The Sun. — London, England, 1827-08-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TifIS DAY.) -COURT OF CHANCERY. The LORD CHANCELLOR came down to his private (5 41, at Lincoln's Inn, at 11 o'clock to-day, and vas attended by a few parties, but nothing of the ghtest importance t rans pi re d b e f ore hi m . T wo or hree Counsel attended, but, as was usual on such In occasion, opposing Counsel were not present, I n T (, l therefore those in attendance did nothing.— i kmutes in one or two cases were passed by con ien,t• His Lordship left his room about an hour and v u,lf after his arrival. He means to sit on some li ylequent days yet, o give judgment, of which e Solicitors are to have notice. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. Chancellor ryas wa s sen t t o Lincoln's Inn, while the Ivas there, that Parliament is to be pro ogued on Tuesday next. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. —(/ ease of interest came before the Court up to le period of our going to press. . S OLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AUG, 17. __This morning th e C ourt sat a t an early hour, to l ea! motions, and di spose o f those petitions which, wing to press of business, had been adjourned Foul previous days. N THE SATTER OF LIEUTENANT JOHN RAMSDEN 7 COM _ MONLY CALLED CAPTAIN EAMSDEN. , Mr. BARRY showed cause against a rule obtained ',):, Alessrs. Heath and Cooke for the detaining ere liters of the insolvent, to show cause why he should n t be allowed to file a petition, and be heard thereon I t ., t his Court. The Learned Gentleman anticipated that the prisoner's advocates would lay consider ule stress upon their client having been in custody o nce the year 1817, but he (Mr. Barry) would et er the Court to the affidavit of Lieutenant Rams ell) upon which the rule was obtained. [?fhe affidavit set forth that he is a Lieutenant 11 ' 1 ?alf-p ay in the 7th Dragoons, and that he lately he on the bus i ness of a coal-merchant, under l ',„tol of Ramsden and Clark. Th a t hi s f r i en d s ' 4 '''' l9 offered to pay 10s. in the pound, which ears refused; and that in 1821 he applied for a let of li cence to pay all his debts in three years, but his atio was als o re f use d ; an d w h en h e ma d e an appli ion n to petition this Court in 1822, the Commis ers discharged the rule. Allusion was also made 0 a S., co mmission of bankruptcy which issued against sien u eponent, jointly with the before-named Clark. c a c in he had been in prison he had received from a ten legacy and other resources, upwards of 15,000/., beyond 7001. as half-pay. To show how h is Mon e y h a d been expended, the insolvent gave vro different accounts of 7,7141. and 3,5001. debts a id, the vouchers to prove which he delivered in' t his examination under the bankruptcy. Among 4 ,tlier items of disbursement to make up the de ikieney, file insolvent deposed that he had paid ! 00 /. for horse-keep, and lost 5001. by horses ; but kikether by death, or otherwise, he did not state.}. Mr. BARRY then read the affidavit of Mr. Hud :1111) a tobacc on i s t, i n O x f or d- s t ree t, a d e t a i n i ng cre itor for 574/. 10s. for snuff-boxes, &c. It set tillth, that w h en t h e insolvent was committed to ' l Thon, i his d e bt s on ly amounted to 4,0001.; and 4 1u, by his own showing, he had, since that period, e tuived upwards of 15,0 001 ., no part of which had be y , paid to deponent. That in 1826, upon the p etition of a person named Smallwood, a fraudulent h ad was .issued against him and Clark, as " 4 1 been proved before the Vice-Chancellor, who Card the issues directed to him by the Lord qaxicellor. That the petitioner had been tried for ' 41 (1. convicted of a conspiracy before Lord Ten -letien, and was to b e b roug ht u p f or j u d gmen t i s,, the Court of King's B enc h next Michaelmas i erisi ; and, finally, th e d e p on ent stated it as ''' belief that this application on the part of .n.altsden, was either to avoid such judgment, or to hethe proceedi ngs o f thi s C our t in his favour when ~ trent to hear it p ronounce d. Mr. Barry then co ntended, that a person who had been guilty of the Wanton extravagance the applicant had acknowledged, 1 4 not a fit object to claim the indulgence prayed. kr. BODKIN followed on the same side, on behalf ,°', Messrs. Stultz and Co., also detaining creditors to a c onsiderable amount. Messrs. HEATH and Coops were about to reply, Wken The C HIEF ComansillONEß interposed, and said 'oat he f u ll y agree d i n some of the observations nioll fell from the gentlemen who opposed the Z l ie, but he considered that the principal allegations Court not been sufficiently contradicted to warrant the -•ourt to discharge it. The question was, whether 41 ' 8 person was or was not to remain in prison for : ve t ? But the act, as it now stood, gave leave to Very person to petition the Court : it would, there ere, be a hard case to deny that right because the Party had not acted in conformity with the 7th rule of the Court. The rule was then made absolute, thereby grant thg the insolvent leave.to petition. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. ECCLESIASTIC AI. PREFERMENTS. OXFORD, AUG. 18.—The Rev. Thomas West combe, M.A. Vicar of Preston Candover, Hants, to th e Vicarage of Letcombe Regis, Berks; patrons, th e Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The Rev. T. Wise, Master of the Grammar School of Milton Abbas, Dorsetshire, has been pre sented to the Rectory of Barley, Herts; patron, the bishop of Ely. The Rev. W. H. Roberts, M.A. Rector of Clewer, Berks, to be one of the Duke of Clarence's Chaplains. The Hon. and Rev. R. Begot, M.A. to the Deanery of Canterbury, void by the promotion of th e 11 9 11. and Rev. Dr. H. Percy to the See of Rochester. The Rev. Henry Watson Barnard, M.A. Preben dary o f Yatton, and Vicar of Pilton, Somersetshire, has been elected a Canon Residentiary of 'Wells Cathedral. - - In one of the Menageries exhibiting at Brighton races, last week, was a striped hyena (hyccna t'2dg ar i s ), which, to the keeper and every one around him, czhibited the usual ferocious habits which have hitherto been considered inherent in animals of this kind. Among the spectators was a young man who fearlessly approached the animal's den, whilst it was snarling and snapping most furiously, and putting his hand through the wires, patted the aniisal on the head. In an instant the hyena exhi bited symptoms of the greatest delight, bounded about the cage in an ectacy •of j o y, and rubbed himself against the Young man's band, appearing to be overjoyed with his caresses. It appeared that this animal was taken when a tidy by this young man, and brought by him to seven Years sold to the keeper of a menagerie ; and though seven p e n a , ? „ B bad elapsed since the animal and his first master had r Et - ',`" (l, yet the recollection of the gentle treatment he had ruer %ed fro m the latter was gratefully and instantly re roseoutr. by this generally, though now it appears a- Fsupposed untameabk l i4S3CX Lid- ~' „>; ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) HOME CIRCUIT.