The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-19 00:00:00

THE POPE AND THE FRIAR. A letter from Turin, Aug. 15, says :—I am afraid anything connected with Count Cavour's confesEor, Father Giacomo, may be cast aside in 's England as an old story, but since the good padre return to Turin some authentic particulars have reached me which, as strikingly c haracteristic of Pope Pius IX., I shall venture to submit, as they are either new or have only appeared in print strangely mis- represented. Th e Pope, I am told, received the friar with an express i on o f playful, I ought to say jaunting, flaunting disdain, with his head thrown backwards, his voluminous chest and "corporation" puffed for ward, and with a sneer, which has lately become habitual, curling his lip. " Well, Brother Giacomo," he began, when all the preliminary ceremonies of an interview of that nature had been performed, " well, we expect to hear something out of the common way from you; have you your declaration in writing ?" " Declaration !" quoth the monk, " Holy Father, what am I expected to declare ?" " Surely," the Pontiff insisted, " you know what you were summoned here for—what took place be tween you and your illustrious penitent. .." I hope your Holiness will show indulgence to a poor monk," retorted the friar, " but who could expect anything should transpire as to what occurred be tween a penitent and his confessor ? That is a secret for God alone to search into." "Certainly, Brother Giacomo," the Pope hastened to say, " still—." The monk headed not the interruption. " All I can freely say, and am happy to say, without breach of duty, is that Count Cavour died as a good, very good, Catholic Christian; and I can assure your Holiness I only wish all my parishioners could die as holy and peaceful a death as Count Cavour died." The slippered foot of the Pope had been slightly stamping the ground with impatience all the time the friar spoke ; he cut him short at the end with a bitter sarcastic tone. " Really, Frate Giacomo, if it be so, I can only congratulate you on the very exemplary flock you have got down there at Turin A nice set of parishioners—a nice set !" The friar cast down his eyes ; the head of the Church so playfully sceptic about the omnipotence of grace and mercy, so plainly incredulous as to a timely revulsion of feeling, the contrition, repent ance, and happy release of even the most hardened sinner, and so ready to draw from his own little faith arguments against the religious disposition of a whole congregation of Christians, sorely discom posed, puzzled, and perplexed the simple friar. " And," the Pope proceeded, after a pause, dur ing which he fumbled a good deal with the folds of his white robe,—" And the sacrament—the viatico, which you administered to the dying Minister ? Why, what an egregious farce (' the graziosa corn,- media' were the precise words), what an egregious play was that !" The monk was staggered. " The sacraments, Holy Father, were administered in the presence of the Count's brother, the Marquis Gustavo, his daughter and son-in-law, Count and Countess Al fieri, and other persons whose deep Catholic feelings no man ever doubted. They can bear witness —" " Enough said ; enough said," interrupted the Pope, tartly; " you will please to prepare the de claration in writing that we demand of you. You understand ; and you will not fail to present your self before the General of your order without delay." With this the interview, which took far more time than I have required to describe it, terminated. At the General of the Franciscan Order's and at the Holy Office scenes of the same nature took place. It was plain that the Court of Rome hoped, either by the awe inspired by the person of the Pontiff, or by the terrors of monastic or Inquisitorial discipline to bring the poor monk to reveal as much of Count Cavour's confession as could by all the ingenuity of priestly chicane be construed into no matter how pale a ghost of a recantation on the Count's part of his political errors. Nor would this have implied a breach of the inviolable seal of confession, for a retractation, in order to be efficacious and to have any merit in the eyes of God, must be as public as the doctrines or deeds from which the scandal arose, and the recanting penitent must allow, and, indeed, instruct his spiritual director to repair as openly as possible the evil of which he acknowledges himself the author. But the real fact is that Cavour had nothing to retract—had not only no inclination, ba t no leisure, and, above all things, no self-conscious ness to make any retractation whatever. In spite of all the idle talk that went about the newspapers, the Court of Rome must have known, as ell as we did here, that Father Giacomo had nothing to re veal ; and the summons of the poor friar to Rome could have no other object than mere bravado, and a wish to see whether intimidation and moral tor ture could wrench from the monk admissions which could have no solid ground. Father Giacomo is no man of genius, and is no hero. He is an honest monk, fond of good living, glad to be at peace with the whole world and with I himself. But, however greatly flustered and dis concerted in his inward soul (he used to cling to both arms of a Piedmontese friend of mine, then in Rome, and " hope he would not forsake him "), however often a prey to serious qualms and aghast at the ugly scrape he had unwittingly got into, he rallied whenever the hour of trial came round, and always showed his enemies as free and easy and secure, though humble and respectful a front, as we have seen he did before the Pope. The monks of his order in Rome, who had been prejudiced against him, took pride in his firm and dignified behaviour, and treated him with great regard and deference, looking upon him as a brave fellow—a credit to the cloth. He had a parting interview with the Pope, in whichthe latter behaved with less harshness, though with even' greater superciliousness, and affected to treat the monk and the errand upon which he had been called as below his notice. He still harped about the old subject of a " declara tion," a word now almost entirely devoid of mean ing, and at length signified his good pleasure to allow Giacomo to depart in peace. Adversity evidently works no good upon the mind of the once benevolent Pio None. He has been goaded by the taunts of the press, which charged him with incapacity, or, at least, indolence, in the exercise of his sovereign dnties to take a great deal of the matters connected with the temporal government upon himself. He acts as chief of his own police ; sees spies and other worthies every morning, and stuffs himself with a great deal of idle, unwholesome, and perilous poli tical gossip. He delights in sudden coups d'etot, and it was to one of these sudden outbursts of his energetic character that Cardinal d'Andrea fell a victim. The Pope repeated to him, word for word, the criticisms which the Cardinal allowed himself in the sanctity of private conversation, criticisms touching the many abuses which rendered the Papal Government a byword among civilised com munities; and the interview closed with an inti mation of the Pope that he would henceforth dis pense with the Cardinal's attendance upon his sacred person. Fancy Pius IX. playing Tiberius or Haroun el Raschid. Wonders will never cease, and the Emperor of the French and the King of Italy know not yet what customer they have to cleat with ; they are far from fancying how soon the aged Pontiff may take upon himself to play the part of the old Gregorys. and Innocents. In the:matter of Father Giacomo, however, the Pope behaved with great coarseness and ill-temper, and the monk haAci certainly the better of him. Nothing, in the meanwhile, can equal the joy of the . it good friar i n see i ng hi mse lf ou t o f th e c l utc h es o f oman Court, and breathing again, as he says "th e fr ee a i r of his ' own country." He is a native of Poirin Alitti! i ,a small town on the road between Turin and been tak e , a:10 not hear th a t an y meas ures h ave yet concerni ng hi s p ar i s h. The he a t i s rising fearfully in this country, and has attained grade thermom eter 34 and even 35 d egrees o f t h e centi inithe s_hade, and on a northern e x posure. At Milan iian