The Sun. — London, England, 1827-08-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT . OF roar° Jountcxo. The calm which has bea . tibtned in Ireland; even Jay the change of Men on Mr. Canning's, accession to power,' 'Nag not been duly appre-I dated. It is the '‘Aature of things, that calms,• however valuaM;', make leSs impression than an. opposite &tat'', of the elements, either in the phy-. tocal or ):,olitical world. It would, however, be treache , , y to the national interest, did we not call publ;.c attention to the nature of that suspense in. which Ireland is now held: The mere exdu-, lion of their inveterate enemies from power has. wrou.ht • a .sort of revolution in Irish feelings. That generous and confiding people seem to re pose nth satisTaction on the intentions of their natural friends and allies, however remote may , be the realization of their hopes. Faction has , been not only disCouraged, but put down ; the reign of law is resumed, and somewhat of the same buoyant and confiding temper which ac companied the gracious visit of 'her Sovereign pervades and elevates the public mind. 'That which the Legislature could not effect has been wrought by the magic touch of concilation. But what lurks under the surface of this smooth ness and peace? What can any reflecting per -son contemplate as the effect of re-action in the system ? What the movement of the , 'lrish 'Mind on a restoration of the avowed enemy to power, if such a case were supposable? The sensation, even on the contingency of Mr. 'Canning's death, is described to us by an eye witness as like the awful silent movement pre ceding an earthquake. We do not wish to dwell .on these topicsit is sufficient to touch them.' We now rather allude to their connection with great national purposes, whether of domestic r trenchment or foreign politics., Reinstate „ faction in Ireland in lieu of Ins Majesty's r caul s of beneficence, police, Peelers,. onto, 'O./range-. men, Popish Associations Away with reduc-: tion and economy ; i'.l.stoad of laying down idle. cavalry, we must 'auent even that force. Wh a t' said the Dr.'" Wellington of in 1822 ? ~" If the Tilt which then perv a d e d a f ew counties extended to the remainder, Ireland alone would' reriuire 150,000 men to keep it." AS to our nrjole projects of foreign policy, and provident zeal on the independence of Europe, with Ire-: land convulsed, our enemies, and those of li berty, would point to us with malignant con- i . 'tempt, reproaching the Sovereign power of England with treachery, and the English nation' which endured it with obsequious and ignomi nious tameness.—Times. The Committee on the increase of, Crime, to whose valuable labours we have already adverted,; point out the Game Laws to be, in characters as legible as " the dread hand-writing on the .wall," one main source of crime and general de-' moralization among the peasantry. In this, °pi-, nion Chief-Justice Best, in his Charge to the Somersetsbire Grand Jury, coincides, though his Lordship reiterates, the opinion we have so' often advanced, that it is less to the laws them. selves,. in the abstract, that the. evil is owing, than to the foolish preserves and senseless battus, which certain poor, enervated, indolent Cockney landowners, have promoted. One great recom mendation of the Game Laws, if seeing their fearful consequences they can now be said to haVe any, is, that by preserving the game for the amusement of the landowner, they afford a strong inducement to-him to reside upon his estate, and inure both the body and mind to arduous undertakings, which tend very far to fit men for still more active and more useful pur -Wits. But this beneficial influence is lost upon. the lazy drone who sallies forth to shoot in a preserve. . He knows nothing of the delights which accompany the finding and pursuit of game ; which couples F,hooting with the still nobler pursuit of hunting. He becomes a mere Crockford upon his estate—rendering' his domain itself a' Hell, - and the frequenters of it mere gamblers, intent upon bagging all they can, careless of the consequences. And when we talk of shooting fairly pursued as allied with hunting, we must add that it is no small aggra . vation of the .evil of, this new system, that it is, fast destroying that hitter source of courage, ani ination,.and honour among English Gentlethen. It is a notorious fact, that where these preserves exist, hunting is fast disappearing. The selfish preserver, whose silly ambition it is to see his pheasants as numerous as barn-door fowls, hates A fox still more than he does a poacher. Every fox, therefore, is .carefully. extirpated from his estate, .a»d instead of pursuing these amuse- . . meats jointly, as his ancestor's,' or rather we should say, his predecessors did (for it is a new race of war-made landowners who have principally introduced, and who en-, courage this system), he turns. shooting, into a mere rivalry with ,that which he has heard of at the. Red House or the Old Hats, and fox hounds arc necessarily given up, in countries where the possibility of sport is thus denied them. But we are not without hopes, that that which neither taste nor any feeling can accom plish, interest still may. The destruction of corn and other produce on. many estates begins at length to reach the pockets of the owners ; not that such heartless animals care, were a famine to ensue from their selfish and inhuman aggrandise , inent ; but when they find their rents 'fail, and their tenants no longer able to contend against this, in addition to their other difficidties, • self interest at length opens their eyes to : thy stepi- , • dity of their previous proceedings.' That this is not imaginary we are -credibly informed, and in deed could name whole districts which have been on the eve of being thrown,up, ..and be coming untenanted from this cause ; and we could name landlords whose hearts have b een callous to the pauperism, crime, and