-MAIDSTONE, AuG. 17. This morning these Assizes commenced, and Mr. Justice GASELEE made his charge to the Grand Jury. He oh saved that the calendar was unusually heavy, as it contained 126 prioners ; there were, however, out of these, a great number of trifling offenders. He felt it his duty to address them on one species of offence, namely, that of rape, and explained to them the particulars requisite to constitute the capital offence. He then explained, in a most able and perspicuous manner, the several distinctions made by the late Act of Mr. Peel, relative to breaking into, and stealing from, dwelling-houses, and dismissed them to the execution of their duty. - - - " Charles Stacey, aged 20, was indicted for stealing 132 fleeces of wool, the property of Lady Amelia Londonderry, at North Cray, in this county. The case was not sup ported by evidence sufficient to convict the prisoner, and the Jury found him—" Not Guilty." Ephraim Playle, aged 20, and David Murray, aged 19, were indicted for stealing eleven hogs, value 221., the property of Abraham Bell, at Nivenden, in the county of Esse ex. The Jury acquitted Murray, but convicted Playle. The Learned Jonas, after commenting on the necessity of protecting property of this sort, sentenced him to seven years' transportation. • James Kent, 18, William Stanton, 18, and John Friday, 16, were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of William Colstock, at Cbiddingstone, and stealing therefrom divers articles to the value of 9s. It appeared by the evidence that the prosecutor was a labouring man, and that the prisoners in his absence got into his cottage by breaking a pane of glass and unfastening the window. They retreated the same way, and fastened the window after them. The goods were either found on them or at a place where one of the prisoners had concealed them. The prisoners severally declared their ignorance of the robbery. The Jury, however, almost instantly found them all Mr. Justice GASELIE ordered sentence of death to be recorded against them, and ascertaining that Friday, al though the youngest, had been-several times in custody be fore, he intimated to him that he might expect, in charity, to be sent out of the country for life. The following will be found a correct abstract from the calendar of the number of prisoners, and their offices : For stealing in a dwelling-house, no person being therein, S ; stealing in a dwelling-house, 12 ; from . the person, 10 ; privately, 39 ; from a windmill, 1 ; from the employer, 1 ; horse-stealing, 2 ; mule-stealing, 2 ; sheep-stealing, 6 ; hog-stealing, 2 ; lead stealing, 4 ; highway robbery, 7 ; rape, 5 ; coining, 1; having possession of base coin, 2 ; returning from transportation, 1 ; sending threatening letter, with intent, &c. 1 ; unnatural crime, 1 ; having possession of naval stores, 1 ; common assaults, 1S; in decent assault, I.—Total 126. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.---NORTHUMBERLAND, AUGUST 16. At ten o'clock this morning Mr. Baron Hur.LocK took his seat in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice BAYLEY presided at Nisi Prius. His Lordship shortly addressed the Jury, congratulating them upon the decrease of crime in their county, the ca lendar only containing two prisoners. It was highly ere: ditable to the county and to the police. Benjamin Slater stood indicted for robbing a waggon, between Newcastle and Allenhead, of a pack containing woollen and linen goods, the property of Mr. James M'Bride, of this town. The Jury found him Guilty of withholding the goods, after public notice was given. Mr. Baron HuLLoca.—Then that is guilty of stealing them. Foreman.—That is our verdict, my Lord. The prisoner was then sentenced to 15 . months' impri sonment, and to be kept to hard labour. John Duress, an Irishman, was indicted for burgla riously entering the house of Hannah Phillipson, at Middle Rigg, near Allenhead, in this county, with an intent to commit a robbery. Mr. Cooasorr stated the case. About one o'clock in the morning of the 19th March last, the prosecutrix and her daughter were in bed in the kitchen, and were very much alarmed at a strong smell of soot and smoke. They jumped out of bed and struck a light to ascertain the cause, when they were panic struck at beholding the legs and part of the thighs of a man dangling in the chimney. " Who are von ?" cried the old woman, " Sure it's I," cried Paddy, and before any thing more could be said, down he got, knocked the light out, and struck the prosecutrix over the head very violently.—The noise that took place was beard by the six sons of the old lady, who were sleeping above stairs, and they came ddwn to the assistance of their parent, and on seeing the prisoner there seized him, threw him down upon the floor, and tied his hands and feet. The prisoner was kept till morning in the house, when a con stable was sent for, to whom he was delivered, and on be ing asked if he had any accomplices, he said he had none but the devil, and offered to give five pounds if they would let him go, which of course was rejected. His LORDSHIP then summed up, and observed that the mere getting down the chimney without gaining the inte rior of the house, if it be in the night time, was an ingre dient sufficient to constitute a breaking and entering. The Jury found him Guilty. Sentenced to be transported for life. mrse Sa to. tonio that ther. could e ran rself. 3ed a The ur of t not 2: anti door, The from 4 his at he is fa- Laken ed to !dged vision fter a isoner (Don I gave L they con- )ur in L—A nsiots '` r iIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. D EAL, AUG. 17.—Wind S.E. by S. —The !itrdout bound sailed this morning. Arrived the Eliza, i'lorris, from Stettin. • PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 17.—Wind E. to E.N.E.