The Sun. — London, England, 1825-08-02 00:00:00

Ei4FCTIONEERING SPECULATIONS. Tice Jobbers in Seats, for want of other employment, are very industrious, in endeavour ing to excite contests at the next General Elec tion, particularly in the large and open towns and boroughs. They conceive that, from the strong and:unanimous feeling which prevails in all-the large places against the Catholic Question, that the Protestant Interest will, at the present mo ment, prevail, and that many individuals of great respectability will now:offer themselves as Can didates, who, under other firCUMStal)Ces, vc - ould not. Among several places, it is said, the follcv ing are likely to be -contested.; -but many - of which; from our own knowledge, we are satisfied will not be disturbed • louden ootithwark 4 6aint Albates 'Arundel Bridport Boston Colchester Canterbury - Chichester Carlisle C Imbridge University Ditto Town Cricklade Chippenharn D , !vonshire Dover Durham., City Edinburgh, City Evesham Exeter Liu ildford flrimsby HNldon Huntingdon, Town kiull klythe Ipswich Lewes Lancaster, Town Nialdon Maidstone Northumberland Plympton Petersfield . Poole Queenborough Reading Retford Sandwich Shoreham Southampton, Town Stafford, Town Sussex • Somtrsetshire Sudbury Taunton Wells f City Wigan Woodstock \Vootton Basset Westmoreland Yarmouth (Great) EDINBURG7I.—On 'Wednesday last, at a meeting of the Town Council of Edinburgh, a letter from Sir JOHN MAR -JORIBANKS was read, announcing his intention of withdraw ing from the canvass for the honour of representing that City in Parliament. ARUNDEL.—On Ay last the Annual Buck Feast of the to7poratior. of Arundel took place at the Norfolk Hotel; the v mison, as usual, having been presented to them by his Grace V , e Duke of NORFOLK. LANCASTER--The Borough of Lancaster, which, thirty years ago, was a scene of so much Electioneering manoeuvre, w.,en the heavy purse of the late Sir .TAMES LOWTHER op posed the independent interest, will be severely contested at the next General Election. RE AM xG.—After all the premature exertions of new tandi dstes for the borough of Reading, we understand that the sitting Members will again be returned at the ensuing general Elec tion, without any formidable opposition. RETF_ORD.—The present Members for the Borough of Ret ford are expected to retire from Parliament at the end of this Se lion. Capt. DuNDAs, brother of the patriotic Lord Dun- DAs, and Mr. JOSIIIIA WALKER, the banker, are - expected to be returned without opposition. Hutr..—On Friday last, GEORGE COULSON, Esq. was elected an Alderman of Hull, after a severe contest, in which the numbers of burgesses who voted were—for Mr. COULSON, 673; CACUS THOMPSON, Esq., M 3. There were colours, processions, and squibs, as at an election for Members of Par liament. H UNTlNoDozi.—Borough Interest—The late Lord SAND wircii, who was well known both at Eton and Cambridge by the cognomentum of " JEMMY TWITCHER," having the privikve of appointing a chorister at Trinity College, presented that Soeley with one, not only, ignorant of music, but also destitute of the three essentials necessary to make a singer,— voice, taste, and ear,—and for no other reason was he appointed, but because he had a vote for Iluntingdon—This gave rise to the following pointed EPIGRAM. A singing man, and carnot sing,__ From whence.arese your patron's bounty Give us a song ?—" Excuse me, Sir, " Aly voice is in another county." Although the residence of so many of our rountrytnen on the Continent has been felt by tradesmen, the more observing begin to see good arising out of it, from the gradual introduction there of a taste for many comforts, that ma; be termed peculiarly English, and the supply of which must for some time he derived exclusively fpm British markets, and in no article is this amore manifested than in the extended orders re ceived from the continent for carpets. •This taste 'has received a new impulse, and although many, .41-versed in the science of political economy, at tempt to depreciate the substitution of machinery for manual labour, we are glad to find it increas ing. in every branch, and in none more than in carpet weaving, since the consequent cheapness of this valuable article of domestic ornament and convenience will materially contribute to its in. troduction among the middle classes of society throughout a considerable part of the continent, farticularly throughout the northern districts, where its utility, it is obvious, must be fully ap preciated. The extensiom of this manufacture from British looms will be of the greatest conse quence, because the wool used is entirely of Bri tizh growth. We feel therefore warranted in 14islting success to the very ingenious establish ment recently projected, and about to commence in that article at Battersea ; it is a similar prin . ciple which has