The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-14 00:00:00

MM. AlOl . .$E and COMNIERCiAL NEWS. LYON'S SUBSCK;PTION SCUL . LERS' MATCH. The annual match for Lyon's purse of sovereigns, and other prizes, amongst regular water men, from West. minster-bridge to Putney, took place yesterday after noon, and afforded an opportunity for a display of skill such as is rarely met with amongst so large a number of competitors. About a month since lots were drawn for the chance of rowing in this interesting match, and amongst others the two Doubledays were the successful candidates, but in consequence ore match being made by Parish, to row the Newcastle-on-Tyne crew, on Satur- day next, and these men, together with Coombes and Newell, forming that crew, the,- two former were com pelled to withdraw, and the men - named to row to-day were therefore, its under : Charles Hill, white; George Campbell, blue; William Pocock, green ; Thomas Brabant, yellow ; William illectalr, pink ; John Phelps, red ; Robert Young, tri-colour. • Half-past four was the time named for the start, and long before that time Westminster-bridge, Bishop's walk, and every place from which a view could be obtained, presented a good display of anxious spec tators, and at four o'clock the cutter boats belonging to the Guards, Westminster, Leander, King's College, St. George's, and other clubs, made their ap pearance at the scene of action ; altogether, the muster on the river was most respectable. At the appointed time the wager men were at their respective stations, and the start took place at twenty minutes to five, all the parties - dashing off at excellent speed—White taking the lead to Vaux hall, which bridge he passed through half a boat's length in advance, closely fbllowed by red, green being. imme-; • diately on his quarter; the other four boats b:ing well to gether. The match at this time was particularly interest ing ; the wind was blowing fresh, in consequence of which white began to fall astern, and wis passed by red and green, and closely pressed by blue. Green, off the Red hous.., in the shoot, passed red, and became the first boat, and in that position arrived at Putney-bridge, closely followed by red. The match between white (Charles II 11) and blue (George Campbell) was a most interesting one, the two boats not being half a length from etieh otowr from the lied House to Putney. The rowing was excellent througaout, and the .men arrived in the foliowing order . : —Pocock, first ; Phelps, second ; Hill, third ; Campbell, fourth ; .Itetcalf, fifth ;. Young. sixth ; and Brahant last. 'llw wind blew very fresh at Chelsea Reach, and a boat, rowed by a gentle nun, was filled with water and suak, , the amateur being pick . :4 up by a cutter passing. . CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. I see early. part of the day, the funds showed an evident dis position to advance, but the necessity of closing two or three 411 aec " ,, ls, caused a large amount of stock to be thrownUPanthe hands of the jobbers, and shares fell to 91. The par ties, whose operations have thus teen terminated are the same "ha -bad operated to largely in Colombian some time since, 4d'the settlement in the English Stocks had beers delayed, expeetation that some profit might have been realized ~,• '„„ v urrying them on. 'I his weight on the market having been ssll l l.2id off, a rally took place, and Consols left off at 91 91 for s i ."`?). and for the Account ; Bank St uc k, 166 167 ; I n di a tre:',, ee2;B 250; Exchequer Bill s , Old, 4e, 50; New, 46 48 p utt li ti , i ` }r t m ign Securities were unaltered in price, with but little , n rss Mexican was quoted 35;at 361. ko 'a has b een the day preparatory to settling time bar in the Shares,; but these being now so limited, the matter e t ie Put been of the slightest moment. The last prices were— otWeßin and Birmingham 177 179; Birmingham and Glom:es ti:a• 49; Great W es t ern , 85i 86i ; th e Half Shares, 65a Smith Western, 60 61 ; North Midland, 59 60 ; the “e' f w S hares, 29 30 ; South Eastern and Dover, 22 23 ; Ease :itri4, Counties, Si ; Northern and Eastern, 40 41; Black ,l 9; and Brighton, 34 341 per share. erLue quotati ons f or t h e B on d s were— C o l om bi an , 21i 21; ; eessrlugoese Five per Cents., 33 1 ,& 34 ; the Three per Cents., 2 0 1 2 U ; Spanish Five per Cents., and the Three per Cents. • 21, Il y p e r a i r n l e y iP m al eet f ing feature in the City to-day has been the usual of the London Joint-stock Bank. The ..r,gress o f these establishments fully hear out an opinion held ,2he period when the London and Weitminster Bank was f,;;;T d, that ultimately, all banking operations must be carried t. lons, and the plain reason, a f w ar k greater nstituti security in holding the property that of a nbeC to of known individual shareholders against any risk, than perhaps, mere r e li ance upon the - state d wea l t h o f a fi rm, w h ic h may, n aPS, consist but of a single person. 'Io elucidate this posi u, n, it is not necessary to enumerate the many insianceswhieh d%eurred of late, of country banks faili n g; when it has been •,on t 'eavered that, although a number o f n am es w ere retained to ,,he cheques, et but one, oat the utmot two parters, insolvent, alone remained r to satisfy the demands of t the •, 0 1 J . 4 4 1 clainnaes. t will be sucient to ention the failur Mi ner,l6 I ' B, in hose bank the greatest reliance was placed; ;.Vioubiless had the survivor lived sufficiently long, profit e e.nt would have been made to have satisfied every creclitor 1 7 l u'• l, lint the death of the only remaining partner completely deanurned all arrangements, and those who suepo-ed they wEre g with a number of wealthy meo, found that the results Ait a Chance y - E suit was all that was lett for the credi to r s . l l • s o ° ugh of an old date, it may not be out of place Hendon a circumstance which occurred at this time, 14Plustrative of the confidence in which his batik waS hod, p%that confidence was not confieed to the single hou,e r ,'° ll - On the d a y on w h ic h M r . fl amm ersiey died, a Nn 'Y in the due course of post received a remittance from the 4 te . ntr Y• consisting of v..rious seeurities, among which was an lio, i 'P t allee of the house in question for 200/. due on the day on t. p lh it arrived. Upon paying the whole into a London , r ,eer, it was stated that the inosseniser having bent sent to ` 4 0140 bank at the usual hour, it would'be necessary to despatch Vet:hilly if the bill were to be presented, but so much • U tee was placed on the credit of the batik, that' it Iv " tb ought not to be worth the expense, inasmuel, as the bill ti :tid be good for quite as much on the Monday as it was on th e S a 4 rday • the result was thnt it was sold for 1901., and tt.e. nriforinna'te purchaser has hitherto received but a small tiolvf!dead opon it. The law upon the subject may here be o ;`',!ed, and the above applied as an useful caution ; if a cheque th e ill be not presented at the proper time, that is to say, on of t hy on which it may become due, it becomes the property e hold er , w h o alone i s l i a bl e for a ll consequences w hi c h iikkatise from the neglect, the drawer in one case and the To' r ser in the ot h er b e i ng re l ease d f rom a ll respons ibili t i es . r eturn to the London Joint-stock Bank—the capital since ioewrittst meeting, by the issue of the new shares, has been It avi e !sed to 600,0001., the nett profits in the last half-year tlia t r " .een 23383/. 1. Id The irecto recommended 1‘ div b idend, g at the rate of . six per cent. per rs annum, should fo e lased, af ter th e paymen t o f w hi c h, 5,833 L .sould be let a r lue : n _ th r' guarantee fund, which, after this addition, w o uld loti lcent to 91,837/. , or about thirteen per cent, on the capital COMPROMISE COMMITT;LE. SOUTHAMP ros. The Committee met at the usual hour, the lion. J. S Wortley in the Chair. Henry /larding was called and examined :—Voted at the last election for Hutchins and Mangles. Knows. Robert Donkin, a tailor, of Southampton. Ho is a re lation of witness. Ho came to witness at his father's house, and pulled out a number of sovereigns, and said to him, " Will you came with me 7" Witness's motner pushed him away, and. desired l)onkin not to corrupt him. He voted out of a house in Gloucester square. Mr. HEARN—ind you state at the election that you were possessed of the same qualification out of which you were registered ? The witness having refused to answer, the room was cleared, and the Committee decided he was bound to answer upon the question put to him at the election. The witness then stated that he had said he was pos sessed of the same qualification. _ _ Mr. W. Fall exatllined—ls a banker, of Southampton, and a magistrate of Hants. There were accounts kept with the bank fur several electors. The witness pro duced the accounts, which corresponded exactly with those handed in by Mr. Lankester. Has no doubt that gross and extensive bribery has been practised at the last election. Believes it has been practised at the mu nicipal elections. The municipal elections have an effect on the Parliamentary elections ; and treating and ow ruption applied in the municipal, would have an indiract influence on the Parliamentary elections. He heard an officer of the Corporation confess that he offered five " yellow boys " to a voter, to be neutral. He resolved not to interfere in elections any more, because he could not do so without being cognisant of corrupt practices. Unless measures were taken to prevent them, he believed the same practices would be resorted to. Believes the signature " A. Abrahams," in the memorandum book, to be the hand-writing of Mr. Abrahams. He was Mr. Abrahams' banker for some time. Never had any diffe rence with Mr. Abrahams. (From The Sun of Last Night.) °i i mp roved tone is visible in the money market to-day, tl3Wti doubtless by the cause assigned last night, tor able d epression having been removed, and this favour ,o7.l. intelligence received this morning from France. N.431.i1is are 91h for money, and for Friday, and 91h 611 '„'T August _ account ; Three per Cents. Reduced N ew '' i : Three-and-al-14f per Cents. Reduced, 1001; iets Th ree -and-a-Half per Cents., 99} 998 ; Bank Stock, ih er l6 ., 7 : India Stock, 249 250; Inia Bonds, 26 28 ; Exche -1 41 ills, Old, 48 50, and New. 46 48 prem. )0k little has been done in Foreig n Securities, prices of t e ll. are, however, firm. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per l• have b een so ld at 51i ; and the Five per Cents., 101 a. Me few b arga i ns h ave been made in Mexican Bonds at 361. aares have been almost totally neglected ; an advance has, V. l . L aver, taken place in Brighton, which have been sold at 4 The other transactions have been-Edinburgh and pw, 43i ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 14*; Manchester s‘eeds Quarters, 4a; and South Eastern Scrip, 2i. th i ,P 4 ldh are the only bends quoted to-day, the Five and the ple Per Cents. being marked exactly the theli tt k ,: - °m a communication made by Lord Canning to Cora 1, Lee of Treasury Bondholders, it may be surmised that these 4 1 ",,t 7 - tegleeted claimants have now a prospect that their case will t,''‘tly be taken into consideration. At a late meeting it was de= t e rt .n. 4 ced that memorials sh ou ld b e a dd ressed to the Regent and t e ,`!e Finance Minister, which it a p pears were pres ntrd to Cala jCiva .by our Minister, Mr. Ast on , as soon as h e was 5t. 1 ,11 •..d. That gentleman promi se d t h at t h e pecu li ar ' l kii 'of these documents should have his earliest attention, N—t'k i 'view of examining into and settling them. General it .eho, the Ambassador from Spain, now resident here, has, i f'stat ed, urged,the necessity of immediately adopting some e,l'a regarding them, and it is to be hoped, that a liquidation 1 1 , he ent ere d i nto. li4die,(4" 'tat.' ,anY months so much animatim has not been vi , the .ptoduce market as there has been to lii,'.l'4; The business has been of the most extended L ati t, and there has been scarcely an article on which the dcty towlaT".ilowered but what has b-en dealt in. The tariff may r e , ~ e. ,hiioered to be in full operation, and although in many t ree-rA l l a lt 'ittity net . meet the . necessity of a perfectly 41 r ''''' • t it has given much satisfaction titi:Y.teaeb;ng 3 t. e o aimation - it. Larg tit f rein ! .: t if e k'rttig.ti corn an havep approximation to been cleared to-day, arisi e ng first l'r 'gen t d ' B 'ar,''ity of English at market, and the belief that the , 'll ro tit Y oi r 9t. is not likely to be much lowered. i eis ec i e .. l3 . -- . Y arrival to-day is from Barbadoes. The papers re .° th t he Ni'b -tly and South American Coffee -hou-e reach 1 )11 (' 91 -11 J ' Il t t h e _, Mie, brought by the steam-ship City of Glasgow, N tl-letle4il Stearn:ship sal / uo not con ; am any news of the least interest. The lesii, arrived , at Barb . aeoes oil the 7th, -el l days and a-hall,. from Falmouth, all well. CLOSIN \I G PRICES „tia, ~ 11/11T1S13. F UNDS. ii ' P er ' wttlek f',. .166 INdia Stock .......... pm -.w nt ! ,,i)es c ' • Rect. ....,... 914 D I V() Bonds `) per „ t ilt. Con = 9oh f Dii.,‘() Old Annuities ... i* , sw - ' , tilt. Red lO Ol Ditto New Annuities._ l , r, Per - Cent 99s. E x . &Ts, 1,000/....2d. 48 pm 111 % A Per Cen. ' — Ditto 500/...... 48 pm ,1/411. Nitrifies to expire Ditto &nail 4B pm k'-'e , 16 t ) -. •. 12h Bank Stock for Acct — J ' IM9 . . ..... India Stock for 0pg.... ta. 1860 ......... As. .... Consols for Opg. ...... 91 •Iltrw_ ri kl 5 FOREIGN FUNDS. I tiza ' t per cent. ... Portuguese , 5 per cent. 41 lia , . per cent iDitto, New Ditto 33* e,, 11 411 0 .. touch... ... ,Prussian, 5 per I-,lll6,‘‘yres6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent ... )N'tie - ` l l6 Per cent — Ditto, Metallic.-- .... ... . . . I , , .. athi an, , . •Spanish, 5 per cent..... 21 (.9. 1624 0 .. per cent 2 - 18 :Ditto Deferred.... . 98 a 4 teel h ', 3 Per . .c . Wt f —c. li t iis t , l ' B26 ~5 per cent. Exchange Oki )'' Per cent 36 'French, 3 per cent. --f. —c, 'ettl,;;'' , Per cent. 1837 iDatch, 2h per cent. sla 411 ,1825, 6 per ct. 17 , Ditto, 5 per zee:. .. ... ;011 To the COMMITTEE—BeIiere3 that if bribery was ren dered more easily discoverable, and colourmen and chairmen were puc down, it would tend to put an end to corrupt practices. Mr. BAKER informed the Committee that all the wit nesses for whom he obtained summonses were now cx- :trained, and it wculd be for the Committee to say whe ther they required any more. The CHAIRMAN said that at present he did not see th,we was any necessity for summoning more witnesses. Mr. Laishley was - then called and examined by Mr. HEARN.—The signature, "A. Abrahams," in the me morandum7book was very like the handwriting of Mr. Abrahams ; he would not say it was. Mr. Cottrell was called.—lle did not believe the sig natare was that of Mr. Abrahatns. Mr. Madison was called.—Knows Mr. Abrahams. He had an account in his (witness's) bank. Never saw the memorandum-book spok.n of in the course of the in quiry ; believes the signature "A. Abrahams" is not Mr. Abrahams' handwriting ; is in the habit of seeing him write dai!y. To Mr. BAKER—Thinks the signature is not like Mr. Abrahams' handwriting ;. he would not pay a cheque on the signature ; it is en imitation ; he saw traces of the signature of Mr. Abrahams before ; it was about ten days ago ; Mr. Knight showed them to him ; did not know for what purpose they were shown ; did not know it was in refl.mtio; to this inquiry they were shown ; the inquiry was then going on. Jae 300/. in the bank account of the date 4th of June was the :same in his opinion with the 3004 of the 261 h. The election Con- Nervative fund of 1837 wa,. 3.1801. Mr. Marti.,eau stated that Mr. Mackay applied to him to be examined before the late Committee in contra diction to Wren's statements. Mr. Page stated that Wren 'told him, after the late Election Committee, he had cases of direct bribery against Mr. Deacon and Mr. Abrahams. Mr. HEARN said, these were the only witnesses he would produce, but Mr. Dottin, who was for many years Member for Southampton, was in the room, and he could be examined if Mr. Baker wished. Mr. BAKER had no wish on the subject. The room was then cleared, and when the parties were admitted it was announced that the Committee would adjourn till three o'clock on Friday. MOVEN' MARKET and CITY NEWS. TIMES.—A fair amount of business was done to-day in the foreign exchanges. The rates upon Paris and Amsterdam remained the same as last post, and on Hamburgh they were a trifle higher. The premium on gold at Paris is 9 per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 106 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 38, and the ex change at Paris on London at short being 25 476, it follows, that gold is 0.38 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hatnburgh the price of gold is 429 i per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10%d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 7i, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 Bi, it follows that gold is 0.69 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1071 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is 2.32. per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New y„rk, being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. SHARES, --- lairrningham and Derby Railway (100 pd) Thirds (25 paid) 'linburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ..... 43} ,oDitto and Brighton (50 paid) Lo ndon and Birmingham (90) ..... . ... ... 178 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid.) ... ........ Lo ndon and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) bOa Blanchester and I.eeds (70 paid) ... .. ,N bi lk , Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 11,,th Midland Railway (100) , s, arts and Rouen (16 paid) tuth Eastern and Dover (.50 paid) ..._ t h, . Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) 14 6 91 4 L t k Poet. COTTON MARKET. JULY 12.—The sales to- Os ir.'aaderaie i n ex t r nt, chiefly confined to the common tOpoi Ati „, tricass, Prices were tolerably steady, and about 1.44.1 es e tehartged hands. tt r,l r ciul. %SHARE MARKET. JULY 12. 7 -There was a de 414ab,i'lrgarove went in the business transacted to.day. but the Li4 : Z t for It a ii v vy Stock continues dull, The following were . rod in" . n a. neaster x .id Preston, 26 , London and Birmingham -,; % ia - .41 , . Shares, . 6 0 ; Ditto, Quarters, 46 ; North Union, i 441, Eastern Ne. W, 2 .1. 1 li s t t ,`chts TE , STOCK : EXCHANGE, JULY 12.—The market t l . k e ) , r ; th ere i s more ii.`quirY for S ock gerwrally, and at the 13' 11 ., 1 . 1 : s Considerable busWess might have been vone.—Man r4i ""d Leeds Quarter Shares, 41 Is. ; Mairhester end 4 104 4 . 1 ;am, 24 ; South Wesiern, 50 to 61 ; Liverpool and "rs 184 to 185; EdinburOh and Glasgow, 44 to 44i. It ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SO CIETY OF ENGLAND. BRISTOL, TUESDAY A FTE ANOON. —The friends of agri culture had to congratulwe themselves upon the beautiful and ver7 'promising weather in which they assembled to celebrate their anniversary meeting. To the extremely tine weather, perhaps, in some degree is to be ascribed the continual influx of visitors into the city, which, if the arrivals equal in number those that have already taken place, bids very fair to increase its population by at least 10,000 souls by to-morrow afternoon. The trains, both from London and the west, have been very heavy since yesterday morning, and the various stage coaches yet on the road have nut had so merry a time of it for many a long day. At the hotels there is not a bed to spare, and their charges have consequently gone up more rapidly than South Sea Stock ever rose. Ina city nun.bering about 10,000 houses, a bed fit to sleep in, at a decent distance from the Post-office, is not to be had for less than hal•a-guinea. I have no doubt that by to morrow afternoon their value will have become more respect able by at 'vast 50 per cent. The arrivals of cattle have been very numerous to-day, and the leading thoroughfares between the city and the show.yard have been densely thronged as well by the town , people, as by thou who have bu..iness with the Council sitting at the Victoria Rooms, adjacent to the show•yard. The exhibition of cattle will, I understand, be superior to the exhibition at Liverpool and Cambri A very fine b.‘ll, belonging to Sir Hungerford Hoskins, which was to hare been ;tent here, has died suddenly, and a statemPriti was, upon very good authority, this morning circulated through the town that it had bean poisoned. lam assured 'here is no proof that such is the tact. Thre.o cheep, belonging to a gen tleman (I believe of the name of Walker, residing in Hereford shire). and which were to have been at the show; bare, lam told, had their throats cut. STATE to US'C I :RADE.