The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-19 00:00:00

GENEALOGY OF THE QUEEN. 1 THE ROYAL VOYAGE FROM SCOTLAND (From the Relfrewskire Annual, 1841.) (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) At ten o'clock on Thursday morning, her Majesty It has been the practice in England to trace her and Royal Consort, accompanied by the domestics Majesty's genealogy from William the Conqueror, as if this were the most ancient and honourable source only, embarked on board the Trident steamer, be of her Majesty's royal, title. She is, however, entitled longing to the General Steam Navigation Comp an y, to a genealogy much more ancient and honourable. ,at Granton Pier. In or about the y ear 837, Kenneth, King of the Scots The Trident was followed by the Daphne an d ,Jas succeeded to the kingdom of the Caledonians or Picts,** sour, Government frigates, the Lightning, Salaman who were of T eu t on i c o r German origin, and thus der, Black Eagle, Rhadamanthus, an d M on k ey united under his dominion the whole of Scotland. 'steamers, and the Roal George yacht. He was called the sixty-ninth King of Scots, and the Previous to her Majesty's embarkation she ex race of Pictish kingi was also very ancient. His de - pressed to Lord Adolphus Fit zc l arence h er regret at 'not being able to return on b oar d t h e R oya l yac h t. scendants represented both of these royal dynasties. He died in the year 854 ; and between that and the The reason of the Trident having been selected to year 1057, sixteen successive kings of his family convey . the Royal pair back, in preference to the Royal George, is stated t o be the delicate situation of • reigned over Scotland, whose names it is unnecessary her Majesty, and the inconvenience she experienced to specify here. fro:n the motion of the vessel in her voyage to Scot- Malcolm Canmore, the son of Duncan, who had been murdered by Macbeth, ascended the throne in land. Sir Rob er t P ee l an d t h e ot h er Mi n i sters , who had an inter v i ew w i t h h er Majesty on Wednesday 1057. On the conquest of England by William the Norman, Edgar Atheling, the descendant of Alfred, evening, are said to have prevailed on her to returh in and the heir of the Saxon royal family, with his mo- the Trident. ther and two sisters, Margaret and Christina, took Immediately after her Majesty's embarkation, the . refuge in Scotland. Malcolm married Margaret, the Earl of Hardwick and Lord Liverpool went on eldest, who is still celebrated in Scotland for her many board the Shearwater (Captain Washington), and virtues. She founded the Abbey of Dunfermline, and the Royal squadron set sail. is canonized as St. Margaret. Edgar Atheling, her In less than three hours sail the Trident gallantly . brother, having died without issue, the descendants of outstripped her companions of the ocean, and was the-marria g e between Malcolm and Margaret became followed by the Monarch (another vessel belonging to the representatives of the Saxon line of kings, and so the. General Steam Navigation Company) only. • entitled to the throne of England. In the descendants The voyage from this time was a most delightful of this marriage, therefore, were concentrated the one, and her Majesty experienced scarcely any in titles of the three royal families of Britain, viz., the conv enience. Both her Ma j est y and his Ro y al Saxon -or English, the C a l e d on i an or Pi ct i s h , and the Highness are spoken of as having laid aside all state, Celtic or Scottish. And this is certainly a much and having exhibited the greatest condescension in their deportment to those around them. Sometimes • more ancient and honourable title, than' being merely they were conversing familiarly with those on board, a descendant of William the Conqueront and sometimes engaged in chatting to each other That her Majesty is a descendant of this marriage, about passing objects. "If my own sister," said an and represents these three Royal dynasties, is proved officer, " and brother had been on board, they could from the history of the country. Malcolm being killed at the seige of Alnwick , 1093, not have made themselves more at home." was succeeded by The distinguished voyagers retired to their state 1. Edgar his son ; h e b his brother. cabin about ten o'clock on Thursday night, and rose , y 2. Alexa n d er t h e Fi rst ; h e b y his brother. early on Friday morning. Their time was spent for 3. David th e First,:youngest son of Malcolm Can- the most part on deck, and on 'Friday her Majesty, more and Queen Ma y rgaret. He died in 1153 ; his feeling some slight fatigue, the Trident's engines were successor was eased for about half-an-hour, while her Majesty took 4. Mal co l m , surnam ed the Maiden, the grandson of some repose. David, who died in 1175 , and was succeeded by his Upon reaching Ferne Islands passage the Trident met the Trinity steam-yacht, decorated with flags. brother, . 5. Willi a m, surnamed the Lion, a brave prince, who She had been sent by the masters and wardens of the died in 1211; succeeded by his son, Trinity House to pilot her Majesty's vessels in the 6. Alexander the Second, who died in 1249 , and was event of danger from fog, or other causes.. Her ser succeeded by his son, vices, however, were not needed, and she followed there 7. Alexander the Third, a wise and valiant Prince, fore in the wake of the Monarch. who gained the victory over the Danes at Large, in The Trident, upon coming up to theNore, anchored 1263. He was killed by a fall from his horse at for three hours, in consequence of the tide being un- Kinghorn in the year 1285, leaving an infant favourable for her Majesty's further progress. She grand-daughter, the Maiden of Norway, who died arrived shoftly before three o'clock, having made the on her voyage to Scotland. voyage from Granton Pier in little more than forty .The right of succession then devolved on the issue hours. The distinguished voyagers did not wish to of David, Earl of Huntington, the younger brother be recognised, but the light that shone from the moon of William the Lion, and who was, of course, also a discovered to the jolly tars on board the Camperdown descendant of Malcolm Canmore and Queen Margo- the Royal standard floating in the breeze, and cheer after cheer followed the discovery. In a few minutes ret. He left three daughters, of whom Margaret, the "false fires," or " half-blue lights," at the yard the eldest, had married Allan, Lord of Galloway, and was grandmoth er o f J o h n B a li o l. I sa b e ll a , th e secon d, arms were displayed, and a Royal salute was fired. had married R o b er t B ruce, § w h ose gran d son , R o b er t During the stay of the Trident at the Nore, the Bruce, Earl of Carrick, after the struggle occasioned Rhadamanthus and Black Eagle brought up, and were d by the trea c h ery an d am biti on o f Ed war d the First, dispatched onward to Woolwich, to announce the ap ultimately succeeded to the throne as proach of the Royal party. 8. Robe r t the First ; ho was, in 1329, succeeded by NOn board the Black Eagle were the Duchess of his son, orfolk, Miss Paget, Col. Bouverie, and Col. Anson. On board the Trident, with her Majesty, was Ad in9. David th e Second, who having died without issue miral Brace, of Sheerness Dockyard, Sir James 1377, was succeeded by his nephew, Robert Clark, and the Admiral's Aide-de-Camp and S ecre - Stewart, son of Marjery Bruce, the only daughter of Robert the First, by her husband, Walter, the tart'; Commander Bullock, of her Majesty's steamer Steward of Scotland, and who was the first of the Fearless, assisted by Capt. Sharp, had charge of th e Stewart family who ascended the throne. Trident. 10. Robert the Secondll who died in 1390, having The Trident quickly followed, and in passing Til reigned thirteen years, was succeeded by his son, bury Fort a Royal salute was fired. The Royal 11. Robert the Third," who, in the year 1406, was party were also saluted on passing the Town Pier, succeeded by his son, Gravesend, and Ingress Abbey, the seat of Mr 12. James the First, who was murdered i n the year Harmer. 