enabled Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, &c. to nearly monopolize all markets for their manufactures. Recent experience has shewn that perhaps there is no article, the manufacture of which may be extended with more- advantage than Carpets, even in this country, but still more for exportation to the Continent, where they have but recently been introduced : and it may be anticipated that at no remote period it may be nnmhered among the staple manufactures of time country, and deserving, in common with them, of every possible . encouragement. The other day, a female was apprehended on a Justice of Peace decreet, for ninepence. •The gaoler, on receiving the usual fee of one shilling at incarceration, paid the debt, and set her at liberty.—(Dundee Advertiser.) Oae of the Lion-Tiger Cabs, belonging to Atkins•s Royal Menagerie, died a few days since al..Rye, in the lap of a female, in consequence of the extreme heat of the weather. This curious animal, which is said to be the same the Duke of lonic once put in his pocket, has been since ten:omitted the British Museum. COMMISSION OF LIJNAC'Y. IN THE MATTER OF THE REV. EDIV 111 D FRANK (1 SUPPOSED LUNATIC.) This •was a case suntlar to the Portsericolth cause. It was a commission under the Great Seal, authorising the Sheriff to summon a jury to inquire into the fact whether the Rev. EDWARD FRANK was a lunatic of unscund mind. The writ was in the nature of a de litn6tico inqairendo, and the jury were summoned to attendin the Great Room, in {lrays'-inn Coffee house, facing the street, and on that account subject to great annoyance from the continual passage of coaches. Eleven o'clock was the hour appointed, hut the Chief Commissioner did not arrive till 12. Mr. Brougham - arrived express from York, being specially retained for Mr. Frank. His sudden appearance in the room excited a good deal of interest and surprise. The Commissioners were Mr. Phillimore, Mr. Whitemarsh, , and Mr. Carr. The Counsel for the Commission were, Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Wakefield.- For the Heir at Law, Mr. Pepys and Mr. Knight, by vii tae of an order from the Lord Chancellor, empowering Mr. Bacon_ Frank, 'or -his Counsel, to . appear, in order to watch th e e v id e nce. Against the Commis sion, arid for Mr. Frank, Mr. Brougham and Mr. Spence. The following Jury were then sworn : Ricirann BIRNIE, Bow -street, Foreman; Sir James Willianis, Kentish Town ; Mr. William Forsteen, Hans-place; William Humby, Pall-Mali-place ; William Wix, Isling ton ; William Creighton, Brentford ; Joseph Smith, Gray's-Inn ; John Jackson, Silver -street; .Tames Agar, Holy -terrace ; Charles Stable, Terrace, Kentish-town ; James Mansfield, John-street, Bedford-row; Thomas Framp. ton, South-street, Finsbury Benjamin Cooke Griffinhoofe, Kentish-town ; John Lewis Blackmore, Norton-street ; Isaac Smith, ditto ; Joseph Spicer, Gray-street, Marylebone ; George Ilornby, North-place; Richard Latham, Great Rus sell-street Thomas Richard Read, Claremont-terrace ; Rich ard Carpenter, Goswell-road ; Francis Stedman, Bar ro n- s t reet; John. Inwood, Euston-square; William Bryden, Tavistock square. The Writ of Inquiry was then read. The Chief Commissioner (Mr. Po im.rmottE) then stated the nature of the inquiry. The jury were to inquire whether the Rev. Edward Frank was a lunatic, enjoying lucid inter vals, or whether he was a person of sane mind, and capable of managing his own affairs : for it was now decided in law, that a person labouring under lunacy or unsoundness of mind, which consisted in being subject to the influence of a particular-delu sion, rendering him unfit to manage his own affairs, was to all intents and purposes of life in a state of lunacy. If they should so find, they would mark the tune at which lunacy commenced, and say whether there was a continued delusion of mind, and report the result of their inquiry to the Lord Chancellor. He would merely add, that the whole business should be conducted like a case at 2Visi Prior. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then addressed the jury, pre facing' his observations by alluding to the great noise, in the street, which made it difficult for him to make himself sufficiently understood, but he would endeavour, by their next sittings, to find a more appropriate place. The first question for their consideration was, whether the Reverend Edward Frank, clerk, was of sound mind and understanding, or of un sound mind and incapable of managing his own affairs; and here they would fix the point of time that he became unsound, if they should so find that he was a person , who ought to have bee-i placed under the protection of a commission of the Great Seal. • The period of time was material as to the -interests of the heir at law, but totally immaterial as to the commission. The-Jury must say, in their return, whether he was a lunatic ; but that was not material in point of law as to property trans. ' Mr. BROUGHAM observed, that by a late decision under a -commission of lunacy, the verdict of a jury had been given in evidence to invalidate the transfer of property by a lunatic. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL would admit that fact, but questioned the propriety of the new doctrine laid down. But the verdict of the jury was only presumptive, not conclusive evidence of the matter. In the present case, it. was not neces sary that they should confine themselves to the use and import of the word " lunatic," for it was only a word of new creation, and it had been decided in the case of a .Mr. Pamnure, of Essex (where the jury had returned a loose verdict, that he was incapable of managing his own alThirs-from extreme old age), that his unsoundness of mind, arising from infirmities, was a sufficient case of lunacy. Lord Erskine had settled this point, which was confirmed by 1 ord Eldon. Lord Erskine had approached the subject with the consummate skill of a lawyer, and the acute science of a metaphysician. The word " lunacy" was of new application. Formerly, in the old law books of Coke, Littleton, and others, unsoundness of mind was denominated by non compos nzentis. •It was therefore unnecessary to load their minds with the distinction of terms and metaphysical discussion respecting the classifi cation of cases, or the general opinion of medical men, as to what constituted unsoundness of mind. Ile would at once proceed to give a succinct history of this unfortunate gentle.. man's malady, or rather his character and manner of conduct lug and he would clidcarum tv utnizpic33, itS moo, as possible, rather than amplify, the relation. The Reve rend Mr. Frank was a clergyman of the Established Church, and was descended from a very ancient and respectable family in Yorkshire, and possessed of property amounting to. 8,000/. a year. Ile had besides two livings, one of them in Suffolk, and the other in Shelton, in Norfolk, worth about 1,4001. per annum. He had a family of several children, of the ages of 21, 19, 16, &c. In 180 e he married a young lady, named Sowerby, and 1812 Mr. Bacon Frank died, leaving hint possessed of the family estate. He had lived principally at Shelton, but his wife prevailed upon him to go and reside at the splendid mansion of Campsall Park, in Yorkshire. In 1814 he was at Campsall, but he principally resided at Shelton, while his wife lived in Yorkshire. In 1815 a new and very consi derable performer appeared on the stage, in the character of Mr. John Dickenson, whose name would b e ec h oe d an d re echoed through the eourt. A more notable performer in this or any other matter, could not be found than Dr. J. Dickenson, who was capable of performing in any drama whatsoever.— How he got his dignity of Doctor he (lid not know, but a diploma could not be purchased without expence, and the money might have been supplied from a quarter - which he would not then name... He made his appearance at Doncaster in 1815, where an. advertisement appeared in the Doncaster Gazette, on the part of-Dr. Dickenson, promising to cure all sorts of rupture to which the human-frame was unfortunately liable, whether it was with children or adults. He had cured 1,800 cases. Children of four years of age could be cured in three weeks, and men of 50 in a -month.. The advertisement was dated April, 1815, and signed by 'the rupture-doctor. Whether the doctor cured or caused ruptures 'he did not know, but it not unfrequently happened that those who undertook to cure ruptures were called in by persons who had no ruptures at all. However, Dr. D. was called in by Mrs.. Frank to cure—he (lid not know whether she had.a - rupture=but he was called in to cure two of the children, the youngest was 12 years of age. He did not know whether the doctor got his de gree at Oxford or Cambridge, but he contrived to get com pl ete controul over Mr. Frank, his wife 'children, and even his pro perty. • That the woman was abandoned, was beyond all doubt. The rupture-doctor got into the house, and afterwards the lady wrote to her husband at Shelton several letters, recommending the doctor in the-strongest terms as a man, who for 401. a year performed the medical duties of the family. She wrote one very strong letter indeed, and in another she said that the doc tor lived with her at Campsall-hall. She was quite raptured (he was going to say ruptured) with this doctor; but the most barefaced adultery was practised between them. In 1816, Mr. Frank being taken ill in Norfolk, she and the rupture-doctor -went to attend him; and even there she carried on her adul terous intercourse. Letters containing allusions of the most obscene description were written by her; and these might be produced if called for bylhe