— trrived the Camilla, Robson, from Trieste. Sailed f Slaney, f or M ex i co ; the Orpheus, Carter, °r Valparais o • the Asia, Agar, for New South Val ' e 8; the Lord Cochrane transport, for Malta a ncl Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Wind N.—Arrived the Ti Japp, from Naples. Sailed the Elizabeth, Moon, f or Quebec ; the Amphitrite, Murray, for Lisbon. FALMOUTH, AUG. 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the fEmma Susanna, Bollard, from St. Domingo. Sailed me Apollo, Bragg, for Quebec ; the Ruby, Cat taby, f or Li s b on. The Company's ship, Inglis, was all well on the 45th March, on the equator, in long. 27 west. ALVA MARINA. On this subject the following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times :- 3, Catherine-court, Trinity-square. Stu,—A paragraph in the Times of the 6th instant, mentioning the new material lately introduced for stuffing cushions and mattraeses, cor rains a misrepresentation, in stating, that a Mr. Warburg, merchant, of the North of Germany, is the person who first brought it into use, which is likely to be productive of considerable inconvenience and loss to me. . From the high and honourable character which your Journal bears (having for a long time been supposed never to admit an interested paragraph without pointing it out to be such), I have no doubt that you have been miskd, and that you will now readily repair the injustice you have done me, by inserting this letter. I can prove, by original and official documents, that I am the first and only person who introduced the article, and these documents I now invite you and the public to inspect. Mr. M. S. Warburg, like any other individual, is quite at liberty to import that article, and to offer and sell it ; but if he claims to be the person who first brought it into use, it is but a repetition of the attempts made at the Royal Hospitals, to which he addressed circular letters un der his own hand-writing, in which he states his partner ship with Mr. G: A. Cohen—styles himself the first in ventor--pretends to have supplied his Majesty's Ordnance --and to give an Extract of the Report made to the Ho nourable Board. Of these letters I annex a literal copy, the originals having been simultaneously sent to me from the different Hospitals, and upon referring one of Mrs. M. S. Warburg and G. A. Cohen's statements to the Ho nourable Board of Ordnance, whom I, and no other per son, have supplied with the article, I received the follow ing reply : " Office of Ordnance, March 23, 1827. " SIR—In reply to your letter of the 12th inst., refer ring to your proposition forwarded in August last, to supply sea-grass as a proper material for stuffing barrack palliasses, &c., and requesting information as to the genuineness of an accompanying extract from a Report stated to have been made by the Officers of his Majesty's Ordnance upon the fit ness of this.article which has been forwarded by Mr. G. A. Cohen to the Steward of St. Thomas's Hospital, " lam commanded by the Board to return you the pre tended extract, and to state, that it is a fabrication highly discreditable to the parties concerned in it. " I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant, _ . " R. BYHAM.' " Mr. John Beit, 3, Catherine-court, Trinity -square." Presuming this to require no further comment, " Sir, your most most obedient Servant, JOHN BEIT. The Thames this morning was covered with a film of an oily nature, which has proved destructive to the river fish in a great degree. An immense quantity of eels and flounders are brought to Billingsgate alive every morn ing, and this morning shoals were found floating dead upon the surface of the water, supposed to have been killed by it, or some deleterious drug. The Dutch eels which are brought alive to the market in vessels, at the bottom of which are holes to admit the water, died imme diately on entering that part of the Thames, on which the oily fluid appeared. A complaint, we believe, is about being made to the Committee of City Lands, under whose controul the Billingsgate Market is. It is a fact, that prior. to the establishing of Gas Companies, the Billings gate Market, in the course of a-year, was supplied from the Thames with nearly three thousand salmon, in the taking of which, and other fish, 200 fishermen were employed; but at the present period there are 4nly two fishermen on the river, and to take a salmon iA tie num 4 as rare at t 9 etch 4 stwzon, THE KING'S COURT. His MAJESTY, attended by Lord STRATH AVEN as the Lord in Waiting, the Groom in Waiting, the Master of the Robes, &c., left the Royal Lodge, in Wind sor Park, soon after two o'clock yesterday afternoon, in two carriages and four, with outriders, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. The Royal cavalcade proceeded up the Long Walk to the private entrance to Windsor Castle (the grand portico to the principal or State entrance not being finished), where his MAJESTY alighted, and imme diately proceeded to the State apartments to hold his Court, which was attended by—Viscount GODERICX, the new Premier and First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the President of the Board of Controul, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Secretary at War, the First Commissioner of the Woods und Forests, the Master of the Mint, the Duke, of PORTLAND, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Treasurer of the House- iold, Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK, Mr. lIERRIEs, &c. Viscount GODERICII was presented to the KING, and kissed hinds on being appointed First Lord of the Treasury. Mr. HARRIES was presented to his MAJESTY by Viscount GODERICH, when he received the Seals of Office as Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, in the room of the late Right Hon. GEORGE CANNING, from the KING, and had the honour to kiss his MAJESTY'S hand. Lord WILLIAM BZNTINCK was presented to the KING by the sight Honourable CHARLES WYNN, the President of the Board of Controul, and kissed hands on being sp.. pointed Governor-General of India, in the room of Lord AMHERST. Captain CONROY; Principal Equerry and Secretary to her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT, was presented to his MAJESTY by the Marquis of LANPOWNE, Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the KING was graciously pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon him. His MAJEsTv held a Privy Council at which Mr. GRE-• viLLE attended as Clerk, when Parliament was further prorogued from the 21st of August, to the 25th October. Mr. HERRIES, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer was introduced into the presence of the KING in Council, and was sworn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. _ . _ Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK was also introduced into the presence of thaKtwa in Council, sworn in a Privy Coun cillor, and took his seat at the Board. It was understood that the Duke of PORTLAND was de clared to be the Lord President of the Council. The Court broke up about fire o'clock, when his MA JESTY and suite left the Castle and proceeded to Virginia Water. WINDSOR, AUG. 17.