misery, which their game preserves have produced, but who are fast relenting, now that the rent-roll be gins to share the fate : of 'the crops. Do we say this to raise a prejudice against a highly useful and honourable class . of the community ? No such thing. The feeling, is raised --prejudice it is not. We do it to distinguish the honourable . from the dishonourable ; a nd to add, if p os s i b l e; the sense of shame to the stronger influence which is at length acting • upon some of their minds. How little do too many of the land owners of Enaland know of the powerful influ ence their situation gives them in the State ; How little do they consider what happiness and prosperity--=what smiles and comfort they might produce, in exchange for the vice, the crime, an squalid wretchedness, which a recklessness to these objects has produced ! Let them carefully reflect upon the facts contained in the Report of the Committee, composed of members of their Own body ; let such of them as are old enough rerneeab, and reflect. too, upon what an English peasantry once was; let them see what has nroi• diced the ch ange , and such of them as avi hearts and understandings will speedily sugges the remedY,---Mornin , Herald. We . are '.reluetantlyb compelled to allude to 41 circumstance connected with the Ministerial at i e rangements, which. has somewhat interrupted the harmony that previou s ly prevailed. That cir cumstance was,. the invitation irom his Majesty, personally, to . Mr. Berries, to accept the offe r of Chancellor of the Exaiever. The nomina-. tion did credit to. his Mhjesty's judgment, in so' far as regards the talents for . business of Mr. Berries, and afforded another striking proof of his 'anxious wish to obtain" for the. management Of the affairs of the nation the .mon best qualified' for that object. It was not to be' wondered at that his Majesty should not hetVe been acquainted with .particulars, independent: of Official ability, which might more than neutralize it. We have only to refer to a paragraph, %Which. we have copied from the Morning Herald, with respect. to the generally prevailing report o f th e particu lar intimacy of Mr. Berries with a certain indi vidual, who may 'be said to be the arbiter of the j Exchanges of Europe, and with which report his Majesty cannot be supposed to have been in the least acquainted, as alone furnishing an un- • answerable objection to the nomination of Mr. Berries to an office', which, whoeker fills, ought not only to be pure, but, like . Caesar's wife, free even from suspicion. We should not, our selves, have alluded to the report, or to the inferences which were drawn - from, the intimacy in the City, had not our contemporary of The Herald called attention to it ; but without wishing to injure the good name of Mr. Ber ries, we have no hesitation in saying, th;,‘,., the high reputation which the Cabine . t . Chun try (the only Cabinet in Iv this COUn. been even touched 1- IA latt has nevet a.i.wAyss illain tained for tb- AnVlOlabit Rdtllty ,C - f the Members towards 4 41141 Other, in alt Matters requiring' strict tttty ) oterellt trot to be exposed to hazard by a questionable nomination. Were Mr. Berries to be Chancellor of the Exch equer , it i s possible that the secrets of the Cabinet might be as secure I with him as the most upright Statesman in the kingdom ; but the public would not, believe that the former friend of the Minister did not still enjoy his unreserved tnnfidence, And thus the most unhappy consequences might be the result. Ills Majesty has too much penetration and good sense not to see the force of the circumstances in the way of objection, to- which the Herald has enabled us to allude ; and we have no doubt, that on the return of Mr. Huskisson, till when matters must remain in statif quo, all things will be' satisfactorily -arranged. There is but one opinion among the members of Administration, as to the insurmountable nature of the objections to Mr. Berries. With regard to the Whigs, who have been glanced at by some of our con temporaries, they have throughout shown any thing rather than a wish to dictate to their Sove reign, or to impede the arrangements by unne cessary scruples or difficulties. They cheerfully acquiesced in the appointment of Lord Goderich to the Premiership; and have not shown any disposition to put themselves forward: But There are points which cannot with safety be passed.— Morning Chronicle. The principal Ministerial Paper, sounded yes terday the first note of the retreat from Office of the Whig Ministers, in the following very intel ligible terms:— _ _ • 7" If any circumstances have occurred, calculated or in tended to de g rade them (the Whi g s) in popular estimation, and to weaken, or rather extin g uish, their means of con tributing to the nation that service to render which was the sole object of their accession to the Kin g 's Government, then, indeed, the whole kin g dom would applaud the virtu ous and g enerous motives of their retreat, and sec in it an other proof of that honourable and upri g ht feelin g which dictated their acceptance of power, and has directed them durin g their posse s sion of it." From the language thus assumed by the prime, champion of the new order of thin g s, it is evi dent that the Whig Members, who deserted their principles for the sweets and perquisites of office, having no longer the sustaining: . influences of Mr. Canning, their places totter under them ; and ere long therefore we hope to have the hap piness of congratulating the country on their de cided retreat. They crept into office under an able leader—hence the humility of their preten sions ; but, as their party would share in the good things of this world, and could not obtain the desired prizes fast enough, their Ministerial Brethren were forced into the assertion of domi nation, and they have to all appearance been most signally defeated. They affected to court the return of the Duke of Wellington to the situation of Commander-in-Chief without a Seat in the Cabinet—and whether they had or had not done so, the voice of the people and the wishes of the country would, as they now have, restored him to the important situation for which he is so eminently qualified. This first • act of the King—approved too by Lord Goderich, speaks more intelligible language than has been written by all the Trea sury Journals for the last three months. By. the way, it will not be the least curious part of the affair to see how these gentlemen will desig nate this expulsion of their party. We shall have them no doubt lauding to the skies the he roic self-devotion and disinterestedness of their conduct—first, in humbly sneaking into place— and next, for being kicked out of it—as every sensible man thinks they ought to have been before. 