jury, who would see, by the per. usal, whether the mind that could conceive them was not en tirely gone. The case strongly resembled the Portsmouth case. She wrote to her husband-one letter inviting him to fornication ; for, speaking of a black or fair girl, she said, " .As for Maria, I dare say you work her plagecily hard ; but pay her libe rally," This was dated July 10, 1815, while , she was car rying on adultery in Yorkshire with Dickenson, and inviting her husband to commit similar abomination in Norfolk. What did they think of the mind of such a man ? He would not say that because a man was profligate he was therefore mad ; for a man might be of the most abandoned, loose, and profligate character, and yet be not of unsound mind. He would instance one.case in point—that of Lord Audley, in the reign of Charles Ihe.tiecond, where the grossest abominations were practised from design and the mere spirit of wickedness. That was suf ficient to shew that profligacy did not constitute madness. — But here they aaw , a man conducting himself, and suffering others to conduct him, in a manner totally unbecoming the character of a man, a:Christian, and a clergyman—in fact, in a manner proving himself to he quite deranged. She went on to say in the letter, "You must come home-sound wind and limb, and tell me is there any prospect of your corning this year or next? I ametscure in a cool constitution, or you might take a run down for a short time, and not leave me consuming."— ( Laughter.)—He never saw letters like them ; it was impos sible that a woman writing such letters could believe him in his senses. He would say that a man who conducted himself so on the subject of women was as much mad as a man who thought himself, in the fantasy of his mind, a King or Em peror. In 1816 he was beyond all doubt as confirmed a mad man as any confined in St. Luke's. Any thing in the shape of :woman set him in commotion—his mind was all alive to the witching illusion. .The fringe of a petticoat, a flounce, or the mere colour red or- white, awoke his fancy, and he was ali impatience to marry the lady. Nay, he would fancy that the lawn sleeves of Dr. Bathurst, in the Cathedral. Church of Norwich, adornedft lady, in his prolific fancy, and would talk of her till people supposed him perfectly deranged. About the end of 1816, he was induced by some respectable persons to consider the state of his property ; and in 1817 he executed a deed of separation from 'his-wife. Ile wrote a letter to a friend, saying, he would .never live with his wife again, and yet, to complete his disgrace and degradation tenfold, he consented to live with her again, and to endure that scandal and disgrace of the rupture. doctor to continue as an-incubus on the family :up to the present time. The doctor made his first introduction in a s;mif-coloured or cinnamo n coat; and if they found him in 1825 assuming the complete controul of the property, how was it possible for them not to see.that Mr. Frank was unfit to ma nage his own affliirs In 1817 he assumed the tone of reason, and made provision for part of the family; and in May, 1818, he • wrote to his sister, saying, " that his wife was the most abandoned of women, living with that most impudent, swear ing, low-likd fellow, Dr. Dickenson ;" but in 1821 he went to live with her. What would they say of the intellect of such map ? But more than all, in 1825, after he had abused the Doctor, he ate up all his words, and suffered the Doctor to live with hint. What would they • say of him who believed the Doctor to be his friend after the scenes of 1813, 1821, 1825 ? In November, 1821. he went to live with her at Winthorpe, in company with the Doctor. Mr. BuouGIIAM objected to any thing being stated as pass ing between her and the Doctor, without having been brought hone to the knowledge of Sir. Frank. The SOLICITOII-GENERAL would ask the Jury whether the man was sane for one moment after 1821, who could go to Winthorpe, in the neighbourhood of Newark, and there reside in a cottage, in a place called Pelham-street, with his family and the doctor, while his wife was with the doctor. She there put on a white sheet--a white robe of purity, but not of penance. No, no ; .it was not sanctified, although her daugh ters Miss J. and R. were there. The same wickedness was carried on—the same— Mr. BROUGHAM here begged that the witnesses might retire. • The CHIEF COMMISUJIONER assented to this, but said that the members of the family might remain. Mr. BitotrcitAx—Of course no member of the family can be here to hear their mother called a The CHIEF COMMIS3IONER-111r. Frank himself may remain. Mr. BROUGHAM—Oh ! it is impossible that he can be here. The CrizEF Co r ststisstoNEn—Yes, he may. I Mr. BuoticaAm —Oh ! Sir, it is 'impossible, quite im possible. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER.—Such things have been; we have seen it. 11r. KNIGHT said that the heir at law (Mr. Bacon Frank) declined to attend. The Sor.rcuroit-GENT:rtar. proceeded. The petitioners to the commission were Miss Catherine Frank, sister . of Mr. Frank, and Mr. Thomas Jones Bellamy anti Charlotte, his wife. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER.-31r. Bellamy cannot stay in the room if he is to be examined. [lt was here understood, we believe, that Mr. Bellamy would not be examined] Mr. BROUGHAM.—Not examine Mr. Bellamy! The SOLICITOR-GENERAL resumed.—Eleven years had run on since the cinnamon-coloured-coated doctor had attended RodOlphus (one of the boys), but whether he cured him or not did not appear. He lived with Mrs. Frank, the ‘• fair penitent," • who had put on the white robe of purity. In ' May, 1822, all the parties were found pigging together in the dirty low cottage. They would suppose that the husband slept with the wife ; but, no, he slept at an inn, and the doctor and she slept together. Not even a skreen was put up on the window, but a coat was hung up there to hide their orgies from the gaze of the passer by. At Doncaster the Rev. Gen tleman asked two persons whether they knew of a place where was 2,000 and that he had been intimate with the half of that number. He said that he could please Mrs. Frank better than Dr. D. could. Addison said, in one of his amusing papers, while describing a coquette, but she was outside all form, and inside eau tie lace ; but the brain of this gentleman was a se raglio—(laughter)---for his thoughts and conversation were al ways about women and brutal sexual intercourse. It was his constant existence. Bleeding in the arm was considered sexual intercourse in the Portsmouth case. In 1823 the parties were traced to a hotel at Askerne, where the same scenes of ribaldry and indecency were continued. What would they say of that infamous man (the doctor) not only administering to the lascivious:propensities of Mr. Frank, but actually bringing a strumpet into the house where the Misses Frank were, and demanding of her to give up the keys ? Would they believe that Mr. Frank was in the' house at the time ? Yet so it was. ALDOncaster, in 1823, he talked to a lady about setting up a - coaeli and jockeys; and ai Stamford he kept ringing the bells at the inns, to the great annoyance of the waiters. He had a theatrical turn at Grantham, and another at Stamford, where lie made a speech to the waiters about the beautiful Miss Foote. His visual powers were short, for he could not see far ther than a few yards before him, but he supposed that he saw Miss Foote on the stage; for a petticoat swimming betbre his a;.,..a...a 4eaa s ;aattua, was sumcient .o complete the delusion that Miss Foote was present. In fact, he was deranged. In 1825 lie gave a bond to Mr. Dickenson, at the Adelphi ; but in Cambridge lie behaVed more fantastically than ever. He told a student Of St. John's College, that he had slept with two women, with his shirt oil: But the whole of his conduct was not the effect of wickednesa, but delusion—it Nyas a continued course of derangement and systematic madness. At Yarmouth he walked over the bridge with two prostitutes, in utter contempt of every thing descent or rational. The Learned Gentleman stated several other actions of a similar nature, and concluded. by saying that he had sent in one place for the son of the land lord of an inn to a place where he associated with a number of worthless girls ; and for what purpose ? merely to tell him to re move a trunk from one room to another. Here the common faculty of memory was lost ; she mind was disordered, and the man was altogether the victim of delusion and obscenity. Dr. D. had now the receipt of the rents, the possession of the wife, house, and property. He had stated but one half,—not one-tenth of the acts of wickedness, profligacy, and abandonment, which dis graced Mr. Frank—which disgraced his wife, children, al.(' ruined his property. But were these acts of a man of sound mind, or the involu n t ary acts o f a m i n d d emoralized, and which had given up the direction of every thing to the controul of ano ther ? In conclusion, the case was one of loss of sense and rea son. ,In the Portsmouth case, the Jury returned a verdict of " unsoundness of mind." Ilere the individual was as mad as an inmate of St. Luke's, but the Jury would return a verdict according to their judgment, and say whether Mr. Frank was not a proper person to be placed under the protection of the Great Seal, fiom the unfortunate state of his mind, and the me lancholy consequences resulting therefrom. Mr. PEN S wished to know the time at which he fixed the malady ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it was immaterial. Mr. Bitotionaat thought it important. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he did not wish to overturn the deed of 1817 (deed of separation). The CHIEF Com at issiox En decided, that according to the decision of the highest legal authority, the earliest period should be taken. Iredale--I resided at Doncaster for 22 years; am a coach-proprietor. I have known Mr. Frank for 25 years. I know John Dickenson ; he came to my house about March, 1815, and took lodgings. He was afterwards joined by his wife and two children. He carried on business as a doctor. Pa tients came to him for advice as to ruptures. They were the lowest class. Mrs. Frank called about two months after he came, in consequence of an advertisement published in the Doncaster paper. [Here a long discussion took place respecting the admissi bility of evidence touching the advertisement; and the Com missioners at length decided in favour of Mr. Brougham's objection. ] Witness continued —I introduced Mrs. Frank to the , doctor. Mr. Frank did not go to Oainsborough as he intended. He got out of the coach between Ilawtry and Doncaster. He went about six miles, and gave me a sovereign for the fare. He asked where Mrs. Riley lived, and if knew where Mr. Dickenson and Mrs. Frank were about to take a house. I told him that Mrs. Riley said people would not take Mr. Dicken. son and Mrs—Frank inon hearing their , character. He said he was glad of it, as it would put an end to their system. This was in the summer of 1023. His son did not hear the conversation. He said he wished to buy four or five of my chestnut horses, and he would give 5001. for them, as he wished to run a coach to Askerne and back. I would not take the 5001., because I thought it wrong. The horses were worth about 20/. or 251. each. I saw him afterwards in the summer of 1823, in a steam-packet, going from Thorn to Hull. There were about 40or 50 persor s on board,ladies and gentlemen. lie said, " There are some fine women on hoard; i am going down to Hull, and I think I can man them a ll." I sa id , " M r. Frank,you should not talk so in the cabin." The ladies got upand retired. I told him —" Mr. Frank, you should be careful ; there are some very respectable ladies here." He said, " Never mind that ; if you will go and fetch them in one by one, I can -- them all." Ile said that he had spoken to the steward of the packet to get him six or eight fine girls. He appeared shortsighted. H is appearance and manner were not those of a sane per on at this time. His conversation was not coherent and connected. In the .first place he would begin talking about horses, and then change to women. Ile finished one subject before he began another. I recollect th e d octor l eav i ng my house (where he resided about f ive or six months), and going to Campsall-hall. Cross-examined by Mr. Bnou Girasr—l mean about finish ing one subject before he went to another, that he first spoke of horses, then went to women. I was examined in Chancery. 1, did not ewear any thing that toolcplace at • G ainsborough and T E AItM Y. A detachment belonging to the 7tll Dragoon Guards marched, yesterday, from Westminster for Bristol, on route to Ireland. Detachments belonging to the 12th, 43d, and 65th Regiments of Infan try, marched, yesterday from Westminster for Plymouth. A detachment of the Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards marched, on Saturday last, from Westminster for Canterbury. A detachment belonging to the 4th Regiment of Light Dra goons, marched, on Saturday last, from Westminster for Maidstone. Detachments belonging to the 44th, 45th, 53d, 57th, 59th and 82d Regiments of Foot, marched, on Saturday last, from Westminster, for Chatham. READING, JULY 30.—0 n Tuesday last, the officers and men of the Berks militia were disembodied, the period of actual service having expired. Upon the arms being returned into the store on the day previous, Colonel Ravenshaw expressed his approbation of the conduct of the men, and the very rapid pro gress they made in their military duties. NEWCASTLE ON TYNE.--.The Chamber of Commerce, and the merchants of this town, haVe resolved to present an elegant Tureen, value 100 guineas, to CHARLES OGLE, Esq. as a token of their estimation of his official con duct during the many years he has held the collectorship of the Customs in this port; which important office he has recently resigned. OPENING OF THE GOOLE CANAL.