—The Queen of WUR TEMBERG, with the Princess AUGUSTA, take their recrea- Lion daily, in the double-bodied phaeton. On Monday next, the Queen of Wtruzintrucau and her Royal Highness Princess AUGUSTA, with their principal attendants, will leave Frogmore Lodge, on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, at their seat, Bushy Park, where a grand entertainment will be given on Tues day next, it being his Royal Highness's birth-day. SCARBOROUGH, AUG. 15.—The Duke of WELLINGTON, accompanied by the Marquis of Lownorr- DERRY'and Lord liownsN, are to be here the week pre ceding the Doncaster Races, and are to be the guests of Mrs. BEAusioNT, at her splendid mansion, on the Cliff. Every arrangement will of course be made to secure the presence of these distinguished visitors at the Regatta. A Ball will be given one night at the Assembly Rooins, and a grand Concert on the other, under the direction of Mr. WILSON, the organist. Id the anticipation of all this gaiety, not a lodging in the fashionable part of the town is to be had, and beds are engaged in the New Borough at extravagant prices. Mr. and Mrs. WATSON TAYLOR, on Tues. Lay last, gave a most splendid fete at Erie Stoke-park. THE DUCHESS DE BERRI AT DIEPPE.— The French Papers received last night state that on the P2th inst. the Duchess DE BERRI, after Mass, passed in review the troops at Dieppe, on which occasion a great number of ladies were present. The band of the sth Re giment orGuards, quartered at Rouen, has been ordered to Dieppe. This band, and that of the 4th Regiment of the line, are to play alternately, during the residence of her Royal Highness at that place. THE HARVEST.—The wetness of the weather since Monday evening, has been prejudicial to the progress of the harvest, as very little corn had been previously car. ried in this neighbourhood. But as no injury has yet been sustained, and the grass lands will certaintly derive great advantage from the rain, we trust that the return of flue weather, for a week or two, will enable the farmers to se cure their corn in good condition.-.—Sheffield Courant. We had a very heavy hail storm, accompanied with rain, here (Chichester), on Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, which threatened destruction to the windows ; it lasted but a few minutes. The hail stones were very large, and remained upon the ground some time before they were dissolved. The weather has been much cooler ever since the storm. The rain came very opportunely for the turnips, as the late sown ones began to be much in want of it. A large quantity of grain was got together last week in this neighbourhood, in the best possible order. Some laud is already ploughed that has been cleared of grain.— The wheat is down a good deal near the sea; but inland it stands, in general, very well, and the ears are remarkably fine. We have not heard of any new wheat having been offered in the market for sale, but we have no doubt there will be some brought to market this week.--Brighton Gazette. FIRE BALE.—The storm of Thursday after noon visited the neighbourhood of Kensington, Fulham, and Hammersmith, with peculiar severity, the roads lite rally assuming the appearance of rivers, in consequence of the rapid 'fall of rain. The thunder claps, between five and six o'clock, sounded as being alarmingly near the earth, and• exceeded in loudness and extent any thing re membered by some of the oldest inhabitants ; to use the language of many persons, they " shook the frame," and occasioned the most powerful vibration in the air. One of these thunder claps occasioned much conversation as well as consternation, as it seemed to burst immediately over the houses. It transpired that a fire-ball was the result of such shock. An old waterman, standing under shelter in an alley leading down to a dirty place, familiarly known as the " Wapping of Hammersmith, near the new bridge, at such place, had just successfully beckoned a milkman to come and partake of the protection against the storm, when he perceived what ha terms a " fire-ball," immediately succeeding the terrific commotion just men tioned, pass through this alley, or narrow opening between houses, and shoot into the river. He describes the ap pearance to have been a hall of fire, about the size of a man's head ; or rather a solid but rough globe of flame of such size. It sunk near the middle of the river. The old waterman adds, that it is about nineteen years since he saw a ny thing of the kind ; he then perceived a some what similar phenomenon, and near the same place—the ball of fire then descending into the Thames. CALAMITOUS ACCIDENT.--About one o'clock this morning the inhabitants of Spicer-street, Spi talfields, were thrown into the utmost consternation by the falling in of the White Horse k üblic-house, at the corner of Spital-street, kept by Mrs. Sarah Wiltshire, with a most and burying under the ruins the land lady and crash, d her aged brother. The house was a crazy fabric, and had been condemned upwards of six months : posses sion, however, bad been imprudently kept, and even a few hours before the fatal catastrophe, although the parti tions in the interior were cracking and giving way, such was her attachment to the spot, that the neighbours (some of whom foresaw the impending danger) could not prevail upon her to quit the house, alleging that all she had in the world was there. Both retired to rest, leaving word with the watchman that if any thing particular occurred during the night lie would give the alarm. A few minutes before one her cries were heard from the bed-room window, calling for assistance ; that the floor had given way ; and while the watchman was in the act of knocking at a neighbour's door, on the opposite side of the way, the whole fabric fell, with a tremendous noise.