The Sun. — London, England, 1834-08-22 00:00:00

- .*-.4._..__.. - . SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOULC.:-.LS. Our Ministerial contemporary the Globe announces, with oracular solemnity, that during the Parliamentary recess the - constituent body will have important duties to perform. Our worthy contemporary is unquestion ably right. The fact he asserts is beyond dispute. The constituent body have always very important du ties to perform. Many of the constituent body are bakers, whose cbnstant and most important duty it is to supply theii:CUstOmers with good and wholesome bread, taking - especial care that it shall be of the sti pulated weight. Many of the constituent body are butchers, Whose duties during the present hot weather are not only very important but very harassing and ar duous withal, since it depends in a great degree upon them whether their fellow-subjects shall not have rather more of the venison flavour with their mutton, than would generally be thought desirable. Many of the constituent body, again, are shopkeepers, upon whom devolve " during the Parliamentary recess," and indeed at all other times, the important duties of preserving the strict accuracy of their weights and measures, and keeping a strict guard that the various commodities in which they deal shall be protected from adulteration. A vast number of the constituent body are the masters of small alehouses and palaces for the retailing of gin, whose important duty it certainly is to assist in the mainte nance of good order and the preservation of th e public health and morals, so far as they can do either, without too great a sacrifice of their own separate interests. Several of the constituent body again are master chim ney-sweepers, in a respectable way of business, whose important duty it is " during the Parliamentary re cess," as the Globe has it, to take care that the little boys in their employ be clean washed as much as once a week, and be jammed as seldom as possible into flues so narrow that there is no chance of their ever getting out again alive. Nearly all the constituent body are besides fathers, brothers, . or sons, and have various relative and social duties to perform in these several capacities, which (" during the Par liamentary recess ' at least) we .sincerely hope they will not forget. Such are the import ant duties of the constituent body, and we must do our fellow-countrymen the justice to say that in the main we believe these duties to be tolera bly well observed. But we must not permit our r2aders to fall into a misconception so derogatory to the dignity of our Ministerial contemporary, as that his grave admonition to the bakers, butchers, shop keepers, master-sweeps, and proprietors of alehouses and gin palaces, has anything to do with the per formance of any of the foresaid duties. • The duty assigned to them by our shrewd and liberal contempo rary, is of a nature entirely distinct from any of those we have. Mentioned: We might leave our readers to guess what the great and paramount duty is, but this would be merely to puzzle and perplex them to no purpose ; they certainly would never hit upon the right. The duty, then, which, in obedience to the wise recommendation.of the Globe, the above classes of persons are to undertake " during the Parliamen tary recess," is that of deciding for the Houses of Lords and Commons, which shall bend to the opinion of the other, in respect to the questions upon which these two assemblies have differed during the past ses sion. ." - The two Houses of Parliament are in colli sion on the exciting questions • of religious liberty and tithes." And this' awful colliSion the worthy bakers, butchers, chimney-sweeps, alehouse-keepers, &c., who .form the constituent body, are to termi nate " during the Parliamentary recess." " And by what process," the reader will exclaim, " is this to be done .?" This is the easiest thing in the world, according to the estimate of the sagacious Globe. Nothing more is required than simply that the enlightened constituents above mentioned should each make up his own mind coolly, finally, and irrevocably upon the " exciting questions of religious liberty and tithes," and promulgate . his matured opinion by sign ing a petition to the two Houses of Parliament, and that the two Houses of Parliament should then forth with abandon and repudiate all judgment, deliberation, and choice in the, matter of these " exciting ques tions," and regard thenceforward the counting of names upon some hundreds of skins of parchment the whole sum and substance of legislative duty, so fat as these exciting questions are concerned. This con trivance, it must he admitted, is clever, judicious, and eminently constitutional. There is, however, we la ment to say, One little difficulty in this way. It may be doubted whether this mode of terminating the collision is practicable. Some of the constituent body will, we fear, he hardly able to make out what the questions are upon which the two . Houses of Parliament are in col lision, a preliminary which would seem to be indispen sable to their decision of these questions. Somebody must explain the questions to them more clearly than the Globe has done, or they certainly will not under stand them. " The exciting questions of religious liberty and tithes." These words may seem to our contemporary to coney :some very distinct proposi tion, but to .us they certainly do not appear to state any proposition-so clearly that the " constituent body,' . with a view to any practical result, ought to be called upon to give an opinion upon it in this form. What does the Globe. mean by " religious liberty ?" Or has it any meaning at all ? Do - es not - the Globe know that if the questiOn w - ereput Whether religious liberty ought.to:eXist in England, ,it would be answered in the affirmative by the..constituent body, by the non-con stituent body, and by both bodies of the Legislature, with' one - unanimous acclaim ? Does not the Globe know that if the question were put whether religious liberty actually exists in Great Britain and Ireland at the present- moment, the reply would be as unani mously in the affirmative ? Religious liberty, then, it appears, instead of being the question, is entirely 'Out of - the question. And what, again, can be -more vague and unmeaning than to speak of the question .of ' tithe as the subject of the recent difference. .of opinion between the two branches of -the Legislature ?- This question of tithe is . nnt one but a thousand. In the hands of his Ma jesty's present Ministers, and even during the last session of Parliament, this question, which the Globe would de scribe ag 'fixed'and definite, has assumed a dozen dif ferent form's,. and has undergone a dozen substantial transmutations. In the same hands it will probably undergo as many changes of substance and of form during the next, session. We will suggest to our con temporary how he may put his questions far more dis tinctly and to the purpose : let him call upon the con stituent body to declare that the Whig Ministry are necessarily in the right equally when they propose one measure to-day and when they alter it for an opposite measure to-morrow—equally when they resist Mr. O'Connell and when they coalesce with him---equallv when they Profess .that the law should be enforced and when they declare that they will not enforce the law— equally when they acknowledge the duty of providing for the maintenance of the Pr6testant clergy of Ire. land and when they make it. their boast that the Pro testant clergy of Ireland shall be left to starve. This would be au honest and intelligible mode of putting the question, and the constituent body of the empire would then know what answer to give.