—Most on u OF THE 0 'Ni t , erg aro no doubt aware, that the price of coals 'af t be Is '' o %v down to 13s. ; and knowing this, they wil k r-er%tirpriied when we inform them that when the owner 4 1 , 441 vessel lately met to settle the accounts, they found sustained a loss within the year, although the vessel i c Aht t , s e t ti r egularly trading arid had nut undergone the ci llPr i ,air, of not less 'lran ten pounds a sixteenth I It 1 4 -3 41 4 -"e that the shipowners can continue to sail their k ts t lay ue h longer under such circumstances. Thry ‘1 1 ' ; th m up, or be utterly ruined.. To offer them tr; ‘ , ll tis nt 4 ,_"': of the question. Of the ships and shares of q e • h ave this year been put ap to anc , ion, scarcel3, goo „, t , e n fou sin le bidder. Week after week - .uvertiser wh a le vetels to be disposed of ; and, in t .,'""s, when the time of sale arrived, not a single inch jeePt the auctioneer and solicitor, made his app'ear. r ''hly -a n anything s' ow the depression of trade ale r It : 4 el 3 ' i , than this ? To n be possessed of property in shial r e ti at . this present moment, a positive " miafortune. 04, to us the other ,tav envm g a profit from my vessels, said en extensive ." I am Wig; d to appl - w „ r " , l e ie h I derive from cril ' or sources to make goodther . e nw h very order of things is r2vetsed. Reckonings are 11(4 4 e , 14 for the purpose of diejeling the profit, but of l ' cl i' v t a ' zi 'e e l` l _ s,— not of receiviag the dividends, but of pay ',st ma n _ and the largest o,vner, isistead of being. he the most unfortunate 1.--Whiteloven Herald. j ) C.`bt., l ,,. IT AND INCOME-TAX FOR THE C ITY or 14,1, --it t a meeting of the Coramiasieuers appointed to t ht t ila u4 nce of sth airdfith Victoria, 35, held yesterday i 'tie ' 4 " - taa-roo 4th g under 11 • • Guildhall-buildings, being the first 041 e th ai _ the Above Commission, Sir G. do H. Larpent ki ti,_„•en,iind all the members of the Board rweip9t, the 3 444tnaries of the meeting, and the taking an4A relb 1 e (robs, having been gone through, Sir 0. Larpe4 ,st: paths, chairman of the Commission ; and Mr. d a r t ed "ng's Ax ' Coleman street solicitor, was th4l' ele rli to the ms:3ard' .fix ing Thar. e ne xt, ~ ..onatnissioners ; when, after s q tne et : "e h inst, to spirant assessors of the said tax, . 12 1tt * IF c d.tou.'7:ed. l'tlZ 4 . l hon:euhrL iiOtSEIICI,E.—The members of the :7 , kv 4t ,: s e r i h the vast Slumber of domestics e L 4.43 10 ...e Horse department, whose salaries gusd image, Lead Jersey's offiee in the Royal Mew', 1,4,4 delay ".; the 114 instant, have been cfficially informed "rne eays mus't ilecessarily take place in le c'ed' a ,etn'equence of the Lords of the Treasury having v4eraii& t ur n of their cespective incomes, perquisites, &c., 4 4t •zr i t i.Tinoirthwith to •Efze Treasury at Whitehall, with the r ne.ti it Fl'Qzed, of subjecir.g them to the deduction of the The Duke of Cambridge arrived here this afternoon by the railway. His Royal Highness proc, eded to the residence of Mr. Miles, at Leigh Conrt, where several of the noble and other distinguished visitors are staying. Au Address, agreed to by the corporation, will be presented to his Royal Highness, at the Mayor's banquet, this evening. An immense variety of agricultural implements, machines, and other articles tor farming purposes, manures, set•ds, roots, &c.. have been de, osited for show. The judges. lam in formed, have been engaged during the day in examining the above. Their award will be made this afternoon, but not in time to enable MP to despatch it by the last train, Among the visitors who have arrived are the Duke of Beau fort, the Marquis of Worcesii-r, the Earl of llchester, Lord Charleville, the Marquis of Down-hire, Lord Somers, Earl Spencer, Lord Saudon, Lord Walsinghatn, Chevalier Bunsen, the Hon. G. Agar, Sir Thomas Acland, M-. Mark Phillips, M.P., Colonel Wood, M,P., Mr. H. Baillie, M.P., Mr. J. H. Vivian, &c. A CRITICAL BEGGAR.—" Go, away, go!" said a miser to a mendicant, " I canna gie ye naething." " You nn g it, gt least," replied the mendicant, with an air of great dignity and aychness, "you might at least have refused me grammatically." MURDER AT SITAL, kip, 4.# WiLmsLow,—On Thursday afternoon an inquest was held at the how of Mr William Dale, the Old Ship Inn, Styal, Cheshire, by Mr. Roscoe, coroner of the Knutsford division, on the body of a man named Henry Locket, who was brutally and inhumanly ypurdered on the highway, at Werr Mill Brow, near Styal, ,ems ly op 'I uesday morning last. From the evidence adduced b mileae fore nv ans t !LA; em} 4 y oy ► act 3, bpd has a) ;nf t t l;: a I;.deceasedifeteassnrds:lGiarsreeegac, Greg's cl a do r rt r te i o e n d n. mill, Styal. Tne pry, atter a lepOy invegigaqon, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder " aganst some person or pitiNis it present unknow n.-41fanchcliter Times. , the Intrepid Tuoday hat. in the Union fifteen couple, ich arc to be Hastings, con• on MoniltY• cached, in itf ice was posted there situated it for the 10' own at Sheer' her Majesti s , of negket indicted for '1 of 14 year! or girl could instituted the risoner guiityr, a Ter4 is se ntence 1 , other renalW' tom of lour rthamp'ion 0 g as the. narhes of v. how aro ag-Al *ln; the parish 0! an unnaturo ter. was indicted .acrd that the to the hole ' I , t h Febrtr . lid, on being Ile took plan e : ast with senv: er, who cried turned a re t. character W 7anqorted ki r ante wit'a 'the d on 7ilin he Jo 4,4' 1 ' thi . t tingle Or Lt. Mr. s 4 !d to apf v's Thi !er e ' (7 SN ili be prr• souse t ester• a large circle Hulderoent their cleP st ; le Loo, unto OD schooner' t ward. endon note' a few daP'' , at Cawdor takes plzc' val Humsl le re, when tb reen sucCTSSA in Ircia rF been rebu' i's ,en to Vi e relit of t . i. • i di t i on to !, wrg, 31271, ecl in Lor jets met 8, to expo 1 , ,ined by t' 1 of Jainai( princt:' b c , rind at be Ita lian •1 th Lori )1 Ide , sat y , etiide) " Cum '4l v. St; and .1) ; Addati l e Cott C I nmand St dtuira; De. Li cute a; of the ow" yt costs in son Af n ►ild of Id Pled, 01 Mous , smok e Es a nd )f the re bY sha i lt enteu. u pon be el' Is of i olice , ill i 3, Y ° C " riee , kJ' e e r the ,i { THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, RTLI 14, 1842. / .7.,x LITERATURE. PUNCH Vol. 11. London, 1842. There are some admirable wood-cuts in this vo lume ; those, in particular, which are in illustration of Punch's Almanac, are among the most humorous we have seen for many a long day. The variety, too, of the embellishments, is quite extraordinary ; and the ca ricature portraits of several eminent living individuals are remarkable for their resemblance to the originals, notwithstanding their grotesqueness and drollery. As regards the literary portion of the volume, it is quite worthy to vie with the pictorial. Quizzical poems— neat satirical hits at the passing follies of the day— puns, anecdotes, and sketches of character in profu sion ;—some, or all, of these are to be found in almost every page of " Punch," which, thus recommended, is —as it deserves to be—a general favourite. BATTLES OF THE BRITISH NAVY. 2 Vole. Body, London, 1842. These volumes, which are the production of Mr. Joseph Allen, of Greenwich Hospital, embrace a pe riod of upwards of eight hundred years, commencing ; curiously enough, with the first siege of Acre, in the time of the Crusades, when " King Richard's fleet was anchored off the port, and effectually prevented supplies from being thrown into the town, in the course of which duty it defeated a large fleet of the enemy ;" and terminating with the last siege and capture of Acre under the - conduct of Commodore Napier, in the year 18401 The first naval engage- P3Pnt of any consequence is recorded by Mr. Allen to have taken - place in 1217, when " the rival fleets of France and Eri,gland; 'nfet .the.straitaofDover. The French consisted o' eighty large s hip s , while the English had fewer, but of a more warlike description. The fleet of the latter, therefore, assumed such a mode of attack, as to counteract the preponderancy of force against them. They manoeuvred to get to windward of the enemy, when, bearing down on them before the wind, they made terrible hAtoc of the French ships,' by means of the iron beaks with which their vessels were fitted; they likewise made great slaughter with their archers. But what completed their victory was a quantity of quick-lime in powder that the English had on board, and which beirg cast into the air, was blown by the wind into the eyes of the French, and blinded them. The English gained a complete victory, and took and destroyed nearly the whole of the French ships." This unsophisticated mode of defeating an enemy at sea by throwing dust into his eyes, will amuse those who are familiar with the more modern victories of the British navy. It was not by powdering them with quicklime that we triumphed over the -" Invincible Armada" of the Spaniards, and destroyed the French fleets at the Nile and Trafalgar ! During the whole extended period over which his researches range, Mr. Allen has not omitted one naval action of the slightest moment. The tact and diligence he has exhibited throughout his undertaking are truly praiseworthy; names, dates, and localities are given with the most scru pulous accuracy ; and a uniform tone of moderation and impartiality is maintained, that tends greatly to enhance the value of the work. As books of re ference thn volumes are invaluable ; they contain the the very pith and marrow of our best naval histories and chronicles ; arid are embellished with not less • than twenty-four portraits of our ablest naval com manders. We have no doubt that they will be taken under the patronage of the Admiralty, and obtain a place in the different searneWa libraries on board .her Msjesty's ships. We quote an anecdote illustra tive of the heroic powers of endurance whiotan English sailor can exhibit, when in the discharge of his duty. The anecdote refers to an engagement be tween the American corvette, Wasp, Captain Blakeley, and the British gun-brig, Reindeer, Captain Manners " Captain Manners, who had been badly wounded the calves of' the legs, at the commencement of the action, nobly refused to quit the deck, but continued at his station, encouraging his cry by his heroic ex ample. Shortly after a canister-shot passed through both his thighs, and he fell on his knees, but quickly sprung up again, and, though bleeding profusely, refused to go below. By this time the musketry from the Wasp had caused such slaughter ? that Captain Manners determined to board his opponent, and gall ing to his crew to follow him, was in the act of ascend- . ing the main rigging of the Reindeer with that de sign, when two musket-balls from the main-top of the Wasp, penetrated his skull, NW eame out be neath his chin. Placing one hand op his rg r eheaci, and vith the other convusively brandishing his sword, he exclaimed, Oh, God ! ' and dropped lifeless on the deck !" ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CEN- T U RY. Part i. How and Parsonp , London, 1842. . The account of I.a.ncashire, its ggenery, antiquities, manufactories, &c., is concluded in this. Pan, which is embellished with numerous appropriate illustra tions, and among others, with a view of the small, homely farm-house in Fish-lane, Blackburn, where the father of the present Sir Robert Peel. was born,, We quote the following anecdote respecting this ce lebrated Millionaire :—" When the first Sir Robert Peel lived in Fir3n-lane with his brother and parents, which was then a respectably farm-house, it ,was cus tomary for respectable yeomen to use pewtei plates for dinner. Sir Robert, or his brother, sketched figure, or pattern, of some kind or other, upon one of their plates, and a thought struck him that he would . try whether an impression could be made on calico with colour. 'At one end of the farm-building a young woman of the name of Elizabeth Milton kept a calendering machine, and he went into her - house, and put the plate with colour in the figured part and some calico, through the machine, when it left an im pression; such, we believe, was the origin of roller printing on calico. This information is derived from the daughter of the said Elizabeth Milton, a Mrs. White, of Burnley." SOFTNESS. Three Vols. Saunders and Otley, London, 1842. There are one or two vigorousl3• drawn charac ters in this tale, which is written throughout with spirit, though here and there the tone is somewhat too exaggerated. The third volume is the most entertain ing; and the scene wherein a reckless, unprincipled couple, Mr. and Mrs. Meekes, administer a dose of laudanam to an invalid old woman, who they suspect knows too many of their secrets, and is likely to prove a dangerous enemy—this scene is described with much energy. The closing chapters of the story are ingeniously wrought up. MR.MULOCK'S LECTURE ON PAR- LIAMENTARY SPEAKERS. ' The fifth of these dramatic and rhetorical lectures, ' given in alternate conjunction by Mr. Sheridan Knowles • -and Mr. Mulock, at Kensington, was delivered by the latter gentleman on Saturday, having fur its subject the rise and progress of 'oratory in the Parliaments of the United Kingdom. Grand as was the outbarst of dra matic and poetic powers during the Elizabethan age, public speaking was but little in vogue, or rather, by broad hints from the Queen, was almost wholly sup pressed, ns dangerous to the Government. Extempora neous oratory, indeed, in England, was neither attempted nor practised till the reign of Charles the First. Then it was that the Royalists and Republicans fotight man fully on the stage of the House. Mr. Mulock, however, observed this peculiarity on referring to the records of those foregone days, that the speeches that were at all attoned to brilliancy were on the King's side. A fine sparkling, and courtly beauty, often reigned in these, while those of the puritanical party, were either dull and prosy, or rough and verbose. Falkland spoke with a ' fine tongue, elegantly fill!. Pym and Hampden, the best of the opposition body were at their best, but strenuous and rugged. The first James, in the lec turer's opinion, though usually accounted an imbecile, was a King of lofty and generous views, and despite the quaintness of speeoh he introduced, yot . by the elevation of his statesman-like views, he nourished. eloquence in no limited degree. - He was the first to notice Ireland. But if debate began with Charles 1., it had a dreary blank in •his successor's of the same name : neither dramatist, poet, nor rhetorican flourished in this reuse, save perchance Shaftesbury, who - in the Douse was a brilliant talker, but nothing more. Boithgbioke, though a model of extraordinary mind, was too much of a made men to be an orator. He had no principle—no heart— the source from which all eloquence springs, and to which the tongue is tributary. In the beginning of the Georges, Sir Robert Walpole and l'ultcTig ap l peex., hut no very radiant stars dawn till about the beginning of the - third George's reign. Then broke a splendid period. Chatham stood up: The moral, mental, and physical ual; ties of the orator beamed around him. M a j esty ci - aggrandised his mind no less then 44 neronn. His p0R1417 )YIV? the - taint of selfishness has .I <3oell fa4terled on him, yet when the nation was to be personified in himself, he rose superior to sordid views, and was champion to the magnificent dignity of his country—then he thundered in the Senate, and " ruled at will the fume democracy." To thg eloquence of this great man, the lezturep i l ttOinited the into:if:Ong power 01014 feanitestetlons of the period n the bruddetion drfli g h speakers, considering it as the originative cause of much- of the after•eloquenee of the day. Superbly they rose in rapid succession. Burke l rp , pleqent name on 00 rot! 9f iigg=who wielded a mastery over the 'recoiAls: of ihe past—grasped the pre sent—and held "colloquy sublime" with the future. Fox and Pitt ! the latter exhibiting astonishing prema turity of talent, and who, played at the head of the Seaate early, shone during his " perennial premiership" in many a lustrous speech. Fox, his eppoßent, wet: rugged, bill; how powerful ;11 1 lie liihrbeen called forward to uphold an ancient and long -existing state of things the latter was leader of a new order and system. Democracy and aristocracy did battle in their persons. Charles Fox, from the nnp i T, things he advocated, irk .ft's t-pp, opv;1111; was toll 1.111 ipAreePoPary spirit, winch finely con trasted with the regulated grandeur of Pitt. Wyndham was a p l y4i, singular man, too conversational to be the orator. Then came Sheridan, full of heart. His powers of pleasantry were unrivalled. Joenseeess mingled with his grandeur. One occasion, in the Hastings case, speaks volumes (4 his power. It was . then that Pitt begged to adjourn the whole House----the entire body of the senators of the kingdom—lest while the white wand • of the magician was waving over them e . they sinerld be siviled . l3y his tittspealoblO eloci4fteo to ii prejudiced . . depision. Canning was the next-2-:One who pOssessed the elements .of the more perfect orator beyond any other; ancient or Modern. As regarded - his per son, aristocracy of mind beamed out in every feature. Clearness of thought characterised his every expression. • Language was to him a n i n t e ll ectua l ve hi c l e f or e l egance and beauty ; words were the caskets for his gems of thought. Mr. Mulock finally passed in review the ora tors of Ireland, and the characteristics of their style. These were Grattan, v.ith his bursts of impassioned power : Curran—versatile Curran—a very Proteus in mental efforts, and whose forensic skill, even amid the , dustiness of C ourts, di sp l aye d true marve l s of e.rtXlen : Bushe and Pl un k ett — t h e f ormer possess linr:nallss and exquisite suavity of speech, the latter marked by power. With regard to Scotland and Wales, in debate, the lecturer kne v of no instances of which he could adduce at his lect ure w i t h a n t leip a ti ons on the eloquence tineln%crienodng up f i tliefuture, Mr. Mulock'Considered that the grandest kind of oratory that was'Vet - destined to ap pear, was that which might be tertn4 Scripture oratory, oratory in which the deep feelikigS of humanity had yet to be expressed in the glories oUthat magnificent diction which pertained to Holy Writ ' The Lecture was worthy or. an audience tenfold the number that attended. MR. SHERIDAN KNOWLES'S LECTURE ON "MACBETH." Mr. Knowles, who may be considered to be better read in Shakspeare than any rhetorical contemporary of the day, and whose style is so greatly impressed with the mark and signature of the master whom he follows, de livered himself the evening before yesterday in some eloquent strictures upon the drama of Macbeth. He con sidered it unequalled for its bold opening. Other dramas often shut up four acts, before plot or construction was developed. Macbeth displayed it at once. The wierd and invisible witches hold high converse in the very first scene of him who, regarded by them, could be object of no slight solicitude. Unearthly spirits were those three Furies of lEschylus —who, a's Fuseli had pictured them—were " thin gs to feel troubled at," —s-traffickers in things forbid— abominations who have been " killing swine " and gathering from graves and human horrors. Mr. Knowles's sketch of Lady Macbeth ins essentially true. Shakspeare had here grandly thought for himself, and struck out his own mighty and original character. Lady Macbeth, .though a being bf human flesh and blood, was incarnated by en .ftepalling fiend to whom those adjuncts of huma- Volumni a , Q ueen C at h er i ne i ElYira s.Siddonsw'as great—but greatest she i t i e n - w e • era ae h subject. shone forth in this impersonation. With fifty times less mannerism than her brother jolin,-she had passion and talent insuperably above him. • Imagine a body of 3,000 spectators listening with th stillness of the tomb to her utterances in the sleep-walk. Dreadful was that scene. You felt the tenaciousness of the sot which she endea- Toured to rub out—the scent of theiblood was perceptible —while the sigh issued from her bosom, as from an unfathomable depth of despair. One of Mr. Knowles's shrewder criticisms appeared in the followi ng :—lt is in the scene of the l as t ac t th a t Mnedufr enters before Macbeth's castle, remarking on the build of the swallow, and the usual sweetness of air ordinarily found in spots marked by this circumstance. The insertion of this peaceful scene, Sir Joshua Reynolds had observed, created what by artists was called "repose," and was in tended by its great author to have that effect. Mr. Knowles combated this idea, Ho showed, on the other hand, that he was, with his colleague in. arms, arrived before the castl e th at k enne ll e d t h e very monster of their hate, they came themselves active for vengeance, and, there two, on 03 eont,rary,theie feelings, in a state of excessive tension, weke wpouglit up to that tine and abate species of sensitiveness which made them more keenly than otherwise perceive the moat indistinct peculiarities of the place. A number of excellencies with which Mr. Knowles's lecture was clustered, and which chiefly de pended upon readings of passages, conveying nice note liens eipd sehtje perceptions of character, would fain lead cs to dwell upon them more at length but fur the restric tions of our present space. There is likelihood, we are happy to hear, of these lectures being repeated in Ken nington, when, no doubt, on second delivery, they will rgViVO that hi.moiir which f4rottiPtibie with their worth, - " IRELAND. (From the Dahlia Mail of Monday.) DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE FOSTREt. " With great regret we announce the sudden death of Mr. Justice Fester, which took place quite suddenly (on circuit) at Cavan, at a late hour on Saturday night. His Lordship opened the commission in that town in the afternoon. of that day, dined with the High-Sheriff and Grand Jury, and re tired to his lodgings at an early hour and in his usual state of brf,lt}i. Elie death was immediate, and without a particle of suffering, every ciff et of iirst,ra,ta medical and surgical skill proving una‘ailing. "11.1 r. Foster took his seat on the bench originally—having ' been previously, for many years, second Counsel to the Com missioners of Customs and Excise—as a Baron of the Exche quer, from whence he moved to the Common Pleas on the elevation Mr., now LW" Lefroy. lle was a pains taking, imperturbable, ar i d impartial judge —a most admirable seholir, and %%eil versed in science—of mild, gentle, and unobtrusive manners, and although not mixing much with the world, his habits being retired and studious, was universally respected and esteemed. It is said that his spirits never recoveree their tone, or his mind its elasticity, after the shock occasioned by the sudden death of his son, a fine youth, which occurred some time since, by his being drowned while on a boating ex pßrsionr . 