— By the active exertions of the multitude the body of the unfortunate occupier was dug out of the shapeless mass, where it was found under an immense beam, quite dead ; aad the brother, who was shortly afterwards found, we are happy to state, escaped comparatively uninjured, saving a slight wound on the head. At break of day a cash-box, containing 381. in money, was ales rescued. The gable end of the adjoining house, in Spital-street, stands in a perilous situation, and is expected to fall in the course of gig day. MR. CANNING'S EARLY LIFE. Death has fixed an indelible stamp on the charac ter of our lamented Statesman. The British nation, with one consenting voice, now proclaims him as the author of her prosperity : Europe from her heart thanks him for breaking the holy knot of slavery, and Spanish America will for ever acknowledge him as the promoter of human happiness, and the cham pion of popular and rational freedom. Every incident respecting so great a man is be come the object of public curiosity. Envy will be buried in his grave, and his mighty talents will as sume their just dimensions. A few traits of his early life are not sufficiently known. Some mistakes, likewise, respecting his boyhood, I can correct, having been his contem porary both at school and at Oxford. When Mr. Canning was about eight years old, he was placed at Hyde-abbey School, Winchester; by his uncle, Mr. Stratford Canning, an eminent merchant in London, the father of our Ambassador at Constan tinople. Under the judicious management of his preceptor, the Rev. Charles Richards, Mr. Canning continued for. six or seven years, during which time he uniformly displayed a superiority of talent among his competitors. His compositions at an early age were distinguished by an extraordinary vigour of mind. I well remember that his prize-poem on the Altar-piece in Winchester Cathedral, the subject of which picture was the Resurrection of Lazarus, by West, was recited by him at the public exhibition in Hyde Abbey School. At another literary perform ance, Mr. Canning displayed those powers of elocu tion which afterwards so often arrested the attention of the House of Commons. A considerable selec tion from the Greek play of Orestes, by Euripides, was exhibited by the students; and Mr. Canning, at this time, with surprising judgment and sensibi lity, portrayed the madness of the matricide in all the horrors of conscious guilt. I likewise recollect that Mr. Canning once gave a signal proof of the tena ciousness of memory, by reciting, as a voluntary exercise after the vacation, the whole of Gray's poems. Several litttle pieces of Mr. Canning's poetry, which afterwards received the public appro bation, were at first produced at Hyde Abbey School.. Clearly visible in his boyish years was that amiable and affectionate temper, which followed him through life, and endeared him to so many friends. When Mr. Canning had obtained the first rank at Hyde Abbey School, with the reputation of being an excellent scholar, he was removed to Eton, where he was soon noticed for his brilliant abilities. In due time he resided at Oxford, at Christ Church, and, pursuing the same splendid career, contracted a great intimacy with the present Lord Liverpool. Through the Whole tenour of his political life, Mr. Canning was not backward in acknowledging his gratitude and affection for the Rev. Charles Richards, the preceptor of his youth. Having always revered this my old schoolmaster, I have kept, up my acquaintance with him for the last forty years, and have frequently heard him declare that Mr. Can ning was in the habit of sending him his printed speeches. It has likewise been affirmed by many, that Mr. Canning publicly confessed that he felt the greatest obligations to Mr. Richards for the first expansion of his splendid talents. I have also been credibly informed, that Mr. Canning had earnestly solicited Lord Liverpool for some church preferment for his old preceptor, but was not successful in his application. This circumstance I mention, that no imputation of neglect towards his preceptor might spread a blot over this bright luminary of the nation, which is now set in the awful darkness of death. However, his glory will continue to increase by the effects of his benevolent and wise policy, if it should be followed by his successor. From this history of Mr. Canning's early life, which can be confirmed by many living witnesses now in high stations, the following truth may be deduced :—A good school and university education was the basis of Mr. Canning's unrivalled pre-eminence, both as an orator and a statesman.—Tintes. CONTFAIPORANEUS. LAMENT FOR THE DEPARTED. WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. G. CANNING Mourn, England ! mourn and weep—for he is gone ! He who so lately was thy proudest boast, Is coldly stretched upon the bed of death ! A Monarch's pray'rs were offer'd up for him—. O'er him an anxious people watch'd and pray'd— And oh! if human skill could aught avail— If earthly honours, influence, or wealth-- If anguish's' friendship, or devoted love, Could turn aside the destined shaft of death....- CANNING would still have lived, his country's pride ! But now he rests from all the cares of State His painful hours of intellectual toil, - His manly struggles for the people's rights, • Ilia firm attachment to a patriot King, And his rich eloquence in Freedom's cause Areall acknowledged by the nation's tears. Mourn, England ! mourn and weep—for he is gone ! Where is the envy that pursued his path, From early manhood to exalted pow'r? Where are the poison'd shafts of slander now ? Oh ! they were poured upon him while he lived— Let them be buried in the great man's grave ! The stifled voice of calumny is hush'd— The tongue of - falsehood silenced in its shame— And trembling hatred pauses o'er his death. Has he, then, triumph'd o'er his deadliest foes ? Ev'n those who lately sought to wound his fame— Ev'n they lament that he is now no more ! Such is the fate of man. If genius live In his capacious mind, and noble deeds . Crown him with greatness in his coun t ry ' s e y e s, Then jealous foes insult his envied name— Yet will they follow to his tomb in tears. This truth did CANNINO's wounded spirit feel.— Mourn, England ! mourn and weep—for he is gone ! His private virtues and his public worth Are now by all remembered and confessed. Oh ! he was true and " faithful unto death" In his loved Country's cause !