1437, and was succeeded by his son, 13. James the Second, who was killed by the burst ing of a cannon at the seige of Roxburgh Castle, in the year 1460, and succeeded by his son, 14. James the Third, who was killed in an insur rection of his subjects, headed by his son, in the year 1488, and succeeded by his son, 15. James the Fourth, if who married Margaret, the eldest daughter of Henry the Seventh, and sister of Henry the Eighth, Kings of England, and who Was a descendant of William the Conqueror, and also of the Royal Family of Wales. He fell at the unfortunate battle of I. lodden, in 1513, and was succeeded by his son, 16. James the Fifth, and he, in 1542, by his daugh ter, born that year, 17. Mary, Queen of Scots. She married Darnley, who was g ran d son o f Q ueen M argaret, t h e w id ow of James the Fourth, by her second marriage, and who, failing the descendants of Queen Mary, would have had a right to the Throne of England, but not to that of Scotland. Maryt+ was, in 1587, suc ceeded by her son, 18. Jaines the Sixth, King of Scots, who, on the death -of Queen Elizabeth, in 1603, succeeded to the , • Throne of England, as in right of his great-grand mother, Margaret, sister of Henry the Eighth, and wife of James the Fourth. In this way he came to have right to the Throne of England and Princi pality of Wales, as the eldest lineal descendant of iVilliam the Conqueror, and united in his pers on the titles of all the Royal families of Britain. It is needless to give the particulars of her Ma jesty's descent from James Sixth of Scotland and First of England, as these are well known. By the above detail it is established, that her Majesty is not only descended from William the Conqueror, and from the Princes of 'Wales, but that she also repre sents the Saxon Royal Family of England, and the still more ancient Royal Families of the Caledonians or Picts, and of the Scots or Celts ; and in this way, that she unites in her person the titles of all the an cient royal families or Britain, and is connected with every royal family of Europe. * So denominated by the Romans. t The ancestors of the two ancient Royal families of Scotland had suc cess f u ll y res i sted the i nva sions 01 the 'lonians and Danes, and all other enemies, and their successors were equally successful in repelling . all in vaders, and maintaining the independence of their coun try. So that Scotland has the proud distinction of never having been conquered by any foreign Power, and her Majesty the high honour of being the descendant and repv9sentative of.this ancient and heroic race of kings, as well as of the ancient Saxon family of England. The Caledonians, being of Teutonic or German descent, as well as the Saxons, there was a great resemblance in language, manners, and institutions, between the inhabi tants of the eastern coast of Scotland and the Saxon population of England, and many of the Saxon families came to settle in Scotland, after the conquest of England by William the Norman. Commonl7 called St. David. He made a g►rant of large estates in the county of Renfrew and adjoining districts to Walter, High Steward of Scotland, ancestor of the Stewart family, who founded the Abbey of Pais ley, 1160. S Robert Bruce, Lord of Annandale, had a son, also named Robert. who was the handsomest man of his time.l The .young Countess of Carrick he ving accident i ally . seen him when hunting, invited him to her caitle of Cul zeiti,"and he declining her invitationi'Vie took hold of the bridle, of his horse, and thttsleonstrained him to ac- company her. At that tiintlE was dangerous to address a fknale ward of the Cr6tvn without the Royal consent, and the story of this aVparent compulsion seems to have been devised in ord . & tb avoid such danger. Marriage, course, was theeconsequence. (As descendant of this marriaze, her Majesty enjoys the title of Countess of ' Carrick.) -4 4 rom this union sprung I;obert Bruce, , E,rl of Cakrick, afterwards Robert I. of Scotland. 11 . Thu family of the Marquis of Bute are descended from le' son of Robert H. Alexander Stewart, called the •« Wolf of Badenoch;" was a sou" of that Monarch. and The family pr Sir Michael Stewart, of Greenock 111. here are 1 / 4 , a6(110 -,11 are lineal male descendants of Robert e preser% d three -charters by Robert HI. to Sir Jain. Stewart his son, of the lands of Ardgowan, Blackball, an 1403:' Theae Auenengown. in the years 1390, 1396, have severaldoscended lands, as established by the titles, Sir John st r e nna father to son, in lineal male descent the present Baronet, who is thus ascertained , son of Robert 111., to Sir Michael, lineal male t w to be a and s the descendantseventeenthi" the Royal House of Stewart, the son of Robert 111 n descent from Sir John Stewart, . ft During the remainder of chain round his body, by way of Penance for his rebel -4t-: After 18 years' imprisonment she was cruelly and unjustly put to death by I._:lizaheth, i n 1587. ALLEGED SUICIDE AND SUSPICIOUS DEOdATIOT. A Jaw.:---llnring the whole . of Friday a Jews f: I:et.tiacloaot-f excitement prevailed among the lane, Bell-lane, and their vicinity, o ccas i on • ed by the dtatth • 'of Ilyam • Ify - ams, one of " their , wh y, ..i t was allege, had committed suicide,i`aad who was .discovered dead in hi s b e d at two o'clock ye3terday morning. It is stated that on Wednesday fast. be;ii:.; the day of atonement, and a day of strict abstinence, as well as a holiday among the Jews, the deceased attended Synagogue with his family. After leaving his place of worship, he proceeded to the neighbourheod of Old Ford, where it is said he had Some bread, meat, and beer, and having been seen by two persons of his own persuasion, enjoying his repast, he was much jeered about it by a number of persons who were made acquainted with his transgression. This circumstance, it is said, preyed much upon him, and yesterday morning his wife found him dead by her side. She have an alarm, when p o li ce consta b le H 181, en teret,lthe house, 5:Bell-lane, and found close to the bed a haßtilterchief, with a noose in it, and the medical man called in has given it as his decided opinion that death has been produced by strangulation ; the wife de clares, ber husband was quite dead when she discovered him. and knew nothing of the means by which her hus band destroyed himself. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday, when the Jury returned a verdict of " Tem porary insanity. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Sa turday for Byde, Isle of Wight. Zbir t 7i:bitten THE FUNDS-(CL BRITISH OSING PRICES.) FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .... ... Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. C0n5.... 3i per Cent. Red... — Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent... loli Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 51 pm New 5 per Cen. — Ditto 5001...... 51 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ... ...... Bank Stock for Openg — Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 . Consols for Acct. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... 'Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 'Ditto New Ditto I , Brazilian 80nd5.......... (Russian, 5 per cent. BuenosAyres6 per cent. IRusstan, 5 pei cent — Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Meta11ic........... Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent. — Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, D e f erre d.... . . Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent.ll9l. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent..... 341 French, 3 per cent —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per ce n t. 521 Peruvian, 1b25, 6 pe r c t. I Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 1021 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 48 Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid .... Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 55 Great Western Railway (65 paid) B2i London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall ( paid) 6l London and Birmingham (90) ...... ..... .. 182 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and South Western (411 Os 10d pd) 571 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 22 Paris and Rouen (18 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)......... 22t York and North Midland (50 paid) ... .... 89 CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) The eleventh session of' the Central Criminal Court, during the present Mayoralty, commenced this sporn ing at ten o'clock, at the Sessions-house, in the Old Bailey, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Thomas Wood, Sheriff Rogers, and the usual civic authorities. The calendar con tains the names of 169 prisoners for trial. The Grand Jury having been sworn. The RECORDER proceded to address them on the nature of their duties. During the course of the charge, the Recorder stated that the number of pri soners at present in Newgate amounted to nearly 200, and that before the termination of the sessions, it was expected that there would be rather more than that number of persons for trial—but that number, how ever, was less than the number usually committed for trial at these Sessions. The charges which the Grand Jury would have to investigate, were, for the most part, of an ordinary character. There was one charge of murder alleged to .have been committed on the high seas. .4 was charged against a captain of a vessel that he had been guilty of the heinous crime of accelerating ,9r occasioning the death of one or more of his seamen by ill-treatment. There were also in the calendar several cases of forgery and at .Nr4g forged instruments, and also several 1 cases of stealing post-office letters, containing money, with intent to defraud the Postmaster-General. These last were cases which affected the interests of the public in a very eminent degree, involving, as 'they did, the safe delivery' of money sent thrOugh the Post-office,- and of orders made for the payment of money. In neither of these charges did he anticipate that the . Grand Ju r y wou ld have any legal anticipate dif ficulties to deal with, and from the facts stated in the depositions, he thought it material that they should undergo the fullest investigation. Should any difficulty arise in the course of the discharge of those duties which had devolved on them, the Court would afford them every assistance in its power. He did not, however, anticipate any such difficulties, and would not, there fore, detain them longer, but would at once remit them to the discharge of their duties. The Grand Jury then retired. The Court then proceeded to impanel the different Pettit Juries, and, as usual, several most ludicrous ex cuses were made to endeavour to escape from serving. The number of deaf; however was not so great as on former occasions. One of the summoned begged hard to be let off, on the ground that he was very feeble on his feet, opining, no doubt, that the Court would consider a man weak in the understanding as unfit to serve on a Jury. The Court, however, was inexorable, and there being no Corn-law for Jurors, the feeble-footed faltered forward into the box. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FRO3I THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE. —We have endeavoured to show that the recent and present distress in the manufac turing districts is traceable to a cause external to what isealled the manufacturing system. Indeed, ,those- who most bitterly denounce that system might be somewhat puzzled to point out whereto tiley ascribe its maleficent agency. Is it the givin g employment to masses of men whom the soil cannot employ profitably? Is it ceasing to ~ give th em emp l oymen t ? If so, the giving emplo .y in e nt ' pro tanto, was a benefit. Is it encuura,, ' lir, de -i e d ' an excessive increase of popu lationon precarious subsistence. To prove lent anieliTtP—ulastteiTpi ~ it ought to be shown, that want steeped to manufacturing employ a Populationaily manufacturing of to the lips in wretched ness for in such resource, increase slower than sustained at a higher grade by s in ho it w s n oN t % l , l n at ni manufacturingltUrej capital. It ought to be and industry is precarious (AP not by three of a legisla tion which forbidsexchange of its products fbr necessaries. Of course, n t y rom industry connexion must with be precarious that is cut the soil and its produce — that i s ne i t h er em ployed directly in thatraising produce, nor re gularly in supplying the other 1: 1 - d a a n n ts c e o , of a those l who do raise it in sufficientlabru THE: SLTN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1842. times, for those who do not. If what the present Prime Minister of this country has stated is true—namely, that the experience of late years shows us outgrowing our means ofsub sistence—then precarious doubtless must he the condition of that part of the people who find themselves, in years like the last four, beyond the margin of those means. Nobody has grown food tin• them in return for the pro ducts of their labour. The home-grower has confessedly fallen short. The foreign grower has supplied us at scarcity prices—prices, the payment of which has drained the funds for manufacturing employment, contracted the de mand for its products, and deranged all our commercial transactions. Thence the wise land scribes have jumped to the conclusion that, because commerce has been deranged—because manufactures have been slack—because opera tives have been out of work and bread—there fore commerce and manufactures must them selves be the sources of their own suffer ings. We repeat what we have before as serted--that it is not because we are too commercial, but because we are too anti commercial—because we have not called com merce in aid precisely of those wants where its powers of adaining, supply to demand were most requisite —that it is just so far as we can act in defiance of the known principles of regular corn merce—just so fur as we legislate expressly to baffle its operations—that we suffer the conse quences imputed by the land scribes to our trading over-much. The phenomena, such as the crash of American credit, which appear to counte nance their notions--are, in reality, - only addi tional proofs of the madness of anti-commercial legislation. America has always been deficient in the power of making . returns to the full amount of the imports which ; till now, she has wished to take from us. Her natural occupation, agriculture, offered the sole means of enlarging• those returns, and thereby placing American commerce on a safi: and well-balanced basis. We rejected those means; we would not suffer our customers to be solvent to the best of their power. When we were last flush of money, we lent the Americans our money to buy our goods with. Evil days followed to us and to them : , here semi-starvation to hundreds of thousands; there private and public bankruptcy—and at length a desperate copy of our restrictions. All • this mischief; as far as it might have been obvi ated by simply permitting the natural exchanges between a new country and an old one—raw produce for finished goods—all this mischief is thus far traceable, not to the manufacturing system—not to bloated millocrats—no, no, bnt to bloated monopolists, wno dreamed of their ruin from our abundancs. The vast supplies which America might afford of agricultural produce were actually held up in terrorem in the last Corn-law debates in the House of Commons, by certain respectable country Members, to whom we won't wish worse than—immort alinfamy ! CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY THE QUEEN. [We do not vouch in any degree for the credibility of the subjoined story, which we transfer to our co lumns from the Hants Advertiser. Nevertheless, it would be unwise not to submit to the perusal and judgment of our readers.] An investigation into circumstances of the most alarming character, connected with a Chartist con spiracy to destroy the Queen, has been secretly going on before the Magistracy of Southampton for some time past. We have taken all imaginable pains to obtain correct information- on the subject. We be lieve our account to be correct in the main, though, from having been denied permission to look at the depositions, we may slightly err in the details. The party through whom the notice of Govern ment has been directed to the investigation, is named Peirce, a grocer in Canal-walk, Southampton. Peirce was considered some time back the leader of the Chartists in this town, and frOm his having made himself very conspicuous in that character, was doubt less thought by the chiefs of the London Chartists as a fit person to enrol in their secret band. This band, the existence of which has been long suspected by the London police, seems to consist of a select number of the most desperate characters among the great body of the Chartists. They direct the movements of the uninitiated, arrange the principal meetings, send delegates to disturbed districts, and, as it will be seen, are sworn to attempt the ac complishment of their treasonable designs, at all hazards, even if by the assassination of the Sovereign. It would seem that the secret conclave we have referred to considered that the destruction of the Queen would have the effect of overthrowing the Government, and that they should, in the general consternation and confusion that would ensue, be able to carry out their particular ends. About five months since, as we are informed three men called on Pierce at his shop in Canal Walk, and after snaking themselves known to him as leaders of the London Chartists, and by communications which, to him, were convincing, and after going into details with which we are unacquainted, proposed to him to take the oath binding him to assist himinthe destructiunofthe Queen! Pierce was horror-struck at the proposition, being one of the crowd of deceived persons who believed the acquisition of the five points to be the be -all and the end all of Chartism. The parties left Peirce with a threat of fatal consequences to himself if he divulged their visit to any party. He, however, did communicate his secret to a brother Chartist, and for the credit of that person, we hope it is true that it was owing to his counsel that Peirce communicated with the Government on the business. Peirce was sent for to London, and was examined at the Secretary of State's-office, and being taken to N,swgate to see Francis, the regicide, at once pronounced hp to be one of the three men who had paid him the visit spoken of! 'lt was deemed advisable by the Privy Council to let the matter rost for a period, in order to see if any further movements were in contemplation. The fact, however, of Peirce's revelations had probably come to the knowledge of the Chartist leaders, for on the evening of Friday the 3d instant, as Peirce was returning to Southampton down the London road on the common, a fellow suddenly appeared before him from among the trees, and presented a pistol at him, uttering at the same time, some 'expressions relative to his having betrayed somebody, but at that moment a carriage approached, which from the softness of the road had not been heard till then, upon which the ruffian ran off amongst the trees towards a place adjoining, called Highfield. Peirce made his way home, and was too much a l arme d t o com municate the matter to the police. On the following Tuesday, Peirce was returning home across the lioundwell (an open piece of ground near the High-street, Southampton), about eight o'clock in the evening, when he found himself dogged by a man whom he recognised as the ruffian who assaulted him on the Common. At a moment when no person was apparently near, the fellow fired a pistol at Plum, and the bullet passed through his hat, doing him no injury. The assassin fled and escaped. Peirce com municated the facts to the Home-office, and a gentle man (Mr. Hay) from thence, and subsequently, w e be lieve Sir J. Graham, have attended the examination of Peirce before the Borough Magistrates. No clue has been at present obtained, but a Government pro clamation, offering 100/. reward for such information as may lead to the apprehension of the assassin, will be issued forthwith. As before stated, we have been refused a perusal of the deporitions, or any informa tion, by the Magistrates, who, however, seem fully impressed with a belief of the fact of Peirce having; been shot at, a police• constable and a woman, in the vicinity, having heard the report of the pistol a the time. INCENDIARISAI AT SYSTON.