—Morn. Post. Earl Grey, the late Prime Minister of Great Bri tain, has „now, as will be seen front the North country newspapers, retired to .that quarter of the kingdom where, on many grounds, his Lordship might fairly expect to. be regarded . with a consid era ti on , not per h aps more respectful, but more personally cordial and affec tionate; than in one remote from the scenes of his youth, and from the influence of his private character and connexions. Nor has that hope been disappointed, individuals and public -bodies are flocki ng i n to con on his return to his nat i ve county . ;'and to pay an gratiilate the noble Earl earnest, and, it will be all owe d, a w-ell:inefited tribute, to the unswerving honour, high principle, - and consistency of one of the longest public lives on record, as well as to those valuable and endu ring yervices on behalf of England and her impaired institutions, in the accomplishment of which that life has be6n politically closed. Front North Shields and Tynemouth, from Newcastle, South Shields, and Kirkby, addresses were on Tuesday last presented to the noble Earl, expressive of the gratitude entertained towards his Lordship in those populous and commer cial ;places,. 4_ regret that his Lordship had relinquish ~ ' Ne:, o t,he completion of those prac tical 'i!ef . ~.- . ~ ...thQ.n?Ctir ical administration of our N towns a 'CV pr O Vii, - It -h h the reform wrought in // ~A er ' io k ~;- - .... ~; f •-I Parliament itself was meditated by the country as the great , precursor. Lord Grey's speech, in acknowledg ment of the honours thus conferred upon him, con tained a brief and becoming sketch of his opinions from the dawn of his political history—of the efforts which he made to act upon and enforce them—of the obstacles by which he was so often frustrated, and obliged to suspend his exertions in the cause of consti tutional liberty, without ever deserting it for a moment, The retired Minister then added some exhortations upon the necessity of prosecuting the ends of reform in the spirit of moderation and peace, and in subservience to the authorities and interests of regular and settled Government. It is plain the noble Earl was not address ing that assembly in which his eloquence had been most frequently, though not always most successfully, exerted, or he would hardly have deemed it worth while to dis suade his audience from too great eagerness and rapi• dity in their measures of political reformation. When accounting for the confessedly inadequate progress made by . Ministers towards the fulfilment of their pro mises, and indeed of their known intentions, during the two last sessions of Parliament, which had been at once so long protracted, and so little productive of real good, Lord Grey appears to . have taken the same irre verent view of the wisdom and efficiency of the House of Commons as an instrument for doing the public business, as we ourselves ventured to present to our readers on Saturday and Sunday last. If electors will send silly persons into Parliament, and will further push them on from inert and obscure stupidity, into a course of absurdity, active, intermeddling, and lo quacious,—wasteful of time, irritating to the temper of all sensible men, and utterly obstructive of all ra tional and wholesome legislation,—we must admit that the people of England have not got reform gratis. However, the evil is likely to cure itself. Even in a pack of hOunds the unmeaning yelpers are brought at last into silence and sound discipline, by finding that the other dogs will neither follow nor heed them. :Where is, therefore, a sort of common sense among quadrupeds, so that we do not yet quite despair of seeing Members of Parliament take a leaf out of their book. Lord Grey, contrary to his usual custom, does not mince the matter in speaking of the. session just elapsed. He begs the gentlemen who had addressed him to consider, that, "if every person, however good his intentions, kept the House of Commons in the discussion of par ticular questions, some of them of an objectionable nature, casting ridicule on legislation," (this is pretty strong - from so courtly a censurer as Lord Grey,) " it was natural that distussion on those measures proposed by Government Should be prevented." We, however, must ask leave to go a little further than this, and say that an over bland, fluctuating, hesitating, undecided, obsequious manager .of the House of Commons ought to be looked upon as dry-nurse to all the babbling block heads who infest it, and as more than accessary to what ever delays or obstacles in the path of serious business which such men occasion. If the steersman is as in capable of decisive command, as the crew of rational discipline, then certainly Providence must interfere to save the Ship from wreck. Lord Durham, at the same meeting, was called up, and, in' a strain of respectful concurrence with his noble relatiVe, bore the highest testimony to. the public conduct of Lord Grey, and to the essential importance of that Noble Lord's " deter mination, energy, and influence, bOth with the county and the :Sovereign," in promoting the great mea sure of Reform. A public dinner is to be given at Edinburgh, in honour of Lord Grey, and amongst other personages whose presence there is anticipated. we have read the name of Lord Brougham. Having notoriously caus e d L or d G r ey's Ministerial downfall, the learned Lord goes to celebrate his own work. Him whom he has slain with his own hand, he proceeds to bury with ostentatious honours, and tire a volley over his victim's grave.— Times. THE - SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST , 1844, BREAKWATER FOR PORTLAND ROADS. (From the Guernsey Star.) The address and letter of which the following are co pies, having been delivered to our distinguished country man the Right Hon. Admiral Lord De Saumarez, with a respectful request that his Lordship will allow himself to be the distinguished medium of its presentation or trans mittal to his Most Gracious Majesty, we hope to be ex cused for taking the liberty thus early, of presenting them to our readers, who, we are sure, will feel a lively interest in their perusal : ( COPY.) Weymouth, July 29, 1834. MY Lofts,--I have the honour to forward to your Lordship, an address to his Majesty from the Inhabitants and Merchants of Portland, on the subject of " the Breakwater for Portland Roads." I feel assured your Lordship will approve of the loyal and affectionate sentiments which it contains, and grant to the Portlanders the distinguished honour of allowing your self to become the medium of its presentation or transmittal to his Most Gracious Majesty. Allow me to observe to your Lordship, that it will be most gratifying to the islanders, as well as to myself, to find this important national subject asso ciated with the name of a naval hero so distinguished in the annals of his country as your Lordship ; and we feel every con fidence that it will also receive your Lordship's.v.crious consi. deration and influential - support. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient bumble servant, JOHN HARVEY. To the Right Hon. Admiral Lord De Saumarez, &c., &c. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR. MAJESTY,—We, your Majesty's most humble, loyal, affectionate subjects, the inhabitants and mer chants of the peninsula of Portland, in the county of Dorset, beg to approach your Majesty with assurances of devotional attachment to your Majesty's person and throne ; and at the same time to express the high and grateful sense which we entertain of your Majesty's condescension in having permitted the " Remarks, &c., upon the subject of a Breakwater for Portland Roads," written by the late Mr. John Harvey, and his son the Postmaster of Weymouth, in the county aforesaid, to be referred by Sir Herbert Taylor, to the consideration of the Honourable the Navy Board. Impressed as we are with the conviction that, in the annals of the first maritime nation of the world, no record of any struc ture would radiate brighter lustre around the name of a Sailor King, or afford a more striking characteristic of veneration and regard for the Wooden Walls of Old England, and the inte rests of her commerce, than that of the Portland Breakwater; and that it would be a structure which would afford unparal leled and incalculable advantages to the naval and commercial fleets of the British Empire, at all times and seasons; a struc ture indeed that, in the hour of invasion, whenever that should arrive, would bid defiance to the united Armadas of the globe ; we ardently hope that your Majesty's name may be handed down to the latest posterity associated with the commencement of a structure so gloriously useful and patriotic. But after the able and circumstantial manner in which the subject has been communicated to your Majesty, it would be supererogatory in us to expatiate upon its merits ; and from the gracious manner in which your Majesty has been pleased to receive it, we feel confident, that, from its vast importance and utility,-it will be honoured with your Majesty's gracious countenance and support. We humbly pray your Majesty to accept the reiterated as surances of our undeniable fidelity and affection to your Majesty. Dated Portland, this 29th day of July, 1834. [This address contains 687 signatures.] We admire the sentiments of the Portland address on this national occasion. It ii, we believe, the most nume rous and respectably signed of any that has emanated from the island, affording an example worthy the co-operation of Guernsey, and the other channLl islands, and gspecially every place in the counties of Dorset, Somerset and Devon, Hampshire, Sussex, &c. The whole mercantile interests of this country are relatively called upon to further the great object in view, to realize the following line of the poet : " There stands a structure of majestic frame.-"—Pope. _ England must always enjoy the great advantages to be de rived from such an extensive and central rendezvous. The Mechanics' Magazine, No. 555, pages 428-9, produces most important evidence of the road-stead's capability in its present state, and touches on its much greater efficiency by the contemplated breakwater ; we beg to add besides the thousand vessels there alluded to, which anchored during the heavy gales of the winter of 1833-4, that full two thousand more weathered St. Alban's Head— " Lo ! eastward proud St. it.Alban towers on high, Swells from the sea and penetrates the sky," to avoid the flood-tide, being bound to the westward, other wise, in all probability, they must have been carried back again to the eastward, little short of the Isle of Wight. A contemporary writer has justly observed, that " most assuredly the project is entitled to receive the deliberate consideration of the Admiralty, inasmuch as it would pre sent a noble specimen of the riches, the strength, the com merce, and the beauty of everything connected with Bri tish seamanship, most worthy the renown of England, creditable to his Majesty's Government, and 'very benefi cial to the country at large." Since writing the foregoing we have been favoured with a copy of Lord De Saumarez's letter to Mr. Harvey, ac knowledging the receipt of the address, and promising its transmittal to his Majesty, which we also insert : (corn.) " Saumarez, Guernsey, July 31, 1831. have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th instant, accompanying an address from the Inhabitants and Merchants of Portland on the subject of the breakwater for Portland Road, requestin g me to have the honour of pre senting or forwarding the same to his Majesty. Deeply regretting to be prevented by a late severe domestic affliction of having the honour of presenting this loyal address to our most gracious Sovereign in person, I beg to assure you, for the information of the inhabitants of Portland, that I shall lose no time in forwarding it to Sir Herbert Taylor to be sub mitted to his Majesty, and I feel assured that it will meet with consideration which its important contents entitle it to from so respectable a class of his Majesty's subject. . • I remain, Sir, Your most obedient, bumble servant, John Harvey, Esq., DE SAUMAREZ. Postmaster, eymouth. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LINC4STRE, Aua. 19. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) - BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. TURNER V. RAWLINSON. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. The damages were laid at 3,0001. Mr. Sergeant AT CHERLY stated the case. The plaintiff is the daughter of a small farmer residing at Conniston Lake, and is 30 years of age. The defendant, who is two years older, is in good circumstances, and lives at a place called Niphthwaite, not far from the father of the plaintiff. The Learned Sergeant said that about nine or ten years ago the plaintiff went to Eve with the family of the defendant in the capacity of ser vant. They were people of considerable property, but not in point of education so far superior to the plain tiff as persons in their station of life might be supposed to be. Soon after the plaintiff went to live in the family the defendant showed her attentions of the most particular kind. After remaining for a certain period the plaintiff returned to her father's house, and her parent would tell them of the plaintiff's character, of the attentions of the defendant, and of the station of life which his family occupied. Although the plaintiff had lived with the defendant's family, lie (the Learned Sergeant) felt con fident that his Learned Friend the Attorney-General would not attempt to throw the least discredit upon her character. After she had returned to her father's house the defendant continued his visits, and thus matters went on for some time. At length the father thought it neces sary that the intentions of the defendant should be known, and that the plaintiff should be able to inform her friends of the kind of connection that was to take place The defendant, in consequence, wrote a letter to her, which he would read, and which was to the following effect. It was dated the 30th of December, 1828 : " Dear Margaret,—l have sent you a few lines to say, that if death should separate me from you before we are united to gether, you may show my friends that we have been betrothed for some time, and that I could wish they should give you something to live on, between two and three thousand pounds, and that you should go and live at Nipthwaite as long as you keep single. Should that be the case, I should wish you to come and remain with me until I am interred, and show my friends this letter, as you are the only one dear to me in this world ; but I hope that this . will not be the case, but that with God's assistance, and our own perseverance, we shall soon be joined together, and spend 'our days in peace and happiness. Should I be deprived of you, I could not survive. I should wish you to keep yourself as much as you can to yourself, as you cannot think