The Sun. — London, England, 1834-07-28 00:00:00

- $1) . 1147 OF THE PUBLIC .LOURNALS- The letters of ‘f A.:Whig-ana, a Reformer," on the extra ordinary and anomalous state of the British Peerage, are lighly valuable at this period. They will inform the coun :try, plainly and dispassionately, of the "history and -mys tery" of the hereditary Aristocracy. We perceive that this important subject gains increasing attention throughout the kingdom, and becomes more and more a topic of discussion in the periodical press. The political prejudices of the Peers have operated as a barrier against many popular projects of the late Ministries, and as liberal- opinions " progress" among the people and the Commons, the Lords bid fair to retrograde in their views of national policy. The Bill of Mr. George William Wood, for the admission of Dis senters to the English Universities, will, in a few days, pass to its "long home in the House of Lords. It requires no sagacity to foresee that next Session must unavoidably produce a great crisis between the two branches of the British Legislature. One assembly has been " popularised," or reformed ; the other, possessing an absolute veto in legislation, will necessarily set itself in increasing opposition to the " spirit of the age." The Duke o f Wellington has the custody of the keys of the door of _reform. His Grace can at any time " deploy" with a nu merical majority of - upwards of fifty Peers and Proxies against the policy and Cabinet measures of the King's Ministers. The country confidently expects, from the bold and direet character of Lord Melbourne, and the more liberal character of his Administration—and from the plain indications of Lord Brougham—several important legisla tive measures next Sesion. Public opinion is not unreason able, but it is decided and absolute. A few honest and prepared measures—a reform of the Municipal system, Courts of Local Jurisdiction, the purification of the English Church, and the reduction' of the Irish Protestant Hier archy, and the ample redress of the practical grievances affecting the Dissenters—must be brought forward imme diately on the meeting of Parliament next Session. No rational person can doubt that the Lords will follow their present hostile course against such liberal measures, how ever essential, and that Hereditary Legislators will be what they invariably have been throughout Europe in all ages. We almost reluctantly discuss this' diffi cult and critical question at this moment ; but to be forewarned is fore-armed." The collision must come, and is in truth not far off. We should delude the nation, and meanly flatter Lord Melbourne, if we did not point to this extreme difficulty in his political course. His Lordship is known to profess and entertain moderate, though Liberal opinions, and, as a Peer, is pro bably earnestly desirous of upholding his " order ;" but we greatly mistake his character and , education, if we may not confidently rely on his adoption of a straightforward, honour able, and sagacious policy. Lord Melbourne, of late years, has shown an accurate discrimination of the progressive changes in public opinion. His conduct in the Home-office in critical times—his temperate policy towards political unions, which have subsided of themselves with the circum stances that lead to their creation=his known aversion to any injurious legislation against trade unions, when weaker minded statesmen might have desired to " legislate"—his invariable preference of the civil force in times of public disturbance—all denote an enlightened and liberal mind. Indeed, what he has not done during his administration of the important office recently held by him has al ways appeared to us a distinguishing merit in a mo dern statesman. But he is only at the threshold of his political career. His Lordship has now the safe custody of the form of the British Constitution. If he cannot protect the King and the nation from the tempo rary and destructive return of the Tory party to power — if, opposed by the Peers next session, he fail to devise some mode of restoring the balance of the constitution," by effecting a political conformity between the two antagonist principles of a representative and an hereditary Legislature, it requires not any remarkable mental sagacity to foresee that a national question of organic reform (far more dan gerous and eventful than the recent amendment of the re presentation) will speedily agitate society in this country. The present Ministry is probably the last of its party con struction. We require, therefore, a Premier of a bold and comprehensive mind—a statesman qualified for difficult times, able and willing to grapple with new wants and prin ciples of Government—a legislator in whom the King and the people can place confidence to steer the vessel of the State safely through a difficult passage. We will not now say more on this touchy, and to Lords, unpleasant question ; but we must look it fearlessly in the face, and we shall not be scared from its plain and timely discussion. We know that the country is ripe for its prudent and necessary con sideration.--Marning Chronicle. Our cotemporaries are squabbling about the Privy Seal, and an offer, or supposed offer, of it to Lord Grey. We believe no such offer was ever made, but that it was talked of as an arrangement which might give the Cabinet the ad vantage of Lord Grey's experience and talents, without the labour and responsibility from which he shrunk when Lord Althorp had resolved to quit his post as leader of the House of Commons. At the express request of Lord Grey, and with an assurance of support from a large majority of the Members of the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer consented to remain in office, contrary, however, to his own avowed and notorious inclination, and solely from a sense of duty to the Sovereign and to the country. The same motive which led Lord Grey to urge the adoption of such a course on his Noble Friend would probably operate on . his own mind, if he saw that his influence in the Cabinet was as neces sary ashe deemed Lord Althorp's to be in the House of Com mons.. Of course Lord Melbourne, and Lord Grey him self, mist be the best judges of the matter; but if they had agreed upon it, we do not see how any one should consider such a step as at all derogatory to the late Premier. No person wished Lord Grey to quit his station—he left it on two grounds ; Ist, his own supposed incapability of en during the - fatigue and responsibilities of his office ; and, Idly, the resignation of Lord Althorp. The continuance of the latter as Chancellor of the Exchequer removes one of the grounds, and if in a station of great honour and trust, with little positive labour, Lord Grey could have been _induced to take a seat in the Cabinet with a Ministry, every Member of which was, we believe, ap pointed to the station he holds with his perfect concurrence, we'really cannot see any solid ground of objection to it. Certainly the suggestion is not one which would subject the Lord Chancellor, or any other person, to a sus picion of intending to manifest disrespect to him, who, in the Cabinet, would necessarily have been considered its head, whatever might have been the office he held. The object, however, of certain mischief-making parties, is to make it appear that Lord Grey and the present Ministry are not on good terms ; in short, to make them quarrel if possible. This notable scheme will fail. Lord Grey is too wise, too honourable, and too patriotic, to be affected by anything which those - persons may attempt, whom he knows to be the bitter and implacable enemies of every man and every Government which has the will and the ability to pro -. mote the public interests. We wish most sincerely that any arrangement could be made which would give to the Cabinet and the country the benefit of Lord Grey's talents and influence. We can ill afford to lose such a man, at such a moment.