11} his own family, Judge Foster was g.yeatly be loved, and in the circle of his relatms and Mends his death will be deeply deplored. 6 ' The fullowing interesting, though me.ancholv particulars, are from our own Correspondent. Mr. Sergeant Greene left town this day to it , sume the duties of judge for the remaining portion of the north-west circuit : _.--... "‘CANAN, SUNDAY, Ju r . : 10.-4 hasten to give you the earliest intelligence of the very sudden death of Mr. Justice Foster, one of the judges of assize for this circuit. lie opened the commission at half-nest three e'elaek yesterday, dined with the ...,heriaand Grand fury at the Court-house, and was in his usual state of health. He retired from the dinner table before nine o'clock, to his lodgings, at Mr. Clinton's, where he took tea; and went to bed at his usual hour. At about a quarter to twelve begot up, and sailed his servant, who had not gone to bed, and said he did net feel well; and coughed very vio lently for some time. He then directed his servant to call Mr. Ciinton, as he wished to perfect a codicil which he had made to his will. Mr. Clinton came immediately, the Judge told him the purpose for which he had sent for him, and said, 'that tie had prepared the codicil most carefully within the last two or three days, and that it was of much consequence to have it pro. perly signed and witnessed. He filled up the dates of the codicil himself, and after putting. his name to the paper, he walked over to the, bed and got into it, dispensing with the assistan - .0 of his servant, who wished to attend him. He said he was very ill, and wished for some medical men to be sent far ; Dr. Roe and Surgeon Halpin were in attendance upon him in a few minutes, but before they arrived he had become insensible; a vein was opened in the arm by Dr. Roe, and the jugular vein orifice, andevberyytt Mr. r ng liathasticfi. Someciuldp promise the flowe dsligh from each testhopeo restoring him was had recourse to instantaneously, but in vain. He was dead. He breathed his last at a quarter past twelve o'clock, It is remarkable that yesterday was the anni versary of the death of one ci his sons, who was drowned while on a boating pa. ty.' " THE 11-14iisa;ITv.—The death of Mr. Justice Foster, and the probability of the elevation of the Solicitor-General tra Eha Bench, have set "the friends of Mr. George Memildtir Ha milton in motion ; and an active canvass of the electors of the University was commenced this aftemonn by that gentleman's friends, s'hould Mr. Jackson be the person selected for the vacant judgeship, there appears to be but little doubt that Mr. Hamilton will be his successor In the representation of the College. ORANGE PROCESSIONS AT LIVERPOOL. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY NICIIT.—.O o r peaceable town has to-day been the scene of considerable excitemennt. Here the 12th of July, for years past, has been a great Orang e pro cession day, which has often led to tumult and riot . The Orange party, in combination with their shipwright, had in tended to celebrate the present anniversary in their usual manner, but thr o u g h t h e i n fl uence of our Mayor, J ohn Shaw Leigh, Esq., that intention was abandoned. At an early hour to-day Orange banners were exhibited at the various public. houses where these Clubs usually dine, which, through the in fluence of the Mayor, were speedily removed, or certain riet wou'd have taken place. The police are out under arms, snd mounted in full force, and up to the present hour the town re- Mains quiet, with but little interruption. It is stated that many members of our Town Council intend to join the Clubs at their anniversary dinner this evening, 1G LONDON, J l4 u L tAr ° l3 l( .- I Wi S rid Stkiiiii PNIN day at Noon, S.W. DEAL, JC7 LY 14, Wind, S. W., to W. S. W.—A rrd. Royal Soverfir,n, Wes' York; Juno, and Caroline, from the Medi terranean. Arrd. from the River, Hope, Quebec. BRISTOL, Jur.v 12.—Arrd. Emil y , Cotticr, St. Vincent; Vivid, Orieur,Palermo. SWANSEA,JULY 11.--Arrd. Cohrern, Cuatard, Cuba. PORTSMOUTH, J U 12,-.-Witid W. S.W.-- Sid. Gladiator, New York. cacitz, JuLx. 12.—The Amalia, Ramire, from Havannah, whilst at anchor the other evening, broke her shear, and got in contact with a brig; hhe had her bows stove, and is coming into hat boor to repair. PLYMOUTH, JULY 12.—Wind S.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Actaeon, Portsmouth. OFF]) OVIt4 444 Y: lL—Colchis, Knight, New Orleans, for 4.‘ VILs erP4 toUTH, Ju TX 11.—Wind W.S.W. to:ont.e,fvreisdheohtzes. —Arrd. Jane, George Anson, and Tiger, Odessa ; Quebec.Britanri ia Ancona. Sid Liverpool (steamer), Vigo, &c. , Com:, Juts 10.—.Arrd. Try Again, Haycock, Lpircits9P4., slims 12.—Arrd. Agenoria, Griffith, Mobile; "1.11. Sid. 1 V S h l i ti tr lhi li ld a e r r d s, ing Sin S ga av p a o n re na ; h & E ur ‘ a 'e A rgr n e n e , nP A; S i t c . a , jo & h e n : s : Do rothea,Royal Aj a c m h a er ic , a ß . ah A ia r ; rd l . s o a ff be , l A la i , ar H y, e p rb e e m rt e , rara. PENTLAIM FIRTH, Juiav B.—Arrd. Haidee, M'Bride, St. Vincent's; Mary acct Elisabeth, Dalhotbie. Sitiglin %WIN' 11.--The Glasgow, M'Lean, from Wail xprth in London, put in here leaky the 9th instant; sh e h as repaired, and is now ready for sea. CAUTION TO MARINERS. Passage from SUPPOSED NEW SHOAL OFF ANTIGUA.—A letter received feet long, and et) feet wide, at Lloyd's from their agent at Antigua, dated June 7, contains the tqllowing 1— Ha " li C fa a x p t ta o in St N . V en in b c o e ld n ' t discovered a shoal to windward of this island, lat. 16 42 lon. 59 6. Ho , o i f n th F e eb b r r u ig ar T y r l a a n st s , it, on her examined it as carefully as circumstances would permit, and describes it to be about 200 with three fath om wa t er in th e centre, and much s h allower on tha edgas,'‘ 1G • HOUSE O N THE BERLING ISLANDS. ----A l etter has been received a t Ll oy d' s f rom the Baron de M oncorvi, the Portuguese Le ga ti on , respec ti n g the erection of alight. house on the Berling Islands, full particulars of which appeared in our journal of the 24414th, MR. WAKLE Y AND THE POLICE MA GISTRATES.— The question, as f ar as t h e Horne-office authorities are can cerned as or tconntlimeirttiLhtboyf CoronerathpeoliceMagistrate j to have a prisoner, re manded istrate upon a charge of ronrder or homicide, brought before the Coroner's Jury, has been determined. The Report of the Visiting Justices of the House of Correction, states that the Visiting Justices have re ceived a letter from Sir J. Graham, and concurring in opinion with Str James, they have resolved that it appear s to them that the Governor will riot in future be justified in sending any pri tcßlPT, Vonntitted . for re-examination by a Magistrate on a charge of homicide, before the Coroner, in order to be present at the inquest. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. On the 19th of March last, about ten at night, two policemen, on duty in the Rue de Marais St. Martin, observed three men employed in posting up something against an inclosure of planks, and then immediately walk away. The officers followed them to the .Rue Samson and the Rue St. Nicholas, where, having ascertained that their pl acar d was composed of the words Mort au tyran Louis Philippe la sangsue, du peuple, they endeavoured to arrest the three men ; but succeeded in securing one only, and the hat of another, in which were two similar placards, printed by means of a plate with the characters cut out, and twelve papers with writing in nearly the same terms. Dabadie, the man arrested, on being searched, was found to have about him two of the printed placards, and eleven square pieces of paper of the same size. On being interrogated, Dabadie declared that two men, Lenoir and Eugene, came to him in the morning at a liquor-shop on the Qaai Vainly, and dictated to him the manuscripts. It was Eugene who carried the papers, Lenoir who put on the paste, and he, Dabadie, who posted them up. Lenoir was taken the next morning. He confessed his participation. pretending that he had no animosity to the King or his Government, and was led to the act by having read similar writings. As Eugene could nowhere be found, Lenoir and Dabadie, who are both journey men cabinet-makers, were prosecuted without him, and were yesterday brought before the Court of Assizes. Lenoir was found guilty of a libel against the King, and condemned to imprisonment and a fine of 500 f. Dabadie was acquitted, as it appeared that he had been led into the affair only by a boyish desire to play a trick upon the police. Among the illicit gambling-houses, to which we alluded yesterday in our article on the lamentable death of M. C----, of Sevres, was one established in the saloons of the Count de H-, in the Rue Neuve des Petits Champs, who had repeatedly been desired to close them, but who resisted, as he was highly connected, and received none but titled persons. At length, however, the Prefect of Police issued his war rant, and two days ago the Commissary o f th e quar ter entered the Count's rooms while a party was as sembled round a hazard-table. On the table was a quantity of counters marked with the figures 500 and 1,000, passed no doubt as tokens for money, but there was none of that, except 240 francs in gold, put in a basket under a candlestick, and appropriated to the expenses of the evening. The suspicion of its being a gaming -house was, however, increased by the bank being kept by a person recognised as having been a croupier in one of the former licensed gaming houses. The Commissary seized all the articles used in play, and sent them to the Prefecture, with his report. EARTHQUAKE AT HAYTI. (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) PORT AU PRINCE, MAT 16.