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

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. posed the omission of tba_ filth clause of the Irish —"ea-- 1 Church Tem - " e u - nu . ities pill, and let him say whether that The proceedings of '2,:mparison is creditable to his reputation for fair and manly Bestowed ?i-iday last in both Houses of Par- I Eament deserved -.. all the attention that was then dealing. We would ask him what influence he can ex pect or deserve to exercise in the House of Com mons , or upon their , .1 all anuthe interest that h:.•; since been attached to thrfi n , by those who are most alive to the conditioti and on the country, if he does not scruple to resort to such dis ingenuous, or rather to such disreputable, mea n s_ to Faxspeets of th e country. I n t h e H ouse o f L ords Lord has . in view ? Durham obje c t e d to t h at c l ause o f t h e I r i s h C oercion Bill promote the immediate object he our may recollect that the c 1 .use - in que s ti o n enacted 'which plac es popu l ar meet i ngs un d er t h e control of the readers Government, on the ground that " such a power was, in his that the surplus which ~, a s anticipated from the conversion opinion, unnecessary." The Lord Chancellor defended of Bishops' leases into perpetuities should be applied to the same clause, on the principle that assuming a Coercion such purposes as Parliament might hereafter appoint and Bill to be indispensable—a point which had not been dis- direct. Mr. Stanley proposed its omission ; and the sole puted by Lord Durham—there was nothing more unconsti- ground on which he called upon the House of Commons tutional in the provision against meetings which might be, to acquiesce in striking out this clause was an authoritative because they Itta been, of a seditious character and con- statement that in point of fact there would be no surplus ducive to the spread of disturbance and outrage throughout after the various payments contemplated by the Bill were the country, than in that which had for its aim the provided for. And then he argued that it was desirable to suppression of those " praedial crim2s," which not avoid affirming a mere abstract proposition, which might merely Lord Durham had tacitly acknowledged to endanger the success of the Bill in the House of Lords, be fit objects of penal sle ig- i ,ation, but which were and deprive the country of the practical good which it con distinctly traceable to s':..-aitious meetings and in- tained. " If, however, a surplus should ever arise (said the flammatory speeches as their origin. If, however, the Right Hon. Gentleman), then the omission of this clause at continuance of any measure so unnatural in the eyes of the present moment will not prevent Parliament hereafter Englishmen as this Coercion Bill be really requisite for the from dealing with it as it may think fit." The clause was protection of life a:id property in Ireland, and if on the omitted on the faith of this statement, though not at a s trong manifestation of feeling onthe with authority of thr, Lord Lieutenant's despatch, • • 0 - describing - " meetings for the purpose of agitation and acts of .;: 10 .. Commons. As if, however, to test his sincerity, it leuct and outrage, as no less inseparable than cae, s e and so happens that a surplus, contrary to expectation, h elect," a c l ause aga i nst O' Connell meetings should be arisen ; not an inconsiderable surplus which might deemed an essential portion of such a law, `:(oui 1 dit not be- be smuggled out of sight, but a large and important 'come a statesman to search somewhat de, "eper into the ques- surplus, which it was estimated would amount to 1,200,000/. tion, and to a n swer the inquiry -1/ 4 '4 it is that put s it i n and which Parliament must deal with. Now mark th e the power of sediti ous ag i tators so to stimulate and madden language of the Right Honourable Gentleman on F r id a y the minds of the Irish multivado, that all considerations of night :—" That (the perplexing fund in question), at least, loyalty, humanity, an was recognised as Church Property ; the House itself h a d d honesty, are set at nought, and the decided that it was the property of the Church by th e A c t most atrocious offences committed, w ith a ll t h e reso l ut i on and open alacrity 'with which men at other times, and under of last Session ; and whatever principle might be advanced different circur , ~stances, discharge the most honourable du- with reference to the other property of the Church, he did not think that the Gov e rnment meant to a pply it t o pur thatties ? Whey , lord Wellesl e y st,ates,and we beli eve w ith trut h, poses differing from those for which the L eg i s l a t ure h a d the 'criminal •`combination s o f th e I r i s h , surpass the designed it. He did n o t b e li eve th a t th e y h ar b oure d any law "ir, vigour, promptit u d e , an d e ffi cacy, and that it is such intention, but he wanted them to s peak ou t." Thi s " nze,re safe to violate the l aw than to o b ey it," hi s Lord m sh'.p chara c t er i ses a con di t i on o f soc i ety which may be re- may not be petty larceny, but it is very di sr ep u t a bl e : h as he utterly forgotten the lan g uage whi c h h e h e ld i n Parlia anytarded as o n e t err ibl e di sease. I t would be impossible for merit on the former occasion ? Does he or d o e s h e no t, .political incendi ar y, or any b o d y or succession of them, to give birth t o suc h a l aw l ess sp i r i t. The common ten- when he now arraigns the Government for p ro p os i ng t o th e dency of man ki n d, w h erever ex i stence can be rendered Legislature to deal with this surplus, st a nd conv i c t e d o f supportable by indust r y, an d w h erever protection can be having practised a paltry deception to secur e it s t em p orary c oi'itained aga i ns t wrong , i s to uphold the peace and order concurrence in the omission of that clause, whi c h gave th e isf the social system, an d t o treat i ts di stur b ers as enemies. Legislature a right to direct its future appli ca ti on ? A d The long endu rance o f i n di v id ua l pr i vat i on in its most deception unworthy of a Statesman—scarcely p erm i ss ibl e in a thimble-player. We r e j o ic e th a t th e Ri g ht Ho tire and oppre s si on , h ave i ngra f te d upon the popular mind frightful forms, and th e l ong f am iliarity with genera l injus nourable Gentleman did r ec eive w h a t h e as k e d for— of Ireland an ab so l u t e di s t rust o f t h e l aw as a protectiga manly and explicit avowal f rom L or d Alth or p o f th e in ;power,ntention of the Government w ith res p ec t t o th e appropria the established instit u ti ons o f h er governors, as the symbols and have in s pi re d h a t re d i nstead of reverence for tion not only of the fund i n ques ti on , b u t a l so o f w h a t ever and muniments of a conquest f oun d e d oil aggression, and surplus may ultimately be th e resu lt o f th e C omm i ss i on o f maintained thr oug h t yranny . Th ese latter impressions Inquiry. With r egar d t o th e appo i ntmen t o f thi s Commis may not be historically just. But th e actua l wretched- sion, the statement s o f th e Ri g ht H on . G ent l eman are 'less of the p eo pl e h as p l ace d t h eir imaginations at the scarcely more creditable to hi m th an th ose w hi c h we h ave quoted. He declar e d " th a t th e (l a t e ) C a bi ne t repu mercy of any pl o tt er against ',:he State who will ma k e i t diated the idea of suc h a C omm i ss i on , b ecause t h ey be his business to su ppl y fur.,l t o th e i r resentments ; and though such a man cann. ' dt b e sa id to cause or generate the lieved that it wa s v i c i ous a lik e i n pr i nc i p l e an d i n pract i ce , national spirit w hi c h fi n d s vent i n c and believed th a t th e coun t ry wou ld no t en d ure i t ." N ow rime, he und ou bt e dly it is notorious that such wa s n o t th e fact, not on ly by th e has the mean s o f aggravat i ng an d i n fl am i ng it, so often as declarations of L or d Alth orp an d L or d J o h n R usse ll, t h at his occasions m a y require. W e s h a ll not therefore dispute i the recomme. o d a ti on o f L or d W e ll es l ey, or the propositiont was the de s i re o f th e C a bi ne t to avo id thi s quest i on — so which Lords G rey an d B roug h am have justified on the long as it co uld b e avo id e d w ith ou t d e l ay i ng or impeding strength of it, that th e