the trouble and anxiety it gives me whenever you are in any other's company. I beg you will keep this letter to yourself, and believe me to be your constant lover till death, " Nipthwaite." " JAS. RAWLINSON. (The reading of this letter seemed to afford the ladies, a number of Whom were in Court, very great amusement.) Nipthwaite(continued the Learned Sergeant) is in the neigh bourhood of Pennybridge, where the plaintiff's father resides, and where his family also has resided for several years. The plaintiff, he should state, is the eldest daughter. It appeared that a lady in the family of the defendant, named Dickson, was opposed to the connection ; and although the acquaint ance had commenced so far back as 1824, and was conti nued for a considerable period, the defendant's attentions after some time slackened, and about six or seven months ago he married another lady. The fact of the marriage, and the hand-writing of the letters the defendant had been called upon to adMit ; but these admissions had been refused, and the plaintiff had been compelled to bring witnesses to prove these facts. The defendant in the course of his courtship had made the plaintiff several presents, among others a re ligious book, called " An Introduction to Christianity." The Learned Sergeant said that he had made it evident, he was sure, from the statement he had given, that for several years the plaintiff entertained expectations of being united to the defendant—a man who was above herself cer tainly in circumstances, and with whom she had a right to expect to be comfortable. The plaintiff was at present re siding with a lady named Russell, at a place called Strick land. The defendant was now in possession of property left him by his father, and be had also purchased other property since his father's death. As to the claims of the plaintiff, he had shown them that there was no doubt what ever of the sentiments professed towards her by the defend ant. The connection had been kept up since 1824 till very lately, and her feelings must naturally have suffered very materially from the disappointment she had experienced. She was still in the condition of a servant, instead of being in that comfortable state in which the defendant had pro mised to place her ; and though that place might be above her condition, still it was what the defendant had promised to elevate her to. The following witnesses were then called : John Turner—l am a farmer, living in the parish of Poulton, at Conniston Lake. I have lived there these twelve years. My family has lived long in the neighbour hood. The plaintiff is my daughter. She is thirty years of age. I have three daughters and two sons altogether. I know the defendant, Mr. Rawlinson. My daughter went into his father's service in 1824. He lived in Nipth waite. She liVed with them about three years and a half, and then came home with a bad cold, and staid at home for about nine months. The defendant visited my daughter once a fortnight or three weeks. He used to ask for the plaintiff when he called, and he came to see her as a sweet heart.. This continued for nine months, when she went. to live with Mr. Postlethwaite, with whom she lived for the space of one year and a half. She came home unwell. Mr. Postlethwaite's house is four miles from my house. Plaintiff continued at home two years ; during that time defendant.continued to visit her as he had done before, and was received on the same footing. They appeared to be on terms of affection. He made her presents of books, one of them " Forget me not"---(Laughter)—and the other, "An Introduction to the Christian Religion." She after wards went to live with Mr. Rawlinson, the barrister, and staid six months. She then went to Mrs. Russell, of Strickland, four or five miles off, and continues to live with her now. The defendant's father had three children at the time of his death ; one had died. Cross-examined by Mr. PoLEocK.—The rent of my farm is 301. a year ; I have had it twelve years ; it was formerly 80/. a year.' When my daughter was a servant in the de fendant's family, I understood they were sweethearts. My wife never spoke to defendant or his mother and sisters on this business, that 1 know of. My daughter is not about to be married, that 1 know of. Nor do I know of any one who is paying her attentions, nor does my wife. Re-examined—The defendant is about 32 years of age. [ln one of the books the defendant had written " A gift from a friend to Margaret Turner." Dated 1823.] Mrs. Ann Swainson, sister to the plaintiff, corroborated the preceding testimony, and said that, in addition to the two books, the defendant made presents to her sister of a brooch, pencil, pocket-books, a purse, and a shilling marked " J. M.," meaning " James and Margaret."—(Laughter.) In cross-examination the witness said that her sister was not about to be_married, nor did she know of any one, pay-_ ing her attentions and never had said so. Counsel—Do you know any one of the name of Gr we stone ? Witness—Gravestone !—(Laughter.) Mr. PoLLocli—Yes ; did you never say in his house that your sister was . going to be married ? Witness—No, I neverclid. The witness was further questioned on this point, but nothing was elicited. By the JUDGE—My sister is principal servant with Mrs. Strickland, and receives twelve guineas a year. Mr. John.. Sykes—l know the defendant, and the letter produced is his hand-writing. I don't know the value of the defendant's property. I have had some -money tran sactions with his father. lam a solicitor at Ulverstone. Mr. Par.r.ocx- -then addressed. the Jury for the . defen dant. The Jury had to bear the fact in mind, that the defendant's father had threatened to cut him off from the property if he married the plaintiff, and so directed in his will. What, then, was his poor client to do ? He had his land• and his mistress to choose between, and, like a sen sible man, he had decided that love without money was but a sorry kind of comfort—(Laughter.) Beyond doubt the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict ; but, under all the cir cumstances, she was not entitled to claim large damages at their hands. One thing lie thought was clear, that she could not have looked forward to much comfort in a mar riage with the defendant where the difference was so great in their relative condition in life. Mr. Baron GURNEY then proceeded to sum up to The Jury, and said that, whatever might be the opinion enter tained of any other parties, the girl herself was the plaintiff in the present action, and the Jury could not forget that for seven or eight years she had remained in a single state (as she still continued to remain), of course expecting, till th e defendant had married another woman, that lie would make her his wife. This fact was an important one, and could not but materially affect their verdict. Besides, although the defendant was young when he first paid attentions to the plaintiff, he had continued them up till a more matured period of life, and there was on this head the less excuse to urge. The Jury, after consulting in the box for a few minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, One Thousand Pounds. The Dul.e of Wellinvon left town on Saturday morning, on a visit to the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, at Woodford place, near Kettering, Northamptonshire. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, AUG. 21. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANS.) IMPORTANT POINT RELATING TO PROPERTY LENT TO BANKRUPTS. Shortly- after the sitting of the Court yesterday, Mr. Stroud, of No. 31, Cheapside, foreign lace-merchant, ad dressed the COMMISSIONER, and requested permission to make an application in the matter of Judd, a bankrupt. Mr. Stroud was not assignee, but made the present ap plication with - the consent and by the advice of the assig nee. The object of his application was to procure the restoration of some property, part of which he had lent, and part of which he had deposited with the bankrupt for safe keeping previous to his bankruptcy. The bankrupt had been married to his daughter, and upon the occasion of their marriage he had lent them several articles of plate, which had not been returned, Mr. Commissioner INANE wished to know whether the plate was lent for any specific period, or whether there was an understanding as to when it should be returned ? Mr. Stroud said that there was no positive agreement upon the subject, but the implied understanding was that they should be returned immediately, as they were borrowed for a specific occasion. In addition to the plate he had also sent to the house of the bankrupt a box and two port manteaus, containing table linen and other articles for safe keeping. The circumstances under which they were lent were as follow :—He (applicant) formerly resided in the same town, Bath, with his son-in-law, the bankrupt, but having determined to change his residence to London, he let his house in Bath, and the gentleman who took it, not having occasion for the articles, he packed and corded them up as he before stated, and sent them to the house of the bankrupt. Under these circumstances, he trusted that the Learned Commissioner would order his (applicant's) pro perty to be restored to him. Mr. Commissioner Fane had no doubt the statement of the applicant was quite true, but nevertheless the principle of law was against his claim. If the boxes and portmanteau remained corded, and if the articles contained in them had not been appropriated to his (the bankrupt's) use, as the plate had been, he certainly was of opinion that they should be restored to the applicant ; but if it should turn out otherwise, then they should, like the plate, come under the doctrine of ordinary disposition, and the applicant must prove his debt under the commission like other creditors. The applicant then withdrew. SHERIFFS' COURT, RED LION -SQUARE, AUG.2I. (Before Mr. BURCIIALI, the Senior Under- Sheriffi) EDMUND AND ANOTHER V. THE REV. JOHN HARRIS. The plaintiffs are Messrs. Edmunds and Hodgkinson, fashionable tailors, of Maddox-street, Hanover-square, and the defendant a clergyman. The action was brought to re• cover the sum of 171. 10s. 6d. for clothes sold and delivered. Mr. MANsELL, the counsel for the defendant, contended that the clothes were entrusted to his client on 12 months' credit, and he put in a letter in the handwriting of Mr. Hodgkinson (who has dissolved partnership) admitting that the clothes were sold to the defendant on such terms. Mr. HENSNIAN, for the plaintiff, submitted that such a defence could not avail, inasmuch as it was not specially pleaded, as required by the new rules. The Under SHERIFF fully coincided in opinion with Mr. Hensman, and the Jury, under his direction, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of his demand. COURT OF REQUESTS.-BASINGIIALL STREET. FERGUSON V. BENTLEY. This was a summons obtained by the Plaintiff, a compo sitor, against Mr. Bentley, the printer, of Dorset-street, Salisbury-square, for the amount of certain work and labour alleged to have been performed. The plea of the Defend ant was that the Plaintiff was not legally entitled to the sum which he claimed. The case was gone into at some length on Saturday last, before the Commissioners, who referred the question at issue to the committee of master printers, by whom the scale of prices which at present regulates the trade was agreed to some years ago. Upon inquiry, however, it was found that the trade committee is no longer in existence, and the consequence was, that the parties were again obliged to appear before the Commissioners to abide by their decision, The Plaintiff demanded double pay for the printing of certain bills on paper which is technically called " broad sides," and it was contended that according to the rules and usages of the trade, all printing on paper, which from its size came under the denomination of broad sides should be paid for at double the usual charge. In support of this argument, a person named Thompson, from the Trades Council, who appeared for the plaintiff, pro duced a book called " Tower's Grammar," and referred the Commissioners to the articles therein contained, which it appeared were agreed to on the 19th of April, 1805, and which, as he alleged, fully justified the plaintiff in his claim. Mr. Bentley admitted that the printing was done on broadsides, but contended that the matter did not bring it within the scale of charges, by which the plaintiff would be entitled to double pay for the work he had performed. The COMMISSIONERS agreed with Mr. Bentley that the plaintiff could not support his claim unless he could show that the matter was the same as leases, deeds, or charter parties are printed in. He had failed to produce evidence to that effect, and therefore the summons must be dismissed, as far as related to the extra charge. Mr. Bentley then paid the plaintiff 11 s., being just half the sum demanded, together with 2s. costs. The COMMISSIONERS strongly advised Mr. Bentley to make specific arrangements with his workmen, in order to avoid such claims in future. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. The following case will give the public an idea of a prac tice of late acted upon with much success. A waterman who plies at the Tower-stairs was sum moned before the LORD MAYOR yesterday under the follow ing circumstances : A gentlemen of the name of Webb stated that he and his brothe r and two other persons went at twelve o'clock at night to the Tower wharf some time ago for the purpose of embarking in the Eclipse steamer for Boulogne. They had with them about sixty poundS weight in their trunks, and understood the charge to the waterman for setting them on board amounted to ninepence. They were therefore a good deal surprised at being told they must pay five shil lings, and five shillings they were obliged to give, for the waterman no doubt calculated upon their positive depar ture from necessity. The name of Fenton was on the boat and upon the prosecutor's return to England he took care to serve the owner with a summons, and Fenton accordingly attended. Fenton—My Lord, upon my honour and word I know nothing of the matter. I wa'nt there. I know this gen tleman well, and I am not one as could do such a thing. Mr. Webb said that the name of the defendant was cer tainly painted upon the boat, and he believed the defendant to be the offending person. Fenton—l was engaged elsewhere in taking some foreigners to a steamer. I couldn't help is if another person takes my boat and uses it ; but I never beard of such a thing as this. I have a witness as can prove it. Come along, Jack Brocklewell. Brockle;e11 (another waterman) here stood forward—My Lord, upon my honour Fenton was not there at all, quite different. Mr John Webb (brother , to the prosecutor)—Upon my oath I believe the witness to be the man who extorted tl e money from us. I have no doubt he is the same, for I held the lamp up to his face, and looked at him narrowly. Brocklewell—Me the man ! Not I, indeed. Fenton —For my part, I thought it was for something else I was summoned here. The LORD MAYOR—What ! for taking in somebody else ? (A laugh.)