The Sun. — London, England, 1834-08-27 00:00:00

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I. therefore tog iott in eu „!de other , Y oe" it h tbst fekb 'Y a M r. 6 4 five 9 , 0 5 ' from t he byl f less tb ari „50 0 Le other P .son. „ ro te! id net ctO know b e " 010 the water , ev er ( to aftb r ' .t o u s ince vi tt9 ib ,; rniegs !stro) ii : s ho o LC ' belb" ame c4 os. alty o , the n e to vf Ince b e — o f 9' , Cory' bace' , of iog unes d bai er, al ) uer d let II 46 11 sty a larg e be r. Leers knew ve3 )man ot Dok bacon• Q 9 ; to sel l ' i ll )/ I the dr ClaYS' s e ver' ' : 6 bOUS e ja; a the r say for b e lil! a nd her 1 , r ' ll rimming 1.. - id goo. .Y.) • Ob i l most l e ig street 11.0 .wards gal Tit her.olyo,,, was / be e r r b°' &out, j, o it, 4 ifAL LAg Of th e ilo/ II id a n 130 4, 1 0 1 0 t (3 , s #' o le r d 5 " ° 1° 1 , 0 ,et I°l ole , 64Q' [ l c xed 0, 01 , 17 „i ty 1 ' ) ; ,be :11 0,56 , of f SHIPPINti INTELLIGENCE. --(THIS DAY.) (FRO M 110 Y D'S.) DEAL, AUG. 26 . —Calm. —Arrived t h e. Regatta, Galloway, from Cadiz. Remain the .Rover, Rains, for the South Seas ; and Royal Admiral, Fotheringham for Cork and New South pales. The Royal George yacht sailed this morning for smouth and his M a j esty ' s s hi p C astor, f rom Sh eerness, rem rt ains. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 26.—Wind S. S. E. to W.—Arrived the Hannibal, Hebord, from New York. Sailed the Welling ton, Liddle, for the Cape and Madras. PLYMOUTH, MTG. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Champion, from Malt a . FALMOUTH, AUG. 25.—Wind W. S.W. to N.W., fresh.— Arrived off port the Blanch, Manning, from St. Kitt's. _ LIVERPOOL AUG. 25.—Arrived th e H arr i ett , H exton , f rom bt. John's, New Brunswi c k. ,‘ DOVER, AUG. 26.—Arrived off port the Ki n g s t on , Se w ell, I roln Antigua ; and Cato, Smith, from Grenada. LONDON, AUG. 26.—Arrived the Recovery, Dixon, and from Bilboa. Coax, AUG. 2 4.—'Arrived the Annie, Liddle, and Jane, Kindall, from Quebec ; Charlotte, Hughes, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; and Mary Queen of Scots, from Trinidad. LANCASTER, Auo. 25.—Arrived the Argo, Thompson, and thrwent, Purdie, from Quebec. MARYPORT AUG.S Arrived the Grace, Finingen, from Quebe c . *— 9SUNDERLAND, AUG. 25.—Arrived the Peril, Sharer, from uebee ; Lord O a kl e y, C awart, an d M argaret, Rogerson, trom America. MRio JANEIRO, JUNE 23.—The T ourv ill e ( w h a l er ), f rom onte Vide o to Havre, is reported to be wrecked at St. Ca rne 's. The M. -uta, Ward, from Archangel to Portsmouth put into H arwich, l eaky. , .DDLESEX SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) sergeant ANDREWS, Mr. HALSWELL, and a Bench of Magistrates.) The business of the Court was suspended till nearly half ast el even o ' clock, in consequence of the Grand Jury not c a vi ng u ret urne d any bills. About that hour the Grand Jury and into C ourt with three bills, one of which was not found, d the other two were, against a man named Hewitt, who "s i mmediately p l ace d at t h e b ar. st G eo rge Hewitt was i n di cte d upon two i n di ctments, w i th tTealing a table, value 10h two counterpanes, eighteen chair evers' looking-glas:., and several other articles of value, ' - ‘,P r oPerty of. his master, Mr. John Thompson. no r the wit nesses f or the prosecution being called they were theyin attendance. Up war d s o f h a lf an hour elapsed before Made articles their app earance , w h en i t was di scovere d t h at t h e stolen were not brought, and a further delay took p la ce bef ore t h ey could be produced. On the i nter i m Elizabeth Townshend, against whom a true 0 was found, for stealing on the 24th inst. a petticoat, value 'was placed a t t h e b ar . J The case was c l early proved against the prisoner, and the 111. Y found her Guilty. o:4The COURT sentenced her to ten days solitary confinement. ." Mil, a decrepid old woman, Elizabeth Tale, and Ca ,rellne Parker, were indicted with stealing, on the 4th of the 4erit month, two quarts of wheat in the straw, the property i t 'chard Parkin. From the statements of the prosecutor, f ElPpeared that on the morning of the day in question he L e Und the prisoners in his field at Enfield at 4 o'clock in the .qoff,ing pullin g th e w h eat f rom t h e s h uc k s. ke'rile prisoners were found Guilty, b u t were s t rong ly recom licled to mercy b oth b y the Jury and the prosecutor. The ~, ,C urth sentenc e d t h em to seven d ays ' solitary confinement. s e Grand J ury t hi s morn i ng threw out the bill against eharn Wovenden, one of the inspectors of the D division, h as ki with a rape by Louisa Morris. The utmost anxiety een manifested since the committal of the prisoner, espe :f 'Y by the police corps, many of whom were in attendance i , r c til e Purpose of hearing the fate of the bill. The exami. I°ll of the witnesses before the Grand Jury, lasted some time CORK MARKETS.-Aug. 23. Wheat (per 205t..)...l is. Ocl. to2ls. i l / 4 1.1 Oats (per 14st.) qs. 6d. to 128.6 d. Barley (per 165t.)...10 4 JO 10 Flour (per cwt.) 5 9 9 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) los. Pd. to 11s. Od. Beef, sd. to Od. • Mutton, sd. to Gd. ; Veal, 6d. to Bd. ; Pork, 2d. to Ijd. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to 12d. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the Countr. 71s. First Quality Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth AY•) ' PP ROACHING OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Inorla l he n foll ow i ng paragraph appears in the Papers of this g OLD B AILEY S ESSIONS.—The day appointed for open oft, t hese Sessi ons was Th urs d ay next, • b ut i n consequence 3,,, ti " Courts being under repair, the Lord Mayor, Alderman, • th e m e ,! , &c., will meet on that day pro forma, and adjourn kor, a k N wee c'w, the fa t • the approaching sessions were fixed ten Meat c t s , and 11 11 _ 3 ag. 0 to be held on Thursday, .the 4th of September ; fr om u c ircumstance whatever has arisen to cause a deviation not the original arrang emen t. Th e j ury an d w i tnesses are , e ,riered unt i l that day, and no person whatever need attend. th:ais misconception appears to have arisen from the fact that poi Westminster and Clerkenwell Sessions have been ap se: d a week earlier this year than at the corresponding • lo ns in forme r years, and the alteration has been made with the • tr ern „, 7 view of equalizing the time, and preventing the ex- Year - which has heretofore been occasioned twice a sceris,s_woinn..aseinwitihiebeJudges go their circuits. When the Central regulated accordi n gly. Aetcomes into operation, the Old Bailey re fixed pursuant thereto, and the minor sessions ' . vINER TO EARL GREY.—We have been in ica'reed th at nothing could exceed the very flattering manner I I : w hich the d e p u t at i on f rom the requisitionists was received Y the Nobl e E ar l ; and although he had determined to remain quietly at home, and not to accept of any public entertain ment, Yet he was so highly flattered by the compliment paid a im, that h e h as agreed to be in Edinburgh any day of the f Ng- b eginning with th e 15th o f S eptem b er , t h at may b e °1441 most convenient. ---Edinburgh Evening Courant. W ORKING OF THE REFORM SYSTEM IN SCOT thepre - We have indeed advisedly abstained from entering on " th e sent state and prospects of the Border freeholders under Reform Act ;" nor shall we do so until the lists of voters th e t his year been completed ; but if there be one thing more th at e a nother in w hi c h th e community ought to rejoice, it is call" rile° of property, intelligence, and i n t egr ity h ave patria!i fe of effectually stepped f orwar d to ta k e a place upon the rolls of the dif oeent counti es , w i t h the view and in the confident expectation whoffeetually counteracting the infl uence o f a se t o f persons di s h h ave been brought into political existence by the most 3.4._onest means many of them without even a right to de et,Pci possession of the titles of the property on which they once 'timed to vote, and ready venally to sacrifice the independ -9f the county at the command of men yet more venal and 111Pt•---Ke/so Ilfail. v Bto u :ISIIMENT OF AN ALDERMAN.—In " Strype's reeo w ; p. 238, is the following extract from the city to ii i tt ' lu ; .:•—•" Nicholas Wyff or d, an a ld erman , h av i ng neg l ecte d it i s p his cloak, w hi c h h e oug h t to use i n process i on, therefore a le judged by the court , that the Lord Mayor and Alder hit: shall breakfast with him. This penalty is awarded on a puni s h ment for h i s covetousness. 