—Ev'n at the last, When Nature lay exhausted in the strife, And Reason trembled on her native throne,— Ev'n then the dying Statesman's loyal heart Breathed its warm pray'r for England and her King ! 'Twas in the sigh of his departing soul — The last expression of his closing eyes, Ere his immortal spirit fled from earth ! Angels of Peace will hover o'er his tomb— And Truth will bless the memory of him Who died a mental martyr in her cause. Mourn, England ! mourn—for he is gone for ever ! W. HERSEE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—ln reply to your report of the case of Atkinson v. Bachelor, relative to porter, ale, spirits, &c..being sold in unlicensed eating-houses, I, as a Licensed Victualler, pay ing heavy duties to Government for that license, must I4eg leave to complain that cook-shops and e ating-houses having no license to p ay , contr i ve to su pplant the actual Licensed Victualler ; an d , Sir, it is a well-kno wn fact in the trade, that through . th e un j us t com petition of these non - licensed victuallers, th e actua l pu blican is obliged to serve the cook shops with porter, ale, spirits, &c. and give up half bis profitseven in those articles, to the very man who is actually taking from him, by means of the said unjust competition, all the profits of victualling the public in his own licensed house. This it is which compels publicans in many cases to keep their houses open after 'eleven o'clock at night, since it deprives them of making a living in the, day time. But, Sir, I should advise all publicans to avoid this evil for the future, and since they have all the heavy expenses of the duties, &c., it is but fair they s h ould have the larger profits to cover them ; for the futu r e , therefore, (since the deadmlaiik likewise beer,ise advantages, from be suhaving p such pli d e Act of Parliament h a s wisely intended it), I shall propose that, instead of theLNicv,c.ietntc;, the eating-ho uses supp l y t h e sed yh V a i t ct m ua e l a le t, Victuallers supplying ptlie publicy i ingthe c m oo a k y, shopsLic eLicensed sedVictuallers 8, satsstood wa nt, fresh whereby apohriotter o t a h ol k e e I p st u c b o .pl instead &cn o will e a ap fd with eatables ati the some rate as in the cook-shop, without the disagreeable smell thereof. I am, Si r , A LICENSED VICTUALLER. When the English and French were disputing as to their respective rights to certain territories in America, VourantE happily remarked that they were quite agreed upon only one point, viz. that the natives had no right at all to the iandi iti queetios. • THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a good supply at this morning's market, and the trade was tolerably brisk. Leeks, Apples, Gooseber ries, and Raspberries, were dearer, Mulberries, Grapes, Peaches, Cucumbers, Walnuts for pickling, and Orleans Plums, cheaper, than on this day se'nnight ; in prices of other things little, if any, alteration. s. d. s. d. Potatoes (per cwt.) 5 OtolO 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 1 0 2 0 Cauliflowers 2 6 5 0 Cos Lettuces (score) 0 9 1 6 Horseßadish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Celery 1 0 1 6 Carrots (12 bunches) 4 6 9 0 Turnips 2 6 5 0 Turnip Radishes l► 9 I 6 Coleworts or Greens 1 6 3 0 Onions Leeks Radishes (12 hands) 0 9 1 6 Cucumbers (12) Ditto small (100) 0 9 1 6 Walnuts (unshelled) 2 0 4 0 Sweet Oranges (100) 6 0 12 6 Seville Ditto 8 0 15 0 Lemons '7 0 14 0 Cherries (121 b.) Filberts (121b5.) 7 0 12 0 iorapes (per lb.) ..... 2 0 4 0 HAY MARKETS.-(A1 ST, JA s. d. s. d. Spinage (half.sieve) 0 6to 0 9 Green Pease 1 6 3 0 Cabbage Lettuces 1 0 2 6 Broad Beans 1 6 3 0 French Beans 1 6 3 0 Currants 2 6 4 6 Gooseberries 2 6 5 0 Common Plums 1 6 8 0 Apples, Common 1 6 3 0 Ditto, Choice 0 0 7 0 Pears English Walnuts 0 0 0 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 3 0 6 0 French ditto 2 6 5 0 French Walnuts 2 6 4 0 Spanish Hazlenuts Strawberries (pottle) 0 9 1 6 Raspberries 0 U 1 6 Mulberries 0 9 1 4 Apricots (pummet) 1 6 4 0 Peaches S U 16 0 Orleans Plums 1 0 1 6 t per Load of 36 Trusses.) . ALES'S. X. s. X. Lowland Head. Hay 3 5tQ 4 5 Upland Ditto 4lO 515 Rye-grass Hay 4lO 515 New Meadow Hay 3 5 4 5 Supply good, and prices static lerably R.. 5. Z. s. Clover kray. ..... 415t0 7 0 Oat Straw llB 2 2 Wheat Ditto 2 2 . 2 2 ;nary; trade, on the whole, to. SM s. X.B. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 sto ¢ 5 Upland Ditto 4 10 5 10 Rye-grass Hay 4 10 5 10 New Meadow Hay 3 15 4 5 Supply good, trade brisk, FIELD. .f. s. X. s. Cloy. Ili) , generally 4 15 to 8 10 Do. extra tine 0 0 0 Oat Straw 1 16 2 0 Wheat I)itto 2 0 2 5 and prices as last quoted. FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. There was a very limited supply of fish at the market this morning, less, indeed, than on any day during the week ; the stock principally consisted of Soles and Salmon. The following were the prices : Finest Salmon, per lb 1 0 1 3 Ditto Grilse 0 10 0 101 Salmon Trout 0 0 0 9 Fine Whitings, per 15 0 0 5 0 Dead Flounders, per quartern Dead Eels, per 51b. Fine Soles, per three pairs U 0 3 0 Finest Lobsters, per score 3O 0 40 0 Finest Crabs Finest Cray-fish l5 0 20 0 Shrimps, per gallon Best Oysters, per bushel 8 0 12 0 About 30 vessels of Oysters were at market, chiefly of a common description.—lt is perhaps not generally known that a bushel of Oysters at Billingsgate is eight pecks, being double the quantity contained in an ordinary mea sure. We mention this in consequence of the numerous impositions that are practised upon the unwary stranger at Billingsgate. SCOTCH 111ARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL_MARKET. 7 Aug. 14. We had a large supply of Oatmeal at this day's market which sold heavily at a reduction of from 2s. to Ss. lower on the top price, and 2d. in the retail. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £2 1 0 First Oatmeal .X.O 2 2 Second ditto 1 18 0 Second ditto Barleymeal 1 16 0 Barleymeal 0 2 0 Peasemeal 1 16 0 Peasemeal 0 2 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 144.-2 d, 165.-3 d, ISs.—Paatl22s. GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—Ang. 15. The' Corn Market remains steady. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per '4041b. s. d. s. d. British, old 3 1 .0t031 6 Irish 2O 0t024 o n ew 3 OO 31 0 British —o —0 Canada, free 290 31 0 Beans, per 2601 b. Irish Barley, per 3201 b. , Scottish E ng li s h - -0 0 Pease, Scottish ... 