f ac ili t i es a ff or d e d to O ' Connell by other measures of p u bli c utility— no t b ecause th ey " repu means of agitation mee ti ngs , to di stur b the peace of Ire diated the ide a o f a C omm i ss i on ," no t b ecause o f th e opi nion of Mr. Stanley an d hi s f r i en d s , w hi c h th ey k now to b e land, be that p eace ever so superf i c i al and precarious, ought to be for th e present w i t hd rawn from that learned irreconcileable with their own , an d w hi c h th ey were aware gentleman. But it i s imposs ibl e to ma k e such a concession must eventually lead to the diss o l u ti on o f th e Govern otherwise than strictly conditional on th e f a ithf u l per f orm- meat. But in corroboration o f th ese d ec l ara ti ons , we ance of the pr om i ses ma d e b y Mi n i sters, that iriastires have the statement of Mr. Stanl e y hi mse lf— cur i ous an d remedial and co nc ili a t ory s h a ll procee d par i inassu with inconsistent as it is—that th e i ssu i ng o f suc h a comm i ss i on bills of Iri s h coerc i on , an d t h at w hil e the expression of had never been the subject o f di scuss i on i n th e C a bi net . hostility, or it s ou tb rea k i n acts of lawless violenc e , i s re - How, then, can he assert th a t it was re j ec t e d as v i c i ous baked, the cau se s o f it—namely, the grievance s o f the in principle and in pr ac ti ce ? W e h ave more th an once people—shall be eradi ca t e d w i t h a ll the speed of which done justice to Mr. Stanl e y' s p owers as a d e b a t er ; as a such a process is s u sce ptibl e . N ow, i f we attempt to sooth statesman we have never tho ug ht very highly o f hi m ; an d the people of Ireland, an d t e ll t h em that the Coercion Bill with respect to his opinions o n c h u rch p o li c y, th e y are t ru l y characteristic of a bigot. His friends should coun se l hi m is an act of ne cess ity, b ut that the real dispositions of Ministers toward s I re l an d ought to be judged or by to pause in his headlong . course ; not to suffer the • vehe those conciliatory m easures to w hi ch their own unshackle 3 d mence of debate—the virulen c e o f right hon o u ra bl e enm i ty sense of justice ha s i mpe ll e d t h em, we may be answered —the disappointment of ambitious hopes—th e mortifica " Where are they ?" an d i n f act what must be our re tion of being followed by so few deserters from th e lib era l joinder ? What measures f or t h e settlement of Irish af- camp—to betray him into the exhibition of a t em p er an d fairs have Mini s t ers , we w ill not say accomplished, but what spirit from which the feeling of the House rev o lt s — or i n t o have they put i n t o a way o f b e i ng carried duringthe pre- statements and assertions whi c h c anno t s t an d th e t est o f truth. ir James Grhamas not yet offended with s sent session, save on l y th e C oerc i on Bill? Let anybod - tongue ; S Ivhat his op a inions f are on church matt e r s h e ] h as look at th e Irish Church Bill, and the tre a t ment i t rece i ve d front a powerful mi nor it y i n t h e H ouse of Commons last not yet communicated to the H ouse . H e h as hi mse lf i n - Friday, and th en t e ll us w h at are the prospects for the deed afforded no explanation of the cause o f hi s resigna peace of Ireland ar i s i ng f rom t h at s i ngular collection of nu- tion, which is yet a my s t er y : h e a pp ears t o b e l a id up i n merous and comple x c l auses . I t i s agreed on all sides, at ordinary, his guns out, hi s p ow d er an d s h o t ex p en d e d —it least in theory, th a t no port i on o f the spoils of the church was cruel and unjustifiable in Mr. Sheil to fire into an un ought to go into th e landlord's pock e t s ; i s it, t h ere f ore, i n armed and defenceless vessel.—Morning Ch ron i c l e . illustration of such an acknowledged truth that the land- The usual official tables of the state of the Revenue for lords are actually to be complimented with a donation of the last quarter were made up on Saturday night, and will 40 per cent.—that is, of 400/. out o f every 1,000/, now p a id be found in another part of our paper. Theyl present a by the tenantry of Ireland in tithe—as an inducement to satisfactory report of the public resources for the period in them to assist in the restoration of that general tranquillity question. As compared with the preceding financial year, for which we should suppose that the landlords themselves there appears an advantage in favour, of this to the amount would be inclined to pay magnificently (instead of being of 390,236/., and upon the quarter also a favourable excess bribed to it), as the greatest blessing that could be con- of 350,952/. The difference is most strikinc , under the ferred upon the mse l ves an d th e i r f am ili es. We ask, h ea d o f the Customs, which are more productive this therefore, why are the Irish landlords to take 40 per cent. quarter than the same period last year by 414,205/., though off the tithe revenue of the country for consenting to change upon the whole year they are deficient 116,477/. The the tithe into a land -tax, for consenting to do that which Excise, upon the other hand, exceeds the receipts of last the law, in tenderness to their best interests, ought to do year by 353,036/., though upon a comparison of quarters, for them, or even in spite of them, with a view to the con- it shows less by 1.51,076/. The income from stamps is tentment and pacification of their tenantry, viz., relieve the uniformly mor e productive than last year, the excess in the tenant from the payment of tithe, and terminate the colli- case of the year being 148,767/., and upon the quarter sions between him and the established clergy ? This 38,504/. Taxes have increased upon the quarter 3,764/., seems to us a short-sighted and most ill-judged regulation. but decreased upon the year by 121,400/. The revenue Next, is it by way o f a b oon an d a dvanta g e to the church, arising from the Post-office shows a decrease of 7,000/. that the deficit thus occasioned in its revenues is to be upon the quarter, but an increase of 5,000/. upon the whole charged upon the general income of the country ?—th a t year. Those taxes classed as Miscellaneous present a first the country gentlemen should be permitted to rob th e decrease upon the year and quarter, in the one of 21,624/., clergy, and next that the amount of the robbery should b e and in the other of 3,740/. The amount of Exchequer - made good at the cost of the nation ? This, we suppos e , bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund is Irish relief Then, instead of the abolition and subse- for the coming quarter is estimated at 6,852,601/.—Morn quent redemption of tithe, what have we ? The tithe is ing Herald. abolished as between the clergy and the tenantry, but it is The Marquis of Chandos will to-night call the attention _ revived in another form as between the church - and the of the House of Commons once more to the distressed con 'landlord, and the latter is by the very frame and constitution dit' nof the agricultural interest. From the Government, of his land-tax precluded from the alternative of of course, f we must expect that the motion of the Noble redeeming it, and thus made by no act of his own a mur- m arqu i s will be received with the same cruel mockery murer at the exactions of the establishment, by being sub- w hi c h h a s awaited his former efforts. There will be the jected to a perpetual rent-charge for its benefit, from which same admissions of the evil, and the same denials of the he never can relieve himself but on disadvantageous terms. remedy—the professions of anxiety to do much, and the So much for the provisions of this Bill, should it be ever .so same demonstrations of resolution to do nothing. But we successfully carried through Parliament,— an improvement on will still hope that a majority of the House may be found the . actual system we ad m it, i n so f ar as i t converts the daily ready to ratify the hope which has been held out to the strife, from one between the parson and the poor man, into f armer under the most solemn sanctions—the o f speech hi s a Struggle for reimbursement between the landlord and the S • from the throne, and the vote of his representa overoignparl . poor ; but in all other respects, as it seems to us, very t * The friends of the agricultural ament. in loosely and injudiciously concocted. The question, how- Z e e: in ill