—1 wrote to you on the lth by the packet a long account of the effects of the late awful earthquake as far as Port au Prince and Gonaives were concerned. On the 12th I wrote you a letter, via New York, giving you the still more afflicting account of the de struction of Cape Haytien. This last account has been confirmed, and each succeeding report adds to the horror and consternation first felt, by the particu lars of the event. Some that we feared for are safe —others, no more. Among the sufferers, or dead, are Mr. Dupuy's mother, his sister, Mrs. John Blain, whom you kne w and liked so much. Mdlle. Theogene Dupuy, Mdlle. Cerfberr, and whole families of respectability buried alive, or crushed to atoms, amidst the ruins. The last estimate is from 70,000 to 80,000 souls—two-thirds of the population of the Cape—not a home is left standing—those persons that have escaped are in ge neral badly wounded. To give you some idea how in - stantaneous WAS the destruction, two gentlemen were sitting befhre their doors, and jumping out of the way at once, one had his arm, the other his leg fractured by the ruins. The air they say is pestilential, and to complete the scene of misery thousands of the savages from the plains and mountains are now pillaging the ruins, in organised and armed bodies, plundering the unfortunate survivors, and murdering the wounded they fatind among the ruins. Th:s is no exaggeration, no high wrought colour ing. I had it from eye witnesses, who had to fight their way through the town, and it would have been the same here had we suffered to the same extent. Mr. Theogene Dupuy offered 1,000 dollars to any one to dig a grave for his wife, and could find no per son among the thousands of banditti, who would undertake the sad office, such was their eagerness for plunder. Our friends found refuge on board the ships in the harbour, but they are all ruined. Poor Mr. Thomson was going home by this paoket full of spirits. The poor CerfllerN lost their only child, she was about 16 or 17 years of age, and by such an awful death, it makes me shudder to think of. All the other towns in the north, of which we have yet heard, are de stroyed, as well as the C a p e , Port V de Paix, the Mole 'Jean Rabel, Plaisance, Limbo, St. Mares, &c. At Port de Paix they had buried by the l as t accounts, 110 bodies *grid, Mountains have been rent in two, and eten at Morne n Selle, the shock was severe l After such calamities at other places, it may seem trifling to dwell upon our anxieties here, but these sad accounts make us very nervous when we feel a fresh shock, which we do constantly up to this day. Last night it was very severe, and the night before, during the most awful storm I have ever seen in Hayti, when the skies blazed with lightning, the thunder never ceased, and the rain came down in torrents; one vio lent shock drove every body o u t o f th e i r house, and many passed the night in the streets. The person just arrived from the Cape is astonished at any one sleeping under a roof, so alarmed are they all in the north. Mr. M— appears still wild with the fright he has sustained. He says the town was thrown down in thirtyfro seconds. The family of Mr. Bi r d, the testant Minister, were at th e ti m e i n the 4: • Belvedere (or observatory), th e h ouse and 14-1. down together, a n d no t one ved ral other escap es w them—lere all came ev'was hurt ; seve in his sal on ur s miraculous. Mr. Boden was the scree e siairs, and suddenly f oun d hi mse lf i n tunhurt, amidst the ruins of his own house. Mr *. 14- -- states that no imagination can conceive horrors of the event at the Cape, or the subse quent excesses of the brigands, who are pillaging. He thus describes his escape : He was sitting in the balcony with Mr. T. Dupuy, Mr. Theogene, &c., when they heard a noise like dis tant cannon, and on looking behind them, into the salon, saw the whole house going down, except just that portion supporting the gallery. They caught hold of each other to save themselves from falling, and waited till the first shock was over ; but such was the cloud of dust, they could hardly see a few feet from where they stood. Disengaging himself from Mr. Theogene, who held him with a grasp of iron, he jumped down into the street, with Mr. Daly and others, Mr. Theogene springing into the ruins, all un hurt. They lost sight of the latter, and were running off towards the place, when a man, recognizing the doctor, ran up to them with a child, whose leg was dreadfully fractured. With pieces of shingle and a handkerchief he set the limb. They then ran towards the market, clambering over roofs of houses and fallen walls, amidst the shrieks of the sufferers, and and reached the place, where they found the church one heap of ruins, with a few wretches crawling out of it, poor creatures ! dreadfully wounded. They then made their way out of the town, to an elevation called the Fossette, where others had escaped ; and lie says their number was very small. The fire broke out immediately (the subterraneous fire of the earth), and many must have been burnt alive in the ruins. Neverthele.s, on the fourth or fifth day after the event, he saw people dug out alive. The next day the ruins swarmed with canaille and soldiers plundering- Whenever they went into the town they had to go in bodies, armed to the teeth, for the fighting in the streets for every article found never ceased. He mentions having seen four men fighting for a piece of linen; two were killed by the others; and he saw two officers ride up, and blow out the brains of the survivors. He also saw two men fight ing for a trifling article ; the weakest being cut down, he begged for mercy, but all he received was his ad versary's sword through his breast. Another coming up, shot the first assassin. Mr. Alexis Dupuy, In trying to save some of his property, shot three or four of the savages, reloading his pistol after each dis charge with the utmost coolness. Mdlle. Cora Cerfberr was found amongst the ruins, poor thing, dead ! Mrs. John Blain also, from appa rently a slight w o u n d on th e b ac k o f her head. They could bury them only by covering them with the rub bish. Poor Mr. Cerfberr ' whose arm was brok en , escaped with his w if e , an d both are so heart-broken, as they doated on their child, that they have left the country. Mr. Thomson writes me a few hurried lines, under great distress of mind. He is also going home. The Cape in fact no longer exists. Mr. states, that the people at the Cape appeared stupified and wild at the extent of the calamity. Every one you met had lost more or less of their family, and yet not a tear was shed. In some instances whole families had disappeared. I conversed some time with him, and was sickened by his accounts, which would fill pages, if transcribed. Alr.Dupuy is not returned, but we expect him daily. We are more tranquil here at present, not having felt a shock for the last two days. Ido not know how long our present uneasiness of feeling may last. Mr. Dupuy, however, leaves this house in a few months to occupy a building near it, which, being built of wood, is much safer than the present store. For a fortnight preceding the earthquake, the heat of the atmosphere was both excessive and unusual for the season, and the day it happened the air was hot, calm, and, as the French say, gras, or hazy. I have just seen Mr. Bird, whose miraculous es cape I have alluded to, and I cannot resist giving you his own account. He was in his balcony when the e ,- shock came, and before he could make out what it was, thejwall of the house etime down, and he found himself on his face in the street; as soon as he re covered from the shock, and the dust had subsided, he thought of his wife and children, who were i n th e Belvedere, which had no t fallen, but was still propped up; to this he clambered as well as he was able, and found his wife and children unhurt, supported by one side of the Belvedere. The other side had fallen. He brought them down in safety, and went to look for another child in the kitchen; he found it uninjured among heaps of rubbish, a door having fhllen over it in such a manner as to protect it entirely from the fallen ruins. He says not a stone of Mr. Thomson's house, next to his, remained on another. He con. siders the loss of life enormous, as after the town came down he saw only a few stragglers here and there. He says there are no streets, all is blocked up with rubbish. I have written you all these details, as I am sure you will not consider them tedious, however clumsily, without method, put together like a journal. MAY 21.--A shipload of the sufferers has arrived from the Cape. Amongst them are the Blain family. Miss Margaret Blain appears with two blackened eyes, and other bruises. She had an extraordinary escape. She was sitting in the saloon, with lyr sister. In a moment she found herself in the street ; her sis ter was crushed to death ! Mr. Boden, who was in the second floor, found himself suddenly on a heap of rubbish at the bottom of the house, the roof having disappeared. I refrain giving you any more particu lars of the sufferings, as they are too harrowing to dwell upon. Every day I hear of some fresh scene of horror. Mr. Dupuy's child was found unhurt two days after; among the ruins, with the nurse. THE HEROES OF •JELLALABAD. The following is from the letter of a young officer in the division of Sir Robert Sale, and seems worthy of notice from the interesting evidence which it gives of the fine spirit which animates our troops. The letter is dated the 27th of April, 1842, and refers to the battle of the 7th, in which the gallant Dennie fell:— " We had received intelligence the day before that General Pollock had been beaten back in the Khyber, and the report was confirmed by a salute of twenty guns: from Mahomed Akbar's camp. In this emegencY, nothing remained for us but to sally out and fight a battle, and under cover of the terror which would be produced by victory, to march down to the Khyber, and fight our way to Peshawur. Our loss would have been tremendous, but I am fully persuaded that the colours of both the regiments would have arrived in safety. We marched out at break of day in three columns ; the right consisted of :the Sappers and Miners, one company lath Queen's, and one company 35th Native Infantry; the centre was the 13th Queen's, and the left the 35th Native Infantry. The guns and cavalry were formed in rear of the centre. About 750 yards from the gate there is a ruined ;fort, which Akbar had , repaired in a rough way, and garrisoned with 200 men, picked Ghilzies. " As everything depended upon the rapidity of our movements, it had been arranged that the columns were to leave this respectively to their