—We regret to state that a stack of barley, belonging to Mr. M. Sheffield, of Syston, was discovered to be on fire there on Tuesday morning last, and that there is but too much reason to consider that it was wilfully and maliciously occasioned. Indeed we learn that the person in custody, John Bel lamy, has admitted the fact. Ile was fulry committed for trial on Wednesday by Mr. Ileyrick. We are cre dibly informed that the prisoner has stated that he was prompted to the deed by feelings of revenge, as he as ierts that a son of the owner of the stack maintained an illicit intercourse with his wife, under the roof, and with the connivance of her own father and mother.—Leices• ter Journal. IMITATION PUNISIIABLE.—Five paupers were sen tenced to fourteen days hard labour, at Leicester, lately, fur " laughing, braying, and making a noise as if they were driving cattle." Such amusements aro practised by legislators in the House of Commons with impunity. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HO V 6 F,. William Smith, alias Michael Onions, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charg2d with having forged the acceptance of Gaze and Co. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, and Mr. Hobler, jun., appearbd for the prosecution, and Mr. Curling for the prisoner, who' had been a bankrupt, and outlawed, and uncerti fkated. Mr. James 'Whitaker, of Broad-street, surgeon, stated that he knew the prisoner by the name of Wil liam Smith. He had been given to understand that he was a brother of James and John Onions, the lat ter of whom had been a partner in the firm of Gaze and Co. for a short period, and although not in cus tody, was charged with having been concerned in the conspiracy. Theprisoner, on August 27, brought witness the bill, now produced, for 171. 15s. in payment of an ; account incurred professionally by the prisoner and one of his brothers, who he said authorised 'll6 to pay it. At that time there was no acceptance upon it; in every other respect it was the same as at the present time, except that it had no address upon it of the person upon whom it was drawn. Upon seeing that the bill was not accepted, witness mentioned that fact to the prisoner, who looked foolish, but Some papers had been found upon the prisoner, when he was apprehended, which Mr. Curling ob jected to allow to be read, as they had nothing to do with the case. The LORD MAYOR said if he considered there was any doubt about the question of the forgery, he cer tainly should look at the letters for satisfaction, but he thought it was quite unnecessary. The prisoner was then remanded. KENSINGTON. Mr. T. PAYNTER, the sitting Magistrate, on Sa turday gave his decision in a case respecting the lia bility of pleasure-vans to the payment of a larger toll than that charged for glass-coaches, &c., licensed under the Post-horse Duties Act, and also to the payment of a back toll. The case was fully argued before that Magistrate about a fortnight ago, by Mr. Ballantyne, the barrister, on the part of the van pro prietors, and by Mr. Chambers, the barrister, on the part of the defendant, Frederick "Wright, toll-col lector at the Black Lion gate, Notting-hill ; and the Magistrate, after quoting and explaining at great length the clauses of the various Acts of Parliament bearing on the question, said he was firmly of opinion that, taking into consideration all the facts of the case as they had appeared before him, by the evidenCe of the witnesses, and the arguments of the Learned Counsel on both sides, he was decidedly of opinion that the only amount of toll to which such vans were liable was that of 6d.—a similar toll to that paid for glass-coaches. gave notice of , an onthapeppeaarltagofaintlslet the decision. CROYDON., _ _ _ Mr. James Atkins, jun., a gentleman who has been carrying on with his father an extensive business as a lime-burner, at Coulsdon, for many years, was brought up on a warrant obtained by Mr. C. Smith, an ironmonger, at Croydon, charged with being con cerned in the uttering of a bill of exchange, bearing a forged acceptance, with intent to defraud the pro secutor. Mr. It. Russell, of Croydon, and a clerk from the office of Mr. Flower, attended on behalf of the ac cused party. The case, from the respectability of the prisoner, and his station in life, created a great deal of interest, and the Court was crowded during the investigation. Mr. C URRIE when the warrant was produced, ad dressed hi s b ro th er Magistrates,. and explained, that , Mr. Smith, the prosecutor, had originally applied to him for a warrant against the prisoner and his father upon the charge of forgery. the father was subse quently taken into custody,. and underwent an ex amination upon that charge before him and another Magistrate • but, after hear in g the evidence that was adduced, they did not think it was• sufficient to war rant them in committing him to prison. At that ex amination a bill of exchange, bearing an acceptance ' which was p rov ed to be a forgery, was produced, and Mr. Atkins, jun., was now brought forward to answer for his connexion with that bill of exchange. Mr. C. Smith wa s then sworn, and M r . C uaatE called upon him to produce the forged instrument. Mr. Smith said he had not got it. Mr. CURRIE inquired what had become of it ? Mr. Smith replied that he did not know anything about it; but he believed it had been destroyed. Mr. CURRIE asked if the amount had been paid to him for the bill? Mr. Smith said it had not. Mr. CURRIE—Then you do not produce the instru mith-1 have not go t it. I am very a moment of ang e r a t fi n di ng t h at I pay Ple bill, ow i ng to t h e acceptors not having honour ed it, that I got the warrant against sm w o a er s rnyt ? ob ti l l i Ar. g lt e r d i t 9. nS these gentlemen. Mr. CURRIE, then addressing Mr. Smith, told him that he' had come forward, in the first instance, to make a charge of forgery, and he produced an instru ment which was sworn to be forged, and now he thought proper to say that he did not kno w w h a t h a d become of it. In his opinion this amo un t e d t o com pounding a felony, and he d ou b te l whether it did not even make him an accessory after the fact to the felony. Mr. Smith declared that he never saw the bill after the examination of Mr. Atkins, sen. M r . Sydney Penfold, one o f th e c l er k s to t h e Bench, said he cou l d contradict this stat emen t, f or h e remembered distinctly pl ac i ng the instrument in his hands. -- .._ Mr. CURRIE suggested that Mr. P en f o ld s h ou ld b e sworn to this fact , and this was accordingly done, and his deposition was taken . down. .could not b e gone on w i t h . Mr. Penfold w,ilslehing., t s e al p d re t d h u at ee as th M e r in S st m rh it m h e d n i t d , not the said the c h arge of forgery must o f course be dropped , chargeap ll p e i r a . r c t o o fu 1 forgerytbneiE but the Bench would go on and hear what evidence could be adduced, in order to see compoundi ng a felony. The Benc h whether they ought not to give i ns t ruc ti ons t o i n dict Mr. Sniith for would not allow itself to be trifled with in this manner. that he and Mr. William Arnold had been in business then sworn, and he deposed asnot now partners. They l‘ b 'L u c; d l e l r e s: ry but S t a l y ley N.Vas were formerly had transactions with the Messrs. Atkins, but had ceased to do so for the last three years. Mr. CURRIE—D O you rem em b er upon t h e exami nation of Mr. Atkins, sel l ., 481. was produced, puiporting t o b e acce pt e d by Henry Say and William Arnold ? that a bill of exchange for Mr. CURRIE—Was that acceptance i n your hand writing or that of your Witness—l do. partner ? Witness—lt was I not mine, but I cannot say it was not my partner's. Mr. CURRIE—Do you mean to swear that you do not know whether it was written by your partner or not ? Witness—l e ,don' t beli eve i t was wr itt en by him. Mr. C t inniE----Ilien, why did you not say so at first. It was sworn, p os i t i vely, at the f ormer exami nation, that the acceptance was a forgery. The Bench then c onsulted together, after which, the CHAIRMAN said, that as the alleged forged instrument was not forthcoming, Mr. Atkins must be discharged, but heat tht saM.e_time said that copies of all the de positions would be forwarded to the Home-office, in order that the Secretary of State might decide whe ther any ulterior Proceedings should be adopted. ATTEMPT TO MURDER. AT A the lif e of MARRIAGE FEAST. Guillaume Bo urbon was charge d w i t h h av i ng at temptedwhich the pris onerstoodcharged was comm i tte d under extraordinary