t i7 : 7 ; yet people coming from Bologna assure ine3 harclimate of Turin is "like spring" to th in c l o n e as L dly with that of a summ er their city. Such summ erW parison ever known iu the valley of the Po. We have rather alarm ing accounts of the, effects of the lone drought in Genoa. The G:enoese are, i,deee— thirsty souls." Their civi y conveys f the " best”' the scantiest supply ' of elements ; the town quarters, away from this failing re source, have been for the last two months in the greatest distress. Even the Nicolay water, so boun tiful and plentiful in the most trying times, fails short of the wants of the parching population. The two adjoining little valleys of Polcevera and Bisagno, so rich in springs, are utterly dry. The laundresses are at a loss how to wash, and the country people have to go great distances with their beasts of burden to fetch wherewith to water their cattle, Within no living man's memory was the Riviera scourged by so awful a cessation of all mois ture. Gardens and groves wither in the consuming sun glare ; the country bears a look of desolation. The deaths in Turin show an increase of 10 or 12 daily. At Chieri there have been cases of a " black disease" (whatever it may be), which people think contagious, and of which they fear the spread. The doctors haVe ordered the immediate interment of the first victims of the ominous complaint. As a proof of the extraordinary state of the weather, I may state that the pastures on the summits of the Alps above Valdieri, which I saw a few days ago, and which are usually so fresh and green and sweet at this time of the year, were as dry and red as stubble, and the cattle which is yearly sent np for two months' grazing must be sent back to their winter quarters, lest they should be starved on the mountains. There are some reports about Turin that Ciaidini has resigned his command at Naples, owing to some differences with the central Government on the sub ject of the employment of Garibaldian officers, but there is, I believe, no ground for the report. This would, indeed, be the most serious calamity Italy has had to endure since Viliafranca. It is added that General Menabrea would be sent out to take Cialdini's place. • STATE OF NAPLES. A letter from Naples, dated Aug. 13, says : We have seen but little as yet of Cialdini except in his military character. The following rescript, however, directed by him to the Secretary-General o f Grace and Justice, shows in what manner he deals with civil affairs, and is worth translating : " Journalism has complained lately of an excess of delay in terminating criminal processes. The hand of justice punishes the more sharply in proportion to the celerity with which it actE. More- over, the accused has the right to demand that the interval between the accusation and the sen- tense shall be as short as possible. If he be de- dared innocent, who will offer an indemnity for the wrong which has been inflicted ? I earnestly beg you, therefore, to ascertain if there is any ground for the complaint which has been made ; and it is my intention, in the event of it being established, to punish severely those who are guilty of such negligence, which not only offends the laws of duty imposed on the magistrates, but violates those also of humanity. To active magistrates proffer, in my name, words of praise ; to those who have been negligent, censure without pardon. Re mind all that the Government of the King has a right to have functionaries who find motives for executing their duties, not only in the command of the law, but yet more in the love of the great Italian country, for the liberty and redemption of which no zeal can be too great. I beg you to ascer- tain from the magistrates of this city the state of the penal actions which have been instituted, and in the provinces where you deem it opportune to send intelligent and active functionaries to verify such facts immediately. Report to me afterwards those who from their zeal are worthy of special consideration, and those who from negligence merit censure," &c. It is not often that I can report rescripts or de crees in full, but the one I now send you seems to merit attention from its being a kind of negation of the former policy of the Government, and from its presenting a fair view of the energy of Cialdini. From timidity, or Bourbonism, or, worse than all, a conciliatory spirit, political and other causes had been suffered to lie over, and the Duke of Cajanello, among others, has been lying untried in prison since April last. A new system is to be adopted —one marked by promptitude and legality, and I shall shortly have to report to you some political causes. You will observe the homage which Cial dini pays to journalism ;—he despises no influence, neglects nothing, and I should be wanting in my duty if I did not confess that he displays an energy which, if it had been shown earlier, might have saved the country from a thousand ills. I trust ' that it is not now too late. What a system of mingled empiricism, incapacity, and neglect has been hitherto adopted! In the same spirit in which the rescript is expressed the Attorney-General has sent a circular to all the Royal judges. I must now give you some fuller information on facts which I communicated in my last letter, and first as to the ' persons who have been arrested. I have obtained an official list of them, which is as follows :—Mar shal Giovanni Rodriguez, Marshal Fergola, Marshal Tabacchi, Marshal Ajace di Rivera, Brigadier Ser gardi, Brigadier Luvera, Brigadier Antonelli, Brigadier Dorgemont, Brigadier Palumbo, Major Quantel, Captain Dupuy, Lieutenant-General Sigrist, Captain Sigrist, First-Lieutenant Sigrist, General Colucci, General Polizzi, Lieutenant- Colonel Guillamatte, Captain of Artillery di Rivera, Colonel, of Artillery di Rivera. Priests :—Maresca, vicar ; Mirichino ; Pica, " Penitenziere ;" Parluto, parish priest ; Taja, " Economo del Forte Nuovo ;" Rotondo, parish priest. This last-named person has been set at liberty on account of old age and infirmities. ;These persons were arrested on the 7th and Bth inst., and have since been sent off to Genoa. No overt acts on their part have been dis covered, but it is ascertained that they had relations with the reactionary committee in Posilippo in the house of Frisi, and had frequent interviews in their own houses with suspected persons. With regard to the priests, there are documents to prove that they had formed a well-combined conspiracy, and consequently they will be put upon their trial, and that without delay. I have already spoke of another plot which was discovered a few days since in Milano, the details of which, as in other cases, I have been compelled to reserve until I could verify them. Prince Casta pieta and a Signor Gubitosi, formerly Chancellor of the Tribunal, have been arrested on the charge of providing a certain bandit chief called Rajacco with funds. This man, who was greatly favoured by the late Government, seems to have had communi cation with the reactionists of the neighbouring towns, and, having induced a great number of the inhabitant s of Miano to join them under the pro mise of paying them four carlini a day, it was re solved to assault and disarm the National Guard, and afterwards plunder the houses, on the fete of St. Gaetano, the patron saint of the place. The cold-blooded barbarities resolved on remind me of a commo n proverb with The nearer th e c h urc h , the nearer the devil ;" but our conspirators would shelter themselves under another---" The better the day, the better the deed." St. Gaetano has, how ever, very fortunately, been defrauded of the honours intended for him; for the Commissary of Police at Capodimonte received information other winitthe time, andaid o a f small body of the rifles, together the National Guard, succeededoNem in apprehending and puttingehendingthe principal promoters of the movement have them been in taken prison.in the city. to the All p thoserecau htiwonso wcouldhich be counted on in a disturbance have been removed haveoved —that is to say, 800, if not 1, 000, convicts been sent off to Fenestella, and, as I have told you before, upwards of 100 high prisoners of State, who will be confined, it is believed, in the for tress of Alexandria. These latter were