14 CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—SevereIy as Apamea I ,; B B : o ff t e . red i n all periods of her history from earthquakes, she tl O . O Included i n the twelve cities of Asia which were ovor seri,7ils the fifth year of Tiberius, and, therefore, the in t rst i , :ao which I f oun d, an d w hi c h are pu bli s h e d i n my but i', °lllll eY, do not relate to the liberality of that Emeror, of Tp_!ubsequent earthquake, which happened in the reign . te n , 07rins Claudius, mentioned by Tacitus :—" To the citi quake A P a rllea, whose city had been overthrown by an earth the tribute was remitted for five years." This was viorte 7 ', and A. D. 54. It is a curious coincidence, and well ra ent . ,, of attention, for I do not recollect to have ever seen it and b on ed, that the earthquake which happened at Philippi,. th e which the doors of Paul's prison were opened, was in rei ll f t ` t ar 53 , perhaps a few months only before the tribute was 8 146 ed to the citizens of Apamca. Now, an earthquake fel t ,tentlY strong to overt h row a c i ty i n A s i a Mi nor wou ld b e ientlr°ll,? Y IY als o i n t h e remoter di stances of Macedonia, suffi- Th e perhaps, to open the bars of a prison door. tlionZeat earthquake of Al e ppo was f e lt severe ly i n S myrna , uln.4lesno buildings were thrown down. As God often works °Deb ed t eN'eu by natural causes, so tbe prison doors being divi ne ° Paul by the earthquake, would still be the effect of t ieto a g en cy. Does not this fact afford much internal evi cobeie.enf the truth of the sacred historians ?—Arundell's Dis ' 4 sia Minor. at the Adelaide (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) b On the 21st inst., we witnessed, hich could be made rtt ka,llh,h, l','-onins, the total failure of every atte f mp appeared, to make an in "" t as), since the advertisements , ° applied (three most skil ;41- attempt long-experienced _strartient that would unlock Parsons of last month offered, _orsewhich the patentee, in the beginning s three-inch padlock ; ' se veral of the London and provincial newspapers , Guineas. Three t e h e e c u an n : iTccedented reward of One Thousand diciates aPpeared • Niz• Thomas Cornell, the ITlith about 16 Years , ' . commenced his operations on who had been . a lock -23d of Jul and . the day following ; f on .y ; William Rutin, who had been in the trade Y-four years, and b eg a n on and J , 4t t Joseph Dye, of thirty-three ye.a e rs n ft it is known that standing, who o work on the Ist instant. 41 4 e first successful candidate only An w d as w to he had used his 41nnoot be doubtful each spoke truly in sayinghave the prize, it on the 21st 'il.st_.atistt energies to succeed until the termination ir la;es,ireacini;:inedtgheedy t a h v e o y we c d oul t a ha n t efforts o a t ll .u th n.l e oc i they I , it, although kinds of all other l ook,. Lne constant practice of picking . were in vain, Toe,' they ink with in general. They said da and d opportunity had been allowed them construction iY,that they were well acquainted with the many to t his kind of lock, but could not even discover how how how that th.. lers the lock contained ; but when opened, froemverda' construction to b s lers were fo':aio deception was practised, no less than 26 thm s._e. T ill to be enclosed within its small case of the usual lz s° gilt in vain, pate s was never before found practicable by any person but the t ee, who has thus supplied the desideratum, heretofore dim ocks at a moderate price, and of the regular , or f vien smaller ensions, perfectly inviolable by any picklock bki l l se 6 3 7 . We took the opportunity of examining his other at; °n of locks, and feel it right to express our decided alyr a o 7 ki ll i c r ; and we have had long and extensive experience in plus tit ' , 2 of the most ingenious patented machihery. His ne e ~,,a ti t, the change lock, in which. perpetual changes t may b simple co x :. in the • lock and key, is an excellent I 'vanc, to guard against the accidental loss of the key. St -el34lance tumbler lock, of which this trial was made is the isl.rgest and most simple tumbler lock we have ever seen, and to the to be the most durable. We would recommend them a , , i e notice of Our friends , at Messrs. Burbidge and . He I Y,s rro°,,nalengers, No. 1,0, Fle'et-street, where they are in much la "t we kr 0 inforined. THE CHOLERA. • The following if posted at Lloyd's : " Council-office, Whitehall, Aug. 26, 1834. " am directed by the Lords of the Council to trans mit to you the inclosed copy of a letter, which having been received at the office of his Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has been, by Lord Viscount Palmerston's de sire, communicated to the Privy Council, and I am to request that you will lay the same before the Chairman of the Commit tee of Merchants at Lloyd's for the information of those whom it may concern. I am, Sir, &c., &c. ( Signed) " C. GREVILLE. " Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." " Ancona, 12th August, 1834. " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, that I have this morning . received a communication from the Board of Health, acquainting me that, in consequence of the re-appearance of the Asiatic cholera in London and its vicinity, the Special Council of Health at Rome has ordered that vessels which may arrive in ports of the Roman States, from ports in the Thames, and so far as Portsmouth and Spithead, shall be placed under a quarantine of fourteen days, and merchandise to be purged in the Lazaretto for twenty-one days.—l am, &c. (Signed) " HENRY KANE, Vice-Consul. " John Bidwell, Esq.," &c. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of grain this week are good, but the return of flour is scanty. Fine wheat fully supports the terms of Monday, although there is a very dull sale for most sorts. Barley, beans, and peas unvaried. Oats find buyers slowly : and are not cheaper than on last day. Flour dull and unvaried.. ARRIVALS. Barley. 49u qrs English Irish Foreign , Wheat 6,%90 qrs 420 480 Data. Finiir. 2,070 qrs. 1,170 sacks, 10, SO 1,050 40 0 , UNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Oats. Beans. I Pease. Per Quarter. Boiton Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Horncastle Lincoln Spilsby Stamford York. S. to s. 40 48 44 48 40 45 44 47 42 50 45 50 26 44 46 56 , Barley. S. to s. S. to S. S. s 27 32 18 f:3 37 38 34 23 40 33 36 24 28 :8 4C 26 30 20 • 24 3. 1 38 24 28 17 25 28 80 2 23 31 2J 39 42 21 28 in 18 32 38 26 32 25 30 39 41 4 30 15 22 28 83 s. to s. IRISH MARKETS. KET NOTE for the WEEK DUBLIN MAR] 5 0 4 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 4'll Bere 11; stone :LADING A From 20 0 1) 9 U 0 . 22 2fl 6 11 6 0 0 14 0 19 0 15 0 A vel 22 7 11 11 20 Barley .16 stone I 14 (1 1,393 Oats 12,62 S Flour, per cwt.... El stone 6 0 937 Oatmeal ----. 8 stone lO 0 Sold to Bakers only. 10,800 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat and Flour 40.. al. per sack. H 10 11 '3 Receipts of Flour, 14,318 Firsts from 17;. ed. to 19s. Od. Seconds . . from 12s. 61. to 16s. 0.1. Sales of Do. 12,628 Tnirds PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf 74id. Half Quarteru HKETS Aug. Cwt, s. d. s. d. Hides (raw) 't oto 32 6 Bacon Pigs 0 6 0 Heads 16 0 g. I F Ba lour, Thirds 22 Fourths 14 .arrel. Barley ...— Coals 'tone. Tallow (rough) Potatoes 'ound. Mutton ....- Veal..- £6 9 -- 0 0 - 0 0 16 0 o 0 0 3 4 66 0 0 0 31 0 5 0 9? 0 6 04 U 5 CLON ME LL MA s. d. s. d. New Butter 69 oto 70 0 Oatmeal 14 0 1 , 1 6 Rendered Lard— 33 0 31 0 Per Flour, Second 0 29 0 —Household.-- 0 26 0 Per E Rapeseed 20 0 Bere 0 Wheat.. Oats. Per Pi Fresh Butter 1 1 Beef O3l 0 5 KILKENNY Wheat (per barrel) I9s. Od. to 20s. (Id. MARKETS. arley 12 6 ats Flour'(per bag) 19 0 20 0 Butter (per cwt.) 72 0 25 0 Bacon Pigs ...... 22 0 25 0 Coals 1 0 1 1 First Second Third There wen 2-12tIss. ARKET. Oats. Wheat. I Barley. 57s Od 30s Od 46 0.1 26s Od , 39s Od 21s Od 9.4 i Bd. I 22s at iss fid CORNWALL MARKED (Calculated at gallons to the bi Beef (per lb. Mutton 0 5 0 6 Pork Veal: 0 5 0 6 Fresh Butter OlO " 1 0 Salt Ditto Potatoes (per St.) 0 3 0 34 SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDING lON CORN MARKET.—Aug. 22. I Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Pease. Beans. 