circumstancesLaborie. : Jean Labori e, a relat, in the, c ommune of Cussac, with Catherine Laborie, his si s t er, and the prisoner, hi s brother-in farmer, aged 25 , resided at Nig• law... Bourbon managed the affairs , and received the For h monies. He Le last two years Jean Laborie had been paying his had al so acted as tutor to his brother in-law.addresses to a young woman named Marguerite Merle ; and it was believed that the union would combin e a ll th e co nvenances of both age and fortune. The pris oner, h ow ever, did everything in his power to prevent, or at least to retard the match, and employed a pe rson t o e ndeavour to turn Laborie from his proj ect. In this feeling o f oppos i t i on i t ap peared that h e b -all two motives —one of hatred, and the other of e a feeling tow ar d s merle the girl's father , by whom he fancied he h a d been cupidity. Ile had, in fact, an inimical w ro nged; and he feared that 1 father-in-law after the marriage Laborie would be induced by his had been heard to gay, . :‘,. ri reference to the affair— to as k. f o r a division of property. He " If that bete The Projectecolfmatih• and on the Cith of' M ay m arr i es - ' th i e girl Merle I shall have to bell two c 's ; and if he does so he shall pay for it." The -opposition futile. was almost concluded, reiagleirisoner was, however, by some mutual friends, repaired to Cussac for the the two families, accompanied 'purpose of concluding the contract. Bourbon went also, but took no l - It in the busi ness of the day, keeping by himself, and confining his remarks to ex pressions of public-house, he dashed a glass down upon the table d iscontent. In a fit of excitement, at a " They will marry, will they ? Well, I will give them nothing ; pll The contract was, however, completed; the two • families returned home to the village, and assembled go to law first." said the omission was an accident, and it should be rectified. The prisoner returned on the 29th of Au gust, and produced the bill, accepted as it new ap peared to be, by Gaze and Co. Witness then took the bill in discharge of the account, and handed over to him the balance of 1/. 16s. 4d. The bill purported to be drawn by a person named .Reinhard. Henry Gage stated that he was a member of the firm of Gage and Co. The partnership with John Onions was dissolved on the 17th of June, in the Ga zette (which was produced). The prisoner's real name was Michael Onions. The bill was not accepted by witness, or by any person authorised by him in the firm. Witness never saw Reinhard, the drawer, but understood that he was a potboy at Garland's, in Sharpe's-buildings, in the Minories. Witness had no doubt that the name of William Smith on the bill was the handwriting of the prisoner, whose writing he had seen. On cross-examination witness said the prisoner had made engines for the establishment, and witness had drawn two bills upon him, which he accepted, as the demand for the erection of the engines had been over drawn. Those demands had been paid in sums of 81. and 101. at a time. The prisoner had never accepted any other bills of accommodation or otherwise for I witness. Ile knew, within a few days, that the pri soner was an uncertificated bankrupt and an outlaw. Witness had received, since the commencement of the present proceedings, a notice signed by Mr. Curling and John Onions, stating that the propriety of dis solving the partnership was disputed. No one had been authorised to accept for the firm. Mr. Curling submitted that there must be proof not only to negative the signature, but to show that authority was not given by some one of the partners. The Loan MAYou said that the defence seemed to be upon the authority which the prisoner received to accept the bill. If that were the case; why did he not write down the words "by procuration ?" Nothing of the kind was done, but he absolutely signed for the firm. at a friend's house for the purpose of passing the evening with a dance. During the time the lovers and their friends were thus en:oying themselves, a repast was being prepared at the house of Merle, the father of the intended bride. Ten o'clock was the hour fixed for sitting down to supper. Bourbon, however, had not arrived, although he had been in vited. He had, in fact, said to some person that if he came it should not be for nothing. In order to overcome his unpleasant feelings a friend named Morange was sent again to ask him to come, but could get no answer at the house, and returned to the party, thinking that Bourbon must have retired to bed. He then found that the repast was served upon a large bin or trough in the place of a table. This v as placed near the fireplace in a large room, which com municated by a secret door with an adjacent barn, The guests, seven in number, sat down. Four sat on the opposite side near the stove—namely, the intended bride and her affianced husband, her father and brother. Opposite them, a little to the right, was the door which communicated with the barn ; on the other side of the table, and immediately opposite the lovers, sat Morange, another friend named Barriere, and the musician, having their backs turned towards the door. The party had scarcely taken their seats when it opened. They thought that Bourbon was coming, and turned their faces that way ; no one was to be seen, but the next mom en t th e repor t o f a gun was heard, and the right side of poor Lzborie's head received nearly the whole charge of the weapon. He fell forward upon the table, bathing the cloth with his blood. Two shots out of the whole charge only appeared to have escaped him ; one of these struck Marguerite Merle, and the other Morange, the friend who had gone out to invite the assassin to the feast. The latter, although only slightly wounded, received such a shock that he fell upon the floor. Taking advantage of the scene of confusion which followed his act, the assassin fled; but he had been seen and recognised by two witnesses in his flight. A third witness had seen the prisoner enter his house the instant after the murderous act had been committed. Poor Laborie, it was thought, must have sunk under the effects of the wound, had he not had a very fine-constitution, which enabled him to recover the shock. As it is, he has lost his right eye, and has re ceived other injuries, which he will suffer from as long as he lives. The Jury found a verdict of gu ilty against the prisoner, but without p reme dit a ti on; an d t h e Court sentenced him to hard labour for life. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. VEssELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Norval, bound to Rio, July 31, lat. 5 S., lon. 32 W., by the Cantab, arrived at Liverpool. Rob Roy, Rio to London, July 27, lat. 11 N., lon. 32 W., by the Harriet, arrived at Liverpool. Saquuhen, Liverpool to Valparaiso, 10th ult., lat. 1 N., lon. 21 W. ; Northumbrian, Liverpool to Valparaiso, 19th ult., lat. 15 N., lon. 25 W., by the Killermont, ar rived at Liverpool. Coldstream, Archangel to London, with loss of mam-topmast and top-gallant-masts, lat 64 N., lon. 4E. ; Hero, Archangel to London, lat. 62 N., lon. 3 E., with bowsprit sprung, by the Coatham, arrived at Shields. ' Mischief, Teneriffe to Tampico, 'l4th ult., lat. - 23, lon. 36 ; Dochfaur, Bristol to Quebec, 10th inst., lat. 49, lon. 13, by the 'Surprise, arrived at Liverpool. Myrene, Savanilla to Liverpool, 3d ult., off Cape Donna Maria ; Ellen, from Jamaica, 4th ult., off Cape Nieholay Mole ; Eliza Ann, St. Vincent's to the Clyde, 27th ult., lat. 38, lon. 58 ; Milford, Trinidad for Liverpool, 28th ult., lat. 39, lon. 57, by the Alecto, arrived at Liverpool. Royal Mint, Jamaica to Li verpool, 24th ult, lat. 37, lon. 60 ; Kitty, Cork to Newfoundland, 2d inst., lat. 45, lon. 40, by the Helen Hamilton, arrived at Liverpool. Spencer, Liverpool to the Cape, 25th ult., lat. 42, lon. 13, by the lone, arrived at Fahnouth. Peru, Benin to Liverpool, 30th ult., lat. 37, lon. 36, by the Tigris, arrived in the Downs. Arabian, Calcutta to London, 4th inst., lat. 42. lon. 27 ; Hannah, of Jersey, homeward bound, 6, lat. 43, lon. 26; Cuba, of Liverpool, 12, lat. 49, lon. 9, by the George, arrived off Portsmouth. Gowern, Swansea to Quebec, 23d ult., lat. 46, lon. 41, by the London, arrived in the Downs. Helen Jane, Liverpool to Rio, July 17, lat. 4 N., lon. 23 W. ; Margaret, New York to Bombay, 21, lat. 10, lon. 24 ; Sandback, Liverpool to Demerara, 26th ult., lat. 42, lon. 17; Flora, Clyde to Rio, 6th inst., lat. 50, lon. 9, by the Enchantress, arrived in the River. Mary Ann Lock (with five fish), bound to the Falkland Islands, May 31, lat. 7, lon. 13. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 17.--Malabar, 72, Winches ter, 50, and the C ur l ew , Bitt ern, and Fantome, of 16 each, were at Rio Janeiro on the 30th July. The Agincourt, 72, on h er way to China, was spoken with in lat. 31 S ., l on. 32 W ., on 13th ffuly, The Persian and Grecian, sloops-of-war, were at St. Helena on the 28th of July. The Lily, 16, left the Cape for Port Natal, on the 2d of July, to join the Southampton and Isis. The Bramble, cutter, tender t o th e Fl y, surveying ship, was at th e Cape of Good Hope on 24th June. The Pickle schooner, Lieutenant Montresor, ar rived at Halifax, from Bermuda, on the 27th ult. Tha Monkey returned yesterday to Woolwich, from attending the Queen. The Gleaner, steamer, will be paid off At Wool wich on Tuesday. The Dee and Comet, steamers, left WoOlwieh on Monday last; the former for Gibraltar, with artillery, and the latter for the Irish surve y. The Alban, steamer, and Sylvia, tender, arrived yesterday from Jersey. • The Netley, tender, arrived to-day with supernu meraries, from Plymouth. WRECK OF HER MAJESTY'S CUTTER SIYAN.