'We shall not at present say more ; we are unwilling at any time to lay much st ress .upon mere report ; but in the present case, the retreat of the Whigs seems to be so necessary to the good government of the country, that it excites no wonder, unless indeed that it has not long since occurred. Their coalition with their most bitter opponent, was unprincipled—unatu rid ; the compound was made up of such dis cordant elements, that we confess we anticipated the speedier diSsolution of so ill-assorted a Mi- nistry. However, the interposition of Provi dence' has led to this happy change ; and the sooner it is fully consummated, .the better for the interests of the nation.—Morning Post. We reg ret to find that one of our contem poraries, who has for a considerable time fought with us the battles of the country, should have suffered itself to be betrayed yesterday into the expresion of sentiments which may afford a hold to those whom it has hitherto so zealously combatted, and assist them in preventing that Complete union of parties which they dread to contemplate, because they know that it must prove fatal to their political existence. When the conduct of the individuals who have joined his Majesty's Councils at the hour of necessity, has evinced nothin g but moderation and disin terestedness, it is surely imprudent for one of their professed supporters to enter into the dis cussion of matters which may create an idea that the spirit' by which they have been actuated is inclined to change its nature. Nay, it is more than imprudent—it is, we believe, decidedly un just. It is an aspersion upon their sincerity and their hohour, to which nothin g that they have done has rendered them obnoxious. We called upon the country, at the time when the late mi nisterial arrangements were made, to a ppreciate duly the forbearance displayed by those indi l viduals, who sacrificed - every view of personal advancement or party ambition, • lest they shoulci endanger the existence of that policy which they felt could alone sei^ ire .tie prOspirity of the State. We 'adinitteil and even put forward their claiinsio national gratitude.on that account, and we cannot look upon any attempt to disprove the validity of those claims, as made with a friendly intention towards them, or towards the country. Were such an attempt wiceessful it must injure both. It must lower their character in the .pub lie estimation, or, by - creating distrnsti.it MO! introduce division, and deprii. the State of that harmonious combination of views, 'principles, mid exertions, by which its interests are now likely to be effectually promoted. 'We, there fore, trust that from whatever quarter the "evil in"- spiration may have , come, it will, fi fame, be resisted and 'ovefedfne./Vetc Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-lIOUSE.--ExrExstvn Ronacay or A BANKER'S CLERK.--,, &PACO Was cha.rged tvith abstratt ing from the pocket of Mr. Sharp, clerk iii the Wise of Messrs. Hanliey and Co:, bankers, a pocket-book, con taining bilis of exchange and other property, to the amount of considerably More than 10001., under the following tic cum staneet Mr. Sharp, who is &n infirm elderly trim', stated that on Wednesday afteinooni as he was passing by Angel-alley, Throginorto-ativet, he observed the prisoner, with four . or OA-e incn, standing against the posts, and who, upon his advance, began larking. Upon his getting up to them he Was instantly surrounded, and when he got clear of them, which he did by the assistance of some, gentleman, he found that his pocket-book, xiThich he had felt the moment before seenre in his breast-pocket, was missing. The book con 'ained bills of exchange and other property to the amount of more than 1,000!. None of the bills had arrived at maturity. He did not notice the act of taking the book, —indeed lie was. too much agitated to be conscious of what was passing. __ _ . Air. Edwards, of Bread-street, was accidentally passing and witnessed the transaction. The moment he saw the gang surround the old gentleman, he was so well convinced of their intentions that he called an officer, who succeeded in capturing the prisoner, but the others escaped. He did not see the act of robbery committed, nor did he know of it till N.fr. Sharp informed him. The prisoner was very active, and he did not take his eyes off him till he was safely in custody. • Mr. Clarke, of Cannon-street, was also passing at the time, and gave similar evidence. The officer who took the prisoner into custody produced several articles, among which was some money, found On his person ; the pocket-book, however, and its contents, is missing; it is supposed some of the prisoner's accomplices carried it off. The prisoner, by the advice of Mr. Humphreys, his soli citor, declined saying anything, and he was fully committed for trial. GUILDHALL.