156 s (Id 30s (hi 2-Is 9J 35, (d "Ss Od 50s Od I Od 27s Od 22s Od —s Od 36, ( 1 / 4 1 453 Od 24s Od 20s I ...3 Od , 34c Od e 278 qrs. of Wheat in inarker,237 whereof were sold. 41 Unsold --0 Grey. Average .....................21. Gi. 0 , 1 DALKEITH CORN M '.— Aug 21. 13ni 383 01 39. 333 (id :33s 313 03 31, First... Second s. d. to s. d. s Truro — 0 18 9 Helstone — 0 21 0 St. Austell.. 0 21 0 — Wheat. lushel.) Barley, d. to s, o 11 0 11 o 9 O H O 10 o 9 o 11 O 12 Oats d. S. (1. to S. d. —0 9 6 6 0 10 0 9—o 9 0 O—o 0 O 0 10 0 O—o 5 3 090 9 6 O 9 11 0 Bodmin Liskeard ..... 0 19 6 I Laut - iceston ...... ...... I— 0 19 6I Camelford ll9 0 20 0I Penzance 2l 0 22 0 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We are very scanty of arrivals this morning, having merely the French mail express from Paris, and a few Quebec Pa pers of the 25th July. The accounts from Madrid are to the 18th inst., which have given new life to the Spanish Cortes Bond-holders in this country, as according to the private letters from that capital, the Spaniards have hit upon a new plan to pay their old debts, to take from one creditor to pay the other. Finding that their credit in the French market is annihilated, and that they can not obtain a new loan there, they have turned round to John Bull, counting on his good nature, and promise to pay the Cortes Bonds with the debt due to the French. This no doubt is a manoeuvre to obtain in this country a Spanish Loan of four millions sterling. What will the French say to this noble project of he Spaniards ? The Quebec papers are without the least interest. Barbadoes papers to the 26th July, received at the North and South American Coffee House, state that some differences had occurred between the Governor and the House of As sembly relating to the New Police Bill, and the House was adjourned from the 14th to 22d July; but the differences were expected to be adjusted. The Governor was far from being popular. It was stated that some unpleasant accounts had reached that island, of disturbances at St. Kitt's. The Bel videra frigate and a brig of war then in the bay, were to pro ceed there. THE FUNDS. This being settling day in the Consol Market, the brokers and jobbers are busy in settling their accounts. Consols, which left off yesterday 898 settlers for the Account, opened at 89-1 for money, and for the October Account 90 to 908. At present they are 891, with a heavy market, owing to the scarcity of money. Spanish was done at 45. Portuguese B.li to 82 We have no further arrivals to communicate. HALF-PAST ONE. The settling of the Consol account appears to be going off well, as the fluctuations during the present account have been but trifling. Consols are at present 94 for the October ac count, and 891 for monce. Spanish is not so good as in the early part of the morning, when it reached 45i- ; it is now 45-h- Portuguese, 814- Consols for the Account, 90k TIIREE aCL 0 CE. " Wouldst thou know," says Quarles, " the lawful ness of the action which thou desirest to undertake, let they devotions recommend it to Divine blessing. If it be lawful thou shalt perceive thy heart encouraged by thy prayer ; if unlawful, thou shalt find thy prayer discouraged by thy heart. That action is not warrantable which either blushes to beg a blessing, or, having succeeded, dares not present a thanks giving." We learn from Dresden, under date of the 9th, " the heat is 28 sleg. of Reaumur, or 95 deg. of Fahrenheit ; the drought has not been favourable to thjharvest, either of corn or hay. In a variety of places the fuit is scarcely ripe. The suffocating heat appears to have had its influence on our Chamber ' • after having terminated the Budget, the dis cussion of which occupied many sittings, it has adjourned for several weeks, and many of the Members are gone to take the waters." A letter from Stockholm, dated the Bth instant, says :—" We have been living for the last twenty days in a tropical heat of from 40 to 50 degrees of the centigrade ther mometer in the sun, or from 30 to 32 in the shade during the day, and from 24 to 26 in the night. It has never been less than 25 in my bed-chamber, though I have the windows open all night. Happily, the granaries of the country are full of the produce of last year's harvest, and though the drought of the present season will di m i n i s h th e grow i ng crops , t h e in habitants will not suffer, and there will even be enough to admit of exportation.—French Paper. On Saturday, a tippling tailor, who appeared to have an uncontrollable penchant for appropriating a good hat wherever he could find it, and substituting a shocking bad one in its places was summoned before the Magistrate in the Police Court, to answer for one of these "mistakes." It appeared from the evidence that the delinquent had formerly been in Bridewell for stealing strong ale, and in the office a few weeks ago for finding a hat; and that, on this occasion, he had called at an eating-house in Bell-street, ” where h e h a d a pennyworth of broth an d p o t a t o es, to " peel which h e requested a knife because his n a il s we re s hort. This knife the t a il or cabbaged, and put the n ew h a t o f a person in the room with hi m on his head and walked off,leaving a villainous bad one behind. The theft having been speedily noticed, the thief was apprehended, and Baillie Muir adjudged him to 60 days confinement in Bridewell.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1834. INQUESTS IN THE KING'S BENCH PRISON. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It is now two years since a leading Member of the Government first proposed, and the Commons received with real or pretended enthusiasm, a Bill for the Abolition of Imprison ment for Debt. I will not ask how it is that Acts to abridge the liberties of the people, or even to put them to the sword, can be passed in a few days, while two years have not been time enough to put an end to this atrocious remnant of bar barity. I will not pause to inquire why the emancipators of negroes have found no voices to protest against this wicked and demoralizing slavery of their white countrymen ; but I will show the working of this system by undeniable do cuments, and, if the public stock of charity have not been entirely expended on blaeks and the brute creation, there may yet be some hopes for the poor insol vent. By the public, of course, I do not mean those narrow-minded hucksters who, for the sake of their phant om credit, would incarcerate a whole generation • still less d o I allude to those filthy vampi res o f the law, who are degrading an honourable profession—themselves they cannot degrade— by sucking the very life blood of their fellow -creatures ; but I appeal to the majority of a high-minded and liberal nation, that has seldom erred from the want of generosity. It has been my misfortune within the last twelve months to be upon at least fourteen inquests held upon King's Bench prisoners, an 1 , in the major part of these cases the verdict of the jury has decided that death was either occasioned or accele rated by imprisonment. Let - it be remembered, too, that these verdicts have not been brought in by parties de sirous of such results ; the general feeling of the prisoners is a nervous fear of offending the powers that be by pre'ssing any inquiry, and the apothecary, whose evidence usually forms a conspicuous feature, is a hired pensioner of imprisonment, and, as such, bears a reluctant testimony to its evils. NQUEST ON THE BODY OF JOHN HARTNOLL MOORE, A PR' .rk SONER WITHIN THE RULE" OF THE KING'S BENCH, Elizabeth Wood, examined.- 7 I have lived with the deceased 25 years as housekeeper. He died on Sunday at 11 o'clock. He was confined for three years within the gaol, and the im prisonment so preyed upon his mind that he becam e ma d. Was so outrageous that a keeper was called in from Fulham. Had no attack of the kind prior to his imprisonment, nor was the disease hereditary in his family. Application was made for his release to the creditor, Richard Shimell, the younger, a builder at Tynemouth, and refused. In consequence of the violence of his disorder, he was admitted to the privilege of the rules, where he partially re covered his health and spirits, till, on the death of the late marshal (Mr. Jones) he became impressed with the idea that he would be again locked up within the walls—fancied that every person knocking at the door, was one of the gaolers come to take him back to prison. Gradually grew worse. Drop sical symptoms showed themselves, and he died. He had been attended by Mr. Coulthred. The Jury now expressed a wish to examine Mr. Coulthred, who, upon a messenger being sent to the latter, refused to at tend. It was then suggested by two of the jury that the Co roner should issue his summons to compel his attendance, but their opinion was overruled, thus affording an apt illustration of the little inclination there is on the part of prisoner juries to press any inquiry. At the same time it is no more than justice to tke marshal (Mr. Chapman) to state, that he cheer fully and readily supplied every facility to the investigation. Elizabeth Wood re-examined—Mr. Moore was 70 years old in February last. He was detained in prison for the sum of 1131. 