sent off on Friday night and the former on Saturday morning, and it seems to be the intention, as I have already told you, to empty the prisons of the rascals whom the Bourbon and the Pope, under the protection of the Emperor, have employed to perpetrate so many horrors. The convicts who it is ascertained were implicated in the conspiracy were promised their liberty and the plundering of the city, so that you may well conceive what barbarities were in reserve for us to-morrow, the day which had been fixed upon for the attempt, had it succeeded. As another mea sure of precaution, the guards in the Royal Palace have been doubled and cannon prepared in lease of necessity, and an especial line of military observation is laid down from the Museum to Castel Ovo. I have been informed that this, as well as the Castel Elmo, have been armed ; into the latter can non have, I am assured, been introduced recently, and none but Piedmontese or regular troops are on guard. The old custom is again introduced of not permitting any one to approach ; even those who work the telegraph on the top are accompanied by a guard both on leaving and entering the Castle, and, in the event of bringing any package with them, they are relieved of it by the guard. On Tuesday last, in consequence of intelligence that the house of Liborio Romano was to be as saulted by some ruffians, a detachment of soldiers was ordered down for his protection. All those precautions, taken by express order of Cialdini, in dicated great apprehensions, not in the least exag gerated ; but I must tell you that Cantelli, his adla tus, General Cosens, and De Blasio, the Secretary- General of the Interior, do not share his opinions. I do, and I think that Cialdini is acting with a most laudable prudence and energy ; it is the affec tation of indifference which has ruined us. The third and last review of the four remaining battalions of the National Guard took place on Sun day in front of the Palace, and it is impossible to describe the enthusiasm with which Cialdini was received. Well he merits it, and may Heaven accompany his efforts with success. Leaving now the city, I have to tell you that General Pianelli has been ordered off to Benevento, where the Reac ionists, it is said, 4,000 strong, have joined toge- ther, and perhaps had been destined to march on Naples. The principal head-quarters are at Collis and thence they could march on Naples in eight hours. Three hundred Reactionists attacked the regulars near Cancello a few days since and repulsed them, the latter being in very small force ; having been reinforced in the evening, they rallied and dispersed the enemy. One or two other cases of repulse of the regulars, under similar circumstances' have taken place in other directions. . . As you know, her Majesty's ship Exmouth is at Castellamare, and, as I have several times told you, Captain Paynter is always exercising his crew, whom he has brought into a high state of discipline. Last Friday, however, we had something extraor dinary. At half-past 4 o'clock a.m. nearly 500 of the crew were landed in seven companies, with field guns, and marched in the cool of the morning two miles up the mountain, where they bivouacked under the trees, and then moved down again into the town. If there were any brigands lurking near they will have profited by the sight, and will per haps refrain from coming into the city as they have threatened for some time. The landing was effected in half an hour, and the men moved with great pre cision, not a word being spoken in the ranks. Of course all Castellamare was at the windows to see the novel sight, while on their return the whole population were in the streets, apparently astonished to see the movements of this well-trained body of men, all armed with rifles. As a manoeuvre it spoke highly as to the discipline of the men, and as a de monstration, I think, has assisted the inhabitants, who tremble at the prospect of the descent of the enemy from the hills. Admiral Martin is expected to-day, and the Exmouth will probably then go over to Naples to coal. I believe I may state, now that the fleet, or a portion of it, is withdrawn from the Syrian coast, that a large force will come up here. It may as well be here as elsewhere, and there are obvious reasons why it should be here, if we mean to back up the kingdom of Italy with our moral force. If France supports brigands on the frontier, why should not England support Victor Emmanuel in the Bay of Naples ? At all events, such a move will obviate the neces sity of any more killing kindness from our Impe rial and beloved cousin in Southern Italy. Many who have watched the course of events here, and I confess myself to be among the number, are of opinion that confusion has been promoted here in order to furnish an excuse for offering assistance. Deliver us from our friends. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.-CROYDON, AUG. 17. (Before Mr. Justice Willituue and a Special Jury . PAWLE AND OTHERS V. GODING. This cause commenced on Friday, and it was of rather an extraordinary character. The plaintiffi are Messrs. Pawle, Belpage, and Co., solicitors, and the action was brought by them against Major Goding, the defendant, to recover a sum of £9O, the balance of a sum of £126 money, which was alleged to have been supplied by them to Catherine God ing, the wife, and Evelyn Blanche Goding, the daughter of the defendant, for their support and maintenance. _ The defendant pleaded that he was never in debted, except as to the sum of £36 35., which he paid into court, and he also pleaded that the said Catherine Goding was not his wife, but the wife of one James Dickinson, who was still living, and that the said Evelyn Blanche Goding was not his lawful daughter. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Butler Bigby, appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. J. Browne, and Mr. Freeman were counsel for the defendant. Before the cause commenced, Mr. Bovill applied for a postponement; on the ground that Mr. Dickin son, whose evidence would be necessary to prove one of the pleas of the defendant, was too ill to at tend. If, however, he said, his learned friend would admit that the lady had been married to that gen tleman, he was ready to proceed. Mr. Chambers said he should admit nothing. Mr. Bovill having consulted with his client, said he would go on without the witness to whom he had referred. Mr. Chambers then proceeded to open the case of the plaintiffs, and he said it was one of the most painful investigations that was about to be entered into that he ever remembered in his experience, and he had hoped to have been spared from stating in a public court of justice the most distressing circum stances under which the plaintiff, Mr. Pawle, was compelled to bring the present action. The whole amount originally sought to be recovered was about £l2O, but a sum of money had been paid into court, and the amr unt that remained in dispute was only about £9O, but he thought it right to inform the jury that the money was not of any consideration, but the real bhject that was sought for by the plaintiff was to induce Major Goding to do what was right to his wife and daughter. The defendant was a man of position and fortune, his income, as he was informed, being £2,000 a year, arid it appeared that he had resided for a few years past at the Manor-house, Barham Wood, near Elstree, and there would be no doubt that he had lived with the lady, whom he now chose to say was not married to him, for a great many years, and that he had introduced her and her daugh ter, who, he was instructed, was a most amiable and accomplished young lads, to the neighbouring gentry, as his wife and daughter. He would not enter further into the position of the family during their residence at Barham Wood, than to state that it was to be feared that Mr. and Mrs. Goding lived, latterly, very unhappily, and that in the beginning of February in the present year the two ladies left their home, and proceeded to London. They were at this time quite penniless, and it appeared that a son of the defendant, who had left his father's house some time before, in the first instance, assisted his mother and sister, and he subsequently introduced them to the plaintiffs, with whom he had been in