-- Thomas Wolter, a journeyman printer, was charged with threatening to do some grievous bodily harm to• John Cross, the overseer of the workmen employed in the King's printing-house, near Shoe-lane. Mr. Cross said, that on Tuesday last he received an inti mation that the prisoner was going about with a knife for the purpose of assassinating him. After lying in wait for, him some time about the printing-office, the prisoner went to his residence in Poppin's-court, Fleet-street, knocked at the door, and inquired for him, and at the same time drew a knife from his fob, and concealed it behind him, ready to give the fatal blow when an opportunity offered. Witners. however, fortunately, was not at home. The enmity the prisoner bore to him arose from his having dismissed him. for misconduct about two years ago. lie had dismissed him once before for some reason, but gave him another trial, on account of his having a family. Other witnesses deposed, that they heard Weller declare k would take Mr. Cross's life. The prisoner said, in his defence, that he had not been 1 able to obtain any press work since Mr. Cross dismissed him. The improvements in printing had destroyed his hopes entirely, and at the King's house the work was now principally done by four large machines, and a swarm of boys. He was tired of living in a workhouse, and had been trying his fortune at selling oysters on Tuesday, when one and another gave him liquor, and when the liquor got into his head, he was not " right," but he was sure, how ever much he might have threatened Mr. Cross, he should not have injured him, because he entertained so much re spect for bim. If he had met him, or Mr. Spottiawoode, he should have merely entreated him to take him on again. If Mr. Cross still felt alarm, he would move into another neiOitwuritood. Mr. Alderman Tttonr thought that as the man was now so cool and rational, Mr. Cross had nothing to fear ; but the complainant being still io a state of great excitement and alarm, the Alderman committed the prisoner for tho present, in default of sureties for his good behaviour. BOW-STREET.--The following righteous cause came on before Mr. MiNstrutr, yesterday : • A young man named Christmas, who is an anatomical artist, residing at Wilsden, charged a Mr. Nichols, a " gentleman farmer," of the same place, with having put his fist in his face, and threatened to horsewhip him. These gentlemen are frequenters of the parish church of Wilsden ; and they may be worthy members thereof—any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof notwith standing ; but in this church there is a pew, and this pew is the occasion, as it appeared, of much very unchristianly heart-burning and contention between them, from each claiming to have the sole right of possession to it. The complainant said that after having been in the con stant habit of sitting in this pew for the last three years, and having, as he believed, an undoubted_ right to sit there, the defendant had lately•thought proper to attempt to ex clude him from it, by locking himself in during the time of service, and keeping it locked at all other times. Many had been the disputes between them in consequence, but nothing more than angry, 'yet peaceable, words had been made use of up to 'Sunday last, when, having presented himself at the pew door and been refused admission by the defendant, he contented himself with another scat, and after the service was over was walking home, when he met the defendant, who put his fist to his face, and told him that if he ever attempted to enter his pew again, he would horse whip him. This was his complaint. The defendant admitted that he threatened a horse whipping but denied that he put his fist in his face. He was aggravated by the obstinacy with -which the com plainant-persiated in claiming a right to the use of the pew in question, when he had no sort of pretence for such a claim, and was only permitted at first to sit in the pew by th e courtesy of the Rector. The Complainant denied this, and said the pew belonged to his house, and he had used it as his own ever since he bought his house, three years ago. The defendant again denied the truth of this assertion, and declared that the pew had been in the possession of himself and family for 21 years. Mr. MixsuuLt. asked the defendant why he objected to the complainant sitting in his pew, even if he had no right or title to it ? _ _ . - The defendant replied that, the fact was, that the com- plainant was in the habit, in the practice of his profession, of cutting tip horse-flesh and all twits of carrion, and his clothes were so impregnated with the unsavoury odour thereof, that it was excessively disagreeable to come so closely in contact as he must do when sitting in the same pew with him. The complainant merely replied with a smile to this ex planation of the defendant's. •He he Mr. MinsitULL expressed an opinion that th e d e f e ndant was moat to blame throughout said that but the defendant would not ar rwh i t a a n t y h such i did, for during the time o f serv i ce on . had provoca tion Sunday, when the cdroplainant applied to be admitted Into the pew, and was refused, lie said to him (the defendant), " You are an impudent fellow, and no gentleman ;" and when he (the defendant) told him be could not reply to " him then and there,' he said he would tell hi m so " when ever and wherever he met him. He (the d e f en d ant ) did therefore, when church was over, tell him that he would horsewhip him if he ever came to the pew again, The complainant retorted, saying th - at the defendant bad even nailed up the door of the pew, contrary to the .regulations of the church ; and the defendant replied that he was obliged to do so, from the complainant having broken the lock off; and he taxed the complainant with having, upon more than one occasion, scaled the door of the pew to get in. Mr. Mnisnuu. asked with some surprise, if all this very becoming work was carried on during the perform ance of Divine Service? and he was answered by one of the Churchwardens, who was present, who said that the parties came before the service commenced, with a view of getting the start of each other. The defendant was bound in his own recognizance for 20/. not to carry his threat of horsewhipping the complain ant into execution. UNION -HALL.