---=lllorning Advertiser. Mr. Goulburn, on Friday last, brought a subject before the House of Commons, which well deserved its attention. It is one to which we have before alluded—namely, the • great iiiimber of commissions for inquiry and other purposes issued"ivithinthe last two or three years , the heavy expense thereby-occa s ioned to the public, and the formidable mass of patronage created. As, perhaps, there are many in stances. in which the appointment of commissioners may serve the important purpose of obtaining valuable informa tion upon matters whereon Parliament has been required to l egislate, . the real question to be resolved is, whether the amount and cost of the machinery exceed the necessity of the' case, or the magnitude of the end to which it is directed. Mr: GOulburn showed, we think, pretty clearly, that the number of barristers (40), and of clerks (70), appointed in addition to the fixed establishment of the-civil offices in Ireland, for the mere purpose of distributing the 1,0001. sterling voted last year to the starv ing Irish clergy, was more than double the number of per sons employed in the Irish Secretary's office, in that of the Secretary at War, and of the Home Department, toge ther ! The Right lion. Gentleman made it appear, that instead:of a diminution of public offices having been effected by the present Ministers, the real balance, on a comparison of places reduced with those created, was in favour of the latter no less than 332, with an addition of salaries amount ing to 85,0001. per annum, or a sum more than equivalent to the whole pensiorilist of the United Kingdom, as fixed ' by . Act of Parliament. Now, meaning to deal fairly with ' Ministers , we m ust admit , that if the objects for which commissions are appointed be temporary, and -'the corresponding remuneration temporary also, the,complaint of Mr. Goulburn cannot be fairly urg ed against them, except in so far es they take creit for a. reduCtion where there is in fact (though but a tem porary) augmentation. The assertion of the Right Hon. Gentleman is, that more than 105 barristers have shared in the.good things distributed out of the system of nomina ting commissions. This is, at all events, a fea rful acc oun t. It must be degrading, as well as otherwise injurious to the bar, that such a corps of loose hangers on should be attached to that profession, not invited to it by the fair and regular inducements held out to men of learning as a reward for perseverance in their legal studies, but by a prospect sud denly .oened to ad ven t urers an d syco phants, who reckon on catc hing the patronage of those on whom they fawn. This, we repeat, is a misfo r t une t o th e b ar , and a grievous o ne to the country,' that a l arger b o d y o f barristers should be called into existence than can be supported by the regular • and permanent demand for their services, and then thrown loose again upon society, when the season of commission jobbing is ended. Attempts have been made to vindicate the inflexions cha- , ,_racter -of the -patronage thus created, by alleging-that - it is not bestowed on Members of_ Parliament ; but this is al most too childish to be-refuted. Is ministerial power never applied to the grant of" favours on behalf of relative's, de pendants, and constituents of Members of Parliament ? and are not the, votes of such Members as well secured by such obligations as if they been bestowed directly upon them selves ? it is alleged, again, that the good accomplished by means of the several commissions referred to, has more than repaid the expense and other evils which they occa sioned. That is a question of opinion, to be decided by re sults which have not yet been made apparent, as nothing is easier than to put forth such answers to objections ever so reasonably grounded, on the excess in the number and cost of commissions lately issued within a given time over those of any former period recorded in history. Hitherto, we confess, the harvest has been but small, considering the la bour and charge of that species of cultivation.—Pinies. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. The half yearly meeting of this Company was held on Wed nesday last, the 23rd instant, at the Cotton Sales Room of the Exchange, Charles Lawrence, Esq. in the Chair. The usual report was read by the Chairman, in which an ac count of the receipts and expenses of the 'various departments of the concern was detailed. There was an increase in the business of this last half year, ending the 30th of June, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, of 29,255 passengers, and 7,727 tons of merchandise being conveyed by the rail-way to and from Manchester. The total amount of receipts for the conveyance of passengers £50,770 6 11 And for merchandise, coals, &c 44,014 5 4 Total receipts Total expenses of all kinds . 94,784 12 3 60,092 15 11 Net profit 34,691 16 4 To this sum was added the surplus profit of the half year ending June 30, 1833, amounting to 1,332 2 2 £36,023 18 6 From this united sum the Committee were enabled to re commend a dividend of 41. los. per share, to be paid on the sth of August next. The surplus profit of the last half year, amounting to 4,0881. Bs. Bd., still remains in the hands of the treasurer, with the small balance of 1641., which remains, after paying the present dividend. In the expenses of this last half year, the sum of 2,100/. paid for new rails, required for repairs in different parts of the line, is included. The new tunnel is in a very forward state, about nine-tenths of it being exca vated ; it is expected that the whole of it will be completed next summer. The projected railway from \Yapping, along the docks to the Clarence Dock, is abandoned for the present, there being some legal objections to its formation on the part of the Com mon Council, which will render an application to Parliament for that object necessary. The North Union Railway, from Preston to Wigan (for which a Bill has recently been obtained), with the Grand Junction Railway, from Birmingham to Warrington, both, when completed, joining the Liverpool and Manchester Rail way at Newton, will add very considerably to the business of the parent line. DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, JULY 24.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange has come from his head-quarters to Soetsdyk to see his consort the Princess on her return from Germany. We hear that her Majesty the Queen of England is expected very shortly in Holland, on her return to England, Major-Gene ral Vanhooff, aide-de-camp of the Prince of Orange, went on the 21st from Flushing to the French district of the province of Zealand, in order to examine the ground for the forts of Breskens and Ellewoutsdyk, as well as the works at Neuzon, which are proceeding very rapidly. The fine weather that we enjoy this summer is extremely favourable to the health of our soldiers, the number of sick being remarkably small. Lieutenant-General Van Grunen, his Majesty's Ambassa dor Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ger man Diet, has arrived here, and lodges in the Battery-house at Scheveningen. " We hear that the General Synod of the Reformed Church of this kingdom noticed in its late meeting in this town, the many divergent and inconsistent religious opinions and notions which are preached in some parishes, and was 'induced to ad dress a circular to the clergy, affectionately exhorting them carefully to refrain both in their public and private instructions from every thing that might excite a doubt of the purity of their faith and evangelic preaching, or even give occasion by their faults to bring discredit on the whole body of the re formed clergy, and cause them to be calumniated by evil minded persons. " Accounts from St. Petersburgh of the 12th-of July say— ' To-morrow is the 36th anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Empress, which will be kept with great splendour at Peterhof. The Court has been for some weeks with the august guests in the beautiful environs of that summer resi dence, situated on the romantic coast of the Gulf of Finland, 30 wersts from the gulf of the capital.' " From the commencement of the shipping season up to the Ist of this month, there had arrived at Cronstadt no fewer than 449 ships laden with corn, and during that time there were imported 144,000 chetwerts of rye, 62,104 of wheat, 61,194 of barley, and 85,848 of oats—a circumstance wholly unparalleled in the history of our commerce, Russia having been always ac customed to supply foreign countries with corn, and having never had occasion to import for its own consumption. " A letter from Riga complains that the maritime commerce of that place has this year been very dull and unimportant, and on the other hand, that the Midsummer fair, which used to be so favourable to the inland trade, has for some time past de clined so as to lose all its importance. Most of the citizens are gone in consequence of the stagnation of business to Baldhohm and the neighbouring watering places. DUTCH FUNDS—Amsraanam, Jurs 25. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Amort Syndic, 4y4 per cent. tt9W to 9 , ) Ditto, ditto, 344 per cent. Loan of 1830, 5 per cent Ditto, 1832 and 1833, 5 per cent 97 to 97% Exchange on London l2 10 to 12 12% Ditto, two months l2 0734 —Dutch Papers, July 26. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM -MOUSE, JULY 26. The Sophia, from Dantzic ; Anna Catharina, from Sud wethors, in Denmark; Gloria, from Frederickstadt ; Johanne, from Brake ; Thomas Clarkson, from Groningen ; Agnetta, from Emden ; Terra Nova, from Pitra ; Vegesack, from Bremen. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, JULY 26. The Alkmsar, for Rotterdam ; Belfast, for Calais ; Countess of Elgin, for Ostend. Bruges, and Ghent ; Emma, for Corfu and Zante ; Fair Ellen, for Gottenburg ; L una , f or Malta ; Malcolm, for Calcutta; Miranda, for Jamaica; Trois Freres, for Antwerp and Brussels; Mary, for Elsinore and St. Peters burgh Nereid, for Calais. CLEARED' OUTWARDS WITH CARGOES, JULY 26. The Batavier, for Rotterdam ; Brocklebank,io; Antwerp ; Belfast, for Calais ; Perseverance, for Calais ; Asia, for Cal cutta ; George, for Demerara ; Arno, for Cadiz ; Liberty, for Boulogne ; Union, for Ostend ; Active, for Dunkirk. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, JULY 26. Frau Margaretta, for Brake ; Aurora, for Condiff and Lyra ; John Hunter, for Quebec ; Isabella, for Quebec.; Candia, for -Quebec ; Fortuna, for Norway ; Marsden, for' Newcastle ; Johanna, for Elsinore ; Buoyant, for St. Petersburgh. VESSELS. SPOKEN WITH. The Andrew Nugent, of Sligo, for Quebec, 21st ult., lat. 48. 31. N. long. 59. 58. W. ; Providence Increase, of Whitby, from Quebec to England, 24th, lat. 46. 59. N., long. 57. 16. W. ; Thomas and Hannah, of Sunderland, for New foundland, sth inst., lat. 49. 55. N., long. 38. 55. W., by the Lady Helen 'Warr, arrived at Goole. _ _ The Ellen, of London, from Liverpool for Port-au-Prince, 18th June, off Cape St. Nicholas ; James Hadden, 4th inst., lat. 36. 1., long. 52. 14. ; Spencer (whaler), 10th, lat. 40. 18., long. 38., by the Millicent, arrived off Folkstone. LADY CHARLOTTE BURY'S NEW WORK, " THE DISINHERITED," observes the Times, has been already exten sively read. She has selected a subject of great difficulty and delicacy, and which requires a skilful hand—namely, the deve lopment of an attachment, springing up in the genial climate of Italy, between a married woman and a young nobleman. In tracing the birth of this attachment, in marking the effects of its successive phases upon the parties, with the scanty gleams of what is miscalled happiness which broke upon their path ; and in holding up the moral lesson—that a slight en croachment upon the confines of evil may, without positive crime, entail lasting wretchedness, Lady Charlotte has, wethink , think, been successful. There is, indeed, a charm in this work which there is no resisting. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 26, A very considerable extent of business has been done in Cotton this week. but chiefly up to the close of Wednesday ; since which there has been less of demand, and yesterday compara tively little doing. We have improved upon the quotations of last week full 4d. per lb. for the commoner classes of American, and about id. per lb. upon others; which advance is main tained, although the market closes quietly. The purchases made by speculators are 7,900 American, 200 Bahia, 200 Per nams, 400 Maranhams, and 300 Surat; and by exporters 1,600 American, and 600 Surat. The import is 11,479 bags, and the sales are 43,630 bags--viz., 310 Sea Island, 16d. to 18d. ; 20 stained ditto, 131 d. ; 12,770 Boweds, lid. to 94d. ; 13,400 New Orleans, 7/d. to 10-id. ; 8,950 Alabama, ice., 70. to 9d. ; 2,940 Pernams, 1114. to 121 d .; 1,440 Bahia, 9d. to 11d.,• 2,170 Maranhams, 9id. to 11/d. ; 500 Demerara,l2o. ; 400 Common West India, 94d. to 10 d. ; 180 Egyptian, 144 d .; and 1,000 Surat, qd. to 71d. per b. There has not been much business doing in our Cotton market to-day, the sales only amounting to about 1,500 bales at the current prices of the week, principally American, from Bd. to 91d. RATTLESNAKES IN ENGLAND.—It would seem the rattlesnake now constitutes a considerable article of com merce in North America. There appeared lately, in an Ame rican paper, a " notice of an agreement for supplying a cer tain number of good merchantable live rattlesnakes." A cor respondent, in noticing this subject, says, " I am informed, that there ,are now no less than a hundted of these destructive reptiles iri the Tower of London :" and he gravely asks, " may we not fear that the exertions of our over-zillions zoologists may, one day or other, furnish us with more opportunities of observing the habits of these reptiles than we desire, by the ultimate dissemination of the species in England?" THE SUN, LONDON,MONDAY f JULY 28, 1834 It&SUE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCULT.MAinsToNE, JULY 25. • Benjamin Gdrdiner, aged 29, was indicted for the wilful murder of Patrick Feeney, on the 9th July, inst., at Chat ham. George Hewer, sergeant in the 50th regiment of Foot, then' quartered at Chatham ; witness knew the deceased, Patrick Feeney, who was a sergeant in the same regiment with himself ; the prisoner was a private in the same com pany • on the 9th July instant there was a private parade at half-past four in the afternoon, in the Barnard-yard, at Chatham ; it was not usual on such occasions for privates, unless ordered, to have their flints in their muskets, nor do they go to the parade with their muskets loaded ; deceased gave the word of command, " right about face ;" the pri soner obeyed the command, but in so doing staggered ; the deceased then gave the word of command " left about face ;" the prisoner obeyed ; his musket was then at the shoul der, in the position of shouldered arms ; deceased ordered Dunlevi, a corporal, ,to take the prisoner to the guard-room ; as soon as the word " guard room" was mentioned the prisoner threw his fire-lock from the shoulder to the loading position, and fired. The de ceakd bent his knees, and was inclining towards the ground, and cried out " Oh, murder !" Witness went up to the prisoner, and ordered him to deliver up his fire-lock. He gave it up. Witness ordered him to come to 'the guard room. When they had proceeded a few yards, the pri soner said, " I have rid the world of a rascal and a tyrant, and lam ready to die for it." The prisoner was after wards removed to the cage at Chatham. In the way an in habitant asked if the sergeant was dead who was shot ? Witness said, " No, not when I left the barracks." The prisoner spoke up and said, " If he is not dead, I hope he will soon die, for lam not afraid of the rope." When the deceased fell the blood gushed from the hole where he held his hand. He died about two hours afterwards. James Campbell, Staff Assistant Surgeon, at Chatham barracks, examined the deceased. He was wounded about two inches above the navel, a little to the right of the me dial line of the body. It was a circular wound, from an inch to an inch and a half in circumference, passing through the body, penetrating the liver, and making its exit between the eighth and ninth rib. Witness could not say exactly what inflicted it. It appeared a gun-shot wound, but of much larger calibre than he should have expected from a musket-shot. The deceased died about an hour after he saw him. The wound was the cause of the death. The prisoner put in a written defence—that he did not know the gun was loaded—he was so drunk that he did not know what he said or did—he did not owe the deceased any animosity or but deeply deplored the accident, and was thoroughly ashamed of the words which, in a mo ment of intoxication, he made•use of. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE minutely summed up the evi dence, and said that drunkenness was no excuse or palliation in point of law, for it was every one's duty not to be drunk. The Jury, after about three minutes' deliberation, found a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE then passed sentence of death on the prisoner, observing that he entirely concurred in the verdict. The sentence was, that the prisoner be executed on Monday (this day), and be buried within the precincts of the gaol from which he was taken. The prisoner evinced no emotion whatever. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) MAIDSTONE, SUNDAY NIGHT. Last night a respite was lodged with the Governor of the County Gaol, in respect of Benjamin Gardiner, who was convicted on Friday of the murder of Sergeant Freelay. During the whole of yesterday, the rumouri circulated through the town, as to the time and place of execution, were very conflicting, but at a late hour at night, I received a communi cation from the Sheriff, which set conjecture at rest. It ap pears that after sentence was passed, an application was made to Mr. Justice Littledale, by the Commandant at Chatham barracks, to allow the criminal to be executed in that town, with the view, it is presumed, of giving a check to that in subordination which has too frequently manifested itself in that military deptit. The Learned. Judge would not take upon himself the responsibility of departing • from the ordinary course, but consented to exercise the discretionary power vested in him, and respite the prisoner until Thursday next, so as to allow time for an application to the Secretary of State, in order that the Royal pleasure might be ascertained. • Last night a communication arrived from the Home Office, when it was announced that the culprit would be removed early on Thursday morning, from Maidstone to Chatham, to be ex ecuted on The Lines" there in the course of that day. The platform formerly used on Penenden Heath, will be again called into requisition on the melancholy occasion. The body of the malefactor will be re-conveyed to Maidstone, and buried within the precincts of the gaol, pursuant to that part of the sentence. It is said that, although the conduct of the convict is very orderly, he manifests but very little concern respecting his awful fate. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.) Robert Harran, aged 69, was indicted for the wilful murder of Paul William Last, on the sth of May, at Chatham ; and Mary Ann Harran, aged 27, and Charlotte Harran, aged 19, his daughters, were indicted for aiding and abetting in the murder. It appeared that Robert Harran had out of his own savings purchased a piece of ground, called " Jenkin's Dale," in Chatham, and had erected upon it two cottages. He afterwards borrowed money of a Mr. Neale, lately de ceased, and deposited the title deeds with him, but being unable to pay the money, was arrested and thrown into prison, where he took the benefit of the Insolvent Act. An ejectment was afterwards brought on the demise of Neale, to recover possession of these premises, and Harran, either through poverty or some other cause, suSered judgment by default. A writ of possession was delivered to the Sheriff, who in June, 1833, turned out Harran and his family ; and Neale's agent, Mr. Burr, let one cottage and four acres of the land to James Mickleburgh, and the other cottage re maining for some time unoccupi e d, Mi c kl e b urg h o btained leave to put his tools in if. However, in last April, Barran and his family contrived, when no one was present, to get into possession of the vacant cottage, in which they con tinued down to the sth of May, having put out all the tools, &c. of Mickleburgh. Mr. Burr, the agent, early in April discovered that Harran was in possession, and having made repeated demands for him to give the premises up, arranged a plan in which eight persons were concerned, to obtain possession. The deceased, Last, was Burr'S apprentice, and he, by his master's order, forced open the back door with a sledge hammer ; at that instant Harran fired a piece loaded with small shot, which took effect in the chest of Last, who expired about ten hours afterwards. Thomas Burr, auctioneer at Chatham—Let one cottage and four acres to Micldeburgh, and allowed him to put his tools in the other cottage ; in last April, witness" found Harran in possession of that cottage, and asked him how he came there ; Harran told him he must apply to his attorney Mr. Murray. He afterwards saw Harran on the land, and told him he had no right there ; Harran said he had papers which would show he had a right, and he would shoot the first man that should endeavour to turn him out ; witness went with Geike and others on the sth of May ; they found the door and windows fastened ; they went round the back of the house ; they saw the daughters, who refused to open the door ; they said they would not ' give up the place ; witness replied, then we will take it ; Mary Ann Harran replied, " Do just as you please, my father is just in the humour for it." Just before the firing, he heard a voice cry out, " Father, shoot them ;" when he returned with a constable, he saw Robert Harran standing with a drawn sword in the doorway ; witness said, " You have done quite enough mischief, give up possession ;" the sword was taken from him ; witness afterwards told Mary Ann Harran that she bad instigated her father to fire the gun ; she said, " Well, if I_ did, I cannot help it now." _ _ _ _ John Geike gave similar evidence : Just before the firing, Mary Ann Harran cried out " Fire, father, Exe ; shoot them." Benjamin Tribe, surgeon, proved that the deceased was wounded in the inferior part of the chest by small shot, and died about ten hours afterwards ; haemorrhage from the wound caused the death. Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. BODKIN contended that the prosecutors had failed in making out a case. The prisoners were in possession, and the prosecutors had formed a pre determined plan to turn them out by force, and with great violence broke in the door ; a man, in defence of his house had a right to use weapons. Mr. ESFINASSE contended it was a surreptitious pos session. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE thought that the offence could not amount to murder, because Harran had obtained pos session without violence. James Lake—Knew Harran forty years ; he was very industrious in his youth ; the ground was his own freehold ; he had purchased it out of his own savings ; but he had not been quite right for the last thirty years, and during the last fourteen years he certainly was not in his right mind. Mary Ann Harran put in a written defence, that she said " Don't shoot father—don't fire !" which she complained was fatally misrepresented. A vast number of witnesses gave her and her sister Char lotte a good character. The Jury, after ten minutes' deliberation, acquitted R. Harran, on the ground of insanity, and found the two fe male prisoners " Not Guilty." MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LEICESTER, JULY 26. (Before Mr. Justice PARK. ) MURDER.—Sarah Willinzott, aged 60, was placed at the bar, charged on the Coroner's inquisition with the wilful murder of William Willimott, an infant, her son. The Learned JUDGE, from a perusal of the depositions, having reason to believe the unfortunate woman to have been in an insane state at the time of and previous to the committing of the deed in question, directed a Jury to be sworn to try the fact. After evidence had been heard, The unfortunate woman was ordered to be taken care of until his Majesty's pleasure should be known. Joseph Kirby, aged 40, was charged with having, on the night o t e 11th of July, stolen a. mare at Culeorton, the property of William Kirby. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, when his Lordship sentenced him to be transported for life ; at the same time. stating that the Prosecutor had strongly recommended him to mercy, which recommendation he would have gladly at tended to, but the Legislature had put it out of his power ; for, by a late Act of Parliament, the capital part of the charge had been done away with, and transportation for life in all cases, after a conviction should take place, made peremptory. John Timperley was convicted of uttering false coin. Sentence, two years' imprisonment and hard labour. This case, with another for passing bad money, finished the business of the Assize, which has been the lightest ever known at Leicester. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, JULY 25. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) WALKER V. THE COUNTESS OF BEAUCHAMP. This was an issue directed by the Court of Chancery to try whether Susannah Andrews and Phoebe Westwood were the great grand children of Humphry Jennings. Mr. Sergeant WILDE (who came on a special retainer), Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, and Mr. RICHARDS, appeared for the plaintiff. Sir JAMES SCARLETT and Mr. FOLLET (who were also specially retained), Mr. MAULE, Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW, Mr. WHATELEY, and Mr. TALBOT appearing for the de fendant. It appeared that Mr. William Jennings, who had lived in Suffolk, and who was descended from Humphry Jen nings, of Birmingham, had died possessed of immense wealth. It was contended on the part of the plaintiff that Humphry Jennings had had a daughter named Elizabeth, who had, in the year 1714, married Jeremiah Smith, from whom Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Westwood were descended, and that they were, therefore, his next of kin. -It was clearly shown that Jeremiah Smith married a person named Elizabeth Jennings, but the great question in the case was whether she was the same Elizabeth Jennings who was the daughter of Humphry Jennings. The Jury were not satisfied that the identity was made out, and returned a verdict for the defendant. It was understood that the property in dispute was Itorth near 800,0001. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—DORCHESTER, JULY 25. (Before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) DOE ON TIIE DEMISE OF WOOLLASTON V. BARNES. This was action of ejectment to try the validity of a will, purporting to be made in April, 1833, by the Rev. John Clavill, of Smedmore, in this county, who died in the June following, bequeathing freehold property to the amount of 2,0001. a year to the defendant, his bailiff, to the exclusion of his own relations. His heir-at-law is Colonel Man sell, on whose behalf this action was brought. Sir James Scarlett came down specially for the defendant. The ques tion being whether the will was genuine or not, proof of the affirmative issue rested with the defendant, and consequently he began first. Sir JAMES SCARLETT stated the defendant's case :—Mr. Clavill succeeded to the property in question in 1817 by his brother's will, who requested of him to assume the name of Clavill, his original name being Richards. He led a retired life. In 1830 his housekeeper died, and he took into his service in that capacity a Mrs. Churchill, the wife of a watchmaker in Dorchester, who had been unfortunate in business. Shortly afterwards her daughter, Fanny Churchill, who had kept a school, went to reside with him, and acted as his amanuensis, he being old and infirm (in his 75th year.) Having quarrelled with his bailiff he dikharged him and took the defendant in his stead, who was an inti mate acquaintance of Mrs. and Fanny Churchill. The two latter, having highly cultivated minds and engag ing manners, gained, his confidence in a short time. In March, 1833, he employed Fanny to write his will, which she did at his dictation, and wrote the will in question. In April following she, at his request, sent for the defendants, two brothers, who, with Fanny and her mother became the attesting witnesses to the will. Mr. Clavill requested of them not to mention that he had made a will. He signed and sealed it in their presence. He gave it into the custody of Fanny, earnestly requesting of her not to make the con tents known until three or four months after his death. In the May following he let a large farm to the defendant and another to his father for 21 years. In June he died, when a search was made by Colbnel Mansell, his heir, for a will, but none could be found. It was well known that he had made a will before the present, but no traces of it could be found. The Barneses and the Churchills having been suspected of making away with some of the property, they were taken before the Magistrates, and their boxes were searched. Fanny Churchill, fearing that the will might be found if left in a box, put it into her bosom, where she kept it for nearly two days, not having taken off her clothes during that time, whereby the impressions on the seals were effaced by the heat. In July the testator's family advertised for the will, but no information was given in consequence. The next of kin administered to his effects, and took possession of his personal property to the amount of 20,0001. In October, when nearly four months had expired from the death of Mr. Clavill, Fanny Churchill announced that she had the will, to the astonishment even of her mother and the Barneses, who were up to that time in ignorance of its existence. The will was taken before an attorney, and opened in the presence of the attesting witnesses, when it appeared that Mr. Cla vill had bequeathed all his leasehold and freehold property, amounting to 2,0001. a year, to his sister, Mrs. Richards, for life, and the remainder to John Barnes, his bailiff, the defendant. Mrs. Richards died before this period. No person but Fanny Churchill was cognizant of the contents of the will until it was read. There were various other be quests to different persons, and there was no legacy left to Mrs. or Fanny Churchill. The will was then regularly proved in Doctors' Commons. About twenty witnesses were examined to support the defendant's case. The four attesting witnesses proved the due exertion of the will, and several others proved the signature of Mr. Clavill. They assigned as a reason for not mentioning it before that Mr. Clavill requested of them not to say a word about it until three months after his death. There was some evidence to show that he disliked his relations because they slighted him before he came in for this property. Mr. Serjeant WILDE addressed the jury for the Plain tiff at considerable length. He undertook to prove that the will was a forgery, and that it was not made until after the death of Mr. Clavill. Seven or eight witnesses, some of whom were bankers with whom Mr. Clavill had kept accounts, deposed that they believed his signature to be a forgery. Some of them, when shown other signatures by him, denied them to be genuine, whereas others believed them to be genuine. One of the witnesses on being shown the will, in his cross-exa mination, folded in a different manner from that in which he had previously seen it, said that the signature was genuine, though he had previously deposed that it was not. Mr. Warrick, a seal-engraver, from London, deposed that the impressions on the seals to the will could not have been made by Mr. Clavill's seal, and that the impressions could not be so much effaced as they appeared to be by having been in Fanny Churchill's bosom for two days (the defendant having accounted for that fact by that circum stance). Evidence was given to show that there was a marriage in tended between Fanny Churchill and the defendant, which might account for the strong interest which she took in the transaction, and that she and her mother had exercised great influence over Mr. Clavill ; that after his death Mrs. Churchill frequently declared that he had made no will ;. that he was a man of much family pride, who was not likely to leave his property out of the family ; that he was infirm in intellect and understanding to gentlemen in general, and incapable of composing such a will ; that he was on good terms with his family, and had stood godfather ' to a son of Colonel