t will now have an opportunity of making, perhaps, ever, is forced upon us, whether the Bill will pass the afinal effort,. for this Session, in favour of that dis- House of Lords ? Mr. Stanley's speech, though most able, tressed and ill-used but most loyal body. Lord Chandos, was too violent, and has flung that Right Hon. Gentleman' we understand, will move, at an early period of the evening, into the ranks of Toryism : but that is not the point. When aresolution respecti ng th e p resen t s it ua ti on an d prospects the late Secretary for the Colo n i es was supported by so for- of this class of hi s M a j es t y ' s su bj ec t s ; an d i t i s to b e midable a minority in the Hous e o f C ommons, is i t too much hoped oped that every friend of the agricultural inter es t w ill b e to predict that a similar moti on wou ld i n t h e H ouse of present to assist this noblem a n, th e f armer ' s s t aunc h es t an d Lords be carried by a powe r f u l ma j or it y ? Si nce, however, most indefatigable friend, in his efforts to wring from the it is probable that a n y a lt era ti on b y t h e U pper H ouse, in Government that attention and cons id era ti on w hi c h th e i r the bill, of the n a t ure o f th a t w hi c h M r. S tanley urged on situation at this moment so imperatively demands. We Friday in the Commons, would come under that head of body have to say that the interests of this most suffering Parliamentary proceeding which is denominated " a change t not received at the hands of their representa in a money bill by the Peers," the only form which the trues, up o this period of the session, that determined ad hostility of their Lordships coud regularly take. would be v merit and support . which . alone will compel the Govern that of a total rejection of the bill, and indeed the public by to turn their attention to the subject ; and we trust this time speculates on no other result of this much-tor- that n the present occasion will not be lost sight of by those mented question. Then once more let us just remind our to readers of the predicament in which the Ministers stand, for • their support and for their advocacy, when his claims, so and in which circumstances have involved theunfortunate long neglected and se t aside for less important interests, church church of Ireland. Tithes can- na longer be collected. are, . atlength, brought under the consideration of the That is on all sides given up. A bill is b ro ugh t • in to pro- Le slat r ' gi ue. Morning Post. vide a less obnoxious substitute for tithe, as a support for Mr. Stanley, we fear, has irretrievably committed him the Protestant clergy : that bill, if there be any truth in self at last by his speech on Friday last, not ?nly with his prognostics, or consistency in the declarations of parties, late colleagues, but with the country at large: We say we will not become an act of Parliament. What, then, has' fear that h e h as d one so, because althoug h we h a d never the church of Ir e l an d to expect ? Tithes fail, the substi- any great liki ng f or t h e youthful orator, nor any excess i ve tute fails, the c l ergy appeal to Parliament for assistance. Parliament cann o t en f orce the payment of tithes, and will reverence for the w i s d om w hi ch he di sp l aye d i n hi s speec h es , -not provide any other revenue in lieu of them. A yet we thought that, along with a power of debate which, motion is made for the grant of another million, to clear off at his age, is not commonly to be met with, we saw glimpses the arrears which have again becom e due to the church it of honourable and ri g ht f ee li ng, w hi c h, d u ly nurs ed, and is refused with indignation, and th e clergy starve at least; duly r egu l ate d , m i g h t one day prove as credita b le to him until a poor law shall have bee n introduced int o ' Ireland, self as they could not fail to be useful to his country. But when the destitute ministers may sue as paupers for a 1 M have for once been in error. The Right Hon. Gentle pittance from the rates of those parishes of which they were rnan has belied our expectations, and done injustice to his once the incumbents. For this issue to the church tempo- i own talents. What his motives of action were—whether rality question the Irish clergy will have to thank first tb e 1 pure anger—disappointed ambition—or the supposed neces weakness of Ministers, next the obstinacy of their Tore sity of forming a portion of some party, we know not—but patrons, who talk high and mighty nonsense about ts,:ki ng the attack which h e ma d e upon hi s co ll eagues, i n every their po s iti on upon t hi s or th a t a b s t rac t pr i nc i ple of kormer respect so unworthy o f hi m, h as not only created an impas ages, whil e th e groun d w hi c h t h ey s t an d upon slaps awa y ps sable gu lf b etween them and him, but identified him so COM from und er them, and carries with it the remnant s o f the p 1 e t ely with that party in the State which hates the people and misguided an d ill-befriended church. This is an awful re - scorns the people' s r i g h ts , as not even to leave him a standing presentation, but A just one, of the prospects which impend midway between the Whigs and Tories—nay to pronounce over the establi s h ed church of Ireland. We pray God hi m an aristocrat both in Church and q ' -, ' pronounce t ,Aate, in the mos that no sinister reaction ma in 1% th ational church of absolute sense of the term, and to leave but little hope that England herself in ruin.—l nie v s o •e e n the years of maturity • will bring • • with 'additional wis (nem 77 • do A nd what is Mr. Stanl • We are persuaded Mr. Stanley ca nno t re flect on the du c t? ey t-,, ga i n by this outré . Who are to be his fe' ' l-i• con course which he pursued on Frida..cure associates? v[ 71, 4 ~.1 5 evening without feel- future poll • ? tics Of the T o • v., ing' of mortification and self - reproach— even y though the and with the Radicals ••• rie s he can never be the bean, Tory cheers which greeted the expression of his fierce andnever allow him • _ .. to - inmg i e. his nature and co nnections t will intolerant zeal, and above all, the vulga r and virulent lie is too amb i ious to be the hctl. 9.huse tail of any pC . fty, and at present there is of his late colleagues and friends, may yet none which it is j uif ing in possible for him . to lead. His better his ears. Let him compare his speech on this plan will be to retire when .a e oca- for a few years into private life and to lion with that which he delivered last session, cultivate that leisure he pro- which mav'enable him to ' comprehend the difference betwee n THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 7, ISM the church, and the ministers of that church—and between church property, th a t i s , th e property of ttl l the Members of the church, and priv a t e p p o ro r p t e o r n t ? y f o; ethiredeuhel ttan:illohf he tell y th ti e le e p le e r o g p y le corporations. He is extremely fearful of misapplying the Property, or property belonging to be andis the instruction by ~.vea of their rights, that precept and example, in consideration of which, and which f should an y alone, the property was given to the church, and is now laufidly received by the clergy, so long as they act as true ministers, viz., the honest, intelligent, and faithful servants of the church. Whatever Mr. Stanley may think, we know well what the nation thinks ; and that is, that the unfaithful steward is the dishonest man, and not the master who takes care that his interests are attended to. The House of Commons could not, if they would, allow the nation to be cheated. The property of the church must be honestly applied to the purposes for which it was ori ginally granted :—to build and keep in repair places of wor ship,—to help the afflicted,—to instruct the ignorant, — these are purposes strictly charitable and religious ; but to enrich and ennoble individuals who have forgotten that all public property is held in trust, and who have failed, there fore, to perform the duties for which they are employed and paid, is neither charitable or religious. It is posi tively dishonest, and those who countenance such proceed ings, are the real "thimble-rigs" and the " shop-lifters:— Morning Advertiser. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) BROWNE V. TAYLEVRE. This was an action brought against the underwriters to re cover the amount of insurance on a policy on the ship Penrith, lost on her voyage from Cockaigne, in New Brunswick, to Liverpool. An action had been brought last year to recover damages on another policy on the same ship. The vessel in question was built at Cockaigne, by a person of the name of Long, and when launched she suffered an accident which caused her to lie twelve months embedded in the sand, there being a strain in consequence on a part of the vessel, so that she became logged. At the expiration of the twelve months she was with much difficulty got out of the sand, and launched. She was then registered, and this policy effected, and she set sail with a cargo of timber. When off Newfoundland, after a gale, she was in distress, and it was found necessary to aban don her to save the lives of the crew. This action was brought for a total loss. The plaintiff offered proof that the vessel was perfectly seaworthy when she left Cockaigne. The defend ant's case was, in the first instance, that the circumstance of the accident ought to have been communicated by the owner, at Cockaigne, to his agents, the plaintiffs, so as to have enabled them to have communicated it to the underwriters. Secondly, that there was an important deviation so as to invalidate the policy, as she was insured from her loading port, Cockaigne, but she afterwards proceeded to another port to take in part of her cargo.—( This point was reserved.)--Thirdly, that she was not seaworthy when she left Cockaigne. Lord DENMAN having summed up, the jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 5. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Common Jury.) FURIOUS DRIVINO.—JOHNSON V. WILSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a poor widow, living in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green, to recover damages from the defendant, the wealthy proprietor of two houses in the wine and spirit trade in Drury-lane, and of a country house at Maida-hill, for alleged negligence on the part of his servant while driving him in a cab. After the examination of witnesses the Learned Judge summed up, and told the Jury that a master was liable for the negligence of his servant. The Jury being unable to agree in the box, they, at six o'clock, retired, and, after an absence of four hours and a half, being unable to agree in their verdict, were suffered to depart at a quarter before eleven, on an understanding that they were to attend at half-past nine on Monday morning. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JULY 5. MINTER V. WELLS. This was an action of considerable interest to the mecha nical world, arising out of the alleged infringement of apatent. Mr. F. Pollock stated that it was an action brought by Mr. Minter, a chair manufacturer, to recover damages for the in fringement of a patent granted for the construction of a re clining chair. The defence was that an individual named Sutton, late of Dean-street, who was the plaintiff's journey man, was the real inventor. The defendant's witnesses did not make out this case, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, Is. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS-JULY 5. (Before Mr. Sergeant ARABIN and a Middlesex Jury.) • , Charles Honeywood Newman, the individual whose name has been recently before the public, in consequence of a charge preferred by the Messrs. Lloyd, Bankers, Birmingham, was indicted for bigamy. The case excited great interest in court. The prisoner is a genteel-looking man, and was dressed in the most fashionable manner. His large mustachios and swarthy countenance give him much the appearance of a foreigner. The first witness examined was Henry Montague—ls con stable of St. Mary's church, Bryanston-square, St. Maryle bone. Was present at the marriage of the prisoner on the 24th of May, 1828. The prisoner was then married to Mary Ann Cook. Mr. Auounts, who, along with Mr. Plimurs, appeared for the prisoner, asked witness whether he knew by what name the prisoner was married except from the information derived frora the church book ?—I do not know it from any other source. Mr. ADOLPHUS—Did you not ask him whether he was not Mr. Waller ? I did not ask him that question, but I did ad dress him as Mr. Waller—( A laugh)—in consequence of infor mation I had received that such was his name. Mary Montague examined—ls the wife of last witness. Attended the marriage of the prisoner at St. Mary's Church. When shown the prisoner, said that she had seen him before. To the best of her recollection she had seen him married at St. Mary's Church. Gibbons called on her and told her she must give evidence. Could not say of her own knowledge that it was the prisoner who had been married to Mary Ann Cook. She knew of the marriage only by the church book. Mr. PHILLIPS—Did you not make the observation when the prisoner was examined at Marlborough -street Office that if he was the same person he was very much altered did make that observation, Sir. Joseph Langdon ex amined—ls clerk o f S t . M ary ' s Church, Marylebone.—( The original register of the marriage was here produced. )—That is the original regi s t er o f th e m arriage. The entry was made in the following terms :—" Henry Alfred Waller, bachelor, of the district of the rectory of St. Mary, and Mary Ann Cook, spinster, of the parish of Marylebone, married at this church on the 24th of May, 1828." James Gibbons examined—ls a commercial agent. Knows the prisoner at the bar. He goes by the name of Charles Honeywood Newman, but believed that Newman was his real name. Had a daughter married to the prisoner. The mar riage took place on the 17th December, 1831, in St. Mary's, Lambeth, county of Surrey. The prisoner was married in the name of Charles Newman. Was present at the marriage, and was one of the subscribing witnesses. Witness's daugh ter and prisoner lived together as man and wife. They conti nued together probably about three months. At the time he believed the prisoner lived on the property he received with witness's daughter. He supposed the property was worth from 70/. to 801. They had no children. Could give no reason for the separation, but supposed it was because all the money which the prisoner got by his wife was gone. Had not seen the prisoner for the last two years and a half until given into custody. Witness's daughter married prisoner under the name of Carrington, and as a widow. The jury, after a few moments' deliberation, returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. At the evening sitting on Saturday James Sharpe Thorn ton, and Frederick Charles Green, men of respectable appear ance, the latter of whom described himself as a solicitor resid ing at Kensington, attended on a warrant to answer a charge of assault preferred against them by Mrs. Elizabeth Thorn ton, the wife of the former defendant. Mr. ADOLPHUS, in stating the case on the part of the com plainant, said that the lady was the sister of the defendant Green, and the daughter of Mr. Green, the proprietor of Green's Hotel, Lincoln's Inn-fields. On the 29th of October, 1831, she was married to the other defendant, and after re siding with him for a fortnight only, left him in consequence of his being arrested for debt. She had then lived apart from him, and latterly under a regular deed of separation signed by both parties. The defendant Green had also married the sister of Thornton. The learned counsel now proceeded to call . Mrs. G. Thornton, the complainant, who stated that on the preceding day, about twelve o'clock, she was in Brewer-street, Golden-square, in an open carriage, in company with her sister and a gentleman named Fielder ; they stopped at a printer's house, when the two defendant's came up ; Green took the horse's head, and Thornton came to her, and ' ,seizing her by the arm, dragged her from the carriage. She regained her seat, and, taking the reins, drove off. She shortly after returned and took up Mr. Fielder, who had previously alighted, and then again went on. After driving about for some time they returned to the same spot, when witness left the carriage, and entered the shop, in company with Mr. Fielder. On her return she was about to re-enter the phaeton, when Thornton again came up, Green as before taking the horse's head, and seizing her by the cloak, attempted to pull her back. She, however, once more escaped from his gr as p, and immediately drove home. The defendant, when pulling her, declared that he would take her away, and was