right and left, and push on without loss of time to our main object —the camp of the Sirdar. The guns were set to work; but before they had had time, to do anything, a ery arose of A breach ! a breach ! ' and the assault was ordered. Colonel Dennie, on his white Arab, rode to the head of the column, and said, Thirteenth, I have led you often before, stand to me now.' And up they went to the wall ; it was 12 feet high, thi c kly pisroe with loop-holes, an d not injured by the guns. Dennie rode to within five yards of the wall, and was immediately shot through the body ; lie fell from his horse mortally wounded. The 13th went up with a most devoted gallantry, and a hand to hand struggle commenced through the loop-holes, the Affghans laying hold of the muz zles of our men's muskets, and they in their turn seizing the matchlocks. The men were dropping in great numbers when Sale ordered a general advance to . be sounded. Our column had moved on to a con siderable distance ahead of the others, and was kept halted all this time. The enemy's cavalry seeing us in a measure isolated, came down at the gallop. Wo immediately formed squares, and made ready to re ceivel them. Our position was a ; capital.. one, as one side of the square rested on a walled garden, which enabled us to strengthen the other three sides, the space between us and the walls ofa ruined fort was so narrow that in reality only one side of our square was exposed to an attack from formidable numbers. , IThej heavy fire which we opened made I them pull up at a decent distance. Their leader, ; however, was not to be stopped; he galloped impetuously down upon us, spear in hand, and knocked over th e man at the corner of the I square ; he passed round two sides of the square appa rently uninjured, and I thought he was going to es cape, when I saw him fall headlong from his horse, , pierced with five b a ll s . I h ave his lance, and shall keep it to my dying day, as a trophy of the fight. On seeing . their leader fall, his horsemen turned tail, and galloped away. When the alvance was sounded, we at once re-formed column, and prepared to move en. As bugle atter bugle took up the sound, the troops, white and black, set up a cheer, which made the hills ring; on hearing that cry, I said to myself; These men are resolved to come back victors, or die on the field.' Mahomed Akbar now came on with about 2,000 cavalry; the sharp and well-directed fire of our infantry skirmishers had staggered tkem not a little, but now that the 9-pounders e•:, me into pl ay , they were absolutely bewildered, possible for them to keep toget-) T 4,, was perfectly im .-er. A dozen of them could t not collect in a knot, bus uporn them, scatter;- down came the i ron s t orm ig them right and left, and crush ing horseman 'and horse in its progre s s. Th e y com the,- -'"" °P4 g menced as'. 'n wildly about in all directi ons , b u t could find safety nowhere. In th e mean ti me our columns moved steadily on, and we gradually approached Akbar's camp. All of a sudden a loud boom was heard in our front, and a round, shot came whistling over our heads ; it was succeeded by a second, and then by a third. Our men gave another cheer, and there was a smile on every face, which said as plain as words, These were once our guns, and by the blessing of God they will soon be ours again.' The enemy continued their cannonade, but few and far between were the shots, and as badly di rected as even my mother would have desired. Not so our battery, whic'h now concentrated nearly all its fire upon the spot from which the enemy . fired their guns. Ourinfantry continued to advance,'and when we reached their camp, we found it deserted. The great prizes were the guns ;we found them all together-1 horse artillery 6-pounder; 1 horse artillery 121 b. howitzer ; 1 mountain howitzer ' • and, lying upon th e groun d , the Sikh gun which Colonel Wild had lost in the Khyber Pass on the 24th of January. We remained in the camp for about two hours, and burned all the tents, and then returned, dragging the guns in triumph to the city. On our way we received a letter from General Pollock, saying that he had given the Khyberries a sound thrashing, and had forced the dreaded pass ; and we soon afterwards learned that Akbar had fired his yesterday's salute on hearing of the murder of Shah Soojah by a son of Nuwaub Ze inaun Khan. We all, however, blessed the lucky false tidings which had caused us to gain this glo rious victory, and enabled us to boast that we had raised our own siege three times." In the case of a disputed will, presenting- how ever 10) features of public interest, which is now before the Paris Tribunal, the following interesting account was given of the testator, a French officer. Al. Rauh, who was made prisoner at the passage of the Beresina, was sent to Siberia. A letter which he wrote from thence to his relations in France, complaining of the cruelty of this treatment, was stopped at the Russian Post-office, and laid before the Emperor. Instead of aggravating his condition, it became the foundation of his fortune. Alexander sent for him to St. Peteisburgh‘ and took him under his protection. M. Rauh es tablished a great commercial house for French wines, and in twenty years was able to return to his own country, with a fortune of 800,000 f., and died lately, leaving it timong his relations, some of whom are small farmers in Brittany. Lusts NATUR2C.—A female child, about three months old, is now exhibiting in Chapple-street, New road. She has two heads, the body and all the limbs being in every other respect perfect. The child is named Elizabeth Beelbury, and was born at Wandsworth, in Surrey, on [the 17th of April last. Her father is a eostermonger RETURN OF THE COURT TO WINDSOR.—It has been .finally arranged for the Court to visit Windsor for a some what lengthened reriod, immediately after the prorogation of , Parliament. The various repairs and alterations which were commenced at the Castle immediately after the departure of her Majesty on the 13th ult., will be completed for the Queen's reception at a very early period in the ensuing month. LARGE FIRE IN MONTREAL.—.A. firebroke out yes terday afternoon, about four o'clock, in an outbuilding near Mr. Thompkins's bake-house in the Mai n - s t ree t of St. Lawrence Suburb s . A high wind unfortu nately prevailed at the time, which rapidly conveyed the flames to a number of the surrounding buildings, which, in the short space of three hours, were totally consumed. From the Main-street, the 'conflagration spread through Lagauchetiere to St. Dominique street, and twenty-five houses in all are sa id t o h ave been destroyed. -We regret to hear that by this ca lamity many respectable and industrious members of the community have been severe sufferers. As us ual there was a great deficiency of water at the com mencement of the fire,, but this was afterwards reme died; and the exertions of the firemen were moat praiseworthy. The cupola of the Montreal General Hospital, though far removed from the scene of destruction, caught fire, but from the vigilance and activity of th ose in charge of the institution , it was speedily extinguished.—Montreal Gazette, June 13. NEW WAR STEAMER ON LAK . E ERIE.—The Eng lisha are b u ildi ng a t Ki ngs ton splendid war steamer to be called the Chippewa. Her burthen is 700 tons, and she will carry two long 82's and four 32-pounders. It thus appear: that the British continue to arm their frontier.—New York Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, GUILDHALL. Tuesday a tradesman in the city, who declined giving la:s name at present, applied for advice as to whether any criminal proceedings could be taken against the persons concerned in the Westminster Discount Loan and Investment Society. He produced a receipt for the sum of 671. paid as a deposit with the Societe when it had an office in Buckingham -street, amt before it opened the great house in Adam.street, Adelphi, as a Savings' Bank. From the receipt it appeared he was the 150th depositor who had been caught so early as September, 1841, and that the institution was enrolled under the sth and 6th William IV., c. 23, the Act for establishing Societies for making loans not exceeding 151. The form seems to require the sig nature of a trustee, but the space is left vacant, and the name of n Jelin Simpson, Secretary," is signed below. The omis sion of the trustee's name was not material, the law exempt ing the officers of a Loan Society from individual re spensibility for the payment of money received from depo sitors or subscribers of the capital for loaning. The receipt specsties that the money is taken as a deposit for one month at 5/. per cent. interest, subject to withdrawal on four days' no tice. The applicant stated that on applying for the return of his money at the house in the Adelphi, he was referred to a solicitor in Golden-square, and the solicitor said he was =able to give him any information. Sir PETER LAURIE asked who recommended him to invest his money there ?—The applicant said he was induced merely by reading the advertisements in the newspapers, in which there appeared to be some respectable names. Sir PETER asked if tbere were any names he knew ?—The applicant said there were not. Sir PETER observed that applicant was satisfied from seeing the title of ho noura bl e er esquire attached to the name. Had he not heard of the West Middlesex Assurance Company obtaining 300,0001. from the public? Did not that make him cautious about parting with his money ?— Applicant replied that he had h ear d of that fraud, but people were not always ou their guard. Sir PETER said, it was not always the law protected the in considerate. There was more swindling going on in the form of Companies than by individuals, and two years ago a Conimit tee was appointed by Parliament to inquire into such concerns, but it made little progress. He hoped, however, the subject would again he taken up. He asked whom the applicant had seen at the Westminster concern?—The applicant said be had seen only two persons, a Mr. Simp son an d a M c. W i lliams. Sir PETE R asked xe sort of a person Mr. Williams was? —The applicant said he was a short stout man. Sir PETER said it was not then the Mr. Williams who figured in the West Middlesex Company. He was a tall man. Did not applicant on any occasion see the Board of Directors?—Ap plicant said he aid not. He found the place fitted up like a banking-house in a respectable place, and therefore parted with his money without any suspicion of wrong. Sir PETER said the West Middlesex dressed men up in style, and decked their fingers with dazzling rings, to sit as a sham Board of Directors at a shilling or two per diem. He asked if he had any book describing the organization of the concern, or list of parties concerned in it?