--VILE IMPOSITION. —Two elderly gen tlemen, wh o did not g i ve t h e i r names , attended at this office, for the purpos e o f app l y i ng for advice and redress under the following extraordi nar y circumstances : -One of the appliciar.cs commenced by st a ti ng , that he had a slight acquaintance with the gentleman who accompanied hitn to the office. lie then proceeded to describe, that, about six weeks ago, " "address A a young nun, possessing toe on , manners o 4 a gen tleman, obtained 'an introduction to his family by fileel assuming the name of the gentleman then standing by his (applicant's) side, and describing, moreover, that he was his son. Applicant having a knowledge of the revecta .... • bility of the ftmily with which their new visitor claimed so near a relationship, admitted him to his house, where he was treated with every mark of attention, and admitted on terries of famliailty*ith all the 4iqabers of the family \ppliFint haOndatithied, the indivithial to Sirh Oni to Lega4 to pay one of them partictilai attention ; and after some short acquaintance, declared himself a suitor for her hand. Applicant, as well as all the rest of his family, con fidently believing him to be the person he represented hini self, did not object to his beeomirig, to themin marriage, arui accordingly sahetfoned big visits, iVhich were ad ll:•eqiient, that he might almost be said to be one of the inmates. Things went on in this way for some time, when at length their intended son-in-law proposed i day on which the ceremony of marriage was to be performed. In the interim, however, applicant Most fortunately "met with the gentleman whose son he (applicant) conceived his daughter was about to be wedded to. He addressed him in the fated, and a centersation ensued between them, *llia led to ihe discbnery df as base' an attempt to im pose on a young lady and her family, as can possibly he conceived. The gentlemen, therefore, wished to be informed, whether they could obtain a warrant, or summons, against the im postor. 'The gentleman whose name he had assumed said, that, if his sons got hold of the fellow, they would give him a sound thoihing. The Magistrate said he could not, under the circum stances, order the offender to be apprehended ; but he con sidered he "would meet with a just punishment if a horse whip' vas well applied over his shoulders, The applicants, on leaving the office, said that the man was of low origin, and in embarrassed circumstances. A GOVERNMENT MESSENGER BOBBED. The following further particulars of the rob bery of the Treasury Messenger, in Ireland, who was lately sent with dispatches to the Knight of Kerry, are derived from a letter written on the scene of the outrage. Mr. James Willar, Treasury Messenger, hav ing received directions to proceed to Valentia, posted from Dublin and arrived in Killarney at half-past six o'clock on the evening of Friday, the 10th instant. Being unable to procure a post-carriage there without a delay of some hours, he hired a pair of horses and a guide at Fine's Hotel, and set out for Valentia immediately. — On arriving at' Begh-bridge, the guide, who, it appears, never 'travelled the road before, led him by the old road under Lord Headley's plantation, keeping some short distance before the messen ger, and both travelling as fast as the rugged state of the road would permit. About mid way between Begh-bridge and the back road leading to Lord Headley's, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock; Mr. W. was stopped by two men, one of whom presented a pistol at him, demanded if he had any money, and desired him to deliver what he had immediately. Mr. Willar in the surprise of the moment dismounted, let his horse go, and threw his purse; containing about forty sovereigns on the ground. They . then demanded his watch, which, with a gold. chain and seals, he also delivered to them. They next demanded his great coat, in one of the pockets of which was contained his dispatch, rolled up in a Map of Ireland. Before he de livered the coat he took out the map and letter. On seeing him do so, the robbers instantly , called to him to give up the papers, but he, having re covered a little from his first surprise, took out his penknife, declared he would only give them up with his life, and that he. would stab the first man who would come near to deprive him of them. Seeing the robbers stoop to collect the money which he had thrown on the ground, he ran forward, not knowing which way to turn.— It appears that he ran towards the new bank made by Lord Headley on the sea-side. Having got on the top of the bank, seeing that he was pur sued, ,he threw himself into the river, and finding himself out of his depth, swam to the other side, where perceiving some large stones in a deep part of the river, he got near them, in order that he might the better escape observation, and re mained up to his chin in the water, until all ap peared quiet. Finding himself suffer consider ably from the cold, he got out and proceeded to some cottages in the neighbourhood, where he saw lights. He knocked at the doors, but could not obtain admission, the people within answer ing that they were all in bed. Having lost his hat in the first plunge into the river, he was obliged to continue during the remainder of the night at the gable end of one ofthe houses, which afforded more shelter than the rest. At day-break, seeing a re spectable-looking dwelling-house (Lord H.'s lodge) at a short distance, he went towards it and knocked at the door, which was opened by. one of his. Lordship's servants. There every assistance his case required was promptly afforded, which enabled him immediately to proceed on his journey. Having advanced a little, accom panied by one his Lordship's servants, he met the guide in the act of making