210 27 0 Scottish — 0 0 Oatmeal, per 1101 b. 17 0 21 0 Irish 25 0 29 0 Flour, per 2801 b.... 47 0 4-8 0 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES.--...WEDNESDAY, Aug. 15. (CONCLUDED FROM OUR PAPER OF YESTERDAY.) Sweepstakes of 100 sovs., h. ft. (3 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Gulnare walked over. The Drove Sweepatakes of 15 nova. each, 5 ft. Gentle men riders. Mr. Bigg's Sunshine.... (Mr. D. Radcliffe) 1 Sir W. Lumley's Little Driver 2 The City of Chichester Plate of 50 soya Mr. Caulfield's b. f. Whimper 1 I Mr. Stonehewer's cll. in. Wings 2 dr THlTRSDAY.—Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. for three-yr-old fillips. T.V.C. Capt. F. Berkeley's bl. f. Busk Mr. A. Berkeley's f. Staylace 2 Mr. Williams's f. Alda 3 5 to 2 and 3 to 1 on Busk. The Ladies' Plate of 50 sovs. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for three-Yr-olds and upwards. Heats, one mile. Lord Mountcharlea's b. c. Royal Oak, 4 yrs... 1 1 Mr. A. Berkeley's br. h. Logic, aged 3 2 Mr. Caulfield's b. f. Whimper, 3 yrs 2 dr One drawn.-6 to 4 agst Royal Oak-5 to 2 agst Whimper. The Cocked Hat Stakes of 6 sovs. each. T.Y.C. • Mr. Biggs's Sunshine Mr. A. Berkeley's Logic Mr. T. Jones's ro. g. Barbary The Scrub Cup. Heats, one mile. Captain Berkeley's ch. m. Edith, 4 yrs... 1 Mr. T. Joraes's ch. in. Partial, 5 yrs... 2 dr BLANDFORD RACES......WYDNESDAY, AUG. 15. • A Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, was won by Mr. Dilly's Pandarus heating Mr. Farquharson's b. f. by Wanderer, and Mr. Biggs's br. f. by S►nolensko.--One paid. The Gold Cup (and 20 sovs. in specie) was won by Mr. Farquharson's Presentment beating Mr. Dilly's Pandarus, Mr. Gauntlett's Gamelia, Mr. Portman's Prosody, and Mr. Fleming's c. by Buffalo.—A fine race. A Maiden Plate of 501. was %%rut by Mr. ,Gatintlett's Comedian (in two heats) beating Mr. Trelawney's h. c. by Foxberry, , the Hon. N. Fellowee's ch. c. the Little Cuckoo, and Mr. Jones's Tripoli. The Stewards' Silver Bowl, for horses not thorough bred, was won by Mr. Stent's Giantess beating two others. His Grace the Duke of Wellington was present. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—TussnAv, Aug. It. The Darlington Cup, value 100 sovs., added to a Stakes of 10 sovs. each, was won by Mr. White's Euston, beat ing Mr. Gifford's Leviathan and Mr. Mytton's Euphrates by a neck. The Stand Plate of 50 sovs., added to a Stakes of 5 sovs. each, was won in three heats, by Mr. Cook's Maid of Mansfield, beating Mr. Beardsworth's Chesterfield, Mr. Giffard's b. c. by :bubo, and Mr. Howard's b. f. by Filho. ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. WEnwiesnay, AUG. 15.—The Chatham Plate of 50/. was won by Mr. Bond's Sparkler, beating Mr. Theobald's The Baron, Mr. Dickenson's Amelia, and Mr. Lumley's Livonia. A Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added, was won by Captain Becher's Julia, beating Honeysuckle and Sir Geoffrey Peveril. A Hunters' Stakes (with four leaps) was won by Capt. Watson's System, beating four others. The sport 'during the three days has been excellent. COCKING.—The following is a corrected statement of the Main of Cocks fought at Huntingdon during the Races, between the Gentlemen of Huntingdonshire (Flem ing, feeder), and the Gentlemen of Cambridgeshire (Shad bolt, feeder), for 10 sovs. a Battle, and 200 sovs. the odd. Two ingoes each morning., 27 Mains and 15 Byes. 1 , 1,E311NG. M. B. SIIADBOLT. B. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday ...... 5 2 Thursday 4 1 13 5 14 4 Mr. CANNING'S FUNERAL—An incident occurred on Thursday which, in a most striking manner, evinced the popularity of the late lamented Premier. Just as the hearse entered Parliament -street, a fellow, who from his appearance was evidently the tool of some miscreants in the back-ground, hoisted a placard, on one side of which appeared the words—" Parliamentary Reform;" and on the other—" Mark the 16th of August, 1819 !" alluding to the unfortunate Manchester Meeting, and the somewhat singu lar coincidence that the anniversary of that day should happen to have been selected for the interment of Mr. Canning. The fellow had cautiously kept it down until the hearse got close to him. The instant , however, it was observed, hundreds of hands were immediately raisad, and cries of " Down with it !—Down with it !" proceeded from every quarter,—a command no sooner issued than obeyed, for in one moment the obnoxious placard was trampled under foot by the populace with the strongest feelings and expression of indignation ; and had not the fellow been taken away by the Police, summary pupish ment would .have been inil,icted oq the spot, CONCLUSION OF CARLISLE ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) LAST DAY.--Tmlitsivcr, Aug. 16. I am happy to say the night lies passed over with chit any further tumult. lam told that, during the disturbance yesterday, the party of infantry who have charge of the Castle received orders to be in readiness, and that they had assumed their regi mentals, &c. for the occasion, in readiness to act, if called upon ; and I understand that the remainder of the battalion are within call in case they should be wanted. As the polling was stopped on the breaking out of the disturbances, the only immediate disadvantage sustained by the Yellows was the loss of one flag, destroyed by the Blues, and being compelled to strike the other. It was, however, believed, that it would have infused a certain degree of panic into that party, and prevented their voters from coming up to the poll very readily to-day; but in this people were mistaken. ' Yesterday was, besides, the principal day for the Yellows to bring up their country voters, and all that came into the city for them did not vote. Some may have been obliged to i eturn without voting, or thought it prudent to do so ; others must be maintained in the town at the expence of some body. Then, again, this is to be a principal day with the other party, and the state of the poll must unquestionably be regarded as a strong indication of the crisis, if not of the probable duration, of the con test. It has, therefore, been expected with intense anxiety. A circumstauce is reported which serves to illus trate an observation in my Tuesday's letter, respect ing the state of the Lowther interest in this city. It is, that there has been something like a blow-up be tween the Corporation and a Noble Lord I Not that I would insinuate that the former is a very com bustible body—far from