--DUL ring the gale of wind which blew s o t remen d ously on Wednesday night, this beautiful little craft, about 30 tons burden, was unfortunately driven ashore on a shoal of rocks running out from a small creek, a little to the westward of Clovelly. The vessel was riding at anchor, apparently in perfect safety, awaiting the return of the tide, when suddenly the weather grew tempestuous, and before the anchor could be weighed and the canvas set she was thrown among the breakers and became a total wreck. The crew, with consider able difficulty, succeeded in saving their lives.— North Devon Advertiser, The Imaum is ready for sea. She has embarked a detachment of Marines from this division, and about 159 disposable seamen and boys for the ships on the West India station ; and will proceed to Jamaica, under the command of Lieut. Joseph Mottley. The Belle Poule and another French frigate passed out of the Mediterranean on the 31st ult. The Belle Poule has since arrived at Brest, and the Prince de Joinville is going to sea in her. The Hendrick Hudson, New York packet, sailed on Monday, for America, full of passengers. The Westminster, Atwood, arrived on Wednesday-23 days from New York. The Christiana, Hall, from Leghorn, arrived to day. In lat 47 long. 10.30 she fell in, on the Bth, with the schooner George, abandoned; it was blow ing too hard to board her, but had her crew remained in her, she could readily have reached England. This is the vessel about which we have seen in the papers of the week a long story of shameful conduct on the part of the Sea Bird brig, for not giving her assist ante. We suspect she required none, and ought no to have been abandoned. The Beacon, from Leghorn, arrived here on Thurs day. About 55 miles from the Lizard, she was thrown on her beam ends, and remained in that condition for 30 hours, her cargo having shifted. The City of Derry sailed yesterday for China. The superb ship Queen, Medea, of the Indian Navy, master, full of passengers, will sail to-morrow for Calcutta. She has taken her stock on board here. The Hamlet, Wilson, sailed on Wednesday for Sydney. The Premier transport is on her way to England with two companies of the 76th Regiment on board,. from Nova Scotia. About 100 men of that regiment have volunteered to serve in the 20th Regiment at Bermuda. The depot companies of this regiment have left Cork for duty in Portsmouth Garrison. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Imaum, Orestes, Alban, Echo, and Rocket, steamers, Netley and Sylvia tenders. At ,Spithead—Bellone (Austrian frigate), Abo (Russian corvette), Young Queen (East Indiaman). The Commander. in -Chief, Admiral Sir E. Cocking ton, sailed in the Fanny yacht on Tuesday, for Dart mouth. His ftag was struck at sunset. The 69th Regiment of Foot embarked on the 28th ult. at Halifax for Cork, on board the Java transport, Lieutenant Imrie, Agent, and sailed on the follow ing day. The head-quarters of the 99th Regiment, under the command of Major Last, embarked at Deptford yes terday on board the convict ship Earl Grey, bound for Van Diemen's Land. A convict guard of the same regiment also embarked the same day on board the transport ship Duchess of Northumberland. Both these ships take convicts from Woolwich, Sheerness, this port, and Plymouth. On Thursday next, the 16th Regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Col. A. G. Campbell, will have a new pair of colours presented to them by the Hon. Lady Pa kenham. This imposing ceremony will take place on Southsea Common ; and in honour of the occasion, a' select party are invit e d b y the officers to breakfast, a t the Icing's Rooms, on Southsea Beach. In the even inir, at the same place, a ball and supper will be given by Col. Campbell and the officers to the chief of de partments in the port and garrison, and to a large number of the fashionables of the surrounding neigh bourhood ; the arrangements of which are entrusted to the celebrated Gunter. This distinguished. regi ment must have been incorporated about the ti me o f the Com monwea l t h , as we find it serving in the wars of Marlborough ; . and in rather more modern times, was one•Of our gallant corps at Minden. Since the French Revolution this Regiment has served in the West Indies, at the reduction of the French Islands there ; formed part of the Duke of York's army in Holland ; went for eight years to Canada, but re- turned in time to b' pre , ont at the occupation of Paris by the allied army ; since which it has served. for a lengthened period at Ceylon and in the East Indies. The remaining four companies of the 6th Regiment joined the Head Quarters of that corps, at Gosport, by Railway, on Wednesday last. On Tuesday the Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir George Seymour, the Right Hon. H. Corry, and the Hon. S. Herbert, arrived and formed a Board of Admiralty at Greenwich Hospital on matters connected with the schools of the Royal Naval Asylum, &c. Their Lordships went in the Admiralty barge, which, after th e i r d e b ar ki ng, re turned to Whitehall. APPOINTMENTS. - Lieutenants Joseph Martin Mottley, from the Caledonia, to command the Imaum, vice Stewa‘rt, superseded ; J. A. Pritchard, Samuel Morrish, John Strettell, and W. T. Rivers (addi tional), to the Illustrious. Afaiier's Assistant—B.. 0. White, to the Imaum. Mate—Henry Hannant, to the Imaum. Midshipman.. H. D. Graham, to the Spartan. Volunteers Ist Class—ll. B. Johnstone, to the Howe; E. W. Sh aw , t o t h e C am b ridge; C. H. Par ker, to the Excellent; G. Visconte, to the Vanguard; J. T. Baker and George Holden, to the Howe. The following Mates qualified for Lieutenants at the Naval College on Tuesday :—Mr. C. A. Lodder, Caledonia; C. H. V. Temple, late Wellesley; A. Luckraft, Excellent; C. U. H. P. St. John, late Sparrow. Alfred P. Hasler Helby, son of Lieutenant Helby, R.N., has been appointed Volunteer Ist Class to her Majesty's ship Magicienne. This young gentleman has been educated at the Royal Naval School, Camber well, and is one cf the nominations placed at the dis posal of the Council of Administration of that establish ment (by the Admiralty) as a reward for merit and proficiency in studies. By this appointment we learn, for the first time, that the Admiralty officially sanc tions a tax on the parents of a Volunteer of the Ist Class of from 401. to 501. per annum to pay his mess and expenses—not all of them necessary. The Earl of Wilt on ' s yac ht , Xarifa, has been hauled up on Mr. White's patent slip at East Cowes, to he lengthened by the bows previous to a distinguished party proceeding in her to the Mediterranean. • SUICIDE of a MILITARY OFFICER. On Saturday an inquest was held by Mr. Thomas Wakley on the body of Captain William Brew (for merly of the Queen's Bays), Captain and Adjutant of the Royal 'West Middlesex Militia, and Adjutant of the Uxbridge Volunteer Infantry Corps. The following witnesses were examined : Timothy Carter, Sergeant in the Royal West Mid dlesex Militia, knew the deceased. Lived with him for the last seventeen years. He resided at Hilling don End, Uxbridge. Saw him last alive on Wednes - day, at his own house. He then appeared in good.. health. He was in the dining-room. Noticed no thing particular in his conduct or manner. On Thursday afternoon, about three o'clock, f oun d hi m at his own hous e in bed, quite dead. Noticed nothing particular in the room at the time. Saw on the table a parcel addressed to " Lieutenant Charles Brew." Deceased was lying in bed as if asleep. Immediately fetched Mr. Stilwell, a surgeon, and sent a messenger off to London for Mr. Charles Brew, deceased's eon. Mr. Stilwell instantly attended, but could do nottin g for the deceased, the body being quite cold. By the Coacesint—Knew the deceased Well during the seventeen years I lived with him, and had of late observed that he laboured under a deal of worry of mind, in consequence of the conspiracy against him. CORONER —Don't talk of a conspiracy unless you can prove its existence. Did you observe of late any alteration in his manner and mind, showing that he fancied ther e was a conspiracy against him 'Witness--I did. H e appeare d rather 'low o t l ate. Never heard him threaten that he would destroy him self. No one lived in the house telt deceased and me. Mr. James Stilwell, surgeon—Had known the de ceased about ten or twelve years, and had been in the habit of meeting him repeatedly. I last saw hi m alive on Tu es d ay even i ng. He then appeared to be low spirited, and oppressed in mind. I understood he was in some difficulties, and asked him how mat ters were going on. He said he was afraid matters would be very serious with him, His manner did not appear to me different than usual. On Thursday afternoon was seat fin. to the deceased's residence, and on reaching it, thund the deceased lying in bed, parontly perfectly qu i e t and tranquil. He was lying perfectly straight in th e b e d , w i th his arms folded over his chest. Noticed no lividity, although the colour of the skin indicated that death had taken place. The hands were also cold and stiff. Made if past mortert namination of the body about forty-eight hour; after death. Found the body to be in a rapid sate composition. O n t h at (Friday) of de ingrfing had found a bottle marked " laudanum" bet7een the bed and the mattress, It was still ab,aut two-thirds filled with laudanum. CORONER --Are you aware of any papers having been left by the deceased, tending to prove that he had taken poison ? Mr. Stilwell—Yes, I have seen some letters which were enclosed in an envelope, amongst VOA Is one addressed to you, Sir, as Coroner. They are now in th e possession of Mr. Charles Brew. I attended deceased about six months ago, when he had nearly destroyed himself by opium pills. Tie then told me he had made the pills up himself from opium. CORONER—Do you think from what you know, and from all that you have seen of the deceased, that he was insane ? Mr. Stilwell•—l never saw anything insane in him, but he was certainly very excited; the excitement not arising from insanity, but from natural causes. , He complained of persons whom ha said had ill-uSed him. CORONER—DO you know of your own knowledge that such a persecution existed, or did it exist only in hi s fincy ? Mr. Stilwell—l believe the deceased had very good grounds for stating what he did to me. Deceased was still retaining his comm and in the militia. Richard Williamson, a Sergeant-Major in the Royal West Middlesex Militia, had known deceased about thirty-two years. For the last six months I did net think he was in his right state of mind, from his behaviour to persons with whom he mixed. I be lieved he had a cause for doing so, in consequence of a quarrel he had had with some persons in the town ; and whenever their names were mentioned he became a complete madman. The CORONER—That is a strong impression of in sanity, certainly. Mr. Charles Brew deposed—l am Lieutenant in the Royal 'West Middlesex Militia, and am the youngest son of the deceased. I reside in London, and was made acquainted with his death about ten minutes past :ix o'clock on the evening of Thursday last. I came down to Uxbridge almost immediately, having first read some documents in deceased's hand writing, which were handed to me by my nephew, Mr. William Brew. Amongst those documents was one addressed " To Wakley, Esq., or the Coro ner, Uxbridge." The witness here handed a letter to the Coroner, who immediately handed it to a person present, and requested him to read it aloud to the Jury, which he did. Just as he had commenced, The CORONER inquired whether the letter con tained accusations against individuals not present, and being answered in the affirmative, said the room must then be cleared of all persons not on the Jury. All persons were then excluded, and kept out for nearly an hour. The letter read by the Foreman of the Jury was as follows : " Sir,—lt is under the severest depression of mind I take leave to submit the enclosed to your perusal, that the cause may be known which has led to my melancholy and unfortunate fate. The fact; Sir, is, that for the last two years I have been the victim of the most . cruel conspiracy, who have unceasingly re sorted to every possible unjust means to effect my ruin, and have at last succeeded. The names of my enemies who have formed the conspiracy are . Oh, how I ever had to regret allowing myself to be drawn into an acquaintance and intercourse with that family !—people, I de clare before my God, I never injured either by word or thought ; and yet they have shared in what has led to my unfortunate fate. With respect to the anonymous letter to the War-office, Mr. -- knows that Mr. --- suggested and urged him to allow him (Mr. --) to write to his brother, Mr. —, who is a clerk in the War-offic e , respect ing a sm a ll account I owed to the estate oiMr. —'s father, but from the respect, he said, he had for me, he would not be led into such a transaction. It ap pears, however, that Mr. -- did so without his sanction. I have, therefore, reasonable grounds for accusing the of conjointly being the authors of the said letter, which was couched in the most glar ing colours, and has led to my ruin, and the enclosed printed extract from the United Service Gazette, will also show the part the other gentlemen of the con spiracy have taken against me. " I bave, Sir, served my country 50 years, with unremitted zeal and horour, and been an _Adjutant 43 years ; and yet, from the unmerited and unavoidable causes stated in the enclosed letters, which have led to my being the loser of about 6021., and thereby occasioned a deficit in say public accounts, I have been removed from the service without the opportu • nity of affording a full explanation to the War-office. Being thus suddenly thrown upon the wide world without resources, and my mind being too nervous and sensitive to bear me up against so cruel and un merited a reverse, I have been driven to this last fatal act to end my miseries, humbly hoping, through the merits of my blessed Saviour, I shall meet with the forgiveness of Almighty God, who is ever more gr a . ciously inclined to show mercy to man than his fel low-man. " Concluding with a sincere forgiveness to all my enemies, I subscribe myself, ,‘ Sir, the cruelly persecuted an d unfortunate "To Wakley, Esq., . " BREW. "or the Coroner, Uxbridge: ‘, Uxbridge, September 14." tion of "' 7 - ' T" •, ' '•: . ' • : ' ' • tol i thiee served 1 . •- ')'), e thilik u , ~.„.e said enough on e East 1 Captain Rayner's (not his coadjutors') underni3o, Captain P e attempts to prejudice the character of us soill ;invent A mass of documents were forwarded to . 5 . ,00 , art, by time ago, which fully satisfied us that the 10 0 L,,• of tioned gentleman, if imprudent in calling i n . ' Iv ill u sea . _ olee t odd of twin Rayner, had been extremely Hon. reasons captain Rayner assigns for declining t: t . t he d and Captain Brew are far from satisfactory. ' l , 4or te aspital veteran had acted in the manner he describes 1: , " co o Royal the formation of the Uxbridge Volunteers, 11 , t) ._ m iit,i tue s ' ~1 _ ;; n the Captain Rayner to accept his services in train iv ur th o g, re- organising the corps, and afterwards to Pil l ra of b brother officers in the presentation to - ol_ obot iO , lartin splendid sword, as a testimonial of their aPPr co o' mum, of his conduct ? We will notice no further ca r 4 . amuel pondence connected with the above corps or I d l aiff el r,addi- cers. What have we to do with the private s e u tag e C iptain Brew, or any one else, who may ha i v lre 04 . intl. them the art of soldiering? Nothing. ~1 ,j(le request, therefore, that Captain Rayner 1r.i . , _„ 00 0 us no more letters on the subject (at the p °l `i e iO D the the deceased's handwriting). A most- '7- :fir' Par- anonymous letter has also been directed to_n i ! lo , V ward; office, to the injury of Captain Brew, ti , n , dk )e have emanated from Uxbridge-common. G OO nts at T wo ot h er letters addressed to " Sir John the y re 'rider, B ar t.," were also read to the jury ; but es ,tive° A. lat e d more particularly to private matters '7l ab' , late th e d eceased and his Colonel, we abstain fr om lisping th em . t heir 'f' ill the :elby, Mr. Wakley then put it to the jury 1 o f 1 her opinion those letters betrayed any indications iib icl eman deceased labour.ng at the time he wrote th e T an ity• fiber- was within a few hours of his death, under in- ree d ° 4 dis- The Jury said they did, and they had Og 'lisp- returning a verdict of temporary insanity. ~,,i t ter and A J uror, however, said he did not consider ,01 . tio ge . earn, diet stro ng enoug h to mark their op i n i on of tn e W . ;anc- the d ecease d h ad received. He thought tilertbd e Ist to sa y, " T emporary Insanity, produce d by : tb o mess usage he h a d rece i ve d . " Several of th e J ury appear i ng to co incide " 1/1 „ t Luled opinion o , on :0 he The CORO NER sa id their , that if that was to pb shed th e i nqu i ry could not end there. They Ingsedtf; further, a n d i nqu i re f rom whom the deceased ha °c op, L ceived the ill-usage, which would probahlY re f t al R • them a week without any good resulting 0 : 1 4 imas as, if ill-usage was proved, it would be ill . :' ott ° 'for- such lseugeahllyalianbalteurteo a fo c r or w on h e icp s Ithnequpeasrt.ties could 0 I X tant Ultimately the Jury signed a verdict of telb ov The iho. insanity, with the exception of the Juryman s d ' ti d posed the addendum, and who positively refuse l'i,d - any verdict to which it was not attached- ~, Gibb ° , tlnonetoosmd: After the close of the inquiry, Sir J o " f a l [n g - informed a reporter that Captain Brew was ,`‘,,.:le'° supposing he was removed from the service, 1 "#: of Sir Henry Harclinge, directed from t ' 'e ur sl ' office, advising him to retire, th e Right 11°11° b et him.o n Majesty that t o b ff a e t r h i offering, if e i f o h n e w d id e eCOr ninend 1 0 0, 01 4 1 Lin i g It vras also stated 0- e h d at the 90 1 ' 1 06 able been sent f• v•-• -,at an order a o p w . ,, • 1 °..1 the War-office, for the corps 'to • "send in th • their arms. tely t' , Ob' ______--- " gee' 'II —- , ORTALITY in the IKETR° , th to r retired all ° t iiY iP ft, ..., a ,„..... gort litl fo ma' 6 The following are the results of " A Table of .