enquiries re specting him. It appears that the horse which Mr. W. rode, on being lot loose, followed the guide, who, hearirig the horse coming on after him, thought all was right, and did not miss Mr. W. until, turning round, a considerable time after, he saw the horse following without _a rider. On meeting the guide, the messenger anxious to discharge the object of his mission, proceed to the Knight of Kerry's house, at Va lentia, when he learned that the Knight had proceeded to London a few days before with Mr. Wilmot Horton. Having ` procured refresh ment, and lodged his informations of these facts before a Magistrate, he handed his credentials to Lieutenant Fitzgerald, of the Eaat India Company's service, son to the Knight of Kerry, which being found to be correct, he received money to bear his expences hack to London. — On Sunday evening he arrived in Tralee, and set out for Dublin the following morning by the mail coach: The police accompanied him on his return through Glanbegh, and he pointed out to them the place where he was robbed. Lord Headley and the neighbouring Magistrates are using every exertion to discover the perpetrators of this outrage. • The expellee of the Police establishment is the county of Cork for the last half year, is stated to be upwards of 4,oool.—Dieblin Morn lag Register. Judging from the letter of our correspondent', at that place, we should say, Tunbridge Wells is now what Brighton used to be, when his present Majesty, then Prince of Wales, honoured the town with his company.—Brighton Gazette. FANATICISM.-Mr. Finny, the Presbyterian fanatic, has been lately engaged at New Leba non in getting up a revival, where a certain young female having been urged, under pain of endless ruin, to promise, that she would never speak a word against God whilst she lived, on reflection, felt great apprehension that she would not be able to perform what she had pro mised: she therefore betook herself to the awful alternative of seizing her tongue with one hand, and applying a knife with the other, so effec tually, as to secure the tenure of her promise.—. New York Gospel ,Herald. Atsl tXTRAORD6IAILY SWIIVIkER. (rid tilE EDITOR O 1 TIIE MONTREAL HERALD.) " Upon my soul 'tis true—what will you lad'tis a lie?" „ IClajor idngirdw. Sir- 7 --The story of the mart of his Majesty's ?Ist Regiment falling overboard from the Chumly steam boat, between\ Long Point and Montreal, and so inked'lonely appearing on the beach before his com rades had disembarked, reminded me of a circum stance that occurred during my servitude dti board the Dolphin man of war, bound to the West Indies. We were going at the rate of about three knots and a half, when Turn Larboard, belonging to the fore top, who; by the bye, was a bit of a wag, sleeping in the lee fore chains, by a sudden lurch of the ship, was thrown overboard. A man overboard I ! was , the general cry, fore and aft, and every one ran to offer or give assistance to the drowning man. Tom, who .was a tolerable good swimmer, as every body thought, but nothing extraordinary, woke up, on finding himself in deep water, and began to usa his pldles, the ship passing a-head as I vas saying before, at the rate of three knots and a half. Tom was soon lost sight of under the counter, (for al though our ship was not on Sir Robert Sepping's plan, yet she was pretty full abaft,) when Tom was lucky enough treget bald of the rudder chains. The hands all run aft expecting to see Tom astern, and to lower the jolly boat doWn to pick him up ; but no Tom was to be seen. "He is gone," said they, " to Davy's locker," and efforts ceased. Our ship was very deep, bound out to the West Indies, consequently our gun-room ports were low . in the water. This Tom saw, and as it was getting dark, he thought he would wait till they had beat to quarters, and piped the hammocks down, before he got on board, which he did, and then popped down into the lady's hold, (where the gunner keeps Lis wads and spare monkies' tails,) and there remained till the middle of the first watch, when he sallied forth, and made free with our bread bags,.taking enough to serve him for three days. At the end of this time, we were jogging along at an easy rate; with scarcely any wind, about a knot, when master Tom, unobserved, slips out of the port•hc came in at, and dropping astern began to hail Cale ship. " The Dolphin a-hoy ! " Hallo," says the quar termaster, who was abaft getting a pull of the main brace. Says Tom, "if you don't back the main topsail, and heave too, I shall sink, for no man can swim to the West Indies .without provisions."' Every body run aft in amazement, for it had-been blowing fresh during the time we supposed he had been overboard, but there was no time to be lost— so the boat was lowered, and poor Tom picked up, to the great gratification and astonishment of every body on board. On our arrival, as- the Captain was on shore dining with the Governor, the talk turned upon swim ming. The Governor was extolling the powers of a black man he had, and our Captain swore no man could swim with Tom Garboard, of the Dolphin's foretop ; however, to make A long story short, the Captain and the Governor made a heavy bet—the time was appointed—Tom asked one week to get ready. The carpenters were ordered to make what chests and conveniences Tom required. The Purser was instructed at his request to supply a fortnight's pro visions. The day came, and Tom went on shore at the wharf appointed, when he began to stow his grub. The black fellow looked at him with asto nishment—" what do you do dere, massa ?" says he; " what am I doing here," says Tom, " why, I am taking in my provisions, to be sure, and I advise you to do the same, for the bit of this do you get on the road." "Why; massa," says the Negro, "me no swim more than nine, ten miles.", " Nine or ten miles," says Tom, " Why, man, I'm going to Tobago, which rbelieve is over two hundred miles, and shan't be back for a fortnight." The spectators were astonished—the black refused to swim—the Governor lost his wager, and it was not until we were homeward bound, that Tom told the secret. 