communication in reference to some reversionary property to which he was entitled. Mrs. Goding made a statement of her case to the plaintiffs, and it appeared that in the first instance it was contem plated that proceedings should be taken in the Di vorce Court against the defendant, and he was com municated with by the plaintiffs, and they were referred by him to his solicitor, Mr. Chapman. During th ese procee di ngs t h e p l a i nt iff s h a d a dvanced different sums of mony to Mrs. Goding, amounting to £36, and when the plaintiff had an interview wit h that gentleman he informed him of this fact, and different communications took place with a view to obtain some settlement for Mrs. Coding and her daughter. These negotiations, however, were not successful, and at last the plaintiff was compelled to bring the present action to recover the money he had paid to that lady and her daughter, almost to save them from actual starvation ; and then, as it appeared to him, the terrible point of the case was this, that the defendant had caused a plea to he put upon the record , b y which he stated that the woman who for more than twenty years had ife h , e an l d iad his d h a eld ught o e u r, t iw t h o orn th i e le h w a o d rld intr a o s . duced to persons of the highest respectability and position, clergymen, and others in that capacity, had no right to those titles. He could not conceive anything more dreadful than the issue that was thus raised by the defendant, for he not only in his plea asserted that the lady who had for so many years lived with hiin as his wife was not so in reality, but was the wife of one James Dickenson, who was still living, but that the said Evelyn Blanche Goding was net his lawful daughter. He THE SUN: LONDON, MONDAY EVENINC4, AUGUST 19, 1861 did not believe that the defendant would dare to get into the witness-box and say that the lady was not his wife, or that a father could act so cruelly towards his own child as to endeavour to support such a plea as the one that was upon the retard He regretted exceedingly that a question of this description should be brotght before a public tri bunal, and he had hoped that some arrangement would have been come to tiat could have obviated the necessity for a public inquiry. The defendant, however, it appeared, persisted in defending the action, and the plaintiffs, therefore, had no alterna tine but to proceed with the inquiry, but he re peated that the object was not to obtain the paltry amount of money involved in the inquiry, but that Major-General Goding might be induced to do something for his wife and daughter that would re store them to their proper position in society. Miss Evelyn Blanche Coding, a young lady of very interesting appearance, was then called as a witness. She deposed that she was the daughter of the defendant, and she had resided with him and her mother at the Manor-house, Elstree, for two years, prior to January last. Witness was seven teen years and a half old, and since she was six years of age she had always been with the major and her mother, and looked upon them as her father and mother. While they were living at Elstree they used to visit the neighbouring gentry, and also the clergyman of the parish. She had a brother three years older than herself, but he had left home two years and a half ago, and was living in London. Her brother and her father had some differences before he left. About January last her mother and father used to quarrel, and they did so once or twice in witness's presence, and unfortunately upon some occasions they resorted to personal violence. On the 28th of January, witness and her mother left home, and proceeded to London on a visit, and they returned to Elstree about three o'clock in the afternoon of the 3d of February. They proceeded up stairs to the room, occupied as a bed and sitting room, but found the door locked, and they asked a female servant, named Ashworth, to go to Major Goding and fetch the key. She came back in a short time, and said they were not to have the key of the room, and they both then left the house, and witness remained that night at the residence of Mr. Podmore, a clergyman at Elstree, and her mother stayed at the house of the pew-opener. On the following morning she and her - mother proceeded to London, where they took lodgings. Her father had told her before this that he would turn her out of the house, and that she should never have a farthing of his money, and he would burn his will, and all money should go into the law courts. Neither herself nor her mother had any money when they arrived in London, and her brother at first supplied them with some, and witness and her mother were subsequently intro duced to the plaintiff, Mr. Pawle, and he advanced them different sums of money amounting altogether to £126 for their maintenance. These supplies continued from the month of February to June. Cross-examined—She did not know the exact age of Major Goding, but believed he was about 72. She and her mother latterly, while at Elstree, had a separate sitting room, as well as bed-room. She did not believe that her mother was in the constant habit of getting tipsy. It was likely that she had sometimes sent the servants out to fetch gin for her, and sometimes, when they could not get any in the house, they used to send to the public-house for beer. On the afternoon in February when they went to Elstree, they went in a carriage which stayed for them, and the reason for this was they had no money to pay for it. She was quite sure that when they asked for the key Major Godin4 did not bend a message to the effect that they should have it when they informed him where they had been. She did not say when the message was sent, " Come along, mamma, he shall know where we have been," but the reply she made was, "Very well, it's no use stopping here; come along, dear mamma shall we go ?" She saw her mother in Croydon last Wednesday, but she only remained a short time, and she did not know where she was now living. Before they came to Croydon they both occupied lodgings at Pimlico. She had heard her father say that her mother was tipsy, upon some occasions, but she did not remember ever hearing him say that her mother was not a fit companion for her. Both witness and her brother had rever sionary property. Her father, she was aware, had offered to place her with a clergyman and make her a liberal allowance, if she would eonsent to leave her mother, and he had made this offer several times. Her mother, she believed, had an allowance of £BO a-year of her own ; and her father, she be lieved, had offered to make it up to £2OO a-year if she would consent not to associate with witness, or to trouble him. She was not aware that her father had also promised to pay all the debts her mother had contracted, if she would consent to be separated from him and witness. The plaintiff was a stranger to her when she was first introduced to him, and her brother took them to his office, in the first in stance ; and upon that occasion Mr. Pawle gave her mother ID. She believed this was done at the request of her brother, although she supposed the money was advanced upon the security of his reversion. She believed that her brother had borrowed money before from the plain tiff upon the same security, and that he had given him some deed in reference to the money that was advanced to her mother, and she supposed that the costs of this action were secured in the same manner. Her father was notaware that they were going away in January, and she had never since that time sought an interview with him. Most of the money was given to them by Mr. Pawle, but Mr. Belpage, his partner, upon some occasions gave them cheques. See believed that the plaintiff had taken a deed from her brother to se cure the repayment of the money when he came of age. She and her mother used to dine in the bed room. By Mr. Hawkins—They used to have a bit of boiled fat, which you could not call mutton, and some potatoes sent up for their dinner. (A laugh.) Her father used to dine by himself in the dining- MOM. By Mr. Bovill—Her brother was not in Croydon. She believed he came of age on the 15th of July last, but she was not aware that he executed a deed on that day, securing to the plaintiff the money he had advanced. The