urged to do so by Green. A mob was collected in consequence of their violence. The defendant Green proceeded to cross-examine this wit when he put some questions to her which the Magis neb., declared to be irrelevant to the case. "'en requested to withdraw by Mr. ADOL trates at oh._ make a statement, insinuating The wit ness was - ' , nen adultery, and at- PHus, and Gr een proceeden • " defendant, that his si s t er was at that time living tempted to just i fy hi s conduct, and that s of his fees, by citing a case where a wife had b een se i zed by h-er under similar circumstances, which was held legal and proper by the Lord Chief Justice and other Judges at that time. Mr. HALLS interrupted him, and declared that he could not suffer any person to be thus calumniated in his presence. He must insist upon the defendant discontinuing this conduct. In this opinion he was seconded by Mr. MINSIIVLL, when a scene of confusion took place which it would be impossible to describe, and in which both defendants, Mr. ADOLPHUS, and the Magistrates joined, each endeavouring to put down th arguments of the other. Silence was at length obtained, when, at the request of the defendants, the witness was recalled, and the cross-examina tion continued. Nothing material was, however, elicited; and Miss A. M. Green, the sister of the complainant, was called, who corrobo rated her testimony in every respect. She further deposed to the defendants having abused Mrs. Thornton in a gross manner.—This witness also underwent a cross-examination by the defendants, who were unable to shake her evidence. The defendants were then ordered to enter into their own recognizances in the sum of 1001. each, and to find two sure ties in 501. each, for their appearance at the Sessions. MARYLEBONE. Captain - Knatchbull, formerly of the 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons, was charged with havinv robbed his ready furnished apartments of a quantity of plate, linen, &c. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. COURT OF REQUESTS, JULY 5. " THE DISOWNED." John Hollingson, the plaintiff in this matter, who described himself as a " wender of_dogs' and cats' wittles," claimed from Mr. Samuel Peter Furzebush, a grave, courteous-looking elderly personage, the sum of 2s. 4d., for horse-flesh and other feline dainties, alleged to have been furnished to the defendant, for the sustenance of his cat. The defence against the plaintiff's claim was not based on the " general issue," but rested on the more formal ground of a denial, on the part of the defendant, of all property in the cat. " Please your Vurthy Vertships (began the plaintiff), this here good gentleman for the last three veeks, has been sot down in my mind as von of my regular customers, consequently I makes a pint on it to call at his house and leaves his cat a hap'orth of wittles. Now, yens somever I has 'spectable cus tomers, as is 'spectable, I always sarve'cm vith my goods, and never axes'em for the ha'pence down, but I lets the bill run on for veek after veek. Vell, your Honourable Vertships, I sarves this here good gentleman's cat reg'lar with her wittles sometimes a pen'north, and sometimes a ha'porth o' liver, as might be, and so I continued to sarve for veeks— " Without orders from me, as my. housekeeper, Sally, will presently satisfactorily prove," said the defendant, nodding to the Bench. " Arter I'd done this here," continued the plaintiff, " ven I seed the young hooman as alvays opens the street door to let out the cat—for, your vorship, the cat nose my woice as natral as if she know'd vet I said, I ax'd, with all the civility in the uniwerse, for to pay a little summut orft the score, as I vos only a poor wender of cat's meat, as goed to the nakkers to buy my goods, who vould'nt never give nobody no credit with out the ready money down. So, sis she ' Lauk 1 mister cat's meat-man, it aint my cat—nor it aint my master's cat, vot you've been a feeding—it's only a wisitor—as belongs to som of our neighbours.' Werry well, marm, says I—that's a rum go, marm, says 1.-but blow me, if it'll fit—and as she stuck out and stuck out, vy, I made up my mind to put the arms of the law on 'em. " Your Worship," said the defendant, in a strong nasal twang,' peculiar to a certain class of Sunday orators, " my housekeeper, Sally, is in court, and as she is acquainted with all my private domestic matters, she can prove that the cat was not my property. Further than giving the poor creature a little drop of milk or so, my housekeeper, Sally, will inform your Worships that I have always denied being the owner of the cat in toto." The defendant's housekeeper, Sally, a plump, black-eyed, pink and blue-ribbon bedizened lass, with a handsome boa round her neck, came forward, and assured the Court that not a thing was done in the defendant's house but what she was privy to, and therefore she could safely swear that the cat's meat-man had never been authorized by either party to leave his " wittles" at her master's house. She could not tell to whom the cat belonged, and all her efforts to drive Miss Gri malkin away were entirely fruitless. " In fact (said the defendant), my rest has been so much disturbed, that I have been forced to get up in the night and expel the cat with a broom-stick, as my housekeeper Sally can prove." " Yes (said Sally), me and master have both got up together to stop her ' molrowing,' and when we have got to bed"— " That's enough (said the defendant stopping her), his Lordship must feel satisfied with your corroboration." The plaintiff still insisted that the cat belonged to the de fendant ; and, in proof of his opinion, said that Miss Puss had recently had an accouchement in the defendant's house. " Not in my house (replied the defendant), but in the dust hole, which is detached from my house this event took place, as my housekeeper Sally can prove." The cat's-meat-man having stated that if allowed a short time he could produce evidence which would place the ownership of the cat beyond doubt, The Court allowed the matter to stand over for a few days. Mr. Furzebush bowed profoundly to the Bench, tucked his "housekeeper Sally" under his arm, and walked gravely out of Court. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JULY s.—On Tuesday the Sir Edward Paget, for the Cape, Madras, and Bengal (which arrived the previous day) sailed, having called at this port for despatches. Cap tain Brandreth, Royal Engineer, went passenger, he being appointed Commissioner to superintend the transfer of the Island of St. Helena from the East India to our Government. The President, Moore, sailed this afternoon for New York, with 30 cabin and 130 steerage passengers (some of them settlers for Canada), and a considerable sum in specie for merchants. The Hungerford, for Madras and Bengal, will embark pas sengers and sail to-morrow. The Norfolk, Button, with con victs for Van Diemen's Land, will sail on Monday. The Champion, 11, Commander Duncombe, was to be at Toulon on the Ist instant, to convey a mail to Malta. She had on the 25th ult. visited the principal towns in Catalonia and Valencia, where the news of Don Carlos having surren dered had produced the most lively rejoicings. We have pleasure in stating that the British Tar which sailed from this port on the 17th April, with emigrants, sent out under the management of the Petworth Emigrant Com mittee, arrived at Montreal on the 4th of June, with all on board in good health and spirits : one child was born on the passage. The British Tar was detained at Grosse Island (the quarantine station) eight days, owing to measles having broke out on board. But for this circumstance her passage to Mon treal would have been a very quick one. A considerable party from the House of Industry, Isle of Wight, went out in the British Tar. Mr. Brydone, the Superintendent, speaks in terms of perfect satisfaction with the allowance of provisions to the emigrants, its quality, and excellent state of preservation during the voyage. The Esperanza schooner, which was detained some time since by Captain H. D. TROTTER, of his Majesty's ship Cur lew, upon suspicion of slave trading, has been ordered to be liberated. The crew of the Panda, piratical vessel, brought from the coast of Africa in the Curlew, now on board the Vic tory, are ordered to be conveyed to Port Salem, United States, in the Savage, 10, Lieut. LONEY ; which vessel is afterwards to proceed to the Halifax station. WOOLWICH, JULY 4.