808 TRANSON. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.-Aug. 22. This day's market having been largely supplied, and not very numerously attended by buyers; each kind of meat met with a very tardy sale, at the following prices per stone of 81b. to sink the offals:— Beef Ss. 6d. to 4s. ed. Veal 4e. Od. to 56. Od. Mutton ....-- 3 4 44 1 Pork 4 0 5 2 Lamb - 46. Od, to ss. Od _ _ The foregoing quotations are Beef, Mutton, and Veal, 2d. per stone lower than those of this day se'nnight ; in prices of Lamb and,Pork no alteration. A considerable proportion of the stock left the market unsold. LEWES MARKET.-Aug. 21 This day's maket was, on the whole, well supplied, but Brighton being at the zenith of its season, and the harrest suppers of our great South Down farms on the eve of taking place, each kind of meat met with a tolerably brisk sale, at the lollowiug prices : Beet --4 e. Od. to 4a. ed. Veal Mutton --- 4 2 410 (Pork Lamb 4e. Od. to ss. 4d, 00 0 0 RUMFORD MARKET.-Aug. 22. s. cl. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef .. 38 4 8 I Veal Mutton ' 3 6 4 6 Pork 4 0 5 2 Lamb 4s. Od. to ss. Od. Suckling Calves from 14a. to 36s ; Quarter old PigslCs. to 15s. each. Supply good, and trade somewhat brisk. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. 1 Wheat. IBarley. I Oats. 1, Beans. Per Quarter. s. to a.' s. to s. s. to s. s. to 6. Blandford —wow 64 —4o Brigg 55 60 31 33 25 82 41 48 Cambridge /57 25 -- Chard 56 76 33 44 2 4 32 45 48 HuntinTiclon — 35 38 25 36 46 49 Louth 54 57 36 38 27 30 54 56 Lynn 5B 6-1 33 40 25 28 - 50 52 Newark 61 65 34 38 27 33 52 01 Norwich 53 61 23 26 39 40 Nottinghap 60 65 40 47 30 40 54 59 Peterborough 53 .60 30 . 34 Plymouth 56 66 37 38 25 23 Sherborne . 57 36 63 Uppingham 53 65 37 40 35 40 60 65 52 61 29 48 50 York— • —' 56 64 34 40 21 32 56 60 LEEDS CORN 4ARKET.7Aug,2I There was a fair supply of Wheat, but little of other Grain. Owing to the rain which has fallen since this day week, - it is thought the Wheat in the field is partly injured, which caused the holders to ask higher prices, and fine fresh Wheat was 2s. to 3s. per quarter higher, though the sales were not extensive. Oats and Shell ing were each lower, the former -id. per stone ; other Grain as last quoted. Very little doing in Rapeseed, and prices nominally the same. • 5 5 8 i s .. t t o o a 3): : ';• i j Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 60lb. York. and Lincoln. 60Ib. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding -30s. to 325, Beans 63lb. Ms. to 555. 7,* Oats, Potatoe —Needing, Foreign 14d. to 15d....English 150. to 16d. per st• Shelling 33s. to 355. per load. Rapeseed, English, 201. to 241. ...... Foreign, —/. to —l. per last. MANCHESTER SMITHFIET,D.—Aug. 22. At per lb. sinking the Wild. 3,675 Sheep «« M 4d. to (id. 16 5(1. to 7,1 436 Cattle 31, I 122 Pigs NI 1,739 Leine at 40. to 6d. MANCHESTER POTATOE MARRED'. —Aug. 22. Potatoes, as. 3d., 65 . 6 d., and 78. 11, per load of 12 score and New ditto, Os. Od., Os. Od., an d Os. per die, , Turnips. os Be. Od. and Bs. 6d. pee lo a d 0(16 pecks; Onioa ~ 0,1, pl2etibodisb...t ::::::11.epITTA:Nii:Ct;1123E007. 11 1 R t Y O A I2 R - 14 DI ARKET.-Aug. 21. • No. d. d. I 30 ---. 11 to 12 40 30 . ..- - :17 2 1 : 1 1 1 3 8 2 : 1 g l u v l e e Cop ft [ 760: ". - - 1-1 . 7. : 2 0 ; 2 11 1 73 8 2 1 for warp.......) - SO ....-.. 24, it 4(1-14 15 . 100 ..-...- 30 32 50 -17 19 120 - 34 38 60..90 22 10 -.».-. 8 9 70.,.,24 28 Waft from 14.....-.. 9 9.1 50...`28 21 waste .... 18 ......- 9i 10 • 24...- 10 11 HOP INTELLIGENCE. WOruCESTER, AUG. 22.—From various parts of our Plantation it is reported that the burr is pretty generally turning into hop, and that the improvement in the ap pearance of ' the plant is very visible. Our duty is in con sequence now laid at 9,0001. and 10,0001. A third of last year's produce is calculated upon. , The Hon. H. T. LIDDELL, M.P. did not attend the Northumberland Assizes last week, in contie quenee of the death of Mr. Catizawc. Apologies were sent both to the High Sheriff of the County and to the, Right Worshipful the Mayor of Newcastle. FINt ARTS. MR. WESTALL'S PICTURES. Among the great picture sales that have taken place during the present season, the collection of the above' eminent artist, at Mr. Harry Phillips's Rooms, attracted azood deal of attention. There were one hundred and fifty-three in the whole. Most _of the pictures .were of the itafian school, with a few by Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, Viench,. and English Masters, of the highest reputation. Among the principal purchasers were the MarqUis . of Hertford, the Marquis of Ailesbury, Lord Northwick, Lord Gower, Sir Thomas LaWrenee,' M'Farlane, George Byng, Esq., M.P.,. and Samuel Rogers, Esq. There were fbur fine pictures by Corregio, one of which (the Marriage of' St. Catherine) was sold for 260 guineasi The'Adoration of the Shepherds, by Corregioi brought 1521. ss. Among the pictures by Titian (eighteen in number) were the following : ---Venus, which sold for 1501.; Venus and Cupid, 95/. ; the Last Supper, 86/. ; a Portrait of the Duke of Ferrara, 681. 55.; and a Holy Family, 521. A Portrait of Cardinal Bembo, by Giorgione, 2451. St. Francis, and two Children, 1901. The Adoration of the Shep herds, 1001. • The Virgin and Child, and two Saints, 1051. Christ bearing his Cross, 1021.185. Portrait Of a Venetian Lady, 901. - The Four Ages, 801. The Virgin and Child; attended by Angels, by Parmegiano, 1251. Christ discover ing himself to his two Disciples at Emmaus, by, Tintoretto, 98/. 14s. The Portrait of Alesandro de Medici, first Duke of Florence, by. Sebastian del Piombo, WAS purchased at 2041.. 