Rev. Mr. Plummer, the rector of Elstree, de posed that he had been acquainted with the family of Major Goding since they had lived at Elstree. The ladies were introduced by Major Goding to him as his wife and daughter, and they were in the habit of attending church and visiting other fami lies in the neighbourhood in those capacities. Mr. Chapman, the solicitor to Major Goding, proved that in February he had a communication with the plaintiff upon the subject of the aseistance he had rendered to Mrs. and Miss Goding, and was informed by him that he had at that time advanced £36, the sum paid into Court. He wrote to the defendant, and informed him of all that had taken place. In answer to questions put by Mr. Bovill, this gentleman stated that he knew that Major Goding had offered Mrs. Goding £l2O a-year, in addition to her present allowance of £BO, if she would consent to be separated from her daughter ; and he was most anxious to provide for them both, but he would not do so unless the mother and daughter were sepa rated. He told this to Mr. Pawle in the course of their conversation, and also informed him distinctly that Major Goding would not sanction any arrange ment that was not based upon the footing of the daughter leaving her mother, whom he considered an unfit person for her to be with. He also gave Mr. Pawle clearly to understand that Major Goding would not be answerable for any more money than what had been already advanced by him. In the course of the interviews they had together, Mr. Pawle talked about instituting proceedings in the Divorce Court for the dissolution of the marriage, and to procure an allowance, and witness then in formed him that there was no marriage to dissolve, and he was quite satisfied of this fact from the pe culiar manner in which the will of an uncle, Mr. C. Goding, was worded. Some documentary evidence was put in, and this closed the case for the plaintiffs. Mr. Bevil' then submitted that no case had been made out of either implied or direct authority on the part of Major Goding for the advance of the 'none) ; and, on the contrary, it appeared by the evidence of Mr. Chapman that he was distinctly told that Major Goding would not be responsible for more money than what had been advanced up to February, and that the plaintiff, therefore, had no legal claim, and must be nonsuited. Mr. Justice Williams expressed his opinion that the objection was a good one, and said he should certainly reserve the point if necessary. The diffi culty as to his directing a nonsuit, however, was the plea as to no marriage having taken place, and he did not think he had the power to order a nonsuit while that plea remained upon the record. Mr. Bovill said it might be struck out. Mr. Chambers said such a plea should never have been placed upon record, and he would not consent to its being withdrawn, but would rather hear the defendant's evidence and take the opinion of the jury upon it. The cause was then adjourned until Saturday m jp ir o eo r cs ni eaei n dd g. e that atto n Mr. Bovill, ao u do p dn o re n eseso th ut e hme a b s ie. sembling of the Court. I m iry or f e or the dee deeply impressed than himself with the painful nature of the inquiry, or was more anxious to avoid publicity given to it ; but it was no fault of the defendant that an amic able arrangement had not been come to. He was sure, however, that the jury would see that there was something behind when they found that the plaintiff himself had not dared to go into the wit- ness•box, but had put forward the young lady as a' witness -to give evidence against her own father, and placed her in the painful position of proving such a case—and when they had heard all the facts, hs believed they would not give Mr. Pawle credit for such high and generous motives in reference to these proceedings as had been attributed to him, and that they would also be of opinion that he, and not Major Goding was responsible for dragging this matter before the public. He said that several days ago terms had been agreed upon that would have ensured to Mrs. Godling an adequate provi sion, and to her daughter a respectable home, but at the last moment Mr. Pawle refused to carry out this arrangement, and they were consequently corn. pelled to go on with the action. Mr. Chambers denied, on the part of Mr. Parole, that this was so; and said that at that moment They were prepared to accept the terms that had been offered. _ VV Mr. Bovill repeated his assertion, and said that the correspondence would prove that he was correct in his statement. He would now inform them what the real circumstances of the case were, and a sad tale indeed it was to tell. He should show them that Mrs. coding, or rather Mrs. Dickenson, for in point of fact she was the wife of Lieutenant Dickenson, had latterly be. come addicted to habits of intemperance, and while in that state she would throw plates at her husband, and committed various other acts of vio lence, so that it had been necessary upon some occa • . sions to call in the aid of the police. If she was pre vented from obtaining spirits in the house she would send the servants to the public-house for them, and she was in the habit of getting drunk upon gin. The young lady who had been examined had denied having seen her mother drunk, but he was afraid that her mother had deceived her, and that she had pretended to her daughter merely to be ill, when in point of fact she was in a state of intoxication. With regard to the marriage, he should show that many years ago the lady was married in India to Lieu - t. Dickenson, but they were separated 22 years ago, and Major Goding became acquainted with her while she was passing as a single woman, and re ceiving from her husband an allowance of £BO a year. The jury had heard that at the commence ment of the cause he had asked his lordship to post pone it, in order to afford an opportunity for Lieut. Dickenson to come forward and prove that the lady who had passed as Mrs. Coding was his wife. That gentleman was in such a state of excitement conse quent upon these proceedings and the discovery that had taken place, that he was unable to attend. and he had thought it better to go on without his evidence, because Major Goding could himself prove that the lady was not married to him. It was true that, believing her to be a single woman, Major Goding had formed a connection with her, and that they had two children, a son and daughter, the young lady whom they had seen on the previous day, and that for more than 20 years he had repre sented her as his wife. Her conduct, however, at length became very bad, and from bad to worse. She opened the major's letters, she was constantly drunk, she got into debt, and was so violent that the major was at length compelled to keep her to her own apartments. The daughter unhappily sided with her mother, and he should show that the major entertained most sincere affection for his child, and his earnest desire was to remove her from the contamination of being with such a parent. The learned counsel then went on to state that Mrs. Goding was in the habit of borrowing money from the servants and other persons to obtain spirits with, and Major Coding had been several times summoned to the Barnet County Court for debts that were so contracted, and he had paid such debts over and over again rather than have any exposure. With regard to what had been stated by the young lady as to a small quantity of boiled fat which sbe said could not be called mutton, and some potatoes being supplied to them for the dinner, and to their only having the use of one room for a bedroom and sitting-room, be should show that they had the use of several rooms, and that the best of food and everything they required was regularly supplied both to her and her mother. The learned counsel then adverted to the facts of the case, and said it was clear, from the evidence of Mr. Chapman. that the plaintiff was distinctly told that Major Goding would not be answerable for any money advanced after the month of February, and that he had no claim whatever for the sums that were afterwards advanced by him, and that the money was advanced in direct cpposition to the wishes and intentions of Major Goding, and that consequently he had no right to recover in this action. Mr. Chambers