it; but, if the latter were not naturally choleric, there is quite enough here to make him so. His Lordship is reported to have said, that he now saw plainly how his father came,to be so unpopular in Carlisle—that it was owing to the niggardly and shabby (his Lordship is reported to have used another word, dirty) conduct of his col leagues in the civic body. I have not the least doubt that his Lordship holds his Corporation friends in no better estimation than reported, and I think it probable that he may have spoken thus of them; but whether to their faces, or whether in such' lan guage as to produce a rupture, is another question. Perhaps it would not be easy for him to use lan guage strong enough for that effect, as the Corpora tion will commit any blunder before that of under valuing their, alliance with • a noble and powerful family. Now I have only to request that I may not be mistaken, as, when most disposed to be impartial, one is apt to be set down as a partisan, because of the freedom with which a neutral and indifferent person can always speak. Ido not say that the house of Lowther derives no benefit from this Corporation in a contested election; but that I think what it re ceives is very far beneath what it might expect from a more spirited and capable set. Moreover, from the information I have obtained, it seems question able to me whether the direct service which they afford upon these occasions be not counterbalanced by the indirect and unintentional disservice which they do their Noble Patron by their unpopular bearing towards the most respectable part of the in habitants, and, indeed, in their general conduct, though more especially in neglecting to propitiate the most respectable, intelligent, and influential classes of the community. But this, I fear, is, un happily, not a word to the wise. It will, however, explain the situation of parties in this place better, as I flatter myself, than any thing which has been said by the writers and orators of either party in the town ; for the freemen, as I am informed, do not amount to a thousand, as assumed by the Carlisle Journal; but 800 would be nearer the mark; and is it to be believed that of this number a Corpora tion, which ought to be affluent, and a family which ought to be powerful, the one holding the patronage of the city, the other that of the county or counties of Cumberland and 'Westmoreland, could not secure a majority without , the slightest difficulty, if it were not for some very great mismanagement on their part ? The Yellows had this morning taken up the White Hart, in English-street, as their place of ren dezvous, in consequence Iff having been driven out of the King's Head. Here they displayed their only remaining flag. The polling commenced exactly at nine o'clock. The Blues brought up the first tally. The Yellows had also a tally in readiness, and their music was out; but they carried no colour in the beginning of the day. In the forenoon the Blues had the advantage; but, about noon', the Yel lows preserved the lead; and, at half-past one, the following was the STATE OF THE POLL. For Lushington 862 Lawson S 2 Majority for Lushington... 39 Mr. LAWSON then stepped forward, and said— " Gentlemen, at this period of the contest, I have a statement to make, which I shall do without any feeling of mortification, .and as I before told you I should do, without envying my opponent whatever feelings of triumph he may be disposed to indulge. He has at this moment a majority of 39, after 685 votes have been polledi and, notwithstanding I have tn ho ew Blues, exhibited and fnroacthhcaaems completelyifieorsfn shamefully i beat bac One ant still many promised votes on which I could rely, I must admit that at this moment I do not appear to have the means of withstanding the influence of your Corporation and of the powerful family with which it is allied. But, Gentlemen, however much I could have desired the success of your cause upon this occasion, I do assure you that I would rather remain for ever in retirement, than that I should , th p e o m ure a d wa d y ow ir n om up b o e! have succeeded by the means to which my opponent has resorted."—(Cheers.) Mr. Lawson here pulled out the letter which be intended to have read on Tuesday, when a large body of Yellows, armed with bludgeons, which they e en. or s t e t; fore the Town-hall. Having surprised them un awares, few of the latter attempted any defence, ex cept some Irishmen, who are seldom without their two tilese s p p o n or gs fe u ll p o o w n s s l u veehreßlues, after being thrown upon their backs, were still cud gelled unmercifully, and the principal part of the town was in the utmost confusion. Col. LUSIIINGTON availed himself of a period, while the rioters were amusing themselves with de molishing the Coffee-house windows, to say, that he had heard much, at the commencement of this con test, resppcting the tyrannical and domineering in.: iluence of the Lowther family; " but, Gentlemen, he continued, " all lyho know the noble heir of that family will say, that a more amiable, mild, and liberal individual no where existed."— (An indivi dual on the Blue side of the steps said, " You don't_ know him so well as we do, Colonel.") —The Colonel proceeded to say, that h should t r a t t e n a o s inin dependently as any man breathing; and i t l o on b o e ur t . e , m , temperate. I have will be to for the mte, no opportunity of rests of Carlisle, and I will lose intemperance in, a great deal of intemperance doing so. I have see the successfulcandidate, I( in this town , and, as in tlu i e n i d tc . e, , a , n m d ynofirpsltacdeutoyr einolumenty,odstheotubled b_ m ia ii s .ita h r i y a The NIA.Yon came forward and declared the Colonel duly elected. The Riot Act has' been read, and called out. onlylial t 0 00 thank konyomuyfoartetnhdiss )11.1.t-PA ST FOUR. The Colonel has just been chaired, Lord GRANVILLE, the English Ambassador to the Court of France, has subscribed to defray the et pence of the medal proposed to be struck at Paris, in com pliment to the late Mr. CiroiratG, EDWARD LYTTON B ULWER , Esq. (t h o reputed author of Falkland), has taken Woodcot flall, in Oxfordshire, for a term of years. This beautiful seat is remailsable for its getbrfite4 91 era ; ght • of for 'ays ing ent all 1 ill WAS Mi- ews t of nee iese ines I at ived ;els. the man the and now low 68/ all eing dis aself only used 1 of bed im- ;ene. on the deri- cene used tach- !ntly Ly in i',len in-