15s. A Holy Family, in a Landscape, by Schidoni, sold for 1001. A Virgin and Child, by the same Ma;ter, 63/. The Martyrdom pf St. Andrew,. by Domenichino; the finished study for the large Fresco Picture at Rome, 100/. 16s. The Ado ration of the Shepherds, by Vandyke, 61/. St.. Cecilia playing on the Lute to a listening Cherub, by L. Caracci, 70/. Allegorical, Re presentation of the Emancipation of the United Provinces, by Rembrandt, 2551. . Another, the Grand Falconer, HO/. Pope Clement XVIII. presiding at the great Controversy between the Janseriists and the Jesuits in 1602, by L. Bassan, 82/. The Temple.443aechus, by Claude, 46 gu ineas. The entire produce of the sale was nearly 7,0004, a sum very little short of that produced by the sale of the late Lord de Tabley's pictures a short time back. . , TiJE PLAGUE. Count de Lagarde, in his Travels front. .11:tosatu to Vienna, relates may curious occur rences. Amongst others he gives the following story, which, independent of the supernatural, proves what, indeed, few have doubted, namely, that the plague is infectious. Writing front Odessa, where the plague made dreadful ravages, ha s, a. " s: , have spoken in my former l e tt ers o f a h o use. standing opposite to ours, the inhabitant of which, a Jew, had died of the Contagion. I be lieve, I added, that it had been walled up with great caution by order of the Government, to prevent the sprea'ding of the infection. An ad joining house belonged to M. Frapaoli, architect Of the city, who resided in it with his family- The nurse of his children, seduced by the hope of gain, made an opening one night through the wall which divided the two courts, and pene trated into the Jew's house by means of a back. door. Having stolen several valuable eireets, she concealed - the booty under her bed. The Most part were infected, and six days a fter, -the miserable wretch,'atid the two children under her care, died of the contagion. The parents of these unfortunate victims _of cupidity were re moved to another house. The same evening M. Reynaud went to examine their quarantine , and I begged permission to accompany him , The mother of the children related a dream she had on the night the nurse committed the theft. I found - myself,' said . she, 6 in a vast field planted with trees bearing fruit, which I endea voured in vain to reach. Sinking with fatigue and burning thirst, I at last seized a plum tree, and shook it with force, in hope that some fruit would fall. Suddenly it became.almost dark, and three drops of blood fell upon my arm. then saw by the light from the stars, the names of "my children pass before me. I awoke my husliand and related my dream. He treated it with laughter, but six days after the nurse, struck by the plague, gave it to my children. B e fore she expired - she confessed her crime, and the three drops of blood in my dream were' explain' ed by the death of three persons in the space of a few hours,' Draw what conclusion you like from these incomprehensible presentiments.: for my own part I say with Shakspeare, that things happen here below, and in Heaven, which Inv man philosophy cannot explain." FATTENING SWINE—I find by experience the best time to fatten swine is to begin at the first of August, if you have old corn ; h ogs w ill fat slowly in cold weather, they will eat much and fat but little ; if you make a very W3r ll/ house they heat in bed and catch cold when theY cane out into the open air.—N. E. Farmer. BIRTHS. • On the 11th instant," at Hartford-house, Northumbo: - land, the wife of Robert Iledley, Esq. of a daughter. On the 20th instant, in Harley-street, the lady of Jarue 3 Irving, Esq., of a bon. MARRIED. On the 23d instant, at St. John's, Hackney, Joseph Townsend, Esq., - of Great James -street, Bedford-row , eldest son of W. Townsend, Esq., 'Of Wood-end, to Mise Jane Henderson, of Well -street, Hackney. On the 23d instant, at St. Mary-la-bonne new church , John Dudley, Esq., of Haggerston, to Miss Elizabeth Lowe , of Great Mary-la-bonne•street. On the lid instant, at St. Mary, Mary-la-bonne► Samuel Girdlestone, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., to Antelist eldest daughter of R. Tl;oward, Esq., deceased. . • • DIED. On the 21st instant, at Hampstead, Sophia, the infao 6 daughter of Mr. Frederick Elijah Thompson, of the Alpbr cottages, Regent's-park. On the 20th instant, at Portsmouth,_ in her 82d year , at the house of the Rev. S. Leggatt, Chaplain to the Garrison, Ann, relict of the late Samuel Leggatt, Esq., of Norwich. On the 20th instant, at Brussels, aged 33; Charles CO' derick Sayer,(Esq., brother of Dr. Sayer, of Harley-street' Cavendish-square, and third son of, the late Augustin e Sayer, Esq. On the 20th instant, after a very short illness, Susannalit the wife of Mr. Thomas Bailey, of Litnehouse, surgeon. On the 26th of June last, 0.5., at St. Petersburgl" Hugh Skeoch, Esq. On the 23d instant, Margaretta, eldest daughter of w James Sheen, of Holborn-hill, in the 18th year of her .e . On the 17th instant, Jane, youngest daughter of M r " Anthony Pattison, of Cornhill. On the 20th instant, at his eon's house, Merton, Sum' , Thomas Bennett, Esq., in the 53d year of his age- On the 23d instant, at the house of his son-in-lvip Bishopsgate-street, after a lingering illness, Mr. Theme . ; Gilbert, of Holloway, aged 61. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, at the Sux-Orricx, SQ, 112, rod VIE T ' A on WE receive ' supply One Ten ' • Twel One '; Fifty The wh Stores, of Sept( next. Saml quarts e sample The Office. Each and be ( and the his behz TE, of TE) Same pr The ] Fu ' Su Vu Orde T. WEST ' ell AN Oftie i tlemen of the. of th e i r Belts, facture(' Wash.h, Mule al of Travi AN with thi climates Articles, abroad; A FA Tantlem every de and - Wet tion fro] ship, an All ti and the adhered which n TH ROY Seven (; BAT Collutor 131R11 Stoney [IRIS, CAR Garstan EXE Chest er , FALI ROL And B ail LIVE MAN MILL ford-wee NOR The f tine ape `Veen Nottii Wind Birm. Eight. 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