—The Spitfire, Lieut. Symons, will take the August Mediterranean mail. The Confiance, Lieut. Waugh, sailed on Wednesday for Falmouth with Captain An drew King, C. B, appointed to superintend the Foreign Packet Station. Ships at Woolwich.—William and Mary, Royal George, and Fanny yachts ; Phoenix, Medea, Salamander, Firebrand, Spitfire, Lightning, and Comet steamers. PLYMOUTH, JULY 3.—Came in the Pike, from Falmouth, to refit ; the Mary transport, from Hull, with the depot of the 53d Regiment on board ; and Messenger steamer, for Pem broke. Sailed the Woodbridge, with a detachment of the 66th Regiment for Quebec; and the Cambria, for Sierra Leone. The ships ordered to be rigged and prepared for commission at this port are now complete. The Donegal, 78, will be paid off on Wednesday. The Talbot will be docked on Monday ; the Briseis taken out. In Barnpool—Jupiter. In the Sound—Messenger. In Ilamoaze—San Josef, Donegal, Portland, Talbot, Wolf, Dee, Pike, Nightingale, Briseis, and Tyrian. A PP OINTMENTS. —Captain James Scott (author of " Naval Recollections"), to the President, the flag-ship of Vice-Ad miral Sir G. Cockburn, G. C. B. ; Lieuts. T. Lyell, J. G. Dickson, L. Browell, Lord C. E. Paget, G. A. Henry, and C. Edmunds, Mr. J. Hately, Surgeon, Mr. P. Forest, Purser, Messrs. A. R. Bradford, and R. M‘Lean, Assistant- Surgeons to the Winchester; Lieuts. N. Lefebre and H. Gaitskell, Mr. R. Rogers, Master; Mr. A. Gordon, Surgeon; Mr. W. Finlayson, Purser; and Mr. J. Gorthy, Assistant- Surgeon, Zebra; Lieut. F. G. Bond, Gannett; Lieut. R. A. Cartwright, Mr. J. S. Taylor, Master Jeffery, Surgeon ; Mr. H. Brenton, Purser ; and Mr. A. Lyon, Assistant- Surgeon, Rose ' • Lieut. H. Johnston, Mr. E. Gu lli ve r, Master ; Mr. J. Armstrong, Surgeon ; and Mr. D. Deas, Assistant-Surgeon, Thalia; Lieut. R. T. Eyre, Pelorus ; Lieut. T. P. Thompson, Mr. A. Rolls, Master, Mr. J. Mein, Surgeon, and Mr. L. Birtwbistle, Assistant.. Surgeon, Columbine ; Lieut. G. F. Dashwood, Ocean ; Lieut. A. Plymsell to the Chatham Ordinary ; G. Mowbray, Esq., to be Secretary to Rear-Admiral Warren ; Mr. A. M•Laren, Surgeon, from the Orestes to the North Star; Mr. R. Maxwell, Surgeon, Orestes ; Mr. P. Sherlock, M.D., Surgeon, Eclipse ; Mr. W. Ekin, M.D., Surgeon, Lapwing ; Mr. A. Linton, Surgeon, Seagull ' • Lieut. A. Kennedy and Mr. A. Gilchrist , M.D. , Surgeon , Spitfire. The following officers are appointed to the Coast Guard : Commanders Ross, to the station near Dublin; H. Layton, Killibegs ; W. Finlaison, Skibbereen ; and Lieuts. W. C. Boyce, J. Campbell, J. Jones (d), and J. Pyne. ROYAL MARINES. First-Lieut. H. B. Skinner, and S econ d-Lieut. W. S. Budd, Thalia; Second Lieut. C. J. Pegus, Tribune. NAVAL PROMOTIONS IN THE QUARTER ENDING 26TH OF JUNE, 1834.—T0 be Captains : H. W. Bayfield, W. T. Dance, W. B. Greene.—To be Commanders : R. Morgan (a), C. Walcot, James Gordon (b).—To be Lieutenants: T. Stephens, W. R. Payne, E. Peirse, G. K. Ogilvy, T. P. Thompson, H. J. JamWindh, S. P. Gallwey, G. Masterslaghan, J. Richardson, R. Engledue.—To be : J. S. Taylor, D. Quintom.—To be Purser : W. Brydone. ROYAL MARINES.—To be Captains: R. Leonard, G. Pat toun, D. Galloway.—To be First Lieutenants : G. Honing worth, J. M. Coppinger, F. A. Campbell, G. E. Hunt.—To be Second Lieutenants : P, F. E. Daniel. J. Bates, Esq., Master, R.N., and Secretary to the Royal Yacht Squadron, is specially appointed pilot to convey her Majesty and suite to Rotterdam. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed that Lieutenants of the Navy shall be eligible for the Coast Guard Service, if at the time of their appointment they are under the age of 45 years, instead of 40, as heretofore. This day being the anniversary of the Admiral Count Cape St. Vincent's brilliant victory, the Portuguese frigate Duchess of Braganza fired salutes in celebration of the important event ; and this evening the gallant Admiral, and his hopi table lady, entertain a large party of friends at their residence at Purbrook, to which the officers of the Braganza are invited. A double sheer for masting ships (with one arm projecting over the Basin, and another over the Harbour Jetty) is about to be erected in this Dockyard, on the completion of which the sheer-hulk will be paid off and broken up. This vessel, the Prince George, is the first ship in which his present Ma jesty went to sea. During three years and a half forty-six first commissions have been granted to Gentlemen as Second Lieutenants in the Royal Marine corps ; but in ifuture only one commission will be issued for three vacancies, until the number is reduced to eighty-two. Forty-one Lieutenants have been promoted to be Captains, seven Captains to be Majors, and seven Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels, within the same period. The following fifteen ships are ordered to proceed home, to be paid off, their period of service having expired :—The Asia, from Lisbon ; Malabar, Actwon, and Rover, from the Mediterranean ; Dublin, Samarang, and Satellite, from South America ; Curacoa and Magiciene, from the East Indies ; Vernon, Sapphire, Tweed, and Alban, from the West Indies ; Pluto, from the coast of Africa. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Lord Bishop of Winchester has appointed the Rev. James Browne, M.A., Perpetual Curate of Milton, on the cession of the Rev. R. Dickenson. The Rev. Richard Brown, M.A., has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough to the Vicarage of Southwich, Northamptonshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. J. L. Maydwell ; on the presentation of Walter Lynn, Esq., of Chewton House, in the county of Southampton. The Rev. Charles Robert Ashfield, 8.A., to the Rectory of Burgate, Suffolk, on the presentation of the Bishop of Ely. The Rev. Mr. Hinde has been elected Chaplain of New West minster Bridewell. C.W. Goodchild, 8.A., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, has been appointed Second Master of the Grammar School, Yarmouth, Norfolk. Mrs. Butler, widow of the Rev. R. Butler, of Inkpen, Berks, has bequeathed 2,000/. to the Bishop of St. David's, in trust, to re ceive the interest, and apply it to the use of the College at Lampeter. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Intelligencer.) BRADFORD.—There was little alteration on Thursday in the general aspect of the Bradford Market. The stock of wool is short, prices, consequently, looking up. The demand for piece goods, whether for home or abroad, was limited; purchasers display extreme caution, the high price of wool operating so as to prevent much business from being done.; people exclaim, "we will wait, we will wait, wool must come down." They are probably mistaken. There is a good de mand for yarn at old prices ; the spinners declare, however, that they make no profit worth striving after. HALlFAX.—Business on Saturday quite equal to that of the preceding market day ; that is to say, somewhat brisk. Low lastings were especially in demand. Wool steady ; an advance spoken of. HUDDERSFIELD.—An increase of trade in the market on Tuesday. The manufacturers seem to have made up their minds that wool will rather go upwards than downwards ; they therefore stand steadily out for their prices, and on Tuesday realized them in some instances. . . BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—There is not any improvement in business. Buyers still cautious, only making limited pur chases. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—The Flannel Market on Monday last was well attended, and considerably more busi ness was done than for some time past, and in some instances upon low and middle qualities an advance of prices of last week took place. Finer qualities also went off better. The appearance we had last week of a brisker market has this day been fully realized. YORK WOOL MARKET, JULY 3.—ln the Wool Market this week wool was well supplied, though not so large as last week, nor yet buyers so numerous, there being about 200 sheets unsold ; and, taking it altogether, it was a very dull market, prices a little lower. Hogs, 265. to 28s. and 295. ; Ewes, 235. to 245. ; Hogs and Ewes mixed, 255. to 265. per stone of 161bs. ; in Moor wools no business. DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, JUNE 30—To-day's market went off much less briskly than before, buyers being, in many instances, unwilling to risk the prices asked. There was a plentiful supply of wool, about two-thirds of which was sold : lots averaging about one-third Hog fetched from 235. to 265. per stone of 161 b. The blanket manufacturers of Earlsheaton and neighbour hood arc pretty well employed. HEREFORD MIDSUMMER PAlR.