10s., his real debt being about 631., the overplus was for costs. Mr. Moore's son, a Lieutenalat in the navy offered to pay 501. for the debt by instalments, which was refused, and more than this he was unable to offer. A letter was sent from the Marshal's Office about three years ago to the plaintiff sug gesting that Mr. Moore ought to be removed to a private mad house in the country, but the plaintiff refus e d t o release his prisoner. Mr. Moore 's family did all they could to assist him, paying for his room and allowing him eight shillings per week. Witness went to a Mr. Bennet, plaintiff's attorney in Featherstone-buildings, and again offered 501. which he refused ; he was duly informed of the prisoner's health. Witness had no doubt whatever that the prisoner's death was occasioned by imprisonment. She attended upon him, worked to support him, and even pledged her last'shawl to provide him nourishment. Could not afford a nurse—obliged to be up night and day for the last six weeks. His property was in Chancery. Mr. Coulthred told her that want of nou rishment brought on the disease. After a short consultation, the Jury brought in a verdict of " Died of a complication of diseases, of which the principal features were insanity, nervous debility, and dropsy, resulting from imprisonment within the walls of the King's Bench, and aggravated by extreme poverty." Previous to this, on the very same day an inquest was held on the body of Count de la Roche, and, after a long and pa tient investigation, the verdict was, " Died a natural death, caused by MALIGNANT SPASMODIC CHOLERA • and it further appears to the "Jury that such death was accelerated by impri sonment within the walls of the King's Bench." I am your's, VERITAS. COURT CIRCULAR. The meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun cil appointed to be held (on appeals) on Friday at the Council Chamber has been postponed. Mr. Young, M. P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Rice on Monday, at the Colonial Office. The Right Hon. J. Hon. Abercromby has left town for Harrowgate ; Viscount Althorp has arrived at Althorp Park, Northamptonshire, from his seat, Wiseton Hall, Nottingham shire. Mr. Carter, M. P., and Mr. Hill, M.P., transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Office. WINDSOR, AUGUST 26. The Duke of Dorset, the Earl of Albemarle, and Coloni and Lady Wemyss arrived at the Castle yesterday on a visit to their Majesties. _ _ _ The following persons took leave of their Majesties, aid departed yesterday morning :—Earl and Countess Howe and their two sons, Earl and Countess Denbigh, Lord Elphin stone, the Dean of Hereford, Lord Ducie and the Hon. Miss Emily Moreton, and Lord and Lady Frederick Fitzclarence. The King and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester enjoyed a carriage drive together yesterday morning. In tha afternoon the Queen was out on horseback, attended by the usual suite. This day their Majesties went in state to Egham races, in seven carriages. Among the distinguished persons who ac companied the King and Queen were :—Their Royal High nesses Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester, Prince George of Cambridge, Duke of Dorset, Earl of Al bermarle, Earl and Countess of Errol, Colonel and Lady Wemyss, Colonels Bowater and Thornton, Madlle D'Este, Misses Johnstone and Wilson, Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, Lady Clinton, Sir Philip and Lady Sidney, Sir Herbert and Lady Taylor, Lady Augusta Kennedy Erskin e , Messrs. Hudson and Shiff ner , & c . Tippoo Saib's tents have been brought out and erected on the course for the accommo dation of the Royal party, who are expected to honour the races again with their presence on Thursday. On their return from the races their Majesties will entertain a numerous and distinguished company at dinner. We regret to state that Sir John Barton, the Queen's Trea surer, expired at six o'clock yesterday evening, in his apart ments at the Castle. Sir John's death was rather sudden, and was caused by a paralytic attack which he had on Friday last. In consequence of this melancholy event the Queen did not appear at dinner yesterday evening, and her Majesty's cham ber musicians had orders not to attend. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, Auo. 24.—We find by the English journals of the 21st and 22d, received this morning, (which contain no news of any importance) that M. Van de Weyer, our Minister at London, had on the 20th an audience of leave of the King of England. We suppose therefore, that we may expect shortly to see M. Van de Weyer at Brussels. His return to Belgium will coincide with that of M. de Tallcyrand to France. This will give our politicians an opportunity to indulge .in their conjectures. It seems that the King and Queen will not leave Flanders till about the Ist of September. The vast and beautiful domain of the Duke of Roque laure, so well known unclerLouisX IV. situated in the env i rons of Paris, has just b een p urc h ase d by M. Lefebvre Meuret, Senator of Belgium. A decree of the 17th August creates a commission attached to the department of the interior, to inquire what measures it might be proper to adopt concerning the establishment of lines of telegraphs by private persons, and to draw up, if it should be judged expedient, a project of law on the subject. The Commission is composed of Messrs. Secus,senior, and Engler, Senators ; T. Meers and G. Legrelle, Deputies • Van Lae ken, Judge in the Court of App ea l o f B russe l s ; and Quetelet, Director of the Observatory. The Spanish Perpetuelles, received by a letter yesterday, were at 391 for money.—Brussels Papers, Aug. 25. GERMAN PAPERS. NAPLES, AUG. 7.—As an answer to the declarations of some French Journalists, and to refute their unjust attacks on the King of Naples, whose good intentions are overlooked, whose actions are misrepresented, in compliance with the system which is now unhappily become prevalent, and which endea vours to represent princes as the natural enemies of the people, it would suffice to have been witness of the rapturous and enthusiastic delight, not extorted, but coming freely from the heart, with which the King, on his return from Sicily, was hailed on his first appearance in the Theatre of St. Charles. Those who are acquainted with the obstacles which have to be contended with here, when it is attempted to make even the most insignificant change in institutions cons ecrate d by time, easily conceive th a t it i s impossible to effect, other wise than by degrees, the entire removal of deeply -rooted abuses, the advance to an ev id en t a meliorati on i n a ll the branches of the Administration, the diffusion of enlight ened ideas, and the education of a people who have been, much neglected and ill-used for centuries. But on ne veut pas laisser du temps au temps ; but all is to be turned upside down; a nation is required to think and feel to-morrow differently from what it does to-day, because the National or the Courrier Francais have so decreed, and those who would proceed slowly but securely, who would establish what is good on solid and durable foundations, arc stigmatised as tyrannically suppressing liberal ideas or relapsing into bar barism. The struggle now going on in Spain, where the blood of the citizens flows in torrents, is a new proof that it is not so easy to overturn at once the current opinions and pre judices of a whole nation. The King was accompanied on his return by the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince Leopold, Viceroy of Sicily, and the Prince and Princess of Salerno. Prince Campo Franco is ap pointed the deputy of Prince Leopold during his absence. We had