again interfered in the course of the address of the learned counsel for the defendant, and expressed his willingness, on the part of the plaintiff, to consent to reasonable terms, without proceeding further. Mr. Bovill said he could not consent to do this, after the attack that had been made upon Major Goding. A one-sided statement, reflecting seriously upon that gentleman, had been published to the world, and it was absolutely necessary that an an swer should be given to it, Mr. Pawle had thought fit to force Major Goding into a court of justice, and when he had done all the mischief he could, by giving publicity to those painful matters, he ex pressed himself ready to come to terms. The learned counsel then observed that a great many facts had been introduced into the case which had nathing whatever to do with it. The real question was this —Mr. Pawle demanded money of Major Goding which he said he never authorised him to expend for him, and whether he had done so or not was the only point that, in the result, the jury would have to consider. Anne Richardson, who had been housemaid in the family in 1859, and down to the close of last year, deposed that when she first went into their service the major and Mrs. Goding and her daughter used to take their meals together, but latterly Mrs. Girding and her daughter occupied another portion of the house by themselves. Four rooms were allotted to them, three sitting-rooms and a bedroom. She used to take them their meals. They generally had tea at seven o'clock in the morning, lunch at eleven, consisting of cutlets, and sometimes fish, and at one o'clock they generally had some meat off the joints provided for the servants. (Laughter.) They had dinner at six o'clock and supper at nine. (Re newed laughter.) Major Coding used to supply the dinner from his own table. Witness generally took up two quarts of ale or porter with the lunch and the dinner end supper. (Laughter.) Witness some times, by Mrs. Goding's orders, used to take up a gallon of sixpenny ale to her in a stone jar, and she had taken up as much as two gallons of beer in the course of the day. (Laughter.) Witness had fetched gin from the public-house by the direction of her mistress. A nine-gallon cask of beer came into the house every week, and when it was emptied grs. Goding used to send to the public house far spirits and beer. Cross-examined—Mrs. Goding and the major fre quently quarrelled, but sometimes he was very kind to her. He was very kind to the servants, and he gave witness ss. at Christmas, and o.bottle of sherry on her birthday. Mr. Hawkins—Did the major give the other ser vants a bottle of sherry on their birthdays ? The witness said she could not say. She did not know whether the other servants had birthdays. (A roar of laughter.) By Mr. Bovill--The bottle of sherry was given for all the servants to partake of. Elizabeth Ashworth, the servant referred to by Miss Coding in her evidence, made a similar statement, with regard to the manner in which the ladies' table was supplied, and she also said that when they made application for the key of their bedroom upon their return from London, she in formed them that the major would let them have the key when they told him where they had been. In cross-examination this witness said that six quarts of beer was generally sent up to Mrs. Goding every day, and besides this she used to have wine, and she used also very frequently to take up' three quarts of milk during the day. (Laughter,) Hannah Bowman, the cook, gave similar evidence, and she also stated that Mrs. Goding very often came home drunk. Cross-examined—She remembered upon one occa sion when Mrs. Goding was drunk she ordered her to send up some tea, and she heard her say, "Go and tell that fat beast of a woman to send my tea, and then I am going to get jolly drunk." (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins—l suppose the expression " that fat beast of a woman" she meant you ? (A laugh.) Witness (indignantly)—l suppose she did. (Re newed laughter.) Mr. Christopher Richards, a surveyor, a friend of Major Coding, was then examined, and he proved that he had an interview with the plain tiff in April, arid that he then distinctly informed him that Major Coding would not be answerable for any money that was advanced, except with the view of carrying out his wish that his daughter should be separated from her mother. Major Goding, the defendant, was then called as a witness, and Mr. Justice Williams, who bad made one or two efforts in the course of the trial to induce the par ties to come to some amicable arrangement, before he was sworn addressed the leading counsel on both sides and requested them to go with him into the private room. They accordingly left the court and were absent for nearly half an hour, when they again came into court, and it was stated that at length au arrangement had been effected that would obviate the necessitypf proceeding further with the cause. Mr. Bovill, addressing the jury, said he was happy to inform them that, through the kind inter vention of his lordship, for which he felt much in debted; an arrangement had been come to that would obviate the necessity of their being called upon to give any verdict. Part of the understand ing was, that all imputations upon the character and motives of Mr. Pawle, in reference to this transaction, should be withdrawn, and other terms that would have the effect of obtaining a proper allowance for the lady, and a proper provision for her daughter. Mr. Chambers said that he also felt deeply in debted to his lordship for the pains he had taken to endeavour to settle these unhappy:differences, and he, at the same time, said that it appeared to him that the arrangement that had been come to was a most satisfactory one. He also expressed his satis faction that all imputations upon Mr. Pawle had been withdrawn, as he felt convinced that he had been actuated by none but the strictest feelings of honour and kindness towards the unhappy lady whose cause he had undertaken to vindicate. A juror was then withdrawn, and the cause was brought to a conclusion. Mr. Justice Williams got through all the special jury causes to-day, and both Courts will be engaged on Monday in trying the remaining common jury cases. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Aug. 17. BOW-STREET—Edward Mortimer was charged with a violent assault upon Dunbar John Cother, barrister-at-law. The prisoner is already well known to the public as one of the defendants in a prosecution, which at the time excited an extraordinary interest, with respect to the illegal sale of commissions in the army. He is a stalwart, powerfill looking man, though somewhat advanced in years. He is com monly called Captain Mortimer, and it is stated that he is entitled to that appellation, having for merly been a captain in the army. He certainly has a military appearance. The prosecutor also has the build and aspect of a powerful man, much younger than the prisoner, but appeared to be reduced to a condition of extreme debility, probably from loss of blood. His head was swathed in ban- dages and in giving his evidence he leaned upon the front of the witness box, as if unable to stand un- supported. His features are prominent, and rather handsome, and his beard, which was unshaven, was thick, strong, and black. Mr. Cother being sworn, gave his evidence in so low a tone of voice as to be scarcely inaudible. When asked by the magistrate (Mr. Henry) to speak louder, he replied that he was " not strong enough." He deposed—l am a barrister, and reside at 27, Sloane-street. I know the defendant. A few days since I met him on the steps of the General Post office. I asked him for his address, and he refused to give it to me, at the same time flourishing his stick. Mr. Henry—Did he say anything ? The witness—He said, " I will see you -- be fore I will give it you." This morning I met him on Hungerford-bridge near the entrance to the market, as I was coming up from the pier. I ad dressed him, saying," Now Mr. Mortimer, I insist on knowing your address." He pushed me away from him. I went up to him again to repeat the request. He stepped backward, raised his walking stick in the air, swung it round, and struck me a violent blow with the butt end of it on the