—On Thurs day last, a party of the Directors of the Aire and Calder naviga tion proceeded in one of their boats, suitably fitted up for the purpose, from Ferrybridge, where their new cana l jo i ns th e river Aire, along . the whole Hue, into the docks at Goole; this being the first vessel which has made the voyage. They found the whole of the works in such a state of forwardness as to warrant the expectation that the country will have the use of its great facilities ere the setting in of winter. This magnifi ant work is nearly 18 miles in length, has 7 feet depth of water, and is 63 feet wide on the surface ; it is crowned by 16 stone bridges of elegant construction, and 8 cast-iron swivel bridges ; and 15, or more, culverts, all of solid masonry, are laid under the canal, for the purposes of draining, and also of warping the lands adjacent. At Goole, it is terminated by a large basin or dock, for the Teception of river craft, 900 feet in length by 150 in breadth, which communicates with another dock, for the reception of ships, 600 feet long by 200; from each of which vessels are passed by locks into an outer harbour, 300 feet by 200, which ;communicates by two other locks or out-. falls with the river Ouse, immediately adjoining the entrance of the Dutch r i ver . . The whole of this stupendous undertaking, which has been executed in the short space of three years, does equal credit to Mrs. Joliffe and Banks, the contractors, and to Mr. George Leather, of this town, the engineer. the packet ia Chancery, but I swore that he was insane. I told the story about Mrs. Riley above two or three years ago to dif ferent people. I did not tell it to Mr. Bellamy, but to his attorney, Mr. Mason. I don't recollect the time exactly. It might be between two and three years ago ; 1 won't 'swear but that it was between three and four. The landlady of the Nel son Arms was present at the conversation about Mrs. Riley. I 'never compounded with my creditors. I keep the Racing Clu b-house. By the CHIEF CommissrosEn.—llly reason fur refusing the 5001. was, that I thought he was not himself. Ile was dressed not as neat as a gentleman ) but loose and slovenly.— When he gave me the sovereign, 1 told him I had no change. Ile said, " Oh, never mind the change! " The fare would have been-10s. to Gainsborough.—Adjourned. w EST IND STOCK ACCOUNTfor the Ni of July Articles. ( Hhds - West India {Trs 131sSugar . Brazil - Chests Havanah Boxes East India I ol Alautitius &) Ban - - Casks I Pns - 1 /Ids j Pns 1 /Ids 5 Pas l lids Casks Pipes - . 1 lids Trs • Coffee - - IBls Molasses Ruin Brandy Ilollands - Arrack Wine Bags f Gas ks `lso. British Plantation Bls - (Bags Do. East India - Bags Brazil, St. Domingo, ( I ',: ks and kl avannah, do. Bags Cocoa Casks Bags Pimento . Casks Bags Ginger - ( Casks 1 Bags Pepper Casks 1 Bas Cotton . (Bales I . Bags Aloes - Gourdsl Arrow Root . • Casks 1 Boxes Balsam - . j Boxes 1 Jars Casks Bark , . Serons Bills • • - - Bags Cassia Fistula • Casks Cloves I Casks Ba) gs Cochineal - - J Bags t Serons Elephants' Teeth No. Gum - - I Casks i Boxes NIT 3 Bales 1 .11 Horns - - No. Indigo - Seron. Ipecacuanha { Casks Bags {uti : f eti .las asal ks klss Casks . ISerons OilPeail StPlC::':oaarel::::a:ireN Pine Apple . Casks Rice and Paddy -{ ( i; a : K lca , T ao - - B oxes s Sarsaparilla . Bales Tallow _ Casks Tortoise Shell _ f Casks Boxes Turtle Casks Tapioca - - Casks WOOD. Logs Mahogany I PI P , i c e , k , :s e s B d s Cedar - Pcs & Plks African Timber Logs 1 Pieces Santa Maria (Logs 1 Pieces Ebony Tons Vitro - Tons 13oz Wood Tons Log Wood Tons Fustic - Tons Nicaragua Wood Tons Cam Wood Tons Bar Wood { Tons Pieces Rrazilletto Tons Saunders Wood Pieces Lancewood Spars No. Staves - . No. A 'DOCKS. Irec,k ending Saturday, the 30th 1825. Exporta tion. Home 'Con sumption. stock on Hand. 27,598 2,199 647 1,574 9,134 47,927 1,440 20,752 1,223 1,229 867 18,382 2,296 96,633 17,090 1,488 3,538 1,427 1,292 808 91,673 1,777 4,4413 49 5,531 1,480 5,994 101 20,799 40,764 879 23,348 2,212 13,242 1424 2fii 7,209 f 1,590 1921 391 7,010 491 6,134 6,514 39,443 OTICE is hereby given, That the Partner' g„, ship between us th e un d ers i gne d , THOMAS Biett, FREDERICK GYE. and RICHARD HUGHES, in fled street street and Ludgate-hill, i n t h e Ci ty o f London, and Clial7of cross, in the City of Westminster, carrying on the traue' e Tea Dealers and Wine and Spirit Merchants, under the t, l , several firms of THE L ( i'NDON GENUINE TEA COl' s , PAN Y and the LONDON WINE COMPANY, an oe Vauxhall, in th e C ounty o f S urrey, as Proprietors of d ROVA I, GARDENS, VA, UXLIA LI., is this day disse re b, by mutual consent, s o f ar as re l ates to the said Thomas 1) . ' . 3 .0 who retires; and that all Debts owing to and from th e 'de , late Partnership ar e to b e rece i ve d and paid by the said vino rick Gyc and Richard Hughes; as witness our hands this 3' day of July, 1825. Tuom AS FREDERICK RICHARD H ITGHb°,„ PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Dam k Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 91111 3 per Cent. Cons. 3i per Cent. tlq Ditto Red '4 per Cent. New ... 1031 ) 11)1 Bank Long Ann.... 22 g 7-16 India Stock Ditto Bonds 5O 52 pm. South Sea Stock •t Y AT OVE Old Annuities ......••••••... New Ditto. .................... Ex. Bills 1090/. -" fis Ditto 500/. ...... Ditto Small lAd. ......... Ditto Counneicial ............ Bank for Act. ............... India for Acct........... ....... Cons. for Opening •)°°' PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 07cLOCg', Austrian Bds, 5 percent. Neapolitan Scrip ........... • Brazilian Bds - .......... - , 1825 Buenos Ayres Bds Chilian, lids, 6 per cent — Prussian, 5 per cent. ..... 100 Colombian Ihik. 8 per ct. 85V, Ditto New ................ .. 0 Do. do. 1824 - . Russian, N ew , sp. ct. ...... gli It Danish, 5 per cent. Do. Scrip Greek Bds French, Rente s , 5 per ct- /pp Do. Scrip, 1825 - 20 " ...I. Mexican Ws 75 l per cent. ....•• .; ...j „ Do. Scrip 1825 • 13ii dis. Exchange .--' f ' Neapolitan, 5 per cent. — PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK• A r(' P t 40 0 Bolanos Mining Company Bolivar Minin g C ompany . . 2 " 0. 31 ' v 7 Castello and Espirito Santo Brazil Mining Company !'e4 1 Colombian Mining Company Chaim) and Peruvian Company .............................. 41 Ilaytian Mining Company Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Mining Association ••• 3,5 a* New United Mexican, Mining Company ............... ig Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company •......... 5 1 Ditto, Marine D e p ar t ment Canada Company Droitwich Patent S a lt C ompany 5 London Carp e t Company ........................................................ .......... 8 5: London anti Boylope Steam Packet Co m p any ..... ,26 0 Lower Rhine Steam N av i gat i on C ompany Metropolitan Alderney Dairy Company ........... ••••*" • 0 Provincial Bank of Ireland ........................... ...... Ai .... West India Company • ••• ............. FOREIGN MAILS. Anurvuu. i)( 1 * Gottenburgii --- 0 1 France - - 1 0 America - - - 0 1 Leeward Islands - - 0 1 ofti L l ' ti I(1 WA TElt AT LO O'N ND BRID(IN TO-AlO.. r O Morning, 30 i n i nutes a f ter 4 .1 Evening, 46 minutes fe....40, THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEA` f LONDON. g gg TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST(27 The French Papers of S a t ur d a y contain o e , thing of inter e st, except news from G reec o , According to thes e acrounts, the siege of M is re . , !longla has b een ra i se d, i n consequence o f the rot .taking of Salona—a fact, however, which tO 9 pi , yet been authenticated. The Seraskier, 11$ co CHID PACHA, has gon e t o Yrachori. td,°-°efit T..aomr, it is also said, has had an eoP° ll .o l . at Saint Flore with InuAttlat PAco 4, the latter sustained a considerable lost' oe letter from Odessa, dated the 10th says, that the REIS EFFENDI has vcr ria, declared t o th e A m b assa d ors o f Russia, ik us. • e c A, 11 1/ France, and P russ i a , t h at t h e P orte must tt all intervention in this affair as derogatort t° - honour. .9° e ' FRENCH FUNDS, JULY 30.—Five r Cents. : Three per Cent s . 75f. 90c.—Bank Stock, g a " Rentes, 90c.—Spanish ditto, 174 f. • ditto 1-0 111 '0' Exchange on L on d on , one mont h , 20 t . ; ;face months , —Worm: Authortiva) Ps Towards the close of the last Session ° f t he liament, a Bill was introduced for restrain hig ire , Combinations of the Workmen, or rather t°l to vent the employment of threats and ine °c f e r s e io induce persons to join the Associations• c ol the very first we f e lt t h e A ct woul d be „e, inoperative, and would fail to produce 881 be the ficial result. And such it seems leas h ee % r tt case. The Irish, Papers are filled with rer r e' of " Strikes" for %sages, and of course t he he it fractory wor k men w ill b e supporte d hi tow resolution, by s u bs cr ip t i ons f or their r° to tenance, until their masters shall ne ced ; o ni# their requests. The working closes , b o re liar with the powerful engine th e y are i l gs at their c omman d b y union, fail n o t to too 0 A of it wh enever th ey t hi n k t h e i r wages jot, low, satisfied, th a t so l ong as t h ey h o ld OW" th e y h a r e hdg no c o mp e tit ors , an d t h e i r masters l' it in the end, how ever reluctant) complY• t hes e - goes on ; if the Manufacturers acquiese deinands to-day, which abstractedly oh:T ea- 0 41i sonable or o f very li tt l e moment, what °cact/ have th e y th at to-morrow shall not Pper' similar d eman d s ? N one whatever, they Bre 00J fectly at th e mercy of their own servontsf o , find them se l ves d r i ven to the alternative rade: granting thei r wish es or w i t hd raw i ng from ores' How d e st ruct i ve this system is to t he poi inter e st s o f t h e empire needs no ein' jci llat the it is but t oo o b v i ous, and surely nothing -sei enterprisi ng s pi r i t an d indefatigable ;o titis ° ell' a British, merchant could induce any 011 % 1 ti' Dl bark capit a l i n a tra d e so pr . eca riods " 3,545 Deli 3,381 333 4,904 157 207 272 124; 45.-; 'ered. 1,198 224 500 '9,605 56 192 996 221 114 364 33 196 48 46 1 316 398 632 4,459 6 11 111 401 685 4,349 5,778 201 26 .1 1