heard a great deal in Naples of riots in Palermo, but all the accounts from that place agree that public tranquillity has not been interrupted for a moment. The proposal to in troduce into Sicily the farm of salt and tobacco, the stamp duties, and the conscription, have met with much opposition even in the Cabinet; in particular, as it is as serted, the energetic language of Senhor Mastropaolo, Coun cillor of State, a Sicilian by birth, and formerly a Member of the Palermitan Parliament, who advocated with earnestness and dignity the rights and privileges of his countrymen, have induced the Marchese de Pietra Catella, President of the Council of State, to withdraw his projects, which had already excited general discontent in Sicily. The King, on the first day after his arrival from Palermo, went, accompanied by his brother and his uncle, to Castela mare, to pay a visit to the King of Wurtemburg , who returned it on the following day. The King of Wurtemburg intends to remain at Castelamare till the 10th inst., then to pass eight or ten days at Naples, and afterwards to return to his own do minions. The reports of a considerable levy of troops in the kingdom of Naples are wholly unfounded. The new Royal steam boat, the Neptune, has arrived here from Gravesend, but has been sent to Marseilles to perform quarantine, became she touched at Gibraltar, where the cholera prevails. The festival of the Madonna di Piedi Grotta, on the Bth of September, is to be celebrated this year with extraordinary splendour. The new corps of the Guard of Honour (cavalry) will appear on this occasion for the first time, fully equipped and complete ; there will be also some picked companies of the new National Guard. The eruptions of Vesuvius, which had assumed an alarming appearance in the last half of July, have since suddenly ceased ; but our naturalists are of opinion that we may expect a still more violent eruption towards the month of October. VIENNA, Auc. 16—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 98 3 4 ; Four per Cent., 89 5-16 ; Bank Shares, 1,239 1 / 2 . —Allgemeine Zeitung, Auzust 16. FRANKFORT.—A gentleman at Wurzburg has had a livery of good stuff made for his female servants : for working days, it is grey ; for Sundays and holidays, green ; and they must wearit as long as they are in his service. This is a good hint for the wives of our citizens, who . can scarcely restrain the love of finery and extravagance of their maid-servants.—Ba varian Village Gazette. The Harvest is completed in the neighbourhood of Spalding; and the crops have been got in in excellent condi tion.—Boston Herald. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—About ten days ago you copied into your Journal a " leading article" from the Morning Chronicle, which severely censured the political apostacy of a Dissenting minister of the name of Thomas, who was actively engaged in the East Glou cester election. The Chronicle was in error. Mr. Thomas had not devoted himself to the support of the Tory party, but had warmly espoused the cause of Mr. Leigh. In another " leading ar ticle," the Chronicle acknowledged its mistake, and referred its readers to Mr. Thomas's explanatory letter. This second article you did not transfer to your paper, which I, in common with many Dissenters who read it, and admire the talent and independence with which it is conducted, think you should have done. I was a few days ago in company with a large party of Dis senters, who, having seen no other paper but yours, were ex pressing their regret and indignation at the supposed delin quency of Mr. Thomas. I hope it will not be thought, by you, too late now to refer to the circumstance.—l am, Sir, your respectfully, P. J. SAFFERY. Salisbury, August 25, 1834. THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.—Her Grace is preparing for a trip to the North, accompanied by several branches of her family. The meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, appointed to be held (on appeals) on Friday, at the Council Chamber, has been postponed. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty will visit this port (Devonport) during the ensuing week, when the artisans of the Dock-yard will, in accordance with the sug gestion of a Gallant Admiral known to have their welfare at heart, present a memorial to their Lordships, praying for the abolition of the present system of classification of workmen, which is so obnoxious to the feelings of the men, and does not appear to be called for by any equivalent advantage to the public service.—Devonport Telegraph. The 42d Report of the Committee on Public Pe- titions has been printed, and was delivered on Saturday morn ing. It contains an account of the petitions presented on the 23d and 25th of July ; therefore several other Reports have to be published before the record of the petitions presented to the House of Commons during the Session will be completed. The number of petitions on all subjects presented to the 25th July inclusive, amounts to 8,857. The petitions in the 42d Report are principally in support of the Established Church. The numbers presented on this subject to the time of making the Report were, against the separation of Church and State 309 petitions, with 40,261 signatures ; in support of the Church of England 1,062, with 136,533 signatures ; in support of the Irish Church 198, to which 21,607 signatures were attached ; and in support of the Established Church in Scotland 50 peti tions, with 18,927 signatures. The number of petitions pre sented by Dissenters praying for relief was 1,125, signed by 350,000 petitioners ; and against their claim 486 petitions, with 34,535 signatures. The Irish papers of all political parties announce with regret the death of Captain Hamilton, R.N. He was the eldest son of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, whose name is so memorably associated with the calamitous events of 1798, and is stated to have been a most meritorious officer and ex cellent man. His decease took place a few days since, at Ratcoffey, the seat of his aged father. QUOIT PLAYING EXTRAORDINARY, BY Two BLIND MEN.—A few days ago, Mr. W. Bottomley, landlord of the King's Arms Inn, Huddersfield, and a person of the name of George Hoyts, both stone-blind, played a game at quoits for a trifling wager distance eighteen yards; eleven up. Their playing was directed by a person standing at each hob, and calling out " Play at me," and then standing out of the way. Bottomley count e d seven b e f ore th e o th er got one ; they went on till each counted ten ; they then threw again, and Hoyts got two, making him twelve. The four quoits the last round were all within six inches of the hob ; and what is most remarkable, during the whole of the game, the widest played quoit was within two feet of the hob.— Yorkshire Gaz. Mr. Beckford's " Memoirs of Extraordinary Paint ers." Perhaps, if we search the whole history of literature, we shall not find so striking an instance of precocious genius as these memoirs, which bespeak very much more of maturity and strength of intellect than " Pope's Pastorals," and were composed when their auth or was on l y s i x t een . I ts ve i n o f i nven tion, more imaginati ve t h an G u ll iver ' s , no t l ess natura l than Scott's, is inexplicably attractive. Such are these " Memoirs of Extraordina r y P a i nters ," an d, if we m i sta k e not, our readers will hasten to an imaginative repast of no common poignancy and sweetness. - - Dr. Johnson being introduced to a Roy. Prelate who had long been very desirous to know him, the latter took the opportunity of walking with the Doctor through St. James's Park, for the purpose of improving the acquaintance. The Doctor, however, did not happen to be in a very commu nicative humour, and the Bishop was at a loss what kind of a remark to venture upon, by way of opening a conversation ; at length, after a pause, turning to his companion, he observed that the trees round them grew very large and strong. " Sir," said the Cynic,." they have nothing else to do." THE CHARACTER OF DEISAI.