--The applicant said he had not. He wanted to learn who belonged to this concern as share holders. He had received a copy of The Sun, wet from the press, in February last., containing the report of the last ge neral meeting, from which it seemed they were thriving, hav ing loaned 180,000/. in three years, and divided 8 per cent. among the shareholders. Sir P. LAURIE asked if he knew whether there was any deed of partnership ?—Thc applicant said he did not know. A gentleman in the room, who stated that he was an ac. countant, said, the Company might have afforded to be honest, for according to their first Report of their loan transactions, and looking at the terms in their prospectus, they were making nearly 60 per cent. per annum. Sir PETER asked if there were any means of knowing how much the Company had obtained from the public?—The gentleman said he remembered they boasted in their second Report of having extended their business to 80,000/., but this did not mean that they had obtained so much capital. Sir PETER said he should be happy to assist the applicant, but he was himself at present not sufficiently informed about the facts and the parties to be assisted. He must find out, consult, and act with some of his fellow-sufferers. '(he applicant promised to make further inquiry. Sir PETER said, the press would perhaps assist him by taking some notice of this application. Companies were ex tensive advertisers, and the independence and spirit of the press, in giving publicity to statements affecting such bodies, was :those all praise. There was a strong muster of Lumber Troopers to assist in an investigation of M r . B ec k , the suttler's account, for non payment of which he had detained an owl in a glass case, 21 guns, 14 pictures, &c., belonging to the troop. Mr. Beck's bill was produced. - one of the items in which was for repairs done to Colonel Charles's picture, somebody having cut his throat; another was W., paid to professional singers, and 85. for powder and wadding ; another for repairing the seal of the troop. It was alleged that sum of the sums charged had not been actually paid, and Mr. Beck replied that lie had no check or vouchers. He relied upon their late Secretary keeping the account for hina as well as for them. Sir PETER LAURIE recommended a reference, which was agreed to, and three gentlemen, named Foster, Wood, and Clemmitt, were appointed referee'. 111,117L11 Olt 0 UGH-STREET. OBSTRUCTIONS AT THE ITALIAN OPERA-HOUSE. —,Tames Malcolm, a footman in the service of Lady and Miss Shelley, of No. 35, Belgrave-square, war charged with being drunk and causing a disturbance, and obstructing persons in coming out of the pit entrance of the Italian Opera-bouse. For some time past a great nuisance and obstruction has been caused by the servants of the frequenter. of the Opera persisting in stand iug within the pit entrance sender the Opera-arcade, so as to impede or wholly prevent any persons passing by them : they were also in the habit of laughing and talking so loudly, that the ' audience had made frequent complaints ot the annoyance. Tuesday night several Noblemen who were leaving the house complained of the obstruction they met with in attempting to do so. The prisoner, who had been drinking, bshaved in a violent manner, and appeared to be the ringleader of the others. The check -takers were at last obliged to call in she police and the Guards, and the offending parties were turned out. The prisoner, however, refused to be controlled in any way:, and having commenced making use of obscene lan guage, he was secured aed taken to the station house. The prisoner said he was so drunk that he did not know whit he was doing. He was fined 405., or one month to hard labour in West minster Bridewell, WORSHIP -STREET. Mr. Eart)in Bates, a tall young man of gentlemanlike ap pearance, and address, who was stated to be a landscape paintrn, residing in Park Village, Regent's P ar k, was brought before Mr. Bi ng h am, upon a warrant to answer a charge of Having threatened the life of William Marshall, Esq., M.P., one of the Directors of the Eastern Counties Pailw:ty. James Steele, a constable in the service of the Company, stated that on the morning of the 6th inst. the defendant pre sented himself at the railway terminus at Shoreditch, and after distributing some pamphlets outside of the gates, he made his way through the gateway, and began flourishing a large and heavy stick, which he had in his hand, at the same time utter ing expressions of a violent and threatening kind towards Mr. Marshall. Mr. Crawshay, and some other gentle men, went up to him, and offered to deliver any message he might wish to send to Mr. Marshall ; but the defendant answered that he must himself see that gen tleman, and he would soon convince him that the stick he carried was as good as a pistol. The defendant added, that he had been before the Lord Mayor, in whose presence he de nounced Mr. Marshall as a bully and a coward, and he was determined to have revenge. After using other language of a similar description, the defendant recommenced the distri bution of his pamphlets amongst the bystanders, and soon after wards withdrew. The defendant, in reply to the charge, launched forth into a long and rambling statement respecting au alleged claim which lie had upon the Company to the amount of 1,3291., and said, that he had been unsuccessfully urging it for several years past.. On one occasion, some years ago, he went with a loaded pistol to demand his rights, and he was thee taken before the Lord Mayor, who committed him for trial, and he was sentenced to a year's imprisonment, which he underwent. He alleged that the Company had virtually acknowledged the justice of his, claim by making him pecuniary advances at different times to the large amount of 9001., but he considered that sum an in sufficient compensation for the injuries and sufferings he had sustained at their hands. Mr. Davis, a surgeon, who happened to b e present, was asked. by the Magistr a t e whether or not he felt justified, from what he had seen of the defendant's conduct and demeanour, in giving any opinion as to the state of his mind, but that gentle man declined doing so untihhe had an opportunity of examining him in private with the assistance of another medical man. Mr. BINGHAM, addressing the defendant, said that after what had taken place he felt it to be his duty to detain him, in order that a medical examination might be made to ascertain to what extent his mind had become affected by the real or imaginary wrongs he had sustained. He should therefore remand him until Friday next, but should give directions for his being treated in the interim with a proper degree of Idrid ness and consideration.—The defendant was then removed. _ .._..- The Commerce says—" Immediately after the 1 King's late visit to the forts of Issy and Mont Valerien, orders were given to increase the number of workmen not only on these works, but on those also at Vanvres, Arcueil, Eicetre, and Ivry. The fortifications on the right bank of the river are going on, it Bpi - years with all the desired activity, as well as the additions to the fortress of Vincennes, which are being made contrary to all the provisions of the Legislature." A German journal gives the following account of the export and import trade of the port of Stockholm : In 1821 the exports of merchandise of every kind. amounted in value to 12,161,000 rix dollars. In 18401 the amount was 20,437,000 rix dollars. In 1821 the imports were 11,143,000 rix dollars ; and in 1840 th e y were 18,308;000 rix-dollars." " The finances of Sweden are in a most flourishing state." ROYAL EMBARKATION AT WHITEHALL STAIRS. —Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, her Majesty the: Queen Dowager, together with her Serene Highness thes Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and the Hereditary Ptir,ce of Saxe M e i n i ngen, em b arked oa hoard her Majesty's royal barge at Whitehall-stairs, when the Royal and distinguished party were conveye d to W oolwich on their return home. Oe of her Majesty's steam-boats was in readiness, to receive the Royal party, and a Guard of Honour, consisting . of the 73d Regiment of Royal Artillery, &c., with their bands were in attendance, who struck up the National Anthem on the of the Royal and distinguished party. Her Majesty the: Queen Dowager looked extremely well in health. Aioitr, TORY LOYALTY.—Sir Robert Peel gave no tice on Monday evening of a bill to provide more effectually for the security of her Majesty's person. I think the Right Hon. Baronet ought to be made aware that the introduction of bis g measure for the protection of our beloved oi;wir(pretty tnet; S : i wr. v ei e dltl r rh, e u i en g aoo n krri rlnr a eggso t r ' e e fir rise to a discussion in the Library, where a Member of his G iatsin o uc c o e lgcte_ n ers - kt ment, expatiating on the punishment administered to Colonel Dundas, for speaking disrespectfully of his Sovereign, said, sa lary, a ‘ h , rgo t o yu h e s .nl a e dt t t iitibeio:erndasna:inot yuneaoatpntibie:eaernsrs-moodnfry eaves-dropper." pi t 1,1 Queen, lea, h er fkri-pay, i e t h : d a k ne e fao(: t ,nr i c o se n: d n c toTh e i ooli, o s: f rtti i thi t ootiis ; : for hie g h t e i t of the Ordnance, it is said, will not soon forget the rebuke of i t t h the o l t -I honourable and ofan d cu G hp a n ll e a l n s t ib A t l h e , m r b p er a clause in Sir Robert Peel's Bill, subjecting a n y trudge jesty's paid servants, who choose to hear their unnoticed, to an hour in the pillory, an d a six d— on the tread-mill.—M.—Chronicle. a la e t t V eit g n l i l n a e rd d 1 EMPLOYMENT OF PAUPERS---CHOULTON UNION.--- Some time re Manches ter, iat.onstryofththe eexupenrtal Some time nea a r go A , la t n h ( e the i s ) or employing the able•bodied poor applying for relief in re claiming and cultivating a portion of waste land, by means of Evade husbandry. For this purpose, they applied to Sir Thomas Joseph de Trafford, of Trafford Park, for permission to reclaim land on a part o f th e moss, or bog his estate and he imm e di a t e l y i n t h e most liberalre mann er from rent, gave them permissi on t o use f or that purpose, f, a considerable part of Trafford Moss, situate about a mile from Stretford. It is now upwards of two years since the experiment was commenced, and in that time nine statute acres and a half of land bare been thoroughly drained. heavily marled, and worked by the paupers of the Union, and are at the present time covered with crops of wheat, potatoes, and turnips, which are not to be surpassed on the best managed farms, in the beat cultivated county in England.-44T45 Times. . - rs, 5 ° D Ice" etiC3l