—This annual fair took place on Tuesday last. The supply of cattle was rather large, but there was but few buyers, except for imme diate use ; steers and stores were not in great request, which is attributed to the scarcity of grass keep, owing to the long drought. Prices were a shade lower. The show of sheep and lambs was generally acknowledged to be one of the largest ever seen in the city. The quality was mostly first-rate, but the demand not adequate to the supply. There were a great many pens of stores, for which the price even was not asked. Of pigs both the supply and demand was small. The horse fair presented, as usual, a scene of great bustle, and there were a good many excellent animals for harness and the saddle, which sold readily at tolerable prices. Horses for agricultural purposes were not in great demand, though there were many Powerful animals offered for sale. The quantity of wool pitched fell far short of expectation, many owners held their stock back in expectation of an advanced price at the fall of the season ; though on this head opinion seems to be very much divided. On the fair day, there was not much sold ; the principal sales were effected on Wednesday, at the follow ing prices—Good 21s. to 22s.—very fine 235. and upwards...— Prices of Stock : Beef, sd. to 51d. • Calves sd. to 5 ; Sheep, sd. to 51d. ; Lamb 51d. to 6d.—Hereford Times. Mr. Howison, in his new work, " European Colo nies," gives us hostorical sketches of the aborigines, their pure European masters, and the various breeds which civilization has introduced ; with aecounts of what they do, what sort of people they are, and how they pass their time. His authority for the past is the collections of former travellers. Some times, like Vaillant, charmingly vivacious, even though they may have improved the forms of nature, or heightened her colours ; sometimes, like Barrow, full of matter more grave and more trustworthy. The authority for the present time is Mr. Howison himself—the experience of a sensible man of the world, and an elegant man of letters, who has visited or resided in the places he describes.—Spectator. INHUMAN ATROCITY. — A few ni g hts since a horse, the property of an industrious poor man, living at Augbriss, in Tireragh, was brought to the top of a high cliff on the sea side, and by main force thrown down on the rocks by some diabolical miscreants. The earth over the precipice was torn up in several parts, which clearly demonstrates that the poor brute made a hard struggle for his life.--.Sligo Journal. The royal powder magazines at Weedon, in this county, are at length entirely evacuated, there being upwards of 700 tons of gunpowder contained in them, the whole of which is safely lodged in the royal magazines at Purileet, in Essex ; and great praise is due to Messrs. Pickford and Co. for their prompt and zealous attention to the safe security of so dangerous an article whilst under their care, taking up wards of fifty boats to convey it. The above company is busily employed in conveying the guns from the same place to the Tower of London, to the number of about 100,000 ; to gether with a large number of accoutrements, bedding, swords, pistols, pikes, iron and brass cannons, &c. &c. The whole of the extensive storehouses and buildings are ordered by Go vernment to be cleared as soon as possible; as to their future intentions respecting the disposal of the property is not pub licly known, but generally believed the establishment will be closed during peace.—Northampton Free Press. Died, on the 6th June, aged 52, in London, Mr. Ralph Rylance, a gentleman who spent almost the whole of his laborious life in the service of Messrs. Longmans, the great publishers. He was the author and translator of even multitudinous books, bearing the names of veterans in litera ture, and not of one to which his own name is affixed. He was a native of Bolton in Lancashire, where his very brilliant talents were early discovered by the munificent Roscoe, who put him to school under the celebrated Lempriere, where he acquired the classical languages with astonishing facility, and soon after became so able and extensive a linguist as to read, write, and speak with fluency about eighteen tongues ; and, near his death, was heard working at the Welsh and Celtic, for the purpose of composing an ethnic essay on the affinities of all languages. He had studied English intensely, and formed his style from that of the age of Elizabeth; was extensively ac quainted with ancient history and literature, that of Europe, and of his own country ; was an ardent admirer and thorough familiar of "our matchless poet," and good old " Chaucer's Wall of English undefiled." He first came into this county ( Shropshire) about twenty-five years ago, to collect materials for " The Beauties of England and Wales," where he gained great admiration for his beautifully elegant sonnet composed in Ludlow Castle, " Here Milton sung." He soon acquired many Salopian friends all round the Wrekin, by his amiable disposition, his fertile glow of conversation, and his racy powers of music and song. In politics he was a liheral Whig, and in religion, though differing from his nearest and dearest friends, he was always steadily and faithfully attached to the Church of England, in whose defence he latterly diverted the pure and vigorous stream of his powerful pen, in several neat volumes, which we could readily name, with many others, " but that we are forbid to tell the secrets of the prison-house." In the words of his most favourite and beloved poet, he was— " Ev'n just such a man As e'er my conversation cop'd withal — That no revenue had but his good spirits To feed and clothe him," Bre. And many who read this short notice, whose convivial tables his wit has often set in a roar, will regret his somewhat early death, and remember, with cordial fondness, his ardent and grateful friendship, his sweetness of manners, his exuberance of fancy, and his most extraordinary facetious drolleries of humour.-_Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAIL-ROAD• This magnificent enterprize is now proceeding with consi• derable rapidity. The excavations are nearly finished at the foot of Primrose-hill, and the clay which had been removed from that quarter is used for the purpose of making the ern: bankment necessary to elevate the road near the Regent canal. It is calculated that the first twenty miles of the road will be finished within two years, and that the whole line will be completed in four. One of the difficulties which have hi" therto attended the construction of these roads, is the 0. 01 " blishment of a sufficient foundation for the iron rail, which has been usually laid in a sleeper of granite, or other stone , and sometimes on wood. But the expense of these materials has been found so enormous, that it has been suggested to substitute for them slabs of slate, fixed in a bed of concrete. With a view to prove the strength of this material, som e experiments were made on Wednesday last, at the pre' mises of Messrs. Cotham and Nallen, in presence nt . Solly, the Chairman of the Company ; Mr. Stephenson: the Company's surveyor ; Mr. Palmer, the engineer ; an a other gentlemen ; from which it resulted, that slate of a certain thickness will answer all the purposes of granite as a sleeper for the rail, at less than half of the expense of that material. It was found, through the medium of the hydraulic press, that a cubic inch of slate will sustain a pressure of three tons and a half, and that consequently slate of an inch and a half thick is more than equal to any pressure which it can be required to support on the rail-road. This is an importal discovery for the undertakers of these enterprises, as it tend considerably to lessen the outlay which they have hitherto demanded. Slabs of slate of sufficient size and thickness may be had for the purpose in abundance, from the quarries in Wales, Cornwall, and Ireland. It will require some file unity to fix them in th e concre t e , so as to prevent them from being shifted from their places by the vibrating motion of the wheels of the engines and waggons. In order to ascertain the best mode of effecting this object, it has been arranged that three or four hundred yards of the Birmingham and London Rail-road should be laid with slate sleepers in the first instance. IRISH SUMMER ASSIZES. LEINSTER CIRCUIT. Hon. Baron Sir W. C. SMITH, Bart., and Hon. Justice Vazipg' LEUR. Wicklow July 7 'Kilkenny July 13 31 Wexford l2 'Ti p p erar y Waterford l7 MUNSTER CIRCUIT. Baron FENNEFATHER and Baron FOSTER. 