—Such is the effect of deism, that it withers the charm of every earthly blessing, reducing it to the mere level of a degraded animal gratifica tion, and leaves to feed upon it like the beasts that perish, without a thought that rises above the dust or that points be yond the grave. Where, then, is the balm which we may ap ply with effect to our wounded hearts in the days of trouble and adversity, when we have rejected the aid of our Almighty Physician ? But though all the troubles of life overtake us, give us but the privilege with contrite hearts t o cas t ourse l ves below the cross of our Redeemer, and pillow our heads on the bosom of Omnipotence, and we shall rise superior to all afflic tion, and rejoice i n tribulation—From the Sermons just pub lished by the Ettrick Shepherd. James I. told his Parliament he was an absolute King, and said to the House of Commons, " that he would not hold his prerogative, or honour, or receive any thing, or any or all his subjects." He said, " Kings were exempt from any censure or correction on earth, and admonished them (the Commons) to beware that they were not like Icarus, the son of Daedalus, that soared so near the sun that the wax melted, and his wings failed, and down he fell." He insulted the Com mons on every occasion except at the moment he expected to have money voted. He taunted and threatened them. " I pray you," said he, " do not too far move me to do that which my power may tempt me to do." He forbad the Commons debating on matters of government, and said, " The power of Kings resembles the power Divine ; for as God can create and destroy, make and unmake, so Kings can give life and death, judge all, and be judged by none." What a practical com mentary was the fate of his son QUARREL OF SCOTT AND HOGG, RELATED BY THE SHEPHERD.—" One Sunday morning I found him in a very bad humour indeed. He was sitting at his desk in his study at Castle -street, and when I went in he looked up to me with a visage as stern as that of a judge going to pronounce sen tence on a malefactor, and at the same time he neither rose nor saluted me, which was always his wont, and the first words he addressed to me were these Mr. Hogg, I am very angry with you ; I tell you it plainly, and I think I have a right to be so. I demand, Sir, an explanation of a sentence in your Spli of yesterday,' Knowing perfectly well to what sentence he Minded, my peasant blood began to boil, and I found it rushing to my head and face most violently, as I judged my self by far the most aggrieved. Then I must demand an explanation from you, Mr. Scott,' said I. ' Were you the author of the article alluded to in my paper, which places you at the head and me at the tail, nay, as the very dregs of all the poets of Britain ?" What right, Sir, had you to sup pose that I was the author of it ?' said he, in a perfect rage. Nay, what right had you to suppose that you were the author of it, that you are taking it so keenly to yourself ?' said 1. The truth is, that when I wrote the remark, I neither knew nor cared who was the author of the article alluded to ; but before the paper went to press, I believed it to be Mr. Southey, for Johnnie Ballantyne told me so, and Swore to it ; but if the feather suits your cap, you are perfectly welcome to it.' Very well, Hogg,' said he, ' that is spoken like a man, and like yourself; lam satisfied. I thought it was meant as per sonal to me in particular. But never mind. We are friends again as usual. Sit down, and we will go to our, breakfast together immedi a t e l y , and it shall never more be mentioned between us.' "—Frazer's Magazine. NEW SYSTEM OF SWINDLING.—A party of fellows are going about to hotels and coffee-houses as if they had just arrived from the country, their luggage being expected to be brought by their servant. They order a good dinner to be served in the bed-room, drink about a glass of wine, put the rest by, as they have ordered medicine, which soon arrives. They then go out, saying that they will return presently, and,• of course, are heard of no more. The name of one of the parties is known, and will - probably figure at a police office shortly. The premium in England on gold coin may seriously embarrass the Scottish bankers. The northern parts of Eng land could procure gold from Edinburgh or Glasgow cheaper than from London. The Scottish bankers are not, like the English, released from the obligation of paying in gold. We seriously advise them, before the coming of the storm, to insist upon being placed on the same footing as their southern com petitors.— Glasgow Paper. A PROMPT WAY TO SETTLE A DISCUSSION.-- In the Town Council of St. Andrew's there is a couple of parties ; when any question comes under review to which the more liberal one is favourable, but on which it is thought by the other party that some preliminary discussion may be of importance, on which, however, the liberal are likely to have a majority, a Learned Councillor commonly endeavours to put a stop to all debate by the following pithy remark :—" D—n it, what's the use o' explainin' an' makin' speeches ? put it to the vott. We have a majority ; d—n it, Provost, put it to the vott, dinna ye see we have a majority ? "—Dundee Guardian. On Sunday morning last a little girl, apparently about three years old, was crying in New-street-square, Fet ter-lane. She said she was lost. She speaks broad Scotch, is dressed very decently, and appears as though she was just come to London by the coach. She says " Mrs. Haines" brought her to England. At present she remains in the care of the humane individual who found her—viz., George Downs, carver and gilder, No. 1, Dove -court, New-street-hill, Fetter lane. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUGUST 26. We have had very little demand for Cotton to-day ; the quan tity sold is about 1,500 bales at last week's prices—viz., 20 Fernams f llid. ; 20 Maranhams, 114. ; 250 Bahias, 10ad. to 101,d. ; 20 Surats,6ed. Remainder American, from 78d. to 9id. THE VALUE OF A GOOD BOOK.—As good al most kill a man as kill a good book ; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature--God's image • but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself—kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth, but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'Tis true no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss ; the revolutions of ages do not often recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse.—Milton. Speech for the Liberty of Unli censed Printing. WAsPs.—With the last summer fruits the wasps generally make their appearance. Many bad and even fatal consequences have happened from this formidable animal find ing its way into the stomach. As a caution, it is advisable to examine all stone fruits, especially those of the plum kind, when gathered from the tree, or picked up previously to their being eaten. At this time of the year it is safer, for the same reason, to use a tumbler glass for malt liquor, than to drink it out of a vessel of metal or earthenware. The following melancholy event is noticed as a caution :—On Sunday last, at Shipton-upon- Stour, as Mrs. E. Barber, of that place, was drinking some beer, a wasp, which had got on a bit of toasted bread in the cup, stung her in the mouth ; she cried out, " 0 Lord 1 I shall die 1" and immediately expired.—Stam ford News. DUELLING.—Affairs of honour are so frequent among the ardent spirits of the younger Belgian Government, that it has become a daily exercise among the gentlemen to fire with pistols at a mark. Mons. Gendebein (the Deputy who lately silenced his Senatorial enemy, the Minister of the Interior, Rogier, by a shot through the mouth) is said to have reached such a pitch of dexterity as to be able to bring down a bee upon. the wing with the nicest certainty. Going out of town for a short time is the ordinary but not the necessary re sult of having even killed an adversary. Mrs. Trollope met a gay and amiable Belgian officer at a dinner table, who, she afterwards learnt, had the day before killed his antagonist. " I thought you were going out of town," said a whiskered militaire, addressing him; " Yes, I shall take myself off to morrow for a couple of days," he replied. The morrow was the day fixed for the funeral.— Quarterly Review. CORONER'S INQUEST.—CAUTION TO PARENTS. —An inquest was held on Thursday evening last, before Mr. Ellison, Coroner, at Mr. Hawkswell's, the sign of the Turk's Head, in St. Andrcwgate, York, on view of the body of Mary Thrush, a young girl about eight years old, whose death had been occasioned brdrinking a quantity of fly-water. Verdict —" Accidentally poisoned by taking a quantity of fly-water." The Jury recommended, at the suggestion of Mr. Allen, that the retailers of fly-water should avoid using such deleterious drugs, as the mineral poisons; as common pepper, or a decoc tion of faiassia, which are in themselves comparatively harm less, would destroy flies as well as the poison. The fly-water which had caused' the death of the child was composed of arsenic, -and there was something put in to sweeten it, which might induce children to drink it ; or even if it got caked on the side of a saucer, a child might bite it off with his teeth, which would be very dangerous. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thurs day week a young man, named George Hindley, who was em ployed at the colliery of Messrs. Platt and Lamb at Worsley, was killed in a most extraordinary and awful manner. He was standing at the mouth of the pit, ready to receive the tub of coal that was coming up the shaft, and had just taken hold of it to draw it towards the bank, when an explosion of fire-damp took place, which raised up the shaft with such violence as to blow him five or six yards into the air, and in his descent he fell head-foremost to the bottom of the pit, a depth of 106 yards i Of course he was killed instantaneously, being lite rally dashed to pieces. There were several persons in the pit when the explosion took place, but none of them were seriously burnt. Mr. Rutter held an inquest on the body on Friday, when a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned. —Manchester Courier. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Thomas, aged 10 years, youngest son of Thomas M'Connel, servant to John Hamil ton, of Sundrum, Esq., lost his life on Thursday se'nnight, in a very sudden and melancholy manner. He and another little boy had gone to fish in a deep pool, in the Water of Kiln, called the Mill-o'-ness Linn. They had been but a few mi nutes there, when Thomas, in climbing over a detached piece of rock that overhangs the pool, missed his hold, and fell back wards into the water. His little companion waited a short time to see if he would manage to get out, but he did not come to the surface. The other then gave the alarm, and the mother of the drowned boy, whose house is about 100 yards from the place where the accident occurred, was the first who heard the tidings ; she ran to the water, but no trace of her lost son was found, except his fishing-rod whirling about in the pool. Her cries were heart-rending, and soon brought together a considerable number of the workmen on the estate of Sundrum, who immediately commenced grappling for him in the bottom of the pool, but it was not till after three hours of painful and anxious exertion that they succeed in recovering the dead body.—Glasgow Herald. RAFFLE EXTRAORDINARY.—A few days ago a facetious master shoemaker, carrying on business in Steven street, Lisson-grove, determined on having his coffin made to order (although he was at the time in the enjoyment of excel lent health), and kept in the house till required. He accord ingly gave the necessary order to an undertaker in the same street, who carefully measured his customer, and sent home the article, which was five feet nine inches in length. It was carried into the parlour, where a number of the shoemaker's friends had met by invitation to celebrate the odd event, and after the owner, by his own particular request, had been placed in the coffin, which fitted him remarkably well, the whole of the party indulged in copious libations of old Tom Deady's gin and other liquors of equal potency, and then separated. They, however, had not been long gone before the courage of the son of St. Crispin failed him, and being left to his medi tations, he shrunk aghast at the sight of that which was intended for his last abode, and he resolved at once to send it back to the shop from which it came, with an intimation that he would send for it upon some future occasion. The undertaker, thinking he had no right to have it returned upon his hands, refused for some time to receive it, but ultimately agreed to do so, and it now remains on his premises. Not being able, however, to meet with a customer for the article, it was pro posed by the neighbours that it should be raffled for among forty members of ls. each. The list is. fast filling, and in a few days the important event is expected to come off. This singular affair has caused much merriment among the inhabi tants of the vicinity of the eccentric shoemaker's residence. WISBEACH.—A scene at once disgraceful and lu dicrous occurred in our church last Tuesday. An elder swain, of about sixty years of age, named Hewett, had, it seems, taken a fancy to a young girl of about twenty, named_Howett, and having passed through the anxieties of a short courtship, Mr. Hewett had, on the above morning, agreed to be united for ever or rather " for better or for worse" to the damsel. However, while proceeding to church the confidence of the cautious bridegroom misgave him, and he asked his elect for a little more time for consideration, but she wisely judging that as procrastination is the thief of time, it might also rob her of a husband, bluntly refused, and even when offered a sovereign persisted in her resolution of being married. Opposition, however, did but increase the bridegroom's scruples, and a crowd being by this time gathered about him, who participated in the poor girl's loss, he was forcibly borne in their arms into church. But neither the venerableness of the structure nor the reverend countenances of the officials, robed for their tasks, could change his resolution of deferring the ceremony. When asked by the clergyman whether he intended to marry, he gave an ambiguous answer, which heated the mob who had crowded around him into a rage, and notwithstanding the sanctity of the place, they vented their sacrilegious anger in groans, hisses, and assaults. Apples, onions, and the basses of the pews flew in all directions, and altogether presented so disgraceful a spectacle that had the lawless spirit of the times given a sanc tion to such abuses, it would have called for a scrupulous ex amination and punishment. A constable was ultimately called in, who succeeded in rescuing the poor man from the fury of the multitude, and we understand that he afterwards spent the day with the maiden whom he had so shamefully treated.— StamArd News. MURDER IN HULME, MANCHESTER, ON SUNDAY LAST. MANCHESTER, MONDAY EvEra110.......A man, named Junes Smith, belonging to the Royal Foot Artillery, sta tioned at the Horse Barracks, Hulme, shot his wife on the • evening of Sunday last, under circumstances which invest the fatal act with peculiar interest. It appears that the unfortunate woman alluded to had been before married to a soldier, with whom she was abroad in various parts of the world, during a period of several years. Her conduct, however, was very reprehensible, and at length she was sent home in disgrace from the West Indies. The allotted time of her husband's foreign service expired about the same time, and he also came to England ; but so anxious was he to get rid of his partner, that he petitioned to be permitted to return to the unhealthy climes from which he had been so recently emancipated. The request was granted, and be set Out on the voyage without his wife, but died be fore he reached his place of destination. In the meantime his wife became acquainted with Smith ; and as pregnancy • was speedily the consequence, the parish officers of Woolwich, the place at which he was then quartered, offered-him the• choice of marriage or a prison, the moment it was ascer tained that her husband's death left her open to such an engagement. The poor fellow little imagined that life or death to both rested upon his answer—yet so it was. He chose marriage, which proved as miserable as might be ex pected. She wasted his little means in intemperance, and he frequently plunged into the same vice, with reckless dis regard of the injury he was doing to himself, while he was endeavouring to " spite his wife." About six weeks ago she was delivered of twins, a boy and a girl ; their other child, a remarkably fine boy, being about three years old at the time. Her health had been extremely delicate since that event, but still she followed her old course ; and, on Sunday morninc , last, when her husband came off guard, he found his miserable home without food He had given her twelve shillings the night before, but she had, it is said, provided nothing. A quarrel was the consequence, and Smith went to a beer-shop opposite to the house in which he lodged, called