Mansell's, who, at his request, was christened by the name of Clavill, in order that he might have no occasion to assume that name on succeeding to the estate. There was a great mass of evidence to contradict statements made on the other side as to collateral circum stances. Some letters were put in to show that Mr. Clavill had been on good terms with his family. Sir JAMES SCARLETT replied at considerable length. The question was, whether this will was a forgery or not ; for however lamentable it might be to see a gentleman of fortune leave his property to a stranger to the exclusion of his own relations, still every person had a right to dispose of his property as he thought proper ; and if this will was genuine the defendant was entitled to a verdict. Could the Jury believe that the four attesting witnesses would commit perjury and forgery, and thereby subject their lives to be forfeited to support a will under which they took no interest ? Lord DENMAN began summing up at half-past six, and concluded at eleven o'clock. He told the Jury that the whole question for them to decide was, whether the will set up by the defendant was the will of the deceased, or whe ther it was a fabricated document. If not fabricated, still they must be satisfied it had not been obtained by fraud or undue influence, for if so it would not truly represent the distiosing mind of the deceased, and could not be received as the testamentary disposition of his property. To de termine this question the Jury would look at the conduct of the parties, and they would say whether the secrecy said to have be u enjoined by the deceased was probable ; and then whether, under all the extraordinary circumstances of the case, the secrecy maintained by Miss Churchill towards her mother and the Barnes family, and the silence of the latter to her and to each other, were natural or probable. If they believed the will was not genuine, then not only perjury but the capital crime of forging a will had been committed, and he need not tell them that a case involving such charges was not lightly to be dealt with. The evi dence to disprove the handwriting had totally failed, and the parties had ben very consistent in their story. But there was contradictory evidence, and the Jury were the persons to judge upon that point. His Lordship read over the whole of his notes. - The Jury retired, and in about half an hour sent 'word to say that there was no chance of their agreeing, and his Lordship had better adjourn the Court. This was accord ingly to his Lordship's lodgings. The verdict in favour of the plaintiff was given at half-past four in the morning. This trial commenced on Tuesday morning,_and occupied the Court about fifty hours. The verdict was received with cheers by a crowd outside (Colonel Mansell being very po pular in this county.) NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—BURY ST. EDMUNDS, JULY 25. (Before Mr. Justice GAZELEE) Three agricultural labourers, named William Jessop, Da niel Watson, and George Moore, were capitally indicted for a felony on the person of Elizabeth Chapman. Mr. BYLES stated the case for the prosecution ; Mr. PRENDERGAST conducted the defence. The details of the case are, of course, not fit for publi cation, but it was a most extraordinary one with regard to the evidence given by the prosecutrix herself, and that of a boy who was called to corroborate her testimony. It ap peared that on the 11th of June the prosecutrix, who re sides in the workhouse of Dedington, was returning, with two boys and two girls in her company, from Framlingham to Dedington, where they met with four men standing near a gate leading from the Castle-path of Framlingham into a meadow. On passing this gate, the prosecutrix, who was the last of the company, was assaulted by a man named Dickenson, who has since absconded, and who caught her round the waist and behaved improperly. Accordinc , to her own account, they, meaning, as it was understood,. all the prisoners, dragged her through another gate into a mea dow on the opposite side of the Castle, where they flung her down, and she was so scared and frightened that she lost all recollection of what passed. She only remembered getting up again and standing still, when they began to drag her on once more, and at length forced her into a barn-yard, where, under circumstances described by herself, the offence was completed.' It should be mentioned that after she had several times stated that " they dragged her along previously to the commission of the offence, the Learned Judge asked her whom she meant by " they ?" and she answered that she only meant Dickenson : and further stated that while he dragged leer, the other men (the three prisoners at the bar) did nothing ; she distinctly declared that they did not assist Dickenson, yet afterwards she went back from that statement, and said that while Dickenson dragged her the others shoved her along. As to what she alleged to have taken place in the barn-yard, we cannot for decency's sake allude to it further than to say that she told a story which, if believed, afforded most satisfactory evidence of a consent on her part, and this we feel ourselves bound to mention, because the interests of justice require it. She stated, among other things, that while one of the men was in the barn-yard with her, the others hid themselves in consequence of an objection which she made, and this became very material, because a boy named Cutlin Fairweather, who was called to snpport the case, and who was one of the boys in her company when returning from Framlingham, deposed that all the men were with her in the barn-yard together. This witness stated some other things which were at variance with the evidence of the prosecutrix, and not very consistent with probability. He asserted that she once cried out " Murder !" which she did not pretend that she did. He said the men, when they first assaulted her, had " threatened to hide him if he did not go away," yet he remained and watched what was doing, and was just behind them while they were dragging her along through two meadows into the barn-yard ; he said she once sank down as if fainting, but soon after got up, and the men dragged her on, one holding her round the waist while an other had his arm round her neck. That was different from her own statement. He stated that after they had taken her into the farm-yard, she several times attempted to get away, but they pushed her back again. This was contrary to her own statement, by which it appeared that she did not make any effort to escape. On cross-examination both those witnesses made a very sorry exhibition. The statements and admissions of the prosecutrix in particular excited astonishment in Court, and sometimes called forth expressions of another feeling from the auditory unbecoming the solemnity of a Court of Jus tice at any time, but more especially so when no less than three human beings were on trial for their lives. More than once the Learned Judge was under the necessity of rebuking the laughing portion of the audience, by remind ing them of this melancholy fact. It was one of the cir cumstances of this extraordinary case, that the prosecutrix, although met by the matron of the workhouse on her way home, immediately after the alleged offence was committed, did not mention to her a word of the matter, but she told it when going to bed that night to a girl with whom she slept. The Learned Judge carefully summed up the case, com menting upon the discrepancies and improbabilities in the case for the prosecution ; and indicating without dictating to the Jury the propriety of an acquittal. The Jury, however, asked leave to retire ; and after being absent about three quarters of an hour, returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty, which excited unusual astonish ment, more particularly as several of the jury had been seen to laugh at some of the extraordinary statements of the prosecutrix, which seemed to disentitle her to the penal redress which she sought as an unwilling participator in her own dishonour. The Jury, however, recommended the prisoners to mercy, and .the Court having asked upon what ground, the Foreman said " Because 'they appeared to have been instigated to the offence by a man who had escaped from justice." When the Jury expressed the recommendation to mercy, the Counsel for the prisoners instantly rose, and indig nantly disclaimed it on the part of the prisoners, saying that his clients did not want mercy, but justice, and adding that the Jury, having come to such a verdict upon such evidence, need not have given themselves the trouble of tacking to it a recommendation to mercy, as no Court could think of taking their lives. The Learned Judge desired the prisoners to be taken from the bar, as he wished to take time to consider before he sentenced them. This day (Saturday) the prisoners were- ordered to the bar, when the judgment of Death was ordered to be re corded, and the Learned Judge, after a suitable address, told them that he would endeavour to procure the Royal mercy to spare their lives, but beyond that he could make them no promise. One of the prisoners, on going from the bar, turned about, and in the most emphatic manner told the Court that he was utterly innocent of the offence laid to his charge, and never laid so much as a finger on the woman. The COURT informed him that if he could procure proofs of his innocence, he should have them laid before the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, and there was no doubt that, if satisfactory, his punishment would be re mitted. • Hannah Grimwood was indicted for the murder of her illegitimate child. Mr. PRAED conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Aus. TEN the defence. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner lived as cook in the service of Mr. Howard, of Little Blakenham, and was a single woman. On Wednesday, the 26th of March, her mistress heard she was ill, and went to see her. It was about Eight o'clock in the morning. She was in bed, and on complaining of illness her mistress charged her with having miscarried ; she denied it, and said a sore had ga thered in her side, which had broken. Her mistress told her she was not satisfied with the account which she had given, and would send for a surgeon. She did send for a surgeon, who ascertained that she had been recently deli vered of a child. Mrs. Howard saw her the next morning, and charged her with having destroyed her child. She denied having had one. Between that day and the Sunday followinc , the body of a new-born child was discovered, which had been buried in the earth near a barn, and it turned out that the child had been thrown down in a bun dle to the groom, from an attic window of the room where the prisoner slept. He did not see who threw it down ; but a voice like that of the prisoner's called him by name, and asked him to bury it. He took the bundle up, not knowing, as he said, what it contained, and buried it, where it was afterwards accidentally discovered. On the Sunday following, her mistress saw the prisoner again, and told her a child had been found. She was crying very much. Her mistress asked her if there was any thing on her mind which she could tell her ? She then said, " Surely, Hannah, you did nothing to the child," and asked her " if she had heard it cry ?" The prisoner answered " Yes." Her mistress then asked her what she did to it? She .said she stuffed her night-gown into its mouth. In the Coroner's deposi tions, however, which was put in, the evidence of Mrs. Howard was given with this addition, "to prevent itt cry ing, or prevent its cries from being heard." A surgeon, who examined the body of the child, was of opinion it was born alive. The prisoner received a very good character for gentleness and humanity of disposition from both her master and mistress ; and another person, in whose service she had been. The Learned JUDGE put it to the Jury, whether they were satisfied that the prisoner could have deliberately, and with malice aforethought, deprived her child of life, seeing that up to that time her character was the very opposite to what such a charge would imply. If they were convinced that she had deliberately stuffed the gown into the child's mouth, not merely with the intention of preventing its cries from being heard at the moment,but to silence the evidence of her own shame for ever, they would find her guilty of the murder, however painful. the discharge of such a duty might be ; but if they believed she only did what was re lated as a temporary expedient to stop the child's cries, they would acquit her of the murder, and find her guilty of concealing the birth. The Jury returned a verdict, acquitting her of the mut, der, but finding her Guilty of the concealment, and she su w. f . sentenced to imp r i sonme ht f or t wen t y mon th s , hiving fered four months' imprisonment already. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JULY 26.—We have received by the Colum.bis the following letter from our C orresp ondent at Malta , which contains three weeks' l a t er intelligence than was received by the Malabar, given in our last paper:.— " MALTA, JULY 3—A report has unexpectedly reached u$ that the squadron, under Sir J. R ow l ey , is to return to Malta' from Vourla, calling at Napoli. Y ou will understand that th e squadron is considered here, in all its movements, asunder w e , chief political direction of Lord Ponsonby, the Ainhassad or . m. Constantinople, who - se ' eyes are about him' in all that relates to the present and remote interests o f thi s coun t r y, 10aillg. 8 0 , the movements both on the side of Turkey and Russia as bell under one powerful influence and direction. The D It squadron consists of twenty-one sail, carrying 950 guns. may be of interest, at the present moment, to enumerate then, and state their disposition :—The Britannia, Caledonia, Th un ' derer, Edinburgh, Talavera, Endvmion, and Mastiff were a t Vourla the 25th of June. The Britannia will return WT . % on being relieved by the Canopus, which s hip will leave til L port on the 6th inst. Actaeon, at Constantinople (ordered to England) ; Beacon, at Myteline ; Carron, at Malta, having arrived 30th June, with a mail from Vourla ; Champion , °, the coast of Spain ; Favourite and Hind, at Smyrna • Jas sen t i :,l at Gibraltar ; Madagascar, at Patras, and t o rema i n ;here " tranquillity is restored ; Rover, at Tripoli ; Scout, at Ales' . -v a url! e , andria ; Volage, at Corfu ; Tyne, on her passage to Ceylon, flag-ship, - here. These ships comprise six sail of ?„ line, five frigates, four corvettes, one brig, two surver n s* sloops, one cutter, one steamer, and one receiving-ship. , ~ We hear th a t th e pl ague was a t S myrna on t h e 20tn i e June, and that six deaths were daily th e consequen ce. A rd there had destroyed 200 houses. The affair of Samos is s% to have terminated, the natives having r e - ac k now ledged In.„ . Sultan, but the most opulent of them purpose emigrating Greece. ~ The Forbes steamer was hourly expected in the Red Se*: May 20. On the 29th of June the Malta Government schoon er s Lady Emily ar r i ve d h ere f rom Ci v i ti l Vecchia, bringing th e/ marble monument su b scr ib e d f or b y t h e N avy to t h e ineul ° '' of the late lamented Sir Henry Hotham." This afternoon his Majesty's ship Sapphire, 28, Captain tu s Hon. G. W. R. Trcfusis, returned from the North American al West India stations, lastly from the G u lf o f M ex i co , Ha";! nah, and Bermuda, in twenty-fi ve d a y s f rom th e last-naeli, island, where the Vernon, 50 (Vice-Ad m i ra l Si r G. Coe' burn), Vestal, and Cruizer were then lying. The SaPt mt ire has not brought any specie to E ng l an d from the Mexican coast. She took only 26,0001. t o B ermu d a , to b e conveL, e to Canada in the Vestal, for the service of that colony. disturbed party state of the country, rendered the transraissi° of the specie from Mexico and the mines to the coast ve ld hazardous and uncertain. A strong body o f t ro ops e,,, °n e ra alone secure its transit. Whilst the Sapphire was at Cruz thirty persons had been killed at Queblir, in a n einer, - The Reynard packet, which may b e d a ily expecte d to to r "; will, it is supposed, bring a considerable freight .of silver 0 this country, a conducta having app roac h e d t h e coa st wh e , the Sapphire sailed. The Government of Mexico was in 0 . most disorganized state. Santa Anna was p ro t ec ted by an o merous body of. guards. The Vice-President was about At make a convenient summer's visit to the United. States. , g 1 Havannah all was quiet. The new Governor-General arrived from Spain. The next ships from the Gulf of ge l ' will be the Pearl and Arachne. The President, 52, Captain M'K er li e , b a d arr i ve d at thil from Portsmouth, previous to the Ist inst., and landed Ge n ' . Sir Colin Campbell, family, and suite. South The North Star, 28, Captain V. Harcourt, for the .