0 1 Clare J u ly 8 (Kerry July 26 Limerick 14 I Cork __ HOME CIRCUIT. __ _ __ _ The Hon. Justice JouNsow, Carlow July 8 Kildare lO Queen's County 14 id the Hon. Justice BURT 01.;• King's County July Westmeath ...................... Meath NORTH WES' Right Hon. Chief Justice DOHEIV Longford July 8 Cavan ll Fermanagh 16 T CIRCUIT. ry, and Right Hon. Chief Baron' Tyrone July 19 Donegal . 24 Londonderry... .................. 29 NORTH EAST CIRCUIT. Right Hon. Chief Justice BUSBE, and Hon. Justice JEBB. ~., Drogheda July 8 Antrim July " Louth lO Carrickfergus - - do. Monaghan 14 Down 30 Armagh 18 CONNAUGHT CIRCUIT. Hon. Justice MooRE, and Hon. Justice TORRENS. Roscommon July 8 Mayo July 0 Leitrim ...1.1 Galway Sligo 17 BURNS'S MONUMENT.—The monument erected to the memory of Burns upon the Calton Hill has been fo r some time finished so far as regards th e e l ega nt s t ruc ture itsel f , but the design of railing off and planting the adjacent ground° so as to complete it in due taste, remains unfulfilled for th e want of funds. About a hundred pounds or so would accom plish this end, and what must a stranger think of the en lightened and rich metropolis of Scotland, when he sees thi§ token of remembrance for one whose genius dignified the name of Caledonia, suffered to remain unadorned and neglected, for the paltry consideration of a few pounds ! We believe it i§ only necessary to call public attention to the subject, to have, the monument immediately completed as at first designed, an d in noticing this fact we are glad to perceive that it can now be done in a way which must be agreeable to all the admirers of our national Bard. A prospectus has been put into our hands intimating the publication of a song dedicated to the lady Sir John Campbell, M. P. for Edinburgh, the profits of which are to be applied to the object mentioned above. There are associations connected with this plan with which every lover of his country must be pleased. The song is by Henry S' Riddell, set to music by Peter M'Leod, Esq., and both the words and the melody are Scottish in feeling and. power. The dedication is intended to honour the lady of one of our worthy' representatives, from whose patriotic spirit Scotland may ex pect to reap many advantages. And the profits of the song being devoted for the completion of our metropolitan monu ment to Scotia's favourite bard ; all these considerations must operate powerfully to accomplish the object desired. The price of the song is only 25., and we would think less of the fair daughters of Caledonia, especially those of the Three Lo thians, if they ever awoke a strain of Burns, and grudged the small pecuniary assistance required to complete his monumen t in Edinburgh.—Scotsman. The olive trees in the south of France had al l flowered, notwithstanding the extreme dryness of the season , which has done so much injury in Provence; but the olive.s have all dropped from the trees, so th a t th ere w ill b e no harvest in the department of the Var. There is a very exten sive exportation of wines to Algiers. CLACKMANNAN.—Tuesday being the anniversal of the battle of Banriockburn, a flag, with the motto, , g Scot land is Free," was hoisted in commemoration of the e vent, 0 11 the Tower of Clackmannan, the ancient seat of King Robert the Bruce ; as also another, with the Scottish arms, on the ancient stone from which the town derives its name, which hal been elevated on a solid pedestal of granite, ten feet high an d weighing twelve tons. King Robert the Bruce having stop ped at this stone in order to fix his spur, went away and le his mannan, or glove, in the clack or rent in the stone. Il e had proceeded about half a mile to the south when he dis covered his loss, and mentioned it to one of his attendants/ who answered, " Stop here and look about ye, and I shal l , return for it." The place where this occurred is still called " Look about ye," from the circumstance, and hence the derivation of Clackmannan, from the old word clack, or rent: and mannan, which signified a glove. The stone is stilt preserved, and held in high veneration by the inhabitants...." Scotsman. NEW LOCOMOTIVE MACHINE.-Mr. Akrill, $ very ingenious mechanic of Boston, has discovered a mode by which a person may easily propel himself on common roads' at a speed of from eight to ten miles per hour, without any expenditure in material, save the cost of the carriage I The construction of the vehicle is remarkably light ; the body 18 on four wheels ; and the impetus is effected by the pressur e , of the feet upon some concealed machinery, the na ture 0 ' which the proprietor keeps a secret, though he willine shows the carriage to every one except professed mechanics . At an elevation of about four feet the conductor sits, and be, is enabled to guide it with the utmost accuracy ; to suspen d the motion in an instant; to turn to right or left; or to Vi e it a backward progress. Besides the mechanical power, horti ever, the inventor has called the winds to his aid ; for s hould the traveller be favoured with propitious gales, he can by di e t introduction of a common umbrella in front, avail himself e` an additional accelerator, the lightness of the vehicle and the elevation of the conductor rendering the least breeze sufficien t to give the carriage an onward progress. Important as tble invention is on its own account, however, it is doubly so bF,i cause it contains a principle which the projector declares Wl' nearly abolish the friction which has ever been so great e drawback to the powers of the mighty steam-engine, and the removal of which will increase the powers and diminish the cost of those engines to an almost incredible extent.—Lincols shire Chronicle. BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., the lady of William Tredway Clarke, Esq., ° I Lambs Conduit-street, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., in Great Russell-street, Bedford-square, Mrs' William Kaye, of a daughter. At Elm Lodge, Southampton, Mrs. R. Trench, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 3d inst.. Richard George Jebb, Esq., of Chirk, Denbie shire, to Eliza, daughter of the Rev. T. Edwards, rector of ASP . ford, near Chester. At All Souls' Church, Langham-place, Mr. A. T. Blake, 4 , Piccadilly, to Selina, only daughter of the late Major Taylor, of t he Hon. East India Company's service. On the sth inst., at Mortlake, Joseph Blunt, Esq., of New But' lington-street, to Mary, daughter of the late Bichard James, Esq . ' of Mortlake. On the 3d inst., at Eltham, William 13artlet, Esq., of Black' heath. to Jane Dorothea, third daughter of Alexander Georg e Milne, Esq., of Eltham. On the 3d inst., at Littleham Church, near Exmouth, Herber t Townsend Bowen, Esq., of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to Emma, fourth daughter of the late David Samuda, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Clewer Church, near Windsor, Berks Li a r' ' Lain George Tho m a s Bulkeley, 2d Life Guards, to Mary Ano e i eldest daughter of Captain Charles Langford, Military Knight ° Windsor, and formerly of the Ist or Royal Dragoons. On the 24th inst., the Rev. Henry Clarke, rector of Northfield' Worcestershire, Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke ,° e Sussex, and son of the late Major-General Sir William Cla r ' Bart., to Agnes Mary, youngest daughter of Dr. John Johnstone, of Monument House, Birmingham, and Gala Bank, N.B. -a,a• ,On the 3 d inst., at Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, by the John Jones, according to the rites of the Catholic Church,° ll . , subsequently at St. George's, Hanover-square, John M‘Nab, „, of Sherraheg, Inverness-shire, to Frances Cosens, daughter of late John Newman, Esq., of Finmere House, Buckingharashiv e l4, On the Ist inst., at Hambledon, B uc k s , the Rev. W. .h. Bradford, rector of Hambledon, to Mary, eldest daughter a - late Rev. 11. 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On the Ist inst. , at his brother's house, in Dollar, North B!_iit4ill,, John Walker, Esq. , aged 63 , late Deputy Inspector of Hospit.