side of the head. It was an ordinary oak walking-stick. I believe it was afterwards taken to the hospital. I think the blow cut through my hat. Mr. Henry—Was the effect of the blow to knock you down ? The witness—No ; I did not fall, but I lost a great deal of blood. I gave the prisoner into cus tody. They took me to Charing-cross Hospital, where my wound was dressed. The prisoner being asked if he wished to put any questions to the witness replied in the negative. The stick was produced. It was a common- walking-stick of a Medium size, rather slight than otherwise. The handle, described by Mr. Cother as the " butt end," was formed by the extremity being bent into a hook. Mr. Cother's hat was also produced. It was a white hat and had been very much stained with blood both internally and exter nally, but not cut or broken. Stephen Worthy, a youth of about 18 or 19 years of age, deposed that he was on the bridge at the time and heard the prosecutor ask for the address of the prisoner. Upon the latter refusing to give it, Mr. Cother said, " I will not let you go till you give me your address." The prisoner then stepped back about three feet, and holding the stick by the lower end struck the prosecutor on the head with the handle or " crooked end." It was a very severe blow. The blow was not struck through the hat. It came upon the side of the head, just below the brim of the hat. The hat was knocked aside,—up on the side where the blow was struck, so that it was pushed a little down on the other side. Wit- mess was passing close to the prosecutor, and the blood spurted over his clothes and over his hands. (The witness here held up his hands, which were smeared all over with blood.) Witness handed his pocket handkerchief to the prosecutor to stanch the blood, and in a few minutes the handkerchief was " filled full of it." (The witness produced the hand. kerchief, which was saturated with blood.) It was about 12 o'clock in the day when this occurred. The constable on duty 'on the bridge took the prisoner into custody, and witness accompanied the prosecu tor to the hospital. Policeman 179 L deposed to the fact that the prosecutor gave the prisoner in custody to him. The prosecutor was bleeding profusely. Mr. Short, acting house-surgeon at Charing-cross Hospital, deposed that prosecutor came there a little after 12 o'clock. He had a contused scalp wound about an inch and a half long. It must have bled profusely. Some small arteries were severed. Mr. Mottimer, who had declined to cross-examine the witnesses, was now asked by the worthy magis trate if he wished to make any statement. He re plied, in a tremulous voice, and apparently with much emotion—Yes. I met Mr. Cother on the bridge. I was just going over. He stopped me and asked my address, which I refused to give. He put up his hands and caught hold of me to stop me and prevent my passing. I tried to get by, but he would not let me. I admit that I forgot myself, and I certainly struck him. But I did not do it intentionally with malice. It occurred instantaneously. I did not think of such a thing. I would be the last man to do it. I would wish to make any arrangement with Mr. Cother—any arrangement in my power. Mr. Cother, whose voice was very faint, was un derstood to say that he would make no arrangement. He would leave the matter in the magistrate's hands, and do whatever the magistrate thought right. He had no vindictive feeling, though he had suffered a severe injury, which might have killed him. Mr. Henry said the powers which the law gave him were not sufficient to enable him to deal with so violent an assault. He could not commit defen dant to prison wi►hout the option of a fine, not exceeding £5, and then only for two months. He should therefore hold the prisoner for bail to answer an indictment. The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial, notwithstanding his protest that it would nearly ruin him. THAMES.—A CURIOUS CASE.—Wm. Barnes, a beerseiler, in the Mile-end-road, appeared before Mr. Woolrych on a summons, charged with assault ing Mary Ann Lomas, a young married woman. Mr. Gomm, from the office of Mr. Chas. Young, solicitor, stated that this case was one of a very re markable nature. The complainant had formerly led a very gay life, and had been acquainted with the defendant for some time. Ultimately she re pented of her folly, was admired and courted by a respectable man, and married him. After the mar riage the defendant importuned Mrs. Lomas to re new the connection between them. She rejected his offers, and entreated him to leave her alone. The defendant, however, coatinned to importune her, threatening to inform her husband of the con nection which formerly existed between them. The persecution of the unfortunate woman existed for "some time, and she at last gave way and submitted to his wishes, but only once, and she firmly resolved never to converse with the defendant, or to meet him again on any pretence whatever. The defendant, however, continued to pester the com plainant with his attentions, and threatened to ruin her if she did not cohabit with him, and dishonour herself and her husband. The complainant was firm, and Barnes, with a mind full of evil, then threatened to make her husband acquainted with all that had taken place. This diabolical threat failed, and the defendant then wrote an anonymous letter to the complainant's husband, describing her former course of life, his (the defendant's) intimacy with her before and after her marriage, and stating that she was carrying on a criminal intercourse wtih a Mr. Oliver. This incident was in some respects like the one which ended so disastrously in Northumber land-street a short time ago. The letter was fortu nately intercepted by Mrs. Lomas . , and he f should de_ produce it to show the deep-laid.villa ny othe fendant. Barnes, failingmeeting commenced a new system of annoyance, by in his wicked designs, Mrs. Lomas in the street, c alling after her and walking along the . Mile threatening her; applying to her the most foul and offensive names, and at last descending to personal w, when the de violence. Mrs. Lomas was in-law, uttered the end-road a few days e inc . e, in . company with Mrs. .ob,s,cene language, and said " I'll and d e in. The complainant remonstrated IfesnabdealntMactatedwsa, ftheerrtbseistceorm m smashos t filthy your with him and shed tears. Her relative said, " Come away from that low blackguard," on which he said, "Never mind, 11l catch you by yourself, and then I will mark your face." The opportunity arrived t oo soon for the complainant, who return e d by the same route alone, when the defendant met her ['pilaf abused her, and struck her on the mouth. On a former occcasion he knocked her down and gave her two black eyes. The complainant, her sister-in-law, and a young lady named Julia Walford, unknown to either party, were called in confirmation of Mr. Gomm's state ment. Miss Walford heard the defendant make use of foul language, and saw him strike the complainant on the mouth with his fist. Mr, Woolrych inquired where the complainant's husband was, and why he did not interfere on be half of his wife. Mr. Gomm—The husband is at sea, and the de fendant takes advantage of that to annoy, insult, and ill-use the complainant. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said he bad never written the anonymous letter to the hus band, and never saw it until that day. He co habited with the complainant three years before her marriage, and for two months afterwards. Since they had quarrelled the complainant had been in the practice of calling at his house and using taunt ing language, and she said to him on the day in question, "I've got your master in Mr. Oliver.' The complainant gave a most emphatic denial to the defendant's statement. • Mr. Woolrych said he had listened to this case with deep attention, and was satisfied, with the plain, straightforward, consistent statement of the complainant, confirmed as it was in all the material particulars by two respectable witnesses. He ut terly disbelieved the defendant's statement. There was no direct or positive evidence that the defen dant wrote the anonymous letter, but that Barnes was the author of it there was most cogent proof. There were two singular coincidences between the letter and the cross-examination of the complainant by the defendant. The letter stated, " Mr. Oliver has one or two kept women ;" and again, " I have frequently seen your wife, Mrs. Lomas, go by my house with Mr. Oliver in a chaise ;" and it was most singular that the defendant asked the com plainant if she did not ride out in a chaise with Mr. Oliver, and often pass his (the defendant's) beer house in Mr. Oliver's company. The defendant also asked Mrs Lomas " Does not Oliver keep two women ?" To write to a woman's husband the most atrocious lies to excite his jealousy, was an assassin like and contemptible proceeding. The whole con duct of the prisoner to Mrs. Lomas was most un manly, brutal, and cowardly. A more degraded fellow he had never met with. He fined the de fendant 40s. and costs, and impounded the anony mous letter. Mrs. Lomas afterwards applied for and obtained another summons against Barnes for abusing and threatening her in the police-court. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICII—Auct. 17. The attendance of factors and farmers to-day was small, and wheat was in fair supply. Trade slow, and best sorts at the prices of last week. Malting barley was nearly 11 0- minal ; grinding in short supply. Little doing in oats, beans, or peas. Flour Gd cheaper. White wheat. 54s to 56s I Red wheat 48s to 503 Malting barley.— 46s to 47s I Chevalier barley 41s to 4 49 Distilling do .. ....31s to 34s 1 Oats. 26s to 30s Flour, 37s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. LEICESTER--Auct. 17. A good supply of wheat to. day. Trade fah, and late price° declined 2s on old wheat. White wheat, 65s to 705 per qr. —red, 55s to 60s per 36 stone; a very middling supply of barley, grinding, 30s to 33s ; malting, 36s to 40s per qr., oats, 29s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans at late prices--olds 48s to as ; new, 36s to 46s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 44s I Seconds, 40s I Thirds, 36s per 20 stone• YORK- AUG. 17. in At this market to-day wheat was large supply, with a dull sale, at is to 2s under late rates. Grinding barley met a moderate sale, and late rates supported. O a ts were freely supplied, at last week's prices. Beans were stead)" in demand and prices fully supported. Wheat, red 42s to 54s Oats.... 27s to 30 8 White do .56s to 64s Beans —46. to 48e Barley .32s to 34s Peas ....--s to - --8 Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; rye, 36s per qr ; flour, 419 to 435. per sack. CAMBRIDGE—Atm. 17. A fair supply of wheat, including several samples of the new crop. With a dull trade, the prices for old were as last week—white, f r o m 54 s t o 58 s ; re d, 46s to 52; 1 ' Barley in small supply, malting —s t o — s , gr inding 2 ° to 325. Oats variea from 26s to 30s. Beans were a slo g* sale, from 40s to 46s per qr. NORTII4MPTON—Aua. 17. At this corn-market the supply of wheat was improve d ? but the' demand was slow—prices ranging 54s to 60s f or old, and 35s to 50s for new. A small trade in barley! malting 37s to 40s, grinding 33s to 35s per qr. Oats in , moderate show, and prices as before—quoted at 26s to 350 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 34s to 555; peas, 44s to 450. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 70s to 74s ; flour, 42 s to --a per sack. qualities THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- amptou) _.." Do. Brazil and Cape Verds Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Cuba and Mexico .. •• • • .. Aug. 18. (via Mareeilles) Sept. 12. .. Sept. 3. Aug. 28. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) • • .. Aug. 21. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Aug. is. Do (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Overdue. lndia(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Aug. 18 . Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Aug. 19. Lisbon .. .. Sept. 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Aug. 19. , Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Sept. United States, California, &c. Aug. 21. Western Coast of Atrica, Madei; .. , Teneriffe .. Sept. 10 West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Aug. 28. THE DIGNITY OF COMMERCE.—There is som e, thing as ridiculous as it is melancholy in the contet° o which the vulgar of the professional classes pa rade for commercial occupations. To any one who knsiv° what commerce has done for the world, and what sort of citizens the great merchants of the world have m ade ' there is something ludicrous and painful at once in he ar ' ing the family of a pro vincial surgeon, or lawyer, thanki ng Heaven that they are not connected with an 3 body " gaged in trade." Youths and maidens of such families, all not only they but their elder relatives, escape from t il° charge of pride by alleging that commercial people are narrow-minded and money - grubbing ; that their ocew pations tend to keep them ignorant an d to 10 A them selfish, underbred, and unpatriotic . ' The land ed interest, as we used to call it, had an equally e °l/ ,, temptuous notion of the merchants, some time ago , thon' not on exactly the same grounds. The prejudice M , given way, partly through the family allianc es en tered into by landed dignity and commercial wealt h ' and yet more by the introduction of the pr inciPl r , and methods of business into the practice of agr t ture. Since our great landowners have learned that agriculture is the manufacture of food and other origi n , products, they have begun to perceive the value and beauty of those economical principles and methods which are sup posed by apothecaries' sons and attorneys' daughte r° ft vulgarise the mind, and render traders of any rank 1 . 111 ,7,,, co mpany for classes which have no interest in sel elw.w commodities.—Miss Martineau in " Once a Week." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.'" Misapplication Impossible.—lt is quite possible, and : 7 1 probable that mistakes may occur in selecting the t'gr drug from the long list in the pharmacopcca ; but 1 1°1 ° 4 lowars medicaments must be beneficial in all diseases Pi', reason of their purifying, invigorating, soothing, and he al ing remedies. The Ointment is well adapted for Weill_ maladies as for external ailments. When rubbed upon pi; skin it penetrates to the underlying organs, over whi ch ,,, invariably exercises the most salutary control by ,nod rating or increasing activity as circumstances may require; In all chronic cases Holloway's Pills shoul d be take e whilst his Ointment is used, as they strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, invigorates the n erves, and Or general tone. AR y lk i l l S l T a ß s, ON n o a . BIRTHS. A S rm t. s J t o ro h n n g 's ; p o a f r lC o daughter. .—On the GALTON.—On the 15th inst., at 12, Chester-street, Gra' venor• place, S.W., the wife of Captain Douglas Gal tollt R.E., of a son. thmrinztw., a a lt t er 9, HUGHES.—On the 16th inst., at Upper Tulse-hill, Mrs. ' Hughes, of a son. 8 Of STAUNTON.—On the 15th inst., at 9, Strand, the wif , at St. John's, 0 Mr. W. T. St aunton, of a dau g hter . MARRIAGES. ::: 1 (1 ! ByNG—vivrA rt.—On the 17t h inst Strafford, to Flora Fox, only daught er o f Major 0 i square , the Hon. Wm. F. Byng,. brother of the Earl°o Vi v ian, of 15, Hyde-p ar k- square, an d W e ll n gboroug I George's, Northamptonshire. DuuraN — RATCLIPP.—O n the 15th inst t St. Barthol;. Hanover square, Miss r l'ff of SY mew's Church, Sydenham, Mr. Henry. Durbin, odes,, ham. 'are, to Ratc i , ALEXANDER.—On theDlEsthAinTstri, Margare t Stewart , ° de !! daught:r of the late Claud Alexander, Esq. , of B a llow myle, aged 69. BownEN.—on the 12th inst., at Herne-bay, Cornwall ed f Bayly Bowden, R.N., aged , 69. v x lvid' CALDER.—On the 14th inst at W oo d co t e , Epsom, dect Calder, Esq., of Upper . Woburn-place, London, " 68. ~ of DUNNING..--On the 14th inst., Richard DutaninE, V 39.4 Winkleigh, North Devon, aged 61. KENNETT.—On the 16th inst., at Long D ittos, Henri T, Kennett, aged 34. WOOD.—On the 14th inst., at 35, Moray-place, Edinl:ollf John Stewart Wood, Esq. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YO I4 s ' o tir No. 112, Strand, Printer , at Tnt SuN Offic e, No. 112000, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Coupty a mid— Monclay, August 19, 1801. 1