• Fenton—No, my Lord, I never takes in nobody. Mr. HoßLEß—These watermen play tricks and get money by exchanging boats, and when the injured parties make complaints, they find that the owners are different persons, and these lies are trumped up about the imprope r conduc; of fellows who take such liberties. By such means the public are robbed in the most flagrant manner. • The LORD MAYOR—A poor wretch is sent to the Old Bailey for stealing a pocket handkerchief, four of which would not produce 45.3 d„ the money stolen in this case. The watermen are bringing upon themselves utter ruin by such a course. It is no wonder that small steamers are building to pass to all parts of the Thames. But the matter shall not end here. 1 shall take care that the principal officers of the Watermen's Company attend here on Wednesday, and ascertain whether we cannot effectually check this practice of conspiring against the public. lam well aware that foreigners who get on board steam-vessels are, in hundreds of cases, plundered by the watermen and the coach and cab-men, and I will feel grateful to all who bring cases of this kind before me. Fenton—But you see, my Lord, upon my honour I knowed nothing about it whatsomever. Bless you, the gentleman is mistaken. The LORD MAYOR—I shall remand the case till Wed nesday, and will endeavour to protect the public under such circumstances. MARLBORO U GR- STREET. An e lderly-looking female, apparently in a most infirm state of health, was brought before Mr. Chambers, charged with being found sitting in the streets, having no place of abode. Lloyd, one of the constAbles of the C division, deposed that the female was brought to the office yesterday, and discharged at five o'clock. At Eevon o'clock he found her sitting on the step of a door in Marlborough-street. Find _ . in; her to be incapable of walking, and ill ; he took her to St. James's workhOuse, but they refused to take her in ; he thenthou - ghtit to be his duty to bring her to the office.: Mr. CHAMBERS inquired who and what she was? In reply: it,was stated that about five years ago she was living in a, very gay manner, and under the protection of Mr. Squibb, son of the late eminent auctioneer of Saville-pas sage. Occurrences took place which led that gentleman to break the connexion, and he entered into a bond to allow her an annual sum. This was paid for some years, but owing to her conduct it was discontinued ; and she having obtained a sum, went down to Chelmsford, where she re mained for the last three years. A few days ago she showed the bond which Mr. Squibb had entered into to the overseer, who gave her seven shillings to come to town for the purpose of prosecuting her claim. Mr. Squibb and his family being dead, she discovered the bond to be of no value. Having nothing to support her, she was under the necessity of lying about in the streets. Mr. CHAMBERS observed that the parish of St. James must relieve her, for she was not to die for want. The worthy Magistrate then sent for a hackney coach and had her sent to the workhouse. In a few, minutes she was brought back, the overseer having refused to admit her. Mr. Bryant shortly afterwards came to the office and observed, if they admitted the female they should become saddled with her, and there was no proof of her belonging to Essex. Mr. CHAMBERS—If I send her to gaol,•when she comes out you must pass her. Mr. Bryant—ln my opinion she is an impostor. Mr. CHAMBERS—If you can prove that, I will send her for a month to prison. She was then sent back to the workhouse, for the pur pose of being examined by the surgeon of the parish. Q UEEN-SQUARE. DUCKING AN INFoRmER.--Yesterday J. Day, the driver of a water-cart at Fulham, was charged on a warrant before Messrs. GREGORIE and WHITE, with the following assault on Robt. Riddle, one of Byers', the informer's, witnesses : The complainant stated that on last .Thursday afternoon he was sitting outside the George public-house, at Fulham, when the defendant came up to him, and invited him to par take of something to drink with him ; he drank part of a pot of ale in a very friendly sort of a way. The defendant then-left him, and shortly after returned in company with several other men. Without saying a word they seized him, carried him to a water-butt full of water, and without any ceremony they put him head foremost into it, at the same time setting up a horse laugh. The ducking business was not denied, and the defendant was ordered to find bail, himself in 401. and two sureties in 201. each, to answer the charge at the sessions. COMPROMISING INFORMATION.—AN EXPOSE.—James Porford, proprietor of the cabriolet No. 689, appeared to answer an information laid against him by Dighy, the in former, for not having his plates properly placed on his cabriolet. This was an adjourned case from last week, which, it ap peared, had been compromised by the defendant and the informer for the sum of 10s. The circumstances were as follows :—After the case had been adjourned Digby agreed with the defendant to drop all proceedings in the case on payment of half a sovereign, which was consented to, and the defendant paid him the money. This little private piece of business, however, got whispered abroad, and Digby became alarmed, and on the same evening he called upon the defendant, and told him that he must come for ward to answer the complaint, and told him what to say to the Magistrates, and if ho was fined, he (Digby) would pay the fine for him. On the case being called upon, the defendant Porford let the cat out of the bag, and informed the Magistrates of the whole of the transaction between him and Digby. Mr. GREGORIE appeared surprized, and to depict Digby's countenance would be almost impossible. H e was completely struck dumb for the moment. Mr. Gregorie asked him if the account of the compromise, as related by Porford, was correct ? After some hesitation Digby admitted that he had re ceived the money, and stammered out a very lame excuse that he had known the defendant ever since he was a baby, and he had settled the matter with him out of friendship. Mr. GREGORIE indignantly dismissed the case, and said that he should take time to consider whether he should ever allow him to lay another information or give evidence again at the office. UNION-HALL. CRUELTY TO A CHILD. —John Jenns, a man residing in WeStern-street, Southwark, was' brought up by Kinsey, one of the Union-Hall officers, for cruelty towards a male child, the illegitimate offspring of his wife. • Kinsey stated, that he received information that a man and his wife, living in the street above menti one d, h a d b een in the habit of bating a child, whose cries and moans were frequently heard by the neighbours, and they were impressed with the belief that if some steps were not taken against the parties that serious consequences would ensue. Acting upon this information, the officer proceeded to the defendant's house, and on entet ing a back room, with scarcely any thing in it, he found the child fastened down by a thick chain to a staple fixed in the floor. The Poor child was made fast by the wrists and legs, so that he had no opportunity of extending his limbs in the way he ought to have had the' power to do. When questioned by Kinsey as to what length of time he had been in that situation, the child said that he was often kept days together chained up, and that both the de fendent and his mother were in the practice of placing his irons-on. Kinsey further stated that he had ascertained that the child was the illegitimate offspring of an intrigue which the mother had with a naval officer previously to her marriage with the defendant ; and that the latter under took to maintain it on the payment of a certain sum, which he received quarterly through the hands of the child's father. The child, which was in petticoats, was here brought into the presence of the magistrates with the chain encircling its leg and waist, as it was unfastened from the room of its captivity. • Mr. TRAIL'. asked the defendant why he had recourse to such a harsh mode of punishing a child of such tender yew s ? The defendant said that he was compelled to chain the child up to prevent him from pilfering. He had tried many other expedients to make the child honest, but found nothing would answer without chaining him up. The magistrate questioned the child, who was an intelli gent little fellow, and he told very candidly that when hungry be has gone to the cupboard and taken out bread, and sometimes a bit of sugar, but that it was generally found out, and he was beaten and also chained to the floor. The parish officers being present they undertook to take the child into the workhouse. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS A'I 7 TIIE CUSTOM -HOUSE, AUG. 21. Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, from Ostend; Dart, Stranack, Ostend and Margate; St. Adrian, Houmark, Aaldborg; Fanny, Evans, Guernsey ; Belfast, Middleton, Calais ; Brocklebank, Stranack, Antwerp. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING AUG. 21. Batavier, Dunlop, for Rotterdam ; City o f Hamburg, Whit tingham, Hamburg ; Dart, Stranack, Ostend ; Law Ogilby, Morris, Galacz ; Toras of 010.4, Black, Oporto ; Sovereign, Griswold, from New York ; Louisa, Spalding, Corfu and Zaiite ; Ramona, Stranack, Antwerp ; Prince Regent, Bou chier, Bombay. CLE.C.ED OUTWARDS WITH CARGOES, AUG. 21. Louisa Baillie, Wildgoose, for Demerat:a ; Trois Freres, Smith, Antwerp and Brussels ; Malcolm, Eyles, Calcutta ; Britannia, Roxby, Prince Edwards Island; Alfred, Thomas, Leonando ' • Duke of Wellington, Snook, :Jersey and Guern sey ; Ina, Forward, St.-John's, New Brunswick ; Oden, Mol ler, Stettin. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, AUG. 21. Seiben Bruder, Beyer, for Newcastle and Baltic ; Ninth of March, Regesen, Baltic • Felix, Styerner e nt z , A a lb org ; Eu phemia, Simpson, St. Petersburgh ; Ant, Pye, R es ti gouc h e ; Caesar, Capieve, Cardiff and Palermo ; Margaretha Magda lina, Kunthsen, Norway. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The John Walker, from Liverpool for Quebec, the 15th July, ten leagues East of Cape Ray--by the Success, Hunter, arrived at Shoreham. The Florida, Moran, from Havre for New York, the Ist ult., in lat. 40. 13. long. 40. 10. ; the Margaret Richardson, from Trinidad for London, the Bth, in lat. 47. 43. long. 26. 30. ; the Indian, of Newcastle, the 7th, in lat. 47. 13. long. 30. ; Restoration, Stobie, from Liver pool for Lisbon, the 16th, off Wicklow Head; and Britannia, Davidson, from Liverpool for Smyrna, the 17th, off Bardsley by the Sarah, Denniston, arrived at Liverpool. The St. Andrew, Taubman, from Liverpool for New York, the sth inst., 20 miles S. S. E. of the Old Head of Kinsale. The New Eagle, or Plymouth, for Quebec, in lat. 49. 58. long. 12. 2.--- by the St. George, arrived at Cork. The Prince George, Shaw, the 24th April, in lat. 25. 50. S. long. 52. 20. E.-bv the Lucy, Watson, arrived in the River. The Martina, of Got tenburg, for New Orleans, the 21st ult., in lat. 43. 19. N. long. 27. W.-by the Codrington, arrived in the River. The Eden, from Jamaica for Bristol, the 11th ult., in iat. 24. 14. long 81. 40. ; the Thomas Battersby, of Belfast, f rom N ew O r l eans . for Liverpool, the 27th, in lat. 39. N. long. 52. 30. The Tristan, Freneh whaler, one fish, in lat. 27. S. long. 10. E. The Warrior, of Salthouse, for Quebec, in lat. 46. long. 54; the Quebec Packet, Anderson, for Quebec, in lat. 51. long. 33.-by the Ganges, arrived in Pentland Frith. The George, of Newcastle, from Newfoundland for Quebec, off Cape Chat; the Mary, from the Clyde for Newfoundland, in lat. 48. long. 38. -by the Brothers, arrived at Scarborough. It cannot be too generally known that pearl sago is a most delicious and nutritious article, and which used to com mand so large at price that its use was only known in the sick room of the affluent, can now be actually purchased for as small a price as rice. It is known to possess the most beneficial properties, not only in cases of sickness, but in strengthening and invigorating the constitution, and is, therefore, particularly valuable at the preFent time as a preventive from cholera, M. N. iirr7sl-1 PAPERS.- BOIS ta Duc, - Aug. 14.—We lea:'n that the plan of letting the troops of the division of the rcs;rve commence their march before the middle of this month, and to let the camps break up . at the same time, has 'been chane-ed, in order not to burdeFon the r this places through which the troops will have to pass. reason the corps of the schuttery that were in the fortress set out first, and will be followed by the others. Thu s far the ul departure has been conducted with the grea t e st order and re garity, and from all that we see and hear, we may infer , that in case the country should again call on the shuttery , who, for nearly four years, have guarded the frontiers with the most laudable perseverance; they will readily and chee rfull y obey the call. It is affirmed that the troops of the reserve divisions will break up on the 24th and 25th, and the camps on the 26th of August. 1 Yesterday a dreadful fire broke out in the village of Heck in the Bommerland ; 14 houses, with all the furn iture, two barns and their contents, arc totally destroyed. HAARLEM, Ace. 18.—On Saturday the fall of the Spanish Stock on the Amsterdam Exchange had little influe nce on our own funds ; the 2i per cents. were at 51i, and the five per cents. at 97 7-16. To-day the financial affairs of Spain had a bad effect on all kinds of stock ; the 2i fell to 50-7;-; the per cent. to 97 5-16, but afterwards recovered. In Spanish fic Stock the sellers were numerous, but there were also buyers ; the 5 per cent., paper, 42; 3 per cent. 27 ; the Cortes cou pons fell from 15 to 6i, 74- ; the Cortes bonds alone kept u p at 331. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, Ace. 19. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Atnort Syndic, 4 1 ,4 per cent. B9 to 9./4 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. .......... Loan (0) 5 per cent M Ditto (1-32 and 1833) 5 per cent. Exchango on London Ditto, two months l2 07% —Dutch Papers, Aug 20. Of ST. PETERSBURGII, AUG. 2.—A decision of the Council the empire, made on the report of the Minister of t he interior : and sanctioned by the Emperor, reduces to three r ubles 6:' copecs, in bank asignats, the legal coin of the silver ruble in payment to the public coffers. . From the tables of the commerce of Russia with Asia, in 1833, it appears that the value of the goods exported v l nearly 18 millions of rubles, and that of the goods i m porte from Asia above 23 millions. The principal exports weed corn, iron, copper, manufactures of cotton and silk, and full, vi furs, manufactures, &c. The following are the details :--- Exportations. Importat ions. Turkey in Asia 365,473 Persia Khiva eotto &c. The imports were tea, pimento, rum, and sperm , The Kieghises 4,625,338 Boschania Taschkind 861,370 . . Kakand Kollart ... 1,009 Ace. 3. —There have arrived at Cronstadt 1,10 4 sh i p s, 855 have sailed.