000000000 •••••••••••e•••• dar ley . 3 0 3 9 Mutton .....• Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal ......... Beans 5 0 5 4 Pork •••••••• ••• • 4100, tease 5 0 8 0 Lamb . ,1 . A.:,,,,' Hay 41.55. to 41. 10s. 01 per ton. • , CANTERBURY MARKET. t 0761 , • ' Wheat, white--........ 655. to:0s. .—... 01d—,....... _s. ~ ---.. red.................... Ms. to tilis. ....—. 01d.,......... —4 l . t!.,,,i. Barley, Rlaltiog -30 s. to 34s —.... Grnding.. —I. tom., Oats .. 2ls. to tlf.s. ..... 01.1—..--. —4.1 0 v Beans 32s to Vs. •.... 01d............ --,.."),,. . Pease .............-...-..405. to ...... s • 0.. Grey.......... 345••- HULL CORN MARKET. , . Wheat, White (per Quarter) Ens. 625. tio g • Red Foreign Barley, Malting. 3os 3•28.." - GriEding '-8, 295. 5,4 ' Oats, British VIP Foreign (in bond) iss 20s. Beans Pease, Grey Blue and White 31;, ,, 3.93. 1,; ' Linseed... s2s. ` ,66 . 4 " . Vs. Flour per sack Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) ............. ....... —l. 37 1, • 6 (1. 0 7 , , 6 6 - 7 CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at '24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Batley. 1.. ......2.1 --Iti 'l J. , IL d. to i. d. s. d. to s. d. h. O• v . - 0 Truro.... — 0 8 -- v , gieldene — 4 78— 0 3 9 g •- • 11 0 St. Austell, 0 8 0 0 3 8 - 0 0 ..,.. ..... — 0 Bocinnu 0 8 8 0 i 4— , o' L I.:skean! 0 7 6 0 3 6 .-7, 01 Launceston — 0 7 5 . 0 38 -- ~" .. Catnelford 6 6 7 8 3 0 3 4 27; .." - Penzance. 7 8 8 4 0 4 0 -- " RSPRIEVE or FitANCIS.—On Saturday a r e ,joh,t` was received by Sheriff Magnay, at Newgate, r fife Francis, who attempted the life of the Queen. fi 00; , of the convict ha s b een s p are d, b ut h e i s to be ` O O O ported to the pe na l se ttl ements . Th e Sheriff, ef 60. by Mr. Carver, the O r di nar y, an d M r . C o pe, "l e , s er vernor, went, immediately upon th e arr i va l of the oo ,o senger from the office of the Secretary for th° 110 Department, to Francis's cell, and lommunicated () 10 .5.• the intelligence that h er M a j es t y h a d b ee n irw s . t see cious)y pleased to spare his life, and to commute 1 1 iire , tence to transportation for the term of his natio% be' Upon being informed of th e resu lt o f th e Quo u mane interposition the prisoner burst into 0 3 7 set without saying anythi ng b u t t h at h e was thank t oe down and appeared to be overwhelmed with I.:„pe s astonishment. It was quite evident that the which he had sanguinely entertained for sever ll ,,,i3h: after his conviction o f th e commutat i on o f his 111;001 went had faded aw a y, an d d ur i ng the whole of S 3 ll ', re morning he had gi ven hi mse lf up to despair, f° r ;fic e peatedly said to the tur n k e y s w h o watc h e d hiP, s i n , s°", confineMent, that he considered himself totally to a) os ea : this expression of his f ears was accompan i e d by solemn protestations th a t h e never con ten3P l Alle slightest injury towards the person of her Mejeljigsti l i • has suffered dreadf u lly f rom th e apprehension offs fete' but never said a w o rd a b ou t th e i gnom iny 0' Cooper appears perfectly resigned to his fate. Geo' A NEw RACE.—At a m e eti ng o f the Norcbair; graphical Society on Monday, Mr. Murchison, the ect man of the evening, stated that a gentleman en l P.'",. ; fron t Government in ascending the river Juba, in Afr ic— ot east to west, had fallen in with a considerable tee' country, inhabited by a race of pigmies, not e,. lit f. four feet in height, with very curious views of ,4e ° and Government, and exactly resembling the Herodotus.—Brighton Gazette. --- ---- BIRTHS. 01, See' On the 27th ult., the l a dy of the Rev. Edw aril 800 f tor of Thurrock, E ss ex, o f a son . 8 o f o On the Ist inst., at Oxf or d-t errace , H y de -park, 111 Robert Clarke Edwards, Esq., of a s2n.__ . ___.--- ------' tp MARRIED. Eli" y, i" On the 2d inst., W. U n d erwoo d Whitney, .% a i lii; r # Great College-street, Westmin s t er , sur geon, to Sq n - , t esti. eo daughter of J. Scott, Esq., of Down s hire-hill, Flamig s q,, ° ( 1, On the 2d inst., at Speen, Berks, John Horroel" , Ai 0 0 of the iate John Horrocks, Esq., M.P., to Elizabeth •' s youngest daughter of the lat e Rev. G. Wyld, of Sr„, 4l. oelr On the 2d inst., at St. Matth ew 's Church, Brixt ° ;:l a ue - Gay, Esq.. of Stockwell, Sur re y, t o Susanna, t hu.. - e of the late John Key, Esq., of Denmark-hill, Surrey Jo e `- 1 : On the 30th ult., at Rumenham Church, Ber k„ ' of r * ,;i; taria, youngest daughter of E. F. Maitland, .r'" , ',:f CO' ) place, to Robert Harris Valpy, Esq., only PO - , eer ge Valpy, R.N. d Or. " 41r , On the 29th ult., at Great Birkhampstes t the late • Coleman, of Dalston, to Eliza, second daughter of -----" William Gripper, of Hertford. ...----"----- 131° of DIED. On the 25th ult., at Islington, Mr. George Sug get, '4 ill Fakenham, Norfolk, aged 62. 11 On the 27th uit , Th omas , the infant son of the Aw ev. , °O I3P : Bowlby, Rector of Th urroc k, E ssex On the 30th ult., i n U pper Gorg e-street , ;street, Portma n' ute nan t i , Edward Amherst S aun d ers Sebright Esq., la te Lie d broth Colonel in the Gre na di er Guards, son ' of the late, an Will i° of the present Sir John S. Sebright, Bart. On the Ist inst , in the Blackfriars, r if, Fitch, Esq., aged 75. . L of ' On the 1t • Emma third d au ghter !a inst , Eardley, ..„, tile Brandram, Esq., of Co u den, Kent. Beni ic• On the 2d inst., at Annet's-crescent, I s litutt w on a l, Iv , sie second son of the late Rev. J. Cassorn, Vic sr°f n e* o -------- ; NT .......__,__........... ~, yo 1... G .l ' in London : Printed and Published by MURD v „ strn"' No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 1 1 1' the Couuty of Middlesex, Monday, MY 4, v 34 caiiterbury, a;~p ;~~;~ z'p ~'6h