- ~1 Clas the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from Ta' ing Registered in the week ending Sept. 10, 184 V, 1 t ic fate issued from the Office of the Registrar - General s "" Wee') of 10 .eli 1. 10 5 2 ,1 ro d ` n CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Pr Ife", n u lee" 8 " 4 01 ii! l he , Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 1 82 00 - Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses / 0 rte. Diseases o f th e L ungs, and other Organs of 219 1 4 [m. Respiration ...•,,,,, 21 1 16 ne. I.:seases of the H e a. and Blood-vessels ... 8 6 1 ,_. Diseases of th e Stomach, Liver, and other 76 4 ',.e Organs o f Di gest i on he Diseases of the Kidnoys, &c. 4 8 a im Chihibed, Di seases of the Uterus Sce ll b I b e Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 5 1 10 1 od Di seases o f the Skin, & c 2 95 1 31/ 11 8 64 ..,... Diseases of Uncertain Seat. 47 0 , " OM Age, or Natural Decay ors Deaths y Violence, Privation, or Intern- 23 ' . , / ,4 tot peranc e ............ l9 • ll 6 a , Causes not specified ..,,, . ...... ... ---- 9 , ' n il d Deaths f rom a ll causes. 8 64 846 6 1 15 - Average Weekly D ea th s ...... • A e V' i ' A lg vow t6e Population,. wee kly 1,,), eau er of w 1641. tolSTiticTs. merated 16 , 1 2,.,,,4_ , - ,.. 1 1 , Yrit-Kensington St. George r -----" Fou r „ r s he (ter, St. Four k n eel- ly • ye rs• - , I' 7l !rt ster, St. Martin in the Fields, er St. James 14 9 North-St. Mar-le•bone, St. e -16:t ld Central-Saint}ton,' Pancras, IslinHackney 365,660 Giles and Saint le George, Strand, Clerkenwell, 4 174 14 th. Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don, West London, City of London ig East-Shoreditch,Whitechape.373,B°6 1943 193 ~ 1 eatlig . 0 1r id Bethnal Green, St. George ' ne in the East, Stepney, Poplar 399 49' 206 •st South-St Saviour, S. Olave, -' i ‘,. St George( Southwark)Ber. 1 montLey, Newington. Lam -191 beth, Camberwell, Rather id hithe, Greenwich .... ...... -.438,060 • 221 - ' ' 4 Id •.-=' ___,_ $4 l a m Total 1,870,727 912 m yri s : l , o ol id It is stated that under the term Metropolis are o '4 of ", of se 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the C .L ' i bert. , , don with and without the walls, the City and, itfo rti'l'll ; . 6 ,, Westminster , the out-parishes within the Bills of I ,.. e w , rpo' I ', and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras. l ,,i s es)l iro it , ' al Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelr ), St. Luke ( Cm a id ('ll l el d dington, ~ and St. Paul (Deptford Si. Mary (Stoke Newi Y ngton), St. Leo g t , P ic :, 4 ' _ enumerated in 1831, ley), St. Mary -le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich , .„'" - plat' e. el e ".., 1 ,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 193 Zer Y e ' was) 4111,5d94W,809001wiiCh. and iTah June e u r e 18 5 1 10 1 ., ' ,9 0 5 ,1 1 u 1841, was obtained by dividin the deaths in the ' 1;)13, and the deaths in the four g winters by 5 2 . 1. HighestTE3IP..E.R..A..T. ... ... ...... IN THE DI 1 0 ' . ... WEEKS EN nt 1 . t 6y . ... 64 S General ..................... Sept. 06 3 Dail Mean 3 . . ' ' s si 1 5 t Lowe s t . 0 . Register Office, Sept. 15, 1842. 0 t COUNTRY MARK gTS- f eie ; ~..ns. ~,........1. Wheat. , Barley. I oit I '''''" tod ! ----..... .1.......... '........... ...,....N. . ................... eer Quarter. s. t 0 8 : 5. , to 6 2 . 3 p i, t , oss. 4. to a i 40 r , la riai Bath dnpBof ro . tr . 8......... ...... ‘. ... . • 48...4 53 8 i 68. 34 1 .8 . ( 3 ) 74. 72 - :1 4, . 5 21 .03 31 4 69 ° 4 ...: 7, 2 5 .1 .1 ..0 / ' Exeter ......... 54 60 27 34 21 l• „a 2 hard .............„ 8 ...; r 0 50 4,, Gloucester...... 48 53 24 52 18 24 -;,' :i9 5 6 pii iluildforti ........ 43 62 27 51 24 28 Sn " 38 1 , Newbury ......... 44 58 26 29 22 3J " Reading.,---., 4'2 63 20 • 2 ls 20 F, g ~- ;:, Salisbury ........ 46 -- 27 -..' 18 .. 44 q . Shtrborne ...... 44 48 21 32 20 24140., 44 j II SneptonAlallet 58 70 !Al 52 20 20 -: "'' Uxbridge .....,. -. _ ; $7 43 2: 28 ,-; 42 41; 11 Air.rminster- 40 58 24 30 20 2.5 ," 42 " &eWorcester j 54 60 32 33 .."r 20 138 ~; 44 ' ~.4 vil 154 60 24 28 ! 112 24 ''' Pr ________, MA B RISTOL SUGAR RKET, SEPT. 7.6."lll'We:C° been great eagerness to buy on the pa -1 " °C- u t li o e tli r h t far l; and a large proportion of what has been "' f froo l a me ward has been disposed of at an advance o _ l% )..; i to 25., more particularly on the better se s t t :,i c tsw o unusually flat state of the refined trade r e ro duee ir operation of the manufacturers, and must pro d e ge material effect on the value of the raw article .„,., tV tually.-Bristol Mercury. A tl l = - ' I I' e in s d a i r v n i a d b ir e l a t d o v w an h t o a m t t s h e o f countythe cheapis indebted Mr. B. HiLL.—We have been for inforrne:: . t he . 1 054 postar ye rnol e r el been dismissed from his situation by the. o,i:iloostion,csie; debtcd o s J oi ,, Mr. Rowland I-lill is no longer to have even in the working of his own - plan. T his i i4o ll P ; 1 11 5 ment being in accordance with an intinr" -- r oY„ if in Parliament towards the close of the/sess w , n ri 'i s takf" r occasion much surprise • but we are neatly 01 °l ie' it does not excite throughout the country. feel: 0 cV i i e r• gret and indignation. The proceeding is on , -:,_, u e. ,$ Bitable to the Government, that we can liarail“ tog' stand how it should have been sanctioned , a ' n i c ie. have been, by Sir Robert Peel. -Morning Ch r SWAPPING WIVES: John I wish it w"lorse?'l the i fashio n t o tra d e wives as it is to tra de t sho cP o "Why s o , P eter 2 " " I ' d cheat somebody 1111: ° . bad afore night."—New Orleans Bulletin. J - 00del;D li3- ,icte. 0 11° iort' e ! iocl;lit 1 I gke i BIRTHS. , a It ' 1 .1 On the 21st of August, at Diepp nthe lady °' ' a,ler I , ton, Esq., Msulras Civil Service Of a ei daughter- Esq., of lilandford-square, Lond on the 14th inst., at Maids pale, t a he lady of jar° el tn n a it t nb h e e Dl 6 a6 t rt h i he y i i n ,n s hs t te .., r, it i n i an t h e 154 Esq., of a daughter. of a s° l3 n it') Captain , e r j . y's . B thßegiment , ....l, 9 ,4 , i usr e ':' waite, jun., of a daughter. ~e . sq , 1 On the 17th inst., at S encer-street, eet Northat°P— _____... Mrs. John Fosse Harding,Pof a dau;hte ' r--- -- i. e H eset e k r i t e f n o l i Hertford- s t ree t, e .s e g t ut a Arel,aivyLa ir, ; On the 15th inst., by the 2ll f worly A u l et ßlED cu . r vwievtgnsotto o r ; ore 11 ,11 0' 1 ; J. Cromie, of Neale Park, county of s Tial , ington, the Rev. W. Cromie eliic H t . Lord Kilmaine, and nephew of Sir M CrOinie Bar t. ';; Isle - i youngest daughter of General Goldie, of the Nunnery' ,I Mayo, gran ds°n , : P' ill o; ii , o— ' Man. On the 15th inst. at St. Mary's Chapel, _ nreo na William Percival, inst., of Manchester, to Miss '-' 0 0 ' 6' George .street, Hanover-squzre. r alb r ,,,P.' On the 16th inst., at St. Pancras Church, •'° t r ,-- 17 Dart, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, and of E,1, e ,; of ''' lege, Oxford, M.A., to Adeline Penns], eldest dauP'" Humber, Esq., of her Majesty's Ordnance, To sier %-- ---- ~ 1 o pes , DIED. Cl's° )e--terracet On the 13th inst., at Blackburn, the Rev'. youngest son of the ate Mr. Thomas James, of Redn e : r Gl° °ce Mile -end-road, aged 26. On the 14tls inst., at Little Compton, near Mortal, tershire, Mr. F. Clifford, aged 20. si,:fi„„e II bY',. ; I , On the 14th inst., at Peckham Mr. Charles v , - '-' Sow On the 14th inst., at Weston-super-Mare Laura ? ;lac k" St. Jobil,ole, ~t youngest daughter of the late James Walker, ' Esti' ° heath, Kent.jolia` On the 15th i ns t., a t C rutc h ed-friars, Robert o°o' ,i l , r eter sun, Esq., aged 79. On the 15th inst., at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwic h " i ' n , r y t° Ewart, Esq , Chief Engineer and In'spector of Ma e her Majesty's Government, aged 75. ......'ir ~,.1.4 1, . `..............._.---......- 1' ...-'----- * 6 ' London I Printed and Published by MURDO .1 ci c. i 6' No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. Ile, '"" . 1. 1 .1 . V. the County of Middlesex, Monday, SeEteseher 1 9, /8 Ist. triie rns Share 2d. betw•ee 3d. of the 1 The in 183 Z at any tiding ciated 1 ;36,500 In c( fairs, tl have In A la on app) Prim can be latest it four ho continu A pan yons!rue 11 . 1 gold a ogns, WI ;!:-nt, gra -ox Say from Cir %Ain, an face, vrh variable lied by ti period s c " Rob inent star `'s• Sold I naY be h Tr( k ttiertents /(not‘n aS Iresers fr.( which suc rem e a-umbag o Tire mime These '^untry, be Itheumati ro sun 134 chess c t. °dne; ardersine SIGHI 1/ Y the it, mid la nzt 141 8 ., t o i ntlt (y e 'e e t !•ae ri , 'lase I I ' Use. en" n , 'ltt C h ty erbac e .e , t r^ r Head its efZ ' C '4l • ' s L t It a . e nation: lat e Mr. ) : 4 t"e' s EN St udeni ?f T eAt . ttitt This extra T„ frFW si USltica,,e 11 a u 3d g Your }ears, • cannot qa therefr' b e li, ye the kind :t p u rchased ae e (mist • tie% to bl e " • my r i „,ing of 6, -41 the u , You . toeksu, ant !ufferers t( "town n/` Bth AS trelier was a revel fro m c ' l ' l ehtiy ; f from an :" .",,1.(1 your Aottin g h ObFerv e eator, and This 0(1 eAm st tao ert, h i 3 by th ounisbur, .Dies. 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