—St. Petersburgh Gazette, Aug. 3- THE HARVEST. To-day we have an account of the harvest from r " ` ?t Lothian, stating that it is getting on most rapidlY, t weather to a wish for it ; and that in the best districts the, most of the white crop would be cut down as Saturda: last, and a good deal of the wheat carried in, in althoug a condition, and will yield well. Barley and oats, and pa r : some thought otherwise, would be a fair average, titularly the Chevalier Barley, first introduced by pat' Dunlop and Co., on their farms in the neighbourhood os their distillery at Linton, and now extensively sown. Dean , are doubtful of being equal to last year either in roam:, or quality. Potatoes, notwithstanding what was s aid ear i ? in the season, will be a good crop. Indeed, on the lan there is not only the appearance of abundance, but, wi t ' a very short time of the present very fine weather, dry so u% the fine," quality, in good condition. At Haddington mark et ' ° Friday, there was a proof of this, in both new whea t, 1311 ' ley, and oats, in excellent order, and dry ; the wheat .SC; much so, that one parcel was nearly 64 lbs. per bushel, and brought 545. per quarter. THE MARKETS. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COR S ' o f tile , For the Week ended Aug 13, '8;14, made up fromtthe Re,ur.r,„,' _ per Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englai.d and W 3 ' Imue:ial Quarter. Oci• Wheat ,9s rd Oats Barley IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX TY s° ' PRECEDING. ' /, 5(1. Wheat... Barley 2Bs fld I Rye _ DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 8ar1ey......... 19s 10d I Rye ... lBs 3d. I Pea5e........ Fig. ed. lit. Ca. WEE S ' COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE tv heat. Harley. I Oats. l'er Quarter. •8 to s. 8. s. 8. t o s. s. tO s 0. to lilaraillsrd 55 23 25 49 Brig?.), 45 29 2.1 35 Chard !18 56 24 z 8 20 24 26 40 Huntingdon..—... 58 63 25 29 20 24 134 5 7 --"" Long Sutton.-- 56 64 17 22 Ir 2 35 Louth 42 52 28 30 18 24 38 42 .y ti 50 • 6.1 22 25 16 20 3 1 Newark 42 49 29 3.) 22 27 39 4 0 Nottingham 44 . 52 27 32 21 28 38 42 l'eterbertaigh 42 50 25 29 17 2-2 :34 4 0 ilytnoid.l) 50 64 30 34 20 23 Foutcltact 67 42 27 43 ••"" SI earoul —... 65 70 36 38 22 28 41 43 Uppilighain 44 48 30 34 24 28 36 4 0 Wisher!. ----. 45 20 r -. . LEEDS CORN MA RKE I'. - Aug 19' (1 . ls.l Wheat, 'Nlrfolk aim Suffolk, 601 b. 43.. tog i 1 ..?, York. Mid Lincoln. , 60 1 h. Barley, Norfolk and Suflialk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Gum - ling t t t ( t o ; ,c • -• 3 3 1 5 " . 2 ' 1 , 6 : . 1 .4 1.1 Beans 63lb. Oils, Potatoe -Stealing, For. Ml_ to 13d. Eng. 9.). to 1054 d• 1. - „, 1 ,,,,. Shelling Rapeseed, Euelish, 25• r, ii 7, LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Aug. H. ~., 3 Se 0 • L 7 WHEAT, EllgilSti, White, per 7111 b. -- Red - 7 0 7 4 Scotch, Welch, and Manx - Irish, White 6 9 5 10 -- Red • .. 5 0 s 0 Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, uer 451 h 3 ": 3 $l O - Irish .--- Foreign BARLEY, English, Slatting, per Imp. quart e r ,,, SO 0 4 `2 - Scotch and Irish, per 6011(s. - 4 0 4 1 Fee.ling BEAN:, English, per la i p e ri a l quarter ... ryi 0 07 0 Irish, &c. - Foreign P 0 6 4 EASE, English, per I mper i a l quarter 44 46 Foreign FLOUR, English, per 28 1 11 ) . Irish • *34 0 ~:i 0 OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 241(i1i, 2O 0 ° 6 41 IN lAN CORM, per 441111 - ME ; per liiiperial quarter MALT 14-r Imperial quarter 1 511'01er OE ((MAIN for the Week erldilig Aug. 1 8 • (~ Br e' ..l• wheat. i Oats. I •Barley Fl our . l.( ' 3' 'i 1 r . ,, , ,5. Qrs. Foreign, 'iris 1 Irish, Ne. 'c' ! , I SIIS__, ^ 91.4 i , 517 - 40 3,750 ___----- 7,372 I , SOUTHALL ATI'LL MA lIKET.—Aug. '.O r ,tber l , The , upply of Beasts and Porkers' to th:s fLy's market wa s r Aher„ tufted, that of She,p, - Lambs, and C a lves, good. There was.. OW" good attendance of buyers, but the trade was rather dull, at t n. log prices per stone of ;ib. to s'ill, the otrals : 4 , t ia. Beef Ss _>,t. to 4s. 2d. Veal I Mutton 3 4 4 4 Pork .3 0 Lamb Beasts, 171 ; Sheep and Lambse 239; Calves, 70; Pigs, 40' siderable portion of the supply left the market unsold The forthcoming work o n F rance , b y H en ry 'fr o Bulwer, Esq., M.P., is now on the eve of publication• na bor his connexion with the Engli s h E m b assy i n P ar i s , Mr. m d s the had unusual facilities for observation, not alone as rega u r se present state of parties, b u t o f genera l soc i ety. He "subject cordingly embodied a s e ri es o f interesting facts on th e of Literature, the Fine A r t s , an d the Drama, on E chic , e ther the Statistics of Crime, and the Influence of Women ; No, with Sketches of the F renc h Character, Manners, la. . 0 , be personal anecdotes o f di st i ngu i s h ed characters w ill likew' .introduced into the work. MARIAES. On Thursday, the 21st inst R ~ at S t. Luke's Church , by 1 1 e slier' Charles Penny, M.A., M r . W . S. Penn Bookseller, °' Jolla borne, Dorsetshire, to S ara h, youngest daughter of the late Franklin, Esq., of th e St oc k E xchange. On the 20th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square'upocelei Sheffield, Esq., late o f th e M a d ras Civil Service, to Jan e ' f irol" Cooper, daughter of Colonel George Cooper, of the Bengali..stice, On the 19th inst., at Cookham, Berkshire, Frederick - ', l st ice , of Belle Vue Monmouthshire, youngest - son of FranctisdJoughter Esq., of Abbey House, Berkshire, to Caroline, youngest of the late Colonel Robbins, of the 69th Regimnt. scOc t On the 21st i ns t . , at B arnes, Wm. henry Deedes, r' s q"liarr i `f son of the R ev. J o h n Deedes Rector of Willingale , to cter Margaret, f ourt h daughter of the Rev. Johrt Jeffreys , Barnes. bier,e„ n Fr On the 19th i ns t., at Dover Captain James Mark G a m the'ls3d Regiment, third so n o f Si r J ames G a mbier, to He 1 f per derica, thi r d d aug ht er o f J o h n Christopher Lochner , E g g -, ° hill, Enfield, Middlesex. pria a On the 20th inst., at Trinity Chur c h, Upper Chelsekbin!oa, Robinson, Esq., youngest son o f th e R ev . Christophe r Broo king' of Granard, Ireland, to Selina, third daughter of A. 11. Esq., of Cadogan-place. DEATHS. On the 17th inst., at Montivilliers, near Havre, Mrs. Lefevre, widow of the late C. S. Lefevrc, Esq. , 31. " i oh Reading. Esq' . On the 20th inst., at Chigwell, Thomas Raggett, Brook's-wharf, Upper Thames-street, aged 82. l e , P i l" On the 16th inst., in his 64th year, Joseph de Vichy late of Grafton-street. , .. 4 .-„,.a 11Iisa - 11.10 1 On the 21st inst., at 1-1 t . f db fi e ' "-- ' cr ing or ury, near of Parry. se n On the 27th ult., at Corfu, William Edward, the infant vs Captain Sanclham, Royal Engineers. ' Rober ti On the 6th inst., at Celle, Hanover, in her 85th r ar 'io,ett• a Georgina, widow of the late Major-General Frederick li c Ric har On the 18th inst., in York -terrace, Regent'sF!' r in her 61,111efactr' Powell, 111.1):, Fellow of the Royal College of PhySICII,IS; Wiliii , On the 19th inst., in Sloane -street, Mary, Wife °f N of Esq., solicitor, of Sloane-street, Chelsea. On the 14th inst., aged .52, John Clervaux Cliaytort,_Tsh'ire• Spennithorne Hall, a Ma g i s t rate f or t h e N or th Riding of ler London : Printed and P u bli s h e d by MURDO Y°lll% go, at The Sun Office, No. 112. Strand. BIRTHS. ~_ 0 ., ve t ' On the 21st inst., th e l a d y o f J. Malian, Esq., Half 11 f o " Piccaill, of a son. . silt , On d the y 21st inst., in Upper Brp o k- s t ree t, the Hon Mr, of a son. a I" - 1 On the 19th inst., a t A c t on , t h e l a d y of t h e Rev. Etan3n trobus, of a (laughter. _...--------''