for a pint of ale and d ec l are d t o t h e land _ lord that he would get drunk; adding, subsequently, in refe;- , ence to his wife, that he " would do her business that day." They were both, to use the words of their next door neigh bour, " half-gone all day ;" and violent words passed between them. At about five o'clock the unhappy woman was seen to rush out of her house into the street, exclaiming—" Help, for God's sake, help ! my husband's going to shoot himself!" Some assert that she said, " n'iy husband is going to shoot me !" but on this point there is a diversity of opinion, which can only be set at rest by the inquisition which is now pro ceeding before J. S. Rutter, Esq., Coroner. However this may be, she turned back, which does not seem as if, in the first instance, the threat was held out to her. She turned back, and had just reached the entrance of the house, with one of her infants on her left arm at the breast, when Smith fired through the partition which formed the pas sage. The ball struck her in the middle of the throat, issued at her back, beneath one of the shoulder-blades, crossed the street, perforated a garden rail opposite, struck against the wall, and fell upon the steps of a cellar beneath. The wretched woman reeled a few paces, and then fell heavily upon her left side : her arm fortu nately saved her infant from serious injury, but the tor rent of blood which gushed from so dreadful a wound, quickly rendered the poor child a ghastly object, and no one could for some time tell whether it had been wounded or not. An old soldier, named Bentham, who first took, the infant in his arms, described these appalling circum stances with affecting eloquence. " I have been twenty nine years in the service," said he, '• and I've seen a power of wounds and blood, and such like ; but such a sight as this I never saw before." An alarm was of course quickly spread, and numbers entered the house. The murderer was sitting calmly on the bed, with his firelock, the instru ment of death, beside him. He expressed no regret for what he had done, and readily surrendered himself to the officer who was sent for to apprehend him. The death of the unfortunate woman was almost instantaneous ; ~ she never moved after she fell. To judge from her appear ance after death, she was about thirty years of age, and had been extremely good-looking. Smith is about 28 years of age. THE PAINTER AND THE WOOD CARVER. Many years ago, there lived in the land of Gujassmunn, a Chan, whose name was Gunisschang. This Chan, how ever, died, and his son Chamuk Sakiktschi was elected Chan in his place. Now there lived among the people of that country a painter and a wood-carver, who bore similar names, and were inimically disposed towards each other. Once upon a time, the painter Gunga drew nigh unto the Chan, and said unto him, " Thy father bath been borne into the kingdom of the Tangari (spirits) and bath said unto me, Come unto me !' Thither I went, and found thy father in great power and splendour; and have brought for you this letter from him." With these words the pain ter delivered unto the Chan a forged letter, the contents of which were as follows :—" This letter is addressed to my son Chamuk Sakiktschi ; when departed this life, I was borne to the kingdom of the Tangari. An abundance of all things reigns in this land ; but since I am desirous of erecting a pagoda here, and there are no wood-carvers to be found here, do you dispatch unto me Gunga, the wood carver. The means by which he is to reach this place, he may learn from the painter." After he had perused this letter, the Chan of Gujassmunn said, " If my father has really been car ried into the realms of the Tangari, that would indeed be a good thing. Call hither the wood-carver !" And the wood-carver was called, and appeared before the Chan, and the Chan said unto him, The Chan, my f a th er , has been carried into the realms of the Ttingitri. He is desirous of erecting a pagoda, and because there are no wood-carvers there, he is desirous that you should be dispatched unto him.' With these words the Chan displayed unto him the forged letter, and when he had read it, the wood-carver said unto himself, Of a surety, Gunga the painter has played •me this trick ; but I will try if I cannot over-reach him.' Thus thinking, he enquired of the painter, By what means can I reach unto the kingdom of the Tangari ? To these words the painter replied, When thou has prepared all thy tools and implements of trade, then place thyself upon a pile of faggots, and when thou hast sung songs of re joicing, set light to the pile of faggots. Thus thou wilt be able to reach the kingdom of the Tangari. • Thus spake he, and the seventh night from that time was appointed for his setting forth on his journey. But when the wood-carver.returned home unto his wife, he spake unto her these words The painter hath conceived wickedly in his mind against me ; yet I shall try means to over-reach him. Acoordingly the wood-carver secretly con trived a subterraneous passage, which went from his own house into the middle of his field. Over the aperture in the field he placed a large stone, and covered the stone with earth, and when the seventh night was come, the Chan said, This night let the wood-carver draw nigh unto the Chan, my father.' Thereupon, agreeably to the commands of the Chan, every one of the people brought out a handful of the fat of the gunsa. A huge fire was.kindled, and the wood carver, when he had sung the songs of rejoicing, escaped by the covered way which he had made, back to his own house. Meanwhile the painter was greatly rejoiced, and Pointed upwards with his finger, and said, There rideth the wood-carver up to heaven.' All who had been present, too, betook themselves home, thinking in their hearts, the wood-carver is dead, and gone up above to the Chan.' And the woodrearver remained concealed at home a whole month, and allowed no man to set eyes upon him, but washed his head in milk every day, and kept himself always in the shade. After that he put on a garment of white silk, and wrote a letter in which stood the following words : This letter is addressed to my son, Chamuk Sakitschi : • That thou rulest thy kingdom in peace, it is very good. Since thy wood-carver has completed his work, it is need ful that he should be rewarded according to his deserts. Since, moreover, for the decoration of the pagoda, many co loured paintings are necessary, send unto me the painter, as thou bast already sent this one.' The wood-carver then drew nigh unto the Chan, with this letter. What !' cried the Chan, art thou returned from the kingdom of the Tan gari ?' The wood-carver handed the letter unto him, and said, I have, indeed, been in the kingdom of the Tangari, and from it lam returned home again.' The Chan was greatly rejoiced when he heard this, and rewarded the wood-carver with costly presents. Because the painter is now required,' said the Chan, for the painting of the pagoda, let the painter be called before me.' The painter drew nigh accordingly, and when he saw the wood-carver fair and in white shining robes, and decorated with gifts, he said unto himself, Then he is not dead I' And the Chan handed over to the painter the forged letter, with the seal thereto, and said, Thou must go now.' And when the seventh night from this time arrived, the people came forward as before, with a contribution of the fat of the gunsa, and in the midst of the field, a pile of faggots was kindled. And the painter seated himself in the midst of the fire, with his materials for painting, and a letter, and gifts of honour for the Chan Gunisschang, and sang songs of rejoicing. And as the fire kept growing more and more intolerable, he lifted up his voice, and uttered piercing cries, but the noise of the instruments overpowered his voice, and at length the fire consumed him.—Lays and Legends of Various Nations.—Tartary. We have seen a letter from Montreal, dated the 29th of July, which states that the thermometer in the shade a few days before had stood at 101. This morning, about half -past eleven, as a gentle man was driving a four-wheeled chaise down Parliament-street, his horse took fright, and dashed with considerable violence upon the footway, striking down all before it. Three persons were taken up i n a senseless state, and one, a boy, had his bead laid ope n i n a dreadful manner. The surgeon, upon. examining the wound, pronounced it dangerous.