„ d . American station, with H. Hamilton, Esq. Charge d'A_, to the state of Buenos Ayres, and M r . - S car l ett, as ottiteil vo the embassy at Brazils, will sail to-morrow morning for PI de Janeiro. An Admiralty messenger, charged with important dispatchel arrived this morning, embarked, and sailed immediately eight A.M.) in the Medea steame r , C omman d er A us ten, it believed for Lisbon and Cadiz. in' Admiral Napier, with the c rew o f th e B raganza , w ill sail a few days for Brest, to equip the Portuguese ships there Lisbon. On Thursday the Medea and Salamander steamers arr l/ 0 from Chatham, in 17 hou r s, w ith th a t part of the crew of 1, Majesty's ship Asia (paid off there) who expressed their des.irb to be conveyed to Portsmouth to visit their friends, and w inc solicitation the Admiralty most ki n dly li s t ene d to , an d directe d their conveyance. The general re gar d f or t h e we lf ar e of °I; seamen, so constantly manifested of late years, haS certain toto had a beneficial influence, the be s t among them appco — rf is feel that the home of a British sa il or i s «a man of wear." part of the crew of the Asia discovered the good k o vernol en d of their late officers ; they app eare d w i t h t h eir - w i ves , b e ds, s n bags all as neatly arranged as though they had been co lt° . plating another ship and three years' station. On Thursday the Columbia s t eamer arr i ve d f rom Plyol°°, landed the Marines paid off f rom th e M a l a b ar ,. an d then Pr ceeded to Woolwich. The Spitfire steamer arrived on Thu'. day from Woolwich, and sailed yesterday for Falmouth, totalk t the next Mediterranean mail. The Savage, 10, Lieuteo sn Loney, sailed on W e d nes d a y f or t h e North American statil t ; taking the piratical p r is oners capture d b y t h e Curlew on t " coast of Africa to the United States. Remains at Spithead—North Star. In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Childers, Romney, Oreste h Salamander, Rolla. 4.t s , The London, Captain Wimbl e , sa il e d yester d ay for Cala' , e Rear-Admiral Sir Parker, K. C. B. will tat, his seat at the Admiralty in a fortnight, when sir Tbo n i Hardy will assume the Governorship of Greenwi c h Notp.it a ; 5 We perceive by the C a lc u tt a Journal that great rejoiciobe, took place there on the 14th of January on the occasion of ci,e) lebrating the New East India Charter. Some idea mil 0 formed of the magnificence of th e fi rewor k s , w hi c h l a sted e re night, when at one instant f or ty th ousan d bl ue li g hts fi displayed. PLYMOUTH, JULY 24.—Arrived on Sunday the Coluinbi:; Lieutenant Aplin, having landed her (M e dit er ranean) mail . - I ,t Falmouth ; left at M a lt a th e C ano p us , an d t h e Jassen:tty Gibraltar. She proceeded to W oo l wic h t o re fi t . The 7, labar, 74, was „paid off to-day, amd recommissioned by C, mender John Forster for Capt a i n Si r Willi am Augustus 11)be tague, who will assume the command in a few days. be Pique, 36 (launched on Monday), is taken into dock to coppered and commissioned by Captain the Hon. H. J. B ilex Ships now building at this Yard :—St George, 120 ; 92 ; Hindostan, 74. The Nile will be ready for launto in a few days. Ar r i ve d th e R oya l William, Peake, Prince Edward's Island, and the Exmouth, Gregg, Quebec, both with timber, the latter for this dockyard-bott IN HAMOAZE—San Jo se f, M a l a b ar, Portland, "-1.31" Wolf, Dee, Scorpion, Tyrian, Opossum, Briseis. Ix Docx—Agincourt, America, Melampus, Fisguard s Pique. —lN BARNPOOL--JUpiter. f the PROMOTIONS. —Commande r th e H on . G eorge Grey; vis Scout, to the rank of Captain ; Lieutenant W. H. Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral Sir William Parker, and 14l e r Baldwin Walker, late of the B ar h am , t o t h e ran k o f C ° to' mender; Mr. William Stephens, Mate of the Spartiat e 'sjf the rank of Lieutenant, vice Clive, drowned. Captain v e William Augustus Montagu, K. C. H., C omman d er J o hn ster, Lieutenants R. Thornton Eyre and J. Groome, M t ' t be Jennings, Purser, and Mr. F. Taylor, S econ d M aster , to Malabar ; Commander W. Holt, to the Scout ; Lieuteni;; R. Bullen to be Supernumerary Lieutenant of the Hes_,ti n g Lieutenant J. G. Dick to the North St ar ; M r. Street, Fu'e to the Astrea ; Mr. Brydone, Purser, to the . Beacon. 1 85 4 From the Ist of January 1833, t o th e 30th of June A to (eighteen months), thirty-six Mid s hi pmen were toroneoteu,ii the rank of Lieutenant. The sen i or h a d served tweet,' ii years (J. Elwin), and was then promoted for exertion s % the Coast Guard Service ; the junior midshipman (W' Stewart), had served six years. .From Jan. 1 to Joo n , five Midshipmen were p romote d, t h e sen i or of whom (f, Engledue) had served seventeen years, t h e junior(J. _;„(1 son) six years. London : Printed and Published by MURDO you , at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. UN SEA] ali N o i N at R ePort Pr°4l his H °n 1)023 .circula t e` TRADE FRAUDS. —A publication which li 0,0 largely among the working classes, says, " We have seen it coffee-grounds dried i n th e sun , t o b e returne d to t he el e ct ter, the drained tea-leaves dried i n lik e manner , an d r° o o among each other to curl them afresh, and when the pru was complete, to be returned to the canister." 1111?TlIS. ao l° On the 16th inst., at Alb aro , near G enoa, the lady of g Le Mesurier, Esq., of a son. ' On the 26th inst., at G rove -l ane, C am b erwell, the lady of CO Harden, Esq., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., Mrs. A. Scott, of Cloudesley-square, of a t On the 23d i ns t., at E well, the lady of Capt. Lempriere,yj/ MARRIAGES. el 4* On the 23d inst., at the Sardinian Chapel, Lincoln's Inn - , poi and afterwards at St. Pancras New Church, Antonio 3010 0 lachi, Esq., of Burton-crescent. to Miss Esther Hewitt , daughter of Mr. Henry Hewitt, of Prospect-place, Stinthw al : l ira On the 22d inst., at St. George's Church, Everton, Lao': 0 0 1 the Rev. J o h n Al exan d er Gower, M.A., of Woolley, Ber"'i, of thelGower, ate Rev. H. H. f Marlow, to Cha r lotte, r i u ,io dl daughter of the late Thomas Suffield Aldersey, Esq., of grove, St. Marvlebone. DEATHS. On the 24th inst., at Hursterpoint, Susse x , L ang ley l o t bury, Esq., late of Brighton, aged 74. ed 55 ; On the 25th inst., in Duke-street, Grosveno r - squa re, 4 0 Richard Elwes, Esq., of Rayne, Essex, sec on d son of t Lieut.-General Elwes, of Stoke College, Suffolk. A_ On the 24th inst., at Margate, in his 15th year , Dona-, 1. 001 son of C. D. Collambell, Esq., of Dover-pl ace , New. Kent'r On the 26th inst., in Clarges-street, after ten days' illnet . James Fitzroy, youngest son of th e D u k e o f Grafton, aged' On the 23d inst., in his 83d year, in Great Malvern, Sir Wilmot, Bart., of Osmaston, Derbyshire. On the 24th inst., a t B ou l ogne - sur - mer, Mi ss Caroline IF' daughter of Mr. Samuel Lewis, late of Hampstead, aged 37 ;0 11 On the 23d inst., at Kimpton Vicarage, Herts, Bertra m second son of the Rev. F. Sullivan. Ti ° On the 20th inst., in Westgate-street, Newcastle-upo n " John Annandale, Esq., aged 68. 1,1 0 On the 25th inst., at Mr. Edmund Warne's, Lisle-gr ee o e, tester-square, his eldest son, Mr. R o b er t AlexandeF 1117' Millbank, aged 26. SisP On the 23d inst., Mary Hester, wife of Lieut.-Genet Rebow, of Wivenhoe Park, Essex. oa • e'; On the 11th of January, at Trinid a d, Frederick Jain o o°_, Hammet, aged 29, second son of th e Vi scoun t ess de En% and nephew to his Excellency the l a t e Si r R a l p h W o odfo rd' formerly Governor of that island.